Adrian Peterson: One-Of-A-Kind Talent

We are beyond half way into the NFL season and there have been some surprises. One surprise that needs to be mentioned is the phenomenal season by Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson. Honestly, to me, this is not a surprise. I grew up watching Adrian Peterson and he is a one-of-a-kind player in the NFL that is rare. He is works too hard and is too gifted to let any sort of injury plague him.

Regardless, what Adrian Peterson has done after blowing out his knee is remarkable. Almost every analyst out there thought Peterson would NEVER be the same type of player he was before. Many players have been scarred with devastating knee injuries and never ended up coming back the same. The fact that Adrian Peterson is back and healthy is amazing. What's even more amazing is that he did it in less than a year and is running harder than he ever has. You honestly have to be a super human to recover this quickly from an injury and to also run harder than he did when he was healthy! Remarkable!

I truly believe Adrian Peterson should be the league's most valuable player at the moment. Not only is he looking phenomenal, but the Minnesota Vikings are in playoff contention. This team would be lost without him, and perhaps win-less. Peterson has been running hard every game and every down. He is one of the few players in the league that runs hard EVERY play. He runs with a purpose which is why you always see him dragging guys with him when he is running.

Peterson is looking better than ever and he is doing it off an injury that has ended the careers of other NFL players. Last year, many thought Adrian Peterson was finished and we would never see the same ferocious runner we were used to. Peterson has worked harder than any one else, day in and day out, and he has showed us why he is the best running back in the NFL.

What Adrian Peterson is doing is phenomenal and rare. We probably will not see many runners like Peterson. He has been a true Viking since the team drafted him and has always made the team a threat. You can put 11 guys in the box and this guy will run over all of them. Keep an eye out on Adrian Peterson because this league will not see many AP's in the future.

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Ice Storms of America

An ice storm is a cold-weather rainstorm, in which the falling water turns to a coating of ice on striking terrestrial objects. The deposit thus formed is smooth and transparent, unless mixed with a previous deposit of snow, and is quite different in appearance from the rough or feathery "rime" often deposited in cold weather by drifting fog, especially in the mountains. The ice formed in the storms is called "glaze" by American meteorologists, and "sleet" (a word of many meanings!) by nearly everybody else in the American half of the English-speaking world. Like the blizzard and the tornado, the ice storm is a specialty of our American climate. Except in a mild and innocuous form, it is uncommon in continental Europe and almost unknown in the British Isles.

In the amount of damage it does in this country it vies with the tornado, though its destruction is less concentrated, and its effects on humanity are troublesome rather than tragic. Its visible havoc is wrought upon the trees and upon the overhead conducting systems of the telephone, telegraph and electric power companies. This consists of breakage under the weight of ice; often fatal in the case of the trees and fraught with far-reaching secondary effects upon the community at large in the case of the broken wires and poles and severed communications. In the eastern United States ice storms are episodes in the conflict between moist, mild winds from the Atlantic and the cold dry winds that sweep outward in winter from the interior of the continent. The colder currents push under the warmer that are forced upward, cooled by expansion, and thus caused to condense their moisture.

This may result in steady and prolonged fall of rain. If the temperature of the lower air is below the freezing point, the icy coating formed on wires and branches grows thicker and thicker, until, in a large percentage of cases, the phase of destructive overloading is reached. The amount of damage is greatly increased if high winds set in after the ice is deposited.

New England has acquired a special reputation for these icy visitations, partly, perhaps, because Mark Twain once penned an exuberant description of their magnificence in that region. They are, however, about equally common throughout a broad central belt extending from the Atlantic seaboard to the Upper Mississippi valley. Oklahoma and Kansas have experienced very severe ice storms, and occasionally they invade the heart of the sunny but not always summery South. Georgia and Alabama had a memorable encounter with one of them early in 1923. The Pacific coast is by no means exempt. The copious precipitation on the western slopes of the Sierras and the Cascades not infreqeuntly takes the form of an ice coating.

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The Climate of Belarus

The climate of Belarus is continental but to a moderating degree. Belarus has warm summers and cool winters with a good rainfall.

The average summer temperatures are around 65 F (18 C) with the high temperature frequently reaching 80 F (27 C). In winter, the continental effect is dominant and although the average temperature of the coldest month is 25 F (-4 C), temperatures below 14 F (-10 C) are not uncommon. Belarus therefore, has a large range of temperature typically more than 20 C (36 F). The flatness of the relief, relative remoteness of the country from the Atlantic Ocean and its mid latitude location are the most important factors that control the summer and winter temperatures of Belarus.

The precipitation of the country, although moderate, 24-28 inches (600-700 mm) is considered good for the latitude since evaporation is less at low temperatures. Most of the precipitation falls during summer which is a typical feature of continental climates. In winter, the precipitation is mostly in the form of snow. In the south west of the country, snow lasts for less than 80 days while in the north east it lasts for more than 170 days in a year. However due to climate change in the recent decades, the days with snow are becoming less and less in number.

In short the climate of Belarus is cool in winter and warm in summer exhibiting a continental trend. The range of temperature is also large which is typical of mid latitude climates.

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