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8. Rain drops do not fall in a tear drop shape, they originally fall in the shave of a flat oval.

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9. Rain that freezes before it hits the ground is known as frozen rain.

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10. Rain is recycled water that evaporated from our worlds lakes, rivers, oceans, seas etc. Once evaporated the water will eventually fall as precipitation and a droplet of water may travel thousands of miles throughout this process.

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Q. If your dog is barking at the back door and your wife was barking at the front door who would you let in first and why?

A. The dog. Why? Well because he will quit barking when you let it in!!!






A dog is truly a man's best friend.

If you don't believe it, just try this experiment.

Put your dog and your wife in the trunk of the car for an hour.

When you open the trunk, who is really happy to see you!

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Two fishermen were adrift in their rented boat due to an engine failure. While rummaging through the boat's provisions, one of the men stumbled across an old lamp. Secretly hoping that a genie would appear, he rubbed the lamp vigorously. To the amazement of the castaways, a genie came forth. This particular genie, however, stated that he could only deliver one wish, not the standard three.

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One man looked disgustedly at the other whose wish had been granted. After a long, tension filled moment, he spoke: "Nice going idiot! Now we're going to have to piss in the boat!"

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List of National Basketball Association Teams


The Tri-Cities Blackhawks (which include Moline and Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa) began as a National Basketball League (NBL) team in 1946. They joined the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1948. In 1949 the BAA and the NBL merged, creating the National Basketball Association.

Like Chicago's National Hockey League franchise, the Blackhawks were named after the famous Sauk Chief Black Hawk. Chief Black Hawk's tribe had been located in Rock Island and a major part of the 1831 Black Hawk War had been fought in the surrounding areas. Thus the owners named the team the "Blackhawks".

In 1951, the team migrated north to Milwaukee where the name was shortened. The team became known as the Milwaukee Hawks.

Four years later, the team moved to St. Louis to become the St. Louis Hawks.
The Hawks relocated to Atlanta in 1968, just in time to win the division championship.

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The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association based in Boston, Massachusetts and are 17-time NBA champions.

The Boston Celtics are one of the NBA’s original teams. They came into existence in 1946 when the Basketball Association of America, the forerunner of today's NBA, was established.
The name seemingly grew out of a conversation between owner Walter Brown and Howie McHugh, a member of the Garden's publicity staff and the man assigned to handle the basketball entity. Both men suggested several nicknames, including Whirlwinds, Unicorns, and Olympics.

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The Charlotte Bobcats are a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The team is part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association. The Bobcats were established in 2004 as an expansion team, two seasons after Charlotte's previous NBA team, the Charlotte Hornets, relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana and became the New Orleans Hornets. The Bobcats play their home games at Time Warner Cable Arena in uptown Charlotte.
Charlotte's NBA Development League team is the Sioux Falls Skyforce (the affiliation is shared with the Minnesota Timberwolves). The Bobcats were also the brother team of the Charlotte Sting of the WNBA before the Sting folded on January 3, 2007.
The NBA granted Charlotte an expansion franchise in 2003. The franchise narrowed the choice for the team’s nickname to three finalists. The Bobcats, Dragons, and Flight are chosen out of approximately 1,250 suggestions submitted to the team and the Charlotte Regional Sports Commission. During the summer of 2003, at a street festival that attracted an overflow crowd of 7,000 fans, the Charlotte NBA expansion franchise unveils Bobcats as the team nickname.

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Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Eastern Conference of the NBA. The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center. The team is well known for having one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history during the 1990s, winning six championships in 8 years with two three-peats. All six of those championship teams were led by Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen and coach Phil Jackson. The first three championship teams included the likes of Bill Cartwright, Horace Grant, John Paxson and B.J. Armstrong, while the latter three championship teams had Luc Longley, Steve Kerr, Ron Harper, Toni Kukoč and Dennis Rodman on the roster. The Bulls won an NBA record 72 games during the 1995–96 NBA season and are the only team in NBA history to win at least 70 games in a single season. During the 1990s, the Bulls helped spread the popularity of the NBA around the world. The 1998 NBA Finals, the Bulls' most recent championship appearance, was the most watched championship series in NBA history.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers (also known as the Cavs) are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They began playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1970 as an expansion team and won their first Eastern Conference Championship in 2007.

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The Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team of the National Basketball Association based in Dallas, Texas. The team is owned by Mark Cuban, and the president and CEO is Terdema Ussery.
Founded in 1980, the Dallas Mavericks have won two division titles and one conference championship. According to Forbes Magazine, the Mavericks are the third most valuable basketball franchise in the United States, valued at approximately $463 million, surpassed only by the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team of the Western Conference of National Basketball Association (NBA) based in Denver, Colorado.

Franchise history
The franchise was known as the Denver Rockets when it entered the ABA in 1967. The same year, an NBA expansion franchise named the San Diego (now Houston) Rockets began play. After seven seasons, and with entry into the NBA looming, Denver team officials renamed the club. "Nuggets" refer to the 19th century mining boom in Colorado, when people rushed to the area, hoping to make their fortunes by panning gold and silver nuggets. It also draws a connection to the defunct Denver Nuggets that played one season (1949-50) in the NBA.
The Nuggets joined the NBA in 1976 when four ABA teams merged into the NBA.

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The Detroit Pistons began their basketball life as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, members of the National Basketball League (NBL). Fred Zollner, owner of the team from its formation in 1941 until 1974, played a key role in merging the NBL with the BAA (Basketball Association of America), which created the NBA in 1948. The Pistons moved to Detroit in 1957. The Pistons have won two NBL titles and three NBA titles.

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The Golden State Warriors are a professional basketball team based in Oakland, California, United States. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was first established in 1946, as the Philadelphia Warriors, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where the franchise won the championship in the inaugural season of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), the league that would eventually become the National Basketball Association. In 1962, the franchise was relocated to San Francisco, California and became known as the San Francisco Warriors until 1971, when its name was changed to the current Golden State Warriors. The team has played all of its home games in the Oracle Arena since 1966, with the exception of a one-year hiatus. Along with their inaugural championship win in the 1946–1947 season, the Warriors have won two others in the team's history, including another in Philadelphia after the 1955–56 season, and one as Golden State after the 1974–75 season, tying them for 6th in the NBA in number of championships.

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The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team is part of the Western Conference of the NBA.
[On January 11, 1967, San Diego became the 12th member of the National Basketball Association. To select a name for their new NBA club, the basketball fans of San Diego were asked to choose a nickname for the team.
Out of 10,000 entries, more than 1,000 different names were submitted. After careful deliberation, a group of leading citizens chose Rockets because it fit in with San Diego's theme of a "City in Motion"; while reflecting the outstanding growth of space-age industries in San Diego.

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The Indiana Pacers are a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are members of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Pacers play their home games at Conseco Fieldhouse, which they share which their WNBA counterpart, the Indiana Fever, also owned by Herb Simon. The Indiana Pacers began play in 1967 as members of the American Basketball Association (ABA), where they won three championships and created a dynasty. In 1976, the Pacers moved from the ABA to the NBA when the Indiana dynasty ended and the Pacer organization began to struggle. The Pacers organization saw success with the acquisition of Reggie Miller. Following the appearance in the 2000 NBA Finals, the Pacers have not seen much playoff success, not seeing postseason play since the 2005–2006 season.

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Los Angeles Clippers is an American professional basketball team in the Pacific Division of the NBA based in Los Angeles, California, competing at the STAPLES Center. In 1978, the Buffalo Braves moved to San Diego.
Team officials thought the name "Braves" did not fit in with San Diego's image. A contest was held to name the team and the entry of San Diego Clippers was selected as the winner. The reason that Clippers was selected as the new team name was the fact that San Diego was known for the great sailing ships -- "clippers" -- that passed through the San Diego harbor many years ago. The franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1984 and have been known ever since as the Los Angeles Clippers.

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The Los Angeles Lakers are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Los Angeles, California. The Lakers play their home games at STAPLES Center, which they share with their fellow NBA rival, the Los Angeles Clippers, and their sister team, the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA.



The Memphis Grizzlies are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis Tennessee. The team competes in the Southwest Division of Western y
Vancouver was granted an expansion team in the spring of 1994 to begin play in 1995-96 season.
The team was named the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies borrow their name from the Grizzly bears that are part of the rugged landscape of British Columbia. Grizzlies reflect the powerful nature of the sport of basketball, and the heritage and culture of Western Canada.
The team relocated to Memphis prior to the 2001-02 season.

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Miami Heat is an American professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association based in Miami, Florida.




On May 22, 1968, Milwaukee's second professional basketball team got a name -- the Milwaukee Bucks. More than 14,000 fans participated in a team-naming contest. According to the 1969-70 Milwaukee Bucks yearbook, R.D. Trebilcox of Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, was one of 45 persons who suggested the name "Bucks." His reasoning: "Bucks are spirited, good jumpers, fast and agile." Mr. Trebilcox won a new car for his efforts in helping to position Milwaukee's entry into the professional sports world with an enduring nickname. Other suggested names were Skunks, Beavers, Stags, Hornets, Stallions, Ponies, Badgers, Packers, and Braves.
The Bucks have a rich history which includes an NBA Championship in 1971 and has seen such superstars as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson, Ray Allen, and Michael Redd. Read More

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The Minnesota Timberwolves are a National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball team in Minneapolis, Minnesota.



The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association that plays in the Eastern Conference's Atlantic Division.
They have endured their share of difficulties since they first took the floor as the New Jersey Americans in 1967. One of 11 original American Basketball Association franchises, the club has played in six arenas in the New York metropolitan area. Along the way, they soared to the top of the ABA on the back of Julius "Dr. J" Erving, then fell to the cellar upon entry into the NBA. The late 1980s and early 1990s saw the Nets' slow rise to respectability in the NBA's Eastern Conference and, following a 43-39 mark in 1997-98 and an appearance in the playoffs, the franchise appeared to be back on solid ground. After two trips to the NBA Finals, the Nets had a record breaking 2009-2010 season in which the team won only 12 games. However, despite having a rather "appaling" season, the Nets are currently trying to add to their team with free agents. At the end of the 2011-12 NBA season the Nets successfully moved to Brooklyn, New York.

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The New Orleans Horpnets are an American professional basketball team in the NBA, the team is based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Hornets joined the NBA in 1988 as an expansion franchise based in Charlotte. They moved to New Orleans in 2002 until Hurricane Katrina forced them to relocate temporarily to Oklahoma City. They split their time between New Orleans and Oklahoma City during the 2005-06 and 2006-07 campaigns but returned permanently to their home in New Orleans for the 2007-08 season



The New York Knickerbockers, known familiarly as the Knicks, are a professional National Basketball Association team based in New York City, and the most valuable franchise in the league, valued at $608 million. The organization was a founding member of the Basketball Association of America in 1946 and would join the NBA after the BAA and National Basketball League merged.
The Knicks are one of only two teams of the original National Basketball Association still located in its original city (the other being the Boston Celtics). The team was originally known as the Knickerbockers, which it has retained as the official name, as reference to the synonymity between the term and New York City in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Over their sixty-two years of existance, the Knicks have won two NBA championships and eight NBA conference titles.

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Philadelphia 76ers (or Sixers for short) are an American professional basketball team based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania that play in the Eastern Conference for the NBA.


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When Co-Owner Karl Eller was stumped with the task of naming the new National Basketball franchise in Phoenix, he asked the board of directors "Why not throw it open to the fans and see what they come up with?"
As an incentive to draw thousands of participants, the club announced that everyone entering would receive a free ticket to a future basketball game.

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The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the Memorial Coliseum, before moving to the Rose Garden Arena in 1995. Based in Portland throughout its existence, the franchise entered the league in 1970, and is the only major league franchise in Oregon until 2011 when the Portland Timbers will join the MLS. The franchise has also enjoyed a strong following; from 1977 through 1995, the team sold out 814 consecutive home games, the longest such streak in American professional sports.
The team has advanced to the NBA Finals three times, winning the NBA Championship once, in 1977. The other NBA Finals appearances were in 1990 and 1992. The team has qualified for the playoffs in 26 seasons of their 39-season existence, including a streak of 21 straight appearances from 1983 through 2003. Four Hall of Fame players have played for the Trail Blazers (Lenny Wilkens, Bill Walton, Clyde Drexler, and Dražen Petrović), as well as one player (Scottie Pippen) who was recognized as one of the league's 50 greatest but who is not yet eligible for the Hall. Bill Walton is the franchise's most decorated player; he was the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1977, and the regular season MVP the following year. Three Blazer rookies (Geoff Petrie, Sidney Wicks, and Brandon Roy) have won the NBA Rookie of the Year award. Two Hall of Fame coaches, Lenny Wilkens and Jack Ramsay, have patrolled the sidelines for the Blazers, and two others, Mike Schuler and Mike Dunleavy, Sr., have won the NBA Coach of the Year award with the team.

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The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. The Kings are members of the National Basketball Association The Kings trace their roots all the way back to the start of the NBA. In 1949 the franchise was one of 17 charter members of the new league that was created by the merger of the Basketball Association of America (BAA) and the National Basketball League (NBL). Since being located in Rochester, New York and known as the Rochester Royals, the club has been known as the Cincinnati Royals, the Kansas City-Omaha Kings, and the Kansas City Kings. The franchise moved to Sacramento in 1985.



The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The Spurs are one of four former American Basketball Association teams (along with the Nets, Pacers, and Nuggets) to remain intact in the NBA after the 1976 ABA-NBA merger and is the only former ABA team to have won an NBA championship. The Spurs have won four NBA championships, more than any NBA franchise except the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, and Chicago Bulls. The Spurs' perfect record in NBA Finals series is surpassed only by the Chicago Bulls, who have won six without a loss; the Bulls and Spurs are the only two teams to maintain perfect records through multiple Finals series. As of July 2009, the Spurs rank third among active franchises for the highest winning percentage in NBA history; they have only missed the playoffs 4 times as an NBA franchise.

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The Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's expansion into Canada. When the Grizzlies relocated to Memphis, Tennessee in 2001, the Raptors became the only Canadian team in the NBA. They originally played their home games at SkyDome, before moving to the Air Canada Centre (ACC) in 1999.



The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team that play in the National Basketball Association. They are based in Washington, D.C. and play their home games at the Verizon Center.

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An Irishman named O'Malley went to his doctor after a long illness.

The doctor, after a lengthy examination, sighed and looked O'Malley in the eye, and said, "I've some bad news for you. You have cancer, and it can't be cured. I'd give you two weeks to a month to live."

O'Malley was shocked and saddened by the news, but of solid character. He managed to compose himself and walk from the doctor's office into the waiting room. There, he saw his son who had been waiting. O'Malley said, "Well son, we Irish celebrate when things are good, and we celebrate when things don't go so well. In this case, things aren't so well. I have cancer, and I've been given a short time to live. Let's head for the pub and have a few pints."

After three or four pints, the two were feeling a little less somber. There were some laughs and more beers. They were eventually approached by some of O'Malley's old friends who asked what the two were celebrating. O'Malley told them that the Irish celebrate the good and the bad. He went on to tell them that they were drinking to his impending end. He told his friends, "I've only got a few weeks to live as I have been diagnosed with AIDS."

The friends gave O'Malley their condolences, and they had a couple more beers.

After his friends left, O'Malley's son leaned over and whispered his confusion. "Dad. I though you said that you were dying from cancer??? You just told your friends that you were dying from AIDS!"

O'Malley said, "I am dying of cancer, son. I just don't want any of them sleeping with your mother after I'm gone."

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Pedophile Myths & Facts

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Pedophiles only have sex with children, never adults. Not true. Many are in adult relationships.


* Pedophiles randomly pick their victims. Not true. They typically know and have fantasized about their victims.

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* Pedophiles are made up only of men. Not true. While men are typically more likely to be child offenders, there are documented cases of women pedophiles.

* Sex offenders are easy to suspect. Not true. Many people are surprised to discover that someone they know is a sex offender.


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Children are afraid of child pedophiles. Not true. Often these people have a close and trusted relationship with the child.

* All pedophiles receive treatment when given prison terms. Not true. Unfortunately, many never receive treatment at all.

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http://www.parent24.com/School_7-12/health_safety/12-facts-on-child-abductions-20080808

child abductions

1. There are 3 types of abductions

When a stranger takes a child away for criminal purposes (such as sexual assault or ransom – the latter would be classified as a kidnapping in South Africa);
When a child is stolen to be brought up by the abductor;
When a parent removes a child from the other parent's care.

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2. What makes it kidnapping?

The following things classify an abduction as a kidnapping: the child is detained, taken away some distance from where it was abducted, and is held for ransom money. Or the child is taken in order to keep it permanently.


3. Kidnapping or abduction?

According to the law in South Africa, kidnapping is a separate crime from abduction. Abduction is defined as the unlawful taking of a minor from the control of their parent or guardian for the purpose of marriage or sexual intercourse.

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4. Ransom

Kidnapping for ransom (of both children and adults) is most common in countries with a high crime and corruption level, a poorly resourced police force, a weak judicial system, and a history of social or political instability, according to a study conducted in South Africa for the Institute for Security Studies.

5. Dozens of kidnappings

The Gauteng police deal with over a dozen kidnappings for ransom each month, according to the study mentioned above. Most of these kidnappings involve children.

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