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Weird Verizon has had this phone for some time I am pretty sure. I was thinking about upgrading to it if it's the same as the HTC Touch Pro 2, which is what it looks like. This may be a newer version of it though I guess.
VZW does not have this phone. T-Mobile is the first and only to provide the HD2. The HD2 has a 4.3" screen the TP2 has a 3.6" screen. The HD2 is worlds apart from the TP2 and anything thing out there right now.
The TP2 also has a slide out qwerty keypad, the HD2 is a full capacitive mult-touch screen phone.
Weird Verizon has had this phone for some time I am pretty sure. I was thinking about upgrading to it if it's the same as the HTC Touch Pro 2, which is what it looks like. This may be a newer version of it though I guess.
Touch Pro 2 has a physical keyboard this does not. HD2 has a 1ghz Snapdragon CPU, Touch Pro 2 has a 528mhz Qualcomm one. many more differences including O/S, TP2 comes with Windows Mobile 6.1 [I think AT&T's version of the TP2 came with 6.5 stock], and of course the HD2 has WM 6.5 and the updated HTC Sense UI/TouchFLO or whatever you wanna call it. Basically the HD2 is the new god phone for the next month or so..
Sounds like it thanks for the detail on the specs digitaldd. That sounds nice, although I ma hearing more rumors as to the top dog (iPhone), at least in popularity in the US coming to Verizon again. These rumors were much more specific though, and while are on the iPhone 4, it is rumored it is already made on the 3.1 platform with a CDMA antennae rather than a GMA one, although not available in the US.
The rumor is it will hit Verizon in June (mid to late) from what I heard, and in the way it is put it makes a lot of sense. They supposedly don't want to hurt Apples business by releasing the release to the public and therefore inhibiting the current Apple product in selling well as it still is. So there will be at best a weeks notice before it hit's.
I don't know how true all this is, but I was also reading something on a Korean (translated) companies website who makes some of the iPhones. They were saying it is true, and is currently being worked on. We will see, but it sounds much more detailed than anything I have heard before, especially coming from a company supposedly making them (Even more so because of it's location).
I really don't know about the iPhone to Verizon rumors that keep surfacing, I think the rumors keep coming because the folks who love the iPhone really wish it were on Verizon's network, I have a strong suspicion that those same people wouldn't pay Verizon's prices for unlimited data/voice/text. I believe that Foxconn is the company that manufactures the iPhone for Apple, funny thing is I rarely know what to trust from the rumor sites these days, especially the Apple ones.
Apple could very well stick with AT&T since they are putting tons of money into their network, the folks at SXSW this year in Austin didn't have any issues with AT&Ts network, I've also heard AT&T improved their service in Wash DC and LA, they need to work on NY & SF and some other large cities but the key is they are improving.
This is the one I have been waiting for! I just wish it was availible for Sprint? THis should rival the Iphone.
This is the one I have been waiting for! I just wish it was availible for Sprint? THis should rival the Iphone.
There is a slightly smaller version of the HD2 called the MiniHD or something similar that is coming to Sprint.
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So I purchased a streaming video just over 30 days ago. The class was Creating Dynamic Poses for Art and Animation. A couple of days before it was supposed to expire (presumably it is supposed to expire 30 days after purchasing it, but it's kind of unclear), I tried to finish viewing the video.
It still takes the password fine, but when I get to the video player, it sits on a screen which looks like a TV test pattern. There's a play button over the top, and when I click it, it takes me to a menu for about half a second (from which I had previously been able to play the video), then goes back to the play button. I've tried playing it on a couple of different computers, and since it still takes the password, I assume that expiration is probably not the issue.
I did try emailing ConceptArt via the email address attached to the transaction, which I am starting to suspect is an email address that is never checked, before my 30 days were up. I also tried calling Massive Black, unsure whether they were at all related to a ConceptArt streaming video issue, and I left a message, but I still haven't heard back from them, even though I supposedly called while they were open (very early in the day). I didn't think of posting on the forums until today.
I bought these streaming classes (two of them, the other works fine) really reluctantly because I was afraid of technical difficulties meaning that my money would be swallowed and I would receive nothing. This isn't doing a whole lot to help quell my fears, especially the dead silence on ConceptArt's side so far. Any tips/advice? Or did the video just get taken down before 30 days were up?
It works fine on my side. Maybe try changing your browser. If I remember correctly the livestream program had problems with Internet Explorer.
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Yeah I watched the stream fine using Firefox... maybe its an IE problem
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Valentino Rossi was flying solo at Brno for Ducati in the Czech Republic Grand Prix with Nicky Hayden out injured, and after what was a tough time in Indianapolis in the previous round things looked to be going really well at the beginning of the weekend.
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Cook claimed the super-G crown Friday for his second U.S. title after winning last year's downhill championships.
The 23-year-old from Ottawa finished first in a time of one minute 10.34 seconds, just four-hundredths of a second ahead of Tommy Ford, who will be the official U.S. super-G champion as the top American racer on the day.
Cook, who has never won a Canadian championship, said his U.S. counterparts were gracious about his victory -- to a point.
"They were like, 'You are not going to be invited back next year,"' said Cook. "My year has been pretty rough. I just wanted to (finish strong)."
Americans Jared Goldberg and Brennan Rubie were tied for third with a time of 1:10.40.
"It was a little ragged out there, the snow was pretty soft, which normally I don't like," said Cook. "But I think I (nailed it) pretty good at the bottom. It was such a tight race."
Cook was the only Canadian competing in the super-G, which featured 73 U.S. skiers, three Norwegians, two Japanese and New Zealand skiers and one Czech racer.
Cook also won without the aid of an on-site serviceman or support team.
"There's spring series in Canada but I really wanted to do some speed so I came here," said Cook, who didn't get the chance to compete in downhill or super-G at this month's Canadian Championships in Le Massif, Que., because both events were cancelled due to unseasonably warm temperatures.
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Tips for surviving the zombie apocalypse:
A) Be very quiet; B) wrap your bite-blocking arm in thick magazines and duct tape; C) be Brad Pitt.
Pitt has hidden his inner John Wayne-Bruce Willis for too long. In the highly engaging "World War Z," he proves to be a capable, winning and in the great American film tradition exceptionally hard-to-kill action hero.
Pitt provides a steadying presence amid the zombie-plague chaos as Gerry Lane, a former U.N. danger-zone specialist called back into action when the undead start wiping out humans.
A kind of project manager for pandemic response, Gerry easily commands military men he's just met, despite his Blind Melon roadie haircut. He responds to hysteria and wisecracks with calm and grace, because time is too precious to react any other way.
He swiftly and decisively stops a comrade from being infected, repeatedly risks his own life for others and steps in to try to find the source of the pandemic when scientists cannot.
That last part's implausible. Actually, the movie's whole third act is hard to believe, though it still holds our interest. Considering that "World War Z" is a dead-serious zombie movie, two believable acts are plenty.
It's the best zombie thriller since "28 Days Later." It's also less ghastly. A true thriller rather than a horror film, "World War Z" treats its zombie plague as if it were SARS or ebola. Gerry isn't just out to survive; he's seeking a solution.
Early reports of "World War Z's" demise were exaggerated. Perhaps the shoot was as troubled as a recent article in Vanity Fair painted it. But neither on-set troubles nor reshoots that ballooned the budget to $170 million significantly diminished the final product. There are cracks in the movie especially in that final act (the subject of reshoots) but not as many as you might expect from reports.
Director Marc Forster ("Monster's Ball"), who biffed his first big action film, 2008's "Quantum of Solace," and Pitt, the neophyte action star and one of this film's primary producers, appear to have stitched up most of what ailed "World War Z."
The big budget did not equal loads of big set pieces. If you need to be blown out of the theater, "World War Z" might not do it for you. But it bests "Man of Steel" and other comic-book- claustrophobic blockbusters in creating an authentic sense of real-world stakes.
Gerry travels to South Korea and other hot zones, danger imminent with every step. Trips to and from are fraught with the threat of zombie attack. All movements must be hushed, because noise attracts the monsters.
From the looks of it, much of the budget went toward hiring scores of extras and teaching them how to behave as zombies, or toward computer-generated zombie imagery. It paid off, because the creatures appear highly menacing through much of the film.
Once infected, the zombies spasm and convulse but quickly gain what appears to be superhuman strength. Put up a barrier, and they will form a human ladder to get over it.
We first see them in a flash, their whiz-by nature enhanced by the movie's 3-D technology. They appear in the first big action sequence, set in Gerry's hometown of Philadelphia.
At the movie's start, Gerry's a stay-at-home dad, having quit the United Nations to spend more time with his wife, Karen (Mireille Enos, from AMC's "The Killing") and two young daughters. They're all piled in the family Volvo on a busy street when things go haywire. People are running from something the family can't see something that, individually, will later dive into windshields head-first, compelled to spread disease.
Gerry drives through the chaos, endangering his family with his stuntman moves. But the greater danger in a crisis zone, Gerry says, is standing still.
The war-zone talk and Gerry's U.N. job suggest that "World War Z" will provide a broader global commentary. It does, for about a second, in mentioning that Third World countries' bad water renders inhabitants more susceptible to zombie infection. Then it returns to the zombie crisis at hand.
Forster ratchets up the stakes in that first action sequence and maintains a hum of tension throughout. "World War Z," adapted from Max Brooks' 2006 novel, does not give its characters or its audience breathing room. Yet the tension never feels oppressive because Forster deftly balances crowded action scenes with quietly intense interactions between a few characters.
Quieter scenes carry a thrill of anticipation, because zombies could be anywhere. "World War Z" will remind viewers who are sick of 3-D that it has its merits. Brad Pitt and jump scares did not exist in the same sentence before "World War Z" but they do now.
Pitt and Enos fit well together, both hippie-ish yet able to show laserlike focus. We don't learn much about Enos' Karen beyond her ability to spring into action just like her husband when the crisis hits. But Pitt and Enos impart a long history of intimacy in their few scenes together before Gerry is called away.
Gerry secured space for his family on a military ship that's at sea, beyond the reach of zombie chompers. That space is available only if Gerry agrees to embark on a mission to investigate the pandemic. So he leaves his family rather than expose them to the biters.
Those biters look scarier from far away. Close-ups of the undead in the film's latter sections threaten to dissolve the tension Forster and his cast so carefully built. Up close, the zombies fail the Wilson-from-"Cast Away" test.
The Wilson test gauges the believability of a big conceit, such as presenting a volleyball as a person's companion instead of sports equipment, or presenting zombies as terrifying villains instead of brain-dead nuisances. "Cast Away" viewers fall into two distinct groups: those who cried when the volleyball floated away and those who found the idea ridiculous.
"World War Z" viewers might form camps as well. Because once the giggles start, there's no known cure.
Three stars
Cast: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena
Director: Marc Forster
116 minutes
Rated PG-13 (intense frightening zombie sequences, violence and disturbing images)
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Apple, and it customers have been trying to deal with there latest and greatest security threat, know as the Flashback malware. Apple has finally released tool to identify and remove the malware from a system … for Lion users ONLY:
In its ongoing battle to clean up the Flashback malware mess, Apple has now released a standalone removal tool.
The downloadable utility is available exclusively for Mac owners running OS X Lion. It will not run on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or earlier versions.
A description and download link are available here. The accompanying security bulletin says "This update is recommended for all OS X Lion users without Java installed."
It is bad enough that because Apple controls it update process so much so tightly that when 3rd party security updates are released that they are not pushed to users in a more timely fashion. But when a fix is made available it is ONLY available those running the very latest major release of OS X even when ALL releases of OS X that care Java are effected. Just me but I think that if you are going to spend money software security support should be available to at least the last 2 major releases. Just sayin'
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T-Mobile to get Prepaid data
T-Mobile's jump on to the prepaid data band-wagon has been leaked as eported by Engadget. The three plans available would be:
- $10 for week, Capped at 100MB
- $30 for a Month, Capped at 300MB
- $50 for a Month, Capped at 1GB
IDK. Seems kinda pricey even for prepaid plans. If your like me, not in a contract but month to month, you don't have a compelling reason to switch to prepaid. Not if these are the plans they offer.
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Using publicly available information on Facebook, a researcher has been able to gather personal details of nearly 170 million users of the service, or about a third of all users. The data includes names, addresses, e-mails, phone numbers, and birthdays: essentially anything that was not marked as private is now part of this file.
The file has now ended up on The Pirate Bay, and so far has seen over 10,000 downloads. This could mean hackers would have an easy way to obtain personal information necessary for identity theft and other malicious uses.
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- 1 cup cider vinegar
- 1 cup chili sauce
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- 1 tablespoon mustard powder
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
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- 2 tablespoons molasses
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+ Judge enters official Colony orders
Town attorney David Persson alerted the Longboat Key Town Commission in an email Thursday that a bankruptcy judge officially entered orders Wednesday that awards more than $20 million in damages to longtime Colony owner Dr. Murray "Murf" Klauber, his partnership with the association and the resort's unit owners.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge K. Rodney May granted a $20,646,312 damages award without restoring the partnership, which kept control of the units with the owners.
The damages money would be used to pay a list of Colony creditors before Klauber and other limited partners could receive any money.
Colony Association President Jay Yablon has stated the association expected May's decision, and it plans to appeal the rulings in an Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals courtroom.
+ Town refreshes website this week
The town will unveil the new longboatkey.org Thursday, Nov. 1. Website features include a listing of town staff, upcoming meeting agendas and a section with answers to frequently asked questions on Longboat Key, such as:
• What do I do if I notice that my neighbor's grass is not being cut or the property is not being properly maintained?
• Why does a fire truck respond with an ambulance?
• When should I call 911?
• Who do I contact about nuisance wildlife such as raccoons or peacocks?
+ Library switches to winter hours
The Longboat Library, 555 Bay Isles Road, will switch to winter hours beginning Thursday, Nov. 1. The library will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturdays. For information, call 383-2011.
+ Make your vote count
It's Decision Day 2012 Tuesday, Nov. 6.
Longboat Key voters will decide not only on presidential, state, local elections, 11 amendments to the state constitution and judicial appointments but also on two density referenda questions involving properties at 521 Broadway and 5440 Gulf of Mexico Drive.
Voters who live on the Manatee County side of Longboat Key will vote at Longboat Island Chapel, 6200 Gulf of Mexico Drive, while the island's Sarasota County residents will vote at Longboat Key Town Hall, 501 Bay Isles Road.
Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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• Code Enforcement Board
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In its Sept. 18 issue, the Longboat Observer featured Plymouth Harbor resident George Heitler, a lifelong tennis player who has played tennis for most of his 99 years and is a regular at the Longboat Key Public Tennis Center.
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"Stardust Road"
"Soft defense driven through my thoughts,
I vanish away into yesterday's scenic road,
Set the mood among the dark clouds,
Wish I could go back to the night, of fourteen and cold.
Tell myself not to look up and cover myself with the world.
Sorry I could not stay,
One too many excuses & lies,
To where they never fixed themselves;
I could not handle the air,
I had to breathe right the cold nights that followed.
I stood as one in love, under the starry sky…
Young and alone, I left the never-ending vindictive feeling.
The dust slept every reason inside my soul.
I travel the world, snoozing with the magic of the sand.
Stars that echo and drop twinkles to my walking toes.
The horizon was my blanket and shield…
Where the light and night I wore,
Accelerating, escaping… no more justification!
"Oceans of excuses sailed through my soul,
Heartbroken, but in love with defiance toward the stardust novelty.
With a sigh!
I hesitate not to look back,
Somewhere the ages turn to rust:
Old and grey, all alone,
The leaves I stepped on then are trample and gone.
One day I shall return for the proper goodbye.
For now, I must travel down this lonely road silently.
Slowly my heart will heal itself, nurturing the frozen sleet away.
Releasing the 14-year old girl at last,
In body and in mind and soul,
Confronting her with an, I BELONG HELLO!"
A dark tunnel under the streets of Beijing
A mother tries to wake her child from his bed of newspaper
She looks frail and lost
He looks hungry and weak
My brother and I, well fed and healthy
Watch this scene with the itch of tears starting to form
We look at each other in the shame of being blessed
And without a word, we walk up to her, emptying our pockets on the way
She recoils at first, and I can't help but think of a beaten dog
My composure wants to fail
I want to cry
Instead, I give her the brightest and most gentle smile I can muster
We hold out our hands, wishing we could do more for them
She looks at it, and quickly looks back at us ... in shock ... or suspicion
We nod, and she takes the 500 RMB, enough to feed them for quite some time
It's all we had on us, and anything less would have insulted our purpose there
Few things are as great, as giving til' it hurts ... giving all
Looking at the ground, she takes our hands and kisses them
She's crying, and doesn't want to look at us
I duck down so she has to look at me, and she does
I kiss her hand like she did mine and smile at her again
She smiles back ... and it is a thing of pure beauty
The whole world couldn't buy the memory of that smile from me
We came out of the other side of the tunnel ... penniless ...
The richest men alive
Standing firm
we live
we give
we take
we learn
we strive to make sure
each day enlightens us
and brightens us
even as light fades to gray
may we keep fighting
with two swollen feet
beneath the body and soul
experiencing trials
and intense life lessons
meshed with stresses
may we persevere
turn off fear's song
may we stand firm
as we glide along
through shifty winds of change
that may cause things to sway
but we hold true
inside the values and morality
we stand for
fall for nothing
may stumble along the trip
may swerve at the wheel yet
do not lose our grip
because no one
can eclipse the sun
everyone heals
before they're done
Just when situations arise
flooding us with pain we despise
and just when it seems like
our tear ducts are dry
from ongoing cries
we may think
things are on the brink of ending
then God shows us the ways of faith
by way of love that he's sending
Standing firm
we live
we give
we take
we learn
we make sure
every day enlightens us
and brightens us
as each day takes its turn.
Where cradled canyons sing
Of ebony wood in the forest
There lies a gurgling spring
Where cockcrows sing their chorus
To the melody of singsong birds
There I've concealed my sensuous words
Filled with befitted signs
The saccharine whiff of my designs
Come to me my mortal youth
To the wild realm of your truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only your tears be found
Where the fogs of night are fountains
Spills of glistened moon ignite
By distant silhouette mountains
We dance with passion of fight
Entwining ancient stance
Mingling hand in hand we dance
Till the mountains smile on high
Near and far we spring
To pursue the realest of dreams
While the world cries at its seams
Anxious in trouble to cling
Come to me my mortal youth
To the wild realm of your truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only your tears be found
To where the ridges merry make
From the beaks of wooden bright
In sparkly pools the ghouls awake
That scarce to stir our night
We watch for seekers down under
Muttering secrets in their soul
We bid them lucks of shivers
Dipping gently in
From reeds that hide a tear of a foal
Under the gentle rivers
Come to me my mortal youth
To the wild realm of your truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only your tears be found
Far away she shall ever churn
The taciturn eyed
She'll listen no more to turn
To the working mills beside
Or the scrubbing of the barn
May peace weave in her song
She shall wave in the yarn
To a haven known as Belong
Come to me my mortal youth
To the wild realm of your truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only your tears be found
For she comes, the mortal youth
To the wild realm of her truth
Where nymphs and gnomes abound
For the earth is filled with weeping
And only her tears be found
Many eons passed on Earth, who only saw your face
Untouched your virgin body, floating there in space
Waxing, waning, gibbous, crescent, quarter, full and new
Selene the Greeks would call you; Diana, Caesar knew
Who would brave the ether, who would cross the void
To agitate the tranquil sea you had so long enjoyed
To softly kiss your ravaged face and return to tell the tale
Of Luna's hidden secrets beneath her powdered veil?
Three heroes took the final quest aboard their fiery steed
In Apollo's silver chariot proceeding with godspeed
Three days and nights they voyaged to their opalescent goal
On Earth they watched and worried in the halls of ground control
One held the craft outside the reach of Luna's jealous grip
While Eagle's talons cradled two who risked the final trip
They timidly approached her through the shadowy abyss
Luna waited patiently and received the Eagle's kiss
Nations watched and cheered on Terra's distant shore
As one man finally took a step no one ever took before
In our hearts and in our minds his words will be enshrined
"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
Son of a gun we were still young;
only 15 years gone by.
You were the first my kissing bubble to burst,
and for you, I think so was I.
I wanted to start putting other parts
of our bodies in the field of play;
But you stopped it instead as you paused and read
what Ann Landers had written to say:
Keep your petting on the outside, keep your tongues inside your mouth,
Keep your hands north of the border, don't let them travel south.
There's no use in trying to rush things and ruin the rest of your life,
So just hold his hands and hug him until you're man and wife.
You stuck to your creed in spite of my plea,
and I didn't want to press you;
So your hand I would hold and my tongue I would fold,
even though I want to undress you.
Late at night my conscience I'd fight,
still awake in my lonely bed;
Thinking of you and what I would do
if these words weren't still stuck in my head:
Keep your petting on the outside, keep your tongues inside your mouth,
Keep your hands north of the border, don't let them travel south.
There's no use in trying to rush things and ruin the rest of your life,
So just hold his hands and hug him until you're man and wife.
I followed your rules, played it cool
for the first ten to twenty dates;
But by the end of the year to me it was clear
we wouldn't be tempting our fate.
So we parted our ways; ending our days
to see other people instead;
As I set forth looking of course
for a girl who hadn't read:
Keep your petting on the outside, keep your tongues inside your mouth,
Keep your hands north of the border, don't let them travel south.
There's no use in trying to rush things and ruin the rest of your life,
So just hold his hands and hug him until you're man and wife.
More than thirty years have disappeared;
For me two wives and four kids.
And as for you, I hear it's true,
that getting married you never did.
I'll never forget and never regret
That first kiss where we both did live;
And though I did slander poor ole Ms. Landers
to my daughter this advice I now give.
Keep your petting on the outside, keep your tongues inside your mouth,
Keep your hands north of the border, don't let them travel south.
There's no use in trying to rush things and ruin the rest of your life,
So just hold his hands and hug him until you're man and wife.
I've been there once,
I've been there twice
BLUE SKIES, never die!
A day of sorrow,
I can still feel the pain from yesterday,
The pain continues to sit there today,
It will continue to sit there tomorrow,
No word to say.
Nothing Less.
A trail of tears,
My life left
Tea Leaves On The Bosphorus
Seated at a table by the stirring water,
My eyes absorb the shore of Asia.
Minerets and aged worn stone
Stand haphazardly along the banks.
Istanbul is a lady with secrets
She'll lure you with her unrevealed virgin beauty,
Then seduce you with her ancient lovers.
Grilled sardines filled my charger
Fish pulled from the strait just minutes before,
Lay garnished with parsley and mint .
Red pickled turnips and warm flat bread
Are the implements that help feed me
And scoop up the humus,
Turkish nourishment for my soul.
The empty plates are cleared by a handsome waiter
With dubious intentions I feared,
But I was flattered none the less.
A bowl of yogurt was placed before me,
And my admirer arrived with a comb of honey.
He held it high above the creamy cloud and let the heavy ochre
languidly pour atop the milky whiteness of delight.
After his seduction,he left me alone to my pleasure
As I lapped at the sweet and sour heavenly temptation,
that parted my lips and elevated my being.
As I recovered from my rapture, two eyes caught mine.
The heathen that destroyed my diet approached the table uninvited.
He pulled up a chair and sat down across from me.
In his hands, a cup.
He offered to tell me my future.
White, small, as fragile as an eggshell with the top lopped off.
Within was a dark tea with floating leaves.
In a chivalrous attempt at English conversation,
He handed me the libation and the offer to read the remains.
I, alone in a man's world, unmarried, and of a certain age,
Did not need encouragement and I accepted his offer.
I drained the tea in one gulp and returned it to his hands.
He placed the cup in one palm , then turned it upside down,
Allowing the remaining fluid to drip out around the cup and onto the table.
Once the cup was upright again he studied the leaves, then he spoke.
His voice was soft, at times , unintelligible
His reading was honest, and truthful, and painful.
His prophecy, amusing, and entertaining
His vision and it's accuracy were astounding.
Fifteen years later, the leaves delivered on their promise.
Long fluid lines inside the cup foretold of a marriage,
To a man who would cross a sea to find me.
Two shorter drippings were the children that now delight me.
The tea ring that he was able to complete around the cup ,
Was the warmth of a love that would soon envelop me.
Tea, anyone?
Heavens are open to view in the late night sky.
Celestial bodies spinning in orbit, moving
Light years away, exploding out of our sight,
Some on the same primordial path our
World once took; inviting travelers who
Roam the infinite universe, because they can!
How shallow minded to think we are alone,
To scoff at proof and stubbornly cling
To antiquated concepts of the past.
Visitors walk among us, though we
Are not aware of what we share. . .
They know the id is filled with fear and
Programmed to annihilate that which
We do not understand.
The times of enlightenment are at hand. . .
A special gift for those willing to let go of
Their egos and open their minds and hearts
To embrace the destined future.
My beloved Drino,
Take me to the memory
a neverlasting dream
which lived in yester yesterday
long before destiny took its toll
and footprints marked separate paths
Take me back to that December night
where we ran holding hands
to the cottage down the hill
by fields of evergreen
I am there, You are too
Kissing snowflakes from my lips
as melting moistness falls
upon silk wisps of auburn hair
How can I not remember
your palms' gentle rub
brushing raindrops
which trickled ever so slow
across the inner of my thigh
Ahh !I can still smell the scent
of your warm breath upon my neck's nape
~Honey and lemon
I can still hear that hush hushed whisper
beneath the tender of my ear
Still live the feeling,of your fading kiss
upon each flutter of my lash
My beloved Drino
Carry me back to those sheets
which still know the voice
and the colour of your eyes
Let me travel to the cradle
of those arms and perfumed wine
Let me travel to that smile
within the blossom of your heart
Threaded petals on a cheek
where scarlet velvets never sleep
Let my slippery fingers slide
to the soft hairs of your back
as you unbutton my last piece of innocence
As the corners of your mouth fulfill with juices
from the ripeness of pink peaches
As i open up to fire and you enter in flames
My beloved Drino,
take me to that night
where i tickled your wilderness
where you sank in my deep
Take me to the moment
where our sins were so sacred
and lust carried no shame
Not for the
But tnks
for your
'Spice box'
adult content contest
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Part Two: Women in the War
Although not eligible for combat duty, American women were in the thick of the war effort from the start. When Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, heroic Army, Navy and civilian nurses provided critical care to injured soldiers and civilians. Over the course of the war, military nurses would serve in ten countries and get closer to the front lines than ever before, in addition to caring for wounded soldiers at U.S. military bases and hospitals.
The women who served in the Army and Navy Nurses Corps were among more than 350,000 women who supported the armed forces between 1941 and 1945. Opportunities for service included the Women's Army Corps (WAC), the first women other than nurses to serve in the U.S. Army; the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), who flew military planes to destination bases; and the women's reserve of the U.S. Navy, known as the Waves.
World War II also greatly changed and expanded the role of American women in the workforce. In ads and posters urging women to take jobs outside the home, "Rosie the Riveter" flexed her muscles and proclaimed "You Can Do It!" – and women did, working in factories, farms, offices and laboratories. With millions of men away at war, women stepped into existing jobs and took on newly created positions working in defense plants and aircraft factories. In 1941, about 12 million U.S. women were working outside the home; by the end of the war, that number had swelled to over 18 million.
These new roles for women were often reflected in Hollywood entertainment of the time, with the studios turning out films showcasing Betty Grable, Claudette Colbert, Lana Turner, Veronica Lake and other stars as nurses, Army and Navy recruits, and defense plant workers. Most of these stars also volunteered offscreen with the Red Cross, the Hollywood Canteen, the USO, or by selling war bonds.
War Films
"Women in Defense" (1941)
With commentary written by Eleanor Roosevelt and narration by Katharine Hepburn, "Women in Defense" describes the various types of jobs available through the Office of Civilian Defense. Hepburn encourages women to train and participate in the science and industry fields, and to build on existing skills they can bring to the workforce.
"Women in Defense" Film Notes and Script
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"Since Pearl Harbor" (1943)
"Since Pearl Harbor" chronicles the various programs established by the American Red Cross for the war effort. Highlights include the Red Cross's blood and plasma donation programs, nurse training, the production of first aid supplies, and the care of wounded soldiers.
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"It's Your War, Too" (1944)
This short highlights the jobs carried out by the Women's Army Corps (WACS) in the U.S. and abroad, dismissing the idea that women cannot contribute to the war effort as "strictly axis propaganda." Scenes of WACS at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia include both technical training and extracurricular activities provided on the base.
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Senate Democrats urge Obama to go without Congress approval on debt ceiling
Washington, DC, United States (4E) – Senate Democrat leaders urged President Barack Obama on Friday to proceed with legal means available to avert a possible default of the nation's debt should Republicans insist with spending cuts equaling the amount the government will add to its borrowing limit.
Serving as a warning to Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), together with other Democratic senators, submitted a letter to the president encouraging him to act to avoid default even without approval by Congress, if necessary.
The latest move is a sign that the battle over the federal debt ceiling has heated up between the two parties. Congress would have to decide either to default on its debt or slash major spending.
The GOP has firmly insisted that they will not support any increase to federal government's borrowing limit without corresponding spending cuts, including entitlements. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is not budging on his demand that there has to be spending cuts equalling in size to any increase to the debt limit.
The president has considered raising the borrowing limit, which is likely to be breached in February and something that Congress has the obligation to vote on, in order for the government to pay its debts and fund programs.
Reid was joined by other Democratic senators in calling for the president to bypass Congress, among them are Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.).
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How to Live With a Gluten Sensitivity
You've probably seen the proliferation of gluten-free products at your local grocery store and wondered if you should be eating these foods.
Gluten is a protein found in certain grains, including wheat, rye, and barley. Approximately one in 20 Americans is sensitive to gluten. If you're among this group, you may experience cramping, bloating, or diarrhea when you eat foods containing gluten.
At the other end of the spectrum, about one percent of the U.S. population has celiac disease (also called celiac spru). Celiac disease is an abnormal immune reaction to gluten. When celiac sufferers eat foods containing gluten, it damages the villi that line the walls of the small intestines. Villi are tiny finger-like projections that absorb nutrients from our digested food. Left untreated, celiac disease can lead to malnutrition, osteoporosis, and other serious problems.
Gluten sensitivity or intolerance is genetic and often first appears in children as digestive problems and irritability. Adults who have a gluten intolerance may experience anemia, fatigue, bone or joint pain, arthritis, depression or anxiety, tingling, seizures, canker sores in the mouth, or dermatitis. Some patients may not have any symptoms, prolonging the start of treatment.
Experts have linked several factors to gluten intolerance, including the duration you were breastfed, the age you started eating foods containing gluten, and the amount of foods you eat that contain gluten.
People who have celiac disease typically suffer from other immune problems, such as diabetes or arthritis. They are also likely to have microbial infections and imbalances in the composition of the microorganisms in their gut, although physicians aren't sure if this is a cause or an effect of celiac disease.
The only treatment for celiac disease is to follow a gluten-free diet. Unfortunately, gluten hides in many processed foods, making it difficult to eliminate it completely. A nutritionist or dietitian who understands celiac disease can help you evaluate food and develop a safe and healthy eating plan. Grains and other foods based on potatoes, rice, soy, amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat, bean flour, and ready-made gluten-free foods, offer celiac patients a wide range of satisfying alternatives.
If you have celiac disease, you must eat a gluten-free diet for the rest of your life. Although eliminating foods containing gluten can seem daunting at first, once you purge them from your diet, your symptoms will quickly begin to subside and you'll notice an improvement within days. Eventually your intestines will heal and absorb critical nutrients again.
Beck, Melinda. "Clues to Gluten Sensitivity." Wall Street Journal. Web. 15 March 2011.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. "Celiac Disease." Web. September 2008. http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/celiac.pdf
Armstrong, Matthew J., Robins, Gerry G., and Howdle, Peter D. "Recent Advances in Coeliac Disease."
Current Opinion in Gastroenterology 25(2) (2009): 100-109. Medscape Medical News. Web. 25 June 2009. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/704849
Stokowski, Laura A., RN, MS. "Food Allergy: The Gastroenterologist's Perspective." Medscape Medical News. Web. 20 April 2011. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/740765
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33 U.S. Code § 1475 - Consultation procedure
Before taking any measure under section 1474 of this title, the Secretary shall—
(1) consult, through the Secretary of State, with other countries affected by the marine casualty, and particularly with the flag country of any ship involved;
(2) notify without delay the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and any other persons known to the Secretary, or of whom he later becomes aware, who have interests which can reasonably be expected to be affected by any proposed measures; and
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Follow Friday: The Graceland Edition
One of the things that struck me about Elvis' former home on our recent road trip through Tennessee was just how comfortable it looks.
Graceland's certainly an imposing structure when seen from afar – or even the front. But once you get inside, the rooms aren't vast and the furniture looks really comfy. It doesn't look too much like a rock star's home, unlike some of the mansions you see on Cribs; it looks like a place you'd want to hang out in.
So this week, I'm highlighting five of my Tweeps in the greater marketing communications community who aren't just rock stars at what they do; but more importantly, they're good, honest people whom I feel comfortable with.
1. Robin Lane (@robinhlane). I first came in contact with Robin a few years ago while she was still at Vocus, and have been a fan ever since. She's an amazing PR professional but more than knowing the mechanics of the business inside out, she builds and maintains relationships.
2. Arik Hanson (@arikhanson). Arik and I started "talking" on Twitter, and finally met at BlogPotomac earlier this year. Boy, is he a nice guy! He knows who he is, but he won't beat you over the head with it. And that's saying a lot for someone of his caliber and standing in the community.
Pinch Me. A "PR Readers' Choice Blog Award"?
The one thing I never expected when I started this blog was for it to be nominated in an awards program. Blogging, in and of itself, is an adventure for me, and while I'm thrilled with the warm reception "Waxing UnLyrical" has received, I'm also humbled by it. After all, I don't blog as regularly as all the gurus tell you you should; so the very fact that anyone reads this blog is quite a thrill.
One of the great advantages about being active on Twitter is the excellent PR and communications practitioners I've met through it. More than that, it exposes me to excellent blogs and posts and is truly a great learning experience.
One of the said practitioners is Arik Hanson, APR; so I'm really flattered that this teeny tiny blog has been nominated in the "most thought-provoking" category (there are four) in the PR Readers' Choice Blog Awards. Several of the blogs I read on a daily basis, and whose authors I admire greatly, made the grade as well, such as Danny Brown, Shannon Paul, Bill Sledzik and Ryan Stephens. If birds of a feather flock together, I'm in great company.
So to whoever nominated me, thank you. While I personally think hell will freeze over before I win, I'd be tickled if you'd scoot over and vote for me. And if you'd rather vote for someone else – that's fine too. Just vote!
Social Media, Social Karma
There's an awful lot of social karma going around lately.
JOTW: My First Experience With Social Karma
For the last few years, I've occasionally guest-edited the free "Ned's Job of the Week" e-newsletter. If you don't know about it, it's a free weekly newsletter that lists job postings sent to Ned Lundquist, ABC, by subscribers (as well as many he finds himself) in the spirit of sharing.
For a couple of weeks every year, I experience what Ned goes through on a daily basis: sifting through job postings sent by readers, looking for them myself, telling people how to subscribe and unsubscribe (even though the instructions are clearly listed in the newsletter) and then compiling all the information, along with other announcements that would be relevant (such as communication/PR events) into a newsletter that's sent out every Monday.
It's a lot of work, and I'm exhausted and relieved when Ned returns; but I'm always grateful for the additional connections I make by filling in for him, as well as honored by his trust that I'll keep JOTW rolling along.
And I always ask myself: how on earth does he keep doing it?


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Recommendation 4.2: Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance
4th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties
Montreux, Switzerland
27 June-4 July 1990
RECALLING that the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties approved Recommendation 3.1 which called for the establishment of a Working Group "to examine the ways in which the criteria and guidelines for identifying wetlands of international importance might be elaborated, and the wise use provisions of the Convention applied, in order to improve the worldwide application of the Convention";
NOTING that a "Working Group on Criteria and Wise Use" was established by the Standing Committee at its Third Meeting on 5 June 1987, with the participation of seven Contracting Parties (Australia, Chile, Iran, Mauritania, Norway, Poland and USA - one from each of the Standing Committee's regions);
AWARE that the Working Group met on the occasion of the Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee in Costa Rica in January 1988 and elected Norway as Chairman of the Working Group, and that observers from many other Contracting Parties took part in this meeting of the Working Group, as well as in subsequent deliberations;
TAKING NOTE of the Report of the Working Group, circulated to all Contracting Parties with Bureau Notification 1989/3 (31 March 1989), and revised according to comments received from Contracting Parties;
EXPRESSING ITS APPRECIATION to the Working Group and its Chairman for their work in clarifying the criteria and developing the guidelines on wise use;
RECOMMENDS that the "Criteria for identifying wetlands of international importance", contained in Annex I of the Working Group's report, discussed at the present meeting of the Conference and appended as Annex I to the present document, be used for identification of wetlands to be designated for the List under Article 2 of the Convention;
FURTHER RECOMMENDS that, as far as possible, further amendments to these Criteria be avoided so as to facilitate establishing a definite basis for uniform application of the Convention; and
DRAWS SPECIAL ATTENTION to Annex II of the Working Group's report, also discussed at the present meeting of the Conference and appended as Annex II to the present document, and recommends that the Contracting Parties focus particularly on subsequent action after designation which will maintain the ecological character of designated wetlands.
Annex I: Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance [* note]
Annex II: Designation of Wetlands for the List and Subsequent Action
[* Note: This link is to the most up-to-date version of the Criteria, not to the version that was adopted by this recommendation in 1990. For the original, see the PDF version. The best historical study of the evolution of the Criteria for Identifying Wetlands of International Importance is Cyril de Klemm, The Legal Development of the Ramsar Convention, Ramsar, 1995.]