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CORRESPONDENCE ABOUT A PENSION.PUTNEY PARK, Sunday, 27th December, 1840.
DEAR MISS MARTINEAU,—I have often regretted that Lord Grey's intention had been so strenuously resisted by you, and that he had not remained in power long enough to afford time for you to reconsider your first impulse.
I write now to say that although I have only spoken to one person on the subject, we were both strongly of opinion that it ought to be a gratification to Lord Melbourne to do what Lord Grey would have done; and I only wish to know that, if such a step were taken, it would not be resisted by you.
I do not wish to give you the trouble of writing to me on this subject. Your silence will be quite sufficient; and I trust you know me well enough to confide in the discretion of
MY DEAR MR. HUTTON,—Our friend has given me your letter. She would not keep back for a day what she knew would be so sure a gratification to me. You would not easily believe the delight your note has afforded me, as a fresh instance of your faithful and generous friendship.
It is a pleasure to me to answer your note: but, if it were not, I should write, on account of the interpretation which my silence would bear. My objections to Literary pensions, conferred otherwise than immediately by Parliament, remain in full force. I owe it to your kindness to state the grounds of my objections to this mode of vision: but I own to you, that (apart from all scruples of pride) my page: 588 feelings against receiving a pension are full as strong as my reason, and would, I believe, induce me to give my present answer, if I had no reasons to offer.
The first of these reasons is that I think money conferred as a reward for public service should be given by the public served,—such service having been altogether irrespective of Government. If such pensions were conferred by the representatives of the people, instead of by the ministers, (whom I cannot look upon as true exponents of the popular desire in this instance) I might perhaps thankfully accept what under present arrangements I must decline.—Again I am certain that I should lose more or less of my freedom of speech, if not of thought. I am aware how generously it is desired that the recipients of pensions should divest themselves of this feeling. But with me this would be impossible. I could never again deny to myself that I was under a personal obligation to the Premier and others; and I need not specify to you what restrictions would follow of course.
Again, I am sure that my personal influence, and that which I exercise through the press would suffer much—not with all, but with many. If I were fully satisfied as to the act being unexceptionable, I should probably disregard any misinterpretation that might be put upon it. But, feeling as I do, I should suffer from any consequent decline of my influence, without having a fight to complain; accompanied as such decline would be by a loss on my own part of self‐respect. I have a strong suspicion that if I accepted a pension, I should never again address the public with freedom and satisfaction.
You will not, I am sure, suspect me of blaming any who take the sort of pension which I feel myself compelled to decline. If they think and feel differently, they are right in acting differently. I speak only for myself.
Let me assure you that I do not feel the need of this assistance. My wants are small, and thus far I have supplied them. I am still able to work. If I lose this power, I have a little in store to meet what will then probably be but a short exigency. If I continue able to work, I hope to remain as free from anxiety about the means of subsistence as I am at present.
I do not say that I, in common with other authors, have not a claim for aid; just cause to complain of my poverty: but the claim is one which cannot be met by royal or ministerial bounty. If literary property had been protected by law as all other property is, I should page: 589 now have been enjoying more than a competence, together with advantages of another kind, which I value far more. In this direction, my dear friend, you may be able to benefit, not me, perhaps,—it may be too late for that, but many authors in a future time, who may be happier in the protection of the laws than literary labourers of this generation. To ministers who will see to the carrying out of laws already passed for our protection, and to Members of Parliament who will urge the passing of others, I promise gratitude as strong as if I owed them a situation of pecuniary ease for life.
I shall feel henceforth that fresh strength has been added to the respect and regard with which I have ever been
DEAR MISS MARTINEAU—Lord Melbourne having heard of your present illness, as well as of the inconvenience to which you are subjected by the mode in which your money is settled, has desired me as a friend of yours to inquire whether you would accept a pension of £150 per annum on the Civil List. It is out of his power to offer you more in the present state of things: but I hope you will not refuse him the opportunity of giving this proof of his respect for your writings and character, inadequate as the amount proposed may be.
If you will accept this offer, have the goodness to write me word to that effect; and let me have the answer by return of post, as Lord Melbourne is desirous of completing the arrangement before he goes out of office.
I cannot tell you how grieved I have been by recent accounts of your sufferings: and how rejoiced I shall be if the offer which I have now the pleasure of communicating to you shall have the effect of contributing in any degree to your comfort.
CHARLES BULLER, Junr.
SIR,—I am requested by my sister, Miss Harriet Martineau, to acknowledge the receipt of your kind communication of yesterday's page: 590 date. She is too unwell, I regret to have to state, to write tonight, She commissions me therefore to give from her her answer to the most considerate proposal with which she has been honoured by Lord Melbourne. Her answer is that she cannot accept it. She hopes in a few posts to send explanations which will show that her decision arises neither from disrespect nor insensibility to the kindness: least of all from any regard to the amount.
DEAR MR. BULLER,—I am far from wishing to trouble Lord Melbourne or you with my views on Literary Pensions; but the great consideration and kindness shown in Lord Melbourne's remembrance of me at this untoward time require from me something more than the very abrupt reply I was compelled to send by Friday morning's post.
I should like Lord Melbourne to understand that my decision is no hasty one;—that it rests on no passing feeling or prejudice, but on a real opinion that I should be doing wrong in accepting a pension. My opinion has been held through some changes of persons as the proposed givers,—and through some vicissitudes in the circumstances of myself as the proposed receiver, of such a pension. The first mention of a provision of this kind was made to me in November 1832, when I was informed that I was to have a pension of the amount now specified on the conclusion of my work on the Poor Laws. I should doubtless then have taken it, if it had been actually offered. On reflection I changed my mind: and when I found that Lord Grey had still a wish that the thing should be done, I wrote to Lord Durham, (then in Russia) to request that nothing more' should be said about it, as I could not conscientiously accept a provision from this source. I have since had occasion to make the same reply to two inquiries from different quarters whether I would agree to such an arrangement for my benefit.
Lord Melbourne will not, I think, wonder at my feeling of repugnance to touch the proceeds (except as salary for public service) of a system of taxation so unjust as I have in print, for long and at large, declared it my opinion that ours is. It matters not how generously page: 591 the gift may be intended, how considerately it may be bestowed,—how specifically it is designed to benefit such a case as mine. These considerations affect, most agreeably, my personal feelings towards those who would aid me; but they cannot reconcile me to live upon money (not salary) levied affectively upon those, among others, whom I have made it my business to befriend, (however humbly)—the working classes. Such services as I may have rendered to them are unconsciously received by them; and I cannot accept reward at any expense to them. If this provision be not designed as recompense, but as aid,—as a pure gift,—I cannot take it, as they who provide the means have no voice in the appropriation of it to me personally. About the principles of taxation, a surprising agreement has grown up on our side of late. Whenever we obtain a just system of taxation, the time may perhaps follow when, among other minor considerations, some plan may be discovered by which the people's representatives may exercise the power of encouraging and rewarding merit and services working through the press; and then even the most scrupulous, with no better view of their own claims than I have, may be happy to receive, in their time of need, aid from the public purse. Meanwhile I seriously and truly feel that I had rather, if need were, (to put an extreme case) receive aid from the parish, and in the work‐house, where I could clearly read my claim, than in the very agreeable manner proposed, where I can see no excuse for my indulgence.—If it be true that in the case of gifts, we do not nicely measure the grounds of claim,—surely there is an exception in the one case of gifts from the public purse.
Some of my friends would persuade me that my great losses from the defective protection afforded to literary property in this country entitle me to compensation in whatever form I can obtain it. But I see the matter differently. Taking compensation from those who have not injured me, leaving inequitable profits in the hands of those who have, seems to me only making a bad matter worse.
But this pension is offered with another view than this. It is offered in remedy of a case such as the fund is expressly provided to meet. Be it so: but while I know that the members of a government are (as they ought to be) otherwise employed than in looking into the retreats of suffering, to discover for themselves what poverty and sickness it is most just to aid from the public purse,—while I know that such gifts from the hand of the most discriminating and page: 592 the most kind of ministers must be but a set of chances as to their gradations of justice,—I should be for ever mistrusting my own happy chance. On the one hand, I should see public benefactors, before whom I am nothing, pining in privation from which my pension would relieve them: and, on the other, I should be haunted by images of thousands and hundreds of thousands of poor tax‐payers,—toiling men who cannot, with all their toil, keep their children in health of body,—to say nothing of their minds. "Mighty visions about a small matter," you may perhaps think: but, small or great, the moment I had acted on it, this matter would become no less than all‐important to my peace of mind. Indeed, I would rather, in the present circumstances of the country, put my hand into the fire than into the public purse.
Let me assure you that I do not need this pension as my friends suppose. They know my means well enough, but they overrate my wants. This very sum which you speak of apologetically would quite meet my wants in the way I live here. I have no permanent uneasiness about income. If I should ever be well enough to work again (from which I am now, at last, driven) I trust I shall find, as hitherto, that my head and hands will keep my life. If my enforced illness should continue very long, I hope to keep my expenditure within my actual means.
I beg you to assure Lord Melbourne that my feelings of respectful gratitude to him are exactly the same as if I could have accepted the proposed gift. My refusal arises from causes which are out of any one's control. Of the comfort I should have derived from this annual income no one can be so sensible as myself; and I consider myself his debtor for what it would have been.
One of my pleasures, this summer, has been the Liskeard election.* How hearty it was!
My friends are too anxious about my "state of suffering." There is little enough of good prospect about the case; but by excellent medical management, the suffering is reduced to something very inconsiderable. The repose of such retreat is delightful.
* Mr. Charles Buller's election.
MY DEAR MISS MARTINEAU,—I am very sorry that you have not thought it right to accept the pension which has been offered to you: but I cannot but respect most highly the conscientious feelings which induced you to decline it. And I am most glad to find that you so justly and kindly appreciate Lord Melbourne's conduct in making the offer. He regrets that it has been unavailing: but let me assure you that he is very sensible of the kind terms in which you expressed yourself about him, and of the high motives by which you have been actuated in your refusal.
I would fain hope from the language of your letter, and from seeing that you have of late been publishing new works, that you do not suffer much, or rather, so much as I had been led to believe. I trust that you are not doomed to the long inaction which you yourself apprehend: and that you may, if not soon, at any rate at some time be restored to your former vigour and enjoyment of life.
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CHARLES BULLER, Junr.
MY DEAR MISS MARTINEAU,—I am very sorry that the publication of our correspondence should have caused you a moment's uneasiness. I did not first see it in the "Chronicle:" and the paper in which I did see it (I think it was the "Times") did give a letter from — showing that the publication took place without your sanction. This was all that was requisite to satisfy me, for the correspondence itself is most honourable to you, very much so to Lord Melbourne, and even a little so to me. I cannot regret that the world should know it: nor can he.
I should have written to him to give the little explanation necessary to set every thing right with him, had I not been prevented by hearing of his illness. It is, I am sorry to hear from too good authority far more serious than the papers like to represent it: for it was a paralytic stroke, which deprived him for a while of the use of one side: and though he has already partly recovered this, they say he will probably never again be able to take an active part in public life. When I return to town, which will be before the end of the week, I will explain the matter to him, if I hear that he is well enough to entertain the subject.page: 594
I am much nearer you than you imagined; and did hope to be able to go to see you in my way to London. But I fear that I shall be obliged to hurry back in great haste.
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I wish you had given me better tidings of your health. I did hear a better account of it: but I fear from what you say that you have no immediate prospect of returning strength.
CHARLES BULLER, Junr.
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Slavtcheff still lives in his hometown of Centredale and works as a graphic designer. His parents relocated to the Appalachians around eight years ago; his musically-inclined mom was a singer back in the day ("I still have a VHS of her from like the '70s looking all cool," said Slavtcheff) and his father, "a military man," had always been rhyming silly little songs in the kitchen when he was very young. But Centredale also played host to Symmetry's initial flirtation with narcotics; what started with smoking weed and "selling rolled blunts out of a glass jar" to his eighth-grade classmates eventually led to ecstasy, mushrooms, and opiates one year later.
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Symmetry and his management team opened a Kickstarter campaign to raise the final $6000 needed to complete the album. That goal was reached in just six hours.
"I was laminating some things at my job when my manager called me that day to tell me we made it," he recalled. "That must have looked pretty stupid to anyone walking by, seeing a grown man crying while laminating a piece of paper."
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A Grand Jury handed down an indictment Wednesday charging Spokane ricin suspect with developing a biological toxin and sending a threatening communication to the President of the United States.
The indictment states that Matthew Buquet developed a biological agent -- Ricin -- in violation of federal law, that he mailed a threatening letter with Ricin in it to President Obama and that he mailed another threatening letter to Federal Judge Fred VanSickle.
The letter addressed Obama contained the statement, "We have bomb placed. We are going to Kill you. Hezbollah."
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All of the letters have been recovered and no one was injured.
If convicted on the charges handed down by the Grand Jury Thursday, Buquet could be sentenced to prison for the rest of his life.
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The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History. Who said 'Give me Liberty , or give me Death'?"
She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Little Akio, a bright foreign exchange student from Japan , who had his hand up: "Patrick Henry, 1775," he said.
"Very good! -- Who said, 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth'?"
Again, no response except from Little Akio: "Abraham Lincoln, 1863.."
"Excellent!" said the teacher continuing, "Let's try one a bit more difficult -- Who said, 'Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country'?"
Once again, Akio's was the only hand in the air and he said: "John F. Kennedy, 1961."
The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed of yourselves, Little Akio isn't from this country and he knows more about our history than you
She heard a loud whisper: "Have coitus with the Japs."
"Who said that? -- I want to know right now!? she angrily demanded..
Little Akio put his hand up, "General MacArthur, 1945."
At that point, a student in the back said, "I'm gonna puke.'
The teacher glares around and asks, 'All right! -- Now who said that?"
Again, Little Akio says, "George Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991."
Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? -- Siphon this!"
Little Akio jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, "Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"
Now with almost mob hysteria someone said, "You little feces! -- If you say anything else -- I'll kill you!"
Little Akio frantically yells at the top of his voice, "Michael Jackson to the children testifying against him, 2004."
The teacher fainted. As the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, "Oh feces, We're attached with a cylinder with a helical thread!"
Little Akio said quietly, "The American people, November 4, 2008


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Tournament star: Martin Johnson
It is worth contemplating how rugby history might have changed had Kay Johnson said: "You've got to be kidding, love, there's no way I'm living in Leicester."
For a start, King Country would never have been relegated and we might look at Tihoi RC in the same light we view Waitete.
Brad Thorn might have never bothered, knowing his path to the coveted All Blacks jersey was being blocked by an English-born Pinetree protege.
But most indisputable of all is the fact that if Kay Johnson insisted on staying in Taupo, had she not been infected by wanderlust, England would never have won the World Cup.
Martin Johnson was the colossus in a pack full of giants.
Men like Jason Leonard, Ben Kay, Richard Hill and Lawrence Dallaglio formed the backbone of England's 2003 World Cup campaign, but nobody doubted that Johnson was the beating heart.
He was not a flashy player by any stretch. You will not find many clips of Johnson carrying the ball one-handed, a la Meads, nor will you find him kicking like Robin Brooke. He would have looked lost had he been shifted to No8, like South Africa's ball-winning second-rower Mark Andrews was to great effect at the 1995 World Cup.
No, Johnson was a hard man, a set-piece beast and a leader you followed to the ends of your physical capabilities, but he came without bells and whistles.
The Solihull-born lock loved dark places. If there was a chance to apply unnecessary, yet undetectable force to somebody at the bottom of a ruck or in the maelstrom of a maul, he rarely passed it by.
The criticism of England as a stodgy, fun-free side meant nothing to him as a player. The only statistic he ever cared about was the score at the end of the game. Going into the 2003 World Cup in Australia, it was a point he pressed home to his colleagues.
"In a World Cup it's all about pressure," Johnson said for a series on World Cup-winning captains. "We played South Africa, we won by 12-15 points [25-6 in their Pool C match] and we were criticised. We didn't do this, we didn't do that.
"We won," he said. "In the semifinals people were writing us off, saying we didn't have a chance of winning. We had the realisation we didn't have to score five tries from within our own half and do all these things that people think is good rugby. It's just about winning a semifinal. If we win it by a point we're in the final. That's all it takes."
Never was that dictum more appropriate than in the final. England's big pack dominated the Wallabies, but the dominance was rarely translated into points. In fact, it almost seemed to count against them as referee Andre Watson started finding fault in some of their set-piece work, an almost ironical turn of events given Australia's lack of proficiency in the scrum.
A last-minute Elton Flatley penalty sent the game into extra time. Another late penalty drew Australia level again before, in the game's final acts, Johnson drove his team forward, laying the perfect platform for Jonny Wilkinson to snap the drop goal that won the cup.
"It was a frustrating game for us in many, many ways. But you've got to overcome that, otherwise that frustration would still be there now," Johnson said.
"We're in a dogfight, we'll do whatever it takes to win. That's knockout rugby. Just win it."
The most instructional segment of the 2001 Lions tour movie concerns Johnson reading the riot act to his colleagues.
This was an unhappy tour, with the management style of Graham Henry - more dictatorial than it is now - rubbing many, most notably Austin Healey, up the wrong way.
Johnson was said to be ambivalent about aspects of Henry's leadership, but sick of hearing the constant carping and moaning of his teammates, he issued a paraphrased ultimatum: "Shut up or wear one of my fists in your mush."
Moaning about the coach doesn't win games. It's such a simple dogma, but one that will be Johnson's legacy: the only things that matter are those things that help you win.
Video: Great World Cup moments - 2003
How we won it: England - A bloody-minded band of brothers
Setting the scene: Mitchell at the helm as England rises
Tournament action: Four more years - the tournament goes on
Tournament star: Martin Johnson - Hard leader of the pack
ABs memories: 'Danger of World Cups is they mean so much'
Video:Great World Cup moments - 2003
How we won it: South Africa - Python applies squeeze
Setting the scene: Henry gets his (first) go at the title
Ref's contentious calls leave nation seething
Tournament action: Boks hold nerve in a Cup of big upsets
Tournament star: Agustin Pichot - Skipper who shamed IRB
ABs memories: 'It was like slow strangulation'
Looking ahead:High stakes in road to redemption
Hold heads high whatever the result
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Family: Phrynosomatidae, Earless and Horned Lizards view all from this family
Description Granular back scales. Throat has 2 folds, earless. Brownish/gray. Light stripes on sides interspersed with dark blotches. Underside of tail spotless. Blue-bordered black marks on sides of belly. Orange throat on females during breeding.
Dimensions 10-16cm. (4-6 1/4")
Subspecies Northern Earless Lizard - back has distinct blotches. South Dakota, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Texas Panhandle.
Eastern Earless Lizard - Dark blotched pattern on males. Kansas to Texas.
Speckled Earless Lizard - Spots on upperside of males. Arizona, New Mexico, Texas to Mexico.
Western Earless Lizard - Large, up to 16cm (6 1/4"). Arizona to Mexico.
Bleached Earless Lizard - Lacks dorsal blotches. White Sands Region, New Mexico.
Huachuca Earless Lizard - Tail longer than body, lacks dorsal stripes.Above 5000ft, Arizona.
Breeding Breeds spring/summer. 5-7 eggs in a clutch, lais April-September. Hatch May-October.
Habitat Grassy prairies and desert grassland with sandy soil.
Range Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming, as well as throughout most of Mexico.
Discussion Diurnal. No ears, probably since it burrows headfirst. Insects and small spiders form main diet.


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Mariano Vivas made a pretty big life change when he moved from Barcelona to Christchurch in 2006 with his family. This led to a pretty big career change too. Originally a photo shop manager, and with no background in food, his frustration with the lack of good fresh chorizo in Christchurch led him to try to make it himself, eventually starting his own Spanish sausage business, Mariano's Spanish Goods.
Fortunately, he was relatively familiar with the process, having watched sausages being made every year when the family would return to his father's home town for the holidays. And we're talking from scratch. As in from watching the pigs being slaughtered right through to putting the meat into casings. A thorough education.
Using the family recipe and his childhood memories, he began experimenting (although he didn't feel the need to kill his own pigs). He tried different types of pork, spices, mincing methods and hanging times until he arrived at the perfect taste.
And we are grateful for his perseverance, as the final product is excellent.
The chorizo and the malaguena have won Cuisine Artisan Awards and also high praise from chefs such as our own Peter Gordon. From humble beginnings at Mariano's local farmers' markets, his products are now available in well-known gourmet outlets nationwide.
There are three varieties: chorizo, malaguena and butifarra. The texture of all three is loose, chunky and soft as he passes it though the mincer only once. Such a nice change from over-processed, too-firm sausages. I loved the mild-but-tasty butifarra (traditional Catalan sausage) - there is something in the addition of the black pepper and nutmeg that give it a very fresh zing.
The slow heat from the malaguena was also excellent - not overwhelmingly spicy but very "warming" from the cayenne and black pepper. It would be heaven in a winter stew or a chickpea and tomato casserole.
The chorizo is similar in taste but milder than the malaguena and focuses heavily on the paprika (from Spain) rather than the different types of pepper
All the sausages are bursting with taste, without detracting from the natural free-range pork flavour that is its base.
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Aaaaaand… I'm back! Did you miss me? (:
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First things first: let me extend the heartiest of hearty thank yous to my lovely guest bloggers for taking the reigns in such unique and fabulous ways. I'm forever grateful for your amazing contributions over the last few days! Superb jobs done by all! And thanks for showing your love and support, my dear readers! I'm so glad you enjoyed their posts!
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Alternate name: Showy Bush-honeysuckle
Family: Caprifoliaceae, Honeysuckle view all from this family
Description Non-native. A large, spreading, hybrid Eurasian shrub that is considered a noxious or invasive pest in North America.
Height: to 20' (6 m).
Leaves: 2-4" (5-10 cm) long; ovate; opposite; hairy.
Flowers: tubular; in pairs; white to pink, yellowing with age; fragrant.
Fruit: red, orange, or yellow berry.
Warning Berries may be mildly poisonous if eaten.
Habitat Mainly open, disturbed habitats, such as fencerows, old fields, and roadsides; also colonizes open woodlands and edges.
Range Hybrid garden shrub; escaped from cultivation and naturalized in the eastern United States, from Maine to South Carolina and west to Illinois and Wisconsin, and in Wyoming in the West.
Discussion Bell's Honeysuckle is a hybrid of Morrow's and Tatarian Honeysuckles, two introduced species from Eurasia. All three of these bush honeysuckles are considered noxious or invasive pests in North America. They spread aggressively into open spaces, and because they leaf out early in the spring and retain their leaves into the fall, they can shade out other plants, including natives.


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Oh snap! Whitney Port, star of MTV's reality TV series The City, has gone on the record with MTV News to reveal that she thinks the Twilight movie is "really bad". Despite the fact that she hasn't read the books, Whitney says that neither the movie nor the actors impressed her very much. She even went so far as to call actress Kristen Stewart (who plays Twilight protagonist Bella Swan) "one-dimensional" … Oh, no she didn't! Read below to find out what other blasphemies Whitney deigned to utter about the vampire flick:
It seems like these days everyone has caught "Twilight" fever — even celebrities like Ashley Tisdale and Ryan Reynolds admit to being fans of the teen vampire saga. But, there's one celebrity who isn't buying into it — and she knows a thing or two about drama. Former "The Hills" and now "The City" star Whitney Port admitted to MTV News that, despite seeing the movie, she has yet to figure out just what the big deal is surrounding "Twilight." "I haven't read the books, but I saw the movie," she said. "I thought the movie was really bad. I love whatever his name is … Robert [Pattinson]. I think he's so good-looking and handsome. I haven't met him." Although Whitney has love for Robert, she has more lukewarm feelings for his "Twilight" co-star, Kristen Stewart. "She's OK. She seems so serious, like she's so one-dimensional," she said. "I think [Stewart and Pattinson] have good chemistry … I just didn't think the acting was so good." With all that in mind, it seems that everyone in Hollywood — no matter how they feel about "Twilight" — has auditioned for a part in one of the upcoming sequels. It begs the question: Is Whitney looking to audition? "I'm not really so much of an actress. I didn't do this to do acting," she said.
LMAO!!!! Clearly, Whitney is not courting the rabid Twilight fanbase with her comments … I mean, even if you really didn't like the film is it really smart to say so? I suppose the girl deserves credit for her honesty but if I were her, I'd watch my back. Twilighters are a fervently devoted group of folks … she'd be wise to steer clear of any Twilight fan for the foreseeable future. Whitney's comments are even more telling when you hear them come from her mouth. After the jump, watch video of Whitney's anti-Twilight comments for yourself …
I'd be curious to hear Whitney's opinions of the book … if she ever gets around to reading it. Oh who am I kidding, I doubt that would ever happen. In any event, there you have it … Whitney hates Twilight. What do we think of that?
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Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is a ten-part series on PBS that explores the history of America though the lives, families, and DNA of some of its most celebrated citizens. As part of the national outreach for the series and in celebration of the grand opening of the Black Archives of Mid-America in Kansas City, The Local Show presents a spoken word piece written and performed by Glenn North, poet in residence at the American Jazz Museum. We recorded Glenn at the NEW black archives which opens to the public next month.
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Annie Bauer normally would have enjoyed hosting this open house. She liked having parties. People remembered her gatherings for years. But now, a half hour before the event, Annie felt edgy and irritable.
Annie knew some of the reasons for her unsettled mood. One was obvious: Alphonso Meidenbach. In her living room Brother Meidenbach, a tenor with the Chicago Lyric Opera, was rehearsing the song he was going to sing for the party's guests of honor, a retired couple from the ward about to leave on a mission.
Having a professional musician give her a private concert should not have been an annoyance, but Brother Meidenbach was managing to make it one. He had arrived a full hour early, strewing his personal effects - sunglasses, beret, windbreaker - in a trail from the front door to the kitchen where he clumsily dumped a thousand pages of music out of his briefcase all over the floor. Surveying the refreshment platters with a look of revulsion, he tried to engage Annie in a conversation about the dangers of refined sugar while she frosted the last pan of brownies.
Sister Meidenbach, who was his wife and accompanist, made her way to the piano and began thundering up and down the keys, limbering up her fingers. Brother Meidenbach, having transferred his mess of papers from the kitchen floor to the table where Annie needed to put the refreshments, began his vocal warm-ups. When he felt sufficiently warm, he launched into the hymn for the Jensens, the soon-to-be missionaries.
"Love at Home" had never been one of Annie's favorite hymns, but it was the Jensens'; and, truth be told, the first time Brother Meidenbach sang it there in her living room it was beautiful. Annie had stopped, spatula in hand, inspired by his sonorous inflections, and contemplated for a moment the image of roses blooming beneath her feet. Ahhhhhh.
A perfectionist concerning his music, Brother Meidenbach insisted on going over it and over it and over it. By the tenth time through the song, Annie felt she would scream if she heard about that insipid cottage one more time. And the phrase "joy in every sound" filled her with such a froth of sarcasm that she knew she had better go outside and distance herself a while.
In the backyard, with Brother Meidenbach's singing somewhat muffled, she felt better. She called over her sons, Jake and Robbie, who had been playing driveway basketball in their Sunday clothes. She asked them to set up citronella candles on the card tables to keep the mosquitoes at bay. Jake, who was twelve, held the webbed candle cups at an angle while Robbie, nine, tried with eventual success to strike matches and light the wicks.
She was glad for the boys' help, but it brought to mind another source of aggravation. Her husband, Doug, was out of town on business for two weeks and she missed him. Specifically this evening she missed his mechanical know-how. She had wanted to spruce up the yard for the Jensens' farewell, but that hadn't happened. As Annie looked around the base of the tree trunks and along the wall of the garage, she saw long, ugly tufts of grass. She was irritated with herself for not knowing how to operate the power edger.
As modern a woman as I am, she thought, with vast resources of divine potential, I ought to be able to cope with a machine that could whip my fingers right off my hand. Not only did she feel discouraged by her own power-tool phobia, she felt she had let down her gender as a whole in a larger cosmic way. But Doug would be home tomorrow and he could show her one more time how to operate the edger. And she would learn.
Maybe everyone would just stay indoors and then it wouldn't matter. But if everyone stayed inside, would they all just stand around and stare at each other? Here was another reason for her edginess. Annie had never thrown a party before for people she didn't know well. She usually peppered her events with group games or hands-on projects. The Jensens, dear as they were, were not fun and games type folks. Annie compromised by including a little time for the presentation of a gift, and of course, by inviting Brother Meidenbach to sing their favorite hymn. At this point Annie had no expectation that this would be The Party of the Year; she just prayed it wouldn't be a total bore.
The last source of Annie's unsettled mood, one that gripped Annie deeper than the other temporary ones, was vague and persistent. Annie couldn't identify it exactly, but she knew it had something to do with her mother.
Last Friday had been the one year anniversary of Annie's mother's death. Mother, whose name was Maureen Clifton, had suffered for several months with stomach cancer. She had become so miserable that it was a relief when she died. Doug and the boys had been wonderfully supportive through the whole ordeal, and the ward had been very generous. Not only did Annie benefit from the traditional lineups of casseroles and child care, but unexpected kindnesses happened as if on divine cue during the last two weeks of her mother's struggle.
Annie's mother was not a member of the Church and had no other family but her two children - Annie and her brother Michael. During the months of her illness Mother had confided deeply in Annie on a level Annie recognized as spiritual, though Mother would not have accepted the label. Mother shared a longing to make peace with the family she had come from - a hugely dysfunctional family from whom she had severed connections when she married at eighteen. The only thing Annie remembered about her mother's family were vaguely dreadful stories of a strong-willed Aunt Minnie who tried to inveigle herself into Mother's life when Annie and her brother were little.
Now that a year had passed, Annie planned to submit her mother's name to the temple and do her work for her. Sharing the benefits of the gospel with her mother was something Annie had wanted to do for years. Having Mother sealed to her parents after all this time seemed like it should be the perfect way to accomplish that peacemaking Mother had longed for in her last days.
But something in the pit of Annie's stomach began churning now, just like it did whenever she thought about doing her mother's temple work.
"Refined sugar will give you ulcers, depression, and flatulence!" bellowed Brother Meidenbach through the back door.
Annie thought he was psychically diagnosing the funk she had concerning her mother. Then she saw that he was in mid-lecture to Jake who was dashing out the door looking for a place to hide. The twelve-year-old, having finished the citronella candle duty and gone in to sneak a brownie, had made the mistake of offering one to Brother Meidenbach.
Annie checked her watch, relieved to see that it was nearly seven. She had just enough time to check the refreshments. Soon guests would arrive to dilute the effects of Brother Meidenbach. Annie's mood brightened.
As she put the last tray on the table and the ladle in the punch bowl, the doorbell rang.
Brother Jensen stood at the door, his face close to the screen and his hand shielding his eyes for a better look inside.
"Come on in, Brother Jensen!" Annie said, opening the door for him.
"You first, dear," he said courteously, ushering in his diminutive wife.
"Hello, Annie," said Sister Jensen. "This is so sweet of you!" Sister Jensen pressed her cheek against Annie's and squeezed her hand. Annie thought she smelled wonderful, like a combination of lavender soap and baking bread.
Annie had been Sister Jensen's visiting teacher for two years. Now that their children were all grown and gone, the Jensens both seemed a little adrift. The mission call had added renewed pep to their lives. Having this open house seemed like just the right sendoff.
If it didn't bomb, thought Annie with another wave of anxiety.
Brother Jensen patted some beads of perspiration off his forehead with his handkerchief. "Can you believe the good Lord has seen fit to send us to Hawaii? I'm just so thrilled to be about the Lord's work I can hardly wait."
Slipping in the front door behind Brother and Sister Jensen came Michael, Annie's brother, and his wife Susan. Their two children dashed through to the backyard to look for their cousins.
"Brother Jensen! You're looking good!" said Michael, putting a firm hand on the elderly man's shoulder. "Bet you can't wait to see Sister Jensen in a grass skirt, eh?"
Brother Jensen, nonplussed by the remark, sputtered and chuckled awkwardly. He clutched Sister Jensen around the waist and quickly navigated her into the living room.
"Michael, your sense of humor is going to get you in trouble one of these days," laughed Annie, giving him a hug.
"One of these days?" said Susan. "It gets him in trouble on a regular basis!" She gave Annie a hug, too, and Annie noticed joyfully that Susan's pregnancy was becoming obvious.
With Michael and Susan here, Annie felt immediately more relaxed and cheerful. She felt she could even enjoy hearing Brother Meidenbach sing "Love at Home" one more time.
A steady stream of guests arrived. Annie put on a CD of classical guitar music. She moved through each room, hoping things were going smoothly. She was pleased with the turnout.
Annie smiled at how the group began separating naturally into age brackets. The young women stood at one end of the refreshment table, whispering and giggling with each other while they clutched their paper punch cups. The young men stood around the cookie trays at the other end of the table discussing a variety of topics from their classes now that school had begun to the merits and flaws of the Bears and the Bulls.
The younger children were blowing bubbles out of little wands in the backyard. Annie knew the kids couldn't care less if the grass around the tree trunks wasn't neat and so she popped that petty irritation out of her mind like one of the children's bubbles.
In the kitchen, newly married sisters huddled around the sink involved in deep analysis of their various gynecologists, maternity benefits, and mental health provisions. Annie thought she overheard some comments about Susan's now obvious condition, but she didn't want to barge into the conversation.
The rest of the guests stood or sat in the living room where Brother and Sister Jensen held court on wingback chairs. Brother and Sister Jensen accepted each well-wisher graciously. This was no small feat since the comments ranged from sentimental testimonies to lengthy narratives on intestinal parasites of the tropics.
Annie felt relieved. The party was going better than she had expected. The Jensens looked flattered and happy. The guests mingled contentedly. The children were all behaving. Even Brother Meidenbach seemed to have reined in his tirades against sugar enough that the guests could enjoy the refreshments.
Annie turned off the CD and called everyone into the living room. It was time to begin the short formal segment of the party - presenting the Jensens with a gift and listening to Brother Meidenbach's solo.
As the group assembled around the Jensens, the group dynamics blossomed into the perfect tone for the kindly new missionaries: cheerful, optimistic, even reverent.
Then the doorbell rang.
Annie went to the door and opened the screen to a large elderly woman she couldn't place. She had a suitcase in her hand.
The woman stepped inside, set down her suitcase and wrapped an astonished Annie in a tight hug.
"Had a hell of a time finding the place, Annie!" bellowed the woman. "I'm Minnie."
Annie heard involuntary gasps from the spiritually primed ward members assembled in her living room. When the woman released her grip, Annie searched the woman's face for anything familiar. She found nothing. Annie opened her mouth but couldn't speak.
Michael, who appeared equally confused about who the woman was, strode quickly across the room, saying a hearty hello in his way that warmed even strangers to him. He extended his large hand. Rather than shake it, the woman picked up the suitcase and handed it to him. She pulled on his tie to bring his face closer to hers.
"You must be Michael," she said, scrutinizing his face and taking his chin in her hand. She yanked on his chin and opened his mouth like a Christmas nutcracker. "Yes, you're the one with the good teeth."
Then it dawned on Annie who the woman must be. Aunt Minnie. Her mother's sister. The one remaining fragment of her mother's family. The one about whom unpleasant stories were told.
The one way to make the peace her mother sought for on her deathbed.
Annie felt her stomach knot up again.
"I've come to see Annie and Michael, Maureen's kids," shouted Minnie to the roomful of guests. She brushed off the lapel of her orange pant suit. She stood a little straighter and smiled broadly.
She looked around the room and then turned to Annie. "You have a husband anymore, Annie? Or is one of these hunks in here your property? Just look at you, doll! You were so little when I saw you last, just seven I think. Six or seven. And Michael, he was eight. Just got those big teeth in."
Susan had come over to Michael and had her arm linked through his.
"Michael, that's quite the looker you've got there! Oh, and look! She's in the family way! Does your wife know about her?"
Minnie nudged and winked at the man closest to the front door. He happened to be the bishop.
Some of the teenage girls crossed their knees, barely suppressing laughter. The teenage boys were blushing and elbowing each other. The little children were getting antsy and didn't understand what the delay was about. The young marrieds clutched each other tightly, exchanging confused glances.
"Well, looks like you've got a party! Party or a seance. Can't tell which. You all are so quiet. Anyway, good timing! I love a party. I'm so damn tired from that bus ride from Cleveland. Don't let me stop anything, now. Annie, go ahead. Strike up the band. Call up the dead. Whatever you were about to do. I'll just get myself something to eat from your spread over here and pull up a chair. You just carry on."
Michael went over with her to the refreshment table telling her quietly that the party was a sendoff for the couple about to be missionaries for their church. Minnie "oohed" appreciatively.
Everyone's eyes were on her.
Minnie poured herself a cup of punch and held it to her nose. She wrinkled up her face in disappointment and shrugged. She picked up a paper plate and loaded it high with brownies. Annie noticed Brother Meidenbach's face blanch and his eyes roll.
Annie stood in front of the group of ward members and cleared her throat to get everyone's attention again. Weak-kneed, she decided to carry on as she had been instructed, as though nothing had changed.
Annie looked at the faces in front of her. Some guests regained the same benign expressions they had before Minnie's intrusion as though someone had pushed their pause buttons. Others relaxed in their seats, grateful to have the tension broken. Others still looked tense, darting glances between Annie in front of them and Minnie hovering over the refreshments fingering things she didn't take.
Annie cleared her throat again.
"Brothers and sisters," she began. "We are delighted to send the Jensens off on their mission. We have a little something for them. Robbie, would you get the present for the Jensens?" Annie called to her son, who stood near the piano. He looked utterly confused and preoccupied. Annie wondered if he was worried about sharing their quarters with this bizarre invader. There's no way Annie would let that happen.
Annie's request jarred him into action. He opened the buffet and pulled out a festively wrapped gift. He carried it proudly to the Jensens, uncertain about which one of them he should hand it to.
Sister Jensen leaned forward to take it. "Here, sweetheart," said Sister Jensen, taking the gift. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek. The other children laughed and hooted, and the adults chuckled nervously, casting glances at Minnie who had pulled a kitchen chair into the living room.
"A present!" exclaimed Minnie, brownie crumbs flying from her mouth. "Oh, what'd'ya get!"
Brother and Sister Jensen kept brave smiles on their faces as they unwrapped the present.
"Going to Hawaii, Michael tells me," Minnie said in a loud whisper to Sister Meidenbach, whose thigh she patted for emphasis. "Saving souls is good business. I'm saving mine for a rainy day! Ha! Ha! Ha!"
Sister Meidenbach gave Minnie a withering look, but Minnie took no notice of it.
The Jensens' gift was a photo album filled with photographs Annie and Susan had collected over the few months since the Jensens received their call. The first page was a picture of the Jensens taken at the Chicago Temple in May when the spring landscaping was at its peak. The eight following pages were pictures sent by the Jensens' children. Each family group had their own separate page. There were other pictures of the Jensens, the ward building, some of Chicago's famous landmarks like the historic Water Tower, the Sears Tower, and Comiskey Park for Brother Jensen who was a diehard White Sox fan.
With each turned page, Sister Jensen sighed and sniffled. Brother Jensen smiled and kept repeating, "Thank you so much. Thank you so much."
The guests began to make quiet conversation again, nodding approvingly as the photo album passed around the room. Annie was relieved to note a cheerful mood edging its way back into the gathering. Still, she felt queasy and desperately wanted Doug home.
She glanced at Minnie who was finishing her last brownie and beginning to look bored. Annie decided it was time to have Brother Meidenbach sing before Minnie had the chance to disrupt things again.
His performance of the song was splendid, even Annie had to admit. The Jensens' eyes were wet and a number of others had pulled out their kleenex. She noticed how one of the rowdier boys had even allowed his mother to put her arm around him without his pulling away in embarrassment. Minnie looked restless. Annie hoped she was just working a nut out from under her bridgework.
Not wanting to consider other reasons for Minnie's odd expression, Annie invited everyone to make one last cruise by the refreshment table before they left.
Just as people were beginning to get up and move around, Minnie rose. She elbowed her way over to the Jensens and grabbed Brother Meidenbach by the sleeve.
"Hooey. That's what I say," she trumpeted.
Everyone turned to stare.
"That song you sang, �Love at Home.' It's hooey," Minnie said, projecting now to the whole trapped audience.
"I don't mean any disrespect, because you seem like really sweet folks, but I could teach you all a thing or two about �love at home.' Even Annie doesn't know what I know about her ma's family. There wasn't much love in that home, I can tell you. Anybody here going to stand and tell me their life at home is . . . is . . . what did you call it? �Bliss complete?' Anybody? Anybody?"
Minnie glared at everyone in the room.
Michael, to Annie's great relief, sprang to Minnie's elbow and whispered something into her ear that made her laugh. He put his arm around Minnie's shoulder and moved her into the kitchen and poured her a drink of water.
Annie looked helplessly around at the stunned group in her living room. Some had blank expressions she simply couldn't read. Some radiated sympathy for Annie. Others bristled at Annie with resentment, as though they expected her to grab Minnie about her considerable midriff and toss her like a money changer out of the temple - throw her back outside, out of their pleasant gathering, out of their comfortable, understandable world.
Annie herself thought that if she could figure out a way, she would do just that.
Michael and Susan stayed to help clean up after the other invited guests left. The children settled themselves downstairs in the family room to watch a video. Minnie seemed to have taken up residence in the bathroom.
Annie closed the front door. She pressed her forehead against the door and thought, Chalk one up for another memorable party.
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I was looking through some news stories and came across this story from WCBS (CBS 2) in Newark, New Jersey (WCBS is out of New York City). Watch the video and I'll have some analysis below:
Whoa! The most disturbing part of that was the police officer's comment, "I can do whatever I want" in response to the reporter, Christine Sloan, saying, "You can't arrest him." (I don't have the officer's name – if somebody could find it, that'd be awesome!)
After arresting the photographer, Jim Quodomine, the officer even threatened Sloan, saying, "[This is] none of your business. Stay away or you'll be sitting in the car."
Latrice Smith, a witness of the incident, told WCBS, "He went to put the camera down. Before he had the opportunity to [do so], the police officer came and knocked it down. … [The officer] just started grabbing him, putting handcuffs on him, grabbed him by the neck. It was out of control for no reason."
Another witness told WCBS, "I couldn't believe how they grabbed him."
Kudos to Councilwoman Mildred Crump for standing up for justice here. The officer CLEARLY violated the the photographer's First Amendment rights. Hopefully the investigation goes through as Crump has demanded and the officer is fired. I'm a Law and Order Conservative. I can't stand criminals and I love police officers, but this guy clearly overstepped his bounds. The cameraman was on public property, and thus had a right to videotape whatever he wanted (which is ALSO why it's legal for the government to videotape YOU in public – it's not invading your privacy – you're out in public – just wanted to bring that up really quick).
This cop needs to be fired.
I'm honestly surprised that he still pressed charges against Quodonine for disorderly conduct. I'm pretty sure that Quodonine will have those charges dismissed by the magisstrate (and if not, he'll win an appeal). If I were him, I would be outraged.
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*shameless ripoff of the godix's post from the last year*
So most of you probably remember JCAs contest from last year. This year some people tried, but were not able to do it (or simply trolled us) - I won't name them. I rather disliked the idea of it disappearing so without godix's permission I'm going to do it. Since this is me we're talking about I should point out this isn't a joke and I'll be treating it as seriously as Koop and godix did.
As many of you know, currently the Viewer's Choice Awards are by now over. The Judge's Choice Awards is a contest designed to complement the VCAs in order to provide a different viewpoint on the videos released within the past year. It is a separate contest and is in no way affiliated with the VCAs. To be perfectly clear, this is not an org hosted event but rather an event which Koop and godix ran last years and I'm reviving this year.
The basis of JCAs is to have judges select the winners rather than the general public. The public's participation is this year kinda unnecessary, since we are in a hurry and don't want to delay it even further. I believe last years contest was successful and hopefully this years will be as well.
The rules:
- There are five judges whom I asked to judge in this event, and I hope that I can say that they are well-known and recognised editors from this community.
- The pool of videos to be judged will be the VCAs semi-finalists. Since not all videos were qualified for the VCAs judges will have the option of adding one video of their choice to any category. Each judge will view these videos and nominate three to four videos/people per category. Each judge has an option to add one video that is not from the pool.
- Once we have a reduced pool, every judge will be asked to go through the selected titles and rate them from 1 (worst) to n (n being the number of vids in given category). I will then add together the ratings and hopefully there will be a video/person with the highest number which will be announced as a winner of given category.
- Judges will not be allowed to vote in the categories they're nominated in - they will be allowed to nominate, though, but not themselves.
- In the event of a tie I will act as a tie breaker, otherwise I will not be involved in the judging.
- Judges will be asked to make a few brief comments on the videos in the finals. Some of those comments may be used publicly (e.g., in the results thread) but will not be attributed. To address something that came up before, I will not attribute any comments and will not release how individual judges voted. If the judges themselves choose to do that then they're certainly free to.
- The judges will remain anonymous during the voting process, it will be announced who they were once the results are posted (if they get me their approval for me to do so, that is).
- There are no prizes other than bragging rights.
- The rules are subject to change anytime :<
The results are up here.
If you have any questions or concerns about the JCAs in general please post in this thread.


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Ethics and Oral Argument, Candor to the Tribunal, Treatment of Opposing Counsel (45 min)
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David M. Gersten, former Chief Judge on Florida's Third District Court of Appeals, will use a highly interactive multi-modal form of presentation including filmed scenarios depicting oral argument. Participants will analyze and distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate (ethical versus unethical) behavior toward opposing counsel and appellate judges. Attendees will learn skills to become a better advocate at oral argument.
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There is now extensive evidence on the optimal management of diabetes, offering the opportunity of improving the immediate and long-term quality of life of those with the condition. Unfortunately such optimal management is not reaching many, perhaps the majority, of the people who could benefit.
There is now extensive evidence on the optimal management of diabetes, offering the opportunity of improving the immediate and long-term quality of life of those with the condition. Unfortunately such optimal management is not reaching many, perhaps the majority, of the people who could benefit. Reasons include the size and complexity of the evidence-base, and the complexity of diabetes care itself. One result is a lack of proven cost-effective resources for diabetes care. Another result is diversity of standards of clinical practice.
Guidelines are one part of a process that seeks to address those problems. Many guidelines have appeared internationally, nationally, and more locally in recent years, but most of these have not used the rigorous new guideline methodologies for identification and analysis of the evidence.
Accordingly the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has developed a global guideline, Global Guideline for Type 2 Diabetes (Brussels: International Diabetes Federation, 2005).
A global guideline presents a unique challenge. Many national guidelines address one group of people with diabetes in the context of one health-care system, with one level of national and health-care resources. This is not true in the global context where, although every health-care system seems to be short of resources, and the funding and expertise available for health-care vary widely between countries and even between localities.
Published national guidelines come from relatively resource-rich countries, and may be of limited practical use in less well resourced countries. Accordingly we have also tried to develop a guideline that is sensitive to resource and cost-effectiveness issues.
Levels of care approach
The approach adopted has been to advise on three levels of care: Standard care, Minimal care, and Comprehensive care. Levels of care is a new and innovative concept in diabetes research.
Standard care
Evidence-based care, cost-effective in most nations with a well developed service base and with health-care funding systems consuming a significant part of their national wealth.
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Care that seeks to achieve the major objectives of diabetes management, but is provided in health-care settings with very limited resources – drugs, personnel, technologies and procedures.
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Care with some evidence-base that is provided in health-care settings with considerable resources.
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- Global Guideline for Type 2 Diabetes – Download full document (560 KB)
- Preface, Levels of care, Methodology, Members of the Guidelines Group
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Global Guideline for Type 2 Diabetes takes into account 19 specific health-care domains and includes topics of importance and controversy. Each section can be downloaded as an separate PDF document (average file size 100KB). The 19 sections are:
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- Eli Lilly
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Desire S: don't
If I had known a week ago about the lengths to which HTC are now going to prevent people from using their phones, I would have bought some other phone (like maybe the the LG Optimus 2X) instead – and if you are the kind of person who prefers to choose your own software than to let device manufacturers and mobile phone networks do it for you, I would recommend that you don't buy it either.
That's right, as far as I can determine it's not (currently, at least) rootable. Finding this out is made harder than it needs to be because for any conceivable relevant search term, Google seems to prefer the xda-dev forum – by volume, 98% composed of script kiddies saying "OMG LOLZ" – over any results from people who know what they're talking about. But here's the summary:
- as delivered, there is no root access. Well, so far so perfectly standard
- there are a couple of promising-sounding exploits which work on
other similar devices. The
exploit – or at least the binary copy of psneuter of unknown
provenance that I downlaoded from some ad-filled binaries site -
doesn't work, erroring out with
failed to set prot mask. GingerBreak, though, will get you a root shell. Or at least it will if you get the original version that runs from the command line and not the APK packaged version that a third party has created for the benefit of xda-dev forum users.
- the problem is that GingerBreak works by exploiting bugs in
voldand as the side-effect is to render vold unusable, you can't get access to your sd card after running it. So, you think, "no problem, I'll remount
/systemas writable and install
suor some setuid backdoor program that will let me back in". This doesn't work although it looks like it did right up until you reboot and notice your new binary has disappeared.
- (incidentally, if you run GingerBreak again after rebooting the phone
and it fails, it's because you need to remove
/data/local/tmp/{sh,boomsh}by hand.)
- The explanation for this freakiness is that
/systemis mounted from an eMMC filesystem which is hardware write-protected in early boot (before the Linux kernel starts up) but Linux doesn't know this, so the changes you make to it are cached by the kernel but don't get flushed. There is a kernel module called wpthis designed for the G2/Desire Z whih attempts to remove the write-protect flag by power-cycling the eMMC controller, but it appears that HTC have somehow plugged this bug on the Desire S. For completeness sake, I should add that every other mounted partition has
nosuidsettings, so
/systemis the only possible place to put the backdoor command.
- Um.
Avenues to explore right now: (1) the write-protect-at-boot behaviour
is apparently governed by a "secu flag" which defaults to S-ON on
retail devices but can be toggled to S-OFF using a hardware device
called the "XTC Clip", available in some phone unlocking shops. (2)
Perhaps it is possible to become root without calling
setuid by
installing an APK containing a started-on-boot service and hacking
/data/system/packages.xml so that the service launches with uid
0. (3) wait and see if anyone else has any good ideas. (4)
study the Carphone Warehouse web site carefully and see if they have
an option to return the phone for exchange, bearing in mind that I've
been using it for seven days. Obviously those last two options are
mutually incompatible.
Summary of the summary: HTC, you suck.
Incidentally, if you want to build the wpthis module for yourself
there's not a lot of useful documentation on building Android kernels
(or modules for them) for devices: everything refers to a page on
sources.google.com which appears to be 404. The short answers: first,
the gcc 4.4.0 cross-compiler toolchain is in the NDK; second, the kernel
source that corresponds to the on-device binary, at the time I write
this, can be had from
(linked from <http://developer.htc.com/>); third,
<https://github.com/tmzt/g2root-kmod/> doesn't compile cleanly anyway:
you'll need to scatter
#include <linux/slab.h> around a bit and to
copy/paste the definition of
mmc_delay from
Incidentally (2): <http://tjworld.net/wiki/Android> has lots of interesting stuff.
At this point, though, my advice remains that you should buy a different phone. Even if this one is rooted eventually (and I certainly hope it will be), HTC have deliberately made it more difficult than it needs to and why reward that kind of anti-social behaviour?
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