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Get out your swords and axes, it is time for a RPG tournament!
Please read all the instructions CAREFULLY before joining.
This tournament is quite involved and complex. If you are only interested in playing some games, this is probably not the tournament for you.
Freemiums are welcome, but please keep one spot open for this tournament for its duration. There may be significant periods of downtime, so this may not be recommended.
The Legend of Tor Na'Mit
The Story
Darkness had come to the land of Tor Na'Mit. Ordinary citizens could no longer go about their day to day lives without fear of terrible creatures or dark magics causing them troubles. This greatly disturbed the king, and so he sent a message to the fifty greatest heroes in the land.
King Gozar wrote:Heroes of Tor Na'Mit. I am sure you are all aware of the darkness that now covers the land. The balance between light and dark must be restored. Thus, I am sending you all forth to recover the seven magical wands that can bring peace back into the world. The hero who returns to me with the seven wands shall receive 100, 000 gold coins. I bid you all good luck.
With that, the heroes set forth, each seeking for the lost wands, and each competing with the other for the king's ransom......
Be the first hero to recover all seven lost wands!
i)50 players will each choose a character class. Each class has different abilities.
ii)In the first round, players will play be randomly divided into ten, 5 player games. Seven of these games will be 'wand' games, and three 'non-wand'. The wands will be randomly placed, one in each game.
iii)All games in this tournament will be Standard/Sequential/Escalating/Chained/Sunny
iv)Before each round, each player must indicate who they are using their class power on(if applicable), as well as which wands they will use(if applicable). If no action is indicated, none will be taken.
v)The winner of a 'wand' game receives that wand, and one wand charge. Winners of 'non-wand' games will gain no advantage.
vi)Wand charges are needed to use a wand's power. Wand charges must be used before each round or they are lost.
vii)In the second round, and each round after that, players may choose which game they would like to join, as well which powers or wands they would like to use(if applicable). Any unclaimed wands will be randomly placed in one of these games.
viii)At the end of these games, they may begin choosing which map they wish to play in the next round as well as there actions. First come, first served. There will be five spots maximum in each game, although games will run with anywhere from 2-5 players.
ix)A player who goes unchallenged in a district during a round, counts as having won that round.
x)At the end of the game, the winner may choose an unclaimed wand, or any one defeated player's wand, as a prize(if applicable).
xi)Players can only be prevented from joining a game each round by the Wand of Death. There is no way to be completely eliminated from this tournament.
xii)Play continues as such until one hero has all the wands!
xiii)All choices can be made by PM. That is, unless you want to go around shouting about who you are casting into limbo with the Wand of Death.
xiv)Failure to notify me of which game you intend to play in, or any other critical action, will result in your removal from the tournament.
xv)You always to have 24 hours from the time my PM is sent to make your actions. It will be occasionally possible to take actions outside of this 24 hour period, but there are no guarantees.
xvi)Getting booted for missing too many turns will result in removal from the tournament.
xvii)The next round will not begin until the previous is entirely finished.
xviii)Any questions about the rules will rest on my judgment. All decisions are binding and final.
The Wands
Wands contain different magical powers, that can be activated by winning a game. Each victory will produce one wand charge that must be used before each round or lost. Due to the heavy magical effort of taking on a new wand, only one may be recovered each round. Wands cannot be taken into limbo.
There are seven wands spread throughout the kingdom of Tor Na'Mit.
The Wand of Might: Use of this wand will grant the user incredible constitution for one round, allowing them to pick up two wands in one round. (if possible)
The Wand of Magic: Use of this wand will grant the user heightened magical abilities, allowing them to gain two wand charges should they win in the next round.
The Wand of Stealth: Use of this wand will grant the user great dexterity. Should they eliminate a wand carrying hero in the next round, they may Steal the wand, regardless of whether or not they win the round.
The Wand of Vision: Use of this wand gives the user heightened sensory abilities, allowing them to discover which heroes are carrying wands.
The Wand of Revival: This wand can return a hero from limbo or remove a curse.
The Wand of Death: This wand casts a hero into limbo (cannot join games and any owned wands are randomly replaced next round).
The Wand of Protection: This wand protects the user harmful spells, abilities(including Steal) and their wands from detection for the round. This wand will not remove a current curse, but will prevent new curses from being placed.
The Classes
There are many different types of hero in the lands:
Warrior: The strongest of heroes, their strength allows them to retrieve two wands from a battle, instead of the usual one. A warrior using the wand of might is said to be able to retrieve three wands in one round.
Mage: The wisest of heroes, their wisdom allows them to gain twice the wand charges as others from a victory. A wizard using the wand of magic is said to be able to gain three charges in one victory.
Rogue: The quickest of heroes, their dexterity will allow them to Steal the wand of an enemy they slay in battle, whether they win the round or not.
Druid: These heroes live in harmony with nature. Their natural camouflage allows them to prevent detection of their wands, and prevent their wands from being Stolen.
Ranger: The Ranger is a skilled tracker, and is able to determine who has ownership of one wand each round.
Cleric: These heroes are excellent protectors and healers. They cannot be harmed by curses or by the wand of death. They may also remove a curse from one hero each round, as well as tell who has been cursed.
Necromancer: These heroes are masters of the grave. They can place one curse upon heroes. If a cursed hero is cast into limbo in the future, the cursing necromancer will gain their wands, rather than it being replaced. Only the most recent curse will remain. Only the wand of Death can send a hero to limbo.
The Lands
The lands of Tor Na'Mit are vast and wide. Here are the many districts:
Alexander's Empire
Americain Civil War
Ancient Greece
British Isles
Caribbean Islands
Draknor-Level 1
Extreme Global Warming
Greater China
High Seas
Middle Earth
Middle East
Mongol Empire
Puget Sound
Soviet Union
Texan Wars
WWII Eastern Front
As new lands are discovered, more districts may become available.
The hero who returns with all seven wands will receive 100,000 gold coins.
(Approx. value=$0.0000000001 CDN)
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The Heroes
Bones2484, a Cleric
keiths31 the Kanadier, a Cleric
Kernal_Kronic, a Druid
CandaVespin, a Cleric
jwithington, a Cleric of Fharlanghn
Heroes in Limbo
ralphcptc, a Druid
harvmax, a Rogue
SkywardShadow, the charismatic Rogue
barterer2002, a Ranger
Dazoot, the High Druid
poguemahone, the Celtic Warrior
ultraman, a Mage
MEK, a Ranger
Timminz, the Rogue scholar
Lufsen75, the devil's Warrior
denominator, a Ranger
AfroDwarf the Deepwarden, a Druid
mountainbill, a Mage
Marfski, a Necromancer
R0k0v, the kick-ass Cossack, a Warrior
Forza AZ, a Druid
Keellan, a Druid
satenialynn, a Druid
brandoncfi, a Ranger
White Moose, the albino Druid
BaldAdonis, a Druid
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Drasill, a Necromancer\
KidWhisky, the clandestine Cleric
Natewolfman, a Rogue
geigerm, a Cleric
thekidstrumpet, the unlikely Warrior
greyknight77, the glum Warrior
lemurkind, a Necromancer
amazzony, a Cleric
mangus of China, a Rouge
wpg27offsuit, a Mage
Hawk79, a Ranger
Anarkistsdream, a Ranger
tabsnake, a Mage
acores2005, a Warrior
drake_259, a Druid
kaisr90, a Druid
MostMackinest, a Necromancer, the NecroManicinest
plurple the master of magic, a Mage
vampir2124, the vamparic Necromancer
Destroyer Sol, the mighty Warrior
nic379, a Necromancer
monster14, Warrior of death
demon7896, the evil Warrior
kagetora, a Rogue


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It's been quite a while as I haven't had the time nor the desire to blog. Who knew blogging would be such a hard task at hand. Creativity flows from my mind and transforms in to precious work of art when I am creating girly things so how come it's so hard for me to sit down and put my thoughts on the computer? Is blogging jibberish ramblings of a woman going crazy at 12:39 am? I think so...... Who in their right mind would be willing to do this at this hour? Ummmmmmmmm Me of Course. So here it goes the update.
Ventura Harbor
was the perfect spot for our photo shoot location! My daughter Keeley looked amazing as usual and was eager to please. My husband Bobby & my helper Alissa were both on top of all the equipment and wardrobe changes that were neede to take the perfect shot. I was thankful for all the help that I recieved from the two of them. Bobby found this beautiful boat right on the marina and I just knew this was going to be the one. How perfect is this outfit and sucha abeautiful background setting. I was so proud of my little girl as she looked absolutely stunning modeling her mommy's creations.
A Day at the Beach
Wow ! Absolutely Breathtaking ....This was such an amazing day at the beach as we were fitting in tutu portraits on a vacation weekend. My boys were back at the hotel gearing up for a day of fun and shopping. We drove down to the beach once again to take pictures of Keeley modeling my newest of creations the Strawberries and Champagne Petal Filled Tutu Skirt. What a perfectly lovely tutu for the scenery . It was so much fun watching the waves go in and out. These tutus are truly amazing for portrait work. Keeley had such fun at the beach. I loved seeing her dance, and twirl in the sand. She eventually found a stick and was dragging it behind her. I thank god for this perfect little girl he has brought in to our family's life. She is the reason for my inspiration I just love her too too much.
Happy Birthday Baby...
We just finished our new line of birthday tutus filled with super sweet pom-poms, & Large and small Happy Birthday confetti. These cuties come in purple, and hot pink and are asuper fun. Our sewn filled tutu's are a great addition for birthday party ocassions and a truly a must have! What little girl wouldn't want her own Birthday tutu to twirl, and dance around in on her special day.She's sure to stand out amongst the crowd on her special day. Whether your child is 1 or 16 she'll love the party tutu suprise. Did I mention we sell Birthday party packages? Now you can design your own tutu party! Check out www.iluvututumuch.net to order your own tutu party custom creations
Artisans Guild Relay for life.
Alissa & I worked hours on end to make just the right amount of boutique goodies for the hundreds of people that came through on Saturday & Sunday. With only 3 hours of sleep between the both of us we were up and ready to preform our duties of showing off our wonderful creations. We decided on a raffle of two beautiful dresses.
What fun it is to have a contest! So we decided to raffle off a couple of tutu dresses in the days that followed our arrival at the artisans guild. In order to win the raffled off Tutu Dresses patrons would need to contribute $2.00 towards the raffle. Tickets with the winners information were called on late Sunday afternoon, to come pick up their items. Our beautiful tutu dresses were specially made with layers upon layers of soft american made tulle that would be fit for a princess. Everyone was equally impressed with the quality of new items we had on hand,and several new custom orders were placed.
Bibs & Burpies
With Designers in mind like Amy Butler, Michael Miller, & Robert Kauffman your sure to make incredible artwork out of their fabric. We handmade, and designed our newest addition of bibs and burpcloths adding the extra finishing touches of chenille & terrycloth to the back for a complete moisture barrier.Baby products are always fun to design and sew and we have had a tremendous amount of buyers asking for new products so we decided to try our hand on a few new creations. Consumers were eager to mix and match our bib and burp sets they especially enjoyed our new baby pails that are great for gift giving on birthdays, baby showers, or even stocking stuffers.
Just a Few Creations
Trying our hand at a few ,new ideas besides our signature series of Tutus & Tutu dresses we decided to break the mold and make embellished onesies, pillowcase dresses, baby blankets and doggie tutus in which by the way we sold out of instantly. Go figure! Alissa had been on my case for the past year trying to break down my guard so that I would cave in to her demands of apparel for little pooches. I just resisted with all my might. I absolutely could not, would not make tutus for animals! Or so I thought. Who would of thought that a little tulle attatched to some elastic would make the world go round for dog lovers. People all over town were asking us constantly to make these precious commodities for their little ones. With much hesitation I gave in to their demands and they were such a big hit. Here are a few pics of our sweet and lovely new creations.


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Help us reach our $4.5 million goal to open Paramount School of the Arts, replace the Paramount seats and remodel Copley Theatre. Every little bit counts!
Starting summer 2018, the Paramount seats will be replaced. As a non-profit theater, replacing our seats is only made possible through donations.
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WIN TV to provide programming from FamilyNet
Wayland Baptist University's campus TV station, WIN-TV 6, has become an affiliate of FamilyNet television. The channel will feature a new programming line-up as of Sept. 4. A channel listing is available on-line at www.familynettv.com or by calling the TV station at 291-1090.
WIN TV6 is owned and operated by Wayland and serves the community with family-oriented and Christian programming. The station had been an affiliate of the ACTS television system since its inception in 1984. Hallmark recently completed acquisition of the network and altered their local insertion agreements according to Steve Long, Director of Radio and TV at Wayland.
"Hallmark does not want local insertions, except for one early morning hour each day," Long said. "We are committed to providing the local church services of First Baptist Church of Plainview as well as Jackson Chapel of Tulia on the channel each week. We also are committed to showing the Mayor's Talk To Your City and other important community TV shows. Hallmark said no."
FamilyNet is owned and operated by the Southern Baptist Convention and is broadcast from their facilities in Fort Worth. The network produces over 50 hours of family-oriented programs each week. Programs include The Nana Puddin' Show, for children, Al Denson's Studio 828, for youth, and Home Life, for families.
"I know that FamilyNet will provide of broad spectrum of appealing programming for all ages," Long said. "And I hope that everyone will see that this is a positive change for Plainview television."
Long also said that Cox Cable plans to put the Hallmark channel on another channel in the near future.


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Author Notes: If you are like me, you always offer to bring something when invited to someone's house. I mean the offer, I always love an opportunity to cook for people, but sometimes it's hard to come up with a quick idea on the fly. And when it's one of those roaming parties – not a seated affair – choosing a dish that doesn't have to be kept hot or cold or require and special equipment adds to the challenge. I tend to fall back on the same recipes, but I recently wanted to add one to my repertoire – after all, it gets to be the same people at parties, right? These little Fig and Blue Cheese bites are easy but very elegant, and the surprising tart and tangy with sweet combination is a real treat. - TheRunawaySpoon
Food52 Review: These delicate, crumbly little thumbprints are the perfect combination of sweet and savory, as their names suggests -- they're like a great cheese plate all wrapped into one crunchy little morsel. TheRunawaySpoon's simple food processor dough yields tender, buttery coins flecked with blue cheese and black pepper. A good quality fig jam is crucial here; if you can't find it, quince or pear jam would also work well. - A&M —The Editors
Makes: about 3 dozen
cup all-purpose flour
cup butter, room temperature
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Ground black pepper
Fig preserves, about 3 Tablespoons
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Place the flour, butter, blue cheese and a few grinds of black pepper in the bowl of a food processor. Process until the dough just comes together and starts to form a ball.
- Dump the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead a few times to pull the dough together. Roll out to 1/8 inch thick with a floured rolling pin. Cut rounds out of the dough with a floured 1-inch cutter and transfer the rounds to the parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Using the back or a round half-teaspoon measure or your knuckle, make an indentation in the top of each dough round. Spoon about ¼ teaspoon of fig preserves into each indentation, using your finger to push the preserves as best as possible into the indentations.
- Bake the savories for 10 – 14 minutes, until the preserves are bubbling and the pastry is light golden on the bottom.
- Let cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes, the remove to a wire rack to cool.
- You'll find fig preserves at the grocery – it may be shelved with the "fancy" jams and jellies. You can make these a day ahead and keep them in two layers separated by waxed paper in an airtight container.
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Walt Disney Co. registered "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' $2.02-billion stake in the company for possible sale, allowing the filmmaker to sell the stock at his discretion.
Lucas, 68, holds 37.1 million shares of Disney, a 2.1% stake, according to a regulatory filing by the film, TV and theme-park company. The action doesn't mean a sale is imminent. Disney completed its $4.06- billion purchase of his Lucasfilm Ltd. on Dec. 21.
Lynne Hale, a Lucasfilm spokeswoman, declined to comment, referring inquiries to Disney, which also wouldn't comment.
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The annual pre-Grammy gala known as the Clive Davis party is an A-list showbiz summit — "the invite everybody wants," as CBS boss Les Moonves put it — masquerading as an intimate hang. This year's event Saturday at the Beverly Hilton was no exception.
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"I feel like I am in the minority and everyone else seems happy with how things are going."
I think you brought up a good point, because I guess most of the people on the forums enjoy what is happening in the beta, but people like you, who are just waiting for the release, don't post that often or at all. If you don't follow the development, I can see how it is frustrating or simply not interesting anymore.
It would be interesting to know how many people who have preordered didn't play at all until now.
Maybe, if a newsletter doesn't work, it's a good idea to place a sticky with the current stage of development for people who just check in every half year.
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Gene Variation within a Tree
The root system of a tree species is genetically different than the leaves of that individual, potentially modifying scientists' understanding of evolution.
Aug 13, 2012
Edyta Zielinska
Sequencing the genomes of tissue taken from the entire black cottonwood tree, from their crowns to their roots, researchers at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign found over a hundred thousand mutations that were unique to a particular tissue sample, differing from other parts of the same tree.
"This could change the classic paradigm that evolution only happens in a population rather than at an individual level," said Brett Olds from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a biologist from the Ken Paige lab that presented the work at a meeting of the Ecological Society of America, according to Nature.
The black cottonwood was chosen for the study because it lives up to 200 years and can produce offspring via new shoots that share the same root system as the parent. While clonally reproduced organisms often share a majority of their genes, the researchers found more similarity between the tops of two different trees than there was between the top and bottom of the same tree. "When people study plants, they'll often take a cutting from a leaf and assume that it is representative of the plant's genome," Olds said. "That may not be the case. You may need to take multiple tissues."


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[EDITOR'S NOTE:] Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton issued this guest post to talk about her support for LGBT civil rights.
As I have traveled around the country these past twelve months, what I sensed in my heart has been confirmed – America is embracing its LGBT sons and daughters with an acceptance and understanding as never before. On the campaign trail, a father of a gay son will ask about ending Don't Ask, Don't Tell. A woman will ask why she can be discriminated against just because of who she is. Sometimes they wait furtively for the crowd to thin and then whisper their confidences in a soft voice and sometimes they stand up proudly at town meetings and want me to share my views on how I will help lead the change to assure that this country fulfills its promise to everyone.
Let me tell you what I have been telling voters across America. I am fully committed to the fair and equal treatment of LGBT Americans. For seven long years, the Bush Administration has tried to divide us - only seeing people who matter to them. It's been a government of the few, by the few, and for the few. And no community has been more invisible to this administration than the LGBT community.


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AN INTREPID team of charity trekkers from across Sussex have begun their voyage to China for the county's only children's hospice.
About 50 fundraisers have today (Saturday, October 10) set off on the adventure, which will see them scaling parts of the Great Wall of China in aid of Chestnut Tree House.
The fundraisers have raised an incredible £85,935 for the needy children's hospice.
A majority of the team left by coach from Worthing shortly after 4.30pm this afternoon, before stopping at Pease Pottage to pick up some more trekkers.
It's expected that the group will take off from Heathrow Airport later this evening before arriving in Beijing the next day.
Reporter Tom Cotterill is following the trekkers' nine-day adventure and will be posting updates about the trip throughout the week.
He said: 'This is a truly thrilling opportunity and a once-in-a-lifetime experience for everyone.
'It's also an incredible way to raise money for a charity which does so much for seriously-ill children across Sussex and Hampshire.'
The nine-day trip is expected to raise enough money to pay for a total of two weeks treatment for Poling-based hospice.
Tom said: 'Chestnut Tree House is a truly magical place and a vital lifeline for more than 300 families across the county.
'They care for hundreds of children with life-limiting illnesses and do an incredible job.'
He added: 'There is plenty of excitement on the coach right now. People have been fundraising tirelessly for more than a year to make this happen.'
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Oakland, CA – The Golden State Warriors are headed to the Western Conference semifinals, but only after nearly blowing an 18-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Stephen Curry scored 14 of his 22 points in a momentum-changing third quarter and Golden State fended off a furious Denver comeback to win Game 6 in a 92-88 thriller.
"You're excited, obviously," Curry said. "For me, my first playoff series win, first for the organization in a while. Everybody is relieved to kind of get it done. It's still a hazy kind of feeling because of the way the game ended, it going down to that last possession. Just a sense of relief with the way the game finished."
Andrew Bogut stepped up with 14 points and 21 rebounds after a silent start to the series, and the sixth-seeded Warriors, appearing in the postseason for the first time since 2007, held Denver to 35 percent shooting to advance.
Draymond Green chipped in 16 points with 10 boards and netted six critical points after the Nuggets made things interesting with a late 13-0 run.
David Lee surprisingly made a brief appearance in the first quarter, and it's unclear whether the All-Star forward will play in the next round against the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs completed their sweep of the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.
Denver, the West's No. 3 seed, lost all three games at Oracle Arena and heads home early following its 57-win regular season. Andre Iguodala led the way Thursday with 24 points, nine rebounds and six assists, while Ty Lawson added 17 points, though the point guard had just five after halftime.
Wilson Chandler scored 11 points, but shot just 5-of-17 from the floor and missed a potential tying runner in the final minute.
"A good series for both teams that are young, have a bright future in the Western Conference," Nuggets coach George Karl said. "I'm disappointed in the result, but can't be more proud of my basketball team, the way we shot the ball. We had numerous moments to give in on the game and we never did. One more layup, one more free throw go in, could have been a miraculous comeback."
Warriors head coach Mark Jackson was fined $25,000 by the NBA for his comments following Denver's Game 5 victory. Jackson claimed the Nuggets got away with several "dirty" plays, claiming Nuggets power forward Kenneth Faried took a cheap shot at Curry's oft-injured ankles.
Coincidentally, or perhaps not, Faried was whistled for three fouls in less than a minute early in the third quarter with Denver holding a 44-40 lead.
With Faried on the bench, the Warriors took control. Curry hit two straight 3- pointers to cap a quick 10-0 run that gave the hosts a 50-44 advantage. Carl Landry's three-point play off a transition feed from Curry pushed the margin to double digits, 64-53, near the midway point, and Golden State brought a 73-62 lead into the final 12 minutes.
The Warriors scored the first seven points in the fourth to go ahead by a seemingly comfortable 80-62 margin with 9:11 remaining.
The Nuggets momentarily silenced the home crowd with 13 consecutive points to pull within five, and after Green drove in for a layup to end the drought, Iguodala drained a 3-pointer, cutting the deficit to 82-78 with 4:14 left.
Another Iguodala triple pulled the visitors within three with 62 seconds to play, and Faried made it 90-88 when he split a pair at the foul line with 32.4 seconds on the clock.
A turnover off an inbounds pass -- Golden State's 10th giveaway in the quarter -- led to Chandler driving the right side and putting up a floater that drew iron. Chandler's tip-in was also off the mark, and he knocked the ball out of bounds with 11.4 seconds to go.
Jarrett Jack sank the clinching free throws to end Denver's season.
The first quarter was highlighted by two unlikely occurrences. Lee entered the game with 2:23 on the clock to a standing ovation just two weeks after a torn right hip flexor was thought to have ended his season. He missed the only shot he took, was back on the bench 1:27 later and did not re-enter the game.
Nuggets center Kosta Koufos beat the shot clock with an unlikely 3-pointer -- the first of his five-year career -- in the latter stages of the frame, and Denver took a 25-21 lead into the second quarter.
The Warriors connected on an uncharacteristically low 39 percent from the field in the first half, but only trailed by two, 42-40, at halftime as a result of the Nuggets hitting on just 34 percent of their shots.
Denver led by as many as 11 behind 13 offensive rebounds, scoring 12 points off 10 turnovers and holding the backcourt duo of Curry and Klay Thompson to a meager nine points.
Game Notes
The Warriors have not lost a Game 6 at home since April 5, 1969 ... Denver has lost in the first round of the playoffs nine of the last 10 years ... Golden State committed 21 turnovers to Denver's seven ... Faried totaled 11 points and 10 rebounds.


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John Hollinger wrote:Chucker. Gunner. Ball hog. Shot-seeker. Whatever term you want to use, there's a certain type of player out there that everyone is familiar with: Somebody who takes a lot of shots and makes, well, not a lot of them.
There's a fine line between this type of player and genuine superstars. Nobody begrudges LeBron James or Kobe Bryant using a quarter of his team's possessions, because they use those possessions so effectively. It's when you get to the players who shoot indiscriminately, especially low-percentage shots early in the clock, that fans (and coaches) get upset.
With that in mind, it's time to introduce a new annual award here at Hollinger HQ: The All-Gunner Team. We've combined visual, subjective observation with a comb through the stats for which players shoot most often with least effect.
Before we start, a few caveats: First of all, I didn't pick on players who are having unusually poor shooting seasons taking the shots they normally take (Rodney Stuckey and Kirk Hinrich, for instance) -- that's not the idea here. Second, I cut some slack for players on bad offensive teams. Stuckey and Richard Hamilton have ridiculously high usage rates, for instance, but that's in part because they play with three non-scorers around them most of the time -- somebody has to shoot the thing.
While many of the names should be obvious, a few have escaped attention this season. Without further ado, here are 15 players we'd like to see show a whole lot more discretion offensively:
Michael Beasley, Heat
Beasley still packs some amazing offensive potential, but the results just haven't been there this season. The shots are, however.
He averages 13.4 shots per game in only 29.8 minutes per game, but has a true shooting percentage of just 50.1 -- even with Dwyane Wade commanding most of the opponent's attention -- and assists on just 7.2 percent of his possessions, putting him in the bottom third of power forwards. Beasley has by far the highest usage rate (23.3) of any frontcourt player with a TS% under 51.
Andres Nocioni, Kings
The classic case of a jaded veteran on a bad team; you can practically hear him screaming "get me out of here" every time he catches and shoots a contested 22-footer in the first seven seconds of the shot clock. Known as "Red Bull" for his superior effort level in Chicago, his color is more blue these days -- check out all those cold zones on his NBA.com shot chart. Nocioni shoots 46 percent or less from every spot except the left corner and 39.6 percent overall. Does "El Rey Azul" work for anyone?
Kris Humphries, Nets
When a team trades you for Eduardo Najera and feels good about it, you know there might be a problem.
Humphries is a good athlete who can rebound, yet has never adjusted his worldview of his role in an offense to match the reality of his life as a 10th man in the NBA. Humphries has a TS% of just 48.9 but has matched Nocioni hoist for hoist; only five power forwards have a worse assist ratio.
Larry Hughes, Bobcats
Cleveland's superb beat writer Brian Windhorst had a trademark phrase for Hughes called "all roads lead to 40 percent." He only wishes he could shoot that well these days -- he still takes the same questionable shots he did as a Cav but is converting at just 34.5 percent.
He has the worst TS% of any player with at least 800 minutes and a usage rate over 19.
Al Harrington, Knicks
Just call him Seven Milliseconds or Less -- Harrington is shooting off the catch unless there's a darned good reason not to. Like if he's on his own side of half court, for instance, or if he's trapped under something heavy. Otherwise, it's time to hit the boards.
While Harrington's decent percentages make him one of the more innocuous gunners, his tunnel vision (7.8 assist ratio) is shocking. Only two players with a usage rate higher than 24 have a worse assist ratio, and those two (Amare Stoudemire and Chris Kaman) are interior players; Harrington is doing this from the perimeter.
Ersan Ilyasova, Bucks
Everyone likes Ilyasova because he's tough, he rebounds and he's been a pleasant surprise in his return from Europe. Nonetheless, if we had a special category called Bad Jacks Late in Close Games, Ilyasova would be pushing for the league lead. While he's slightly less brazen than his brethren on this list in other situations, he offers most of the same traits -- a high usage rate, a low assist ratio and a below-average TS% for his position.
Tyreke Evans, Kings
Evans plays point guard much of the time and thus has a decent assist ratio, but that masks his major weakness as a playmaker: He thinks sequentially. As in, "First, I'll look for my shot; only when I am cut off, I'll look to see what's going on around me." As a result he might be one of the most frustrating teammates in the league.
He's one of a handful of players with a TS% under 53 and a usage rate above 25, but the visual is what really puts him over the top -- the idea of involving people just for the sake of their participation in the offense seems completely foreign to him. Too many times he's passing only as a last resort.
Trevor Ariza, Rockets
Ariza is the league leader in a type of shot I call the "Contract Justifier" -- at least once a game, especially early in the season, he takes a ridiculous one-on-one heave for absolutely no reason ... except, one wonders, to justify his full midlevel deal and newfound "star" status with the Rockets.
The irony is that this has had the exact opposite effect: Ariza's TS% is a brutal 47.5, the fourth-worst of any player with a usage rate above 20.0, and as a result his PER is well south of the mark he posted as a role player in Los Angeles.
Monta Ellis, Warriors
The unquestioned captain of our all-gunner team, Ellis plays like the "2" on the shot clock isn't there and is seemingly oblivious to the fact most of his teammates are better shooters. If not all of them, actually ... Ellis actually has the worst TS% of any Warriors rotation payer, including the three D-League call-ups, yet is far and away the team leader in usage rate.
He has the highest usage rate of any guard with a negative pure point rating, and the seventh-highest of any player in the league ... yet Golden State has the league's 21st-best offense when he's on the court and the second-best when he's not.
Rasheed Wallace, Celtics
The Sports Guy's new favorite player is theoretically unselfish, except for the part about him being infected by the ghost of Antoine Walker and jacking up every 3 he can possibly get his hands on. Only Baron Davis has taken so many 3s to so little effect, and Davis has played nearly 50 percent more minutes.
What makes Wallace even more maddening is that there are plenty of shots you want him to take and he won't take them -- getting him to post up has proved frustratingly difficult ever since Mike Dunleavy was ripping out his few remaining hairs trying to get him to do it in Portland.
(Side note: Since Dunleavy's name has been disparaged for his performance with the Clips, I want to remind everyone that he coached a team with Isaiah Rider, Rasheed Wallace, Stacey Augmon and Bonzi Wells to the Western Conference finals in 1999, beating a Utah team with John Stockton and Karl Malone in the process. Just saying.)
Gilbert Arenas, Wizards
No, it's not that kind of all-gunner team, but Arenas still belongs. Actually he rivals Ellis for the captain's spot. Arenas ranks third in the league in usage rate despite a TS% below the league norm at 51.1 percent; he seemed particularly fond of quick 3s off the dribble, attempting nearly six triples a game but hitting only 34.8 percent from long range.
Arenas' 7.2 assists per game were a new career high, but that's damning with faint praise -- he should have been sharing it more given his reduced effectiveness as a scorer.
Al Jefferson, Timberwolves
I realize it's the Wolves and somebody has to shoot on this gawdawful team, so I'd be willing to overlook the combination of subpar TS% (52.4) and high usage rate (22.5). But c'mon big fella, would it kill you to pass out of a double-team once in a while?
Jefferson is the unofficial league leader in post-ups that begin with him thinking "Let me just see if I can split this double before I try to kick it out" and end with him trapped by two men against the baseline. He's making progress of a sort -- his abysmal assist ratio (8.9) is a new career high -- but it's going much, much slower than hoped.
T.J. Ford, Pacers
Ford's numbers are deceiving because his assist ratio (24.1) is halfway decent, but the long-running complaint about him is that he'll pound the ball until he either scores or can make a pass that produces an assist -- there's no interest in moving the ball for movement's sake. Instead of "All for one and one for all," it's more like "All for one as long as that one is me."
In a related story, he's lost his starting job each of the past two seasons and has been relegated to third-string while the Pacers play their best ball of the season.
J.R. Smith, Nuggets
The league leader in "wow" shots. As in, "Wow, I can't believe he just took that shot." Or, "Wow, I can't believe he just pulled up from there." Or, "Wow, they're leaving him in the game after that?" Smith's shot selection was merely a curiosity in past seasons, but given the fact (A) it isn't getting any better, and (B) he's actually upped his gunning considerably, it's a far greater issue than in previous seasons.
Smith is the only player besides Monta Ellis with a usage rate above 24 and a negative pure point rating. In fact he's on pace for both a career-high usage rate and a career-low TS% -- never a good combination. The biggest reason is that he's taking six 3-pointers a game while making just 33.1 percent.
Jannero Pargo, Bulls
People don't lump Pargo into conversations like this because he's a deep reserve, and because he's generally a good dude. But when it comes to jacking indiscriminately he has few peers, despite a jumper that's somewhere south of deadly.
Pargo's TS% is a shockingly bad 43.4, the seventh-worst mark in basketball this season, but he's still firing away. Only one other player in the TS% bottom 25 (Bobby Brown) fires this indiscriminately, and Brown hardly plays; Pargo is a rotation player for a playoff contender. Let's hope he tones it down a little with the long J's off the dribble.


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A female university rowing club who caused a feminism row last year over their racy charity calendar have defied critics to bare all in an even saucier follow-up. The students from The University of Warwick's Rowing Society caused controversy last year after their saucy snaps were branded 'tacky' and 'sexist'.
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TOPEKA - The Republican-dominated Kansas Senate wants to indefinitely extend a ban on expanding the state's Medicaid program in line with the federal health care overhaul.
Senators approved a bill on a 33-7 vote Tuesday night saying the state couldn't expand Medicaid unless the Legislature approves the policy. The measure goes to the House.
A ban included last year in budget legislation is set to expire with the appropriations law in July 2015.
Medicaid provides health coverage for the needy and disabled. Supporters note that an expansion would help thousands of poor, working Kansans and that the federal government promises to pick up most of the cost.
But GOP lawmakers see the 2010 federal health care law championed by Democratic President Barack Obama as burdensome and likely to harm the economy.


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Ask the Diet Doctor: The Best Post-Workout Snack
We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. This week Shape turns to nutritional consultant Mike Roussell, PhD, for some help!
Q: I'm starving after my workout! What can I do to stop that or to avoid canceling out the calories I just burned?
—Regina, Facebook
A: It may seem a little counterintuitive, but immediately after your workout is the best time of day to eat, so even if you're not starving, you should still eat something.
The good news is that you can't cancel out the calories you just burned during your workout. Weight loss and the human body don't work like that. When you're working out, your body burns fat to be used as energy. If you eat right after your workout, those calories won't be used to replace the burned body fat. Your body only stores food as body fat when it doesn't have anything else to do with the extra calories you eat. After your workout, your body needs to start restoring and repairing itself from your training session. In other words, it needs calories.
The calories you eat after your workout will be used to replace energy stores in your muscles that got used up during your training session. Your body also uses any protein you eat to build and repair your muscles that were broken down as a result of you pushing them to their limits.
Eating immediately after you finish a workout is beneficial for many reasons. Your body will automatically use the calories you eat for good (repair and recovery) and not bad (fat storage). In fact, research shows that your body's ability to refill muscle energy stores decreases by 50 percent if you wait to eat just two hours after your workout compared to eating right away. Eating after your workout may also increase your body's insulin sensitivity or its ability to use carbohydrates — an important factor for weight loss and health for the following 24 hours.
Find out which foods you should eat post-workout after the break!
Your next question might be "OK, then what should I eat?" Directly following your workout, I recommend that you have a liquid meal that contains protein and carbohydrates like a Gatorade G3 or a similar recovery drink. These drinks don't require a lot of digestion, so the nutrients will get into your system fast, allowing for your body to jump-start the recovery process. If your training session lasts longer than 60 minutes, aim for a recovery drink that contains at least 10 to 15 grams of protein and 30 to 40 grams of carbohydrates. Having a liquid meal is also convenient, as you can have it at the gym and many people can't stomach a lot of food right after working out. Forty-five minutes to one hour after your workout, eat a whole food meal, again containing protein and carbohydrates. For example, a piece of fish with quinoa and a green salad with olive oil would be a great meal to have at this time.
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Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope 1883-1963
The most famous British admiral during the Second World War Andrew B. Cunningham, or ABC as he was known in the navy, had a superb fighting record in the early war years and served as First Sea Lord between 1943 - 1946.
Entering the navy as a cadet aboard the training ship HMS Britannia in 1897, Cunningham fought in the Naval Brigade during the South African War of 1899-1902. He commanded a destroyer during the First World War and spent much of his time in destroyers in the inter-war period when he acquired a reputation as an expert ship-handler.
In the 1930s Cunningham served mostly in the Mediterranean and in June 1939 became Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, the navy's most prestigious fleet command. Bored by staff work, Cunningham had a Nelsonian instinct to close and destroy the enemy at every opportunity.
Cunningham's forces were substantially reinforced in mid 1940 after the fall of France and Italy's declaration of war and he successfully negotiated an agreement with Admiral Godfroy to demilitarise the French squadron in Alexandria harbour. Almost immediately Cunningham's offensive spirit was brought to bear on the enemy; at the Battle of Calabria on 9 July aboard his flagship Warspite Cunningham chased the Italian Fleet to within 40 kilometres of the Italian coast. He gave his enthusiastic backing to an aircraft attack against Taranto harbour in November when one Italian battleship was sunk and two seriously damaged. In March 1941 at the Battle of Cape Matapan Cunningham's battlefleet again pursued the Italians and sank three heavy cruisers in a memorable night time action.
The most difficult situation faced by Cunningham was the evacuation of troops from Greece and the island of Crete in the face of German invasions in April and May 1941. Without air cover Cunningham's fleet suffered serious losses but responded magnificently to his call that the 'Navy must not let the army down.' Out of 22,000 troops on Crete 16,500 were rescued but three cruisers and six destroyers were sunk and a further 15 major warships damaged.
In April 1942 Cunningham was appointed to head the naval staff mission to Washington and proved an ideal opposite number to the equally blunt American, Admiral Ernest King. Given command of the Allied Expeditionary Force in mid 1942 for the invasion of North Africa he successfully directed the November landings from his headquarters in Gibraltar and began a long friendship with General Eisenhower.
February 1943 saw Cunningham return to his post as Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet. When Axis forces in North Africa were on the verge of surrender three months later he ordered that none should be allowed to escape; entirely in keeping with his fiery character he signalled the fleet 'Sink, burn and destroy: Let nothing pass'.
He oversaw the landings on the island of Sicily in July 1943 and in Italy in September which knocked Italy out of the war. On 10 September he was present at Malta to witness the surrender of the Italian fleet, ending a three year struggle for control of the Mediterranean.
On 16 October 1943 Cunningham succeeded Admiral Dudley Pound as First Sea Lord. As a member of the Chiefs of Staff committee Cunningham was responsible for overall strategic direction of the navy for the remainder of the war. He attended the major conferences at Cairo, Tehran, Quebec, Yalta and Postdam at which the Allies discussed future strategy including the invasion of Normandy and the deployment of a British fleet to the Pacific. Cunningham served as First Sea Lord until his retirement in 1946.
Further reading:
- C. Barnett, Engage the Enemy More Closely: The Royal Navy in the Second World War (London, 1991).
- Admiral A.B. Cunningham, A Sailor's Odyssey (London, 1952)
- J. Winton, Cunningham: The Greatest Admiral since Nelson (London, 1998)


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A testy Vice President Joseph Biden wrangled with House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan on Thursday night in their only debate, which focused mostly on foreign policy.
Biden accused the Republican vice presidential nominee of "malarkey" and "loose talk," frequently laughing in disbelief at Ryan from the start of their only faceoff, which began with a discussion of the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Libya. Ryan, meanwhile, remained composed yet unanimated.
"What we are watching on our TV screens is the unraveling of the Obama foreign policy, which is making the world more chaotic and us less safe," Ryan said.
"With all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey," Biden responded. "The Congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for — No. 1 — so much for the embassy security piece. No. 2: Gov. Romney, before he knew the facts — before he even knew our ambassador was killed — he was out making a political statement, which was panned by the media around the world."
The vice presidential debate in Danville, Ky., came one week after President Barack Obama turned in a lackluster performance against Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in their first debate. The president halted his party's momentum with his showing, putting pressure on Biden to be more aggressive.
ABC News senior foreign affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz moderated the debate at Centre College, controlling the conversation between the two men, who often interrupted her and each other during the 90-minute session.
"Mr. Vice President, I know you're under a lot of duress to make up lost ground, but I think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other," Ryan snapped.
"Don't take all the four minutes then!" Biden responded.
In addition to arguing and attacking on behalf of the top of the ticket, the two Congressional veterans attacked each other's records on Capitol Hill. Biden, a former six-term Delaware Senator, took strides to emphasize his experience over Ryan, a seven-term House Member from Wisconsin.
Nowhere was this more prevalent than their exchange over Iran's nuclear capabilities, during which Biden called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "my friend for 39 years."
"Facts matter," Biden said. "All this loose talk about them — all they have to do is enrich uranium to a certain amount and they have a weapon — not true, not true. ... And if we ever have to take action, unlike when we took office, we will have the world behind us and that matters. That matters."
More than halfway through the debate, the discussion moved to the struggling economy. Although Biden often mentions his humble roots in Scranton, Pa., it was Ryan who first brought up the northeastern Pennsylvania city's climbing unemployment rate under the Obama administration.
"Did they come in and inherit a tough situation? Absolutely," Ryan said. "But we're going in the wrong direction. Look at where we are. The economy is barely limping along."
Biden also took at shot at Romney's comments revealed on five-month-old hidden video of him speaking at a private fundraiser that "47 percent" of the country's citizens see themselves as "victims" dependent on the government. It was an attack line Democrats had hoped Obama would use in his first meeting with Romney but didn't.
Ryan defended Romney by telling Biden, who is occasionally gaffe-prone, that sometimes, politicians don't say exactly what they mean. "I think the vice president very well knows that words don't always come out of your mouth the right way," he said.
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O'Rourke expects that PwC will lose its Oscar gig, which started in 1935. If so, it would be more a loss of prestige than anything else, since it's a tiny part of the firm's business.
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PwC clearly revels in the glamor and glitz that comes with its Hollywood gig. Cullinan, described on PwC's Oscar site as a "Matt Damon look alike," and his colleague Martha Ruiz, get dressed up and appear on the red carpet carrying the briefcases that hold the envelopes that contain the names of the winners.
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According to the company's video, these employees are the ones who hand the envelopes to the presenters right before they go on stage to announce the awards.
"Martha and I are really the only two who know who the winners are on the night of the Academy Awards," Cullinan said in the video.
Even if the Oscars is the firm's highest profile role, it is a very small part of its global business, which employs 223,000 people and had sales of $39.5 billion last year.
The London-based firm has 743 offices in 157 countries, and provides services to 422 of the Fortune 500 companies.
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Former Alaska governor and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin slammed comedian Sacha Baron Cohen on Tuesday, claming she was "duped" into giving him an interview for his upcoming Showtime program, "Who is America?"
"Ya' got me, Sacha," Palin said in a Facebook post on Tuesday. "Feel better now?"
Showtime and Cohen, an English comedian known for his over-the-top impersonations and hyperbolic interviews, allegedly lured Palin "to honor American Vets" for what was supposed to have been a "legit Showtime historical documentary,'" according to Palin.
Palin said she and her daughter flew across the country to meet Cohen, who she says disguised himself as a disabled veteran in a wheelchair. The purported interview soon went off the rails as Cohen's "disrespect and sarcasm" became clear, according to Palin.
"I sat through a long 'interview' full of Hollywoodism's disrespect and sarcasm - but finally had enough and literally, physically removed my mic and walked out, much to Cohen's chagrin," Palin claimed. "The disrespect of our US military and middle-class Americans via Cohen's foreign commentaries under the guise of interview questions was perverse."
It wasn't immediately clear how Cohen's humor was derisive toward middle-class Americans as Palin claimed.
Cohen's previous roles have landed him in hot water.
In "Borat," Cohen played the role of Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious journalist from Kazakhstan unaccustomed to Western society. Following the release of the movie in 2006, some Kazakhs felt exploited and accused the movie of portraying them in a negative light — Cohen's website was also reportedly blocked in Kazakhstan .
But Palin claims that Cohen's latest antics went too far. In addition to what Palin described as Cohen's "truly sick" humor, Palin claimed the network "purposefully dropped my daughter and me off at the wrong Washington, DC airport ... knowing we'd miss all flights back home to Alaska."
"Mock politicians and innocent public personalities all you want, if that lets you sleep at night, but HOW DARE YOU mock those who have fought and served our country," Palin added.
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Love and Tomatoes: A Natural Combination
In August 2011, we were fortunate to experience the inspiration of Jeremy N. Smith when he came to speak and share his story of community building in Missoula – as part of our ongoing Authors Live Series at The City Library. His book "Growing a Garden City" inspired our library staff and our community to strengthen and build community through urban gardening.
I recently reconnected with Jeremy (who continues to live and write in Missoula, Montana) and he shared this article in High Country News with me about two of our favorite things: love and tomatoes. Love and Tomatoes: A Natural Combination
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Kids who live with smokers miss more school
Absenteeism may be due to a higher rate of respiratory infections, a new study suggests
MSNBC, Sep 6, 2011
NEW YORK — Children whose parents smoke tend to miss more school than their classmates with non-smoking parents - possibly because of a higher rate of respiratory infections, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that among nearly 3,100 families in a national survey, children who lived with smokers missed an extra day out of the school year, on average.
They also tended to have more ear infections and "chest colds" than their peers did, and that seemed to partly explain the link between household smoking and missed school days.
The findings, reported in the journal Pediatrics, do not prove that parents' smoking, itself, leads to more absenteeism.
But they offer parents yet more incentive to quit the habit, according to Dr. Douglas E. Levy and colleagues at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Health experts already recommend that kids be shielded from secondhand smoke, which can increase their risk of respiratory infections like bronchitis and pneumonia, severe asthma and sudden infant death syndrome.
The new study is the first national look at how secondhand smoke might affect kids' school absences, according to the researchers.Story: Fewer smokers, but rate of decline is slowing, says CDC
Using data from a 2005 government health survey, they found that 14 percent of households with 6- to 11-year-old children had at least one smoker. That translates to 2.6 million children nationwide.
On average, children who lived with one or two smokers missed one to one and a half extra school days per year, versus kids in smoke-free homes.
That difference is small. But Levy's team estimates that if secondhand smoke is the cause, it would account for one quarter to one third of missed school days among kids who live with smokers.
The researchers found that parents in households with two smokers reported higher rates of chest colds and ear infections in their kids - two illnesses related to secondhand smoke exposure.
And that partly accounted for the smoking-absenteeism link.
"The health impact of living with a smoker is probably more extensive than our study shows, since the survey only asked about three conditions associated with smoke exposure and we know there are several more," Levy said in a news release.
"And since the absentee levels we report are averages," he added, "there probably are kids who miss much more school because they live with smokers than our study found."
When children miss extra school days, the researchers say, it's not only the child who may be affected. If a parent has to stay home from work, the family takes a financial hit.
The researchers estimate that the extra school absences linked to smoking cost parents $176 million in lost wages in 2005 - assuming a working parent stayed home each time a child was sick.
"Since almost half of the smoking households in our study had low incomes," Levy noted, "that impact may be strongest on households least able to afford it."
"Overall," the researchers write, "these results illustrate the extent of tobacco's impact on child and family well-being, highlighting academic disadvantage and financial burden in families in which parents smoke."
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normal menstruation. The duration of a period is 28 +/- 3 days 65% of women, with a range of 18 to 40 days; once a menstrual pattern has been established the variation does not normally exceed 5 days. The average duration of flow is 5 +/- 2 days with a blood loss averaging 130 ml, usually heavier on the second day.
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Passing the time so thought I'd post some new pics from this past weekend and today. I can't believe how big they're getting.
After a long day of playing she was hungry one minute and the next.....
Christina Rockin' Old Navy
Heading off to the pool - or her pro volleyball pic. Notice shoes match the swimwear.
In the pool
With her bestest playmate Jace (at what point will they realize one of them is a boy, the other a girl)
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Software and quality engineering teams improve the overall reliability of software by verifying code to be free of run-time errors such as:
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In this webinar learn how these new techniques can be applied to the development of critical embedded applications where software quality is at stake.
About the Presenter: Jay Abraham is currently Technical Manager at MathWorks. His area of expertise is in software tools for the verification of critical embedded applications. He has 20 years software and hardware design experience. Jay began his career as a microprocessor designer at IBM followed by engineering and design positions at hardware, software tools, and embedded operating systems companies such as Wind River Systems. He has held chair memberships in IEEE standards committees and has presented at prestigious conferences such as the Design Automation Conference and Embedded Systems Conference. Jay has a MS in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Boston University.
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February 13, 2013
The Democratic Women of Clifton celebrated their eighth anniversary in style with the theme "Hats Off to Democratic Women" on Sunday, Feb. 10, at the home of Gretchen Klimoski of Clifton.
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Hats Off to Democratic Women of Clifton
DWC celebrates eighth anniversary in style.
Fine millinery was on full display as the Democratic Women of Clifton gathered on Sunday, Feb. 10, to celebrate its eighth anniversary in style. The theme of this year's party was "Hats Off to Democratic Women!" and members complied by donning an assortment of colorful chapeaus—from the classic fedora, brim snapped and businesslike, to the romantic cloche and the whimsical Victorian.
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