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2006-2007 NBA Playoff PreviewIs it my imagination or has nearly everyone in the United States already written a playoff preview? You may wonder why you should read this one, so it is worth mentioning my recent record as a predictor: in my 2006-07 Eastern Conference Preview I correctly picked seven of the eight teams that made it to the playoffs. One of my misses was Toronto--I saw the Raptors coming but did not expect them to arrive until next season: "I actually like Toronto's moves and think that the Raptors will be much improved. If everything breaks right the Raptors could grab the eighth playoff spot but I expect that Toronto's breakthrough season will be in 2007-08." In my 2006-07 Western Conference Preview I went six for eight. I tapped Sacramento instead of Golden State for the West's eighth seed but wrote, "it would not be shocking to see Don Nelson guide this team to the last playoff spot, particularly if Baron Davis can stay healthy." I was really only way off with one choice: picking the Clippers instead of the Jazz. I expressed some misgivings about the Clippers ("The Clippers have no track record for sustaining greatness--or even viable playoff contending status") but went with them anyway. I honestly did not see Utah coming at all but the way they ended the season they may be going soon--as in, going home after being eliminated.
Last year, I correctly picked the outcome of 10 of the 15 playoff series; my main "nemesis" was the Miami Heat, who won three series that I expected them to lose.
Of course, as the saying goes, past performance is no guarantee of future results. I think that I have a pretty good handle on what is going to happen in the West (barring an injury to a key player)--but the East, other than two doormats, is pretty well packed together. Frankly, if Miami, Chicago or Cleveland made it to the Finals I would not be shocked. Even though Detroit is the number one seed, I would be surprised--not shocked, but surprised--if the Pistons make it, simply because I do not trust Flip Saunders or Chris Webber in big playoff games. Honestly, if your life was on the line based on the outcome of the playoffs, would you feel great if Flip Saunders was your coach and Chris Webber was your starting center?
Here is my take on the first round matchups, what I think will happen after that and who I predict to win it all.
Eastern Conference First Round
#1 Detroit (53-29) vs. #8 Orlando (40-42)
Season series: Detroit, 4-0
Orlando can win if...Shaquille O'Neal, Penny Hardaway and Lil' Penny sign ten day contracts. As I wrote last year when Milwaukee played Detroit in the first round, "the only other chance is that Detroit loses at least three starters to injuries, foul trouble or suspensions."
Detroit will win because...the Pistons are simply the superior team. Detroit sometimes drops a game even against inferior teams but this one really has sweep written all over it.
Other things to consider: Orlando has been fading for a while and basically backed into the playoffs merely because the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks faded even more dramatically. Detroit has played very well since picking up Chris Webber without having to give up anybody.
#2 Cleveland (50-32) vs. #7 Washington (41-41)
Season series: Cleveland, 2-1
Washington can win if...Gilbert Arenas and Caron Butler go to Lourdes and get healed. Actually, even that won't help; the injuries to Arenas and Butler enable people to ignore the fact that Washington was dropping in the standings before they got hurt. I believe that the Wizards would have lost in the first round even if they were at full strength.
Cleveland will win because...the Cavaliers beat the Wizards in last year's playoffs when Washington had Arenas and Butler, so there is no reason to think that they will lose to them this year.
Other things to consider: It will be interesting to see Cleveland's mindset in this series. Washington is the type of overmatched opponent that a legitimate championship contender should sweep. Will the Cavaliers have enough focus and concentration to do that, thereby earning some extra rest between rounds?
#3 Toronto (47-35) vs. #6 New Jersey (41-41)
Season series: 2-2
Toronto can win if...if the team's young nucleus continues to play the way that it has throughout the season. That's the rub, of course: you never know how players will react to playoff pressure until they experience it firsthand.
New Jersey will win because...Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson all have a significant amount of playoff experience. This team beat the Heat in game one at Miami last year but Jefferson's ankle injury and Cliff Robinson's suspension contributed to Miami being able to win the next four games.
Other things to consider: I've been touting the Nets for over a year now and they have never failed to fall short of my expectations. Naturally, when I finally picked against them, writing that they would lose to Chicago, they played one of their best games of the year and defeated the Bulls in the final game of the regular season, rearranging the Eastern Conference playoff seedings. This Nets team can be very dangerous and despite this being a #3-#6 matchup Toronto only won six more games than New Jersey during the regular season.
#4 Miami (44-38) vs. #5 Chicago (49-33)
Season series: Chicago, 3-1
Miami can win if...Shaquille O'Neal plays the way he did down the stretch of the season, Dwyane Wade is healthy enough to be a late game closer and the Heat's role players make the open shots that become available because of the extra defensive attention that is slanted toward O'Neal and Wade.
Chicago will win because...the Bulls fought hard against Miami last year even without having Ben Wallace. The addition of Wallace plus Wade's shoulder injury should be enough to help the Bulls to prevail.
Other things to consider: This is, by far, the toughest first round series to pick. It reminds me of last year, when I wrote that San Antonio is thismuch better than Dallas--and then Dallas won game seven in overtime. I have maintained for quite some time that Wallace provides the element that Chicago has been missing--interior defense--so I almost feel duty bound to pick the Bulls but their loss to New Jersey in the last game of the regular season almost made me change my mind; in essence, that was a road playoff game, with the second seed at stake, and the Bulls did not respond well. Still, sooner or later the Bulls would have had to knock off Miami or Detroit and I think that they have the capability to put the New Jersey loss behind them and perform well in the playoffs.
Western Conference First Round
#1 Dallas (67-15) vs. #8 Golden State (42-40)
Season series: Golden State, 3-0
Golden State can win if...Coach Don Nelson continues to keep the Mavericks off balance by pushing the ball and creating mismatches based on using a small lineup.
Dallas will win because...the Mavericks are on a mission to return to the Finals and finish the job that they did not complete last year. Despite the fact that Golden State swept the regular season series I do not think that Dallas will struggle as much in this series as some people seem to think.
Other things to consider: Over 82 games, the Warriors were little more than a .500 team. Granted, they have been coming on strong in the closing portion of the season but, other than a slow first week, Dallas has been a juggernaut for several months.
#2 Phoenix (61-21) vs. #6 Los Angeles Lakers (42-40)
Season series: Phoenix, 3-1
Los Angeles can win if...the Lakers stick with the game plan of pounding the ball inside on offense and slowing down the Suns' transition game on defense. Kobe Bryant will provide whatever his team needs on a game to game basis--whether that is 40-plus points and/or crisp passing out of double-teams--but the Lakers will rise or fall based on the production of their centers and point guards, who simply have to play better than they did for most of the season.
Phoenix will win because...the Suns are a better team than the Lakers and are more consistent at doing the things that they do well than the Lakers are at doing the things that they do well. If the Lakers did not have Kobe Bryant, they would not have even come close to making the playoffs.
Other things to consider: The Lakers blew a golden opportunity against the Suns last year but, unfortunately for them, they cannot simply press a button and go back to when they had a 3-1 lead. L.A. has faded badly down the stretch, while Phoenix is healthy and has Amare Stoudemire, who did not play in last year's playoffs.
#3 San Antonio (58-24) vs. Denver (45-37)
Season series: San Antonio, 2-1
Denver can win if...the Nuggets make a consistent effort to play good defense, Marcus Camby has a dominant performance at that end of the court and both Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson not only score 25-plus ppg each but also create open shots for their teammates.
San Antonio will win because...the Spurs spend all season getting ready for this time of year. They play suffocating defense and Tim Duncan has proven his greatness as a playoff performer, leading the Spurs to three titles and winning three Finals MVPs.
Other things to consider: For the third straight year Denver is the proverbial "team that nobody wants to face." I have noted previously that such teams generally exit meekly in the first round and that is what Denver did on both of those occasions. Don't expect to see anything different this time around, either.
#4 Utah (51-31) vs. #5 Houston (52-30)
Season series: Utah, 3-1
Utah can win if...the Jazz play the way that they did early in the season; the Jazz have collapsed in the latter part of the season, losing six of their last nine games--and one of the wins came against a Houston team that rested both Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady.
Houston will win because...the Rockets have two legitimate MVP level players in Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming. Yao missed over 30 games and this team still posted the NBA's fifth best record, so the Rockets obviously have good depth, too.
Other things to consider: The teams look evenly matched on paper and played some very competitive games during the regular season but Houston closed the season on a good note, going 12-5, and both McGrady and Yao appear to be completely healthy.
If these series go as I have predicted, we will see second round matchups of Detroit-Chicago, Cleveland-New Jersey, Dallas-Houston and San Antonio-Phoenix. Each of those series could go six or seven games. I think that the conference finalists will be Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas and San Antonio. Those two matchups also look like they could last for six or seven games. The seeding fell into place perfectly for the Cavaliers: they will have home court advantage against anyone in the East but Detroit and will face weaker opposition while Chicago has to battle past both Miami and Detroit, which will take a toll. I think that LeBron James will lead Cleveland past Chicago and into the Finals. The Dallas-San Antonio showdown is something that basketball fans have been anticipating since the season began. In my regular season preview, I wrote, "It would not surprise me if the Mavericks won the 2007 NBA title but they were in a dead heat with the Spurs for most of last season and I think that the Spurs will beat them this year." Now that the regular season is over I still think the same way. Yes, Dallas won 67 games and certainly is capable of winning the championship, but there just is not that much separating these teams--it is almost like the early 1980s when Julius Erving's Philadelphia 76ers battled Larry Bird's Boston Celtics for Eastern Conference supremacy. They met in the Eastern Conference Finals four times in six years, with each team winning twice. Last year was Nowitzki's turn but this year Duncan will prevail. After that, I expect his Spurs to beat James' Cavs in six games in the Finals.
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I've been thinking quite a bit about my running pace recently. After deciding to forego my longer runs to focus on my form, I have seen a dramatic increase in my pace (specifically on my Saturday 5k runs + 5k walk back). The first weekend doing this workout I finished in 30:00 – over a minute and a half faster than my previous pr on my Nike+, and a whopping 4:30+ minutes less than my 5k pace at my one and only 5k race this past fall. I was shocked at my ability – and this past weekend? I blew 30:00 out of the water with under 28:30!.
Granted, this is not a speedy speed for a lot of runners, but it is for me. I can tell that I am working harder running the faster speeds, but it helps knowing I only have a little over 3 miles to keep it up. I remember I used to wish I could run 3 miles even just last summer – and I was unable to. And now I am running the entire thing and running it fast! It still shocks and amazes me of what our bodies are capable of.
Now, speaking of capabilities, I am not currently capable of running a 1/2 marathon. Well, I might be, but it wouldn't be pretty. Good thing I have until January for my first at Walt Disney World! (By the way, check out my guest post on Healthy Disney today!). Since this is my first 1/2 marathon, I know I should not have a set goal time in mind, but that's not always how I work. I am usually competitive and it frustrates me that even though I want to be competitive at running – I will never be a great runner. I'll get over it… maybe.
Kinley decided to sign up for the Clif Bar Pace Team for the Disney race – to see what it would be like with someone else pacing you rather than having to think about it yourself. Well, even though I signed up for a slower pace time, I decided I would contemplate running with a pace team as well. What's really nice about the Clif Bar Pace Team is that it is FREE, and it has absolutely no obligation – meaning if I didn't want to run with them come race day, I wouldn't have to. I could also switch my pace group I was running with the day of the expo in case I find my speedy marathon legs within the next few months.
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A proposed system for exploiting the ocean thermal gradient to generate power would be based on the thawing-expansion/ freezing-contraction behavior of a wax or perhaps another suitable phase-change material. The power generated by this system would be used to recharge the batteries in a battery-powered unmanned underwater vehicle [UUV (essentially, a small exploratory submarine robot)] of a type that has been deployed in large numbers in research pertaining to global warming. A UUV of this type travels between the ocean surface and various depths, measuring temperature and salinity.
This proposed system would be an alternative to another proposed ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system that would serve the same purpose but would utilize a thermodynamic cycle in which CO2 would be the working fluid. That system is described in "Utilizing Ocean Thermal Energy in a Submarine Robot" (NPO-43304), imediately following this brief. The main advantage of this proposed system over the one using CO2 is that it could derive a useful amount of energy from a significantly smaller temperature difference.
At one phase of its operational cycle, the system now proposed would utilize the surface ocean temperature (which lies between 15 and 20 °C over most of the Earth) to melt a wax (e.g., pentadecane) that has a melting/freezing temperature of about 10 °C. At the opposite phase of its operational cycle, the system would utilize the lower ocean temperature at depth (e.g., between 4 and 7 °C at a depth of 300 m) to freeze the wax. The melting or freezing causes the wax to expand or contract, respectively, by about 8 volume percent.
The operational cycle is best described by reference to the figure. The wax would be contained in tubes that would be capable of expanding and contracting with the wax. The wax-containing tubes would be immersed in a hydraulic fluid. Near the ocean surface, the expansion of the wax upon heating to >10 °C would push hydraulic fluid into a bellows in a chamber pressurized to about 200 bars (about 20 MPa). Valve 1 would then be opened, allowing the pressurized hydraulic fluid to push against a piston that, in turn, would push a rack-and-pinion gear system to spin a generator to charge a battery. Next, valve 2 would be opened, allowing the hydraulic fluid to drain into a fixed-volume container. Later, upon cooling to <10 °C at depth, the contraction of the wax upon freezing would cause hydraulic fluid to flow from the fixed-volume chamber into the chamber containing the wax tubes, thus completing the cycle.
This work was done by Jack Jones and Yi Chao of Caltech for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Somewhere in France
Sept. 15th, 1918
Dear sister Madaline:
Today being sunday and nothing to do but sit around and enjoy the good weather today. It seems unusual to have good weather as for the past month it has done nothing but rain almost continuously day and night. I received mail again today from both you and Anna and I surely do feel fine to receive mail especially when I'm so far away from you all. Our Yanky boys are doing wonders at their sector and believe me Sis I figure if we have a late winter this war is going to finish and the Allied Troops on top. The reason I would like to see the winter come in late is to allow the allied army to continue their pushing and not allow Jerry to rest for the more we push the weaker Jerry's army gets. In my time over here I have seen many German prisoners and if I couldn't lick at least five why I think I'm a weakling. I've seen prisoners from 17 to 65 years old and a worse lot of men could not be seen in the world. A german soldier's uniform varies in color but not in quality their torn and patched and always dirted. The average german soldier very seldom shaves and from their appearance I judge they spend many weeks in the line while the Allied troops very seldom spend more than eight days in the line.
Well dear sister I'm going to let you in on a secret if you promise not tell a single one well I've grown a mustache and its great. Its one of these short Charlie Chaplins and honestly it looks neat. It makes me look so much older but why worry.
Guess I will close now and tell pa that my moral is best ever.
I am
Your Brother
Corporal J. Maus
105 Inf Co A. U.S.A.
American E.F
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Jordan first Arab country free of landminesApr 24, 2012
Today, Jordan marked a historical milestone. It is the first country in the Middle East to meet the deadline set by the Ottawa Mine-Ban Treaty and declare itself free of landmines.
The Northern Border Clearance Project, which celebrated its completion today, succeeded in clearing an estimated 136,000 landmines (anti-personnel and anti-tank) in a mine belt of approximately 10.5 square Km in area, stretching 104 Km along the Jordan-Syria border
"This impressive mine-clearance programme, does not only remove the physical risk to the population," said Amat Alsoswa, Regional Director for the Arab States in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), "it also releases precious land that can now be available for development."
After securing the cleared minefields, the Jordanian army will be handing over 7 square Km of highly fertile land that is presently in the buffer zone between the minefields and the local farms to its original owners.
Reclaiming this vast area for agricultural use and livestock herding will benefit 50,000 people living in the border area.
In addition, removing the risk of landmines will allow other large-scale development initiatives to proceed, including the establishment of a free trade zone around the city of Mafraq and the completion of Al-Wihda Dam.
UNDP has continuously supported the efforts to free Jordan of landmines through mobilising funding agreements with donors, the provision of technical advice to support the local partners in their demining efforts, and supporting quality control of the project management of the demining projects,
The Jordan National Committee for Demining & Rehabilitation (NCDR) and the Norwegian People's Aid (NPA) have been the implementing partners of the project. They mainly employed people from the local mine affected communities spread along the border zone to work as deminers, including an all-female demining team, which had performed exceptionally well, thus positively challenging prevailing culturally-defined gender roles
The expertise that those demining teams have acquired alongside that gained by their counterparts through their involvement in clearing the minefields in the Jordan Valley and Wadi Araba in the South since 2006, has contributed to Jordan's leadership as a regional and international hub of expertise in mine-action programmes. Jordanian expertise has already been contributing to demining efforts in Iraq, Mauritania and Libya.
Moreover, the Jordanian National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation, the national institution mandated to coordinate all mine-action efforts in Jordan has conducted internationally renowned, high quality training programmes annually, since 2009,in all areas of mine action operations and management for professionals and senior managers of similar programmes from all around the globe.
Since its establishment, over four years ago, under the leadership of HE Prince Mirad, UNDP has provided a full time Chief Technical Adviser to NCDR. This technical advisory support resulted in developing a joint donor programme of action for demining the northern border with Syria and undertaking extensive measures to raise donor funds. It also included extensive technical training to all NCDR staff to strengthen their capacities to assure quality and monitor demining work.
By the end of 2011, NCDR and NPA raised in excess of 18.5 m USD, with UNDP providing 6.5 m USD through support from EU, AusAid, Norwegian Aid, and the Canadian Government.
"I cannot wait for the day to be able to enter my land safely, invest in it and raise my livestock and cultivate crops… which is the only thing I am good at," Salman Awad told The Jordan Times. Salman is a 68-year-old farmer from the village of Jaber located near the border with Syria. He has been unable to cultivate his land for the past 35 years because of landmines.


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Purpose of Lesson:
The purpose of this lesson is to assess student learning of photosynthesis. This is also the final shot at making connections within the unit.
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Wrap -up- At the end of units I use an animated, interactive power point to review the content and make deeper connections with kids.
Concept map - I use a shared concept map to make connections with the unit and with previous and future student learnings.
Learning Goal: Prove what you have learned about photosynthesis.
Opening Question: Fill in the blanks of these sentences using your word glossaries.
Photosynthesis creates __________ for plants. This food is _____________. The __________________ of photosynthesis are carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight. The ____________________ of photosynthesis are sugar and oxygen.
Students record their opening question on their learning goal sheet and are ready to start class 3 min after the bell has rung. I reward students who get started early with ROCK STAR SCIENTIST tickets.
Follow the links to learn more about the beginning of class strategies and ROCK STAR scientist tickets.
This video of photosynthesis, from the point of view of the seed, is a funny way to end this unit. I ask kids to listen for specific things like ATP, mitochondria, chloroplasts, molecules.
I stop the video at certain points to emphasize the most important learning that we've done this unit and to give kids a chance to share their thinking with their partner.
On the day of any summative assessment, I like to take the time to wrap-up my instruction by using an animated interactive power point review. The purpose of the review is to give the students one more look at the content this time at a global perspective so that students can make connections and solidify their understanding.
In this review I want to focus students on some of the main ideas.
1) Photosynthesis produces food for plants.
2) This food is sugar.
3)Understanding the reactants and products of this process.
For me, there are two important instructional aspects of the power point. First, I set it up to be interactive with several processing slides within the presentation so that students can hear thoughts from their peers as well as me.
Second, I use animation techniques in the powerpoint to capture student attention, include non-verbal visual cues, and allow for storytelling. Making animated powerpoints can be time consuming and tricky, but I love it and find it well worth the time.
Below are several screenshots of how to do different animations. Once you have the skills, the rest is up to your imagination!
Making basic entrance and exit animations
Using animations to tell a story
Adding in movement lines
The purpose of this section is to reexamine the shared concept map we made at the beginning of the unit and to add connections and thinking.
To do this I pull students to the back of my room by one of my unused white boards. We have three norms at the board.
-Everyone sits on the floor.
-Everyone brings their map paper and a pencil.
-Everyone raises their hand to talk.
Each unit, I print out the Essential Learnings on tag board for the students. This also includes the success criteria for each standard and a tracking device. I give students a plastic cover to keep them in. This simple structure increases their worth to kids, showing them daily how important the student trackers are. Because this shows the tracking of learning it makes a very logical place to put the picture or concept map of learning on the back.
With students, I sketch out the unit on the board and fill in some details. Students have the freedom to add more details to their maps. With each mini- unit, the maps grow in detail and connections. This is a picture of what one students' map looked like. In later units, I want to bring kids up to do the thinking on the concept maps. Below I loaded a video of a student walking us through the map.
The purpose of this section is to assess the students. This test assesses the essential learnings of the unit and also looks at whether students are being able to count atoms in a chemical formula. This information is actually a pre-assessment for some conservation of mass learning we will be doing later in the year. When students are done with their tests, they can read or finish their Animotos.
Closing Statement: "This week we have been studying photosynthesis and looking at how plants make food. Next unit will be all about how plants and animals use that food to make energy."
Closing Question: "Now that we know where the plants get food, what do you think they DO with the food?"
Closure depends greatly on timing and is not as easy to plan in advance as opening. You can find more information about how I manage closure here.


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- Peter E. Hackett
- 13-03-2006
This was a very good book. I was looking for an explaination to the events that led to the rise of these terrorists. This book was a very good, unbiased account of those events. Like most history, it does not judge, it only explains. It does so in great detail that is sometimes hard to follow, but it is well worth the effort. It also relates the truth of this situation, in no uncertain terms: This is a far more compli
cated issue than it appears. Those countries who we have been led to believe are our allies have a strange conection to this land and its troubles. Very well worth it.
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- Curatina
- 12-07-2011
The author has deep roots in central Asia and a long history in working and reporting in Afghanistan. He uses this knowledge to provide a detailed description of the history and the social fabric of Afghanistan as a background for an understanding of the rise to power of the Taliban and the involvement of the surrounding countries as well as the United States and Russia.
This is not a book for those who only want a lurid depiction of the Taliban, but rather for those seeking an in depth understanding of the region and of the competing interests that have led to the current situation. It is fascinating, horrific, and riveting.
At first one might think that the book was written before 9/11, but it was published shortly after, however, it does not deal with Afghanistan as it now exists after 10 years of U.S. armed forces involvement. The book is relevant because it provides the underpinning for understanding the problems facing the country today. The author appears to be as unbiased as a human being can be. As for using the "transportation mafia" being undefined or unspecified, it seemed clear to me that it referred to the criminals transporting heroin, not simply the movement of trade through the country. In short, the book educated and informed me about the social, economic, political, and military history of the civil war.
4 people found this helpful
- Tim
- 15-01-2010
Great Facts!
Detailed, factual, but dry reading.
Only for the seriously interested reader.
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- Anja Schmidt
- 06-06-2012
Thorough but dreadfully boring
This book wasn't for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
MUCH less detail. However, I think this book was written exactly for that same reason.
I think, the book had to be like that, but I expected something less complicated. Right, the situation IS complicated, but there was really too many persons, too many fractions, too many land areas and to much of everything to really get hold on the essentials. It is impossible to stay on track with this audiobook where you cannot just flip back a couple of pages to re-read and remember who this or that person was.
I think, this book would do VERY well in its physical form for someone who would like to really study this situation. This will tell you everything. But I, personally, had expected something more broadly targeted and "written for everybody".
What about Nadia May's performance did you like?
Nice an clear speaking.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Boredom and real disappointment.
1 person found this helpful
- Lyle Wincentsen
- 12-05-2011
This book is very dated, for one thing. The author also exhibits some annoying biases throughout the book, for example repeatedly referring "the transport mafia", which is never really defined, but presumed to be some powerful and shadowy entities who support whichever side will keep the roads open for trade. As I see it, that's just basic economics at work, nothing insidious about it. "Afghanistan" by Stephen Tanner provided better history about the Taliban, and about Afghanistan, without the annoying bias. "Destiny Disrupted" by Tamim Ansary was also more informative and much better written than this book.
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This morning, at about 11:15 a.m. EST I was sitting in my office preparing for lunch when a DM came across my Twitter from @islanderslegion:
"Just read the NASL press release, any news out of ATL about the Silverbacks coming back"
I was shocked, to say the least. I had spent October 30th up in Raleigh for the USSF D-2 Final telling everyone (most notably @PasionNaranja and @danielstroud) that in no way would the Atlanta Silverbacks be coming back for the 2011 season. They cited this press release and the fact that a "Atlanta 2011" image was displayed on the NASL website for some time.
The original plan for Silverbacks Park. This was considered to be Phase IV, where upon completion the stadium would hold close to 15,000 fans. Unfortunately Silverbacks Park remains somewhere close to Phase II.
When the Silverbacks decided to sit out the 2009 season I thought it was a good move. A 9th-place finish in the 2008 USL First Division and a general indifference turned off a lot of supporters, including yours truly. ReMax Greater Atlanta Stadium had seen very little progress towards being completed and rising costs for fans to attend games during the last two seasons of USL play made it difficult for me and many others to want to stay home. (I know, they made the final in 2007. I attribute that to luck more than anything. That team was painful to watch in person.)
Although the Silverbacks didn't field a team in 2009 or 2010, the park was still being used for amateur leagues almost every day of the week. I played in a Co-ed league from 2006 until earlier this year, so I got to see the lack of progress and the lack of upkeep of not only the surrounding fields but the stadium as well. It seemed as if the Silverbacks ownership had given up on trying to finish the stadium project and said we're going with what we've got.
Add into that the disastrous flooding in September of 2009 which completely engulfed the park, seeing as it sits in a low-lying area.
This picture was taken from the "parking lot", the rock hill which looks over the whole park. The huge mass of water on the right is completely covering the other two fields. I estimate the height of the water at 7-8 feet.
With an ownership group not interested in fielding a professional team, there hasn't been a pressing reason to finish construction, upgrade the facilities or even complete the adequate cleanup after the flood.
Until today.
I must say that until today we saw it as a virtual impossibility that the Silverbacks would return in any form or fashion in 2011. In the last press release on the Silverbacks' website, released November 10, 2009, the final sentence states:
"The Atlanta Silverbacks will not be playing in the 2011 season and there will be no tryouts until further notice."
Yet there it was today, clear as day on the NASL website.
"The meeting was highlighted by the approval of two additional teams for the 2011 season - the NSC Minnesota Stars and the Atlanta Silverbacks - and their inclusion in the application to the United States Soccer Federation for sanctioning as a Division II league."
I still can't believe what I'm reading and it will probably take a night of sleep for it to sink in. The Atlanta Silverbacks are coming back, like it or not. And how do I know they're coming back? After a couple long conversations with @Longshoe today, here's what we deduced:
NASL had to have 8 teams. We rationed that NASL went to USSF with 6 teams and they said it wasn't enough. Montreal, Puerto Rico, Carolina, Tampa Bay and Miami were the holdovers with the strongest ownership groups. Edmonton FC has been steadfast in moving forward to joining as an expansion team in 2011.
That left two more teams to sign up. The financial problems of the NSC Minnesota Stars are well known and Boris Jerkunica, owner of the Silverbacks, had made it clear he was not willing to continue losing money by fielding a professional team, his main reason for not fielding a team the last two years. From this we can only conclude that one or more outside partners have stepped in and committed to helping both Minnesota and Atlanta financially in order the the NASL to be certified for play in 2011 by the USSF.
We were as blindsided as everyone else. We have heard nary a peep from anyone in the Silverbacks community recently, which was the main reason behind my declarations in Raleigh that the Silverbacks would not be returning any time soon. The economy has not improved dramatically, construction on the park has been stalled for years and now the Silverbacks have almost completely lost any footprint they had on the Atlanta soccer scene.
If NASL is to proceed as a eight-team league, the Atlanta Silverbacks will almost certainly be one of those teams. However, the daunting task of fixing the park, finding sponsors, hiring a front-office staff, hiring a coaching staff, promoting the team, and most importantly, complete a roster seems almost too much to complete in a such a short time span.
In the days and weeks to come there will certainly be more information forthcoming, at which time we will definitely share with you.


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Welcome to the Android Police Podcast, Episode 38.
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Thirty-five years of creating scholarships and positively impacting people's lives is a fantastic cause for celebration at SUNY Canton.
The SUNY Canton Foundation will be celebrating its 35th Anniversary with a benefit dinner to honor several alumni and friends who have been integral forces behind the college's success. The celebration will commence at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, in Chaney Dining Center with cocktails and a silent auction followed by dinner and a formal recognition ceremony.
According to SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy, "It will be wonderful to celebrate the successes of our past efforts and the promising future of our current endeavors. We'll be honoring the support of all of our alumni, community members and friends, and 35 years of growth and giving."
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- The Coakley Family of Canton will receive the Foundation's Community Leadership Award. Carol and Ronald Spadaccini, William and Carol Coakley, and Thomas and Nellie Coakley are well known for their civic pride, involvement in the community, and willingness to assist others. They have been longtime benefactors and advisors to the college.
- The Bagley Family of Madrid will receive the Foundation's Model Alumni Award. The late Leon E. Bagley, class of 1948, began a tradition of donating to the college along with his sister-in-law Alice Westaway Bagley. Their efforts have been continued by his wife, Rachael, son Timothy, class of 1985, grandson Alexander, class of 2005, and other family members.
- The Fay Family of Canton will receive the Foundation's Community Education Connection Award. The Fays have provided more than 100 years of combined educational service in the North Country: Accounting Professor Dan and Professor Emerita Linda Fay; Dean of the School of Business and Public Service Emeritus Ed Fay and his wife Patricia; Professor Emeritus Maurice and Sheila Fay Harrington, both of whom taught in the School of Business; and Director of Counseling Emeritus Harry and Peggy Fay Podgurski, an Edwards-Knox teacher. They are all well-known for their personal approach to education and their strong commitment to the community.
- President Emeritus Dr. and Mrs. Earl W. MacArthur of Naples, Fla., and Morristown will receive the Canton College Foundation's Impact Award. President Emeritus Earl MacArthur and his wife Joyce have positively influenced the college for more than 35 years. The Foundation was created through their vision and foresight. It continues to thrive with their continuing input and guidance.
"These four families are among the many friends, alumni and donors who are responsible for creating scholarships, improving the college, and dramatically impacting students' lives," Kennedy mentioned. "Every donation furthers our mission to offer an unparalleled educational experience. These families have been at the forefront of our efforts since the inception of the Foundation."
The 35th Anniversary is an RSVP-only event. All proceeds will benefit a scholarship endowment for students in the Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, Law Enforcement Leadership, and Emergency and Disaster Management programs. Donations can be made in honor of the distinguished families to the 35th Anniversary Celebration – Public Service Scholarship, SUNY Canton Foundation, 34 Cornell Drive, Canton, NY 13617
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|This is the article on volume 48 of the manga. For chapter 450, head to The Joyous Village!!.
|The Joyous Village!!
|(歓呼の里!!, Kanko no Sato!!)
|Volume Info
|The Seal Destroyed!!
|48 (Read Online)
|The Five Kage Summit, Commences…!!
|Release Date
|November 4, 2009 (ISBN 978-4-08-874748-4)
|June 1, 2010 (ISBN 978-1-4215-3474-9)
The Joyous Village!! (歓呼の里!!, Kanko no Sato!!) is volume 48 of the Naruto manga.
Chapter 443
- "Meeting!!" (対面!!, Taimen!!)
The Deva Path is defeated. Naruto removes its black receivers to make sure it cannot be controlled remotely again and then uses one of them to confirm Nagato's location. The Konoha villagers are informed of Naruto's victory, some of which run into Naruto during their own search for Nagato. They offer to help him kill Nagato, but Naruto tells them not to. Despite all he has done, Nagato's death would not solve anything. They trust Naruto to figure out what to do with Nagato.
Chapter 444
- "The Answer" (答, Kotae)
Naruto meets Nagato, who makes one last attempt to capture him, but in his emaciated form he cannot overpower Naruto. Naruto says that although he couldn't forgive Nagato for his crimes, he wished to talk with him before deciding how to proceed. Since they were both students of Jiraiya, Naruto asks how Nagato could so completely abandon Jiraiya's philosophies about peace. Interested in seeing how Naruto's views differ from his own, Nagato explains how Konoha ninja killed his defenceless parents when he was a child. Overcome with grief, Nagato awakened his Rinnegan to avenge them.
Chapter 445
- "Top of the World" (世界の天辺, Sekai no Teppen)
After the death of his parents, Nagato wandered Amegakure to look for food, something that was in scarce supply due to the ongoing Second Shinobi World War. When he was about to die of starvation he was found by fellow war orphans Konan and Yahiko. They saved him and became a sort of family, but they could not escape the terrible realities of the war. Upset by the constant deaths, Yahiko vowed to someday rule the world to establish peace, a philosophy Nagato also adopted.
Chapter 446
- "I Just Want to Protect Those Two" (ただ二人を守りたい, Tada Futari o Mamoritai)
After the Second Shinobi World War, Jiraiya began training the Ame Orphans. Although it was partially to help them look after themselves, it was also to teach Nagato to take advantage of his Rinnegan. Since Jiraiya wished for peace, he hoped Nagato, having the same eyes as the Sage of the Six Paths, could unite the world just as the Sage had. Nagato and the other orphans accepted this quest when Jiraiya left them and spent their adolescent years preaching an end to war. Hanzō, leader of Amegakure, interpreted this as threat to his rule and kidnapped Konan. He then gave Nagato a choice: kill Yahiko or sacrifice Konan. So that Nagato would not need to make the choice, Yahiko killed himself, entrusting Nagato with their dreams of peace. Having lost a friend, Nagato concluded that diplomacy would be useless in obtaining world peace.
Chapter 447
- "Believing" (信じる, Shinjiru)
With Yahiko, the apparent leader of the Amegakure peace-seekers, dead, Hanzō tried to eliminate Konan and Nagato. Nagato protected Konan, called upon the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and bonded with the statue. Afterwords he slaughtered Hanzō's men and tried to kill Hanzō too, but Hanzō escaped. Nagato severed his ties with Amegakure and adopted the alias of Pain, setting him upon the path to peace by world domination. His story done, he asks how Naruto would have done things differently. Naruto replies that he completely understands Nagato's reasoning but that he cannot accept it. Adopting Jiraiya's philosophies for himself, Naruto makes not killing Nagato his first step to achieving peace.
Chapter 448
- "Memento…!!" (形見…!!, Katami…!!)
Nagato rejects Naruto and Jiraiya's dreams of peace without casualties, believing human nature renders such a dream impossible. Naruto says he will end the cycle of hatred that curses this world, a quote from Jiraiya's The Tale of the Utterly Gutsy Shinobi. Amazed, Nagato remembers that the main character of the book, "Naruto", was based on him. Naruto is not only named after the character in the book, but he has adopted the character's beliefs, which themselves were the philosophies of Nagato. Because Naruto has chosen to carry the burdens of the world by himself, Nagato decides to put his faith in Naruto and the very ideas he once abandoned.
Chapter 449
- "Flowers of Hope" (希望の花, Kibō no Hana)
To help Naruto bring peace to the world, Nagato revives everyone that died during his invasion of Konoha. The surviving villagers witness Nagato's change-of-heart firsthand and, by extension, Naruto's victory over Pain. Kakashi is resurrected just as his conversation with his father ends, allowing Sakumo to move on with the knowledge that his son is not ashamed of him. Nagato dies because of his technique. He uses his last breath to warn Naruto that the path he has chosen will not be easy, but that Naruto is the only one who can walk it. Konan takes Nagato's body and the Deva Path with her back to Amegakure, vowing the village's allegiance to Naruto since he now carries the dreams of her friends.
Chapter 450
- "The Joyous Village!!" (歓呼の里!!, Kanko no Sato!!)
Naruto staggers back to Konoha. When he returns he is greeted by the entire village. He is celebrated as a hero, fulfilling his dreams of being acknowledged by all of Konoha. While the village celebrates, other events are in motion. Taka prepares to depart to the village. Zetsu, having watched Naruto's battle, informs the rest of Akatsuki of Pain's fate. Tobi sends Kisame after the Eight-Tails while he deals with other matters. Tsunade is also left in a coma as a result of overexerting herself in the village's defence, forcing the Fire Daimyō to select a new Hokage. Kakashi, one of the more recent notches of Hokage trained by other Hokage, is considered. Danzō claims that Kakashi and all of the previous Hokage have not been heavy-handed enough in dealing with foreign powers, resulting in Konoha's destruction. The daimyō accepts his reasoning and appoints Danzō as Sixth Hokage.
Chapter 451
- "Dealing with Sasuke!!" (サスケの処分!!, Sasuke no Shobun!!)
Konoha begins to rebuild. Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi, thinking about Tsunade, reunite with Inari and Tazuna, who came to repay the debt they gave to the Land of Waves by helping rebuild. After Naruto uses analogies to prevent the two knowing about what happened to Sasuke, he reflects on how Sasuke relates to his new philosophies about pain, vengeance, and peace. Thinking of Jiraiya and Nagato, he concludes that he finally understands how Sasuke feels about losing bonds. Because of this, he now knows how to reform the original Team 7, making his teammates happy. Meanwhile, Team Samui arrives in Konoha to deliver the Fourth Raikage's message. Danzō, the new Hokage, accepts the Raikage's resolution and takes it one step further by ordering Konoha ninja to kill Sasuke if the opportunity presents itself. Kiba later informs Team Kakashi about this.
Chapter 452
- "Under Pressure from Danzō!!" (ダンゾウに迫る!!, Danzō ni Semaru!!)
Danzō instructs Sai to keep an eye on Naruto, needing to keep him, Konoha's hero, in check if he is to be accepted as Hokage. When Sai goes to meet Naruto and Sakura they ask him about Danzō, hoping to find some way to persuade Danzō to spare Sasuke. Though not aware of Danzō's new orders about Sasuke, Sai cannot help them because of his Root membership. Members of Team Samui overhear them and ask what they know about Sasuke, wishing to know how to kill Sasuke for the crimes he has committed.
Chapter 453
- "The Eve of the Five Kage Summit…!!" (五影会談前夜…!!, Gokage Kaidan Zenya…!!)
While Taka is heading to Konoha they are met by Tobi. Tobi informs them that they are wasting their time since Konoha has already been destroyed. What's more, they failed to capture the Eight-Tails and thus are still indebted to Akatsuki. To reach a compromise, Tobi sends them to the approaching Kage Summit so that Sasuke can kill Danzō, the new Hokage and a conspirator in the Uchiha clan's assassination. In Konoha, Sakura is brought to tears by Team Samui's requests to give them information that will be used to kill Sasuke. Naruto offers to tell them what they need so that Sakura doesn't need to, adding that they can still save Killer B if they act soon.
Author's Note
|Ever since I wrote in the author's note of the previous book, volume 47, "the finale having been settled, I am drawing full steam ahead," lots of folks have been asking me, "Is the series ending soon?" but it is simply that the premise has been set; it will keep going for a long, long time! I shall not stop drawing at full steam, so please continue enjoying Naruto until the end!
—Masashi Kishimoto, 2009


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Sollerod Vabæk 0-3 Lolland Falster Alliancen (17:05:11)
I guess if there is one person who likes swanning around Europe in search of a foreign field more than I, it's
Danny called me up at the weekend and told me something shocking. "Stu...do you know you have never written ANYTHING for EFW? You are abroad virtually all week, always finding a game here, there and everywhere but not once have you actually written anything for me."
I didn't know what to say apart from agreeing. So I offered him an exclusive. Not just a run of the mill game, but also an interview that I was doing with Henning Berg AND Ole Gunnar Solskjær. I was off to Oslo for work and as luck would have it (yeah right - Ed.), Lillestrøm were playing Molde in the Norwegian Tippeligean at 6pm. Hard life eh? Danny was chuffed and we started bigging up the event on Twitter. All was going well, that was until I made a schoolboy error. I booked my flight with Norwegian Airlines.
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So 24 hours later I was determined to fulfil my promise of an article for Danny so was stepping off the northbound train to Helsingør, home of Hamlet, at a small station in the village of Vabæk. For tonight Matthew I was going to a Danish 2nd division game. Not just any old game either. This was a Danish 2nd division EAST game.
I bet you are hooked now aren't you? This was the big one. Sollerod Vabæk versus Lolland Falster Alliancen. This was the game of the day in Denmark. In fact it was the only game of the day in Denmark. Beggars can't be choosers can they?
This is the 3rd tier of Danish football. In theory only one season could separate either one of these sides and teams like Brøndby or FC Copenhagen (assuming they were relegated). They could meet in the Danish Cup after just two rounds with a favourable draw. Average attendances at this level are less than 300, assuming you do not count canines. Søllerød Vabæk themselves have averaged 300 this season.
Taking diving to the extreme.
The ground is probably on a par with a county game, although they would fall foul of the dreaded ground grading as they do not have floodlights. Instead at one end there is an open fence where cars in the car park are requested to turn their lights on as the night draws in.
People assume that everything in Denmark is ridiculously expensive. Well you would be right. The twenty minute journey from the centre of Copenhagen costs nearly £18 return, although you can pay for tickets by text message (and forward them to each other meaning that quite a few people can travel for the price of one, but I didn't tell you that). If I was to stop and have a beer and a pizza at the small bistro opposite the station then I wouldn't see much change from £25. But one bargain is getting into football at this level. In fact you could actually watch it for free by standing on the side of the road as the perimeter fence was just waist high. But I didn't want to deprive the club of revenue so I paid my 50 Danish Kroner (about £6) for entry and a programme. About the same price as your Emirate burger.
The law in Denmark states that you cannot watch any game of football unless you have a beer and a sausage. But there is a custom to this. Buy your beer first, drink it, buy another then go and get your sausage. Add a dollop of ketchup and mustard, grab a bit of bread and proceed in this order. Sausage, dunk in ketchup. Take a bite. Dunk in mustard, take a bite. Pick up bread. Eat a small chunk. Repeat until all gone.
The ground is unusual to say the least. There aren't any stands as such. Along one side of the pitch is a big sort of Scout hut. Metal chairs, the ones favoured by England fans when rioting abroad (lightweight yet accurate from 20 yards) and placed on the top step and so I take a seat in one of these. This, it appears, is the best seat in the house. A door to my left opens and I get a view straight into the away dressing room. A female physio is kneeling in front of one of the players, applying a strapping it seems to his inner thigh. No 18 stickers on such things over here. After all Denmark invented pornography so I am reliably informed by people in the office in 1969 by becoming the first country to legalise it. So porn, beer and Lego were all born here..Something for all the family!
A Danish family day out. Blanket obligatory.
VIP seats filling up fast
Søllerød Vabæk is, as many clubs are in Denmark, a result of a merger. Their one notable claim to fame is that they were the first club of Andreas Laudrup, son of Michael, grandson of Finn and nephew of Brian. He didn't hang around long, failing to really understand the sausage ritual, heading off to Real Madrid for a while before returning home to FC Nordsjaelland where he is still dining out on the name of his father. They are also the home of the Danish national team when they are playing at home and a signed shirt from the 2010 World Cup squad takes pride of place in the bar alongside a spade.
The visitors are from Falster, one of the islands to the south of Copenhagen where no one really visits. It is sort of the end of the earth for Danes. However plans are afoot for a 12 mile tunnel underneath the Fehmarn Straits which will cost 32 Billion Kroner (about £4billion) which would breathe some life back into the region. Lolland Falster Alliancen came into being after another one of these mergers, this time between B1901 and B1921 of course. They had brought a few fans with them to add to the atmosphere. Well, in truth they were the atmosphere. A drum, two flags and a strange woman who made meowing noises as the teams emerged.
So now you are expecting an in-depth tactical analysis of the game aren't you? Well, the home side, let's call them BSV for simplicity lined up with 3 at the back, 2 in midfield and 1 up front. Hair bands that was. For some reason the Danes love a hair band. They don't even have to have particularly long hair to put one in either. They are the snoods of Danish football and have no place in the game.
A graduate of the Robert Green school of goalkeeping.
Give it some welly my son.
Only one team can be promoted from the 2nd Division, and both of these sides were way off top spot, but safe from falling back into regional football. So it was going a Biscotto game. One of those Italian inspired end of season games which miraculously always ends in a draw. Well that is what I assumed would happen. Instead the visitors tore into BSV and were unlucky not to take the lead in the 15th minute when Wagner waltzed through the defence only to fire wide.
After BGA hit the bar with a speculative shot from the fantastically named Christian Smed, it was all Lolland. First Jensen scored from close range having been put through by Anders "Woolly" Vest Hansen, who then doubled the lead five minutes later with a stunning shot from distance and a not too shabby back flip in way of celebration.
Both teams emerged from their doors to Lola by the Kinks at the start of the second half, the discs being spun by a man wearing shorts and wellies as if making a personal statement. The crowd had been swelled by the Doggers. Such a team over here actually refers to people out walking their genuine dogs. There isn't an underground movement of performing sexual favours in seedy car parks using coded signals. Danes are forthright. If they want to bring their dogs into football then they will. As the game restarted I counted 8 canines making a healthy 10:1 human to beast ratio, easily the highest on my travels this year.
If truth be told it was getting a bit nippy. I occasionally forget when I am out here how cold it gets at night. I am seduced by the warm afternoons, and the sight of the Danes stripping off outside my office window and then I go out at night wearing just a T-Shirt. Well here there were people with blankets wrapped round them. Didn't I look Johnny Foreigner with my short sleeves?
The football didn't exactly warm me up either. Both teams had settled for a 2-0 win by the looks of it and the ball spent most of the time within 10 yards of the half way line. So it came as quite a shock when Jensen added a third with fifteen minutes to go from distance. In fact such a shock that the keeper was chatting to one of the ball boys at the time, and despite his back peddling he couldn't keep the ball out. I was bored by this point and only staying around because I had to wait for the half hourly train back into town.
Football isn't always the winner at the end of the day. My plan was by now I would be basking in the glory of some exclusive titbits from an ex-Man Utd legend. Instead I was wiping dog shit off my shoe in a Danish 2nd division ground. Football is a fickle game isn't it?
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I love the concept of tapas. Since dinner is served so late in Spain, tapas, a variety of small appetizers, serve to keep Spaniards from suffering from hunger bouts between work and dinner. What I love about tapas is that it allows people to eat a diversity of foods in one meal. One can reasonably eat four tapas for the price of one entrée.
In Spain, tapas precede dinner. But, I see no reason why tapas-style appetizers should not constitute dinner. Most entrees have diminishing returns. As you eat more of an entrée, that entrée becomes less pleasurable. Some of this can be attributed to decreased hunger but much of it can also be attributed to decreased novelty. The first taste of a delicious flavor does more for you than the 35th taste of that flavor (there, arguably, are exceptions: lobster may be one). The last bite of that steak or chicken is rarely as pleasurable as that first bite. Rich foods like creamy pastas tend to have significant diminishing returns. Anyone who has ever eaten penne alla vodka can attest to this. Moreover, one of the benefits of going out to eat at a restaurant is that the chefs cook for far more people (who have varying tastes) than you probably do at your home: as a result, its easier to order a variety of dishes than it is to cook a variety of dishes.


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Kids! Design your own library logo
The Logan Library is holding a contest to design a new library logo (a sign that tells people what we do). Kids can get involved by creating their own design!
Print this Coloring Page or get one at the children's reference desk. Draw your design in the circle and return it to the Circulation Desk before December 15th. Some of the designs will be displayed in the library.
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At least 51 people, including 20 children, were among the victims of an enormous tornado that roared through the suburbs of Oklahoma City Monday, pulverizing entire city blocks and leaving behind miles of mangled cars and splintered wood.
Officials warned the death toll was likely to climb, making it among the deadliest tornadoes in U.S. history.
Forecasters warned that more "large and devastating" tornadoes were possible Tuesday with cities including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Shreveport, Texarkana and Little Rock potentially at risk.
At one hospital, 85 patients, including 65 children, were being treated for minor to critical injuries.
Sue Ogrocki / AP
A monster tornado hit Moore, Okla., Monday afternoon, leaving scores dead as the threat for more storms continues.
"The whole city looks like a debris field," said Mayor Glenn Lewis of the city of Moore, which appeared to be the hardest hit.
One of the many buildings to be totally destroyed was the Plaza Towers Elementary School where seven children drowned in a pool of water. The tornado tore the roof off the school about 3 p.m. local time. A teacher told NBC station KFOR that she draped herself on top of six children in a bathroom to shelter them.
It was not clear how many children still were missing. Students in fourth, fifth and sixth grade were evacuated to a church, but students in lower grades had sheltered in place, KFOR reported. More than two hours after the tornado struck, several children were pulled out alive.
The twister was a mile wide at its base, according to The Weather Channel. A reporter for KFOR said the tornado kicked up a cloud of debris perhaps two miles wide. The National Weather Service initially classified the storm as an EF4, the second-strongest type, with winds of 166 to 200 mph.
"It seems that our worst fears have happened today," said Bill Bunting, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Norman, Okla.
KFOR television reporter Jesse Wells reports Plaza Towers Elementary school was totally destroyed. Most of the walls of the school have collapsed, and cars were thrown into the front of the building. Emergency crews continue to look for kids who may still be inside.
Even before the death toll began to climb, television footage showed a landscape shattered — not the arbitrary damage of a tornado that leaves some homes untouched, but vast and utter obliteration.
Emergency workers stepped gingerly around piles of wreckage left on the foundations of homes. Other people simply walked around, dazed. Fires broke out in several places.
"I lost everything," one man said as he walked through the ruins of a horse farm. "We might have one horse left out of all of them."
Tiffany Thronesberry told the Associated Press that her mother, Barbara Jarrell, called her and screamed: "Help! Help! I can't breathe! My house is on top of me!"
At one hospital in Moore, cars were "piled like Hot Wheels" in the parking lot, and police were searching them one by one and spray-painting X's to mark them clear of victims, said Kurt Gwartney, news director for radio station KGOU.
An Oklahoma emergency management spokesman said a hospital was being evacuated after sustaining severe damage, and 16 ambulances were being sent to move patients. It was not clear whether it was the same hospital.
The tornado struck at mid-afternoon and tore a 20-mile path, said Rick Smith, another weather service meteorologist. He said it was on the ground for 40 minutes. Much of the storm's rampage was captured on live television, perhaps alerting people in its path to seek shelter.
President Barack Obama declared a major disaster, making federal aid available to people in five counties. Gov. Mary Fallin asked the people of Oklahoma for patience and promised: "We will bring every single resource out that we can."
NBC's Brian Williams and NBC's Al Roker report on the aftermath of a tornado, which is believed to have been up to a mile wide, and left a huge path of destruction as it cut across Moore, Oklahoma.
Relief efforts sprang up. The Red Cross said it was opening a shelter, and the University of Oklahoma opened some of its housing for displaced families.
In addition to Plaza Towers, Briarwood Elementary School was heavily damaged, KFOR reported.
Grasping for comparisons, some people said it looked like Joplin, the Missouri town virtually wiped off the map two years ago when a tornado — this one an EF5 — blew through and killed 158 people.
Joplin city officials said Monday they were sending a team of 10 officers and three firefighters to Moore to help. "Giving back in whatever way we can," the mayor said on Twitter.
For those living in Oklahoma, the ferocity was reminiscent of May 3, 1999, when a tornado registered wind of more than 300 mph, left 46 dead and damaged or destroyed more than 8,000 homes.
Michael Welch captures dramatic video of twister from a KFC parking lot in Newcastle, Oklahoma.
The tornado Monday also came one day after another cluster of storms in Oklahoma that killed two elderly men in the town of Shawnee. Tens of millions of people from Texas to the Great Lakes — an area covering 55 million people — had been warned to brace for the severe weather.
The Sunday storms destroyed mobile homes, flipped trucks and sent people across 100 miles running for cover. In Kansas, a weather forecaster was forced off the air as a tornado bore down on his station.
Please keep all those impacted by today's storm in your thoughts & prayers.#okwx— Governor Mary Fallin (@GovMaryFallin) May 20, 2013
Watch live video of storms from KFOR TV
NBC News' Alastair Jamieson, Jeff Black and Tracy Connor contributed to this report.
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Simone Sbaraglia
Simone Sbaraglia is a professional nature and wildlife photographer. His work aims at highlighting the beauty, harmony and uniqueness of our planet, in the hope that it can be preserved for the future generations. Simone is often on assignment to cover nature and wildlife reportage all around the world. Most of his work concentrates on endangered species and ecosystems and he constantly takes part in nature conservation projects. His articles have appeared in many italian and international magazines and his photographs have won awards in countless international photography competitions. Simone has authored two books ("Images from Planet Earth" and "Eye to Eye with Nature"). When not travelling to the ends of the Earth, Simone teaches photography, leads workshops and photo travels and gives lectures and presentations.


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HIRAM, Maine – Mark Lambrecht scored a pair of goals to lead the Traip Academy boys soccer team to cap a late night in a 3-1 win over Sacopee Valley (2-9-1) in Western Maine Class C action on Saturday.
Brandon Metevier scored Traip's other goal. Miguel Herrera registered two assists and Colin Macomber made four saves in net.
Traip (6-6-1) wraps up the regular season on Monday under portable electirc lights when it hosts Lake Region.
Portsmouth Christian 8, Nute 0
DOVER — The Portsmouth Christian boys soccer team was an 8-0 winner over Nute (1-12) in Division IV on Saturday.
Justin LeDuc scored thrice for Portsmouth Christian and Yuhnwan Kim scored twice. Zane Keehbler, Nate Foster and Matt Geil also scored.
Both teams return to action on Monday. Portsmouth Christian (6-7) is at Newmarket while Nute travels to WiltonLyndeborough.
Berwick 3, Kents Hill 0
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — The Berwick Academy girls soccer team was a 3-0 winner over Kent's Hill on Saturday.
Stephen Sherbahn scored twice and Jesse Morse scored to lift Berwick. Chris Richards recorded two assists and Will Grant also had an assist.
Berwick (5-4-2) plays Phillips Exeter on Tuesday.
Marshwood 3, Bonny Eagle 0
STANDISH, Maine — The Marshwood girls soccer team was a 3-0 winner at Bonny Eagle (1-12) in Western Maine Class A action on Saturday.
Korinne Bohunsky, Lydia St. Pierre and Savannah Menard all scored for the Hawks (5-7), who close out the regular season on Tuesday at home against South Portland.
Berwick 3, Kents Hill 0
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — The Berwick Academy girls soccer team was a 3-0 winner over Kent's Hill on Saturday.
Emily Borkowski, Cora Ordway and Olivia Hurley scored for Berwick.
Berwick visits Pingree on Wednesday.
DOVER — The Portsmouth Christian cross country teams were winners on Saturday in a 3-way Division IV meet.
The boys race was won by PCA's Camden Corso in 18 minutes and 51 seconds, edging out Newmarket's Alex Chase. In the girls race Newmarket's Sarah Fillion ran well ahead of the field finishing in 23:06 with PCA's Gina Sbrilli placing second.
Berwick wins
YORK, Maine — The Berwick Academy golf team was a 6-0 winner over Pingree on Friday.
Max Linemayr shot a 41, Jon Malloy shot 42, Cam Clair shot 43, Lukas Linemayr shot 39, Brennan Santaniello shot 38 and Alex Grammenos shot 46.
Somersworth 3,
Windham 1
SOMERSWORTH — The Somersworth volleyball team beat Windham (10-4) in four games Friday in Division II action.
The Hilltoppers (6-7) won by game scores of 25-15, 29-31, 25-21, 25-20. Windham is 10-3.
Shadai Gosselin led the way with 12 kills and 18 digs, while Lexi Strong served 20 for 21 (14 points) with 19 digs, including the 500th of her career. Stephanie Burrill served 25 for 25 with 20 points and 12 digs, and Miranda Gagnon added 21 assists.
Somersworth visits Oyster River Monday.
Marshwood, Traip make playoffs
DOVER — Marshwood and Traip have made their respective field hockey tournaments as announced Friday.
Marshwood (12-2) is the third seed in Western Maine Class A and will host the winner of No. 6 Sanford and No. 11 Kennebunk Tuesday at 3 p.m.
Traip (8-5-1) is the Western Class C fourth seed and hosts No. 5 Freeport (5-8-1) Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.
The semifinals for both tournaments are on Oct. 20 at the home of the higher seed.
High school roundup: Traip stops Sacopee Valley
HIRAM, Maine – Mark Lambrecht scored a pair of goals to lead the Traip Academy boys soccer team to cap a late night in a 3-1 win over Sacopee Valley (2-9-1) in Western Maine Class C action on Saturday.


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Norwood announces Board of Supervisors run
Jim Norwood announced on Thursday that he plans to seek the Republican nomination for the Scottsville Board of Supervisors, a position currently held by Lindsay Dorrier. Businessman Norwood wants to bring more businesses to Charlottesville to keep UVA students in the community.
Updated June 5: Lindsay Dorrier's name was misspelled in the original version.
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Mr.Norwood's statement, "wants to bring more businesses to Charlottesville to keep UVa students in the community." .....does not make any sense. Why would UVa students leave the community to go shopping?
uh, yeah. with what the average business pays and the cost of living around here, that's NOT going to happen. we have enough bar tenders & wait staff
Kind of ironic don't ya think. Billions and billions of dollars will be donated to politicians for them to be elected and tell us we don't have enough money for the things we need.
Read this article and see who the real man is that is running for Board of Supervisors.


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Newswise — Cancer metastasis, the escape and spread of primary tumor cells, is a common cause of cancer-related deaths. But metastasis remains poorly understood. Studies indicate that when a primary tumor breaks through a blood vessel wall, blood's "stickiness" tears off tumor cells the way a piece of tape tears wrapping paper. Until now, no one knew the physical forces involved in this process, the first step in metastasis. Using a statistical technique employed by animators, scientists created a new computer simulation that reveals how cancer cells enter the bloodstream. The researchers present their work in a paper accepted to the American Institute of Physics (AIP) journal Physics of Fluids.
To create the simulation, a group of scientists from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore., and The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., first had to describe the physics of the process. The researchers couldn't directly measure the fluid forces acting on a tumor cell in the body. Instead, they imaged blood flowing at different velocities over a breast cancer cell on a glass plate. Then, they bridged the gap between known and unknown with an Active Shape Model, a statistical technique that animators use to create furry monsters. Active Shape Models track the shape of an object as it dynamically deforms. When combined with the experimental data, the modeling enabled the team to compute the fluid forces acting on the cell, and that in turn helped them tune the simulation.
The study is an important first step toward understanding the mechanical properties of cancer cells and how they travel over the course of the disease, the researchers say. The ultimate goal is developing computer simulations of metastasis' multi-step process, and thus new therapies to target metastasis.
Article: "A low-dimensional deformation model for cancer cells in flow" is accepted for publication in Physics of Fluids.
Link: http://pof.aip.org/resource/1/phfle6/v24/i8/p081903_s1
Authors: A.M. Lee (1), M.A. Berny-Lang (2), S. Liao (1), E. Kanso (1), P. Kuhn (3), O.J.T. McCarty (2), and P.K. Newton (1)
(1) Department of Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering and Department ofMathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles(2) Department of Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University,Portland(3) The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
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36th Annual Daytona Beach Turkey Run - Web Exclusive
Another Great Thanksgiving Weekend of Fun and Sun in Daytona Beach
Turkey Run painting by artist Wayne Mauro
There was no sign of an economic downturn at the 36th Annual Turkey Run. Record crowds, record number of cars, record swap meet sales, record car corral sales, and a very successful auction all added up to a great weekend of motorhead mayhem.
A few years back the host club, the Daytona Beach Street Rods, elected to remove the word "Rod" from the Turkey Rod Run slogan. The reason was custom cars, classic cars, trucks, etc...were also a big part of the biggest car show in the Southeast. This year the cutoff year was removed and any classic, custom, street rod, antique or specialty car or truck was welcome. This made a really big event even bigger and better.
Held in the massive infield of the Daytona International Speedway, in addition to the biggest car show in the Southeast, the Turkey Run features the biggest swap meet and vendor area in the Southeast. If you could not find it here you probably didn't need it. Parts movers are available to carry your purchases to your vehicle and they were very busy shuttling parts all four days.
Dan Kruse Classics in conjunction with Vicari Motorsports produced a classic car auction that ran from mid morning to late afternoon Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. A host of rods, customs, and classics rolled across the auction block all day long. The call of the auctioneer, along with the calls of the bidders just added to the atmosphere.
Throw in 1,500 car corral spots, a craft sales area, and a giant food court and you had a full four-day weekend of fun.
If spending the day perusing the swap meet, checking out the car corral or eyeing the nearly 5,000 show entrants wasn't enough, nighttime activities were everywhere. The sanctioned activities were held each evening just outside of turn four of the speedway. Music, food, slow drags, tricycle races, a car teeter-totter, and more made up those activities.
Other evening activities are located throughout the area, including the highly popular Bel Air Plaza "Outlaw" Cruise. So named because it is not planned, it is not sanctioned, and it is not advertised, yet every year hundreds of rods and customs invade the Bel Air Plaza Shopping Center parking lot for the nightly cruise.
Throw in the tourist attractions and the miles of drivable, wide, flat, sandy, beaches, and there was something for everyone. This explains why the four-day event is beginning to become a week long or even longer for many participants.
As we walked the show grounds we noticed an increase in the number of fat fendered rods, especially '39 and '40 Fords, plus a good number of drop tops from the same years. Rubber running boards, cowl lights, door handles, and bumpers appear to be continuing to make a comeback, as are full fendered, unmolested Fords, Chevys, and few Mopars of all years.
As in the past, all profits generated from swap meet spaces, car corral spaces and spectator ticket sales are handled by the Daytona Beach Racing and Recreational Facilities District and are used for parks and recreation in the Daytona Beach area. The profits from the car show entry fees and the raffle car are handled by the Daytona Beach Street Rods and are donated to various area charities with an emphasis on the Volusia County Special Olympics.
If you are looking for a really exciting Thanksgiving weekend check out the 37th Annual Turkey Run. For information contact www.turkeyrun.com


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Cashooie (3.5e Deity)
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Cashooie can perceive the past perfectly, and therefore sees no reason for anything to exist for more than a moment.
Cashooie was born from the minds of historians with the power to perceive everything that has ever happened from anyone's perspective. Reveling in his power, he spent the first few centuries of his life simply experiencing the universe. Over time, however, he began to grow jaded, seeing the same old stories and technologies being played out and invented time and again. Now he's consumed with a desire to stave off his omniscient boredom, seeking to cause novelty wherever he can.
It is sometimes said that Cashooie created old age in order to get rid of people who were too set in their ways. Others also claim that he created old age, but only because he could, and wanted to see what would happen.
Most followers of Cashooie, like most people in general, are fairly self-interested. Cashooie being a very "understanding" deity, he teaches them to go out and experience things they have never experienced before, in the hopes that Cashooie has not experienced them either. Cashooie teaches that advancement is great, since it will bring people to new levels, so realms with high levels of Cashooie-worship will usually have very developed technological and magical research departments. Sharing technology promotes technological advancement, while redundancy is boring, so Cashooic societies will frequently destroy civilizations and steal their inventions.
Cashooites and Good or Evil Druids very seldom get along, since preservation is the one thing Cashooites cannot stand, and Good Druids usually seek to preserve the lives of the living, while Evil Druids often seek to bring the world to a deader, more stable state. Neutral Druids get along fine, however, since the "cycle of life" mentality is one of the primary justifications Cashooites have for killing people and destroying things: anything that is destroyed is free to be used to create something new.
Clergy and Temples[edit]
Every temple built in honor of Cashooie is different. To build a temple that is too similar to one that already exists or has existed is one of the greatest blasphemies one can commit. In addition, temples to Cashooie are generally being renovated, since as soon as they are completed, it is time to try out a different arrangement. That is not a universal law, however, as some things can only happen if a temple has been around for centuries.
No reason can overrule "it has never been done before". If a cleric of Cashooie imagines something that has never happened before, it is their duty to make it happen. This means that intelligent clerics of Cashooie are generally memorable.
As the sole deity in a setting, things would get rather strange. For that reason, it is advisable to put Cashooie in a pantheon, possibly manipulating other deities to make interesting things occur. Cashooie can stand in as the deity of fate since he's more omniscient than average, or the archenemy of the deity of fate since his main goal in life is to make new things happen.
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