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When I was 16 years old, I was invited to a picnic. When I arrived, I was shocked to realize that I'd actually been invited to a pig roast—big difference. The sight of a whole charred pig turning on a spit with an apple stuck in his mouth was all I needed to convince myself that I'd never eat pork, i.e. pig, again.
The pig was already dead, and I knew nothing about his journey from his mother's womb to the fire pit. I didn't need to—after all, I called myself an "animal lover," so it was a simple, logical decision. If I wouldn't eat my dog, I wasn't going to eat a pig.
Despite the overwhelming evidence that pigs and other animals on factory farms routinely endure horrific abuses, millions of people continue to happily chow down on hot dogs and ham. Today, Fox News offers food for thought—the Web site is featuring exclusive undercover video footage taken by Mercy for Animals at Country View Family Farms, one of Pennsylvania's largest pork producers and a Hatfield Quality Meat supplier.
The video shows a slew of horrors, including workers as they hurl baby pigs and slam them into transport carts, pick piglets up by their ears and tails, cut off the animals' tails with pliers, and rip off their testicles with their bare hands without any painkillers. (The sound of screaming piglets in the video made my skin crawl.) Their squealing mothers are shown scrambling to escape workers who slam spiked mallets into the animals' sides. Many pigs bear sores from their constant confinement—one mother pig suffered an excruciating prolapsed rectum for at least 13 days before she was killed.
Folks, this video is tough to view (I had to pause it three times), but as caring people, we owe it to ourselves and the animals it shows to watch it and then pass it on to others—along with a link to GoVeg.com. You can share the video and the link via e-mail, via a link on your Facebook page, and via "tweets." Anyone you know who still needs convincing that animals suffer on factory farms won't question it after they've watched this footage.
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"I can't believe I am 100 years of age," she said. "I never thought I would live this long."
Morgan was born in Rockmart on Feb. 17, 1913 to Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Andrews.
She attributes her long life to eating healthy, especially vegetables. She also likes sweets but has to avoid chocolate since she is allergic to this favorite food.
"I like to ride," she said. "The world is a beautiful place."
Her blue eyes twinkle as she touches her sweater and talks about her childhood filled with happy and challenging times.
"In those days, parents were more aware of what you were doing," she laughed.
"Teens quickly learned the things that were appropriate and those that were not."
She married Ralph E. Morgan on Jan. 1, 1937 and their son, Ralph, Jr. was born in 1945 as "the big war" ended.
Morgan recalled that her husband was involved in World War II and how she went to be with him in Norfolk, Va. before the birth of her child.
A former music teacher, she gave lessons to more than 400 people. They still visit her during special events.
One of her happy memories was when her students honored her at a recital on May 24, 1981. Today, they call her and tell her they are using the knowledge she gave them. Some are also teaching and others playing in church.
"When I started, we did not have anyone here to teach music," she said. "I was encouraged and inspired by Lenora Mintz. She was always thinking of others and noted that the children needed someone to teach them."
Even after she officially retired from teaching music, she still tried to help those she taught. However, Morgan said she informed her last student that – at age 93 – she felt it was time for other professionals to give lessons.
"I am not rich in material things," she said, but God has given me something much greater – friends."

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text: A little late in the day, but I was looking at the calendar and noticed the date. June 6 DDay. I didn't see any mention on the news or in the local paper. I guess the they just want to forget about it, seeing that most of the participants are gone. Wonder what the big "Obombus" did to commorate the day, anyone hear or see anything?


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A Saucy Wench
There really is a card for every occasion.
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood." -Daniel Burnham
Hey, I can do some groping in May...if Ennay gives me permission.
"Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend."
You could always come to Eugene with us Wrigs.
How do you keep your feet on the ground, when you know you were born to fly?
break'n three
Not in Chicago
I've got two hands.
You suck. You should just quit. Jackass. Welcome back.
How great would it be to run on Hayward Field? I already have three races that I am deciding on for that weekend, or road tripping to Jazz Fest in New Orleans with friends. I would have been in for Eugene if I could have witnessed the Ben's full vs Ennay's half match-up. Too bad.
Yeah I would have actually had to train for that or lose weight. But I ran a 3 hr half at monkey on like 2 miles a week at a fatfrica worthy weight, so unless Candice gets her ass seriously in gear I am not thinking there is a race for the Candice full/Ennay half.
What do you predict your half time to be?
MTA: and might I remind you...I miss the rains down in fatfrica.
What do you predict your half time to be? MTA: and might I remind you...I miss the rains down in fatfrica.
Are the rains in fatfrica some sort of waterpark ride?
I dont know yet. Depends on if I actually a) train and b) lose some weight. Somewhere between 2:10 and 2:40? Nice tight range there. I plan on setting a record next week for my slowest half ever - which should still beat my monkey half and working from there.
And yea, you'll beat me.
I fucking know. Anyone wanna go to Tokyo with us?
I want to schedule all the majors in one year some time... that just got harder. Think I'll wait on Tokyo until then.
"Way to make Borat look overdressed"
A group of Minneapolis peeps are going to London in 2014 if anyone wants to go with, for real.
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National Cancer Institute
Last Modified: November 26, 2012
General Information About Osteosarcoma and Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma (MFH) of Bone
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Fortunately, cancer in children and adolescents is rare, although the overall incidence of childhood cancer has been slowly increasing since 1975. 1 Children and adolescents with cancer should be referred to medical centers that have a multidisciplinary team of cancer specialists with experience treating the cancers that occur during childhood and adolescence. This multidisciplinary team approach incorporates the skills of the primary care physician, an orthopedic surgeon experienced in bone tumors, a pathologist, radiation oncologists, pediatric oncologists, rehabilitation specialists, pediatric nurse specialists, social workers, and others to ensure that children receive treatment, supportive care, and rehabilitation that will achieve optimal survival and quality of life. (Refer to the PDQ® summaries on Supportive and Palliative Care for specific information about supportive care for children and adolescents with cancer.)
Guidelines for pediatric cancer centers and their role in the treatment of pediatric patients with cancer have been outlined by the American Academy of Pediatrics. 2 At these pediatric cancer centers, clinical trials are available for most types of cancer that occur in children and adolescents, and the opportunity to participate in these trials is offered to most patients/families. Clinical trials for children and adolescents with cancer are generally designed to compare potentially better therapy with therapy that is currently accepted as standard. Most of the progress made in identifying curative therapies for childhood cancers has been achieved through clinical trials. Information about ongoing clinical trials is available from the NCI Web site.
Dramatic improvements in survival have been achieved for children and adolescents with cancer. Between 1975 and 2002, childhood cancer mortality has decreased by more than 50%. For osteosarcoma, the 5-year survival rate has increased over the same time from 40% to 67% in children and adolescents. 1 Childhood and adolescent cancer survivors require close follow-up because cancer therapy side effects may persist or develop months or years after treatment. (Refer to the PDQ® summary on Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer for specific information about the incidence, type, and monitoring of late effects in childhood and adolescent cancer survivors.)
Osteosarcoma occurs predominantly in adolescents and young adults. Review of data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results program of the NCI resulted in an estimate of 4.4 per million new cases of osteosarcoma each year in people aged 0 to 24 years. 3 The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that there will be 110 million people in this age range in 2010, resulting in an incidence of roughly 450 cases per year in children and young adults younger than 25 years. Osteosarcoma accounts for approximately 5% of childhood tumors. In children and adolescents, more than 50% of these tumors arise from the long bones around the knee. Osteosarcoma can rarely be observed in soft tissue or visceral organs. There appears to be no difference in presenting symptoms, tumor location, and outcome for younger patients (<12 years) compared with adolescents. 4 5 Two trials conducted in the 1980s were designed to determine if chemotherapy altered the natural history of osteosarcoma following surgical removal of the primary tumor. The outcome of patients in these trials who were treated with surgical removal of the primary tumor recapitulated the historical experience before 1970; more than half of these patients developed metastases within 6 months of diagnosis, and overall, approximately 90% developed recurrent disease within 2 years of diagnosis. 6 Overall survival for patients treated with surgery alone was statistically inferior. 7 The natural history of osteosarcoma has not changed over time, and fewer than 20% of patients with localized resectable primary tumors treated with surgery alone can be expected to survive free of relapse. 6 8 9
Pretreatment factors that influence outcome include site and size of the primary tumor and presence or absence of clinically detectable metastatic disease. 10 After administration of preoperative chemotherapy, surgical resectability and the degree of tumor necrosis influence outcome. In general, prognostic factors in osteosarcoma have not been helpful in identifying patients who might benefit from treatment intensification or who might require less therapy while maintaining an excellent outcome.
The site of the primary tumor is a significant prognostic factor for patients with localized disease. Among extremity tumors, distal sites have a more favorable prognosis than proximal sites. Axial skeleton primary tumors are associated with the greatest risk of progression and death, primarily related to the inability to achieve a complete surgical resection.
Despite a relatively high rate of inferior necrosis following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, fewer patients with craniofacial primaries develop systemic metastases than do patients with osteosarcoma originating in the extremities. 19 20 21 This low rate of metastasis may be related to the relatively smaller size and higher incidence of lower grade tumors in osteosarcoma of the head and neck. This low rate of metastasis may be related to the relatively smaller size and higher incidence of lower grade tumors in osteosarcoma of the head and neck.
While small series have not shown a benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with osteosarcoma of the head and neck, one meta-analysis concluded that systemic chemotherapy improves the prognosis for these patients. Another large meta-analysis detected no benefit from chemotherapy for patients with osteosarcoma of the head and neck, but suggested that the incorporation of chemotherapy into treatment of patients with high-grade tumors may improve survival. A retrospective analysis identified a trend toward better survival in patients with high-grade osteosarcoma of the mandible and maxilla who received adjuvant chemotherapy. 18 22
Radiation therapy was found to improve local control, disease-specific survival, and overall survival in a retrospective study of osteosarcoma of the craniofacial bones, which had positive or uncertain margins after surgical resection. 23[[Level of evidence: 3iiALevel of evidence: 3iiA] Radiation-associated craniofacial osteosarcomas are generally high-grade lesions, usually fibroblastic, that tend to recur locally with a high rate of metastasis.] Radiation-associated craniofacial osteosarcomas are generally high-grade lesions, usually fibroblastic, that tend to recur locally with a high rate of metastasis. 24
In the German series, approximately 25% of patients with craniofacial osteosarcoma had osteosarcoma as a second tumor, and in 8 of these 13 patients, osteosarcoma arose following treatment for retinoblastoma. In this series, there was no difference in outcome for primary or secondary craniofacial osteosarcoma. 15
Larger tumors have a worse prognosis than smaller tumors. 10 26 Tumor size has been assessed by the longest single dimension, by the cross-sectional area, or by an estimate of tumor volume; all have correlated with outcome. Serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), which also correlates with outcome, is a likely surrogate for tumor volume.
Presence of clinically detectable metastatic disease
Patients with localized disease have a much better prognosis than those with overt metastatic disease. As many as 20% of patients will have radiographically detectable metastases at diagnosis, with the lung being the most common site. 27 The prognosis for patients with metastatic disease appears to be determined largely by the site(s), the number of metastases, and the surgical resectability of the metastatic disease. 28 29
Patients with multifocal osteosarcoma (defined as multiple bone lesions without a clear primary tumor) have an extremely poor prognosis. 32
Resectability of the tumor is a critical prognostic feature because osteosarcoma is relatively resistant to radiation therapy. Complete resection of the primary tumor and any skip lesions with adequate margins is generally considered essential for cure. A retrospective review of patients with craniofacial osteosarcoma performed by the German-Austrian-Swiss osteosarcoma cooperative group reported that incomplete surgical resection was associated with inferior survival probability. 15[Level of evidence: 3iiB] For patients with axial skeletal primaries who either do not have surgery for their primary tumor or who have surgery resulting in positive margins, radiation therapy may improve survival. 11 35 In a European cooperative study, the size of the margin was not significant. However, having both the biopsy and resection at a center with orthopedic oncology experience conferred a better prognosis. 13
Necrosis following induction or neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Most treatment protocols for osteosarcoma use an initial period of systemic chemotherapy prior to definitive resection of the primary tumor (or resection of sites of metastases for patients with metastatic disease). The pathologist assesses necrosis in the resected tumor. Patients with at least 90% necrosis in the primary tumor after induction chemotherapy have a better prognosis than those with less necrosis. 26 Patients with less necrosis (<90%) in the primary tumor following initial chemotherapy have a higher rate of recurrence within the first 2 years compared with patients with a more favorable amount of necrosis (90%). 36 Less necrosis should not be interpreted to mean that chemotherapy has been ineffective; cure rates for patients with little or no necrosis following induction chemotherapy are much higher than cure rates for patients who receive no chemotherapy.
Imaging modalities such as dynamic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or positron emission tomography (PET) scanning are under investigation as noninvasive methods to assess response. 37 38 39 40 41 42
Patients with osteosarcoma as a second malignant neoplasm, including those tumors arising in a radiation field, share the same prognosis as patients with de novo osteosarcoma if they are treated aggressively with complete surgical resection and multiagent chemotherapy. 43 44 45 46 Possible prognostic factors identified for patients with conventional localized high-grade osteosarcoma include the age of the patient, LDH level, alkaline phosphatase level, and histologic subtype. 26 47 48 49 50 51 A number of potential prognostic factors have been identified but have not been tested in large numbers of patients. These include the expression of HER2/c-erbB-2 (there are conflicting data concerning the prognostic significance of this human epidermal growth factor); 52 53 54 tumor cell ploidy; specific chromosomal gains or losses; 55 loss of heterozygosity of the RB gene; 56 57 Loss of heterozygosity of the p53 locus; 58 and increased expression of p-glycoprotein. 59 60 A prospective analysis of p-glycoprotein expression determined by immunohistochemistry failed to identify prognostic significance for newly diagnosed patients with osteosarcoma, although earlier studies suggested that overexpression of p-glycoprotein predicted for poor outcome. 61 In a large series, a delay of 21 days or more from the time of definitive surgery to the resumption of chemotherapy was an adverse prognostic factor. 62 Pathologic fracture at diagnosis or during preoperative chemotherapy does not have adverse prognostic significance. 63
Syndromes Associated With Osteosarcoma
Patients with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome have an increased risk of developing osteosarcoma compared with the general population. They also tend to develop osteosarcoma at a younger age. 64 Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, also called poikiloderma congenitale, is a rare autosomal recessive condition attributed to mutations of the RECQL4 helicase gene on 8q24. It is characterized by distinctive skin findings (e.g., atrophy, telangiectasias, pigmentation), sparse hair, cataracts, small stature, skeletal anomalies, and a significantly increased risk for osteosarcoma. There is no adverse prognostic significance for osteosarcoma in conjunction with Rothmund-Thomson syndrome.
Genetic diseases that predispose to osteosarcoma
Syndrome | Location | Gene | Function |
Bloom syndrome | 15q26.1 | BLM (RecQL3) | DNA helicase |
Diamond-Blackfan anemia | Ribosomal proteins | Ribosome production | |
Li-Fraumeni syndrome | 17p13.1 | P53 | DNA damage response |
Paget disease | 18q21-qa22 | LOH18CR1 | IL-1/TNF signaling; RANK signaling pathway |
5q31 | |||
5q35-qter | |||
Retinoblastoma | 13q14.2 | RB1 | Cell-cycle checkpoint |
Rothmund-Thomson syndrome | 8q24.3 | RTS (RecQL4) | DNA helicase |
Werner syndrome | 8p12-p11.2 | WRN (RecQL2) | DNA helicase; exonuclease activity |
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Cellular Classification
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Osteosarcoma is a malignant tumor that is characterized by the direct formation of bone or osteoid tissue by the tumor cells. The World Health Organization's histologic classification 1 of bone tumors separates the osteosarcomas into central (medullary) and surface (peripheral) 2 3 tumors and recognizes a number of subtypes within each group.
The most common pathologic subtype is conventional central osteosarcoma, which is characterized by areas of necrosis, atypical mitoses, and malignant osteoid tissue and/or cartilage. The other subtypes are much less common, each occurring at a frequency of less than 5%. Telangiectatic osteosarcoma may be confused radiographically with an aneurysmal bone cyst or giant cell tumor. This variant should be approached as a conventional osteosarcoma. 4 5
Malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH) of bone is treated according to osteosarcoma treatment protocols. 13 MFH should be distinguished from angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma, a low-grade tumor that is usually noninvasive, small, and associated with an excellent outcome with surgery alone. 14 One study suggests similar event-free survival rates for MFH and osteosarcoma. 13
Extraosseous osteosarcoma is a malignant mesenchymal neoplasm without direct attachment to the skeletal system. Previously, treatment for extraosseous osteosarcoma followed soft tissue sarcoma guidelines, 15 though a retrospective analysis of the German Cooperative Osteosarcoma Study identified a favorable outcome for extraosseous osteosarcoma treated with surgery and conventional osteosarcoma therapy. 16
Staging and Site Information
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Historically, the Enneking staging system for skeletal malignancies was widely used. 1 This system inferred the aggressiveness of the primary tumor by the descriptors intracompartmental or extracompartmental. The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for malignant bone tumors has updated this staging system, substituting compartmentalization with size (see Table 2). 2 The AJCC classification is as follows:
Stage | Tumor Grade | Tumor Size |
IA | Low | <8 cm |
IB | Low | >8 cm |
IIA | High | <8 cm |
IIB | High | >8 cm |
III | Any tumor grade, skip metastasesb | |
IV | Any tumor grade, any tumor size, distant metastases | |
For the purposes of treatment, there are only two stages of high-grade osteosarcoma. Patients without clinically detectable metastatic disease are considered to have localized osteosarcoma. Patients in whom it is possible to detect any site of metastasis at the time of initial presentation by routine clinical studies are considered to have metastatic osteosarcoma.
For patients with confirmed osteosarcoma, in addition to plain x-rays of the primary site that include a single plane view of the entire affected extremity to assess for skip metastasis, pretreatment staging studies should include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or computed tomography (CT) scan of the primary site. Additional pretreatment staging studies should include bone scan, postero-anterior and lateral chest x-ray, and CT scan of the chest. Positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose is an optional staging modality. 3
Localized tumors are limited to the bone of origin. Patients with skip lesions confined to the bone which includes the primary tumor should be considered to have localized disease if the skip lesions can be included in the planned surgical resection. 4 Approximately one-half of the tumors arise in the femur; of these, 80% are in the distal femur. Other primary sites in descending order of frequency are the proximal tibia, proximal humerus, pelvis, jaw, fibula, and ribs. 5 Compared with osteosarcoma of the appendicular skeleton, osteosarcoma of the head and neck is more likely to be low grade 6 and to arise in older patients.
Radiologic evidence of metastatic tumor deposits in the lungs, other bones, or other distant sites is found in approximately 20% of patients at diagnosis, with 85% to 90% of metastatic disease presenting in the lungs. The second most common site of metastasis is another bone. 7 Metastasis to other bones may be solitary or multiple. The syndrome of multifocal osteosarcoma refers to a presentation with multiple foci of osteosarcoma without a clear primary tumor, often with symmetrical metaphyseal involvement. Multifocal osteosarcoma has an extremely grave prognosis. 5


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Huddled immigrant masses face 'British values' quiz
Foreigners wishing to obtain a British passport will henceforth face a revamped citizenship test which "focuses on values and principles at the heart of being British". According the BBC, the Home Office has dispensed with nonsense such as "information about water meters, how to find train timetables and using the internet". …
Re: @Elmer
As to Farage - not filled with confidence about him either.
Is David Davies still available?
Re: It's a "can you read English" test, always was
or just wankers whereas the winners are 'those bunch of c**ts who wanted to tax Pasties,beer and ciggies some more"
Re: @MJI
Farage is Great. He is going to build a new Golgafrinchan Ark 'B' for all the Muslims.....
British values?
You'd be hard pushed to define a set of values that even a substantial minority of Brits agree with.
I'd settle for answering yes to both the following questions :
- Do you support parliamentary democracy?
- Is it OK to loathe all politicians on principle?
Re: British values?
Championing the under dog.
Decrying the successful (once we have had enough of their pea-cocking).
Telling people what to do.
Telling people what they shouldn't be doing.
Fighting and subjugating* populations. (*Though not so much recently).
Drinking Tea.
Taking the piss.
But most of all taking the piss...
Re: British values?
You know you are truly British when you despise everyone else...but are too polite to say so.
Re: British values?
You missed out both "Queueing" and "Getting Pissed".
Re: British values?
Damn it! How could I have missed those two off the list!
Re: British values?
Fawning over some German aristocrats, as if they were members of your own family.
Gush with sickening sentimentality over receiving a simple wave, after queuing and waiting in a large crowd for hours.
Re: British values?
Complaining? But that's not the British way - you should tut or sigh deeply whilst not saying a word as you don't want to cause a fuss (particularly relevant for queue jumpers or bad customer service)
I fail.
Yeah, I think I'd fail that, I'm guessing the answers to those three questions were
Nelson, poppy, pass and 21?
Honestly I'd rather see the basic skills covered to get a british passport.
Have you been living here more than 6 years
Have you been working for 4 of those 6 years
Did you need this test translated
I honestly don't mind foreigners moving to the UK. Just so long as they learn the language, and give back to the community. I don't think any immigrants should get any form of benefits until they've been here for at least 4 years though, neither do I think they should have access to the NHS, and I don't think they should get access unless they've been working.
Sad part is when I lived / worked in southampton, there were so many people there who didn't speak the language at all. The funny part was they were split into a few different groups, some who would try to hide it by not talking at all. Others who were elderly and had family translate for them (which isn't so bad, they were normally ancient) and my fave group, the ones who could barely speak the language but tried anyway.
Re: I fail.
Nevermind, I took the online test and passed. And no wonder it's multiple fucking choice. That isn't a test it's a guessing game.
Re: I fail.
Living in Portsmouth, I'm not surprised that so many people in Southampton can't speak English. Most of them were born in Southampton though.... :-P
Re: I fail.
Broadly agree, but:
neither do I think they should have access to the NHS
Would you rather have sick and diseased migrants spreading illness or having to resort to crime to survive?
Out of curiosity: Would you deny access to the NHS & benefits to a natural born, yet orphaned, citizen who was crippled in their last year of school and rendered unable to work for the rest of their lives?
Re: I had a look
New test passed but one, I said 21 not 18 for Jury
Old test - I knew one.
Who gives a toss about the number of constituencies (no Too Many option)?
Re: I fail.
Would you rather have sick and diseased migrants spreading illness or having to resort to crime to survive?
No, but at the same time, i'd rather have them in work before they come over here to a degree where they can afford at least some degree of health insurance, rather than it being footed by the tax payer.
Out of curiosity: Would you deny access to the NHS & benefits to a natural born, yet orphaned, citizen who was crippled in their last year of school and rendered unable to work for the rest of their lives?
If they've lived their lives in the system, and their previous family had paid taxes yes. My objection isn't to them getting healthcare at all, it's to them getting healthcare for free when they've done nothing to pay into it. Admittedly a factoid from the daily fail, but a number of migrants to come to the UK just to use the NHS, and then trundle off back home. That is why I put in the point of them living here for a period of time and holding down a job.
Like I said so long as they give back to society I don't mind.
I'm also against people continuoly claiming job seekers. I believe they should be forced to do some kind of volunteer / charity / community work to earn JSA. Likewise I think child support should be cut off, (or drastically lowered) after the third child.
Re: I fail.
I suspect a bloke called manuel feels much the same about Brits.
I think a better solution would be..
Anonymous so I don't get mobbed by either the "don't let anyone in" or the "let everyone in crowd".
Backstory; I'm an immigrant from the UK to somewhere far far away.
I think the biggest problem with the citizenship stuff in the UK is that citizenship is too easy to get. A lot of countries will only allow immigrants permanent leave to stay after the same amount of time (3+ years usually) as the UK allow immigrants to naturalise. They need to make citizenship less attractive i.e. 10+ years in the country, no dual nationality, no criminal record acceptable, favoured towards spouses of nationals and children of nationals, English exam, name transliterated officially etc..
This would make applying for permanent leave to stay more attractive which affords most immigrants the rights they want in the UK (i.e. to not have to keep extending their visa, not having to depend on a spouse or sponsor to renew) without handing over passports to people that have no interest in actually becoming British and integrating.
This scheme of "Britishness exams" is a failed attempt to make citizenship less attractive by making it seem harder to obtain rather than actually making it harder to obtain.
Re: I think a better solution would be..
They need to make citizenship less attractive i.e. 10+ years in the country, no dual nationality,
10 years of taxation without representation? Dual nationality is nobody's business.
Re: I think a better solution would be..
>10 years of taxation without representation?
I guess you mean immigrants should have the right to vote? That should be linked to their right to work (and hence pay tax) not their citizenship... There are non-UK citizens that vote in the UK.
>Dual nationality is nobody's business
If you don't want to actually take your new nationality apply for permanent leave to stay. Citizenship should not equal be equal to an everlasting visa with benefits.
Re: I think a better solution would be..
you have not idea how many hoops you get to jump through to get UK passport. And you would have had your own passport lost in "that" place, at least once, for a period of 2 years or more, so you would have been stranded on this "little island" in the meantime. Well, you wanted it, so you got it, full submersion :)
Re: I think a better solution would be..
They need to make citizenship less attractive i.e. 10+ years in the country, no dual nationality, no criminal record acceptable, favoured towards spouses of nationals and children of nationals, English exam, name transliterated officially etc.
How easy do you think it is to get British citizenship?
I am reasonably sure the 3 year residency requirement is only for people married to a British citizen (as in "spouse of nationals") and there is a criminal record check.
Dual nationality would be a whole new can of worms.
Re: I think a better solution would be..
>>Dual nationality is nobody's business
>If you don't want to actually take your new nationality apply for permanent leave to stay. Citizenship should not equal be equal to an everlasting visa with benefits.
Patriotism is just a way for politicians to manipulate people. Nationality is purely a practical matter.
By $Deity there are a lot of hoops.
It already takes more than five years and it's incredibly expensive.
Plus they often lose your application form.
Re: Nationality is purely a practical matter.
Speaking as a Brit living in France ... no it isn't.
Q5: Which of the following are famously worn by Englishmen upon their heads?
a. Bowler hats
b. Tricorne hats
c. Sally Bercow
Answer me these questions three, before your passport you will see!
1. What is your name?
2. What is your quest?
3. What is your favourite colour?
3. What is the capitol of Assyria
3. What is the average airspeed of an unladen swallow?
I know, I know! The one with Monty's Encylopythonia in the pocket, please
Re: Answer me these questions three, before your passport you will see!
Regarding your 3 - is that Indicated, Calibrated or True airspeed you want?
Re: Answer me these questions three, before your passport you will see!
African or European?
Re: Answer me these questions three, before your passport you will see!
I don't know that
the hordes
Meanwhile, the hordes of ignorant Sun readers who unfortunately happened to be born here get to vote with no qualifications.
Re: the hordes
It's the Daily Fail readers I'm more worried about. A lot of them actually think they are reading a serious newspaper.
Entrance examinations
'Don Flynn, head honcho at the Migrants' Rights Network, described it as ..."more like an entry examination for an elite public school". '
Hmm, let's see...
I note a distressing absence of questions about thrashing the French here - what is Eton coming to?
Re: Entrance examinations
I got 100%!
Winchester for me, I think. Or Rugby. Which really has a 'beautiful game'.
Not Eton, or Harrow. I can't see the point of rowing. I'd need several more plums in my mouth to fit in well at Marlborough, and I'm frankly too intelligent for Stowe....
Oh FFS
I've looked at this test in the past and really, the questions are ludicrous. Three basic questions are all that's really needed:
1) Are you a prat?
2) Do you understand common manners (please, thank you etc)?
3) Are you a good neighbour (not leaving trash around etc)?
4) Does your culture have a celebration on a date we're not using and can we adopt it for a party?
Seriously...people are people and whilst there can be some cultural tensions, reasonable people will sit down and sort it out. Hence question 1).
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One extra question:
5) Can you lie convincingly?
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If so have you thought about joining a political party and standing for office?
Labour's Chris Bryant used the announcement as an opportunity for the inevitable pop at Home Secretary Theresa May, who he reckons "should be focusing on fixing the big problems in her department
Whilst not a fan of Ms May this comment made me think what Labour was saying was more along the lines of "Should fix all the problems we left for you so when we get back to power we can have an unimpeded run at wrecking everything again .... "
Admiral who died in a sea battle in 1805 and has a monument in Trafalgar Square, London?"
Easy, that was Sir Trafalgar Square of London!
Allright, back to the end of the que! I mean, quey.... quay! Damn, who reut dat script?
Chances are ...
that your typical Brit lager lout can't answer the questions.
Several different tests have proved that Americans don't know how many states there are or what they names are. (50 states but most people forget about a whole bunch of other acquisitions, such as Puerto Rico, and thirteen others. Canada is not a US state, despite what some Americans think)
In Canada many Canadians could not answer the question: How many provinces and territories are there in Canada. (10 provinces and 3 territories)(Northwest Territories, Nunavut & Yukon)(Provinces have the right to use Constitutional Powers on their own, whilst Territories exercise power at the discretion of the Federal government.)
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Unfortunately we cant just kick the crud out the country...
no more un-explored continents to send them too...
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And you think that's surprising?
How many people in the UK do you think can tell you how many counties there are and name them all, without looking them up. Oh, and then name all the crown dependencies and overseas territories.
Re: you think that's surprising
Speaking as someone in the UK, I certainly couldn't tell you how many counties there are and I'm not even sure what a crown dependency is, let alone provide you with examples.
But I know there are 50 states in the US. Doesn't everyone?
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"that your typical Brit lager lout can't answer the questions."
true. so what?
we already have plenty of our own lager louts that we can't get rid of, isnt it reasonable to institute policies that dont result in us getting more of them from other countries too?
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"Unfortunately we cant just kick the crud out the country...
no more un-explored continents to send them too..."
Atlantis maybe? Last guess at it's location is the middle of a volcanic crater surrounded by the Greek island of Santorini. Plenty of space to sink a few hundred thousand racists.
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The main thing I had to learn for my canadian citizenship was the captial of each province/territory.
So if the natives (well not actually the natives of course - just the last lot of immigrants with a more direct attitude to citizenship) ever need any help I'm ready and waiting to tell them that Charlottetown is the capital of PEI
People still want to immigrate to the UK?
I'd simply ask them, "why?".
why should I outbetter the natives in their history?
after all, they (we? you?) are in-famous in the world for knowing shit about their (our your) history.
allright, so is everybody else in every b... country in the world, granted.


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Updated: January 31, 2013
Smith was hired in April of 2012 to run the team for a 10 month period following the dismissal of former head coach Bobby Petrino. He and the rest of Petrino's staff was fired by athletic director Jeff Long following a 4-8 season. Linebackers coach Taver Johnson was rehired by current head coach
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"I don't think an A.D. should ever hire somebody for 10 months," Petrino told The Sporting News. "Players know what that means; they understand that. It hurts the power of the head coach and the assistants."
"They should've hired (Smith) for two years or hired someone else for two years, or just (expletive)-canned all of us."
Haynes agreed, telling The Sporting News, "Even if they had a plan to get rid of us no matter what, which I think they did, you say two years and I think the kids dig in. When you give 10 months, everyone is on egg shells.""There were some seniors who kind of hung it up, to be honest with you," Petrino continued. "They were going to worry about their futures more than that team. A couple seniors said they were hurt and I don't know if they really were."
"I really don't fault them, to be honest with you," Haynes added. "I don't fault the kids for thinking that way. Again, there was no stability there. Again, it goes back to, 'Who am I playing for?' Once they can't say, 'We're trying to save the coaches' jobs'--if they're just playing for the university, sometimes kids feel the university let them down."
Smith was also quoted in the article.
"If a kid's hurt, he's hurt," Smith told The Sporting News. "Could some of the guys that were hurt have played with those injuries and continued on? That's up to those guys. "But I think some of the players, some of the older guys, said, 'Why should I continue on?' They were looking ahead to the NFL."
The article prompted a swift response on Twitter from former Razorback linebacker Tenarius Wright.
"That's crazy and selfish to say, Wright tweeted. "How about us the players write and article? Call it Hurricane Petrino."
"I'm beyond mad bru," Jared Green, also a senior on the 2012 team, tweeted. "Paul Petrino wasn't even a part of our most successful years and I wonder why."
Fayetteville based sports margeting agent Mike Conley Sr. also spoke to The Sporting News. He defended client Knile Davis, a former Razorback and senior on the 2012 team who spent part of the season injured.
"This story really has nothing to do with him," Conley Sr. was quoted as saying. "It definitely wasn't Knile."
Davis also reacted to the comments by Smith, Petrino and Haynes via Twitter:
"The same guys who sacrificed their time and freedom. The same guys who gave their blood, sweat and tears for that hog on the side of that helmet. The same guys who skipped an opportunity of a lifetime by not entering the draft and came back knowing the risk. The same guys who battled to get that win in the Liberty Bowl in the freezing cold. The same guys that battled to get the school's first birth in the Sugar Bowl. The same guys that fought and won he Cotton Bowl. These same guys quit on one of the most anticipated seasons in Arkansas history? I don't think so. Not these guys. Not my guys. HAWG 4 LIFE."
The entire article published online by The Sporting News can be read here: http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2013-01-30/arkansas-football-players-quit-john-l-smith-paul-petrino-paul-haynes


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- This article is about the creature encountered by Aang. For the species, see Lion turtle (species).
"The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light." |
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Because of the lion turtle's age, a large forest sprouted on its back. He preferred to stay hidden from the world, with his head submerged so he appeared as an ordinary island.[3]
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History Edit
One night in 100 ASC, a few days before the arrival of Sozin's Comet, the lion turtle appeared off the coast of Ember Island as a small, dome-shaped isle. Aang, who had just come to the abysmal realization that he must kill Fire Lord Ozai, was subconsciously directed to the island and sleepwalked there with Momo following. By the following morning, the island was gone and with it, Aang and Momo.[4]
While the others were searching for him, Aang woke up the next day to see that the island was now adrift in the middle of the sea. After exploring a little, he found himself at the center of the island where he discovered a hexagonal piece of an unknown material which was part of the lion turtle's shell. He decided to meditate there and to call on his previous incarnations for guidance starting with Roku, then Kyoshi, Kuruk, and finally, Yangchen. After listening to their advice, he realized he had no choice but to kill Ozai.[1]
Eventually, the island approached land, revealing that it was moving; Aang jumped off it and while diving below, discovered it was, in fact, an enormous creature. After approaching the head, he realized it was a lion turtle. Aang asked him for guidance to which the lion turtle replied, "The true mind can weather all the lies and illusions without being lost. The true heart can tough the poison of hatred without being harmed. Since beginning-less time, darkness thrives in the void, but always yields to purifying light." He then imparted an ancient bending art, which had the ability to take away an individual's bending, to Aang before leaving the Avatar and Momo on the Earth Kingdom shore to wait for Phoenix King Ozai, saying, "Wait for him: he will come."[1]
The lion turtle was seen again in a flashback, right before Aang began energybending Ozai, where he spoke the words: "In the era before the Avatar, we bent not the elements but the energy within ourselves..." Aang, with these words in mind, began to bend Ozai's energy. The final time the lion turtle was heard, he spoke the words: "To bend another's energy, your own spirit must be unbendable or you will be corrupted and destroyed..." During this time, Aang's energy managed to overpower Ozai's and he succeeded in taking away his ability to bend.[5]
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Edit
Book Three: Fire (火) Edit
- 318. "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King"
- 319. "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters"
- 321. "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang" (flashback)
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- In the early design, a very high level of detail went into the lion turtle. In the final animation, however, the lion turtle was not rendered quite as intricately.[2]
- The lion turtle resembles Chinese mythological turtles, of which a few are placed around the Forbidden Palace in Beijing.
- The lion turtle's voice actor, Kevin Michael Richardson, also voiced Tyro and The Big Bad Hippo.
- The chanting that can be heard when the lion turtle called to Aang,[4] causing him to sleepwalk/swim to him is a Buddhist chant, "Na Mo A Mi Tuo Fo Shin Di" (spellings vary). This chanting was heard for the first time when the Fire Sages assumed their stances in front of the door to the Fire Temple sanctuary.[6] It was heard again right before Aang stepped into the Spirit Oasis to fuse with La.[7] Na Mo A Mi Tuo Fo" (南無阿彌陀佛) is from Da Bei Chan Fa (大悲懺法), and translates as "Blessed be Amitabha Buddha."
- Nyla was unable to find Aang while he was on the lion turtle due to the fact that the lion turtle had traveled all over the world for so long, accumulating countless new smells, that it smelled like the earth itself, thus masking Aang's scent.[1]
- The lion turtle is the oldest and largest living creature in the Avatar World.
- The lion turtle was well received by critics of the Sozin's Comet special. However, some critics claim the lion turtle teaching Aang energybending to defeat Ozai without killing him was a deus ex machina, a cop-out used by writers when they have written themselves into a corner, though they claim they had created this concept prior to its introduction.[8] Many were also critical that his voice was too difficult for them to understand.[9]
- The lion turtle is one of the few animals that can understand human speech, and it is the only one that can speak human language, however, it does the latter telepathically.
- The lion turtle is the only creature and character to be painted, as opposed to being drawn as a cartoon.
- This lion turtle bears a striking resemblance with the Island Turtle, a monster from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game.


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Way Out West - Day 1 The Journey
We were both up early this morning as we had decided to start the holiday off with a buffet breakfast. We went down to a practically empty restaurant where Dad started off with some fruit and an orange juice while I ploughed straight in with an apple juice, bacon, sausage, mushrooms and fried bread. Dad had a similar plate full after his fruit and we had coffee each. The total cost was £35 (£17.50 each).
After breakfast we went back to the room and watched TV for a while before bringing our luggage down and checking out at 8:00. We had booked a taxi for 8:15 to take us to the airport but we were told that if we went out to the entrance of the hotel there was somebody there with a clipboard who would be able to check us off and put us in a taxi straight away. We went out to the entrance and sure enough there was a long line of mini-cabs and a lady with a clipboard who checked off our room number and pointed us towards the first cab in line.
The driver had his foot down and we were at the airport by 8:15 where we proceeded to drop our bags off. The first doh! moment of the holiday came when the check-in clerk asked us to put the first bag on the scales and asked Whos bag is this? to which Dad replied Mine, the poor check-in clerk of course not knowing which of the two names she had in front of her was his.
We were quickly through security and I was pleased to see the signs stating that I didnt need to take my laptop out of my bag. We had a quick browse around HMV and Dixons and waited for our gate to be announced.
At 9:40 the screens showed that we would be boarding at Gate 35 so we wandered round there and discovered that our plane for the flight was to be Lady Penelope. Once called we boarded the plane and settled back in the new purple leather premium economy seats with our glass of welcome champagne. Pushback was a couple of minutes early at just before 11:00 and after a looong wait at the runway we were airborne at 11:30.
The drinks run came around an hour later with Dad choosing a white wine and I had a whisky and ginger. Due to problems with the system the entertainment did not come on until around two hours after we had taken off.
Just as the films started lunch was served, which was a choice of chicken in Madeira sauce, beef or vegetable stroganoff. We both had the beef and dad had a red wine and I had a white wine.
During the course of the flight I managed to watch almost four films: Be Kind Rewind (not as great as I had heard it was), The Bucket List (good and sad at the end), 21 (good) and The Bee Movie (Good but I missed the end as the entertainment system was turned off ready for our descent into San Francisco). During the course of all these we were served with vanilla ice cream, a chicken and honey mustard wrap, and a cheese and pickle roll with a chocolate cookie.
We landed ten minutes early at 1:40 p.m. local time and a word of advice to nervous fliers San Francisco airport has one of those approaches where right up until the last minute it looks as though you are going to be landing in the water, so if you are a nervous passenger dont look out the window. We had another long wait for an aircraft to pull out in front of us so we werent at the gate until 2:00.
Once we got off the plane we went to immigration, which is a single queue system and walked straight up to an immigration officer with no wait. He did our fingerprints and photographs and then proceeded to give us the longest grilling we have had on any of our trips. He asked how long we were staying, when we had last been here, what relation we were to each other, how much money we had brought with us and how often we come over and even asked to see confirmation of our hotel reservations and return ticket. Once he was satisfied he let us on our way and we went through to baggage claim where our bags came up within a couple of minutes.
We then went out to the arrivals area where we met our driver from Execucar and after a nice comfortable drive we arrived at our home for the next four nights the Best Western Tuscan Inn and were checked in by 3:00. We went out for a quick walk around Pier 39 before going into the Safeway next to the hotel to admire the American groceries. Is it just me that wishes we had some of the crisp flavours the Americans have Margarita Lime or Baja Bean dip flavour anyone?
We then went back to the room to have a quick break ready for the complimentary wine tasting that the hotel offer every night between 5:00 and 6:00.
We went downstairs just after 5:00 and had a glass of wine each. There were no checks on whether we were guests or not so if you ever find yourself near the Tuscan Inn between 5:00 and 6:00 and fancy a glass of wine, just head in and have one for free!
After our wine we left the hotel again and went for another walk around Pier 39, where I discovered a shop specially for people just like me Leftys the shop for left-handed people. They do the usual kind of thing for leftys scissors, knives, spiral notebooks with the spiral on the correct side but they also did shot glasses so I made a note to go back and get one before we left San Francisco. We also spotted a Mexican restaurant that we decided we would return to tomorrow as neither of us wanted much to eat after all we had eaten on the plane.
The pier was actually a lot more crowded than this, these pics were taken the following morning.
From Pier 39 we walked back up towards the hotel and returned to Safeways, where we bought some nibbles and root beer before returning to the room. We watched a bit of TV but, disobeying all the rules of avoiding jet-lag, we were both in bed by 8:30 ready to hit the ground running tomorrow.
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A shop for left handed folks, that would be me. I'm amazed and shocked at the same time.
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Thanks for the tip about the Tuscan Inn wine tasting lol I will try to remember it if ever I'm in that area between 5 and 6pm
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