Daily Sports Roundup April 21st
Posted by Don Chino on April 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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Tipping off on the hardwood…
Two games are on tonight’s NBA playoff schedule: Dallas meets San Antonio in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round series, while Orlando tips off with Charlotte in the second game of their Eastern Conference first-round set. The Mavs won the series opener 100-94 on Sunday, as they covered as 4-point favorites against the Spurs. Dirk Nowitzki had 36 points and seven rebounds for Dallas, which improved to 4-1 SU and ATS this season against San Antonio. The Mavericks are 3.5-point chalk for tonight’s game, with the total set at 194.5 points.
Meeting up on the diamond…
Action in the National League includes San Francisco at San Diego, Los Angeles at Cincinnati, Chicago at New York, St. Louis at Arizona, and Philadelphia at Atlanta. Roy Halladay (3-0, 1.12 ERA) takes the ball for the Phillies in their matchup with the Braves, who send Tim Hudson (1-0, 2.84 ERA) to the hill at Turner Field tonight. Atlanta should have its hands full with Halladay, one of the best pitchers in the game for the better part of the last decade. Brought to Philadelphia from Toronto in an offseason trade, Halladay has 21 strikeouts and only two walks in 24 innings pitched this season.
Over in the American League, tonight’s schedule features Texas at Boston, Tampa Bay at Chicago, Detroit at Los Angeles, New York at Oakland, and Baltimore at Seattle. It’ll be a battle of ace pitchers at Safeco Field between the Orioles and Mariners, with Baltimore’s Kevin Millwood (0-2, 2.89 ERA) matching up with Felix Hernandez (1-0, 3.10 ERA) for Seattle. Both righthanders have started the season well, even if Millwood remains winless with his new team. Millwood allowed three runs over six innings in the Orioles’ 4-2 loss at Oakland last Friday, and it wasn’t enough for Baltimore to cash as +140 underdogs.
Taking a trip around the rink…
The NHL playoffs continue with three games tonight: Buffalo at Boston, Washington at Montreal, and Vancouver at Los Angeles. The Sabres, Canadiens, and Canucks are all looking to avoid going down 3-1 in their respective best-of-seven first-round series, and it’s Montreal that has the toughest task.
The Habs were no match for the Caps in Monday night’s Game 3 at the Bell Centre, as Washington rolled to a 5-1 victory as -185 favorites. Montreal needs a better performance from goaltender Jaroslav Halak, who was pulled after giving up three unanswered goals in the second period in Game 2. Carey Price came on in relief of Halak, and promptly allowed a marker to Alex Ovechkin to put the game out of reach for the Canadiens.
A ‘friend’ request from al-Qaida.
NewsRx Health January 29, 2012 Hackers invading databases is just the tip of the iceberg in online terrorist activity: International terrorist organizations have shifted their Internet activity focus to social networks and today a number of Facebook groups are asking users to join and support Hezbollah, Hamas and other armed groups that have been included in the West’s list of declared terror organizations. This has been shown in a new study conducted by Prof. Gabriel Weimann of the University of Haifa. in our site music notes facebook
“Today, about 90% of organized terrorism on the Internet is being carried out through the social media. By using these tools, the organizations are able to be active in recruiting new friends without geographical limitations,” says Prof. Weimann.
Over the past ten years, Prof. Weimann has been conducting a study of encoded and public Internet sites of international terror organizations, groups supporting these organizations, forums, video clips, and whatever information relating to global terrorism is running through the network.
According to Prof. Weimann, the shift to social media, and especially Facebook and Twitter, has not bypassed the terrorist organizations, who are keenly interested in recruiting new support in the new media’s various arenas – Facebook, chat rooms, YouTube, Myspace, and more. “The social media is enabling the terror organizations to take initiatives by making ‘Friend’ requests, uploading video clips, and the like, and they no longer have to make do with the passive tools available on regular websites,” he notes.
Facebook’s popularity is being utilized by the terror organizations and besides recruiting new friends, they use this platform as a resource for gathering intelligence. A statement originating from Lebanon has reported that Hezbollah is searching for material on the Israeli army’s Facebook activity, while many countries such as the USA, Canada and the UK have instructed their soldiers to remove personal information from this network as a precaution in case Al Qaeda is monitoring it. “Facebook has become a great place to obtain intelligence. Many users don’t even bother finding out who they are confirming as ‘Friend’ and to whom they are providing access to a large amount of information on their personal life. The terrorists themselves, in parallel, are able to create false profiles that enable them to get into highly visible groups,” he says. here music notes facebook
For terror organizations, the social media is also providing a platform to maximize sharing ‘professional’ information. The following correspondence, for example, could easily be found on the open, non-coded forum belonging to Hamas’s military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades: “I have a kilogram of acetone. I want to know how to make an explosive with it to blow up a military jeep.” A forum member promptly responded with descriptive instructions on how to turn the explosive liquid into a destructive tool.
“The most advanced of Western communication technology is, paradoxically, what the terror organizations are now using to fight the West,” Weimann concluded.
