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MR. CROWLEY: You've heard a great deal of discussion today and most recently with Jim about engagement--how the United States relates to and communicates to the rest of the world. Some of this comes formally through government-to-government contact, but increasingly through technology. It comes through communication between and among people. And we, the United States, are significantly focused on not only the attitudes that people have around the world to the United States, but how we can better provide people with perspective and information technology so that they can succeed in the dynamic environment of the 21st century. And the person who is spearheading our communication with the rest of the world including our communication with Africa is the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale. (Applause.)
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: Thank you, P.J. It's a great pleasure to be with all of you today. Africa, as many of you may know, has been an important part of my life from my experiences there as a teenager to all the years I spent at Discovery doing great programs on Africa and now at the State Department.
In my current position, I'm constantly looking for opportunities for public diplomacy to contribute to our valuable and valued relationship with the nations and people of Africa. You may know that Gallup Polling and Meridian House recently reported that the approval rating of the United States in Africa in 2009 was at 83 percent, well above the rating for all other regions of the world. But of course, with this high approval matched by equally high expectations, the promise of this Administration to work in partnership with African countries is going to be closely scrutinized and evaluated by the citizens of those nations.
Our relationship with Africa must involve comprehensive engagement with the people of Africa as well as with their governments. We need to tell the story of what our government and the American people are doing to address some of the continent's greatest challenges: empowerment of women, adequate nutrition, representative and accountable governments, tolerance of religious and ethnic differences, job creation and economic development that encompasses all parts of society.
But we can't just speak. We must also listen and learn. We must ask people throughout Africa about their priorities, their perceptions, their interests, and their concerns. We need to listen to their responses and then engage them in ways that are relevant to them. This is a new way of understanding what global leadership means and requires in a world changed by the spread of connective technologies, the increase in the number of electoral democracies, the rise of new national powers and non-state actors, and in a world where the serious challenges we face cross our national borders--from climate change to nuclear nonproliferation. Today, our embassies across Africa are using a broad array of public diplomacy strategies and programs to reach wider and more diverse audiences. Let me tell you about a few of the ways that we've gone beyond traditional dialogues with government officials or elites to engage with all sectors of society.
When President Obama traveled to Ghana in July, 2009 our embassies throughout the continent reached out to Africans and asked them to send in questions by SMS and mobile platforms. The response was incredible. Our public affairs section in Pretoria, South Africa used a popular, free instant-messaging application called MXit to greatly expand the opportunity for Africans to reach out to President Obama. In its 48 hours online, the MXit platform drew over 250,000 questions. And no, the President unfortunately was not able to answer all of them. (Laughter.) The Embassy and the NSC worked together, however, to select representative questions which the President then answered by a podcast that would broadcast on radio stations across Africa. What we were trying to do was have a blend and a mix of new connective technologies and old media, traditional media, radio, television, things like that.
When Secretary Clinton made her seven nation trip to Africa last August, social media and the internet played a major role in spreading information about where she visited and what she said. This included embassies relaying photos and tweeting about her visit in real time in Kenya, South Africa, and the DRC. A vibrant discussion developed among Africans, the African Diaspora, and global Africa-watchers on her visit and the themes she raised.
As many of you are aware, the State Department has a program to bring nearly 500 African leaders to the U.S. every year on three-week exchange visits. Groups have recently focused on grassroot democracy, transparency, conflict resolution, political participation, religious tolerance, public health, and women in the law. Some of you or members of your organizations have met with our international visitors leadership program participants. And I'd like to personally thank you all for sharing your views with them.
Delivering on a promise made in Cairo last year, President Obama held a summit on entrepreneurship in April. With the assistance of public affairs officers in the field, 23 Africans from 10 countries attended representing private countries, organizations mentoring young girls, media concerns, and social organizations devoted to improving employment and access to capital. I'm happy to say, Africa had the highest percentage of women participating from every region in the world. One delegate, Rehmah Kasule from Uganda, established her own marketing firm with an eye to creating jobs and opportunities in Uganda. She designed a national export strategy focusing on enabling Ugandan women to join the export sector. Attending the summit allowed her to tap into existing programs created by other entrepreneurs, and, as she herself said, "Bring transformational change to enable me to create a new generation of women leaders."
This summer we are bringing a group of 38 women business leaders from Africa for a two-week professional exchange. While they are in the U.S., they will also be able to participate in the 9th Annual Africa Growth and Opportunity Act forum to be held in Washington and Kansas City in August. A fund for public diplomacy innovation, which we initiated just this year, will assist a unique joint publishing venture in Gambia that will strengthen the independent media in that country and help give people there access to more information in the run-up to that country's election in 2011.
For the upcoming elections in Guinea, our Embassy plans to organize digital video conferences to brief journalists and offer SMS technology to help citizens and election officials develop and manage a transparent electoral process early next year.
In Mauritania, Secretary Clinton's special representative from Muslim communities, Farah Pandith met with university students to talk about Islam in America, U.S. policy in the Middle East, and how young people can play a role in their country's progress. The discussion aired as a podcast on the Embassy's website. A group of these students then created a Facebook group called Association of Mauritanian Moderate Youth to voice their concerns about intolerance.
In Somalia, we are supporting the peace process by assisting Somalia's Transitional Federal Government to build capacity to communicate effectively with the public while disseminating accurate information about U.S. involvement to the Somalia Diaspora community.
We have also provided funding to the Ministry of Information focused on radio and internet outreach. Cultural programs also contribute to our relationship. Our Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs launched a new partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) called Dance Motion USA that brings the very best of American dance to other countries. Africa was one of three regions selected to receive a group, "Evidence," led by noted choreographer and dance pioneer, Ronald K. Brown. The group traveled this year to Senegal, South Africa and Nigeria, where thousands of people saw their public performances and students and youth participated in their workshop.
These are only a few of the exciting public diplomacy programs we have carried out in Africa recently and we have more in the pipeline. We look forward to working with all of you as we continue to seek out ways to expand and shape the relationships between the people of Africa and the people of the United States. Since I've been in the State Department, I have the great benefit – I think it's a benefit – of traveling all over the world. And I keep saying to my folks, "When do I get to go to Africa?" And they kept telling me they were holding that off because they knew that's really where I wanted to go. (Laughter.) So I'm happy to say that next week I'm actually heading out and I will be going to Nairobi, to Kampala, and to Kinshasa. So I'll finally be going home.
So thank you very much for giving me this chance to talk to you this afternoon and I'd love to take any questions, comments, ideas or suggestions you might have for us. Thank you. (Applause.)
MR. CROWLEY: We'll start over here and then work our way back. Start here. Wait for the microphones coming your way.
QUESTION: First of all, Gabino Guerengomba. I'm actually a technology entrepreneur, but I'm also the president of the Central African Association. First and foremost, it's great to see you again, boss lady (laughter) because I used to work for her at Discovery Channel for about seven years. And basically my question comes to one of the greatest tools that I think you created while at Discovery--the Global Education Partnership. And I think – one of the thing I've kind of pointed out with all the presentations that went on today, it's that there's no clear and concise plan to work with Africa in a different way than was done 15 years – 50 years so far, which obviously hasn't worked, meaning working through governments that are corrupt and working locally does not give much leverage to the local to actually have an impact. So my question to you is are there any initiatives to clearly engage the African Diaspora which are the best Africa has to offer? And you don't have to go far to find them. They are right here in business incubation, programs that actually leverage the African Diaspora resources to actually create a private sector and stabilize the society systems in Africa.
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: That's a great question, and I think one of the things that we are trying to do. If you note from my comments, it's all about how engaging with people in different sectors of society rather than approaches that we might have taken in the past. In terms of working with Diaspora, we very much want to do that and we want to figure out ways of doing that. Because I think one of the roles that we can have at the State Department is, if you will, as a catalyst and convener. We're looking at how can we bring like-minded individuals and groups together and, frankly, get government out of the way and let them sort of go ahead and initiate some of these projects. So we're looking at a number of activities and ways of doing that. And the Entrepreneurship Summit was actually one of those ways where we brought entrepreneurs from Africa and other parts of the world to the United States to meet with their American counterparts. So we're looking at a number of ways to do that. And frankly, I think the African Diaspora is a critical component of that as we go forward.
QUESTION: Thank you.
MR. CROWLEY: Go ahead. Go ahead.
QUESTION: Thank you for your presentation. My name is Frank Forka from the African Leadership Empowerment Council. My question is maybe a little bit out of place because I've listened to the presentations. But I was thinking that in terms of preventive measures, we need to set up, maybe, a working group. As the previous speaker just said, we have a lot of resources--Africans in the Diaspora. If we don't have any plan that we can use to evaluate the discussions we have here, then it is just useless. But what I want to find out is from the perspective of really engaging the President's message to Africans and what all of you guys are doing from that perspective – especially in the Bureau of African Affairs and with specific attention to Cameroon; the 2011 is an election coming up.
But what I want to find out is what the State Department is doing specifically in Central Africa in Cameroon. Ambassador Janet Garvey is doing a lot in Cameroon. She has been a person that has been put in this issue of constitutional distortions in Cameroon and talking a lot about what is going on. In 1992, the election didn't go well. There is this issue of secession between Southern Cameroon and the Republic of Cameroon. So that's another time bomb that is coming up. So what is the State Department doing concretely so that we can put all of these things in the framework of moving ahead and engaging the Diaspora? Thank you.
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: I probably can't answer the specific question on Cameroon right now, but I can get back to you with that. But one of the things that we are very much looking to do is to look at how we can bring interested groups and parties together to help us address some of these issues. You mentioned some of the electoral issues that you're going to be facing. And I think what we're trying to do is develop new ways of engaging with civil society in countries as they approach critical elections to be sure they have the information and the resources they need to participate in the electoral processes within their countries. But unfortunately, I don't have the specific information on Cameroon.
QUESTION: Good afternoon. Shirley Rivens Smith with U.S.-Africa Sister Cities. For 25 years we have been a grassroots volunteer organization that works with Diasporas. And I think it's very important for us to focus on how to get grassroots people involved. In America, if you don't educate people about Africa, we will continue to hear about individual countries, but we won't hear about the continent itself and how we can just bring people from the continent together to work with people in America and across the world. So I'm just hoping that through diplomacy that we will work on this and that will be one of the ways we can do it.
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: Well, one of the things that I did before I came into the State Department was to work with the Africa Society to expand information and knowledge about Africa. And I absolutely agree. And we're trying to do that. There's a lot of conversation about we need to build bridges. People talk about that a lot. And I think one of our ambassadors pointed out to me that bridges have two-way traffic. It's not just us talking about America going out, but we also have to find ways of having that dialogue and information sharing so that we are actually learning more about the countries of Africa as well. So we're looking at that through our exchange programs and some of the virtual exchanges that we're doing-- to expand that base of knowledge about each other and make it a two-way street.
QUESTION: Thank you, Madam Ambassador. I'm Bonie Chungong. It looks it like Cameroon has a majority of the people in here today. (Laughter.)
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: Where's my Cameroon expert?
QUESTION: I am part of a group of leaders of a big umbrella Cameroon Diaspora organization and my question has already been asked by my compatriot here. We've been here for a few hours and I keep hearing we are doing this with Africa without any mention of the Diaspora community, when working with the Diaspora is a win-win situation for the U.S. policy towards Africa because here you have people who will pay allegiance to the red, white and blue flag of the United States but have what you call intrinsic knowledge of what goes on in Africa.
I can tell you that it will be a cheaper policy because there are things I can tell you about Cameroon that you would need a mission to just to go find out. So I hope you will keep to your promise to my brother here. And I can tell you that the African Diaspora community organized itself a long time ago and it is very, very vibrant. You just have to put a little bit of effort and work with these people. And for those of you who didn't know, Cameroon lost today, but right now I pay an allegiance to my red, green, and blue. (Laughter.) Thank you.
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: Let me just be really clear. We do value relationships with Diaspora communities in the strategies we're developing. There are no better ambassadors for us, frankly, to help bridge communications between our two countries. So we're very much interested in doing that and I think you'll hear a number of programs.
QUESTION: Thank you so much for being here, Secretary McHale. I wanted to know – I'm Ajanet Clemens from the National Black Caucus of State Legislators. And I wanted to know, one of the most exciting things about the digital revolution has been the movement of innovation and creativity and intelligence from the center in institutions to the periphery where everyday folks and even kids can make contributions. AndI'm so glad that you talked about new media and new technologies. My question is, what do you see as the role of social media and new media in terms of democratic participation and the development there as well as economically. How are the regular everyday folks going to be using these and gaining leverage?
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: Well, I'm sure you all know that the take-up of mobile phones across Africa has been one of the fastest growing probably in the world and the impact that it has had on people's lives. And what we're trying to do at the State Department is leverage that to actually provide information and services that people can actually use. Before I came here, one of the things I was doing was beginning to launch a venture fund to help small and medium enterprises across Africa. I then came here and we put that on the shelf for the time being. But when I traveled around Uganda, I saw these informal commodity exchanges beginning to take place everywhere.
Kenya, I think many of you know, has a very vibrant mobile banking, M-Pesa, which we looked at and modeled a similar one on. We took what we saw happening in Kenya and we were able to take that to Afghanistan and launch a similar service there. One of the interesting things about new technology is because so many countries in Africa have come late to the development, they've actually leap-frogged and the applications that they've developed for mobile telephony, for one, are far more advanced than many of the things you'll see in this country, which is why I always say we not only have to talk to people, but we have to listen and we have to learn. There's a lot that we can learn. I would expect to see that.
We are interested in how we can, as the U.S. Government, tap into those mobile networks to provide information that people can use very directly on their phones, in their communities, whether it's tele-medicine, tele-banking, all of that. But, frankly, I find a lot of the innovations that are taking place in Africa are actually teaching us how to do a lot of things. You mentioned democracy. I think this is a hugely powerful tool. Again, it's all about providing people with the information they can use right in their locations. But we're trying to have a balance and a blend. It can't all just be about new media and connective technologies because there are many parts of the world and many parts of Africa where that's not necessarily available to people. So we're trying to maintain that balance. I talked about the President doing podcasts. Well, not everyone has access to the internet. So we recorded the podcasts and then bicycled them – literally, in some cases – to radio stations across the continent so that people could have access. So we're trying to be very open to provide people with as much information as we can to help them.
QUESTION: Hi, my name is Alexa Carkenny and I'm a biomedical engineering and medical student at Drexel University in Philadelphia. And recently this year we established a partnership between our university and two hospitals in Gambia and in Mozambique. And I personally worked in Mozambique training and working with local technicians on equipment repair and developing maintenance strategies together so that the lifetime of biomedical equipment and devices can be prolonged. And I was wondering if you could please share some of the efforts at the State Department in the area of capacity building, empowerment, and diplomacy specifically in healthcare and in the medical profession, such as the transfer of technology or educational exchanges so that aid is not only delivered, but also sustained.
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: A lot of the work that you're talking about is undertaken by other government agencies: USAID and others. What we are trying to do, though, is to facilitate exactly those kinds of connections and, through our conventional exchanges, where we bring people to the United States or we send people overseas. So that would continue. We're also looking at how we can expand virtual exchanges and connect universities in one country to another. And so we're very much looking at how can we use technology to do that. A lot of the on-the-ground capacity building that you're talking about might come under USAID. But one of the roles that we think the State Department and our teams who are on the ground there can do is have an understanding of what it is a particular country needs In what sector. And really be the ones who bring those resources together, sort of be the catalyst that links someone in an African country who has the need for a particular technology with someone who could provide it here.
QUESTION: Hi, my name is Samuel Tesfaye from Ethiopia. It's very difficult sometimes to engage the embassies in Africa. Usually, it's bilateral. How can they better engage civil society or journalists?
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: How can we better engage broader in society?
QUESTION: Yeah, I mean the embassies are caged compounds and it's very difficult to access them.
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: Yes, we are very aware of that as an issue, frankly, not only in Africa, but around the world. At the very moment when we understand the importance of actually going out and engaging very broadly in societies, many of our embassies have become sealed off – not sealed off, but very difficult for people to access. And so we are looking at new ways, everything from mobile centers where we can actually go out into the marketplace and interact with people. We are working with all of our officers to find new ways to get them out into communities. And frankly, we are actually working with groups of businessmen, academics and others in the United States so that when they go, that they go to schools, they go to universities, they meet with business people and really get out of our embassies. I think we feel we've paid a price for that and we've become disengaged and we're doing everything we can to change that. In some cases, in Ouagadougou for instance, we had a free-standing library which was scheduled to go into our Embassy and we are keeping it as a free-standing library. So we're revisiting everything we can to try to get ourselves out there more.
MR. CROWLEY: We'll make this the last question.
QUESTION: Thank you. Eric Chinje from the World Bank. I'm head of global media development in the bank. My question is on media in Africa, which is pretty much in a crisis right now, especially independent media. And obviously I don't see how we could have viable democracies without a credible and a valuable independent media. Now, there are some efforts in Africa right now, the African Media Initiative and the African Media Leaders Forum, two very important, independent initiatives by African media professionals. But unfortunately, I think the United States is not very active or not present in these initiatives and I'm just wondering why.
UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE: I agree with you. I think that an independent media is actually the strength of any democracy. I think it has certainly been the strength of our democracy and I'm not saying that just because I came from the media either. I really believe that that it is important. And I think one of the roles that we can have is to constantly engage with governments to continue to make them aware of the importance of a free and independent media that that will just strengthen their country, but you are met with resistance. So we're also looking for ways to work with civil society organizations like the ones you mentioned. They've come in and met with me and we're in conversations with them. We're also looking at opportunities to convene meetings of journalists and media executives who may be facing similar challenges so that they can develop solutions. So this is a top agenda item. It's certainly for me. When I go out, one of the things that I do is meet with media organizations all over the world so that we can continue to have that conversation.
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Do My Dogs Know I'm Pregnant?Emily Malone
It's funny to think about what types of things my dogs think about and feel during each day. I have a feeling most of the time it's not too much.
Most days are a continuing cycle of eating, sleeping, pooping, and exercise. Beyond that, I wonder how much of what goes on in our house they actually notice.
Friends have asked if the dogs have noticed my growing belly, or become more respectful of my space as if maybe they could sense that something is different. Unfortunately, they still try to plop down on top of me like they always have, and as far as I can tell they don't seem to see me any differently.
In my first trimester when I was horrifically sick, I was convinced that something was wrong with them because they suddenly smelled so bad. My husband tried to assure me that nothing had changed and they didn't smell any better or worse than usual, but I was absolutely certain that they were both rancid and needed to be kept away from me.
The poor pups didn't understand why mommy suddenly didn't want to curl up with them, and seemed hurt when I would chase them out of the room when they tried to get close. It was tough love, but it was also everything I could do to keep my saltines down. I am glad those days have passed and we can all snuggle up together again, even if it does mean constantly re-positioning them off of my belly.
They both seem a little anxious inside the nursery, but that might just be because it's still very much under construction right now. I'm hoping we can get it settled and finished in time that they can adequately explore the space and make it familiar before it's new inhabitor arrives.
Am I nervous about how they will react to the baby? Not really. They both tend to do well with children, although admittedly they have not been around a newborn. I think there will be a lot of sniffing and licking, and running to hide under the bed when the baby lungs start wailing. But my hope is that my three boys will become instant friends and companions.
After all – eating, sleeping, and pooping is how babies spend the day too, right? Seems like they have a lot in common already…

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Senior Olivia Marino has chalked up nine goals and 11 assists to lead the offensive attack for Verona, which boasts some very nice balance along the stat line -- nine girls in the scoring column and eight in the assist column. Junior Jill Sprong has seven goals and two assists, and sophomore Claire Fitzpatrick has six goals and five assists.
Verona will need every bit of that balance in its toughest test of the season against top-seeded Livingston, No. 9 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, in the quarterfinals of the Essex County Tournament on Saturday.
While Verona's schedule has not forced the Group 1 program to regularly clash with Group 4 monsters like Livingston all season, the makeup of the team features a handful of girls who share the scoring wealth, which is a huge benefit for an underdog like Verona.
The quarterfinal pairings are set for the Essex County Tournament, with almost everything going according to chalk thus far.
On Saturday at 1 p.m., top-seeded Livingston (9-1-1) will host nine seed Verona (8-3), which had never advanced past the first round of the tournament until Monday, when it defeated Montclair Kimberley, 3-1. Livingston is aiming to advance to its fifth final in six years.
The winner of that match will face the winner of four seed Caldwell (6-4-2) vs. five seed West Essex (6-4-1), which is slated for Friday at 4 p.m. in Caldwell. West Essex beat Caldwell, 1-0, on Sept. 24 on an early goal by Melissa Felcher.
In the other half of the bracket, two seed and defending champion Montclair (8-2-2) hosts Columbia (3-8-1) on Saturday at noon. Montclair, ranked No. 8 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, has outscored Columbia, 7-1, in two outings this year. The winner of that match will meet the winner between three seed Glen Ridge (7-3-2) and six seed Millburn (3-7-1), which takes place Friday at 4 p.m. at Watsessing Park in Bloomfield.
When three seed Glen Ridge (7-3-2) and six seed Millburn (3-7-1) lock horns in the quarterfinals of the ECT on Saturday, it may not be the hands down verdict that the teams' records would lead a casual observer to expect.
On Sept. 20, Millburn lost a 2-1 decision when Glen Ridge scored in the last five minutes of the game. Since then, Millburn has gone 3-4, scoring 10 goals while allowing 11, and that includes a pair of losses to county giants Montclair and Livingston by a combined score of 5-0. Although Millburn is an underdog, don't be surprised if they do advance. Glen Ridge, on the other hand, has performed well since its shocking 3-2 victory over Montclair on Sept. 22, going 3-1-2 with a goal differential of plus nine.


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the 'occasional' fruit binge won't do anything to a modern PBer. prolonged fruit binging might lead to fat gain, but that's likely to vary between individuals.
So say Grok and his family come across a little cluster of apple trees in the height of the apple season. What is to stop them from hanging around and gorging on easy-access apples all day? I know if I were Grok, I would take the lazy way out and sit and eat apples rather than hunt...and I would probably eat in excess of 300g carbs from apples that day.
Here at PB, most of us modern Groks would never eat 4 pounds of apples in a day, especially on a lazy day. Why is that? Wouldn't it make sense that if Grok sometimes had the opportunity to eat an abundance of fruit, we could on occasion too?
So the root of my question is, what kind of effect would the occasional "fruit binge" have on the average primal blueprint follower?
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the 'occasional' fruit binge won't do anything to a modern PBer. prolonged fruit binging might lead to fat gain, but that's likely to vary between individuals.
Let me preface this by saying... this is solely my opinion (as should be obvious)
buuut... I'd say an occasion 'fruit binge' is alright as long as it is balanced out by the occasional 'fruit drought' ... there would be days (months even) when Grok would find no fruit at all ...
to the point of eating 4lbs of apples in one day... well here is what I think about that...
Grok was a pack animal... I doubt there was ever an occasion (save VERY rarely and only if lucky) in which the group came across a tree/ cluster of trees that had enough good/ripe apples to provide each member of the tribe with 4 lbs of apples...
also... have you ever eaten 4lbs of apples in one sitting?... maybe I'm an outlier here buuuut in my experience eating a ton of fruit (even nowhere near that much) leaves one feeling less then good... ... I'm thinking Grok would want to avoid that...granted he might have to learn the 'hard one' once or twice before he knows to only eat some fruit and not all fruit...
furthermore... for me fruit is an appetite inducer...so sitting around eating apples all day would do nothing more than make me ravenous by days end...
all that being said... there are days in which I partake in more fruit than I should... but those days are usually buffered by extra low carb days and fruit droughts and the like...
I thought the sweet, "modern" apples that we eat were the result of selective breeding and that "wild" apples are more like crab apples - i.e. sour? I'd be interested to know what naturally occurring fruits are actually very sweet?
For example, wild strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries are reasonably sweet but not overly so. So Grok would have eaten those and done himself / herself no harm.
But what were the original figs like? And oranges, pomegranates, bananas, mangoes etc? Were they sweet and luscious from the outset, or did they begin by rather tart, so that it would have been pleasant to eat a few but not many at once, and have become sweeter due to selective breeding / man's increasing appetite for sweet things?
I'm pretty sure that here in the UK, over 20,000 years ago, apart from berries and possibly some cherries, fruit trees would have produced a mouth puckeringly sour fruit - think sloes!
Modern fruit is very, very sweet compared to wild fruit. Traditionally, apples were called spitters used to make applejack, they weren't eaten. The "apple a day" saying was in response to the temperance movement push to eliminate the apple tree. Read "The Botany of Desire" to learn more than you ever wanted about apples.
To get back on topic: Fruit is high in fructose. Fructose is toxic. Once you absorb all your liver can handle, your body stops absorbing it and it ferments in your gut. It ferments easily and rapidly. I'm sure you can figure out how this ends. LOL
Every year I go on a fruit-gorge when the fruit ripens on the cherry plum tree, all in one week. Every morning I'll pick a colander full of cherry plums, then I'll sit down and eat the whole darn thing! (3-4 pounds?) I consider it my annual "nature's colon cleanse". And I feel great; I just have to make sure I don't go anywhere without a bathroom!
I eat fruit daily but I never really gorge on it. But you also have to remember that Grok probably did a whole lot more physical labor than we did. He probably walked long distances and gathered/lifted many heavy things all day. For fun he certainly didn't watch TV or use the computer and instead he did a lot of physical activity with the family. With all the extra activity the fruit probably didn't hurt too much.
"If man made it, don't eat it" - Jack Lallane
People say I am on a "crazy" diet. What is so crazy about eating veggies, fruits, seafood and organ meats? Just because I don't eat whole wheat and processed food doesn't make my diet "crazy". Maybe everyone else with a SAD are the "crazy" ones for putting that junk in their system.
lol, 4 pounds was just a number. I think I could pick 4 pounds of apples off a good tree, but I doubt I could eat it all. I've been in a fruit drought for a while now, so I've kind of been fantasizing about apples and grapefruit lately... I think for me, a fruit binge would be maybe 3-4 pieces of fruit in a day if I were to go absolutely crazy with it. But I can imagine if I were Grok, I would stuff myself with fruit if I found a good source! No use letting that fruit just rot on the tree when I can eat it now! Or maybe Grok just used it as bait while hunting...
As for high fructose strains of fruit: there are varieties of apples that are not very sweet, usually in the "cooking apple" category. Might those be lower in fructose?
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Personally I stick to Apples, bannanas and berries, but I am really frugal with them even when i do eat them and havent had any in the last week since I'm trying to lose weight. I do really love granny smith apple slices dipped in almond butter though. heaven...
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It's been some three years since Janet Jackson and co-writer Rene Elizondo Jr. split up, but that didn't close the door to romance in her life, she told reporters at a press conference in Tokyo, where she's continuing the next leg of her "All For You World Tour 2002." "I'd like to be in love," she said, according to the Associated Press, declining to name any potential suitors. Jackson, 35, and Elizondo, 39, were secretly married for nine years before their relationship was made public. They wed in March 1991, and Elizondo filed for divorce in May 2000. (Last year, PEOPLE reported that, according to court papers, Elizondo entered the marriage with a net worth of $96,596, of which $30,000 was the value of his wardrobe; Jackson was then worth $10 million.) After the marriage dissolved, Jackson started dating, she said, according to AP, though, she added, "I don't want to get married." Dressed in a midriff-baring, black bikini-like top, a sheer lace camisole and jeans, reported the AP, Jackson smiled for cameras before being whisked off on a high-speed bullet train to Osaka, where she is set to perform before crowds of about 30,000 this weekend. She was told in Tokyo that Wednesday night in Los Angeles she was named favorite female pop/rock artist at the American Music Awards.


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Grassroots conservative evangelicals came together at the Faith and Freedom Coalition in Washington, D.C., this weekend, to plot their strategy for taking back the White House.
Although GOP candidate Mitt Romney is on a bus tour through several key states, he took time to address this key part of his base by satellite.
"We need to strengthen the commitment that exists in this country to family," Romney told conference participants.
The members of this group are important because they not only organize evangelicals to get out and vote, but they also stir up conservative enthusiasm. Romney admits he needs their help.
"One of the reasons I'm on this broadcast with you is I desperately want to see you working hard, knocking on doors, calling friends (and) telling them what's at stake," he said. "The question here is whether we're going to have a nation that becomes more like Europe or a nation that remains the hope of the Earth."
Conservative evangelicals didn't show much interest in Romney during the GOP primaries. Former presidential candidate Herman Cain says now is the time for Romney to reach out to them.
"They've got to connect with people of faith," Cain said. "Not enough people of faith showed up at the polls last time around, not that it would have won the election. They cannot afford to stay in the pews this time."
Ralph Reed's Faith and Freedom Coalition is bursting with Teavangelicals -- evangelical voters who are also aligned with the Tea Party.
The group has the cell phone numbers and emails of 13 million potential voters, and they're using that information to distribute voter guides electronically, hoping to add at least 3 million new evangelical voters in 2012 -- perhaps as many as 7 million.
Penny Nance of Concerned Women for America has a plan, too. It's called "She Votes 2012."
"There's about 16 million evangelical women (and) Catholic women out there, and Concerned Women for America has decided that it is our time to reach out to these women, get them registered, get them plugged in and help them to get out on election day and vote," Nance said.
Attendees at this conference say they want Romney to stand boldly and proudly for his values.
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Another said, "It's one thing to say 'I'm pro-life' or 'I'm against homosexuality,' but to fully articulate those ideas and to make sure that his stance is known ... I think we've come to a place where we can't be silent on the issues that need to be discussed."
The real question for Romney between now and election day is can he generate enthusiasm among evangelicals? Pro-family leaders are doing what they can by targeting President Obama's record to get people motivated, but it's unclear if that in itself will make the difference.
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1. Mr. Trololo
2. Jonathan Quick
He is basically down, and then he rises with the shot to glove it. Such a weird style, but so effective.
3. Taylor Steven's breast.
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Porn star Taylor Stevens sat behind the Devils bench and caused a major stir on the Internet:
The clip also caused a major stir in Mark Madden's pants.
4. Sidney Crosby
Crosby was everywhere this week. He was at the Kings game rocking the cool LA look:
And he was all up to date on the news. He was the first person to reach out to Michel Therrien after Therrien was hired by the Habs:
5. Marty Brodeur
Say what you want. Uncle Daddy was as good as it gets in Game 4, including this sick kinda save.
6. Drew Doughty
Best defenseman in the NHL in these playoffs. Another sick shot this week:
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The village can be reached year-round by car or postal bus. Its pride and glory is the splendid, panoramic view of the Rhône valley and the surrounding Franco-Swiss Alps.
In summer, the resort offers countless itineraries for outings on foot, horseback or mountain bike in the heart of the world-renowned, Franco-Swiss recreational area, the Portes du Soleil. Strolling along trails and through alpine pastures nearly 2'000 m high, the visitor has every opportunity to admire the splendid views of the valley below, not to mention the surrounding landscape rich in alpine flora. The attentive sightseer might even catch a glimpse of some deer or mountain goats nimbly scaling the rocky hillsides.
The resort itself offers a pool and open-air tennis courts, an equestrian centre, a paragliding school and charming restaurants specializing in local cuisine. Best of all is the famous Valaisan sunshine.
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Russell Hoffmann
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- B.M., University of Texas at Arlington
- M.Ed., Cambridge College
- Toured as musical director for Concord recording artist Marlena Shaw and the University of Minnesota's "Twelve Moods for Jazz" Langston Hughes project
- Performed with Robben Ford, Donald Harrison, Billy Hart, Peter Lietch, Jack McDuff, James Moody, Rufus Reid, Joe Zawinul, and many of Boston and Minneapolis/St. Paul's finest jazz artists
- Compositions and arrangements performed internationally by the Berklee American Songbook Orchestra, the Boston Pops, Craig Ball and the White Heat Swing Orchestra, and the Tony Lada Quartet
- Clinician at Berklee in Umbria, Umbria Jazz Festival, Perugia, Italy; the Pan School, Tokyo, Japan; Seoul Jazz Academy; Fermata Mexico City; Berklee in Taipei; BIN School, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; and the Berklee High School Jazz Festival
- Featured on many recordings, with the Berklee Great American Songbook Orchestra, Mel Gordon, Tedi Marsh, Steve Rochinski, Jan Shapiro, Bob Stoloff, and the Tony Lada/Larry Monroe Sextet
- Author of Keyboard Comping and Ensemble Performance and The Berklee Practice Method for Piano
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"Playing the piano has got such a physical component to it. Understanding the gestures, the body motion, the language of each style—then incorporating an intellectual knowledge of the music along with the sound—it all works together. There's no substitute for just getting in there, experiencing it, and playing, playing, playing."
"Whatever musical discipline my students are involved in, it's important to me that they understand it's going to demand a commitment toward expressing what they think is valuable about themselves. It takes some examination, and a lot of craft and dedication. There are always going to be setbacks, but then affirmation if you're persistent and consistent in that commitment."
"When I was in college I had a couple of different piano teachers, but the one I really soared with was someone who acknowledged to me that I had a special gift for the piano. And that really did it—I took it from there. That's something I try to share with my students: that they've got something special and that I believe in them."
"Recently I had a student who was really struggling with her rhythmic time feel and confidence. As I worked through it with her, she was finally able to get outside herself and discover, with focused observation and practice, that she had a good sound and good rhythm—and that kind of realization is always nice to see."
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Mr. Eliasberg states the most important objective for a voter is to figure out who a candidate really is, rather than his or her issues.
In the next paragraph, Mr. Eliasberg states Mussolini was right on the issues; he just happened to be a reprehensible character. If Mussolini was right on the issues, then Mr. Eliasberg probably believes, as Mussolini did, in corporatism, which holds that the political and economic power of a country should rest in the hands of industrial, agrarian, and other dictatorial groups, and in national syndicalism, which holds that a massive general strike should destroy democracy and replace it with a model of quasi-Marxist class cooperation.
These views are opposed to every single value essential to the nature of America. If Mr. Eliasberg believes that Mussolini was right on these issues, then he cannot be seriously regarded as a political commentator in the current American system of democracy.
Furthermore, Mr. Eliasberg seems to polarize the snippets argument by completely disregarding the importance of context, calling Obama out on his claims that he did not know the true nature of the Black Liberation Church. First, if Mr. Eliasberg had ever done a simple Google search, he would know that no such church exists. The Reverend Jeremiah Wright delivered sermons at Trinity United Church of Christ. Second,
I highly doubt that Mr. Eliasberg has ever seen more than the little YouTube snippets of Mr. Wright. These snippets were admittedly radical, but to completely disregard the remainder of the sermon seems to be more intolerance than anything else.
Finally, Mr. Eliasberg closes with the line, "Wright is Obama, and Obama is Wright." Perhaps Mr. Eliasberg is trying to be a clever rhetorician with his use of antimetabole, and I sincerely hope so, for otherwise he has called Mr. Obama a race-hustling bigot who makes no bones about it. Let's hope Mr. Eliasberg isn't trying to instigate some form of the Bradley effect.


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HTC's Jeff Gordon: "It would be fun if we had the marketing dollars that Samsung has" (interview)
During CTIA 2013, which took place last week, our own John V. got the chance to meet up with HTC's Jeff Gordon, who's the company's Senior Global Online Communications Manager. We spoke with Jeff about a bunch of interesting topics, including the company's latest products and the current position of HTC with regards to its competitors. He shared many intriguing details with us, so be sure to hit that Play button and enjoy the interview!
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1. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)
That's so true. At my place here, you see Samsung ads everywhere; newspapers, TV channels, cinemas, etc. Other brands, not just HTC, you dont see them much.
8. MCrapp (Posts: 318; Member since: 07 Apr 2013)
At my place I can see plenty Htc ads(I don't watch tv) and some websites try show HTC One almost every day.
16. SleepingOz (unregistered)
Same here! HtC One ads are on every satellite tv channel.
22. chocolaking (Posts: 494; Member since: 22 May 2012)
here in canada, i see one little flyer with HTC ads.
and the rest of the store is filled with samsung crap.
telus, rogers, bell, wind, virgin, you name it.
samsung spend all consumer's money on making more ads and seel you cheap product.
why the fcuk doesn't ppl realize that.
Samsung = fake = lie
26. MCrapp (Posts: 318; Member since: 07 Apr 2013)
Samsung=Note2= Happy Users
34. donfem (Posts: 646; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
Attention seeking
37. SleepingOz (unregistered)
Hahaha relax dude. It's just business, you know.
Being mad at Samsung won't affect their sales at all. You're just making your life a lil bitter.
38. Stuntman (Posts: 836; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
When HTC was the biggest Android manufacturer in Canada a couple of years ago, I saw a lot of HTC ads on TV. Now, it's Samsung that's the biggest and I see Samsung ads everywhere. There's definitely a corelation here.
39. doejon (Posts: 398; Member since: 31 Jul 2012)
yes even in the europe champions league is sponsored by HTC
20. NickPeters (Posts: 74; Member since: 24 Oct 2012)
UEFA Champions League and Euro League, anybody?
2. MCrapp (Posts: 318; Member since: 07 Apr 2013)
It would be fun if HTC can update phones like Samsung!!!!!
5. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)
Have to agree with this one. The One X. =/
7. MCrapp (Posts: 318; Member since: 07 Apr 2013)
Look at the Htc Sensation (no more iHTC for me)
9. EXkurogane (Posts: 863; Member since: 07 Mar 2013)
Sensation? I believed the problem with that one was battery life?
11. Jonathan41 (Posts: 532; Member since: 22 Mar 2012)
I have a unlocked HTC One X and still I get updates all the time. Plus HTC One has already had some updates.
15. CanYouSeeTheLight (Posts: 1116; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
The One X is on 4.1 Jellybean with 4.2 scheduled to be released next month...
31. hypergreatthing (Posts: 43; Member since: 13 Jun 2012)
Or didn't have a history of locked bootloaders?
I mean that alone is a huge reason to stay away from HTC. It's gotten better, but having to submit keys through a website and getting a custom unlock program just to put root? No thanks,
4. SuperMaoriBro (Posts: 526; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
One x was a terrible product. Sure it looked beautiful but mine was buggy. Constant dropouts, lockups, launcher reloads etc. Unfortunately this has put me off trusting htc and buying another one of their devices
24. chocolaking (Posts: 494; Member since: 22 May 2012)
Dude, you would experience worse if you had the highly promoted with exploded battery phone.
the drop out calls and laggy UI is so terrible. even their new phone this year with 4+4 core still lags..
32. tedkord (Posts: 11700; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
No it doesn't. My current dual core GS3 doesn't lag. I tried the GS4 in store this past week - zero lag. If you have to lie to support your position, your position is weak
36. E.N. (Posts: 2610; Member since: 25 Jan 2009)
The S4 does lag. About half of the reviews in YouTube mention lag. Phonedog.com's Samsung fanboy Aaron Baker even made a video blog of how lag on a top notch phone like the S4 is completely unacceptable, which I agree
48. SuperMaoriBro (Posts: 526; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
I actually have the s4 now. Im very happy with it. So glad I ditched my one x. Im not a fanboy of any brand or platform. But I am speaking from experience. I also owned the s3 which I also hated. But the s4 for me is an alround better device imho.
6. Andrew10301 (Posts: 14; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
I liked my one x so much I got a one x plus. Other than the at&t update delays and poor battery life I'd say its the best of 2012. But I do think if HTC were to market as well and much as Samsung they'd be much better off
10. donjunior (Posts: 50; Member since: 28 May 2013)
HTC = Shrinking Company. Samsung will always be the King.
18. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)
"Viva la Vida"
12. FlushGordon (unregistered)
Too bad they don't have the Moolah and the resources
HTC is a stingy company in shambles
All they could just do is post idiotic envy-ridden tweets like ''The Next Big Flop''
25. chocolaking (Posts: 494; Member since: 22 May 2012)
posting tweets is better than telling lies isn't it?
27. MCrapp (Posts: 318; Member since: 07 Apr 2013)
Telling lies? What lies?
44. ncarlosmiguel (Posts: 206; Member since: 14 May 2013)
10M units sold within the 1st month isn't a flop is it?
Sadly, your beloved company lied to you.
13. Diego! (Posts: 575; Member since: 15 Jun 2009)
Yeah... right! There was a time when they were more successful than Samsung and they had a very lame and poor marketing strategy as they did until... now! :| They should reconsider their marketing strategies instead of wishing of having the money their competition has. In which case, Samsung was smarter than HTC and paid attention to marketing in order to get success.
14. StreetNerd (Posts: 819; Member since: 08 Dec 2010)
sadly no new WP Flagship this year =(
17. tiara6918 (Posts: 2036; Member since: 26 Apr 2012)
As expected,sammy fanboys thumbing down positive comments of those who comment something good about HTC. Please get a life and stop trolling!
19. ryq24 (Posts: 724; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Maybe htc should merge or sold to a bigger company in order to beef up their cash reserve.
21. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
The reason the likes of Samsung,apple,Microsoft etc have twh huge marketing budgets is because they are successful..course anyone would love to have a huge budget but even these beg companies did not start of with a huge budget they have now but had to work for it for a number of years if not decades...also its not just amount of money you have but how well you useit.
33. donfem (Posts: 646; Member since: 30 Mar 2011)
In my opinion, having a sizeable budget geared towards sales means confidence in ones products. If sales were not so good, of what benefit is a sizeable budget? Which buttresses your point that over the years, companies accumulate chunks of cash through product sales.
23. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
How bout market your products like Samsung doesn't matter if you have millions of dollars like Samsung. or hire another new marketing manager.
28. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
It's kinda hard to except HTC as the underdog here. They had their chance and really blew it by putting out lackluster phones with the same old boring UI. And they are horrible with updates, so marketing dollars doesn't really tell the whole story. Just look what they've done to degrade the Droid Incredible and One X brands. Sense 5 looks much better and the hardware speaks for itself, but if they have to support their devices, drop the branding and give their phones some identity... The One, the One X, One X+, One V, One S...WTH! Finding cases and even reviews for the One was a nightmare because every other One comes up! And what will the successor to the One be, the One 2? HTC has the engineering and design know how, but their marketing and consumer perspective is null. Drop the focus groups and hire us tech fans, we are the bridge between your vision-less corporate mentalities and the consumers you have no clue how to reach.
29. wh3resmycar (Posts: 3; Member since: 05 May 2013)
It would be great if htc designers grow brains and added a microsd slot with their flagships. Im happy with my xperia zl....
30. lallolu (Posts: 472; Member since: 18 Sep 2012)
HTC is just using Samsung's marketing as the key to Samsung's success. Well, it is not. Samsung tries to make their phones meet the expecations of people. Samsung gives SD card, bigger and removable batteries, powerful chipset and very good camera. HTC does not understand that people appreciate these things. I see HTC One's adverts a lot on the TV in Sweden but I know I will not buy it. I will choose S4 over it just for the camera. I can live with the lack of SD card and lower non-removale battery but the camera... NO!!!!
35. HDShatter (Posts: 1021; Member since: 17 Jan 2013)
Ad blockers = never see any stupid ads.
40. shotine (Posts: 26; Member since: 11 Jan 2010)
Samsung keeps to the true android expierence with interchangable batteries, upgradeable memory and a android interface that looks more like stock android instead of like the title interface that htc is going with.
41. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Typical loser attitude from HTC. Assuming that they do not need to improve and just need marketing. Totally ignoring the fact that Samsung has been manufacturing and designing every product under the sun for years. Just maybe it is their experience making great and reliable products and not just marketing HTC.
Until them and their fans can get that through their thick skulls, HTC will always be an epic fail and their fans will always be rooting for a garbage company.
42. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
Marketing is a MAJOR part in Samsung's success. Any company can make a good product, but if you don't market it, it will fail. Samsung does make a good product, I had very little problems with my GS2, and so far have no problems with my GS3, but without marketing their products would flop. I've had just as many problem with my Samsung devices as I did my HTC devices, the difference between them being that Samsung marketed their products more and sold more than HTC did many times over.
Look at HTC's current success in marketing. In Q4 2012, HTC sold about 7 million units, that accounts for all of their devices available at the time over a 3 month period, all of their devices at the time had little to no marketing. Now, HTC has sold over 5 million units of the One in just 1 month; that's 1 phone, almost matching their entire Q4 line up in sales in a fraction of the time. You know why that happened? Because HTC is marketing the absolute crap out of the One, I can't go a day without seeing a HTC One commercial. Yes, the GS4 sold double that in the same time frame, but that's because not only does Samsung have marketing, but they also have reputation. Marketing a good product creates a nice effect;
Make a good product, market it, get good sales. Next year;
Make a successor to that good product, market it, people recognize it, get better sales.
Samsung is riding on that effect. HTC can't get that same effect, because for the last year or so they've been lacking the same recognition Samsung has, because they've been drowned out by Samsung's marketing.
This year however, HTC is fighting back with their own marketing, and the sales show it. If HTC is getting these kinds of sales with just a good product and marketing, wait until next year when they get closer to Samsung's level of recognition.
The One is an amazing product. Every review I've seen places the One as a very worthy competitor to the GS4. I think you're just a blind hater who is too ignorant to see that HTC makes very good products and is in the middle of a comeback from a very bumpy year.
43. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Please. I buy so many electronic products that it is bordering on obsessive. All of my HTC products had huge glaring flaws and none of my Samsung products have had these issues. Coincidence? I think not. Their poor sales is a direct reflection of their garbage products and when they do sell, their return rates make the headlines. Enough said.
45. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I do find it coincidental that every HTC phone you bought had major flaws. The only problem I had on my HTC devices was that Sense was too heavy (it wasn't too much of a problem on my Mytouch 4G), and the battery was sub par, they got me through a day, but without much to spare.
In fact, the only problems I ever hear about HTC products is that Sense is too heavy and the battery isn't great. Other than that, it's just the regular first batch defects and the rare defective batches that every manufacturer has trouble with.
I think you just Google "*insert HTC device here* problems," list every single problem you find and complain about it, then you just ignore every defect Samsung products have. I can do that too, watch;
Galaxy S3;
Random freezes
Exynos exploit
Unexplained cracked casing
Screen burn in
Random WiFi disconnection
Excessive battery drain
Sudden death
HTC One X;
Weak/no WiFi connection
Display discoloration
GPS problems
Charging issues
iPhone 5;
Light leakage
Bent aluminium frame
Purple glare on camera
Excessive battery drain
Scratches out of the box
It's easy. When I do that, all products seem like garbage.
46. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Return rates do not lie. AT & T already said in one of the phonearena articles that they had more HTC One returns vs. very little GS4 returns. I work in the industry and this is definitely the trend.
Besides, XDA are the biggest nitpickers ever and you clearly see more HTC gaps, buttons that dont work posts then anything you might find on the GS4 forums.
It is not a coincidence, stats do not lie. HTC loving and Samsung hating fan boys do.
47. Berzerk000 (Posts: 4275; Member since: 26 Jun 2011)
I can't find the article you're talking about, mind posting a link?
Those gaps and buttons not working are mostly first batch issues. This has been a common thing when a new and anticipated phone releases, 2 months or so after the initial release is when quality control is at its highest and stabilizes. Within the next month you'll see those issues become much less frequent and eventually become rarities, just as it did for the GS3 and iPhone 5.
Major problems of the GS4 lie with the software; like half the storage being taken up on the 16 GB model, and the phone lagging frequently due to terrible optimization. Also the great features that take up that memory only work in perfect conditions; like Smart Pause won't work in you're in a dark room, check Pocketnow's review of the GS4 on how these "features" eating up your memory aren't so helpful. The GS4 also has overheating issues, WiFi connection problems, and screen ghosting.
Are you calling me a HTC loving Samsung hating fanboy? I don't think so, considering that I'm enjoying my GS3 right now, and I had a nice time with my GS2 once I put Nova Launcher on it. I prefer HTC, but I have nothing against Samsung and would gladly use one of their products as my daily driver. I just think you're blowing these HTC problems out of proportion, and are minimizing the problems Samsung has.
49. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
Bezerk. Not letting me reply on my HTC device so I just started a new post.lol
Last paragraph. Trust me, this thing happens a lot more with HTC than any other manufacturer. Just do the math, less HTC One's sold but more returns. It should be less returns for less sold. Those are bad numbers and also facts. Not speculation like what you are suggesting.


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With the start of a new school year, Heidelberg University's school of music has a lineup of fall entertainment.
"The Drowsy Chaperone" is to kick off things in Gundlach Theatre. Co-directed by Heidelberg music professors Paul Mayhew, Greg Ramsdell and Carol Dusdieker, the musical is to be staged at 8 p.m. Oct. 11-13 and 2 p.m. Oct. 14.
"The Drowsy Chaperone" is a parody of American musical comedies of the 1920s.
This year's Montague Distinguished Artist is internationally known pianist Avguste Antonov, who is to perform a guest recital at 7 p.m. Nov. 2.
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Heidelberg University's traditional presentation of "A Heidelberg Christmas" is set for 3 p.m. Dec. 9, at The Ritz Theatre.
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I've done a few posts like this already already here and here, but they finally have a name… What's On My Face. It's really just an excuse to show you what makeup or nail varnish I'm wearing if I have a day where I don't just throw on the usual suspects.
After getting a bad allergic reaction to one of the Maybelline 14-hour lipsticks (more on that here) I've had to stay clear of any lipsticks and just keep my lips natural with a bit of NUXE Reve de miel lip balm. It seems to be the only thing helping! Seeing as I can't experiment with my lips I decided to go a bit sparkly on the eyes, using the the shade 'Fez' from the NARS 'Pleasure of Paris' palette (which I did a swap for with Laura). Over the top of Fez I patted on a bit of Bobbi Brown 'Cement' which is a gorgeous taupe coloured glitter.
On my face I used my new Laura Mercier Silk Creme foundation which I got in shade Cream Ivory. I use a tiny amount as it is heavier than I'm used to, but once blended it's a very pretty, luminous base. I also used the Guerlain Terracotta bronzer which gives the perfect mix of bronze, blush and highlight. But you guys know I love my blush so I topped it up with this very pretty, peachy shade from Origins (hello strong pigmented blusher!).
To give my nails a bit of glitz and glam (and to cheer me up whilst being without lipstick) I went for Leighton Denny's 'Temptress' which is a vampy ruby purple glitter. But it's not a rough glitter that falls off your nails, it feels rather syrupy in texture and glides on perfectly creating a smooth finish.
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