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Advocates of controlling the world's explosive population growth hope to persuade the U.S. to provide $1 billion in contraception aid for 220 million potential mothers in the developing world.
Attaining minimal population growth worldwide would open the door for "every woman to have the absolute right to determine when and how many children she will have and to enjoy a reasonable standard of living, with enough food and clean water and the opportunity for good education," says Stacie Murphy of the Population Connection Center, a national grassroots organization based in Washington, D.C.
Murphy will speak on "Beyond Seven Billion: The Challenges of Global Population Growth" at 5:15 p.m. today, Sept. 27, at the Southern Oregon University Science Building, Room 118. Her talk is free.
"If you try to develop as a nation without getting population growth under control, you are chasing a moving target," said Murphy.
The world's population hit the 7 billion mark last year and at current birth rates is projected to grow to between 9 billion and 11 billion by 2050.
By contrast, the world's population was estimated at 1 billion in 1800, just before the Industrial Revolution, Murphy said in a phone interview.
Overpopulation contributes to climate change and other environmental and economic problems, Murphy said.
It's "a key component in many problems that aren't going to get better if we don't make population a priority," she said.
She noted it's the developed world that "consumes resources way out of proportion to its population," making a much bigger impact on the environment.
"We often get the question, is there an upper boundary for our population? We reply that it depends on the living standard you want," she said. "If you want to live like the average American, it's 2 billion. If you want to live like the average Ethiopian, it's a lot more, but then, do you get clean water and food?"
Population Connection, formerly known as Zero Population Growth, experienced its heyday in the 1960s and '70s with Paul Ehrlich's book, "The Population Bomb." But the concept now suffers from the problem that most people think the issue was dealt with back then.
"It's not something people talk about directly," she said. "It's around the edges. It's hard to give it a second wind."
That's one reason why the Population Connection Center has shifted its focus to providing access to modern contraception and family planning in the developing world.
"It's difficult to talk about because you're talking about sex, religion and intensely personal decisions — and you don't want to sound like you're telling people how many children they can have," she said. "But if you give people the means and the information, almost universally, they choose smaller families."
Another obstacle is that family planning often is "conflated" with the deeply emotional and controversial issue of abortion, she said.
"It's impossible to have a conversation in this Congress without a political fight, because some see contraception as the first step to unraveling their ideal society," she said.
"With contraception, women have the power to determine the trajectory of their lives."
Countries whose population growth falls at or below "replacement rate" — when births and deaths equal out — include the U.S., Canada, China, Europe and the former Soviet nations. India, the Arab states and South America's growth falls less than 1 percent above the replacement rate, while Africa and some Arab nations continue to see substantial population growth.
Population Connection's goal with lawmakers is threefold, Murphy said:
- Give $1 billion toward contraception for 220 million potential mothers in the developing world.
- Permanently repeal the "global gag rule" in which the U.S. Agency for International Development withdraws funding to foreign nongovernmental organizations that fund abortion or abortion counseling. Population Connection maintains such a policy has a chilling effect on family planning. The rule was in place during the Reagan and Bush administrations but repealed by the Clinton and Obama administrations, according to Population Connection.
- Provide a "robust" contribution to the United Nations Population Fund to improve reproductive health services in developing nations.
For more, see populationconnection.org.


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Wind Energy leading the way in 2013
The U.S. has seen strong growth in the wind energy industry, and 2012 was a record year for the amount of installed capacity.
Over 13,000 megawatts of capacity was installed last year according to the American Wind Energy Association, which brings the total capacity to 60,007 megawatts nationwide.
In 2013 so far, wind energy has made up over 60% of all new generating capacity installed in the United States, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's update.
During January and February of 2013, wind energy beat out all other generating sources for new projects, adding six new projects in those two months.
The addition of these projects brings the total amount of installed wind capacity in the United States to 60.1 gigawatts, making it over 5% of our electric generation. According to the Energy Information Administration's latest numbers, this is a sizable bump for the country--in 2012, wind power constituted only about 3.5% of U.S. electricity.
Most of this is due in part to states taking the lead on including more wind energy in the mix, attracting developers and economic opportunity to their states. In 2011, only five states hit at least 10% in their wind energy mix. The newest numbers for 2013 show that the number has now risen to nine states.
The nine states on the list not only gain the benefit of clean and renewable energy to power their states, but they also see new jobs and revenue spring up from this prospering industry.

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Maropitant's pharmacokinetics and pharmacology
Maropitant is a weak base, is highly lipophilic, and belongs to the quinuclidine class.1,2 Three essential elements in the quinidine structure are important for the interactivity of a ligand with the NK1 receptor: the bridgehead basic nitrogen, the benzhydryl moiety, and the 2-methoxybenzyl amino side chain.
After oral administration, maropitant is absorbed through the intestinal tract and is a substrate for efflux via the surface membrane by the multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein.3 P-glycoprotein actively secretes the absorbed drug back into the intestinal lumen, decreasing drug bioavailability. Maximum plasma concentrations occur 0.75 hours after subcutaneous administration at 1 mg/kg, and 1.7 and 1.9 hours after oral administration of 8 and 2 mg/kg doses, respectively.4 In dogs, the absolute bioavailability of maropitant is markedly higher (90.7%) after subcutaneous administration (1 mg/kg) than after oral administration (23.7% at the 2-mg/kg dose and 37% at the 8-mg/kg dose).4 In cats, the bioavailability is 117% and 50% when administered subcutaneously and orally, respectively.5 Maropitant's subcutaneous bioavailability may be underestimated because of nonlinear pharmacokinetics at therapeutic doses.5 Feeding status does not significantly affect oral bioavailability.1,6In blood, plasma protein binding is high (> 99%).6 Thus, closely monitor dogs with hypoproteinemia that are receiving maropitant; lower dosages of maropitant could be used in these patients. Maropitant, a lipophilic compound, crosses the blood-brain barrier. In gerbils, the mean brain:plasma concentration ratio eight hours after subcutaneous injection of 1 mg/kg is 3.59.7 Adverse effects reported may include ataxia.1 The hepatic metabolism of maropitant involves two cytochrome P450 isoenzymes in dogs: CYP3A12 (high capacity, low affinity) and CYP2D15 (low capacity, high affinity).1,4 Twenty-one metabolites have been identified.1 The principal metabolite is a pharmacologically active product of hydroxylation.1,4
The drug is eliminated by hepatic clearance. The apparent elimination half-life in dogs is 7.75 hours after subcutaneous dosing at 1 mg/kg and 4.03 hours after one oral dose at 2 mg/kg.4 An accumulation ratio (when multiple doses are given, the drug accumulates until the plasma concentration is large enough for elimination to balance absorption) of 1.5 occurs after once-daily use for five consecutive days at 1 mg/kg given subcutaneously or 2 mg/kg given orally.1,4 The accumulation ratio is 2.18 after two consecutive days at 8 mg/kg given orally daily.1,4 Maropitant is distributed into milk in dogs but has not been measured quantitatively.2
Maropitant is a highly selective neurokinin 1 (NK1) receptor antagonist that blocks the action of substance P, a key neurotransmitter involved in emesis, in the central nervous system.1 Substance P (neurokinin 1), a neuropeptide composed of 11 amino acids, belongs to the tachykinin family (biologically active neuropeptides that have pharmacologic effects on the cardiovascular, genitourinary, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems and in glandular tissue) and is found in high concentrations in the emetic center (area postrema, nucleus tractus solitarius, and dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus).8 Substance P's action is mediated by three G protein-coupled receptors designated NK1, NK2, and NK3.8 Most of substance P's central and peripheral effects are mediated by NK1 receptors.8 The NK1 receptor can be found in both the central and peripheral nervous system. It is also present in the brainstem, neurons, vascular endothelial cells, gastrointestinal tract, pulmonary tissue, and muscle.9 Substance P is the preferred ligand for the NK1 receptor, the predominant tachykinin receptor in the brain.8
Maropitant mimics substance P's structure and binds the NK1 receptors so they cannot bind substance P, thus decreasing stimulation of the emetic center. By inhibiting substance P binding, maropitant suppresses both central and peripheral causes of emesis and the effects of a variety of emetics10 such as apomorphine, xylazine, ipecac syrup, and cisplatin in dogs, as well as xylazine in cats.5 Maropitant at an oral dose of 2 mg/kg will inhibit emesis induced by apomorphine (0.01 mg/kg intravenously) in dogs.11 The substance P-NK1 receptor complex is the final common pathway of the vomiting reflex, which may explain why maropitant has a broader spectrum of antiemetic activity than 5-HT3 serotoninergic antagonists (ondansetron, dolasetron), D2-dopaminergic antagonists (metoclopramide), M1 cholinergic antagonists (prochlorperazine), and glucocorticoids (dexamethasone).12 Recent studies have shown that NK1 receptor antagonists may also help treat depression and anxiety in people.8,13 Other potential indications of the NK1 receptor antagonists in people include asthma, neural injury, and stroke.12
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Ecuador heads to the polls on Sunday to pick a new president. The incumbent, President Rafael Correa, will not be running again – at least not this time.
Brazil's prisons are regulated as much by gangs as by guards, and the recent wave of murders will likely subside as the latest dispute between rival groups dies down.
At the beginning of 2016, there seemed such promise for opposition politicians in Venezuela, but little was achieved. Can 2017 be different?
If recent rhetoric is anything to go by, change is afoot in the relationship between Mexico and the United States. But when they do sit down, what issues will Mexico want to discuss?
Since 2009, the country has seen a consistent decline in its homicide rate. While work remains to be done, the success so far should not be overlooked.
Colombia's 50-year conflict has been far more complex than a struggle between government forces and the FARC. By opening peace talks with the second-largest rebel group, the country takes a step closer to lasting peace.
John Kerry, secretary of State under Barack Obama, declared the Monroe Doctrine to be over. It seems already to be experiencing a resurgence under President Trump.
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has established a criminal and financial network across the region, and while the US has taken steps to disrupt these resources in the past, more needs to be done.
Substantive progress is already being made in implementing the accords, but if the United States dials back its assistance, that trend could diminish, even reverse. It is in the interests of both countries not to let that happen.
A woman takes selfie in from of the 'Departure' installation by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota during the launch of Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on Nov.11.
Many issues of concern need to be addressed by the United Nations – not least how to give the region greater representation in the roster of secretaries-general.
Changes to Mexican law have sought to promote participation of indigenous women in politics – but they have stirred opposition, not least from the very people they seek to help.
It's hard to know what direction US-Cuba relations will take once Donald Trump is in the White House, but Cubans are already contemplating the consequences of a reversal of President Obama's normalization process.
Over the coming 24 months, a host of Latin American nations are slated to elect their leaders. The outcome of many of these races is far from certain.
In the two years since a restoration of diplomatic ties was first announced, great strides have been made in normalizing relations. That trajectory benefits – and is supported by – a wide array of people.
With the United States likely to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and China looking to step into the breach, Latin America's changing relations with world powers could reflect a broader shift.
In 1814, Paraguay's soon-to-be dictator introduced a law forbidding reproduction among the white elite. Whatever his motives, it produced an "exceptionally egalitarian" society.
The opposition sat down with President Nicolás Maduro in Vatican-led talks, leading to much criticism from observers. But there is a chance the move could lead to a peaceful resolution.
Colombia's revised peace accord glided through Congress on Nov. 30, nearly two months after the initial version was rejected in a plebiscite. How important are the changes, and what chance of success?
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On April 5, 2010, a massive underground explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia tragically took the lives of 29 miners. Immediately, Congress recognized changes were needed to protect underground coal miners – toughening and modernizing mine safety laws, and holding federal regulators and inspectors accountable for enforcing those laws.
Democrats Put Speed Ahead of Safety
Members on both sides of the aisle recognize the need for reform and stronger enforcement in the wake of the explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine and other recent underground mining tragedies. Members cannot legislate responsibly without all the facts, yet Democrats are moving full-speed ahead without vital information.
By rushing to legislate before these investigations are complete, Democrats are preparing to pass a mining bill without knowing the cause of the worst mining tragedy in four decades, and without understanding what steps must be taken to ensure effective enforcement by a federal agency known to be falling short.
Democrats Dilute the Focus on Mine Safety
Instead of focusing on mine safety, Democrats have weighed their legislation down with sweeping changes to the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act that will do nothing for miners working underground. In fact, these so-called workplace safety reforms do nothing at all to help employers make their workplaces safer. The Democrats' bill devotes far more attention to punitive measures and legal hurdles than proactive steps to prevent mining and other workplace injuries and fatalities. The changes to the OSH Act in particular will drive up costs and create legal hurdles for job-creators, making it more difficult to put Americans back to work at a time when our economy desperately needs new jobs. Among the most troubling provisions of H.R. 5663:
The GOP Alternative: Making Mines Safer. Period.
Republicans support mine safety. That means reducing risks underground and holding both industry and federal authorities accountable for following and enforcing the law. Republicans believe we cannot fully respond to the Upper Big Branch mining tragedy until state and federal investigations are complete. While those investigations continue, Republicans have identified three preliminary areas for reform. Those are:
Empowering MSHA and Holding the Agency Accountable
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There was a lot of reaction to the recent column concerning the newly-adopted high school playoff system which comes into effect next season.
There was a lot of reaction to the recent column concerning the newly-adopted high school playoff system which comes into effect next season.
Here are two key questions that have been asked:
Q: I love going to the New Bedford-Durfee Thanksgiving Day football game and I plan to keep going. But what's the hangup over playing a second game and letting that one count towards qualifying for the playoffs? I remember reading that those two schools used to play twice in the same season way back when. Why not now?
A: The teams used to play twice before and around the war years in the 1940s, but that was mostly out of necessity (travel and scheduling restrictions). The teams also added a second game in 1981 because then athletic directors Dick Ponte (New Bedford) and Skip Karam (Durfee) thought a second game would help feed their respective school athletic budgets. The additional game was played on Oct. 3 and New Bedford won, 14-0. But if the expected monetary boost lived up to expectations, it didn't lead to a carryover as the teams have met strictly on a Thanksgiving Day basis ever since. New Bedford athletic director Mike Correia has rejected any proposal to move the game or play a second one because he strongly opposes "devaluing" one of the state's oldest Thanksgiving Day football traditions. The athletic directors of the Big 3 schools (New Bedford, Durfee and Brockton) are scheduled to meet today (Thursday) to discuss the issue.
Q: It's a tough call. I like the idea of having a state-wide playoff system, but I also happen to follow a school in the South Coast Conference and how can you crown a true champion in seven weeks (before the state-wide playoffs begin) when that conference champion isn't usually decided until after the Thanksgiving Day games, which come at the end of the season? Winning the SCC almost always comes down to who wins those Thanksgiving Day games. Wareham and Bourne, Apponequet and Old Rochester and Dighton-Rehoboth and Seekonk. Wow! At least two of those three Thanksgiving Day games usually have a bearing on who wins the conference. It's a real dilemma.
A: As it stands now it's a dilemma for any league with nine or more teams because any league that big can't possibly crown a champion by playing a full schedule in the allotted seven-week period the new playoff system demands. But, since the majority of MIAA members voted in favor of the playoff system, something has to give.Big or bigger leagues that haven't already done so, are splitting into two divisions of five or more teams which assures multiple playoff (at least two and possibly more) berths. There has also been talk of merging leagues just for the football season. The Big 3 and the Old Colony League (Dartmouth, Barnstable and Bridgewater-Raynham) is the latest example. I'm as appreciative of the SCC (in existence since 1985) as anyone but, with the adoption of the new playoff system in which the regular season must end after seven weeks, the SCC as we once knew it is dead — at least in football.
With that in mind, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea if the South Coast Conference and Eastern Athletic Conference think about partnering up for a new football league. In one division, you could have Apponequet, Dighton-Rehoboth, GNB Voc-Tech, Wareham, Bishop Feehan, Somerset-Berkley and Martha's Vineyard while the other division would include Bourne, Case, Fairhaven, Old Rochester, Seekonk, Bishop Stang and Coyle-Cassidy. With seven schools in each division, there would be time to crown legitimate division champions within the seven-week time frame and still preserve those traditional Thanksgiving Day matchups without affecting the division races since holiday-game opponents would be in opposite divisions — Apponequet/Old Rochester, Wareham/Bourne, D-R/Seekonk, Case/Somerset-Berkley and Bishop Stang/Bishop Feehan. Coyle-Cassidy, GNB Voc-Tech and Fairhaven play rivals from other leagues and Martha's Vineyard doesn't play on Thanksgiving. It's not perfect but neither is the newly-adopted playoff system.
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My youngest son, Joseph, is 11 years old. And he wants to be a football player.
My boy takes me back in time. I was exactly his age when I joined a Pop Warner football team in Arizona. I remember serenading cicadas and the ache of humid, three-digit Sonoran summer nights. I remember running. And running and running and running. The grass was itchy.
I remember being reduced to blubbery, humiliating tears at the very first practice.
I ask Joseph if he's serious about this. He is. I ask a second and third time. Joseph is resolute. I try to explain to him what's about to happen. I remind him that, while he's a normally healthy kid, he's never played competitive team sports before. He's never trained in earnest. Finally, I just say it: "You understand, son, they are going to beat the crap out of you?"
Joseph is undaunted.
I discover the Nevada Youth Football League and sign him up. Joseph's mother takes him to buy pants, cleats, pads and a helmet. Yikes — this is really happening. I vaguely recognize the face peering out of the huge helmet. Any minute now puberty is going to run him over, chew him up and spit him back out into the world as an adolescent. But, for the moment, I still see shadows of the little boy who giggled every time I read "The Emperor's New Clothes" for a bedtime story.
Joseph's "new clothes" are armor paradoxically protecting him yet inviting him to a new, naked vulnerability. He is about to step into an arena he couldn't possibly imagine. And that's just as well. If he knew what was about to happen, maybe he'd balk. Lose heart. Change his mind.
The Nevada Youth Football League sends me an email containing the "Parent Expectations," which I am supposed to read and sign. I shake my head and giggle as I read it, because I'm always astonished to remember I live in a world where parents — actual living, breathing adults who have successfully made babies — need to be reminded not to: 1) smoke while attending practices and games, 2) bring alcoholic beverages to practices and games, 3) pump loud music from your car in the parking lot during practices and games, and 4) use any form of profanity.
That's what it says: "any form." Not a lot of wiggle room there. I guess that nixes my idea of calligraphy placard profanity.
Furthermore, the letter says "Please do not publicly demean participants in an athletic contest, including players, coaches, officials and other parents or spectators."
Wow. So, who is there left to demean? Politicians, I guess.
Ah, but here's a piece of real wisdom: "Do not support 'quitting' as the best way to solve problems, but rather perseverance and how to deal with adversity. This will teach them life lessons that extend way beyond youth athletics."
The wisdom turned out to be a harbinger.
Twenty-two minutes into the first practice, Joseph waved me over. The little face in the helmet is pale, sweat soaked, pained, lip trembling: "I don't want to do this."
"Why?" I say.
"I knew it was going to be hard. But this is more than I expected."
There are moments as a parent that you just reach. You guess. Like a billiards shot when you just shrug, hit and hope.
See, I don't care if Joseph plays football. Or if he joins Competitive Embroidery. What I care about is this "quitting" thing. That Joseph might spend the rest of his life being surprised by discomfort and rigor. Competent, happy adults befriend discomfort. In some ways they are drawn to discomfort. They seek it, even relish it. They expect discomfort to be a regular companion on the path of any meaningful endeavor.
So, I take my shot. I reach out and grab his face mask. I pull his face to mine. "Joseph," I say, fiercely. "Every day, for the rest of your life, life will always be more than you expect."
" OK," he says, and trots back to the living hell of the Oklahoma Drill.
On the way home, he chatters. He discusses sore muscles, a noble bruise and some abrasions. He has a swagger. A new self-respect. Maybe I should add this to my curriculum for couples in premarital counseling: "Every day, for the rest of your life, marriage will always be more than you expect!"
Yeah. I like it. We can't be surprised by discomfort.
Steven Kalas is a behavioral health consultant and counselor at Las Vegas Psychiatry and the author of "Human Matters: Wise and Witty Counsel on Relationships, Parenting, Grief and Doing the Right Thing" (Stephens Press). His columns appear on Sundays. Contact him at 227-4165 or skalas@ reviewjournal.com.


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According to the complaint, No Doubt was contractually obligated to promote the game, but the band failed this commitment when it filed suit against the company in early November. Activision is seeking damages including interest and asking that the band "disgorge all benefits, including payments, received," pay court costs and attorney fees, and be subject to any other penalaty as the court sees fit.
Tyler says: Drama! While I'm not a die-hard No Doubt or Guitar Hero fan, I'm curious about this rash of incidents because of the precedents the outcome could bring. You would think that with all these court fees, attorney fees and general headaches that in the future Activision would be as up-front as possible to bands concerning the use of their likenesses.


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COUNCIL tax will be frozen for a second year in Southampton after ruling Tories agreed plans to axe 200 jobs and slash nearly £14m from the authority's under pressure budget.
They ignored noisy protests from unions and pleas from anti-cuts campaigners and voted through another raft of cuts to help plug a £57m three-year budget hole.
Opposition councillors said the vulnerable would be worst hit.
And after nine months of industrial action over controversial staff pay cuts Tory chiefs provoked further union fury by warning they plan to withdraw taxpayer funding for two full-time union officials as well as use of council offices, worth up £90,000 a year.
Tories insisted three quarters of their budget savings will come from efficiencies but day care for the disabled will be cut, street cleaning and park-keeping posts will be axed, and funding will be withdrawn from the Hawthorns Wildlife Centre on the Common. Half the job losses will be redundancies.
A £3.25m cut to the city's £70m adult social care budget was voted through despite city MP John Denham urging a rethink after revealing a third of residential care homes inspected last year were "substandard".
Labour opposition leader Richard Williams said: "The people that are going to be impacted on by the cuts are the less well off, the elderly and the vulnerable."
Tories pledged to protect libraries and sure start centres, freeze charges for car parking and meals on wheels, retain weekly bin collections, strip out more layers of management, get better deals from suppliers and share services with other councils to cuts costs.
They claimed there would be no service cuts to young people and a new scholarship would be introduced to get help poorer students get to city universities.
Tory finance boss Councillor John Hannides said frontline services would be protected while bureaucracy was cut. He insisted the £183m revenue budget represented "best value for residents."
A controversial ten per cent council tax discount for pensioners will also be retained in the city, while the full council tax bill is frozen at £1,447.
Labour finance spokesman Stephen Barnes-Andrews said the Conservative budget would be another blow to staff morale as Tories ignored an "innovative"
£200,000 Labour plan to avert 50 compulsory redundancies.
Lib Dem group leader Adrian Vinson who had proposed a "fairer, safer, greener and cleaner" alternative said: "I'm disappointed the Conservatives have chosen to stick with a budget which unnecessarily hits vulnerable people, our neighbourhood environments and jobs."
An unexpected £1.3m VAT refund on commercial waste, dating between 1974 and 1995, will be used to plug a £750,000 black hole in the council's capital budget.
Another £300,000 from the windfall will be used to beef up a reserve to pay out possible compensation and legal costs following a £12m claim by the unions over pay cuts.
Unions blasted the move by Tory council chiefs to set aside an additional £600,000 of "workers' pay" from a failed pay deal to meet the claims.
Around £100,000 from the windfall will be also used for a "deep" spring clean of the city after last summer's strikes by bin men and street cleaners. 'No cold-calling' zones will also be set up in the city.
Around 200 union members gathered outside the Civic Centre ahead of yesterday's meeting to rally against the pay cuts of between two and 5.5 per cent agreed at the same meeting last year, when bin men stormed the council chamber.
Unite regional officer Ian Woodland said members were "very determined to continue the fight to maintain their living standards" and would press ahead with industrial action on April 10, the day the city's £15m Titanic themed SeaCity Museum opens to the world on the centenary of the liner tragedy.
Unison regional organiser Andy Straker said the shock proposal to withdrawal funding for union officials at the council was "beyond belief" and an "attack on members" for the past 12 months opposition to cuts.


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In Pursuit of Love, Chef Learns to Love Running
For chef Richard Blais, it was a taste here and a taste there done in the course of a day cooking at Blais, his Atlanta restaurant at the time, that caused him to balloon to 230 pounds. New eating habits, coupled with a love of running and a woman, helped Mr. Blais get down to 170 pounds, a weight he has maintained for the past four years.
"Being a chef caught up with me," Mr. Blais says. "In the past I might have tasted butter-laden mashed potatoes at the restaurant to check the seasoning. And then I'd have another taste because well, they taste good. Suddenly you've had five teaspoons of mashed potatoes."
Today, his company TrailBlais consults on restaurants such as Flip Burger Boutique in Atlanta and Birmingham, Ala., and the hot dog-focused restaurant, HD-1 in Atlanta. Last year, he opened the Spence in Atlanta. Mr. Blais says he is in the kitchen overseeing his team at Spence as many nights as possible, but he limits his tasting.
In 2004, he realized food had taken over his life. Mr. Blais says his aha moment came at the same time his namesake restaurant was failing and he was pursuing the restaurant's bar manager. "I was depressed about losing this restaurant. I was on a mission to win this girl," he recalls. "I literally caught myself looking in the mirror and was like 'Wow, I've put on pounds.' "
It was Jazmin, the bar manager and a one-time personal trainer, who helped him get his weight under control. He began to cut back on late-night burgers and cocktails, and limit his kitchen tastings to just one taste. Early dates were often runs. "She'd dust me and then do another 3 miles alone," Mr. Blais says. And "at a restaurant she'd ask why order the 16-ounce steak instead of the 12-ounce portion?"
Nearly two years into dating, the couple ran a 10K together in 2005. Mr. Blais proposed at the finish line. Today, the couple is married with two children. They still run together but the 41-year-old Mr. Blais has become the more obsessed runner and races distances beyond 10K, including the New York City Marathon.
Being on TV also has helped him keep his weight in check. He won Bravo's TV cooking show competition, "Top Chef: All-Stars," in 2010. That same year he became the host of "Blais Off" on the Science Channel, a short-lived show where he used high-tech tools and techniques to prepare traditional dishes like pizza. Mr. Blais says TV is worse than a scale.
This week, his debut cookbook, "Try This at Home: Recipes from My Head to Your Plate," will be released and it features more than 100 simple twists on classic dishes. He says there is a balance of healthy and indulgent recipes but just cooking at home is an important step in losing weight and eating more healthfully.
The Workout
Mr. Blais tries to get in four runs a week and mixes up the speed, distance and terrain of his runs. When training, he gradually increases the distances of the runs. One day might be a long run between seven and 13 miles. Another might be a six-mile run with fartlek training. Fartlek is a Swedish term that means "speed play" and entails running at various paces in a long run. Another day he could go on a trail run or a casual three-mile run with his wife.
In 2011, he trained for and completed the New York City ING Marathon in 4:31:54. Last year he ran a 5K with other chefs during the Food & Wine Classic, a food festival in Aspen. "Marcus Samuelsson and Bobby Flay are really hard-core runners so we all started at the same time but I felt like I was running another race because they were so much faster," he says.
His goals for 2013 are to run a marathon in a new city, a half-marathon trail race, run at least one 10K race and run solo around the island of Manhattan. He will be running the New York City Half Marathon on March 17 on behalf of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, an organization that combats childhood obesity.
The Diet
Mr. Blais and his wife went on a 30-day detox and vegan diet to help reboot their diets in 2009, but it didn't leave him a vegan convert. "It was intense as a chef to have no caffeine, no alcohol, no meat," he says. "But it really made me appreciate vegetables more."
Mr. Blais credits his weight loss and maintenance to portion control and monitoring the empty calories he consumes late at night. "It's easy in this industry to taste food all day then go out after service and have a pizza and a couple of glasses of wine at 2 a.m.," he says.
Breakfast is oatmeal, fruit and coffee. Lunch is his largest meal of the day and is usually farro and vegetables. Dinner is a lean protein and whole grains and vegetables. He is very selective about his carbohydrate and fat intake.
"I won't eat a bad steak or bread on an airplane," he says. "But if I'm at Tartine [a bakery in San Francisco], I'll eat the entire loaf of sourdough."
His biggest struggle is dining out. "When you are somewhat known in the business, chefs want to send out food as a nice gesture," he says. "You don't want to say the most unchefly thing ever, 'I want a salad.' "
The Gear
Mr. Blais suffered from plantar fasciitis, a painful inflammation on the bottom of the foot—often caused by overuse. But last year he switched to Newton running sneakers, which retail for between $150 and $175. Newtons are a minimalist-inspired sneaker designed to help runners land on their forefoot rather than their heel. Mr. Blais credits them for a year of injury-free running.
Mr. Blais likes to use the app MapMyRun to create running routes when traveling and to track his mile splits when he is training.
The Playlist
"My music really depends on my mood," says Mr. Blais. "On long runs I like music with no lyrics, like Explosions in the Sky or other indie rock instrumental stuff. But I also like bands like MGMT and early '90s hip hop."
Corrections & Amplifications
An earlier version incorrectly said Mr. Blais was a runner-up in "Top Chef: All-Stars" in 2010. He was a runner-up for the Bravo cooking competition in 2008.
To Run Faster, Slowing Down Is as Important as Picking Up the Pace
Going out for a run around the park every day might be doing you more harm than good. Mixing up the types of runs and their pace not only prevents injury but helps runners get faster, says Bart Yasso, a running coach from Emmaus, Pa., and chief running officer for Runner's World magazine. Mr. Yasso says the fartlek, or "speed play," training is key to getting speedier.
"One of the most common mistakes a runner can make is to run the same course at the same pace a few times a week," he says. The muscles get used to running the same distance at the same pace, and they don't ever get a proper recovery, he says.
A fartlek workout might be a six-mile run where the runner pushes the pace for four minutes then recovers with 2 miles at an easy pace. It's important to slow the pace down on the recovery portion of a run and push your pace on the speedier segments.
A proper 10-to-12-minute warm-up and cool-down should start and end a fartlek workout, says Mr. Yasso. Hill workouts should also be varied. "Most people pick a hill close to their house and think it's enough to run top to bottom once a week," he says.
People should tackle a hill repeatedly in a run, and vary the distance they run up and down on the hill, he says. For instance, they can run part way up and down one day and then increase the distance the next time.
Mr. Yasso says you should finish a long run and feel like you could have kept running. "The idea is to gain endurance and strength from these runs, not set a world record."
Most people might think the speedwork in a fartlek workout would be a challenge, but runners often struggle with slowing down their pace during a run.
"It's hard for new runners to understand that if you slow down, you will ultimately be faster," he says. "It takes a lot of discipline to slow down."
—Jen Murphy
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Intrigued by the idea of running farther than a 26.2-mile marathon, a 71-year-old former CEO started training for 50, sometimes 100, miles instead.
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An ad executive looking for a more fun way to lose weight discovers he can't stop dancing against competitors half his age.
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Preword: (read if you haven't already)
First off, this contest/game is really directed at anime fans and is not an official contest by crunchyroll. (which is why I am putting this in the anime category).
And please feel free to participate even if you don't care about the guest passes. The idea is that the games are first, the passes are just a bonus.
Also, there will be spoilers. Beware if you are afraid of spoilers.
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
Anyways, I don't like the idea of just randomly throwing guest passes at people and I only know a few people who are interested in a guest pass personally. I still don't like the idea of just handing it out though.
So my thought was to make a mini contest/game for the guest passes. Just seems much more fun to me than posting to the guest pass thread.
There may be a mini quiz of two questions for the winners just to make sure they really do like anime (though honestly I'm pretty sure the games themselves will be fairly hard to succeed in without being a fan of at least one (if not multiple) anime. If nobody participates, I'll just randomly select a real life friend for my pass and a random person for the other pass.
I expect that the contest will take about three days at best (3 sections to the contest), two weeks at worst.
Feel free to donate passes for the contest. It'll mean more winners are possible or more contests are possible ;P Current passes: 1 personal, 0 donated. (person withdrew their pass)
I'll check this thread bi-daily for the first game. (I will check more often on weekends) (Depending on various things, I might not do the second or third games)
First game:
Guess the character:
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
1) Whoever guesses a specific character and anime first (post order) gets the slot. This is mainly to reduce the players
1b) There may be multiple answers for a slot. Each unique answer works once per slot.
1c) Obviously this means post the answer, don't pm them to me.
(Explanation: so if slot 1337's hint is: magical girl, someone could guess Madoka from Puella Magi Madoka Magica and someone else could guess Homura from the same anime and someone else could guess Nanoha from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. If slot 1338's hint is Main character, someone could guess Madoka for that slot and someone else could guess Nanoha for that slot).
2) Anime styled games and other media such as fire emblem, xenogears, atelier iris, ar tonelico, final fantasy, and many light novels will be used and thus are allowed.
3) You must state the full name (at least first and last) (if you cannot find the full name, the name they are called) and the anime/game/movie/light novel/etc. they are from. If the character normally would not fit the slot, give an explanation with the volume/game/chapter/etc. that they fit in the slot.
Please in your post state the SLOT, CHARACTER NAME (REAL NAME if possible), and SERIES/NOVEL/GAME/ETC. This is because some characters fit in multiple slots and some slots fit multiple characters.
4c) Since the game is about to end and there are plenty of slots, grab as many as you want.
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
4) You may answer for multiple slots, but only one character and slot per post. Please no double posting. This is so that one or two people don't instantly use up all the slots.
In other words, one answer per post
If you have 2+ characters or 2+ slots in your post, only your first will count and other people can claim the others. So watch your fellow poster's posts, they may give you freebies!
I'd like for there to be at least 15 winners for this game, so please don't take more than 5 slots (Feel free to take more than one character in a single slot though). (I'm estimating that there are about 65-75 possible characters for the slots provided).
4b) Every 4-8 hours worth of time (based on post times), I will allow one additional answer per poster (that the poster has stated but that I haven't already included) if nobody has claimed that answer by the time I check. (Meaning it is free for anyone to grab until I check regardless of whether 6 hours have already passed or not).
5) Game ends once three days have passed since the first answer OR all the slots have at least one match.
6) No adult content or series(meaning if the character only exists in adult content, don't use them if they exist in an all-ages media such as anime, use the all-ages version).
7) If the character or anime/game/etc. does not exist yet, I apologize. Let me know and I'll change the hint. I'm bad with time XD .
8) Please state if you are interested in participating in Game 2 and 3 (or even just a specific game from 3) or if you'd like to skip that part.
9) When the game ends, except for the bonuses, I will give one or more possible answers for each empty slot if there are any empty slots left. Just to show that the character actually exists.
0. An alien who is friends with an esper and a time traveler:
Nagato Yuki - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (sinnoaria)
1. Silver haired psychic with the power to control vectors.
Accelerator - A Certain Magical Index (TAO_Arecibo) *
2. Female with a name that is a type of song that is usually a solo song in an opera.
Aria Kanzaki - Hidan no aria (lumpinstahp) *
3. Real gender is realized about halfway or later into the series after being known as another gender for the first half.
nadeshiko/ nagihiko fujisaki - shugo chara (wolfsaiga) *
4. Character changes genders several times.
Ranma - Ranma 1/2 (koreissi) *
5. An alien with super strength who killed a boy and now has the boy living in the alien's body.
Birdy Cephon Altera - Birdy The mighty: decode (havok86) *
6. An immortal whose immortality was caused by someone with three eyes.
Yakumo Fujii - 3x3 eyes (dukenukem3dd) *
7. A cat eared girl who considers herself god and has the power to manipulate people's perceptions.
Kyōka Midarezaki - Kyōran Kazoku Nikki (sinnoaria) *
8. An alien who loves anime, wears a suit that gives the alien more power, and who is more than happy to go for the 'cheap shot below the belt'
Nyaruko / Nyarlathotep - Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (sinnoaria) *
9. Says "I am a single bullet. It has no heart. Therefore, it does not think. It just flies straight towards its target" and is a descendant of Genghis Khan and listens to the wind.
Reki - hidan no aria (lumpinstahp) *
10. Really really likes bananas to the point of obsession. A copy of the original person due to an accident.
Miharu Amakase - Da Capo 2 (sinnoaria) *
11. Has the power to transform into an orange cat.
Kyo Sohma - Fruit's Basket (TAO_Arecibo) *
12. Becomes friends with an animal by doing nothing to the animal while it bites them.
sango - inuyasha (wolfsaiga)
Nausicaä - Nausicaä of the valley of the wind (sinnoaria) *
13. The Spirit of the Sounds of Time (real name).
Hinata Kagura-H20 Footprints in the Sand (GoldTStar) *
14. Sister drowned in a river and she took on her sister's name.
Hotaru Kagura - H2O: Footprints in the Sand (GoldTStar) *
15. Magical girl who seems to not age due to a magical tree. Appears blonde and later on becomes a principal at a school.
Sakura Yoshino - Da Capo (sinnoaria) *
16. Shinigami who has black hair, wears black and is cruel. Has a gray cat familiar.
An - ballad of a shinigami (lumpinstahp) *
17. Japanese who travels to Mars and works rowing gondolas.
Akari Mizunashi - Aria the animation (havok86) *
18. Has a blue third eye and uses a katana as well as firearms. Enjoys buying firearms.
Honoka - The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye (dukenukem3dd) *
19. Pilots a sentient, white, animal-like robot and owes a massive debt due to equipment for the robot.
Bit Cloud - Zoids (Karnrage) *
20. A former assassin who decides to stop killing and changes to a different type of sword. Has cross shaped scar on the cheek.
Kenshin - Ruroni Kenshin (koreissi) *
21. A high school girl who becomes a powerful swordsman when wearing a heart shaped eye-patch.
Jiyu Nanohana - Jubei-chan (havok86) *
22. A magic user who is trapped within a world until a certain event occurs. Commands a powerful monster that can put people into comas.
Aladdin - Magi: The labyrinth of magic (Kikusui10)
An Shouji / Tsukasa - .hack//sign (sinnoaria) *
23. A translator who pretends to be a newbie magic user in a game.
Hokuto / W.B. Yeats / Haruka Mizuhara - .hack//AI Buster (sinnoaria) *
24. Blue haired shrine maiden who has the power to travel back in time when she dies.
Rika Furude - When They Cry / Higurashi (havok86) *
25. A powerful vampire who has a maid with the power to stop time.
Remilia Scarlet - Touhou (koreissi) *
26. Has a gun that can fire special bullets including one that acts similarly to a black hole in that it sucks the enemy inside.
Gene Starwind - Outlaw Star (Karnrage) *
27. Twins with silver hair who wear black mourning clothes-one uses a firearm and the other uses an ax-like weapon. They like to play with corpses.
Hänsel and Gretel - Black Lagoon (dukenukem3dd) *
28. A former human with the power to become a rabbit with a scythe and is looking for their memory.
alice - pandora heart (wolfsaiga) *
29. Must kill 108 living corpses to 'enter heaven.' Is contracted to a monk though changes monks later on. Likes to use a pair of machine guns.
Makina Hoshimura - Corpse Princess (dukenukem3dd) *
30. Vampire that has nosebleeds instead of drinking blood.
Karin - Karin (Namyr99) *
31. Powerful vampire king who is immune to the sun. He searches for the seal of his queen for some purpose.
Akabara Strauss - The Record of a Fallen Vampire (sinnoaria) *
32. A modified person with the ability to transform parts of the body due to nano tech. A very similar character (same appearance and abilities) shows up in another one of the artist's series.
Eve - Black Cat (sinnoaria) *
Yami (Eve?) - To Love Ru (sinnoaria) *
33. A magical girl who uses cards as part of her magic and has a guardian beast.
Sakura Kinomoto - Cardcaptor Sakura (havok86) *
34. An assassin with the power to generate electricity and is very strong.
Killua - Hunter x Hunter (Karnrage) *
35. A high schooler who decides to join a music club despite not knowing how to play music. Learns how to play the guitar.
Yui Hirasawa - K-On! (Namyr99) *
36. Initially the enemy in the anime, discovered later to be just another human. Has the power to make blades appear as well as deflect bullets and make clones among other abilities. Was saved by a heart transplant.
Kanade Tachibana- Angel Beats (GoldTStar) *
37. This character dies (and comes back to life) several times during the show. Starts coughing up blood and dying quite often. In one episode, coughs up enough blood to cause a flood.
Hyatt - Excel Saga (Karnrage) *
38. This character has a habit of saying "Gao" and has a strange illness.
Misuzu Kamio - Air (Giantsgiants) *
39. This character uses songs in a specific language to form powerful spells. The purpose of this character's life is to seal away a powerful being. The character's guardian is based on an ocarina.
Misha Arsellec Lune - Ar Tonelico (sinnoaria) *
40. Has a butterfly tattoo that transforms into a sword. Is not really human.
Baroqueheat - Hatenkou Yugi / Dazzle (havok86) *
41. Has a right hand with the power to negate paranormal abilities regardless of whether magical in nature or scientific in nature.
Tōma Kamijō - A Certain Magical Index (TAO_Arecibo) *
42. An illiterate mage who learned how to use magic by watching her 'mother' use magic and copying her.
Nino - Fire Emblem (sinnoaria) *
43. This doctor goes insane after learning that his brain was replaced by a chip.
Daisuke Ido - Battle Angel Alita (sinnoaria) *
44. A princess of the moon who travels through time and meets her mother.
Chibiusa / Rini - Sailor Moon (Anton-kun) *
45. A perverted male who, for extremely low pay, works as the assistant to a woman who deals with ghosts. Has a spirit coworker.
Tadao Yokoshima - Ghost Sweeper Mikami (sinnoaria) *
46. Powerful, silver haired psychic who is sent into imaginary space.
Kyōsuke Hyōbu - Zettai Karen Children (sinnoaria) *
47. Has the power to see other people's dreams and make a specific kind of Japanese sweet with magic.
Jun'ichi Asakura - Da Capo (aznxa21) *
48. A hero wearing red and black clothing that is skilled at archery and tries to kill himself. Is contracted to a mage.
Archer - Fate/ series (aznxa21) *
49. A spirit who was originally a katana. Has the power to see things by putting his "eye" on objects (walls and ceilings).
Ren Ichimoku - Jigoku Shoujo / Hell Girl (AnimeFreakFreaks) *
50. An immortal who can only be killed by another immortal, if hurt, the immortal's body will automatically repair itself. Became immortal by drinking an immortality elixir that was thought to be alcohol. Commits robberies while wearing costumes.
Issac - Baccano! (sundin13) *
Miria - Baccano! (sundin13) *
Bonus 1: A witch in training who flies on a broom to deliver packages. Has a black cat. Loses her powers temporarily. Her only real magical talent is to fly on a broom and talk to her cat.
Kiki - Kiki's Delivery Service (havok86) *
Bonus 2: When transformed, wears a black costume. With her partner who wears white when transformed, she fights the forces of darkness including the king of darkness. She is the captain of the lacrosse team at her school and has a crush on a soccer player from the same school. Her best friend from the same school is the leader of the science club.
Nagisa Misumi - Pretty Cure (AnimeFreakFreaks) *
Bonus 3: A basketball player whose known special ability is to see a what the opponent will do. He often uses this to make his opponents fall/trip. He also was the one to discover a hidden talent of another player. He believes that the winner is right and since he 'always wins', he considers himself to always be right.
Seijūrō Akashi - Kuroko's Basketball (sinnoaria) *
Special Bonus: This character's power when coughed up are small cubes that are dangerous to touch..
[Since I plan for this to be an ongoing special bonus, the answer will not be given]
(The bonuses are separate from the 50 in that if the 50 are filled up but the bonuses aren't, the game ends. On the other hand, if 49 are filled up and the bonuses as well, the game won't end from having 50 filled). For the special bonus, if you can guess even the correct anime (I'm looking for a very specific answer), I will personally gift you a month of anime membership.
Second Game:
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
Link to where it starts: Fine, I'll make it a clickable one also:
1) There are several roles:
Sheriff: Once per turn, can ask if another player is the murderer and will get a yes or no confirmation.
Bodyguard: Once per turn, can select a player to protect. Protected player cannot be murdered that turn.
Murderer: Once per turn, can select a player to kill. The player selected will die unless protected (or if the player selected is also a murderer).
Villagers: There are two types. Malicious and Normal. Unless the player is a special role, they may request a specific team via pm, but will not know what team they are on until the end of the game (the teams will be kept roughly even so there will be no guarantees). Villagers have the power to lynch one person per turn by majority vote.
2) Special actions (protecting (bodyguard), investigation (Sheriff), Murder (murderer)) are done via pm to the game master (sinnoaria)
3) No sharing pms between players unless permission was given beforehand. This is to prevent confusion due to people faking messages.
3a) pms between players are allowed but remember that not everyone will tell the truth!
4) The malicious team win if the murderer lives and all the villagers (including the malicious team) die or if the villagers have no way of killing the murderers (ie, one murderer, one villager). The normal team win if all the murderers die.
5) At the end of each turn, the villagers (everyone counts as a villager for this) may lynch a player by majority vote (if the majority vote for that player). The players may discuss before choosing who to lynch. And yes, a murderer can lynch another murderer. You can vote while discussing. Once a person has majority vote, they will be lynched and the discussions will end. You guys are a crazed mob after all ;P .
6) Players may choose to reveal what they are when they are lynched. If they choose to do this, it is assumed to be confirmed that they were the role unless the game master (sinnoaria) says otherwise.
7) The murderers may (in the pm) choose to specify how the victim dies as long as it is pg-13. (So they could do something like say the victim died of a heart attack in the middle of writing down the initials of the murderer).
Third Game:
Before I explain to you the [classes], I will give you some information about the stage of this [Kingdom Royale].
Back story: This country is a dictatorship that has invaded many other countries and now the country is in a dire strait as now there is someone out to start a revolution, inciting a civil war.
Time limit: 7? Rounds. You have 7 food [rations]. Each ration will feed you for 1 round. If you do not eat that day, you [die] by becoming a mummy due to hunger.
There are six classes. each has a different ability/set of abilities and win conditions.
He is the king who has ascended to the throne by assassinating the previous ruler and has carried out many invasions. Having a distrustful personality, he's scheming murder of the ones that threaten his throne. He does not notice that his distrust makes others lose their loyalty for him.
He can request his subordinates to commit [murder], but he cannot force them because he fears their animosity could become directed at him.
A land ruled by a man that cannot trust others is unlikely to have a bright future.
Skills of the [King]
He can select a player he wants to kill and request the [Sorcerer] or the [Knight] to execute this action. He does not need to select a player.
He can once avoid being the target of [Assassination] by changing roles with [The Double] for a single day. If he was selected as the target on this day, [The Double] will die instead of the [King].
Victory conditions for the [King] To protect his throne. (Elimination of the ones that threaten the king's throne - [Prince] [Revolutionary])
An ambitious person. He was originally only at the third place in the inheritance order of the king's rank. But taking advantage of the king's mistrust, he made him murder the other princes and moved up to the first place. He acquired anti-magic to guard himself against this mistrust.
If he comes to the throne, this land is likely to turn into a worse dictatorship than it was before.
Skills of the [Prince]
[Throne Succession]
He becomes able to use [Murder] once the [King] and [The Double] die.
He cannot be killed by [Sorcery].
Victory conditions for the [Prince] To become the king. (Elimination of [King] [The Double] [Revolutionary])
[The Double]
An ex-farmer who is loyal to the [King] and looks exactly the same as him. He is not really ambitious, but he can absolutely not allow the [Prince] to become the king since he was always made a fool by him.
If he, with no ideals, becomes the king, this land is likely to fall into ruin in no time.
Skills of [The Double]
If the [King] dies or during the turn [Substitution] was executed, he becomes able to use [Murder].
Victory conditions for [The Double] Death of the ones that try to kill him. (Death of [Prince] [Revolutionary])
A subordinate of the [King]. He is the teacher of the [Prince] in magic and also gets on well with the [Prince]. He is satisfied as long he can pursue his studies in magic and has no interest in the king's throne whatsoever.
No matter how much he can raise his magic skills, nobody will value a person that secludes himself in his shell.
Skills of the [Sorcerer]
He can choose whether to kill the character that was selected by [Murder]. The targeted character will become a burnt corpse.
Victory conditions for the [Sorcerer] To survive.
A subordinate of the [King]. While being a subordinate, he is plotting revenge on the royal family for they have ruined his homeland. He believes firmly that he can only attain happiness by exterminating the royal family.
As a matter of course, a man that has drowned in his own feelings of loss will only fall into the darkness of misfortune.
Skills of the [Knight]
He can choose whether to kill the character that was selected by [Murder]. Only executable when the [Sorcerer] is dead. The targeted character will die due to beheading.
Victory conditions for the [Knight] To take revenge. (Death of [King] [Prince])
He is the right arm of the [King]. Because of his competence, he realized that this land is going to fall into ruin if it goes on like this. Hence, he prepared himself to take over the land.
A ruler that has accumulated feelings of bitterness due to assassinations is incapable of leading a land. At most he will be assassinated himself.
Skills of the [Revolutionary]
He can assassinate the selected character. He does not need to select one. The targeted character will become a strangulated corpse.
Win conditions of the [Revolutionary] To become the king. (Murder of [King] [Prince] [The Double])
The game ends when all victory conditions for the remaining players have been met.
How each round goes:
Break, standby
Selection of [Secret Meeting] partner. (Public knowledge so feel free to post your selection). The "order" will be based on when you post/pm. (So if you kill someone in an earlier meeting, I'll send anyone who meets with them later a message that they didn't show up.)
Talk with the selected character (please only PM with your selected partner or with the person that selected you - Six PMs allowed per selection (so if you chose each other, you get 12 total)). Can we agree to not try to kill each other while we are meeting (accidents of course happen)?
The [King] is able to select a target for [Murder].
The [Sorcerer] can use [Sorcery] (the [Knight] can use [Deathblow]).
(The character that was targeted by [Sorcery] or [Deathblow] will die before the next part).
(If no food supply available, death by turning into a mummy)
The [Revolutionary] can use [Assassination].
(The character that was targeted by [Assassination] will immediately die)
Break, sleep
So things to note: During the "secret meetings" is a great chance to make secret alliances. The Gatherings are a good a chance to state your thoughts and to make public alliances.
To keep things somewhat balanced (The revolutionary has the largest potential advantage in this game otherwise), first turn, the revolutionary cannot use assassination.
Name: Attack/Defense/Health (special)
Specials must be activated during the first turn of combat via pm or post unless stated otherwise and remains active until the combat ends.
King: 60 / 30 / 40 (Only if substitution was used that turn, -20 attack,+15 defense)
Prince: 50 / 40 / 40 (Only if [murder] is available, +10 attack, -10 defense, only useable once, permanent.)
The Double: 10 / 45 / 80 (Only if [murder] is available that turn, +50 attack, -15 defense, -40 max health, permanent (as long as [murder] is available ).
Sorcerer: 50 / 40 / 40 (Only if in a group, +10 attack, -10 defense).
Knight: 45 / 40 / 45 (Only if 1v1, -10 attack, +5 defense )
Revolutionary: 40 / 40 / 40 (Only if in a group of 2, +10 attack, +10 defense) (Only if in a group of 3 or higher, +20 attack, +20 defense).
If you attack someone and your attack is 5 and the enemy's defense is 5, nothing happens. More players together give an additive bonus of 50% (Highest attack/defense gives 100%, others give 50%). (So 6 attack and 5 attack means 8.5 or 8 attack. 4 and 3 defense means 5.5 defense or 5 defense) When targeting a group, you can target anyone participating in the group (if one player is being protected, they are not part of the group)-damage is divided among the targets selected by your group members.
If, the enemy's defense is lower than your attack, they are wounded by 1 for every point (You can choose to do less damage). Health recovers by 10 during part F (sleep). 0 health means death.
You can do pure stun damage. In which case, if the damage would make their health hit 0, they are stunned and unable to act. Say someone has 4 stun damage, 2 real damage, and 7 health. 5 real damage will kill them, 1 stun damage will stun them, 1 real damage will stun them.
Obviously, if the other player isn't dead or stunned, they can attack back.
(This is to address the issue of people attacking each other during secret meetings and during gatherings). The points were arranged based on the class's skill and win condition advantages or disadvantages.
I will do the calculations and decide who wins conflicts.
This is for gatherings and meetings. You can do this to do things such as killing them outright, making them give up food if they are carrying any, etc.
Also, this is the fast version of the game. The slower version, everyone chooses in a certain order, what class they want to be (but only the classes that have not been picked yet). (But it would require playing this game 6 times)
Obviously, nobody knows what class the others are (with few exceptions).
Everyone starts with a jute bag with the following items:
A ball-point pen.
A memo book.
A blue digital watch.
Seven portions of solid food.
A portable terminal that looks like an «i*** touch».
A heavy/combat knife.
Additional Games if necessary
Spoiler Alert! Click to show or hide
Fourth Game:
The ever-changing contest:
Each round will be different (though there may be repeats).
Each round, either the winner can choose a player to eliminate or the loser will be eliminated. If there are multiple winners, winners cannot be eliminated.
Example mini-Game types:
1) Question and answer: A question will be asked, depending on the question, whoever gets it first will be the winner or whoever gets it last will be the loser. (No editing posts for this mini-game)
-These questions will likely be very difficult or elusive.
2) Guess the number: Players must guess a number between 1 and 1000 . The player who is the closest will be the winner OR the player who is the furthest will be the loser depending on the answers. Up to two winners or losers. Do not pick a number someone else has chosen. (Do not edit your post for this mini-game unless you chose the same number as someone else).
3) Mystery Murder: Each player will be given a set of 'clues' . There will be a list of all the possible clues. The goal is to find the set of clues that no player has. Each turn, each player may suggest the location, the weapon, and the murderer. The suspect will be 'moved' into the room suggested. (Unless you were 'moved', you may not use the same location twice, if you were 'moved', you may use the room you were 'moved' to) In order starting with the following player, each player must 'show' (pm) ONE of the suggested clues (the location, the weapon, or the murderer) or state that they don't have any of the suggested clues (To make this faster, the game master might automatically skip to the first person with the one of the clues). Each player may accuse only once during the entire round. If correct, they win. If wrong, they 'lose'. If there are no winners, the loser will be whoever had the most wrong or in the case of a tie, whoever accused first. Order will be decided by "ranking" with whoever ranks highest going first. There can be multiple losers depending on how long the round takes. (No editing posts for this mini-game)
4) Character descriptions: A character will be named by the game master. In order of "ranking" from low to high, each player must describe the character. However, if the next person can name a different character that fits the description (game master's discretion if it is only in special cases), the player loses. Once everyone has gone, the game master will name another character (the 'highest ranked' player can still be hit by the 'lowest ranked' player). If there are multiple losers, depending on how long the round went, the game will either continue with just the losers or there will be multiple losers that round. (no editing posts for this mini-game)
5) Characters: Similarly to the "first game", game master will describe a character. Whoever guesses the character first will (in the same post) describe another character. First to 20 correct guesses wins. Obviously, you cannot guess your own character. Please do not use the same character multiple times (no editing posts for this mini-game)
I, the supreme god, am omniscient and omnipotent. Bow down to me, peons.
1) Accelerator - A Certain Magical Index
11) Kyo Sohma - Fruit's Basket
20) Himura Kenshin - Rurouni Kenshin
39) Link - Legend of Zelda
41) Tōma Kamijō - A Certain Magical INdex
Bonus 1) Kiki - Kiki's Delivery Service
And that's all I can answer for now. Maybe more later.
4) Ranma
20) Kenshin
34) Hei ???
That's all I got.
Edit: 25) Remilia Scarlet
40) Baroqueheat
Mr. Stealyogirl aka King Koopa. ;)
Wow i havent seen through all, but this just showed me how few animes i have actually seen. Awesome game, and i will try contribute with my next guest pass if its still up by then. Apart from a few of the ones written i got number 22.
22) Aladdin - Magi: The labyrinth of magic
If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick.
Kikusui10 wrote:
Wow i havent seen through all, but this just showed me how few animes i have actually seen
Well, I'm not so sure that this is a super-huge collection, to be honest. I think it's more of a sample of shows that generally fit a certain genre... but I'm not quite sure. It did surprise me though that there was no, "A strict lady hired by an insurance company to keep an eye on mankind's first designated act of God" (Meryl from Trigun) or "Uses excessive Military Force to protect a High-School aged Whispered" (Souske from Full Metal Panic) or the likes.
TAO_Arecibo wrote:
Kikusui10 wrote:
Wow i havent seen through all, but this just showed me how few animes i have actually seen
Well, I'm not so sure that this is a super-huge collection, to be honest. I think it's more of a sample of shows that generally fit a certain genre... but I'm not quite sure. It did surprise me though that there was no, "A strict lady hired by an insurance company to keep an eye on mankind's first designated act of God" (Meryl from Trigun) or "Uses excessive Military Force to protect a High-School aged Whispered" (Souske from Full Metal Panic) or the likes.
I tried to avoid the super popular anime. Obviously I included a few. I also initially tried to pick mostly ones that you could view on crunchyroll. I also tried to minimize the descriptions that could be easily googled. Whispered as an example could be googled. With that exact quote plus the word anime, Souske was the second result (this thread being the first) and Full Metal Panic! was the third.
I was going to have more series, but I felt that for a first time, I wanted to make it so that one answer could jog people's memories for another answer by having related series or names.
Anyways, checking answers now.
Also, as a reminder to people:
One description might describe multiple characters from multiple animes (This is generally intentional. There is one slot that is meant to have about 10 possible answers just from animes I can think of off the top of my head, a few more if you include anime I haven't seen in a long time.)
Only one character AND one slot per post. Feel free to post multiple times as long as you don't double post though.
For the above posts, I allowed up to the first two answers, but please follow the rules from now on. Also, full names and series are somewhat important for some slots due to the multiple possible answers.
I, the supreme god, am omniscient and omnipotent. Bow down to me, peons.
I know like half on the list.. but I don't need GP's..
19. Bit Cloud - Zoids
21.Jiyu Nanohana - Jubei-chan
26.Gene Starwind - Outlaw Star
34. Killua - Hunter x Hunter
37.Hyatt - Excel Saga
48 Archer Fate series?
bonus- Boton yu yu hakusho?
47-Jun'ichi Asakura
33- madoka from madoka magica?
3- TLR that idol chick... uhh run.
Still on Reddit (NSFW section)
38. Misuzu Kamio from Air
I don't know what to put here.
6.Yakumo Fujii from 3x3 eyes
29.Makina Hoshimura from Corpse Princess
27.Hänsel and Gretel from Black Lagoon
18.Honoka from The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye
5.Birdy Cephon Altera from Birdy the Mighty
sinnoaria wrote:
I tried to avoid the super popular anime. Obviously I included a few. I also initially tried to pick mostly ones that you could view on crunchyroll. I also tried to minimize the descriptions that could be easily googled. Whispered as an example could be googled. With that exact quote plus the word anime, Souske was the second result (this thread being the first) and Full Metal Panic! was the third.]
Those are pretty good reasons for avoiding them, I agree =).
I was going to have more series, but I felt that for a first time, I wanted to make it so that one answer could jog people's memories for another answer by having related series or names.
Honestly, this is pretty nice first for the first quiz, so yeah. Keep at it!
49. Ren Ichimoku from Jigoku Shoujo / Hell Girl
just trying to get back into anime
9. Aria Kanzaki
And i thought i knew anime well lol
sweet no one answered this one yet.
3. queen/ jack = nadeshiko/ nagihiko fujisaki from shugo chara.
12. sango from inuyasha.
28. alice from pandora heart
bonus 1: kiki from kiki delivery service (never seen so dunno if its right but comes to mind)
yea only one i can think off of my head thats not a repeated answer
on my way to my DREAMS- your smile - through food


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Local sailing legend Norman Cressy, 75, who competed in his 65th consecutive Race Week this year, wrapped it up in first place, while sailing with fellow Marbleheader Bruce Dyson aboard Gypsy in the IOD fleet.
The 124th running of the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta at Marblehead Race Week featured solid performances by many local and area sailors who competed over three days, in 11 fleets totaling nearly 160 boats on the water.
Local sailing legend Norman Cressy, 75, who competed in his 65th consecutive Race Week this year, wrapped it up in first place, while sailing with fellow Marbleheader Bruce Dyson aboard Gypsy in the IOD fleet.
"I have been racing with Bruce Dyson for about 10 years now, and we really enjoy it," said the former sailmaker. "My first Marblehead Race Week was when I was about 10 years old, and everyone in my family was into racing. The biggest number of boats we ever had at Race Week was in the late 1940s — 1947 or 1948 — with 550 boats," Cressy said.
"We will likely never see those days again, but the event is still going strong. For me, I feel that this is it. I am retiring. I was able to make my living as a sailmaker for many years, and also getting out and racing in my home waters for all those years. Being around sailboats and a lot of wonderful people is what it is all about. It is a wonderful group of people you meet in sailing."
As the event is over a century old, long running traditions at Marblehead Race Week include the awarding of the two highly distinguished trophies. The Norm Cressy Award is one that's presented to the person who best exemplifies outstanding performance, competitiveness, sportsmanship and sailing smarts. This year's honor went to Skipper Ben Richardson of Gloucester, who sailed Tern Too to victory in the 32-boat Rhodes 19 class.
Equally revered is the Leonard Munn Fowle Award, and it represents the spirit of giving back and contributing to the advancement of sailing in Marblehead. The 2013 recipient went to Marblehead's Russ Chapman for his relentless efforts in helping produce this year's Marblehead Race Week.
Marblehead-based skippers also had strong showings in other classes at the NOODs, including the Viper 640, Etchells, J/70s, Town Class and the J/105s. Local winners included Tomas Hornos (International Etchells, Destiny) and Bob Slattery (J/105, Ghost), while many other locals finished in the top five.
In all of the fleets, local competitors were at the top of their game, including Marblehead sailing legend Jud Smith in the popular J70 fleet. Smith placed second overall.
"The J/70 is a brand new fleet in Marblehead. It is popular because it is a fast, sport boat, but I can also sail with my wife and family. We had great competition out there, and the fleet is just getting going here."
The emerging J/70 fleet also featured a fourth place finish by Marblehead's own Tyler Doyle and a visiting Minneapolis boat, owned by Joel Ronning, that featured as crew one of the rising stars in US sailing today — Taylor Canfield, 24, of the US Virgin Islands. Canfield is a World Match Racing Tour competitor, who last year won the King Edward VII Gold Cup and the Monsoon Cup as the youngest team to win both coveted events. He was formerly captain of the Boston College sailing team, and after graduating two years ago was recruited to run the Chicago Match Racing Center.
"I have never been to Marblehead Race Week, and it is great to be here. I feel like it's like being home, having sailed so much in Boston and this area while in college. It is a great event, and doing a fleet race is really good as it is about going fast and making the tactical moves."
The J/70s has also drawn a lot of longtime competitors back to sailing, including Marblehead resident John Fisher.
"I have been out of sailing since 2007, so it is great to be back. Things have changed, we have gotten older, but sailing is like a magnet, and it is great to all be together with other sailors," he said. "I have a smaller boat and my core crew, but it was a great way to return to racing."
Berit Solstad, formerly of Marblehead, sailed into first place in the Town Class for her first-ever overall win at Marblehead Race Week aboard her Townie "Lille Venn."
Solstad competed in the Town Class with her mother for many years, but is now skipper of the boat.
"We did put a lot of work into the boat over the winter, and we upgraded," she said with the help of her boyfriend whom she met six years ago at Race Week. "We used to use sails that were about 35 years old, but we replaced them with sails that are 25-years old. I think that made a big difference!" The Town Class is indigenous to Marblehead, and remains a popular, small-boat classic here."
First place in the Viper 640 class went to Jeff Slocum of Boxford, whose son, Doug, lives in Marblehead.
"We had some challenging days with different conditions, but the Viper is a great boat. Ideally, we like flat seas and high winds to really make them get up and go, but we feel great about the overall results."
In the J/24 fleet, some very close racing occurred, with Marblehead's Mike Taber finishing second with 17 points, while the overall winner John Denman of Beverly took it with nine points, plus an amazing seven first place finishes out of 10 races.
Wrapping up a spectacular weekend of racing at the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Regatta, Skipper Skip Shumway of Rochester, N.Y. received the coveted Overall Winner honor at the last stop of the season in the country's largest regatta series.
Shumway and the crew aboard Beat Dawn S reacted soundly to wind shifts and varying conditions throughout three days of racing to cruise to victory in the Sonar class, the race's most competitive class.
The class provided neck-and-neck competition throughout the event, with Shumway and Marblehead skipper Larry Ehrhardt aboard Rallie engaging in a three-day struggle for the lead.
As overall winner in Marblehead, Shumway will receive an invitation to participate in the Sperry Top-Sider NOOD Championship Regatta in the British Virgin Islands to compete aboard Sunsail 44s against the other overall winners in the 2013 series.


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Afternoon Video Dump: UFC 97 In-Depth, Der Fuhrer Is Unhappy + More
(Props: MMA Mania)
Lots to point your eyeballs at today. First, there's the above extended trailer for the UFC's next pay-per-view event, #97 in Montreal on April 18th. The theme, of course, is "Redemption" — Anderson Silva wants to make up for his unsatisfying last performance against Patrick Cote, while Mauricio Rua and Chuck Liddell battle to regain their relevence. The best moment comes at the 4:41 mark, where Thales Leites says "He has to kill me, you know, or I will take this belt," and Silva gives the camera a look that says it all: Which do you think is more likely to happen?
Below: The best MMA-related video remix we've seen all year. In this take on the much-parodied "Hitler blowup" scene from Downfall, Adolf's underlings have to explain to him why Fedor Emelianenko won't be fighting in the UFC. It doesn't go well.
(Props: "Card" on the UG)
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