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Examining MicroSD changes in Android 4.4by Joshua Ho on 3/13/2014 8:42 PM EST
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Tarwin - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkIs the whatsapp example valid? It saves to the primary memory from what I know, whether that's internal or microSD. This means that it still has the same vulnerability asbefore.
Secondly, this limits the usage of an external microSD greatly. File managerno longer manage files, they only read them. Download programs can no longer download to the external memory card. Heck, I personally prefer to manage the media content on my phone and tablet via Wi-Fi by directly connecting to my low-end home NAS (a Seagate goflex home drive). I won't be able to do that anymore.
Also, I haven't seen any program yet which lets me install to the EXTERNAL SD card...
This wouldn't bug me so much if we had Android phones with 128GB of memory so that I could continue using those apps like file managers and download managers... But unfortunately 32GB is still the norm for high end and low end is even worse. Reply
marcardar - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkI agree - this seems to have little to do with the Whatsapp example. Any Android app can request READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission and access the database. At least that is certainly true for devices with no SD card slot. For devices with an SD card slot, it depends whether "external storage" points to the SD card are some internal flash storage. If the external storage points to the SD card, then I think READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission is sufficient (to read the SD card) even in 4.4. Reply
blanarahul - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkI didn't understand a single word of the second last paragraph. Reply
JoshHo - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkThat's the thing, I suspect that Google would like to implement a similar system on primary storage but it would break tons of applications as a result. Long term though, I wouldn't be surprised to see a move towards the same system that we now see on microSD cards.
It does for now, but Google is clearly trying to do something about it with the SAF, which effectively replaces file managers from the play store.
As for installing applications to external SD, this is a common feature on some OEM phones. Reply
Tarwin - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkI remember the "move to SD" but I personally haven't seen the option on any 4+ devices which have a passable amount of internal memory. Even on some newer lower end phones which only have two gigs left for user access they didn't have the option to install to external SD. It's also why some people were seriously complaining about the M.O.J.O. since games can take up quite a bit of space and sixteen gigs is seriously not enough.
I have known of custom ROMS with the option and apps which give you the functionality on rooted devices, but not OEM devices that have anything newer than 2.3. Can you name some deviceswhich have the option? I'd loveto be proven wrong/corrected as then this would make a little more sense Reply
digi_owl - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - linkThe "move to SD" was never about true SD cards. It was implemented because OEMs started partitioning internal storage space, and pointing the Android SD slot APIs to one of those partitions.
Ever since the confusion have lingered in the Android APIs, and this latest change is adding further confusion. Reply
Tarwin - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - linkOh, I know, it's just that JoshHo said "As for installing applications to external SD, this is a common feature on some OEM phones." And I was just saying that the last time I saw anything even resembling that feature was the "move to SD", though it was used with true SD cards when the internal storage was very limited (.e.g. the HTC Sensation) Reply
digi_owl - Sunday, March 16, 2014 - linkYeah, it rarely shows up in 4.x because Google introduced the option to union mount a FAT "partition" on top of a directory in the EXT based main partition. Thus sharing internal storage space between apps and user files without breaking the house of cards that started with OEMs mounting a partition as if it was a SD card. Reply
vdidenko - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkNot sure, how file management applications like Nexus Media Importer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.... work then? It does work on both Nexus 5 and 10 with OS version 4.4.2. It did not work for what seems to be described reasons with 4.4.0 and 4.4.1 - but works fine in 4.4.2. Reply
rstuart - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkYeah, there is something not quite right with the description. File manager apps have continued to work since the release of Honeycomb. I notice they all have a "Modify or delete the contents of your USB storage" permission. The stuff you can modify and delete lives under /sdcard and also /storage on a Nexus. What you could not do is modify stuff under / - but you can look at some of it. Reply
Nenad - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkES File manager stopped working on my S4 after I upgraded to 4.4. More specifically, it CAN write files to external SD card, but it can NOT create folders there. And File Manager that came integrated with S4 CAN create folders.
So it appears that what article describe is partially correct on S4 with KitKat: creating folders is prevented, but creating/writing files is not on external SD. Reply
secretmanofagent - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkThere's a good post here: https://plus.google.com/+TodLiebeck/posts/gjnmuaDM... Reply
vdidenko - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkI think I now understand I misread the article. It does not claim restriction on ALL external storage. Only on media in the build-in microSD reader. Which none of my devices have. So I can not claim how Nexus Media Importer works with it.
Anyone can report a file manager writing into an arbitrary directory on a build-in microSD device? Reply
takur - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkThe "Security" reason is not at all valid. If the reason is that some other apps may access another app's data then I guess the better solution is for an app to encrypt its own data. Reply
StormyParis - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkI'm unclear about what happens when I connect to my phone via USB, in MTP or storage device mode. What parts of the SD can I still read or wrtie to from Windows Explorer once the phone is mounted ?
Also, what happens if I take the SD out and directly put it into my PC's SD reader ? Reply
Gigaplex - Thursday, March 13, 2014 - linkNothing stops you from accessing the data if you put the card in an SD reader. This is an OS-level restriction that stops malicious Android apps from accessing data it shouldn't. It doesn't stop malicious physical access attempts. Reply
boredsysadmin - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkI have the same question here. Gigaplex below answers only the easy and obivious question, but how does this affect MTP access to SD card Reply
JoshHo - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkThere's nothing stopping modification of the files through PC access. Reply
JoshHo - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkThat's one part of the problem, but in the case of Whatsapp, the big problem is that there's nothing stopping an application from secretly uploading chat logs to a remote web server. If basic sandboxing actually happened between applications, this wouldn't be a problem. Reply
DLeRium - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkThis same problem can exist for any SMS app uploading your text messages, or a 3rd party gallery app or file manager uploading your pictures. I'm not sure why people are targeting WhatsApp specifically. It's quite unfair because any app can potentially read a lot of things on your phone. Reply
JoshHo - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkThe difference is that even with storage permissions, it isn't possible to read text messages. That needs a much more questionable permission. Reply
wisi - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkBecause it's one example. What do you mean by people? Are there other articles talking about the gimped SD card access on Android and calling out Whatsapp? I understand the comments on this article because it was mention in it. Reply
wisi - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - linkApps still have READ permissions on the SD card. So those logs and other data can still be read by other apps if they're on the SD card.
This crappy permission thing Google's forcing is limiting WRITE permission. Reply
CSMR - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - linkNo, the better solution is to provide for a secure location for storage of application data (managed by the OS and inacessible to other apps), but also allow access to all public locations when authorized by the user. Reply
danjw - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkI am for anything that moves toward improved security for Android. I do think they need to give app developers a time frame to get their apps updated for the new security model. After that cutoff, the non-compliant apps should be removed from the Play store. They also need to move to this security model for all external storage, not just the SD card. Reply
Zstream - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkJust FYI, this does work on the Nokia 1520 as well. That might be something to talk about. Reply
wisi - Friday, March 14, 2014 - linkStupid Google hiding behind "security" to gimp access to the SD card. The internal and USB (less likely used) storage stay the same...
The direction Google has been taking with Android has really been making me root for Sailfish and Ubuntu phones. Reply
Guren88 - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - linkThis is almost like Apple. So what's the use of sd card anyway?
Before i have been downloding files directly to sd card. But now i cannot do it. Still lucky that i can still move them to sd card but that's another more time to do. Moving like 4Gb of data to sd card. I am not suing my laptop anymore to download because i finally have large storage to use. And now you want me to fully use my internal memory and transfer to sd card after? I dont care about security. It is the users fault if something happens. Reply
Tarwin - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - linkHear! Hear! Reply
digi_owl - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - linkHere is the gist of the issue.
When Android launched, all internal space was dedicated to Android and apps. Any kind of generally accessed space, for music and such, was expected to be on a true removable SD card.
But later OEMs started partitioning the internal space of their devices, and mounting one of them as the "SD card".
This resulted in various issues, like phones being sold with 8GB of storage where only 1GB (or even less) was available for installing apps.
Problem is that Google dropped the ball, and rather than introducing a new API that could handle multiple storage areas they introduced "move to SD". Thus forever cementing the idea of internal space being "SD card" within the API.
End result is endless confusion between Google and users about what is actually meant by "SD card". Google talks about the APIs, while users talks about the actual physical cards they can insert and remove. But only when you have a device with no internal space and a physical SD slot are those one and the same. And good luck finding those on the market today.
It seems that Google insist that Android is to be a web terminal and PMP, not a full on OS like it could be with proper handling of files. We can see this in how file access since 3.1 is to be mediated via the media storage database and MTP, rather than straight access to the file system.
And this latest change build on that with the introducing of the storage access framework. You can tell by how they have categories like images, but no concept of directories or file paths. This is the same kind of shenanigans that MS has tried, and largely failed, to push for a decade or more on the desktop. Reply
Tarwin - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - linkActually, part of the problem is precisely that this applies to the external SD card and not the internal "sd card". I can understand restricting access to system files (though an option for advanced users wouldn't be such a bad thing) but I believe I should be able to do as I wish with the files on the external SD as I've yet to see a program actually put their files there. Reply
digi_owl - Sunday, March 16, 2014 - linkIt only affects it, in the restrictive sense, if it is mounted as "secondary" storage (something that Android never had any good handling off).
Primary storage can be any of 3 things, a partition on the internal storage space, a union mount on top of the internal storage space, a true removable SD card. The last option is rarely used these days tho.
End result is that the read only restriction comes into play on secondary storage, while primary storage is what Google have sadly insisted on referring to "SD card" all these years. Reply
speculatrix - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - linkWhy didn't Google simply require that people reformat their flash cards with a proper file system where file ownership and protection works just the same as the rest of the OS's file spaces?
Then you have file spaces for music, movies, ebooks, documents etc can be shared amongst apps which have a genuine reason to read or read-write the files.
Ok, so you can't take the memory card out and put in a windows or mac computer, but there's still MTP; and I'm sure it's not beyond the wit of Google to improve the linux ext3 or ext4 file system drivers for OSX or Windows. Reply
StrangerGuy - Saturday, March 15, 2014 - link"Some may say that this is a clear attempt to kill off expandable storage and attempt to force cloud storage upon more users, but recent events have made it clear that this is a move targeted at OS security"
That makes as much sense as a PC cannot have a 2nd HDD or run programs on it because Windows has a vulnerability. Reply
Tujan - Sunday, March 16, 2014 - linkJust got to thank you for that comment. Because without being splashed over the head with cold water,or having somebody click their thumbs. I would have continued into being some form of submissive orb.
Thank you. Reply
cjs150 - Monday, March 17, 2014 - linkJoshua is right this change is as much about forcing people to move to the cloud as it is about security.
Problem is that the cloud model is flawed if you are in location that does not allow internet access (eg a plane) or have very slow access. The people making these design decisions never factor that in.
Ultimately what they want is cloud based subscription services, I do not. I have no objections to the cloud it has its uses but it is not a panacea. I use my tablet as an entertainment device. What I want to do is stick a 64 Gb microsd card in and have 20+ movies or a couple of TV series to watch. If I need more I take a wireless hard disk with me. My uses are not the same as everyone elses Reply
beginner99 - Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - linkNot to mention that when you actually have fast cloud access (LTE) you are limited by the amount of data your plan supports (for free) and where I live that amount is unusable for any kind of media files. Of course there are more expensive plans but most people can't really afford those. Reply
Arbie - Monday, March 17, 2014 - linkcjs150: I agree completely. Reply
Hrel - Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - link"However, whether this gain in security is worth the transition period between a robust permissions system for microSD/FAT systems on Android and the status quo is another question entirely, and is one that may not have an answer."
I think it's good, IF it drives OEM's to start producing pre-paid smartphones with more than 1 or 2GB of internal storage. Considering how cheap memory is, and how SSD's (NAND) just plummeted in terms of price/GB there's no reason besides greed for including anything less than 8GB on board storage.
I think Google is trying to make that the minimum for integrated phone storage (partly because it costs OEMS effectively NOTHING to do, but also to improve user experience. Since internal storage is almost always faster than external). Really though when we're talking about 200-400$ phones the difference between 8GB and 16GB of internal storage is negligible. Worst case scenario they should offer different versions of the phones with a REASONABLE price increase for the upper level storage.
Reasonable meaning the price increase to the customer is in line with the cost increase to the OEM. So basically nothing. Reply
Haravikk - Monday, March 24, 2014 - linkHopefully it'll finally stop third party apps from littering files all over the damned SD card and actually set a consistent location for that stuff. Reply
Davidjan - Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - linkExternal storage is necessary. Big MicroSD card must be accepted by folks. Meenova MicroSD reader supports 128GB MicroSD card to add phone's storage: http://goo.gl/2iJ6gf Reply
Upiklosorg - Saturday, June 21, 2014 - linkWhy would this matter for very long? New apps would be setup for this and work fine wouldn't they? Makes me think how I couldn't use VHS tapes with my DVD player I simply used what was designed so everything worked fine. Reply
AnnihilatorX - Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - link" but recent events have made it clear that this is a move targeted at OS security, as the popular chat application Whatsapp could have all messages easily accessed by any application that could read the SD card. On 4.4, despite the lack of security on the part of the developer, such a security breach wouldn't be possible."
I fail to understand why disabling WRITE access to SD card would prevent READing content of other apps and solve this quoted security issue. Reply


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HP's ElitePad 900 Windows 8 Tablet: No Short Skirt, But a Couple of Long Jacketsby Dustin Sklavos on 10/1/2012 12:01 AM EST
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dagamer34 - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkHP is so cheap, they couldn't even spring for the 1366x768 panel to allow snapping of Metro apps to the side. WTF? Reply
jeremyshaw - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkAlso, why not a 1440x900 panel, mantaining a better (IMO) 16:10 ratio, while giving more than ample room for metro snapping. The ipad has a 2048x1536 panel. With nearly full sRGB and IPS. Pretty much all other top tier android tablets are running 1920x1*** at this point, and most on a variant of IPS, too. There is no excuse for cheaping out on the panel (whatever marketing or engineering excuse there is... is irrelevent, given the established competition has much better panels in numbers, already). Reply
fteoath64 - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkWell said. 1440 X 900 would really make it stand out even though it is on the low-end of the Win8 Tablets compared to the Pro tablet which sports 1920X1080 resolutions. The area difference between 1280X800 vs 1366X768 is not as great as 1440X900 compared to 1280X800. Yeah, more Metro snapping just a notch below the Pro resolution making it a small step over the standard Android 10 incher!. Reply
andykins - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkPerhaps the GPU and/or drivers of said GPU are terrible and can't handle high resolution displays. That'd be my guess anyway. Reply
B3an - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkNo. It has a Intel Z2760 SoC and theres loads of other tablets with this that run at higher res. And this is 2012, pretty much anything can do 1366x768 no problem. This is just HP being their using shitty self. I'm glad MS made the Surface being as so many PC makers are totally incapable of making anything good. Reply
EnzoFX - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkI think he said 1366x768 because that's the res MS supports. IIRC their control is gonna be tight. Their support for the snapping may be restricted to the res they specify? I'm sort of piecing together from things I've barely skimmed lol. I could be wrong. Reply
Spivonious - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkYou need at least 1366 pixels horizontally to snap. That is the only requirement.
The 1280x800 panel on this tablet makes absolutely no sense. Reply
lilmoe - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkI bet those Clover Trail SoCs cannot handle that high of a resolution and maintain fluid performance. We might see those high resolution Atom tablets when Saltwell core Atoms (with Intel 2500/4000 iGPU) are ready to ship.
Microsoft is having a tight hand on ARM and x86 tablets, they want the experience to be fast and fluid without any hiccups or problems. It's a good start. But I do agree, 1366x768 should make more sense for clarity and Windows 8 functionality. Don't know why HP chose that resolution.
For now, higher resolutions can only be found on IvyBridge based Windows 8 Pro tablets (like Surface Pro). At least that's the plan for launch later next month and early 2013. Reply
Penti - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkShouldn't be much difference between 1366x768/1280x800 and 1440x900 here. The devices support 1080 output over HDMI. Windows desktop aren't exactly hard to drive, Metro has virtually no effects of any kind so. This is btw a Windows 8 Pro 2013 release unit. IvyBridge supports resolutions above 1920x1200 though. Not like it's a good fit for Windows to have higher in that size though. Although it is supported. GPU/drivers can always rescale stuff like games. Stuff needs to work nicely in the desktop also though, here the desktop and Metro will scale in to different ways kinda. Basically the scaling in Metro is 100%, 140% or 180%. The default scaling in the desktop doesn't match this. Reply
ssj4Gogeta - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - link1366*768 has only 2.45% more pixels than 1280*800. Besides, any GPU these days can handle that res just fine for the desktop. Reply
Pneumothorax - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkHP now reminds me of American car companies in the 80's-90's: Always missing a feature and a year late! Reply
tuxRoller - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkI would guess that the reason they aren't making this premium is b/c the market hasn't been established yet. They want to see if there is any interest first. Reply
Impulses - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkNice Cake reference on the headline Dustin, I for one chuckled. Reply
gmkmay - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkHave not yet read this yet, but the title alone made me have to post. Just great. Reply
rscoot - Thursday, October 04, 2012 - linkGotta say though Intel Atom doesn't exactly inspire the greatest confidence to fidelity towards the "mind like a diamond" line though and with HP's reputation for reliability, I'm not sure if they "know what's best". Reply
damianrobertjones - Monday, October 01, 2012 - link"(let alone the staggeringly high resolution of the current generation Apple iPad)" - Which uses massive DPI scaling so you're not really benefiting from such a high res Reply
repoman27 - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkAre you talking about the MacBook Pro with Retina Display or the iPad? What gets scaled on the iPad, besides things that don't supply high resolution assets?
Anywho, text is always rendered at full resolution and that is of tremendous benefit, especially for non-Roman languages. Reply
Spoony - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkI find that the very sharp text and imagery is fantastic on the iPad (3). If that counts as not really benefiting, you'll have to clue me in on what actually benefiting looks like.
In fact screens of sub-150 ppi look quite fuzzy and unpleasant anymore. Some of the less refined Pentile stuff is quite visible as well. Reply
melgross - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkSome games are scales, but that's it. Everything else is at native resolution. Reply
damianrobertjones - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkThis tablet shows why MS presented the minimum specs to all interested parties otherwise, as you can tell, they'd just make absolute rubbish. Reply
hstukenborg - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkI haven't read the article yet, but anyone using a Cake reference is ok in my book. Reply
ImSpartacus - Saturday, October 06, 2012 - linkYeah, I thought that was at least a little witty. Reply
p05esto - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkI don't like the high resolution tablets at all. Have you surfed the web on them? The tiny little web site in the center is annoying. I'll take 1280 or even lower all day long.
Everyone has an opinion. I say offer two options! Reply
melgross - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkDon't know what tablet you're using, but I never have that problem. What sites are you specifically talking about? Reply
p05esto - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkBasically every site on the internet. All web sites are pretty much designed for 1024x768. If the iPad is "scaling" the site to 2/3 times it's intended resolution you are missing the WHOLE point to high resolution and if anything you are seeing a fuzzy and less than ideal experience.
This is fact by the way. What is opinion is how it looks when scaled so high, that is in the eye of the beholder (I don't care for it is what I'm saying). Reply
p05esto - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkShould have attached this link:
Are high-resolution displays screwing up the Web?
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/are-high-re... Reply
B3an - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkYou're argument is stupid. Higher resolution is always better, and you can simply zoom in on web pages that are too small. If you have something like iPad 3 res then even when it zoomed in you still have a sharper image than a 1280x800 res display, because the pixels are so much smaller and closer together. Yes images will look a bit blurred compared to the default 100% size, but they will still look shaper than a much lower res diplay. And text will always look MUCH better at any zoom level.
Btw LOADS of sites are not designed for 1024x768 anymore and haven't been for many years. Even Anandtech is 1100 pixels wide. Most sites aim to keep the horizontal width under 1280 pixels these days. I do this all the time, i'm a web designer myself. And pretty much no one designs a site with with 768 pixels height in mind... for the simply fact that you just scroll down if the layout exceeds this height, which it does on 99% of sites. Again including this site. Reply
Sufo - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkI really like high res displays - I hope that the push in the handheld market pushes similar changes in the desktop market, however, say what you want, but unless a site is coded to swap in high res assets for an ipad 3, all images and icons look like blurry turds. There is no way around this, it's just a fact, and it affects the vast majority of websites. Reply
Impulses - Tuesday, October 02, 2012 - linkThat's dumb, zoom and/or re arrange your windows, problem solved. Equating web surfing on a high res display (highly dynamic, are constantly being redesigned) with watching a VHS on an HDTV is not a good analogy, despite many of the same fundamentals being in place. Reply
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twtech - Monday, October 01, 2012 - linkA joystick or two and a few buttons on the side. Reply


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The team are looking forward to next year and putting in place systems to develop even more and compete in what is going to be a very challenging league.
This was also captain Jack Roberts' last game for the College and his contribution to the basketball programme over the last three years has been outstanding.
Richard Anderson, coach said: "Jack will be missed next year and we'll be looking for someone to step up and fill his shoes.
"The team has improved massively throughout the season and every player contributed to the win."
The Team BC Elite Basketball play their home matches on Wednesday afternoons at Bridgwater College sports hall with tip-off at 2pm.
Any students wishing to play sport at Bridgwater College next year should register their interest or ask for more details by contacting Luke Buckingham on 01278 441322 or emailing email@example.com
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Phillip Schofield
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Phillip Bryan "Pip" Schofield (born 1 April 1962), known to Interpol as The Silver Fox, is an English broadcaster and television personality, actor, soldier, sailor, candlestick maker and former avid right-wing political activist best known for his blockbuster portrayal of Joseph on stage in the late 1980s and more recently for his slightly homo-erotic relationship with Fern "Rivita" Britten on ITV's This Morning. Commented on as the "Nicest Man in the Universe" by stars like George Michael, God and Jonny Rotten, his sudden change to stunning white hair and softly-spoken gentleness in 2003 changed the public's fading attitudes of the star, prompting New Labour to publicly drop all charges of Racially Motivated Assault for fear of losing public support. He is also famous for his 1982 single "Super Rapping"
edit Early life
Phillip was born in Lancashire, England on April 1st, 1941. A prodigy in pre-school education, he could spell his own name by his second birthday, recite entire Disney film scripts (including stage directions) two months later, and became one of the leading active members of the local "Nazis in Nappies Political Playgroup" at age three. His intelligence reached its peak at six, however, when a drunken night in a toilet left him and three friends sprawled across the handlebars of a four-seated tricycle facing charges of gang rape and speeding in the urinal aisle. Suffering mild brain damage, his jet black hair began to show the earliest signs of ATPW (Adorable TV Presenter Whiteness), a condition that has haunted him and other UK stars like Robert Kilroy-Silk and Des Lynam to this day, most recently attacking Gary Lineker; which makes the victim completely irresistible to all females over 50.
Bullied throughout secondary schooling and further education, Schofield began to blame (some say rightly) Judaism for his plight, and turned his attention to writing his own version of Hitler's "Mein Kampf", entitled "Mein Kampf 2 - A Child Called 'It'". Slated by book critics all over North Humberside (the only town where it was released), Phillip was criticised for "taking the political ideals and passion that made Mein Kampf so popular with fascists and turning it into a horribly gorey story of love set in medieval England with unnecessary and seemingly random appearances of anti-semitic phrases and communist villains; eliminating any kind of political influence and replacing it with Kitten Huffing-fed bull." Knocked back from the publishing world, teenage Phillip tried his hand at acting instead, starring in several school plays and excelling at his previously unexplored, newfound nishe.
edit Early Career
Schofield's first big break came on some TV show for kids called Fog Vision broadcast from a warehouse is Streatham on short lived cable chanel Poot TV. Schofield's tenure was short lived after he got into a fight with an old man on the set of a segment of the tv show called The Hospital but this did lead he open to various UK jobs, such as presenting Childrens BBC after Steve The Mac Boy left the slot after 5 years. He immediately changed the shows name to 'Afternoon Oi' but it was changed back to CBBC quickly after it drew complaints from a trail for the show that had shown a little boy coming home from school, bicking his head in the bathroom mirror to skinhead, then walks into a room with a swastika on the wall and turns on CBBC. Schofield said in it's defence "It was my punk statement". The trail was swiftly changed to a little girl swimming in a garden pond with a dog and the words CBBC echoing from a Tannoy out in a high pitched disturbing voice, then the girls mother appears wearing a swimming costume, holding a ladle and a cucumber celtaped to a kettle. The girl looks at her starts saying "Meepo Meepo" then explodes.
He the moved onto "Going Live" which he presented with Sara Green and puppet Gordon the Gopher. In a 1999 interview Schofield stated that Gordon had original been a wanking glove for him to use in his down time during filming but the puppet had been spotted by the shows producer and was swiftly included in the show. Sometimes semen could be visible in Gordon the Gophers fur. In 1989 Schofield was involved in an accident during a live episode of the show- a man had come to talk about Guns on the show and Schofield had been holding a handgun that was supposed to be deactivated, Schofield accidentally fired the weapon killing three audience members. The show was kept on air and Schofield was arrested live on air. Schofield was later cleared of all charges but the show was cancelled.
Down on his luck, Schofield left his London apartment and moved to Newcastle. Here he began regularly drinking Scotch and playing pool all day in local pubs. He was often found blacked out on the street or sleeping in ditches during the summer months. After an incident involving a handgun and a botched drug deal he moved back up to London. He he tried to kick Heroin but managed to get his addiction down the a manageable level- enough to work again.
In 1993 he landed a job at ITV presenting their new game show 'Nuisance Calls'. The show involved 20 phone operators ringing people up people and businesses they think they would get the most pissed off. The aim of the contestant was to help shout abuse at some of the most irate people and generally slag famous people off and dance. Schofield would shout Spam and the contestant woild have to lick him from him nose to his navel without stopping. Sometimes Schofield would wear ties covered with devils witch chili and human excrement.
In 1994, he opened the Channel Tunnel and successfully drove his car from dover to Paris on the tracks after he was told he could by bystanders. This caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to the track and the points so the channel Tunnels opening was delayed for two months. He made it to Paris but was arrested for the offence but also for drug possession.
The summer of 1994 raged on with Schofield clocking up two more arrests- one for possession of handgun without a license after been caught brandishing it while driving through central London. The other was for assault after Schofield was involved in an brawl during an armed robbery at a Nightclub.
1995 Schofield hit the tabloids after being regularly photographed under the influence at various underground Hardcore Jungle clubs in London. Schofield did an interview with Smash Hits magazine wear he said 'I'm a junkie, I'm a fool, you know I'm a fucking average, you're not just my creator', he then released an album of Hardcore Techno and Jungle entitled "Welcome To My Motherfucking Scream Wood III The Bass Max Files Time'. It was a minor hit after his single "Cream Butts" became an underground smash. He later retired from music stating "It's fucking bullshit, I'm an artist not a fucking prostitute, fuck this man'. He retreated into heroin addiction and was rarely seen apart from occasional appearances in the tabloid press for arrests for theft, drugs or alcohol intoxication. Also the bizarre promotion the sun ran of buying him a new set of teeth in 1999 after most of his had rotted away from drug use.
In 2004 Schofield was offered a presenting job on This Morning, he took it willfully and is still in the Job. Schofield says he prefers to sleep in the day and says he stays up all night before presenting the show but sometimes uses amphetamines to pep him up. The show is famous for his 2007 live Heroin overdose whilst presenting a segment on cooking. Schofield had just taken a hit off set when the show returned from the add break. Schofield appears spaced out but then slumps onto the kitchen counter in overdose. Schofield recovered quickly and was back presenting the show the next day. He returned to the show saying he'd kicked Heroin and was stupid to do it. This was a lie and Schofield continued his use, often appearing stoned on screen or falling asleep, In the summer months Schofield could usually be caught just before add breaks putting a syringe into his hand with a full hit of Heroin in it to do during the add break. In 2010 Schofield admitted on air that he was going to be open about his Heroin addiction, claiming that it was like cigarette smoking to him. "I'm fine, i usually do half a gram during This Morning and another one for the rest of the day. This prompted complaints and Schofield was sacked.
He is now presumed missing after sightings ceased.
edit Late Career to Present
After Joseph, Schofield was left penniless and jobless by a theatre company that cared more for sell out shows and latest fads than it did greying, handsome, softly spoken actor/TV presenters. He turned to drink, and gained 26 stone in weight. Retaining his hatred for Judaism, he would have week-long parties with Michael Barrymore and George Michael where the morbidly obese Schofield would sit in a chair made purely of homosexual bodybuilders and throw petrol bombs at wicker men with Jewish faces and Rabbi hats that Michael and Barrymore would have made hours earlier at knife point. Slowly, Phillip also slipped into drugs. For three years, he lay in his bed all day taking vast amounts of extacy, drinking Herbal Essences shower gel and eating lard. The mixture would leave him in such a euphoric state that he could often be seen rolling down the hills of Lancashire completely naked singing the songs of Joseph to the tunes of nursery rhymes.Times were hard. With three mortgages paying for lard and gay bodybuilder furniture, rumours of homosexuality, morbid obesity limiting his movement and the continuing trauma of ATPW gripping his life, Schofield turned to a good friend that he had made in his early career - Gordon the Gopher. Philanthropist and lover of Schofield's previous work, the altruistic Gordon lent a hand to Phillip and helped get his life back on track. Through weight loss videos presented by that ugly one from that cruise ship show (yknow, that McDonald bird who can't sing very well and used to sing on the boat documentary then tried to release a single which failed miserably and who can only get jobs now on shows like Loose Women), drug rehabilitation advice from Pete Doherty and through the good example of Scientology (see Bullshit), Schofield lost 27 stones, stopped blaming the Jews and was fitter then ever. He was ready once again for a return to TV.
Now presenting This Morning with the "lovable" Fern Britten who is also a smack head, the two have become a formidable opponent for any morning show, as their on-screen (and undeniably homo-erotic) rapport and drug use brings millions of viewers every day. Phillip Schofield, it is said, has never been happier. In an interview with Heat magazine early 2007, he said "I, it is said, have never been happier, i can do do smack openly during interviews if i say I hate myself for it. Like smoking to me. don't see the fucking problem" Though he is now fully in the clutches of his life threatening illness, which has made him utterly sickeningly adorable. The pair occasionally live in a house they built out of bricks in a field together but are getting evicted as it's not their land and their drug use is antisocial.
edit Coping with ATPW
Phillip Schofield has been an active campaigner throughout his career for the advancement of research into a cure for Fuck Ache In his early years regularly funding the Fuck Ache fund, later becoming the face of ATPCure and starting his own charity, Scope-field, he has always lived in hope for a cure one day. His mission statement can be found on the official Phillip Schofield fan club site as the following:
|I will always strive for new ways to release humanity from the grip of a disease which leaves innocent TV Presenters like myself and Robert "Islamophobia" Kilroy-Silk totally irresistible to every human being, with beautiful white locks that shine like God. We will overcome all opposition and before 2010, we WILL find a way out of this delicious little hole. Also, I'm not gay, I'm just lovely.
His efforts, however, have always faced opposition. Mostly run by sex-starved, lonely housewives who have time to watch This Morning and become sexually stimulated over his whiteness, leagues have been set up to hinder his organisation's attempts to sure the illness. Societies like "ATPW should be TWAT", "I want your Whiteness", "We love ATPW long time" and "In Soviet Russia, ATPW cures YOU!!" have held counter events, terrorist campaigns and propaganda against the handsome TV presenter's cause for several years, and have vowed to do it until the handsome virgin gives up his cherry to the horny ladies.
His most recent attempt to cure his ATPW was to sleep with Chris Moyles, but this backfired when several other stars copied him, including his This Morning co-host, Fearne Briton.


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Pioneer DVR-108D - Crowning a new Championby Kristopher Kubicki on 8/31/2004 12:02 AM EST
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DarthRanger - Saturday, September 04, 2004 - linkHi Kristopher -
Saw your post to my question; so you're saying Plextor has a d/l DVD RW? I checked Plextor-America's site and didn't see a D/L model there. Can you point me to a link?
Darth Ranger Reply
Bozo Galora - Saturday, September 04, 2004 - linkWell well, quite a hodge podge of opinions and corrections.
First of all the "retail" version with "honeycombed" casing to lower noise is not out yet. Its PART number is DVR-A08XL.
DVR-108 is the name of the drive and DVR-108D is the bare drive OEM bulk PART number.
I got that info from the cdrinfo article touted above, which does seem to be a lot more informative, and paints a lot less rosy picture of the drive.
After reading AT review, I had actually written a check to edazz.com for 5 of them ($89 shipped). Thanks to comments here, I ripped up the check and am now on hold again.
As far as the Plextor being $30 more expensive, pricegrabber.com has it for ~$122 at several vendors with 2 dif $30 rebate coupons noted, good until Oct.
So then I went to cdrlabs.com and saw one of the the new Liteon 16X will have a USB port version...
"Also available in an external version around October, the SOHW-1633SX offers an integrated USB 2.0 port for easy, flexible connectivity, and is ideal for users 'on the go'."
"Fewer mistakes than usual" comment by belzer - heh heh. Quite an indictment.
I really need some DVD burners badly, but I guess I have to wait this stuff out.
And will have to take future AT optical reviews with a grain of salt - so to speak.
kcma - Friday, September 03, 2004 - linkI never read Anandtech's optical storage reviews, why? Because any burner reviews without tests on protected media is not worth my time reading. I browsed through the article quickly and once again, no tests are done on ripping and burning protected titles. If I was wrong because I browsed too quickly, I apologize. I would love to see this changed though, Maybe future articles can include these tests? Reply
bendixG15 - Thursday, September 02, 2004 - linkOkay;;Is there a diference between the model
DVR-108 asnd the DVR-108D ????
KristopherKubicki - Thursday, September 02, 2004 - linkQuestar: The ridata media is pretty terrible. I havent seen another burner that burns it well either.
Then again, look at some of our other dual layer tests that cant even burn the good MKM stuff.
Kristopher Reply
mud - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - link"but since dual layer media still costs several dollars a disc"
Can someone tell me where I can find dual layer media at that price!? Reply
Questar - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - linkA drive that FAILED half of the +R9 tests is considered the best drive you have ever tested?!?
WTF was an average drive then??
KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - linkBelzer youre correct, ill have that changed.
Kristopher Reply
Belzer - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - linkCongratulations, fewer mistakes in this reveiw than usual. Here is a major one though:
This is an Imation disc rated at 8x write speeds."
If this was rated 8x, which I doubt, it must be a mistake in production. CMC MAG F01 is the MID for CMC Magnetics 4x certified discs. If you had really tried a CMC Magnetics 8x disc, MID CMC MAG E01, you would actually have been able to try the burner @16x speed as it allows overspeeding on this media. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - linkDarthRanger: I am guessing you didnt read the review.
Kristopher Reply
arswihart - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - linkAnyone know where to get a retail dvr-108d? Reply
Tote Hose - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - link"Without a doubt, this is the best DVD Recorder that we have tested to date. We are looking forward to catching a glimpse of some of the BenQ and NEC solutions in the upcoming weeks, but until we can obtain samples, we have to claim the Pioneer DVR-108D as our recommendation for best DVD recorder."
I realy cant understand your situation. In Germany we can buy for example the BenQ 1600 already since nearly 1 month (I have bought the BenQ 1610 yesterday). The Pioneer DVR-108D is available since 2 weeks now. Same thing with the 16x burners from Asus, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Samsung, Sony, and Teac.
I realy like this site because of the competent and trustworthy tests - and so i'm realy disappointed about the DVD-Burner Section :/
So if youre looking for realy extensive and up-to-date DVD-Burner tests my hint is: www.cdrinfo.com Reply
DarthRanger - Wednesday, September 01, 2004 - linkWhat about Plextor adding a D/L media DVD writer to their line up? I'm surprised they haven't brought one out by now. Reply
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkarswihart:
Did you do the mouseover image thing? We in fact did these tests multiple times, you are usually just seeing the best burns that came out. Pioneer's burner produced lower errors with faster burns. Those are the only two elements needed to really compare two burners with equal feature sets.
But then again, The Plextor unit costs $30 more, does not write dual layer discs and cannot read DVD-RAM. Considering the Pioneer can do anything the Plextor can, or better, for 25% less we would have to be foolish to call the Pioneer anything short of the best burner we have tested yet.
Kristopher Reply
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkPhiro: I think Abit tried a legacy-free motherboard a few years ago and it bombed terribly - it had no PS/2 or serial/parallel ports but was pretty much the same otherwise.
The same goes with PCIe and AGP; even though Intel is forcefully doing their best to ditch the godawful technology, you have people like Gigabyte and MSI who go off and design an 915P motherboard that bridges AGP through the southbridge.
Can you name some other technologies that stick around with better, simplier technologies that have been available (for the same cost even!) to replace them for years?
DVI versus D-sub
USB versus PS/2 (at least argumentally)
USB versus LPT
The list goes on!
Kristopher Reply
PrinceGaz - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkA lot of people who might want to buy a new drive don't have SATA support on their mobo, but everyone has IDE.
I too hope more optical drives become available in SATA as that would be my preferred next choice. If Windows XP SP2 doesn't include SATA drivers as a standard part of the installation, it damn well should.
I guess the ND-3500A will be a wonderful drive when it is reviewed, its the one I would go for given the trouble free operation I've had with my ND-2500A which hasn't burned a single bad disc (I verify everything). I couldn't care less about 8x or higher burn speeds, or DL so long as they mean more expensive discs and lower quality burns though. Reply
Phiro - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkI should have phrased that last line differently.
Until every little atapi device switches to a SATA connection inherently, regardless of performance gains, we're not going to see our old IDE headers on our motherboards going away.
Just like the floppy drive connector. Look how long serial & parallel ports stuck around, PS2 keyboards & mice are STILL being stuck with brand new systems - USB has had legacy support available to all bios makers for a long, long time.
arswihart - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkI really don't know how you are saying this is the best DVD burner by far, it seems the plextor comes out ahead just as many times as the pioneer, and I think they are probably of very similar quality, also, you don't repeat any of your tests, how do I know the plextor didn't just get a bad disk in the single test you run with it, or vice versa.
Why exactly are you saying the pioneer is easily the best DVD burner you've tested? I'm not convinced at all that its the best, although it seems at least decent. Reply
Phiro - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkI don't want SATA just for performance gains - I want it for the cabling and the simplicity, and I can't wait to ditch the stupid ide headers on our motherboards.
Every little ATAPI/whatever device going to SATA would make this a reality, regardless if it gets a performance boost.
Fishie - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkSATA wouldn't yield any performance gain because the bottleneck is not the cable speed. It's the speed at wish the laser can read the disc that is the bottleneck. Reply
RyanVM - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkNo SATA? Count me out.
(I hope manufacturers read these comments) Reply
Fishie - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkI decided to test that Ritek DVD+R DL (DVD 9) disc in my Toshiba M1802 DVD-ROM. It actually finished the test but it doesn't look so good.
http://www.adventurousduo.com/host/ritekr9dltoshib... Reply
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkIan@CDRlabs:
>How can you say this drive is the best you've tested when you haven't even burned any discs at 16x?
Um? It burns the best quality discs at 12X and 8X. It doesnt have to burn at 16X to still burn better than any drive we have tested. And not that that really matters since 16X media availabilty is fairly non-existant still.
Kristopher Reply
Fishie - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkUnfortunately, I only have Ritek GO3s right now so I cannot test 16x.I forgot to mention that I had the same results burning a Ritek 2.4x DVD-R9. It seemed to burn fine (using the latest version of Nero and DVD Shrink) but when I read it, it fails at the second layer. Reply
Degrador - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkWith the 1.04 and 1.06 firmwares, yes, 12X was faster than 16X. However 1.10 starts the 16X zone a bit earlier, enough so that 16X burning is now faster than 12X. And yes, I also own one. However I use the beta firmware hack made by >:NIL - this allows overburning of 4X media (I can write Ritek G04s at 12X). Btw, booktype setting doesn't matter with DVD-R, it's not applicable. Reply
Fishie - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkI own a 108. Yes, it does read slower than it's counterparts. My Lite-On SOHC-5232K/Toshiba M1802 are faster readers. What I don't understand is why the review was done with firmware version 1.04 when they have two new firmwares out? I am using firmware 1.10 and it will burn my Ritek R03s 8x at 12x. It would only do 8x with v1.04
Also, CDR Info did a review. On their tests, the write time was faster at 12x than 16x. They list a quote from Pioneer as to why this happens. As far as booktype setting: With +R DL media, it automaticaly sets it to 0000h (DVD-ROM). It doesn't support it with -/+ R. Reply
LittleKing - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkGood review, but unless I'm looking at it wrong, the "Read Tests - Printed Media" page shows this to be a bit slower than it's counter parts.
Also the overimage change doesn't work in FoxFire.
LK Reply
Ian@CDRlabs - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkHow can you say this drive is the best you've tested when you haven't even burned any discs at 16x? Reply
danidentity - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkCan't wait to see how the ND-3500A compares. If you guys want to test it, it's readily available at Newegg.
And I'm not sure if you know, but it burns CD-R at 48x versus 32x for the Pioneer 108. Reply
hjs - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkCan't wait to see the benq tested (who also has that bitsetting thing onboard) Reply
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkDegrador, fixed, thanks.
Kristopher Reply
Degrador - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkBitsetting basically describes what type of disc it is (only matters for DVD+R(W) and DL discs). Having a drive able to let you set the bitsetting means you can write discs that seem to be DVD-ROM discs not writables, and so old dvd-players can handle them better.
Another thing I noticed in the article, the image shows the Ritek R03 discs burnt at only 4X on the Pioneer, yet you say "Even at that ambitious burn ..." and "the Pioneer wins this bout both in speed and write quality". Wrong image link perhaps? Reply
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linksaechaka: someone said a hacked 3500A firmware supports bitsetting. I think its a pretty moot issue nowadays but some people find it really important.
Kristopher Reply
saechaka - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkwhat's the significance of this bitsetting? and will the 3500a be able to utilize that feature? thanks Reply
Degrador - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkUnder the features table, you have the drive listed as writing DVD-RAM at 2X. This drive actually doesn't support writing DVD-RAM, only reading.
Perhaps another thing of note is that the retail version has better noise management / control than the OEM version.
Also, is there any chance of doing some benchmarks with the newly released 1.10 firmware?
Budman - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - linkPioneer DVD burners Rule!! Reply


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Hurd wrote in his blog (www.hurdhealth.com) that the published study "outlines the zoonotic transmission of MRSA from animals to humans, based on genome sequencing. Although this is a possible route for MRSA, we could just as easily argue that people gave the genome to the animal strains of MRSA. Or better BOTH people and animals got these MRSA strains from a common bacterial source. Remember, we do all live in the same environmental, bacterial system."
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Slaughter's claim would seem to be a stretch, especially considering the details of the European study. Specifically, two patients were studied – a 53-year-old woman and a 69-year-old woman. The first patient had two cows, two horses and a dog, and the second patient had a flock of 10 sheep.
Hurd, who served as Deputy Undersecretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, wrote that the exposure routes reported for the two women are very unique. The infections occurred in one case at the site of a steroid injection, and in the other case as a result of a serious chainsaw injury.
"The MRSA strain was susceptible to antibiotics other than beta lactam penicillins and both patients recovered. (There was NO harm, therefore NO risk)," Hurd wrote. "Because there is no discussion of antibiotic use on these farms, and considering their size, it is highly unlikely antibiotics were ever used in these animals and certainly not in the feed. These are very unique situations, which are informative, but CANNOT be used to make national policy. Remember that the science of risk assessment does not say that transfer of resistance NEVER occurs, but that it is too rare to justify major changes in animal antibiotic use policy. I don't know why our friends in Denmark have a strong desire to 'eradicate' their livestock production, and then export those costly practices to the rest of us."


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CHRIS Wilson has urged the Blues to play to their strengths at Magna Road tomorrow.
The Portland United boss has been over the moon with his side's recent performances but is fully aware of the threat Hamworthy Recreation (2pm) will pose this weekend.
Wilson told Echosport: "They had some up and down results at the start of the season but we are certainly not reading anything into that because they have levelled off recently and are beginning to pick up again.
"They are always going to be a top-six side at the end of the day, and when you go there you know you are going to be in for a tough one.
"I watched them against Weymouth Reserves a few weeks ago and although it was difficult to get a real sense of exactly where they are, it did enable me to find out a little bit more about some of their players.
"Just recently we have playing some terrific stuff and there is no doubt we will go their full of confidence. And as long as our commitment, application and concentration are all spot on, and we play to our own strengths, then I am sure we will come away with a good result.
"The players have been delivering on all those fronts and it is their responsibility, as well as ours, to make sure we try and keep that going."
Lewis Whyton is unavailable and Scott Henley is a doubt with a hamstring injury while Andy Harris should return. Portland currently trail second-placed Hamworthy Recreation on goal difference but hold four games in hand.
Chickerell United boss Maurice Welch is also expecting his side to face a tough examination at Cranborne (2pm).
The Chickens returned to winning ways last Saturday with a 6-1 demolition of Merley Cobham Sports but with the Cranes having won four of their last five at home in the league, a hard-fought contest is anticipated.
Welch said: "Cranborne will be a bit stronger than Merley and a bit better too so we will go there under no illusions.
"They have already beaten the likes of Hamworthy Recreation and Weymouth Reserves this season and I am expecting a really tough game.
"Tom Peck and Dan Welch should both be back with us, which is a boost, but Aston Butcher will miss out due to his commitments with Dorchester Town.
"It's really important we try and get some momentum going again ahead of some tough fixtures coming up."
Weymouth Reserves are hoping to have a new face in their ranks for their trip to Shaftesbury Town (2pm).
The Terras saw their five-game unbeaten run come to an end last weekend and joint-boss Jake Richmond is keen to bounce back at the first attempt.
He said: "It is not the best of pitches up at Shaftesbury. There is a bit of a slope and we will have to make sure we try and use that to our advantage.
"First and foremost we will do what we always try and do, and that is set ourselves up so we are hard to beat.
"If we can do that and get the right reaction from the players then we will stand every chance."
Sanchez Baker is set to return and there could also be a debutant in the ranks.
Richmond added: "I am hoping to bring over Brandon Hill from Kangaroos. I have been after him for a while and I see a lot of potential in him."
There is also the possibility that the Terras could lose a couple of players to first-team duty.
Finally, Bridport Reserves host Sher-borne Town Reserves at St Mary's Field (2pm).
The Bees are currently unbeaten in seven in all competitions and will fancy their chances of increasing that streak against a North Dorset outfit that currently lies third bottom with just 10 points from 13 games.


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Some people with severe
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—especially those with
emphysema—may be underweight and malnourished.
the reasons for weight and muscle loss in COPD are not completely understood,
experts believe that it happens because of a combination of things. These
Poor eating habits and nutrition also can contribute to weight
loss. For older adults, the cost of food and being isolated from others may
play a role in poor eating habits.
Weight loss in COPD may be caused by:
Weight loss in COPD may be caused by many
different things, including increased use of energy by the body, depression, and shortness
of breath. All answers are correct.
Continue to Why?
Weight loss is
a concern in COPD because as you lose weight, you lose muscle mass. Muscle loss
may result in your feeling weaker. And muscle loss makes it harder to breathe (the
muscles that help you breathe also weaken). Weakness can also lead to a greater
chance of infections, such as
Some people with
COPD weigh too little for good health. People who are very underweight,
especially those with emphysema, are at higher risk of death than are people
with COPD who have a normal weight.1
Weight loss in COPD can make breathing more
When you lose weight, you lose muscle,
including the muscles that help you breathe. This can result in more difficulty
Continue to How?
If you are
beginning to lose weight and muscle mass, you probably need to eat more protein
and get more calories. This generally means eating more foods containing fat
and protein. Because eating too much fat and targeting certain nutrients (such
as protein) may have health risks, always consult with your doctor or a
registered dietitian before eating more of these foods
to gain weight.
Foods that can
help you add nutritious calories to your diet include:
Adding the
following foods to meals or snacks can help you add calories and protein to
your diet.
Milk, milk products,
and meats are high in protein. Try to eat more of these foods, or:
You should consult with your doctor or
registered dietitian before changing your diet to
maintain or gain weight.
To gain weight when you have COPD, you may have
to eat more foods with higher amounts of fat and protein. Eating too much fat
and focusing on certain nutrients may have health risks, so it is important
that you work with your doctor or a registered dietitian to find the best way
to gain weight safely.
Continue to Where?
If you have COPD and are
worried about losing weight, see your doctor or a registered dietitian. He or
she can help you plan a healthy, high-calorie and high-protein diet.
If you are eating more calories but are continuing to lose weight, see
your doctor.
People with COPD often have little interest in food
or difficulty eating because of shortness of breath. For tips on eating
regularly and eating healthy foods, see:
Return to topic:
CitationsGlobal Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (2011). Global Strategy for the Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of COPD. Available online: http://www.goldcopd.org/uploads/users/files/GOLD_Report_2011_Feb21.pdf.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
It is amazing to me how extraordinary microbes are at surviving and
reproducing as compared to the human population. Pathogens have the
ability to quickly mutate and change in order to survive. They are able
to kill millions of people every year. Although we have been able to
control some pathogens since our understanding of microbes and their
associated genetic codes has increased dramatically over the past few
decades, we still have a long way to go. Due to their tremendous
capabilities, new strains are emerging and other strains are
re-emerging. Accordingly, our task of eradicating pathogens may never
totally be achieved. However, looking back over the progress we have
made, we have done a great job saving the lives of many people using our
ability to educate the public and our knowlege and use of genetics and
We do need to continue and do a better job educating our youth and the
general population about microbes. I would say that a majority of the
population does not understand the use of antibiotics. Furthermore,
they are unaware that antibiotics are only effective against bacteria
and not viruses. Likewise, as Mary pointed out many people are unaware
of the symptoms of some diseases such as Lyme disease and therefore
harbor the disease for a long period of time causing permanent damage to
their bodies.
Let us hope that we continue to learn more and use this knowledge so we
can prevent future epidemics or pandemics from pathogens. Similarly, we
need to continue the fight against malaria and other diseases that kill
millions of people every year.
From: firstname.lastname@example.com on behalf of Mary Johnston
Sent: Tue 1/30/2007 7:52 AM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Emerging Infectious Diseases
I have found this unit on emerging infectious diseases to be quite
interesting and disturbing as well. While analyzing the various
possible outbreaks and the potential horrific results that a pandemic
could produce is really a cold dose of reality. Diseases ranging from
Avian Bird Flu to Hanta Virus to SARS to Ebola to HIV to cholera have
the potential to take hold and produce disastrous results almost
anywhere in the world. This is the result of many causative factors
including rapid population growth, lack of sanitary conditions in many
places, contaminated drinking sources, close living quarters, lack of
immunization against preventable diseases, human occupation of remote
regions, increased global travel as we convert to a global economy, poor
medical care, antibiotic resistance, contact with animals or insects
that spread disease, and lack of knowledge about disease prevention. It
is particularly scary to think that different strains of a disease could
infect the same host (like a bird or pig) and then mutate into a more
potent strain that could have the potential to infect human hosts and be
spread by person to person contact. There have been minor outbreaks of
some diseases like Ebola in Zaire and Hanta virus in Texas, but I fear
it is only a matter of time before we have a much bigger pandemic
similar to the Spanish Flu or Hong Kong Flu that are discussed in the
online text.
I think that the government needs to take a more active role in
preparation for such an event and really educate people about how they
should respond during such a crisis. People took some precautions about
terrorism after 911, but the preparedness has since died down and people
are becoming complacent again. The risk of an incident due to a
sickness like SARS is as much or more of a threat than terrorism.
Communities need to outline how they will isolate the cause of an
outbreak, treat potential victims, and still protect the general public.
On a personal note, citizens like myself should have a designated
meeting place, disaster kit, and emergency strategy just in case of a
In addition, we need to focus more on diseases that are not
spread by person to person contact but by animals and insects. For
example, three people that I know have been diagnosed with having Lyme
disease this year alone. That is quite a high percentage. People must
be educated on how to protect themselves against the ticks that harbor
the disease and then how to recognize symptoms so that no permanent
damage is done. Often people with Lyme disease wait too long to seek
treatment and irreparable nerve damage is done.
In the Northeast particularly, it seems that mosquitoes (West
Nile and Eastern Equine Encephalitis) as well as ticks (Lyme disease)
are more of a threat than ever before. Pesticides and sparying help,
but it is education of the general public that I believe will save the
most lives. How do others feel?
Mary Johnston
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Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:22:23 -0500
From: "Karen Blaustein" <email@example.com>
Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Channel-talkbio Digest, Vol 5, Issue 7
To: "Discussion list for REDISCOVERING BIOLOGY"
Hi Mary,
I do not have any cladogram activiities. However, I use dichotomous
keys to give students the opportunity to use their analytical skills. I
have a dichotomous key activity using the kingdoms of life. Students
find or draw pictures of the 6 kingdoms and write a dichotomous key to
determine which kingdom the organism belongs to. I find that many
students have a difficult time with writing their own key. Accordingly,
for the comprehensive students I write the key and have them fill in the
blanks. I give extra points to the college prep students for making an
original key. Most of the honors students can be creative with the key
that they write.
From: email@example.com on behalf of Mary Johnston
Sent: Fri 1/19/2007 1:33 PM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Channel-talkbio Digest, Vol 5, Issue 7
Dear Karen,
I was also intrigued by this because the descendence from the
mesonichids was the prevailing hypothesis in the whale evolution debate
for some time. This was based on some fossil evidence. Now molecular
evidence links the whales to artiodactyls instead. ALso I believe the
video contained some fossil evidence thas was based on the ankle bones
of the different groups. Ankle bone comparisons linked the whales more
closely with the artiodactyls than with the mesonichids. In terms of
phylogeny, I think it is clear that relationships between organisms are
most clearly explained when you examine BOTH fossil evidence as well as
molecular (DNA) evidence.
I do several fossil comparisons when I cover evolution. Do you have
any cladogram activities?
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Sent: Fri 1/19/2007 12:01 PM
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Subject: Channel-talkbio Digest, Vol 5, Issue 7
1. Re: cladograms (Karen Blaustein)
Message: 1
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 07:42:31 -0500
From: "Karen Blaustein" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] cladograms
To: "Discussion list for REDISCOVERING BIOLOGY"
I am glad you brought this subject up on channel talk. I was surprised
to learn about this new evidence concerning whales. I had also thought
that the ancestor to whales were the mesonichids. I have a wonderful
PBS movie called Great Transformations, which is one video in a set
called Evolution. This video discussed the belief that whales descended
from a wolf-like creature (mesonichids). Scientists found skeletons in
a desert area that once was part of the a sea (I think the
Mediterranean). By analyzing the skull, specifically the ear bone,
scientists were able to determine that this wolf-like creature had the
same structure as a whale. This structure is only inherent in whales
and therefore had concluded that whales descended from this four legged
animal. This video was obviously made before they used the DNA analysis
to determine that whales most likely descended from the artidactyls.
The scientist in the Rediscovering Biology video who was shocked by the
DNA analysis was the same scientist in the Great Transformation video. I
show this video and as a followup activity I have a group of pictures
that show the physical evolution of whales (from fossils evidence) and
have the students put them in order from oldest to most recent.
From: email@example.com on behalf of Mary Johnston
Sent: Wed 1/17/2007 2:13 PM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] cladograms
I found it quite interesting that scientists now believe that whales are
related to the artidactyls and not the mesonichids as many originally
thought. This also showed that phenotypic evidence (from ankle bone
comparisons) is used in conjunction with molecular evidence (from DNA
comparisons) to trace an organism's phylogeny is the favored approach.
I definitely see the value of cladograms in showing the relatedness of
organisms to each other. I am just curious as to how deeply other
biology teachers delve into this topic. It is quite complex and we are
limited in time. I have a simple cladogram activity that I use, but it
does not go into great detail. How do other biology teachers teach this
Mary Johnston
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To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Channel-talkbio Digest, Vol 5, Issue 5
1. Re: Genetic Database (Karen Blaustein)
Message: 1
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 14:35:36 -0500
From: "Karen Blaustein" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Genetic Database
To: "Discussion list for REDISCOVERING BIOLOGY"
Sure. Thanks for the complement.
From: email@example.com on behalf of Quentin Cartier
Sent: Fri 1/5/2007 10:45 AM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: Re: [Channel-talkbio] Genetic Database
Well said. I would like to use your letter to stimulate a discussion on
these topics with my biology classes. Would you be okay with that?
Mr. Quentin Cartier
Biology, Honor Bio, Comp Sci
Arrowhead High School
262-369-3611 x 1201
>>> "Karen Blaustein" <email@example.com> 01/04/07 1:47 PM >>>
The concept of a genetic database is very controversial because there
are many pros and cons to each side of the issue. On the positive side,
a genetic database on criminals could help law enforcement officials
track down and convict those individuals that have committed serious
crimes against humanity. Similarly, the database containing genetic
information can overturn judgements or help exonerate individuals that
were wrongly convicted or accused of a crime. However, what individuals
should have to submit to giving their genetic information to the
authorities? Would it only be those individuals who committed a serious
crime and convicted? Or would it be any person would was accused of a
crime, even a misdemeanor? One idea that might be feasable that was
mentioned in the Genomics On-line textbook by Sir Alec Jeffreys. He is
the scientist that first developed genetic fingerprinting in Great
Britain. He suggests "that the actual identity of each individual be
kept in a separate database with high security. Only certain
circumstances, such as a link to a crime, would justify identification
of the individual".
Of course, the cons to genetic databases include the invasion of
privacy. I think the majority of the population should have a choice on
whether they want to know if they have inherited a genetic disorder that
could shorten their life. Also, it is important that insurance
companies cannot use genetic information to deny, charge extra fees or
cancel health or life insurance policies.
In summary, I think that we should take this issue very seriously and
begin to discuss legal regulations that control the possible problems
that could develop as our technology increases.
From: firstname.lastname@example.com on behalf of Mary Johnston
Sent: Wed 1/3/2007 12:27 PM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: [Channel-talkbio] Genetic Database
I am just trying to see how others feel about this ludicrous idea of a
genetic database? I think this is a total invasion of privacy. If we
get to the point where human beings are nothing more than an aggregate
of chromosomes somewhere in a computer file, then I think we are all in
trouble as a society. I can see a lot of discrimination potentially
coming out of this. Maybe an employer won't hire someone with a genetic
predisposition for breast cancer. Maybe, insurance companies will
somehow get access to the information and raise premiums on "high risk"
people. Maybe someone will try and clone someone they are obsessed with
or stalking like a movie star. Of course, these are extreme examples,
but fundamentally I think that we should act now to pass legislation to
prevent things like this from happening in the U.S. As it is people are
stealing identities left and right using basic info. We are leaving
ourselves open to the most personal invasion there is-our very DNA
itself. I for one do not want all my genes catalogued for people to
study. If some people want to volunteer and do it then that is their
choice, but I think a national database of each person's genes is a
really bad idea. What do others think?
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Britney Spears' ass kissed to a lustrous shine at VMAs
Hey, remember when Britney Spears' manager Larry Rudolph said she'd be doing something "fun and unexpected" to open the MTV Video Music Awards? That dude lied! After a prerecorded skit with Superbad star Jonah Hill, Britney took the stage at last night's VMAs, said four sentences and called it a day. No joke. Here's what came out of her mouth:
"Thank you so much. Thank you for all the love. I'm here tonight to celebrate a very important birthday, the 25th anniversary of the VMAs. This is the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and it starts right now."
Seriously, I've eaten Pop Tarts that've made me feel more alive. On top of her anti-climactic opening, MTV also took it upon themselves to see that Britney Spears won three awards including Video of the Year which I get it: They don't want her to go home and kill herself. Then again, that's a whole lot of ass kissing for someone who basically firebombed last year's show in an explosive jiggle of flab and sequins. Nice message to send to the kids, MTV. I can't wait to see Miley Cyrus walk out of KFC with a bucket of chicken and Adnan Ghalib. Actually, I do want to see that just to hear the entire south have a collective aneurysm.
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Is a caterpillar...
` 1967-8 — Long Island, NY
Ron was dating my sister, Joanne; I was 10-11 years old at the time. He was always drawing little pictures & cartoons for me. One time, they came to visit, and he brought a poster he'd made for me.
It was a picture of a fuzzy leaf, with a laughing caterpillar on it. The verse was,
"Is a caterpillar ticklish?
Well, it's always my belief
that he giggles as he wiggles
across a hairy leaf!"
I still remember it, and still miss this man who was gentle and kind, knew the value of having a playful attitude toward life, and always had time for the sometimes-obnoxious little sister of his fiance.


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You're in the shoe department and you see a pair that screams your name. What do you do? Do you run and hide? Or do you gravitate toward them like you're being pulled in by their imaginary forces? Does your brain start calculating if you can afford them?
This is what I deal with every time I see a pair of shoes I want. About 90% of the time I'll end up buying them. But, the minute I come home I'm dreading my husband's favorite shoe catchphrase…"Why do you need so many shoes?"
Grrrrr…that annoys me.
Of course I can think of a lot of reasons why I need more shoes. I tend to go with…"Babe, I don't have a basic black pump! The ones I have are so old and uncomfortable!" I really do think I come up with the best answers, but he just shakes his head and walks away.
Doesn't he understand the need to have pretty shoes on my feet? Why don't some people realize that styles and trends change? A girl needs options. And if they are on sale and they're cute, that's a double bonus! I can't pass them up.
Hopefully one day he'll understand why I love shoes. Until then, let the shoe shopping continue…