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Ryan Cummings | KF 17 | Liberia
All too often, when people talk about the positive impact of micro-credit, they focus exclusively on borrowers. While they are obviously a significant beneficiary of micro-credit, I have a dirty little secret for you: many other people benefit from micro-credit too.
There is an entirely different group of people who are having their lives changed for the better by the micro-credit movement. Who am I talking about? Let me introduce to you Cynthia and Maroline, two Liberians working for microfinance institution BRAC in northern Monrovia, Liberia. BRAC employs more than 300 staff members. In fact, BRAC is one of the fastest growing companies in Liberia – and it's in the top 15 largest employers.
Cynthia and Maroline are employed at the Caldwell BRAC branch and the Nimba BRAC branch, respectively. BRAC's micro-credit operations have impacted their lives in several ways. First, they are gainfully and meaningfully employed in a country that has an 85% unemployment rate. With a salary 18 times higher than the gross national income per capita, these woman help provide a high quality of life for their families.
How do they spend their money? Buying permanent housing, medical care, nutritious food for the table, and education for their children. These expenditures have strong ripple effects in their local economies too. On top of that, as breadwinners, these women set a standard of gender equality in their homes for their children to see and value.
Second, BRAC provides invaluable leadership training. Liberia is decimated by war, leaving no formal management resources for businesspeople. BRAC has introduced professional management structures, systems, and training to its operations in Liberia.
Cynthia and Maroline have worked at BRAC for several years, and have made their way up the ladder to take on managerial roles. Throughout this process, BRAC has provided them with training, support, systems, and opportunities to strengthen leadership in the workplace.
Lastly, BRAC offers its employees the opportunity to travel and receive additional training abroad. Cynthia and Maroline have just returned from a global micro-credit training summit in Bangladesh. To be able to travel internationally is a rare and invaluable opportunity.
While they were nervous about their first ever airplane ride, they relished the chance to meet colleagues from around the world, and brought back many new ideas to help build the micro-credit industry in Liberia.
So although lending money to borrowers is the impetus for Kiva's work, it shouldn't be a secret that, in fact, micro-credit institutions have a much broader impact than just the clients they serve!
Ryan Cummings is a Kiva Fellow working closely with BRAC in Monrovia, Liberia.


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Bluestone National Park Resort is very proud to announce that our very own Danielle Greep is a finalist in Miss Wales 2013.
Danielle qualified through the Miss Pembrokeshire Competition and will now be heading to the Miss Wales Final which is held in Cardiff on the 13th of April.
During the Miss Pembrokehsire competition, Danielle competed in three catwalk rounds and had one-to-one interviews with a panel of judges.
Contrary to what some might think, Miss Wales isn't just about long dresses and high heels. It's an opportunity for contestants to make a difference both to their own life and the lives of others.
As part of Danielle's pre final fundraising she has been busily raising money for Miss Wales official charity Bobath Childrens Therapy Centre - for Children with Cerebral Palsy.
So far she has held a charity cake stall in Carmarthen Showground and a Sky Dive where she raised over £500. Plus she has more things in the pipe line.
But watch the skies soon, as Danielle will be undertaking a skydive on the 30th April at Swansea Airfield.
Danielle also has her very own Facebook page and if you want to be updated on her progress you can find it here: www.facebook.com/DanielleGreepMissWales2013 or follower her on Twitter at www.twitter.com/DMGreep
The winner of Miss Wales will represent Wales in Miss World in Bali later this year. The organisers are Vibe and the sponsors are Dress-Stop.com.
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"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
Challenges Facing the Catholic Church
Series 3
"The Religious Formation of the Young"
"How can the Church ensure the sound religious formation of its youth?"
The first problem that we have to face, across the country, is the near bankruptcy in the way children are taught and initiated into the sacramental life. While there are some exceptions, by and large this is the state of affairs. Children are baptized before they know anything about what is going on. They are introduced to First Reconciliation before they have anything much to be penitent about and in a way that almost assumes that their "first confession" will be their "last confession". They approach First Communion in a better spirit but often within a family context that is more about the "show" then it is about deepening of the family faith experience. Worst of all, our young people receive Confirmation as a kind of "diploma" which ends their religious education just at a time when it should be a sign of deepening discipleship not graduation. In many circles Confirmation has come to be known as the "sacrament after which you do not need to go to church if you don't want to.
Based on the above portrait there is no way that a sacramental catechesis will attract the young until we as adult Catholics freely engage in a much less passive way in a life of faith and that we approach our faith as wanting to make a difference in the world.
How do we do this? We need to connect worship and mission. Most parishes put a lot of work into their liturgy as well as reaching out to the local community in works of support. But relatively few faith communities pursue the path of promoting structural changes in society. As a church we are not very effective at promoting the overall vision of God's Kingdom. All too often we focus on making stands on specific issues – abortion, same sex marriage, etc. Rather we must promote human dignity, promote the common good, and promote a consistent ethic of life across the board. These are the pillars of a sound catholic social teaching
While small children should primarily be taught Bible stories, adolescents and young adults need to be introduced to the vision of a Church making a difference in the world. They need to be challenged by the call to daily discipleship – not to the fulfillment of project hours so as to pass a test. Our young people will not be impressed by being told to love the Church or to follow the teaching of the pope. But if they can come to see the Church striving to make a positive difference in the world, with leaders who are in touch with the concerns of everyday people, many of them will make a connection between a Church of integrity and worship.


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Remember, back in December 2016, when there were rumours Oracle was killing Solaris? And how a month later, Solaris effectively switched to maintenance mode, and then to a "continuous deliver model"?
The news from the ex-Sun community jungle drums is that the January rumours were true and Oracle laid off the core talent of the Solaris and SPARC teams on Friday. That surely has to mean a maintenance-only future for the product range, especially with Solaris 12 cancelled. A classic Oracle "silent EOL", no matter what they claim.
With the hardware deprecated, my guess is that's the last of the Sun assets Oracle acquired written off. Just how good were Oracle's decisions on buying Sun?
Sun's Solaris is dead.
Bryan Cantrill on this news (this Bryan Cantrill):
As had been rumored for a while, Oracle effectively killed Solaris on Friday. When I first saw this, I had assumed that this was merely a deep cut, but in talking to Solaris engineers still at Oracle, it is clearly much more than that. It is a cut so deep as to be fatal: the core Solaris engineering organization lost on the order of 90% of its people, including essentially all management.
Judging merely by its tombstone, the life of Solaris can be viewed as tragic: born out of wedlock between Sun and AT&T and dying at the hands of a remorseless corporate sociopath a quarter century later. And even that may be overstating its longevity: Solaris may not have been truly born until it was made open source, and - certainly to me, anyway - it died the moment it was again made proprietary. But in that shorter life, Solaris achieved the singular: immortality for its revolutionary technologies. So while we can mourn the loss of the proprietary embodiment of Solaris (and we can certainly lament the coarse way in which its technologists were treated!), we can rejoice in the eternal life of its technologies - in illumos and beyond!


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Assuming it goes ahead as planned...
...then I'll be there watching it blast off !!! Yippeeeee...
Space shuttle Atlantis will blast off to the International Space Station on Friday, 8 July at 15:26 GMT, NASA has confirmed. Following a Flight Readiness Review, the agency has given a go for the last shuttle mission to deliver the Raffaello multipurpose logistics module to the orbiting outpost, bearing supplies and spares. …
...then I'll be there watching it blast off !!! Yippeeeee...
Will have to wait for the sequel.
Never got around to it. Dammit.
This is about the 4th 'last mission' reported here in six months!
How many more last missions do we expect there to be?
Previous reports have only referred to "Discovery's last flight" etc. Next month's flight uses the last external tank. It is the end.
Isn't there room for up to 7? Didn't anyone think of throwing a few journos on there for the last flight, record the whole thing, etc? Personally, I vote for Sarah Bee, as she sends most of us into orbit on occasion...only right for a turnabout.
For this shuttle mission (the last) there is a need to minimise the crew complement for two reasons:
1) There is no Launch On Need rescue mission should a problem develop, so in the need the crew would need to stay on the ISS, returning one at a time over a year - presumably there are limited resources. This would also put the ISS escape plan at risk as it caters for a maximum of 6.
2) The seats for crew members 5 - 7 are located in the mid-deck which has been converted to carry additional pay-load - basically they're cramming the shuttle with as much as they can.
When I was young, I always dreamed I would see the first flight of a reusable space vehicle, and I did; but I never dreamed I would see the last... (with apologies).
This is the 4th and final last mission because it's the 4th of the 4 shuttle orbiters. D'oh.
"When I was young, I always dreamed I would see the first flight of a reusable space vehicle, and I did; but I never dreamed I would see the last... (with apologies)."
As the shuttle is rather more a tear-down-after-each-flight-and-rebuild-then-add-a-bunch-of-new-parts (The ET is *always* a one shot part and the SRBs are not AFAIK permanently partnered with any *specific* shuttle) you have seen *neither* the first nor the last flight of a *reusable* space vehicle.
Just a mostly *refurbishable* one.
It's taught a *lot* of lessons to a lot of people.
I expect what you're looking for to be along sometime in the next 10 years.
What' you've seen is *barely* the start of the art.
It will not be the end.
Unreported so far is Atlantis will be parking in low orbit the biggest ever DIVERSION sign for incoming asteroids.
Since the Columbia disaster, there has been a "contingency mission" associated with each shuttle flight. That meant that the shuttle intended for the next mission would be ready to launch within 40 days if something went wrong and the shuttle was not considered safe to reenter the atmosphere. If that happened, the astronauts would take refuge in the International Space Station, and would wait until the rescue mission was launched to come and pick them up.
Originally, the last mission was the Endeavour mission STS-134, but Atlantis was to be ready to fly as a rescue mission if necessary. However, since it was to be prepared to fly, NASA has for some time wanted to use it for one last mission. (The crew is smaller than usual to allow a rescue mission to be mounted with a Russian Soyuz if needed). Although it has been more or less certain that this mission would fly for at least six months, final congressional authorisation for the budget for the mission did not come through until very recently, which has meant that STS-134 was for a long time the "final confirmed mission" , even though STS-135 was likely to happen.
From the mission website: "The mission also [...] return a failed ammonia pump module to help NASA better understand the failure mechanism and improve pump designs for future systems."
A small dig from NASA since this will be the last mission that is able to bring something sizeable back from orbit? AFAIK there is nothing on the books that will be able to do this anymore, private or otherwise?
Tried to see Endeavour launch and got caught by the scrub, sadly I can't make it out to watch this one. To anyone that's going tho - get there early and pack a big picnic because afterwards the traffic will be gridlocked for hours and the food outlets will be full to bursting!
It's a great day out even when it doesn't launch so it must be immense when it does!
better get the Dragon system certified for passengers quick!
Not until at least 24 months after April 2011 (Oct 2013).
El Reg reported Spacex got the funding for the Dragon escape system this April and Musk's timetable was 3 years from then to fielding a fully crew rated capsule *including* a 6 month float for contingency problems)
Note that they have to launch 12 Dragons to ISS (presumably with *no* mishaps) before they carry crew. I'll guess they will be eager to launch those once COTS 2 7 3 are out of the way and I'll suspect they will use them to *gradually* implement the upgraded features to a full crew escape capability.
But we're still awaiting the COTS 2/3 demonstrator. Suggestions have been made the merged mission would fly in Oct 2011, which seems plausible as COTS2 should have been listed as a separate mission on the Spacex website by now as we are at the end of Q2.
Note both the European and Japanese cargo carriers docked with ISS on their *first* launches so Spacex's request to merge them is pretty reasonable.
I was able to see the launch of, umm, Discovery (I think) in April of 1985. Even though I was 9 miles from the pad, it was still very much worth seeing, and I'd definitely encourage anyone who possibly can to attend the final launch (especially given that we don't know when the next manned American vehicle will be!).
... will that be in place of the Space Shuttle Explorer replica? Or d'ya think they'll realise early on that they need to build another hall with other displays and interactive elements like they eventually did for the Saturn V/Apollo series?
Did the full tour about a decade back - there was a small-ish Shuttle display and viewing gantry about halfway along the crawlway which gave views of the main launchpads; that could do with beefing up a bit IMO, just maybe not the best place to park it - somewhere nearer VAB and the Saturn V/Apollo Center maybe better.
born in the wrong country at the wrong time, I'd have loved to have seen one of these or even better a saturn V take off, watching top gear trying to launch a Mini was about as close as ive ever been to a launch, although saying that, even that gave me a warm fuzzy feeling until it fell like a rock...


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The name derives from an old Native American word meaning "separated island," and it is indeed a separate place. Chappy, as the place is called, is located off the extreme eastern end of Edgartown and accessed by a three-car ferry that plies a narrow channel. There are about 100 year- round residents and many more seasonal homeowners. The island has an active community center and more than 800 acres of public beach and conservation land that draws saltwater fishermen, kayakers and bird watchers. There is no commercial zoning.
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The Benefits Of Piracy Aren't Always In The Expected Places
from the and-that's-not-a-bad-thing dept
So, for folks struggling with these issues, one of the most important things to do after figuring out what your real market is, is to then figure out where all the scarcities are that are made more valuable by freeing up the infinite goods. The trick is to then position yourself to capture money in that market. But where this gets really tricky is those products may be surprising or appear to be in a totally different space (e.g., concerts rather than selling plastic discs) and that can be scary for those who are used to the old model.
I've had a few folks submit the GameIndustry.biz interview with Todd Hollenshead, the CEO of id Games, where he talks about the "hidden benefit" of piracy... but for computer makers, not video game producers. He's correct, other than the fact that it's not that hidden. There's a very real and admitted benefit to computer manufacturers -- but that doesn't mean that there also isn't a benefit for the video game makers themselves. Basically, when you look at the video game market, one of the big scarcities that benefits from free games is the computer makers.
But rather than somehow blaming them for not fighting piracy hard enough, why not take advantage of that? Get PC makers to finance new games, pointing out that if they give out the games for free it will help drive more people to buy the next generation of high powered PCs that are needed to run the games. In that way, everyone can benefit. The PC makers (or maybe even Intel or someone) can pay for the game, and then use that to turn in more sales of high powered computers. The video game developers get paid, the computer makers get a great tool to sell more new PCs and users get a free game with their PC. Everyone comes out better off and there's no "problem" of piracy.


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'Game Of Thrones' Fans Are Going To Have To Wait A While For Season 8
Winter is coming, just not for a while. It looks like fans of HBO's Game of Thrones are going to have to wait a long time before the eight season finally debuts. Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark, broke the bad news during an interview with Variety. She was asked if she was excited for 2018, which will see her star in the latest X-Men movie, Dark Phoenix, when she let slip that the show will not debut until 2019:
Are you excited for next year, with "X-Men: Dark Phoenix" and season eight of "Game of Thrones" set to premiere?
Yeah, I'm really excited. "Game of Thrones" comes out in 2019. "Dark Phoenix" is in November. Then I have a couple indie movies coming out. I'm a producer on my next movie ["Girl Who Fell From the Sky"]. So I'm really excited about the future.
Turner said that they are currently filming season 8, but still have "six or seven months left." The final season is only going to be 6 episodes long, but each episode will be the length of a feature film.
After the show ends, HBO still has big plans for Westeros. The network is currently developing at least five potential spin-offs. Those are reportedly going to be prequels, and will not revolve around the characters on the show.


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Wanderlust Video: US Ski Team – Truth in Motion
Last September, I flew down to Portillo, Chile to work on a story for SKI magazine. I was fortunate enough to arrive with the US Men's Ski Team, who had come to hit the Andean slopes for 10 days or so of training before the start of the World Cup season.
Watching Ted Ligety, Jake Zamansky, Marco Sullivan and the other guys fly down the frozen downhill course was a serious thrill. A documentary about the team, Truth in Motion, was being shot when I was there, and it aired last week on NBC. This amazing trailer for the film packs in all of the excitement and adrenaline of downhill racing in just over one minute. Let the Games begin.


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ROCHESTER, NY - After struggling to generate shots on goal in the first period on Friday night, the rest of the game went downhill for the Rockford IceHogs. The IceHogs dropped a 4-1 contest to the Rochester Americans in their first meeting in five years.
The first period went scoreless and Rockford would match a modern-era team record with just one first-period shot on goal. Jeremy Morin's shot came nearly 18:30 into the opening frame.
In the second period, Rochester struck twice early to take a 2-0 lead. Colton Gillies capitalized on an IceHogs turnover and fired his fifth goal of the season over the glove of Jason LaBarnera and under the crossbar at 3:52.
Then with a power play, Rochester would make it 2-0. Defenseman Brayden McNabb walked in uncontested on LaBarbera and buried his fifth marker of the season at 5:30.
After Rockford had their first sustained pressure of the second period, Rochester countered with a transition goal to stretch their lead to 3-0. Alex Hutchings followed a Tim Shaller rebound and poked in his fifth goal of the season at 13:53.
Kevin Sundher make it a 4-0 with his fifth goal of the season at 10:26 of the third period. Rockford couldn't find the handle on a loose puck in front of LaBarbera and Sundher jammed home the marker at 10:26. All four of Rochester's goal scorers on Friday notched their fifth goal of the season.
The IceHogs struck later in the frame when Philippe Lefebvre tipped a Brandon Mashinter shot past Hackett at 12:03.
Rockford doubled their first two period shot total in the third period as they peppered Hackett with 12 in the final stanza and 24 in the contest.


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CHICAGO -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued a Request for Applications soliciting proposals from states, municipalities, tribes, universities and nonprofit organizations for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants to fund new projects to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Up to $9.5 million will be available during the current funding cycle. Grants will be awarded on a competitive basis for projects in the Great Lakes basin. Applications are due August 14, 2013.
"This round of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding will be used for projects that reduce exposure to toxic substances from fish consumption, control invasive species, and improve water quality in the Great Lakes," said EPA Great Lakes National Program Manager Susan Hedman. "The work funded by these grants will help to restore and protect waters that are essential to the health and jobs of millions of Americans."
A webinar explaining the grant application process will be held at 11:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on Tuesday, July 30. The Request for Applications and information about applying for Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants is available at www.epa.gov/grtlakes/fund/2013rfa01/.
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Ford F-Series Super Duty
The Ford F-Series Super Duty is a full-size, heavy-duty truck designed for shoppers who can't get by with a light-duty pickup. In November, the 2014 F-Series Super Duty is offered with two incentives. For drivers paying with cash, the truck is available with up to $2,000 cash back. And for those looking to finance, Ford is touting interest rates as low as 0.9 percent for 36 months, or 1.9 percent for 48 months -- a deal that can be combined with up to $1,000 cash back.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. -- Here's an opportunity for Golden Eagle football fans to help celebrate the team's 2011 Ohio Valley Conference championship:
The Tennessee Tech football team will gather Sunday afternoon,
Jan. 22, for head coach Watson Brown to present the team's annual
awards, and the public is invited to attend the 2 p.m. event in the
Roaden University Center. The cost of the dinner is $16 per
In addition to a public recognition of the team's success, Brown will announce the winners of the Robert Hill Johnson Award and several additional honors for the 2011 Golden Eagles including the Sonny Allen Leadership Award, the Unsung Hero Award, the Tech Pride Award and MVP honors by position. Brown will also announce the 2011 permanent team captains.
The event will also feature a behind-the-scenes video showing some team highlights and activities that have not been previously seen by the public.
The Golden Eagles finished one of the most successful year's in
program history by capturing the school's 10th OVC championship,
appearing in the FCS Playoffs for the first time, and placing in
the Top 25 of all thre final FCS polls.
Fans wishing to attend the dinner can call the football office at (931) 372-3930 or the Athletics Ticket Office at (931) 372-3940.


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One of the Legopian Alliance's most prestigious military training facilities is the Academy of Defense. It trains minifigs of all styles and technology levels in the art of destroying things. Every time a class graduates, they celebrate by splitting up into teams and beating the crap out of each other in an academy-wide tournament. In fact, this tournament is one of the main reasons the ban on nonlethal weaponry was lifted.
The first battle of the 2009 tournament is a game of Capture the Princess, between the mostly low-tech Legion of Barbaria and The Order of the Shining Aegis.
Order of the Shining Aegis:
The rank-and-file troops are three heavy infantry, three light infantry, and three archers. Front and center is the Order's hero, Sunny McDorfington. In front of the goal waits the dual-broomstick-wielding War Witch, and alongside Sunny is the Azure Knight Mecha.
Legion of Barbaria:
The Legion's hero, Major-General Ulfgar, stands in front of five Viking Warriors. To their left, the fire mage Mungu is protected by a Barbaribot. To their right are three mounted skeletons. Atop the battlements is a Trebuchet.
The first team to get the princess through its goal posts wins. If either team kills the princess, they automatically lose.
Turn 1: Legion of Barbaria
As the Legion advances, Mungu sets the Trebuchet's boulder on fire.
Turn 1: Order of the Shining Aegis
Sunny McDorfington orders his troops to stay out of the trebuchet's huge attack range. It will cripple the Order's movement, and make it difficult to grab the Princess. What kind of pansy commander is he?
The Azure Knight opens fire on the lead skeleton, destroying it.
The War Witch takes to the air and enchants the Azure Knight with increased speed. It will last three turns.
Turn 2: Legion of Barbaria
A skeleton knight smashes the Azure Knight's windshield, taking off the pilot's head.
The Azure Knight doesn't need a pilot! It destroys the skeleton with a swing of its lance.
The final skeleton grabs the princess and prepares to head back.
Mungu causes a fire blast right under her, sending her and Barbaribot flying towards the frontlines to protect the skeleton. Fortunately, they're both immune to fire.
Sunny McDorfington, seeing his plan will pay off next turn, orders his heavy infantry to advance. The Light Infantry get ready to back them up.
Mungu is incapacitated by a volley of arrows. There's much celebration.
The War Witch flies up to the skeleton, force-pulling him and the princess back to Order lines.
The Azure Knight charges at Ulfgar and his Vikings. Ulfgar dodges the attack and takes off the Azure Knight's lance with a cliche blade rush.
It doesn't stop the charge, though. Two Vikings are squished.
A Heavy Infantry winds up to finish off the stunned skeleton, falling backwards under the weight of his halberd.
Turn 2: Legion of Barbaria
Mungu's flaming boulder had sat in the trebuchet's basket since the beginning of Turn 1. The trebuchet, built mostly out of wood and cord, catches fire. Had the Order moved within range, they would have fired the boulder before the trebuchet had time to catch.
The crew still manage to get one shot off, and what a shot. The Azure Knight is destroyed.
As the skeleton's old mount gets up, Major General Ulfgar hops on. The remaining Vikings rally beside him. The Heavy Infantry manage to repel the Vikings and Barbaribot, with no casualties on either side.
The skeleton turns the tables on its would-be slayer, taking him out while he's down.
Ulfgar takes advantage of his Vikings' distraction to slip in and scoop up the princess. The princess is pleased to have finally been rescued by someone noble.
Turn 2: Order of the Shining Aegis
Sunny McDorfington moves to intercept Ulfgar, but can't get an attack off since the princess is being used as a human shield. The princess is significantly less pleased.
The War Witch moves to slay the vikings in one go. Unfortunately, her attack is too short-range and has too small a radius to accomplish anything at all.
The Order's Heavy Infantry strike back at the Vikings, accomplishing nothing.
Turn 3: Legion of Barbaria
The Vikings are hiding behind their shields. It makes them hard to kill, but it makes them fail once again at defeating any of the enemy.
Major General Ulfgar, Seeing the battle going nowhere, leaps past the Order's troops and gallops for his goal posts.
Turn 3: Order of the Shining Aegis
The War Witch strikes again, taking Ulfgar out of the game. The Princess bails out before being electrocuted.
Sunny McDorfington and the Light Infantry outflank the Vikings, quickly dispatching them.
Barbaribot, seeing its allies are finished anyways, self-destructs. The remaining Heavy Infantry and one Light Infantry go down in the blast. Sunny, despite being right beside it, shrugs the explosion off. It takes a lot more than being directly beside a 4" wide explosion to kill a Dwarf hero, apparantly.
With their trebuchet reduced to cinders, the Legion's last two troops surrender.
Still Standing:
Order of the Shining Aegis:
Sunny McDorfington
War Witch
2 Light Infantry
3 Archers
Legion of Barbaria:
2 Trebuchet Crew
Turn 3: Princess
First a skeleton grabs the princess, then she's force-pulled off a horse, used as a meatshield, and now almost KOed by an insane mage. She's had just about enough.
As the War Witch lets her guard down and flies down to scoop the princess up, she smashes the War Witch to the ground with Ulfgar's claymore, bringing it to her throat before she can move.
The Princess takes one of the War Witch's brooms and flies off for parts unknown.
After some deliberation, the judges declare the match a tie. Since the Order completed the secondary objective "Destroy and humiliate the opposing team", they'll be the ones to move on in the tournament. If any other matches end in a draw, the Legion will rejoin the tournament and go against them.
No minifigs or creations were harmed playing this game of Capture the Princess. Not even the ones decapitated, burned to ashes, or crushed by a boulder. A wizard did it.
The Nth Legopian War:
Battle 1: Battle of the Non-Descript Plains
Battle 2: Battle of the Unnecessary Wall
Battle 3: Outbreak at Ribannald
Filler 1: Capture the Princess
Filler 2: Battle for Ascention
Filler 3: Legopia versus the Manly Santa Day Spirit
Post-Battle Notes:
-We were just about to get an actual plot going in these battles. Unfortunately, the next battle is 300 CP, and my brother has much more of a life than me (And detests generic units, so anything he builds will take a while). To stave off the withdrawl, I did this single-player battle. You can likely expect some more filler later on down the road, depending on how much me and my brother feel like BrikWars. I've already got a general idea of the entire tournament bracket.
-Most of the unique minifigs and creations were "reserves" I built whenever I was inspired, but Ulfgar was entirely new.
-Special thanks to my brother for loaning me his awesome trebuchet (It really works!). I was having serious trouble thinking of a suitable "Big guy" for the Legion.
-I didn't bother with CP for balancing this one, since it was so much about the princess anyway. It seemed basically balanced, but with Mungu (the queen of poorly thought-out spells) KOed so early, the Legion really had no defense against the War Witch. The Legion's other advantages, the skeletons and the trebuchet, also never got a chance to shine.
-Since this was a nonlethal battle, I spent most of the time writing this coming up with more euphemisms for "kill".
-Did you find Neenja? This time, he was hiding in the trebuchet's ashes.
-I used every video game case we had for the battlefield, then moved on to movies. The battlefield's main purpose, aside from looking cool, was to stop rampant charging. It could get the princess back too quickly. This ended up making the War Witch even more powerful, since she could just charge above the terrain.
-The War Witch had the exact same pose for every one of her spells, but it just looked so cool.
-I'm really happy with how the War Witch's lightning turned out. Not so much the bolt, which I still can't really get right, as the white blur. Will need to keep that trick in mind.
-Ulfgar's cape was actually an inside-out Harry Potter cape. You can see the stars in the picture where he gets electrocuted. All our normal black capes were taken.
-I friggin' love Mages. Supernatural powers are like heroic feats, except more consistent and safe. Both of this battle's mages managed all their mischief with just 3 SP.
-Just like the Legopian Alliance, the Order of the Shining Aegis give themselves a good-aligned sounding name for the sole purpose of confusing casual observers.
-The princess isn't even competent. When the end of the battle came, I was practically screaming at the d4 to turn up 4 so she could do that. It did.


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Graves Supports Lowering Gas Prices Bill to Benefit Small Firms
House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today released the following statement in support of the Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America that Works Act (H.R. 4899):
"Rising gasoline prices harm small businesses and slow the economy. In fact, small businesses face a ratio of energy costs per sale that is 2.7 times what a large company pays. When costs go up, they have to cut jobs, raise prices or postpone major investments in equipment, and the economy suffers as a result. In contrast, developing America's own energy resources creates good jobs, strengthens national security and boosts the economy. While much of America's abundant oil and natural gas supply has remained off limits, the average price of a gallon of gas has roughly doubled under President Obama's red tape policies. This legislation helps streamline the bureaucratic tangle to reduce the price at the pump and create jobs. Small businesses will benefit from a responsible 'all-of-the-above' energy strategy that expands production from America's vast onshore and offshore oil and natural gas sources."
"Today's hearing in the Small Business Committee examines the regulatory roadblocks and refining impediments that limit the benefits of domestic energy production and hold back the job-creating innovations that small energy businesses offer."###


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Tipster Nicholas sends along this video of a gentleman—perhaps Nicholas himself, though we cannot know—tricking Mr. Met into singing along with him to "Meet the Mets."
Then the gentleman playfully taps Mr. Met in the groin, in a fashion that'll bring you back to those frat days at Wagner College. Brouch, bros. We hate to picture this kind of cruelty, but we have an obligation to the truth.
Plus, the baseball-playing juggernaut that is the 2011 New York Mets has won 8 of its last 12. Mr. Met's laughing all the way to the urologist.


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Just Life: Dreaming of escaping
I had dream after dream the other night of escaping and disappearing. Escape comes from the Latin word "excappare" which has something to do with hiding under a cloak. The definitions in the dictionary read, "To get away" and "to get free of or break away from something" and "to get and stay out of the way of something."
I love the word "escape." It has such a powerful, defining sound to it.
In the dream, a girlfriend of mine asked me where my place of escape would be located. In the dream she suggested Mammoth Lakes but I had to remind her that I already lived in Mammoth so if I were to escape and disappear, Mammoth would be out of the question. Unless, of course, I cut and dyed my hair, changed the gate of my walk, lost 50 pounds, changed my name, lowered my voice and talked with a Russian or Scandinavian accent.
Oh … and bought contact lenses which would turn my eyes from brown to blue or green.
I called and asked one of my Los Angeles girlfriends if she ever dreamt of escaping. To my surprise, she said no. I was shocked.
Doesn't everyone dream of escaping for a few days and not tell anyone where they are going? She did a conference call with me and one of her friends whom I'll refer to as "Jane."
Jane dreamt of escaping to Santa Monica for a few hours when her kids were in school but then as our conversation on escaping progressed, Jane and my L.A. friend went from a few hours in Santa Monica to a weekend in Cabo San Lucas.
Not only did the conversation finally manage to get my L.A. friend and Jane interested in escaping to Cabo San Lucas, but they are actually going to do it. No fair! I'm writing a column about escaping and all of the sudden they are "escaping" in April.
But is what they're planning in April qualify as escaping? Not in my book.
Their husbands and kids will know where they are going and I'm sure they'll have their cell phones close at hand. That is not escaping and disappearing.
When I refer to escaping, I mean really escaping and going to a place where no one will know me and no one will know where I've gone … except maybe my husband. It may help to mention that my great-grandmother used to do that. Her name was Tzivia and she brought 10 children into the world so of course she disappeared every now and then.
She would leave her Usvent, Lithuanian home for weeks at a time. The family legend goes that no one knew where she went and no one asked. When she returned, she would have sugar, flour and fabric for making clothes.
I wonder if my great grandfather Fifel ever asked her where she went or if he just looked the other way.
Under the Russian oppression in the 1920s and 1930s, things like sugar and flour were hard to get so maybe he just gave her a "look" and then went back to mending shoes.
I can guarantee that if I escaped for a few weeks from my homeland, I wouldn't be bringing back ingredients for baking bread or sewing a dress.
For now I'll just have to settle with little escapes here and there. Unlike my dream, some of the most enjoyable escapes I've had over the last few years have been with my husband. He loves escaping just as much if not more than I do.
Lucky me.
Stacey Powells is a local writer and radio host. She hosts the Exhausted Parent Network Radio Show every Thursday night at 6 p.m. on KMMT. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. For more of her work, visit www.exhaustedparent.com. Her column reflects her own views and not necessarily those of the Mammoth Times.


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Sexual Anorexia
Anorexia meaning interrupted appetite suggests that sexual anorexia is the loss of desire for sex. Usually there is no physical reason for sexual anorexia and it is generally attributed to avoidance and fear of the sexual activities. Impotence in men can also cause sexual anorexia. Image Courtesy : Getty ImagesLoading...
How does it Feel?
While every person with sexual anorexia may have different feelings about sexual activities. However, generally a sexual anorexic will typically experiences a dread of sexual pleasure or a persistent fear of sexual contact. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
A person with sexual anorexia usually shows symptoms of fear and anger regarding sexual activities. Other common symptoms of sexual anorexia are obsession and hyper vigilance around sexual matters, avoidance of anything connected with sex, preoccupation with others being sexual, distortions of body appearance and extreme loathing of body functions. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Who has it?
Since the problem is usually not caused by a physical reason, both men and women can suffer from sexual anorexia. However a person with a history of sexual exploitation has higher chances of having sexual anorexia. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Sexual anorexia can be caused by both physical and emotional reasons; however the emotional causes are more common. The common physical causes can include hormone imbalances, childbirth, breastfeeding, exhaustion and medicines. While the common emotional causes are sexual abuse including rape, strict religious views, communication skills and power struggles with a partner or loved one. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Since it doesn't have visible symptoms, sexual anorexia can be very difficult to diagnose. The diagnosis mostly depends on the communication between the patient and the doctor as there is not even a single standard test to identify the condition. However some blood tests can show the hormone levels that can be connected to the libido. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
The best way to treat sexual anorexia is hormone therapy. It is most effective in cases where the physical causes of sexual anorexia are prominent. People who suffer from inhibited sexual desire because of low testosterone, ED, menopause or low estrogen levels may benefit from this treatment. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Emotional Therapy
In cases where the emotional causes of sexual anorexia are prominent medical treatment might not be of much help. Emotional therapy can be very effective in such cases. Counseling, relationship training, and even sex therapy sessions can be of great help. Image Courtesy : Getty Images
Can It Go Along With Addiction?
People with sexual anorexia often have personal history of sexual exploitation or some form of severely traumatic sexual rejection. Although less common, however it's possible for a person to be both sexually addicted and sexually anorexic. Such a person would act sexually in less relevant relationships or situations and sexually inactive or paralyzed in intimate relationships. Image Courtesy: Getty Images
A study from Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS) done on more than 25000 men found that early and easy access to pornography has the ability to reduce the interest of a person in the real sexual activities. Image Courtesy : Getty Images


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Monday, April 4, 2016
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
In a provocative display that incorporates contemporary art, relics from the natural world, and items of material culture, the forthcoming exhibition The Nest, an exhibition of art in nature, examines the exquisite beauty and profound symbolism of the nest in art and culture. Organized by the Katonah Museum of Art (KMA), the exhibition opens March 6 and remains on view through June 19, 2016 in the Beitzel and Righter Galleries. It continues the KMA's two-season thematic cycle of environmentally focused work.
The Nest includes a stunning blend of authentic nests and over twenty works by eighteen artists from the United States, to Germany, to South Africa. In work that ranges from sculpture, painting, collage, photography, to video, these artists underscore the universality of this theme as a metaphor of home, creation, and the life of birds. Throughout the galleries, visitors encounter an exhibition rich in visual texture: sumptuously-colored feathers, shimmering gold leaf, organic twigs, neon plastic, minimalist black-and-white graphics, and more. Some works invoke notions of protection, birth, and the physical human body, while others explore the nest in more symbolic terms.
The Artists:
James Prosek
Björn Braun
Judy Pfaff
Dove Bradshaw
Paul Villinski
Sharon Beals
Sanford Biggers
John Burtle
Walton Ford
Shiela Hale
Fiona Hall
Porky Hefer
Nina Katchadourian
Louise Lawler
Hunt Slonem
Kiki Smith
Andreas Sterzing
David Wojnarowicz
The Nest, an exhibition of art in nature is made possible through support by Victoria and Stephen Morris. The Katonah Museum of Art is supported in part by Arts Westchester with support by the Westchester County Government, The New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Event Location and Ticket Information
Katonah Museum of Art
134 Jay Street
Katonah, NY
Handicap Accessible? Yes
Date: Monday, April 4, 2016
Times: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Ticket pricing:
$10 - Adult
$5 - Senior & Student
- Under 12 always Free
Presenter: Katonah Museum of Art
Presenter Phone: (914) 232-9555
Presenter Website: katonahmuseum.org


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News: Business
Greed and ruthless pursuit of profits to blame for banking fiasco
This article gets Catholic social teaching right, and exposes the fallacy that 9/11 restored us to moral clarity: "'Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of Lehman Brothers' fall is that it comes almost seven years to the day after 9/11... For all the talk of pulling together in the wake of the terrorist attacks that shook America to the core and supposedly set our priorities straight, Wall Street rushed headlong back to its mindless pursuit of profits and speculation without consideration for the consequences of its actions... At some point, society has to figure out that the way an investor earns his money is even more important than the amount of money he makes. This is why human beings were vested with moral sentiments, so they could distinguish the quality of human conduct from the quality of its results... It is incumbent upon the gatekeepers of capital ... to bring discipline to the system. This will require a rethinking of their priorities and a willingness to add to their investment calculus, considerations that exceed their own narrow interests about short-term investment returns.'" READ MORE >
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Anglican bishops decry the 'new creed' of extreme capitalism
A trillion for the Iraq War, almost as much to rescue Wall Street, but basic health care for all is too expensive? Why aren't Christian leaders in the U.S. saying as much? In England it's a different story: "[T]he Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, warned in a magazine article that modern devotion to the free market is a form of idolatry and that Karl Marx was morally right in his analysis of the power of 'unbridled capitalism.' He believes that Marx's economic theories, as implemented by authoritarian state regimes, have proved equally wrong and harmful to unfettered market ideology, but that the protest against a greed-driven system is one that should be taken seriously." READ MORE >
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Opinion: How John Boehner Can Save Immigration Reform
Political Diary editor Jason Riley on the House GOP's fraught deliberations on immigration reform. Photos: Getty Images
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... the ... good afternoon and welcome to Opinion Journal I'm Mary Kissel ... former President George W Bush adding his name to the list of prominent Republicans who are supporting ... immigration reform but will it be enough ... to unite a very deeply divided House GOP when they meet this afternoon ... while Street Journal Political Diary editor Fox News contributor and author Jason Riley joins me now ... Jason really big meeting this afternoon what this its stake for the Republican party ... well the party s decide Mary whether they wanted the party of opportunity ... economic growth ... but they wanna be the party of high walls and fences ends up close U S border ... I mean I think that is the ... question of thirty thousand The ... Dow loud speaker banner has ... a ... more practical issue to deal with and that's whether ... he's going to ALM except Democratic votes ... to pass this in the house ques the Republicans control ... the house aam but there are enough Democratic votes the so the painter would only need a few dozen or so that he wanted to pass ... immigration reform request of the satellite Republicans don't wanna do it we don't want him to do unless the majority ... of Republicans in the house so what what's the big beefy cares if Republicans about liberty when you want free moved to ... liberate capital for foreigners me what ... what so objectionable the city to the tothe objectors about this now while they're couple issues aam ... you you have some people in the house like ... Steve King of Iowa ... hardcore restriction is another's ... who aam come from districts where basically opposing Obama line anything because the political ladder ... and they're thinking well ... and they're thinking at the net looking at the next election of course ... that's result of gerrymandering safe voting districts in only having to play ... to your base back on in the sun and of course we need to win statewide ... there's more about ... of the belief in the need to reach across the aisle ever see compromise ... knots on the house a whole different dynamics we have ... to have that going for you and I think some Republicans still continue to believe ... that immigration or anti EU legal immigration is a political ... winner for the party may you mention ... George W Bush at the top and I think it's political career ... the lies that because sure George Bush not only as governor of Texas ... ah did very well the Hispanic vote but is present United States did very well with the Hispanic vote in two thousand for the that forty four percent ... of that photo the idea ... that the ... Hispanic voters last of the Republican party I think is belied by ... the career of George of the problem the Democrats certainly seem to understand how important Hispanics are ... on Nancy policy ... I how she fit in with the Republican calculation him ... well ... again um there's a question of politics on that side too ... Democrats want to kill reform in the news that as an issue ... next year to make Nancy policy once again speaker the house ... are they more just in in in China see compromise ... to get something done now in the House Nancy close he can try and ... influence her caucus to simply vote against anything ... that were of the Republicans bring up in terms of immigration ... that doesn't fit in with what the Senate is trying to do ... aam whether her caucus will long for not so sure but that is one tactic she could take and then ... in next year's election say you know the Republicans are just anti Hispanic ... they they don't want to fix this problem you need to relax of Democratic House in in in hindsight Jason was in the state for speaker banner tests without the Senate bill and all the separate bills ... and give Republicans who oppose the law the upper teeth kind of ... your pick off all these different parts of the think that was the right strategy I don't think he had much of a choice I think that the speaker banner has been dealing ... with these various factions of the Republican caucus for number of years practically with the rise ... of the tea party and in recent years and he's wary ... of getting out ahead of the caucus and not respecting these divisions and in giving voice to a release of the debt ceiling debate so I think he's learned some lessons there and I don't think you have a choice I think he had ... to do it this way but will see if he can bring the sides together I think it's in the interests of the Republican party ... to get something done on the rest of the Democrats say was in a bipartisan ... majority in the house was for this ... and ... you know who Republicans control ... the entire bipartisan majority in the Senate was for this ... and Republicans control the house so if you don't get something done it's all you Republicans I don't think ... that's on the GOP wants to give the Democrats that talk will cause a future in the GOP future the economy future for speaker banner lots at stake Wall Street Journal Editorial board member Jason Riley thank so much for being on the show


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How Is America Going To End?
The apocalypse you chose. Plus, the end-of-America social network.
For the last week, I've considered many possible scenarios for America's downfall: the rise of a climate strongman, the emergence of a transnational class of superhumans, secession by the country's leading maple syrup producer, and others. At the same time, the Slate hive mind has been cranking away, analyzing the likelihood of various end-of-America scenarios with our "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" interactive feature.
Your task was simple: Browse through a list of 144 potential apocalypses and choose up to five that seem most likely to wipe the United States off the map. As of Wednesday night, 60,020 readers had submitted their visions of the end of America. Many of those participants came from outside the U.S.—a healthy 15 percent of the people who viewed the feature came via this Russian site. Our 60,000 "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" submissions included votes for 255,496 individual scenarios. We've tallied the ballots and analyzed the data. Out of the 144 scenarios in the apocalypse grid, here are the five you believe are the biggest threat to America's continued existence:
The most popular scenario—"Loose Nukes," chosen by 10.5 percent of Slate readers—combines modern and old-fashioned anxieties. "Taliban fighters wrest nuclear weapons from a destabilized Pakistan. Or al-Qaida acquires a small arsenal of nukes from a disintegrating Russia," the scenario description embedded in "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" reads. "The nonstate actors launch against the United States in an attack exponentially worse than 9/11." The presence of terrorists at the top of the charts indicates that we're still smarting from al-Qaida's 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon—perhaps the most recent event that raised momentary doubts about the country's continued existence. The fact that we envision those terrorists hitting us with nukes indicates that we have the same fears as the World War II generation. In the last 65 years, nothing has come along to supplant the scariness of a mushroom cloud.
While "Israel-Arab War" (picked by 7.6 percent of users) represents another worry that's generations old, the "Peak Oil" (9.3 percent) and "China Unloads U.S. Treasurys" (8.2 percent) scenarios are new apocalyptic visions. Peak Oil—"Petroleum production reaches terminal decline. Oil becomes too expensive to extract, and alternative energies can't maintain our fossil-fuel-dependent lifestyle"—is the hobbyhorse of widely read collapsists James Howard Kunstler and Dmitry Orlov. It's the scenario of choice for the modern doomsayer who thinks Western civilization has industrialized its way to destruction. Fears of an economic collapse triggered by China pulling out from the American economy are a symptom of both our worries over the current economic crisis and anxiety over America's place in the world.
The scenario I'm most surprised to see in the top five is "Antibiotic Resistance," which was picked by 8.5 percent of apocalypticists. The bacteria-run-amok scenario—"As a result of factory farming and spiking sales of antibacterial hand soap, superstrains of bacteria develop that are resistant to medicine"—outranked anything to do with money ("Wealth Gap" came in ninth), political collapse ("Red vs. Blue" at No. 11), or global warming ("Rising Sea Levels" at No. 14). You could make the argument that bacterial worries reveal misdirected agita about our current swine flu worries—except that the actual "Swine Flu" scenario came in 64th out of 144. The only conclusion to draw here is that the Slate hive mind is genuinely concerned that we'll go under on account of microbes. Take note, Centers for Disease Control and Department of Homeland Security.
On the other side of the ledger, our least-popular scenarios were "Anthrax" (0.5 percent), "Pax Indica" (0.6 percent), and "Declining Military Standards" (0.6 percent). We fear the rise of China a lot more than the rise of its 1.2 billion-strong neighbor, and we've apparently got a lot more important things to worry about than terrorists in crop-dusters. (For the record, here's a list of all 144 Choose Your Own Apocalypse scenarios ranked from most- to least-popular.)
We also looked through to figure out the most popular groupings along with the most popular individual scenarios. There are 498,685,188 possible ways to choose a group of between one and five scenarios from a list of 144. The most popular apocalyptic group, chosen 102 separate times:
Let's run through this scenario quickly. First, China pulls away from the United States, sending inflation spiraling out of control and dropping America from the ranks of economic superpowers. The economic crisis in America causes a global recession, leading to spikes of terrorist activity worldwide. Meanwhile, petroleum production slows down, and water supplies begin to dwindle. This causes yet more instability, and global terror networks—which blame the West for the world's decay—take advantage by filching nuclear devices as unsteady regimes collapse. On the darkest day in human history, the United States gets strafed by nuclear bombs, killing millions upon millions of American citizens. Those who don't die during the horrific nuclear attacked get finished off by antibiotic-resistant bacteria that public-health officials were unable to get under control. The end. (If you'd like to write your own end-of-America fan fiction, here's the second most popular apocalypse grouping, chosen 52 times: "Loose Nukes," "Russia Hits the Button," "Foreign Invasion," "Electromagnetic Pulse," "Dirty Bombs.")
Those scenario groupings aren't the only ones we found in "Choose Your Own Apocalypse." There are lots of interesting correlations between individual scenarios. People who thought America would end on account of "Laziness," for example, were also likely to believe that the United States might succumb to "Decadence" and "Overpopulation." Those who picked the "Theocracy" scenario, meanwhile, were also likely to believe that America would end because of "Intelligent Design." To help visualize those collections, we've arranged "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" into a social network that reveals which scenarios are most-closely correlated. You can view the Choose Your Own Apocalypse social network on a separate page here.
Along with choosing their favorite scenarios, we also asked "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" players to provide demographic information, including their gender, political affiliation, and age.
As you can see from this table, men were far more concerned about China than women. Female voters, by contrast, believe more strongly that bacteria are a risk. (The reason "Loose Nukes" appears far down the list for both men and women is that only 11 percent of "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" users filled out any demographic data. Those who voted for nukes appear to have been particularly reticent to fill in this information.)
In terms of political affiliation, Republicans are far less concerned about the future of oil production than either Democrats or Independents. Our GOP respondents had "Peak Oil" as their No. 10 concern; both Dems and Independents listed it No. 1.
The most interesting nugget agewise is that our oldest participants were most fearful of the country being torn asunder by the divide between rich and poor. On the other end, our youngest apocalypticists had the feeling that overpopulation might do us in.
Finally, we averaged everyone's vote to make a single, aggregate Slate apocalypse.
On aggregate, we think the end of America will be more man's fault than nature's fault. We're also (very) mildly optimistic—the average Slate apocalypse skews ever so slightly toward the "Everybody Lives" half of the grid. In the parlance of the "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" results page, Slate readers are "humanitarian internationalists": "You're convinced mankind will terminate America—but at least we won't off ourselves in the process."
Out of all the demographic groups we examined, people older than 65 thought the end of America would be most deadly. The group most optimistic that we'll avoid a high body count: women. Republicans thought man (rather than nature) would be the most to blame for the end of America. While every group believed that man was more at fault than nature, women and Democrats skewed the most toward seeing a natural cause for the American end times.
Thanks to everyone who participated. And it's not too late to play along. Please continue to "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" as often as you'd like.


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Tobacco: Background
The tobacco industry, once a lobbying juggernaut, has watched its political influence wane as its cancer-causing products became increasingly toxic, politically speaking.
Contributions to federal candidates and political committees from the tobacco industry, which includes makers of cigarettes,electronic cigarettes, cigars and smokeless tobacco, as well as their trade groups, have dropped precipitously since 2002.
In that election cycle, contributions totaled over $9.2 million, with 79 percent of the cash going to Republicans and 21 percent to Democrats. In the 2014 cycle, the industry donated less than half this amount to federal political interests -- a little less than $4 million. Though contributions to Republicans in 2008 and 2010 from the industry were the lowest they'd been since the early 1990s, that number spiked back up by 2014 at 84 percent.
Top tobacco industry contributors during the 2014 election cycle included Altria Group as well as its main competitor Reynolds American.
In the 1990s, the tobacco industry's presence on Capitol Hill was substantial. But the industry was also the target of many citizen groups and politicians. Legal battles resulted in settlements costing the industry billions of dollars, in part prompting Altria Group to make a conscious change to its image.
By 2004, Altria had distanced itself from the rest of the industry. The company began to actively support Food and Drug Administration regulation of tobacco products, as well as bipartisan efforts to place health warnings and ingredient disclosure on tobacco product packaging. Reynolds, meanwhile, more closely maintained the industry's original focus on fighting FDA regulation and taxes.
In 1998, the tobacco industry spent a total of almost $73 million on federal lobbying and employed over 200 lobbyists who advocated on its behalf. In 2014, total lobbying expenditures from the industry had dropped to around $22.2 million, with fewer lobbyists as well.
Altria Group and Reynolds American have also parted ways in terms of lobbying philosophy. Altria joined health organizations such as the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and American Lung Association in supporting the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which was signed into law in June 2009. Reynolds, however, opposed this piece of legislation. Reynolds lobbyists have also worked in opposition to cigarette tax increases.
One piece of legislation relating to tobacco that had seen some movement was the twice-passed . The bill classifies the Pacific territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam as states in order to make it easier to combat the trafficking of tobacco on those islands. Though the bill passed the House in March 2013, it hasn't been reintroduced in the lower chamber in the current session of Congress.
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Skip to comments.A LOOK BACK AT THE PROSECUTION'S CASE (180 FRANK)
Posted on 07/02/2002 11:03:37 AM PDT by FresnoDA
(07-02-2002) - The prosecution began its case with emotional testimony from Brenda and Damon van Dam.
"I asked that the room not be cleaned. So we put one of the dog gates up and put a 'do not enter' sign on the door," said Damon van Dam as he talked about Danielle's room.
"Do you need a moment, or are you able to continue?" asked prosecutor Jeff Dusek on the second day of the trial.
"I'll try. I'll try," replied Damon van Dam as he began to get choked up.
Brenda van Dam then took the stand on the third day of the trial.
"Who is your next child?" asked Dusek.
"Danielle," replied Brenda, sobbing on the stand.
"How old was she?"
"She's seven," said Brenda as she began to cry.
They answered a number of questions about Brenda's "girl's night out" and smoking pot the night Danielle disappeared.
Denise Kemal also talked about their lifestyle.
"So you never engaged in sexual relations with Damon and Brenda van Dam?" asked defense attorney Steven Feldman.
"Yes I did, but with Damon. It was more of a swap," said Kemal.
After that, testimony focused on Westerfield's wanderings. And the prosecution played a portion of Westerfield's tape-recorded interview with police.
"This whole story sounds weird to everybody else, but it make perfect sense to me," said Westerfield.
The prosecution pointed out inconsistencies in Westerfield's story. He said he left Silver Strand because it was cold, but campers testified it was a nice day.
He also said he didn't have his wallet, but an employee said Westerfield showed it to him.
"He pulled out his wallet and showed me four, three or four twenty dollar bills," said Silver Strand employee, Donald Raymond.
Then at Galamis, a tow truck driver said he thought he heard Westerfield talk to someone. And there was an inconsistency in Westerfield's testimony about his trailer.
The physical evidence was then introduced, starting with two fingerprints next to the bed in Westerfield's motorhome.
"This print, or these two prints from this handprint was made by, were made by Danielle van Dam," said SDPD fingerprint analyst, Jeff Graham.
"How certain are you?" asked prosecutor Dusek.
"Absolutely certain," replied Graham.
And DNA experts testified that bloodstains on Westerfield's jacket and in his RV were without a doubt from Danielle. But when it came to fiber and hair evidence, the experts were not as certain.
An orange fiber in Danielle's necklace and blue fibers around her body matched fibers in Westerfield's laundry. And five fibers similar to Danielle's carpet were found in his RV.
"I believe these carpet fibers from 74, 60, and 155, could have come from Danielle van Dam's bedroom," said SDPD criminalist, Tanya Dulaney.
Experts also testified that Danielle's hairs and 24 hairs similar to the Van Dam's dog were found in Westerfield's laundry, trash, bedding, dry cleaning and RV.
Westerfield, 50, is charged with kidnapping, murder and misdemeanor possession of child pornography in the disappearance and killing of 7-year-old Danielle van Dam. The self-employed design engineer could get the death penalty if convicted of the felony charges.
Today, an expert on animal genetics is expected to testify as the prosecution's final witness in the trial of accused child killer David Westerfield.
Dr. Joy Halverson, a canine DNA specialist with QuestGen Forensics in Davis, testified yesterday during a six-hour closed-door hearing held to determine if prosecutors could call one more witness.
Oliver Ryder, a UCSD adjunct professor, who has published articles on mitochondrial DNA, also testified at the hearing.
Superior Court Judge William Mudd is scheduled to announce his decision on the final prosecution witness when the trial resumes this morning.
Mudd has told defense attorney Steven Feldman to be ready to call his first witness today. Feldman has indicated he should be able to conclude his case by July 15.
Feldman told the judge he plans to call insect expert David Faulkner to the stand to try to pinpoint the time of Danielle's death.
In his opening statement, Feldman said the child's nude body could have been placed off a road in Dehesa as late as February 16, a dozen days after his client came under 24-hour surveillance by law enforcement.
Prosecutors theorize that Westerfield, a twice-divorced father, killed the Sabre Springs second-grader and dumped her body at the East County site shortly after she disappeared February 2. Volunteer searchers found the girl's decomposing body on February 27.
Westerfield was arrested February 22.
Anyone else get the impression that most of these witnesses were told that LE had a solid case and they only needed that last little bit of info to nail DW?
Instead, each of the witnesses was left flailing in the deep end while Feldman and Boyce ended up nailing each of their lone little hides to the wall.
All they have is one strand of hair and two drops of blood, easily explained away if Danielle L. gave tours of the MH to neighborhood kids, and if DW happened to have had his jacket on a pool chair the day they were selling cookies.
If Feldman can't pull this one off, he should have his bar # revoked, and give back DW's house! :-)
Jim Frazee (pictured, right), who volunteers with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, sent the e-mail to three friends on Feb. 22 -- 16 days after his dogs examined Westerfield's motor home at an impound lot on Aero Drive.
Frazee testified last week that one of the dogs, Cielo, gave an alert signal at the door to an exterior storage compartment on the passenger side of the vehicle while searching for the child's remains.
Under cross-examination by defense attorney Robert Boyce today, Frazee said he did not mention the alert in a report he filed because police investigators asked for the results to remain confidential.
"On Feb. 6, you don't recall telling anyone what the dog found?" Boyce asked.
"I don't recall what I told them," Frazee said.The defense concentrated on the fact that, with no other report filed, the only evidence of Cielo's alert came from the e-mail after the defendant's arrest.
Boyce quoted Frazee's e-mail, which he said stated: "I wasn't sure, but I thought Cielo was giving his cadaver alert. I thought he may have been doing this just to please me. Today, however, came word of the suspect's arrest and that they found blood in the motor home."
Frazee said the arrest raised his confidence in Cielo's finding.
Frazee's supervisor, reserve sheriff's Lt. Rosemary Redditt, said she watched Cielo's search of the outside of the motor home and had no trouble recognizing the dog's alert at the storage door.
Westerfield, a 50-year-old self-employed design engineer, could get the death penalty if convicted of kidnapping and murder. He also faces misdemeanor possession of child pornography charges.
Dr. Joy Halverson (pictured, left), a canine DNA specialist with QuestGen Forensics in Davis, also took the stand today.
Her looming testimony was the subject of a six-hour closed-door hearing yesterday. The defense had filed a motion to exclude her testimony, but the request was denied by Superior Court Judge William Mudd.
Mudd has told defense attorney Steven Feldman to be ready to call his first witness today. Feldman has indicated he should be able to conclude his case by July 15.
Feldman told the judge he plans to call insect expert David Faulkner to try to pinpoint the time of Danielle's death.
In his opening statement, Feldman said the child's nude body could have been placed off a road in Dehesa as late as Feb. 16, a dozen days after his client came under 24-hour surveillance by law enforcement.
Prosecutors theorize that Westerfield, a twice-divorced father, killed the Sabre Springs second-grader and dumped her body at the East County site shortly after she disappeared Feb. 2. Volunteer searchers found the girl's decomposing body on Feb.
Here we go. Detective says Dog showed no positive reaction during a search...whoops.
Dusek is trying to impeach this...sw
ROFLMAO!!! Can you make me one, too?
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The Canucks' trade rumour mill is starting to turn again.
I suspect that this is mostly because Canucks fans are so damn bored that they want to hear about ANYTHING, so rumours start flying fast.
The two names that I have heard as possible targets for the Canucks are Nikolai Zherdev (ex NYR) and Andrei Markov (MTL).
So who would you rather see in a Canucks uniform in October?
Here's what I think.
Let's look at the pros and cons of acquiring each player.
First, let's take a look at Zherdev. He's now a UFA after the Rangers walked away from his $3.9m arbitration ruling. So the good thing for the Canucks signing Zherdev is that is would not cost them any players, prospects or draft picks. He's free to sign. It will only cost you his approximate $3.9m ruling.
And there is the con. Four mil is a LOT to pony up for a 60 point player. I say that given that the Canucks have two 60 point guys (Burrows and Kesler) that they are currently paying $2m each.
But this is the open market. So I guess getting a legit top 6, 60-point player at less than $4m is okay. Not great. But okay. Remember, the Canucks paid Demitra $4m last year for 53 points. Basically the same output as Zherdev and for the same money, but most folks in Vancouver think that Demitra underperformed. The difference between Zherdev and Demitra is that Zherdev is only 25 and still has room to improve.
For me the bottom line is this: If the Canucks can move Demitra for a draft pick or two and clear his salary, then I would pick up Zherdev.
Ok now on to Markov.
Here are the pros: First, he's the puck-moving defenceman that the Canucks need. Next, his offence has been improving for the last five seasons, and he's only 30. So for a defenceman, he has a solid 6-8 years of solid production ahead of him. Next, the Canadiens need to relieve themselves of some cap space, and have a decent defence corps without Markov. So they could spare him.
The BIG con is that Markov costs $5.75m for the next two seasons. That's big numbers. So the Canucks would have to ship some salary back to the Habs in order to afford him and still have some play money. And the Habs are reportedly asking for Burrows+more in return. Would the Canucks part with Burrows right now? He's such a bargain that I have a hard time believing that Gillis would send him out.Also, the Canucks would probably have to send a defenceman to Montreal as well. Maybe they send an existing roster player like Salo or Bieksa. Maybe they send Burrows and a defensive prospect (Oberg? Ellington?).
Given that the Canucks would have to give up something noticeable to acquire Markov, you have to wonder if the risk of trading for Markov is worth it. Knowing that the Habs don't want to take back too much salary, the Canuclks wouldn't have to give up too much from their current roster.
If I was to pick between signing Zherdev now, or trading for Markov (assuming a reasonable swap is established) now, I would have to go for Markov.
Right now, the Canucks have a passable top 6 forward group. Plus they have up-and-coming prospects who are poised to make the leap to the big show. Vancouver has Hodgson, Grabner and now Shirokov who are all touted as legit top 6 forward prospects.
But they desperately need a puck moving defenceman. And they do have cap room to sign Markov, assuming they send SOME salary back to Montreal in the deal.
So let's shoot for Markov and hope that the Canucks can shore up that defence group.


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