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November 29, 2012 6:00 AM

Steven R. Adcox
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
Newport News

Michael A. Banzhaf
Reed Smith
Leesburg

Richard K.A. Becker
Hogan Lovells US LLP
McLean

R. Edward Bourdon Jr.
Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy PC
Virginia Beach

James C. Brennan
Reed Smith
Falls Church

Antonio J. Calabrese
Cooley LLP
Reston

John V. Cogbill III
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond

Thomas J. Colucci
Walsh Colucci Lubeley Emrich & Walsh PC
Arlington

Andrew M. Condlin
Williams Mullen
Richmond

James E. Cornwell Jr.
Sands Anderson PC
Christiansburg

Ann K. Crenshaw
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Richard J. Crouch
Vandeventer Black LLP
Norfolk

Chris Crowe
Lumber Liquidators
Toano

David C. Culbert
David C. Culbert PLC
Leesburg

Paul H. Davenport
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

Stephen R. Davis
Willcox Savage
Virginia Beach

Robert L. Dewey
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

Robert M. Diamond
Reed Smith LLP
Falls Church

Dorothea W. Dickerman
McGuireWoods LLP
Tysons Corner

Benjamin W. Emerson
Sands Anderson PC
Richmond

Karen C. Fagelson
Reed Smith
Falls Church

David Y. Faggert
Faggert & Frieden PC
Virginia Beach

John W. Farrell
McCandlish & Lillard
Fairfax

William A. Fogarty
Walsh Colucci Lubeley
Emrich & Walsh PC
Arlington

Jonathan A. Frank
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Laura Lee Garrett
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

Vernon M. Geddy III
Geddy, Harris, Franck, Hickman LLP
Williamsburg

Paul W. Gerhardt
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

Maryellen F. Goodlatte
Glenn Feldmann Darby & Goodlatte
Roanoke

Howard E. Gordon
Williams Mullen
Norfolk

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Blankingship & Keith PC
Fairfax

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Lenhart Obenshain PC
Harrisonburg

Katja H. Hill
LeClairRyan
Richmond

A. Brooks Hock
Williams Mullen
Richmond

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Clement & Wheatley
Danville

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Reed Smith
Falls Church

Robert W. Hughes
FloranceGordonBrown PC
Richmond

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Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

James L. Johnson
Wharton Aldhizer & Weaver PLC
Harrisonburg

James Webb Jones
Poole Mahoney PC
Chesapeake

D. Brennen Keene
McGuireWoods LLP
Richmond

Neil S. Kessler
Troutman Sanders LLP
Richmond

Thomas C. Kleine
Troutman Sanders LLP
Virginia Beach

Charles E. Land
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Daniel F. Layman Jr.
Daniel F. Layman Jr., Attorney at Law
Roanoke

Benjamin D. Leigh
Atwill, Troxell & Leigh PC
Leesburg

Valerie W. Long
Williams Mullen
Charlottesville

Joseph F. Mauk
Litten & Sipe
Harrisonburg

John L. McBride
Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC
Reston

John F. McManus
Hirschler Fleischer
Fredericksburg

C. Grice McMullan Jr.
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

John M. Mercer
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Jennifer Davis Mullen
Williams Mullen
Richmond

Adam R. Nelson
ThompsonMcMullan PC
Richmond

Michael R. Newby
Hancock Daniel Johnson & Nagle PC
Richmond

V. Rick Nishanian
Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian PC
Manassas

RJ Nutter
Troutman Sanders LLP
Virginia Beach
G. Michael Pace Jr.
Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore LLP
Roanoke

Thomas T. Palmer
Woods Rogers PLC
Roanoke

Susan M. Pesner
Pesner Kawamoto PLC
McLean

Faisal S. Qureshi
Chaplin & Qureshi PLC
Richmond

Charles H. Rothenberg
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

Robert E. Ruloff
Shuttleworth, Ruloff, Swain, Haddad & Morecock PC
Virginia Beach

Lawrence M. Schonberger
Sevila, Saunders, Huddleston &
White PC
Leesburg

Conway H. Sheild III
Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly
Newport News

J. Rawleigh Simmons
Dunton Simmons & Dunton LLP
White Stone

Kedron Adele Springer
Kedron A. Springer PC
Chesapeake

Jeffrey M. Stedfast
Kaufman & Canoles
Norfolk

Robert R. Sullivan
Title One Settlement Group LLC
Vienna

Howard R. Sykes Jr.
Sykes, Bourdon, Ahern & Levy PC
Virginia Beach

Michael H. Terry
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

James W. Theobald
Hirschler Fleischer
Richmond

James D. Thornton
Thornton & Associates PLC
Glen Allen

Timothy O. Trant II
Kaufman & Canoles
Williamsburg

Lucia Anna (Pia) Trigiani
MercerTrigiani
Alexandria

Nathaniel P. Tyler
Willcox Savage
Norfolk

William A. Walsh Jr.
Hunton & Williams LLP
Richmond

Elizabeth L. White
LeClairRyan
Williamsburg

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Pollard finds new fielding regulations hard for bowlers ? Cricket ...

Pollard finds new fielding regulations hard for bowlers ? Cricket News Update

While captaining the West Indian side against BCB XI in a warm up game, Kieron Pollard revealed that the new fielding regulations for One Day Internationals are very challenging for the bowlers and the captains.

According to the new rules, only 2 fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle in the opening 10 overs of the innings, while 3 are allowed in the Powerplay. Reducing the number to 4 at all other times compared to a previous of 5 is causing the most problems for captains and bowlers.

?It was very challenging, the bowlers have to mind their Ps and Qs. They can't let it stray because there are not many guys outside [the circle]. Having said that, the rules have been set and players have to just follow, so I think it is something that we have to get used to. I hope we can get the right combination and have the right tactics to counter the restrictions,? said Pollard.?

The new regulations were set in place earlier this month for the first time during the one day series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. The Sir Lankan batsman, Mahela Jayawardene also felt the new restrictions were very hard on the spinners.

While talking to ESPNcricinfo, the left-arm spinner Enamul Haque jnr, who was playing for BCB XI against West Indies shared similar feelings on the new rules.

?I think it is going to have a negative impact on Bangladesh's cricket on the international stage,? said Enamul, keeping in view Bangladesh?s heavy reliance on their spin attack.

However the batsmen on other hand can enjoy the amendments in the fielding restrictions by having bigger gaps to their advantage feels Pollard. "It can be good and bad."

With the advantage of having an extra fielder in the deep gone, the spinners in particular have to bowl as straight at possible to avoid leakage of runs. The captains will face considerable problems in making field placements and the bowlers will have to try hard to restrict the batsmen from hitting big shots.

Put under a fair amount of criticism, the new rule will make sure the bowlers become much more disciplined with their line and length.

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Dubai back in mega-project mood after fiscal dive

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010 file photo, Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, seen at center, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It suddenly seems like Dubai is rediscovering its old habits. That means breathless hype is now back in vogue. Construction plans are again peppered with superlatives. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, file)

FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010 file photo, Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, seen at center, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It suddenly seems like Dubai is rediscovering its old habits. That means breathless hype is now back in vogue. Construction plans are again peppered with superlatives. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, file)

FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008, An Emirati man examines a graphic city map of Dubai, depicting new real estate developments, during an exhibition entitled Cityscape exhibition in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It suddenly seems like Dubai is rediscovering its old habits. That means breathless hype is now back in vogue. Construction plans are again peppered with superlatives. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

FILE - This Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010 file photo shows the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It suddenly seems like Dubai is rediscovering its old habits. That means breathless hype is now back in vogue. Construction plans are again peppered with superlatives. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

FILE- In this Feb. 22, 2012 file photo, the city lights of Dubai, United Arab Emirates are featured in this image provided by NASA and photographed by an Expedition 30 crew member on the International Space Station. It suddenly seems like Dubai is rediscovering its old habits. That means breathless hype is now back in vogue. Construction plans are again peppered with superlatives. (AP Photo/NASA, File)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? Dubai is suddenly rediscovering its old habits.

That means relentless hype and construction plans loaded with superlatives. Case in point: A proposed Taj Mahal replica four times bigger than the original.

Leaders, too, are back swaggering with a mojo that seems aimed to wipe away memories of the city's humbling fiscal collapse just three years ago.

"We do not anticipate the future," said Dubai's ruler Sheik Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum in announcing plans Sunday for a new "desertopolis" that will bear his name. "We build it."

It all rings very familiar. The same type of super-charged ambition reshaped Dubai beginning in the 1990s and left an impressive legacy including the world's tallest skyscraper, a villa-studded island shaped like a palm, malls packed with top retailers and tourist and business networks that are the envy of the Middle East.

But it also helped drive the emirate over the edge.

The global financial crisis smacked Dubai particularly hard after years of increasingly shaky construction funding schemes, where state-linked developers often used money collected for one unfinished project to start another. As credit dried up, the deeply indebted Dubai government had to scale back sharply just to meet its bills. It took a $10 billion bailout from oil-rich neighbor Abu Dhabi in 2009 just to give it some breathing room to begin selling off assets and negotiating with creditors for billions more owed by the city-state.

Now ? with another generation of outsized projects on the drawing boards ? some are questioning whether the pre-bust creed of bigger-is-better still makes sense in a more cautious world.

The Great Recession pummeled the type of high-risk investors who would once sink money into a project that was still just a plot of sand and desert brush.

But Dubai is still betting heavily on long-term appetite for the kind of self-contained, mega-scapes that were among the main casualties of its fiscal meltdown. The new wave of projects also marks an important shift for Dubai away from housing-oriented developments toward more entertainment and tourism, particularly with visitors from China sharply on the rise. The proposed Mohammad bin Rashid City ? named after Dubai's ruler ? includes a shopping complex that will surpass the world's largest, the Dubai Mall, just down the road.

Nick Maclean, the managing director of property advisers CB Richard Ellis Middle East says the investment climate is on the rebound. Dubai's economy grew a healthy 4.1 percent for the first six months of 2012 compared with the same period last year, officials said Monday. But Maclean and others still cast wary eyes on frontier areas such as desert outskirts where many of the giant projects are planned.

"We tell developers that the time is not right for them to build speculatively because we see very limited demand," he said in an interview this month with Big Project Middle East, which follows major development initiatives in the region.

Consider the marketing push ahead for the proposed satellite city: 100 hotels, a theme park in collaboration with Universal Studios, a green space somewhere in size between London's Hyde Park and New York's Central Park, and the mother of all malls.

But there's no lack of confidence from its namesake. "The current facilities available in Dubai need to be scaled up in line with the future ambitions of the city," said Dubai ruler Sheik Mohammad.

Another planned development ? literally just over the horizon ? delves even deeper into the Dubai's penchant for alternative realities such as an indoor ski slope or an archipelago shaped liked the world's continents.

The lavishly named Falconcity of Wonders was first unveiled during the height of Dubai's white-hot growth five years ago, but later fell victim to the financial crisis. It's now back on the agenda with ethnic-themed sections that include replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the Giza Pyramids and the leaning Tower of Pisa.

So far, the only significant outrage from abroad is over a proposed version of the Taj Mahal ? the "Taj Arabia" ? that's four times larger than the original in Agra south of New Delhi.

"It is patently wrong and absurd," a former Agra legislator, Satish Chandra Gupta, told Indian media.

The developers, however, predict it will be a major draw for wedding parties among Dubai's large Indian community and growing tourism from the subcontinent.

The Indian outreach doesn't end there. A Bollywood theme park is part of a $2.7 billion five-park complex announced Monday by the office of Dubai's ruler. It also seems to be Sheik Mohammad's grand response to the fiscal nosedive that shutdown plans for several theme parks, leaving more than one colorful gateway-to-nowhere in the desert.

"Hubris," said Christopher Davidson, an expert on Gulf affairs at Britain's Durham University, referring to the blitz of new mega-projects.

Associated Press

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Bako Sahakyan received Harvard University National Security Program director

14:00, 28 November, 2012

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS. Bako Sahakyan received Harvard University National Security Program director Sergey Konoplyev.

The Central Information Department of the Office of the Artsakh Republic President informed "Armenpress" that issues related to the Azerbaijani-Karabagh conflict settlement and regional processes were discussed at the meeting.

Special attention was paid to developing relations between the Harvard University and Artsakh's scientific, educational and analytical circles. Bako Sahakyan noted that all the necessary conditions existed for such cooperation adding that it would be beneficial from all points of view.

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Let the fiscal cliff road show begin

Republican House Speaker John Boehner and President Barack Obama meet at the White House on Nov. 16 to discuss??President Barack Obama is ramping up efforts to win over Americans?and pressure Congress?on the looming "fiscal cliff," with events at the White House and on the road to argue for the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts chiefly benefiting the rich.

The response from his top Republican foes? On Tuesday morning, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell portrayed the president's outreach effort as an unserious distraction from negotiations with Congress. But minutes after McConnell's sharp-tongued criticism, Republican House Speaker John Boehner's office announced that his members would be countering the president's road show with one of their own.

Obama was meeting on Tuesday behind closed doors with 15 small-business owners from the retail, construction and health care information technology sector. At the White House on Wednesday, the president planned to showcase Americans who would be affected if no deal can be reached to extend middle-class tax cuts. On Friday, Obama planned to travel to the Philadelphia suburb of Hatfield to make a speech at the Rodon Group manufacturing facility. Rodon is an American maker of K'NEX brands, which include Tinkertoy, K'NEX and Angry Bird Building Sets.

In a speech on the Senate floor, McConnell cast the White House efforts as little more than a public relations gambit.

"Rather than sitting down with lawmakers of both parties and working out an agreement, he's back out on the campaign trail, presumably with the same old talking points we're all familiar with," McConnell said. "Look: We already know the president is a very good campaigner. What we don't know is whether he has the leadership qualities necessary to lead his party to a bipartisan agreement on a big issue like this."

But 26 minutes after a transcript of McConnell's remarks landed in reporters' inboxes, Boehner's office made it clear that the House GOP would also be taking its sales pitch on the road.

Republican lawmakers planned to hold events with small businesses around the country warning that job creation will slow if taxes are hiked on small businesses, aides said.

Republicans have warned that Obama's push to let tax cuts expire on income over $200,000 for individuals and $250,000 for families will hit some small businesses, a sector they often credit with fueling job growth. The president characterizes the tax increase?a centerpiece of his successful re-election campaign?as asking wealthier Americans to pay more in order to preserve popular government programs that might otherwise face steep cuts.

"Republicans understand that we must avert the fiscal cliff and have laid out a framework to do so that is consistent with the 'balanced' approach the president says he wants," Boehner's spokesman Brendan Buck said. Buck accused some Democrats of ruling out "sensible spending cuts," notably overhauls of popular entitlement programs such as Medicare, the government health care plan for seniors, and Medicaid, a state-federal program that provides health care to low-income Americans.

The White House and congressional Republicans profess eagerness to avoid the fiscal cliff, an economically toxic blend of tax increases and dramatic spending cuts that will go into effect Jan. 1 unless a deal is reached on a far-reaching deficit-cutting plan (or an agreement is reached to push back what are Congressionally enacted deadlines that lawmakers can un-enact if the president signs on).

Obama spoke to Boehner and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid over the Thanksgiving weekend, but Republicans have complained that negotiations are at an impasse. One of the major roadblocks is the fight over whether to let tax rates on higher incomes revert to Clinton-era levels. The fiscal cliff fight could shape the direction of the nation's spending for a decade?and it certainly amounts to Obama's first major test of postelection clout.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-house-gop-plan-rival-public-campaigns-fiscal-164336812--politics.html

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Nets take 1st Brooklyn matchup with Knicks in OT

New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler (6) knocks the ball from the hands of Brooklyn Nets guard Deron Williams (8) in the first half of their NBA basketball game at Barclays Center, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in New York. Nets' Brook Lopez, rear left, and Knicks' Rasheed Wallace (36) watch the play. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler (6) knocks the ball from the hands of Brooklyn Nets guard Deron Williams (8) in the first half of their NBA basketball game at Barclays Center, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in New York. Nets' Brook Lopez, rear left, and Knicks' Rasheed Wallace (36) watch the play. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler (6) dunks over Brooklyn Nets forward Gerald Wallace (45) and center Brook Lopez (11) in the first half of their NBA basketball game at Barclays Center, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

New York Knicks center Tyson Chandler (6) reacts after dunking as Brooklyn Nets forward Gerald Wallace, far left, watches in the first half of their NBA basketball game, at Barclays Center, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Brooklyn Nets guard Deron Williams (8) shoots over New York Knicks guard Raymond Felton (2) in the first half of their NBA basketball game at Barclays Center, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

Brooklyn Nets guard Deron Williams (8) drives against New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith (8) in the first half of their NBA basketball game at Barclays Center, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

NEW YORK (AP) ? Playing the Knicks never looked or sounded so sweet for the Nets in New Jersey.

The first matchup in Brooklyn was everything they could have hoped for.

"It was just a total 180 from what we saw last year, where it was mostly Knicks fans and all the chants and all the cheers were for them. It's great to feel that we have a home-court advantage finally," point guard Deron Williams said.

"This is what they talked about. I think this is what they visualized, was games like this. This was a playoff-type atmosphere. You could definitely feel it on the court and it was a great game to be a part of."

The Nets won the crowd ? and the game ? pulling out a 96-89 overtime victory on Monday night to tie the Knicks atop the Atlantic Division on a breakthrough night for their franchise.

With their fans outnumbering and at times outchanting the Knicks' counterparts for a change, the Nets improved to 7-1 in their new home before a sellout crowd of 17,732 that was more black than blue, just the way the Nets hoped.

"Every time some sort of Knicks contingency started to cheer, our fans got louder," Nets coach Avery Johnson said.

Jerry Stackhouse, wearing the No. 42 Jackie Robinson made famous in Brooklyn, hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 3:31 left in overtime as the Nets controlled the extra period of a playoff-like game that neither team led by more than seven.

"It was absolutely fantastic. It was a great game for the fans," Nets center Brook Lopez said. "Having two great teams in New York, the fans are in the best position of all."

Lopez had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Williams added 16 points and 14 assists as the Nets joined the Knicks at 9-4 amid a loud chant of "Brook-lyn! Brook-lyn!" at the finish. Stackhouse scored 14 points.

Carmelo Anthony had 35 points and 13 rebounds, but was only 10 of 16 at the free throw line and missed the potential go-ahead jumper with about 5 seconds left in regulation. Tyson Chandler finished with 28 points and 10 boards, but no other Knicks player was in double figures.

"They're across the bridge. They're here in Brooklyn. We're in the city. They're in the same division, the same sports town. I guess you can say this started something," Anthony said.

Raymond Felton was just 3 of 19 from the field, but the Knicks had to stick with him with fellow point guard and former Nets star Jason Kidd out with back spasms. Another starter, Ronnie Brewer, was lost for the overtime with a dislocated left ring finger.

"I'm upset at myself. I had a bad shooting night," Felton said. "I'm probably just as mad as any fan, any player, anybody you could think about."

The first matchup of Brooklyn and New York pro franchises since the Dodgers played the New York Giants on Sept. 8, 1957, at the Polo Grounds was loud, energetic, and close throughout. Both teams played as if this meant more than the usual regular-season game.

It's the latest the Nets have had at least a share of first place since Jan. 30, 2007, when they and Toronto were both 22-23. It's the latest the Knicks and Nets have been tied atop the division since Nov. 30, 1997.

The game was originally scheduled as the Nov. 1 season opener for both teams but was postponed after Superstorm Sandy, when much of the mass transit around the city was knocked out. Barclays Center sits above a major transportation hub, and without subways running many fans wouldn't have been able to get here.

The Knicks have always been the clear No. 1 franchise in the area, even when the Nets had Kidd and were better, and the Nets have long believed the move to Brooklyn and the $1 billion Barclays Center would help them even things. Nationally televised and with more than 100 media members, this was easily their most anticipated game in years, though Johnson denied that it meant more to the Nets than the Knicks.

"I think it's just as important for them, because if we're so much the new kid on the block and we're trying to come in and gain some territorial rights, I think they're going to try to do everything they can to push back, so I think it's great," Johnson said before the game. "I don't think it's so much of a Duke-North Carolina rivalry yet, but hopefully one day it'll get there."

Johnson estimated that games in New Jersey since he'd been with the Nets were an 80-20 fan split for the Knicks, and he hoped that would turn around Monday. It didn't flip completely, but it seemed the home team's fans made up about 60-65 percent of the crowd, the orange and blue that was long so ubiquitous harder to spot this time.

But Johnson made it clear the Nets needed to win the game, not just the crowd, for this to be a successful night, and his team was in great position up five with 4 minutes to play in regulation. The Knicks ran off eight straight to take an 84-81 lead with 1:40 left, but they wouldn't score again. Lopez tied it with a free throw with 24 seconds remaining, and after Anthony missed a jumper, Williams was off on a long attempt before the buzzer.

Chandler dunked to open overtime, but the Nets answered with eight straight points, taking the lead for good at 89-86 on Stackhouse's 3-pointer with 3:31 remaining before three straight points from Gerald Wallace, who finished with 16.

Both sides downplayed the idea of a rivalry ? yet ? leading into the game, but change was noticeable right from the start.

The Knicks were loudly booed during the announcement of starting lineups, with Anthony, a Brooklyn native whom the Nets tried to acquire before the Knicks did, receiving the type of loud, mixed response that usually goes to LeBron James.

There were dueling chants on one early possession, Knicks fans hollering "Defense! Defense!" while Nets supporters tried to drown them out with "Brook-lyn! Brook-lyn!"

The only time crowd support seemed unanimous was when local sports stars or celebrities, such as Jay-Z and Beyonce sitting near the Nets bench, were shown on the overhead scoreboard.

Reggie Evans finished with 14 rebounds for the Nets.

NOTES: The Nets have won six straight at home for the first time since December 2003. They started 18-1 at home in 2002-03. ... The teams meet three times in the next 3? weeks. The Knicks return to Brooklyn on Dec. 11 and host the Nets on Dec. 19. ... With Kidd out, the Knicks started Kurt Thomas ? and actually got older. Kidd will turn 40 in March. Thomas, the league's oldest player, turned 40 in October. ... Anthony (10.9 ppg) and Lopez (7.9) entered as the NBA's top two first-quarter scorers. Anthony had only four points, while Lopez scored eight.

Associated Press

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Russian Cossacks test their powers in Moscow street patrol

MOSCOW (Reuters) - By tradition, Cossacks protected Russia's borderlands, but on Tuesday descendants of the Tsarist warrior caste patrolled a patch of central Moscow as part of a resurgence encouraged by President Vladimir Putin.

A handful of men in high lambswool hats and epaulettes paced a slushy square around a major railway station, looking for illegal trade and other infractions in what they called a trial run for further patrols in the heart of the Russian capital.

While a few venders in a chilly underpass left when Cossacks approached, the patrol - unarmed and outnumbered by journalists - was uneventful for a group with a reputation as whip-wielding horseback warriors protecting frontiers from foreign threats.

But it was a sign of a Cossack revival that plays into Putin's calls for patriotism and his praise of Russian traditions - and which critics say aggravates the ethnic tension the president has struggled to keep under control.

"Our aim is very clear: we want there to be law and order in the capital, for people to live and work honestly and for crime to be punished," said Vladimir Timofeyev, who identified himself as a "Cossack colonel" and wore a green camouflage coat.

Moscow's central district administration and the Cossack affairs department released a statement saying Tuesday's patrol was the "personal initiative" of a Cossack leader. It also said Cossack patrols could begin on a official basis early next year.

The Cossacks cannot make arrests or check documents. They receive free public transport but no pay, city officials said.

Claiming descent from nomads and fugitives from serfdom who served tsars with their swords and lived in relative freedom on Russia's edges, Cossacks are symbols of Russian patriotism.

Their past is also colored by anti-Jewish pogroms in the tsarist era, and their nationalism is a volatile additive to tension between ethnic Russians and minorities in cities such as Moscow, where many migrants are Muslims from the North Caucasus and ex-Soviet republics in Central Asia.

"They will bring order and it's nice to look at them," Tatyana, a teacher who declined to give her last name, said as she entered the train station. "You remember the past, and it's all coming back - it's great."

Cossacks faced systematic killings and deportation at the hands of the communists following the Russian revolution, and have enjoyed a resurgence since the 1991 Soviet collapse.

PRAISE FROM PUTIN

Putin praised the Cossacks in an article published during his campaign for the March 2012 presidential election.

"The state's task is to help the Cossacks in every way, to attract them into military service and into the military and patriotic upbringing of young people," Putin said.

The use of Cossack patrols has been on the rise in recent months, both in outlying areas of Moscow as well as their historic heartland in the southern Russian steppe, adjacent to the heavily Muslim regions of the North Caucasus.

As many as 1,000 Cossacks took to patrolling streets in parts of the Krasnodar region, which borders the North Caucasus and includes Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The Krasnodar patrols, created by regional governor Alexander Tkachev, help police intervene against crimes and check documents, but media speculated that could lead to racial profiling for migrants from the Caucasus and Central Asia.

Cossacks announced plans for patrols around churches in southeastern Moscow after punk group Pussy Riot belted out a vulgarity-laced "punk protest" in the capital's main Russian Orthodox cathedral, Christ the Saviour.

The head of the church, Patriarch Kirill, has told believers that Pussy Riot was part of an organized attack on Russia's main faith and what he called the moral foundations of the country.

COSSACKS VERSUS PUSSY RIOT

Cossacks blocked the entrance to a Moscow art gallery exhibiting art depicting Pussy Riot last month, leading to a standoff with riot police called in to disperse them.

"This is not the first time that Cossacks are emerging as a conservative force ready to punish or warn those who from their point of view are acting improperly," said Maria Lipman, a political analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center.

Lipman said the higher Cossack profile was a product of a growing Kremlin reliance on conservative forces, such as the Russian Orthodox Church, to counter mostly liberal opponents who staged the biggest protests of Putin's 13-year rule over the past year, drawing demonstrators from the urban middle class.

"Because the protesters were modernized urbanites, the response was found in conservative morals and the government has shifted to a conservative stance," Lipman said, adding that this "deepens divisions in Russian society that have been latent up to this point."

Vladimir Morozov, a pensioner on his way in from the Moscow suburbs, agreed. He said Cossack patrols were "set against Pussy Riot" and could only increase ethnic tension.

"It's just support for Putin," he said.

Art student Nadezhda Irchishina saw no harm in the patrols - but little help, either.

"I think it's just for show," she said. "Crimes will simply be committed out of their line of sight."

Moscow police declined to comment on the Cossack patrols.

The Cossacks on patrol in Moscow said they are limited to verbal persuasion and summoning the police if they see a crime, but they hope that will change.

"When it is all legalised, we will have different powers," Gennady Tyshkov, a retired police officer in a crisp uniform, said with a smile.

(Additional reporting by Anastasia Gorelova and Mikhail Antonov; editing by Jason Webb)

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