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Doctors Study Ecuadorian Dwarfs

Sad, but true - "Because of their striking freedom from cancer and diabetes, they probably could live much longer [than normal humans] if they did not have a much higher than usual death rate from alcoholism and accidents."

Full article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/science/17longevity.html

In Chile, 33 miners are trapped by a massive cave in. It's going to take four months to dig them out.

A second note from the miners indicated they were living in a makeshift refuge. Using a bulldozer, they have created a canal of fresh water and have used electricity from a truck engine to rig up lighting deep inside the notoriously dangerous copper mine.

~~ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/23/trapped-miners-alive-chile

Updated image - I realized the waterfall was not in the same perspective, and was too bright.

The dwarves found an 40-z underground pit between caverns. They built.

Draco18s, Shall I send flowers?

Last night a dwarf made a Gold high boot, with all the trimmings.

But he just made ONE boot. Now who is going to be walking around the fortress with that on?

Thanks for doing this!

Is there a public server we can log into?