Making Movies That Zoom Into Foreign Worlds

Photographer Roman Vishniac, perhaps most famous for documenting Jewish communities in Eastern Europe, was also a pioneer of cinemicroscopy ? filming through a microscope. Flora Lichtman looks back at Vishniac's science cinema and talks to Dutch photographer Wim van Egmond about how he makes his award-winning images and videos of microorganisms.

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You're listening to SCIENCE FRIDAY; I'm Ira Flatow. A little later in the program, we'll be talking about NASA's landing of its new probe, Curiosity, to the Martian surface. But with us now is Flora Lichtman with our Video Pick of the Week. Hi, Flora.

FLORA LICHTMAN, BYLINE: Hi, Ira.

FLATOW: This is a soothing...

(LAUGHTER)

FLATOW: I mean, I saw the video pick. It's so soothing, although it's on a topic that you wouldn't think is soothing at all.

LICHTMAN: It is a little bit soothing. We are going to the movies this week. So sit back, relax, and the stars of these films usually have one cell.

FLATOW: One cell.

LICHTMAN: Yeah.

FLATOW: Not like a phone. In the old days, we talked about cells...

LICHTMAN: The analog...

(LAUGHTER)

LICHTMAN: Yeah, we're looking at how people make movies through a microscope. And I hadn't really thought about this much before this week, but there's a sort of long history of this, and there have been a few real pioneers of this field. And one of them is a guy, a photographer called Roman Vishniac.

And you may know this name because he's famous for sort of a very different kind of photography. He took portraits. He has a picture of Einstein that's pretty famous. And he is famous for documenting Jews in Eastern Europe for World War II.

But it turns out that he also was this huge science buff, and he made these educational movies funded by NSF and others for classroom use, and a lot of them featured his micro-movies, these movies that he did in his New York apartment through the microscope with, you know, pond scum that he collected I don't know where, my guess would be Central Park, just looking at some of the footage.

FLATOW: Right, and so then he trained - this moviemaker trained his camera into the lens of the microscope.

LICHTMAN: Yes, that's right.

FLATOW: And took some gorgeous video, right?

LICHTMAN: They're very abstract. I talked with Heather Heckman, who's at the University of South Carolina Libraries, and they loaned us some of this Vishniac footage. And she was, like, it's almost like avant-garde film because, you know, you look at these oyster larvae pulsating, and you don't know what they are. They're just - but it's really beautiful.

So we talked - so we learn about Vishniac and also sort of figure out how things have changed since the '50s, '60s and '70s, which is when he was doing his work. And we spoke with Wim van Egmond, who's this Dutch photographer who wins all these Nikon Small Worlds contests. I think people who follow this will know his name. But he makes these beautiful, microscopic videos and videos through the microscope and photos, too.

FLATOW: And they're all one-celled creatures?

LICHTMAN: Not all of them.

FLATOW: Not all of them?

LICHTMAN: So for example we show a hydra, which has multiple cells, but the resolution is so good on this...

FLATOW: It's stunning.

LICHTMAN: That you can see the single-celled creatures cruising around on top like, you know, like they're on a highway, on these little lanes.

FLATOW: It's gorgeous.

LICHTMAN: It's gorgeous.

FLATOW: It really is. I mean, the fact - and he uses the microscopes that I used as a kid, right, from the '60s because those must be Bausch and Lomb or something like that.

LICHTMAN: The Zeiss microscope.

FLATOW: Zeiss microscope, different company.

LICHTMAN: Yeah, right. No, he said that actually if you want to get into this, you know, the cost of one of these microscopes from the '60s or '70s is about that of a computer, but it'll last you a lifetime.

FLATOW: Forever. The optics are just terrific.

LICHTMAN: Yeah, and they haven't - you know, that's good enough, and really the advances have come with these digital cameras.

FLATOW: Yeah. So he looks through the lenses of the microscope, and he looks at these - and you made it as your video pick of the week. You put together a montage of all these gorgeous images.

LICHTMAN: It was a fun one to work on.

FLATOW: Yeah, because I know that is your passion also.

LICHTMAN: Microfauna, can't get enough.

FLATOW: Microflora and fauna.

LICHTMAN: That's right.

FLATOW: Excuse me, I just thought of - wow, and was this something he started out to do, I mean, as a scientist?

LICHTMAN: No, so Wim van Egmond is an artist, and he was trained as an artist. He was a painter at first, and he was really into painting from these scientific illustrations, biological illustrations from hundreds of years ago. And he said, well, you know, I could just do this myself. So he purchased his first microscope about 20 years ago and since then has been kind of perfecting the technique.

But when he started, you know, he was also working with film, like Roman Vishniac. And, you know, when he had to look up what he was looking at, these organisms, he was looking in reference books, things that are just unthinkable these days, of course you would just Google.

So he said that, you know, progress has gotten much faster because now you can just look and see your result immediately. You don't have to develop your film, and - you know, and so he's gotten - it sounds like he's gotten - he's sort of refined his techniques much more quickly in the days of the digital camera.

FLATOW: Now I know you like to limit the size of your video pick to like three or four minutes.

LICHTMAN: This one could not be limited. It called for a double feature.

(LAUGHTER)

FLATOW: There is no little announcement in the middle to go take your seat.

LICHTMAN: Intermission.

FLATOW: The little curtain coming - no, it's not there. But it's actually, it's really beautiful, and I'm surprised, you know, of the lighting. You know, you look at these things, how do you get the lighting so pretty?

LICHTMAN: Yeah, I think this is a main component. That's what Wim van Egmond said. And these new digital cameras require less light. The film really required a lot of light to illuminate it, but of course there are - you know, they're backlit, and I think getting that right is challenging.

And the other thing he said is that the key to getting a good image is also preparing the slide in the right way.

FLATOW: Yeah.

LICHTMAN: So you want the organism - it's like taking a portrait, that's sort of how he thinks about it. But of course your microorganism doesn't see it that way.

(LAUGHTER)

LICHTMAN: So you have to figure out how to get them to sit still, and that requires sort of propping up the cover slip with little dots of Vaseline. That's his trick. But you want to sort of squish it just enough so it doesn't move but not too much so that you run it over, essentially.

FLATOW: Well, you don't want to kill the...

LICHTMAN: Yeah, that's the - you don't want to kill it.

FLATOW: All right, that's Flora Lichtman and our Video Pick of the Week. It's microorganisms that are under the microscope.

LICHTMAN: Micro-movie stars.

FLATOW: Micro-movie stars, and are there any outtakes we might get later on?

LICHTMAN: Yeah, you know, I think what I'll post a little later is one of the full versions of the worlds of Dr. Vishniac. These are these educational films that he made. Look forward to that.

FLATOW: All right, there it is. It's up, our video pick of the week, up on our website at sciencefriday.com. Thank you very much.

LICHTMAN: Thanks, Ira.

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Fasting for 17 hours: How Muslim Olympians cope

LONDON?? Competing in the Olympic Games is one of the toughest tests of the human body. So imagine the challenge faced by Muslim athletes who are currently fasting for up to 17 hours a day during the holy month of Ramadan.

Adherents to Islam are expected to go without all food and drink from sunrise until sunset ? no easy task at a latitude where summer daylight hours are between 4 a.m. and 9 p.m.

London 2012 is the first Summer Games to coincide with Ramadan since 1980, posing a dilemma for modern athletes in an era where the science of high performance is often based on complex calorific regimes in the hours leading up to competition.

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Many have sought to reach a compromise by consulting Islamic scholars who have allowed them to make penance after the Games are over. In some countries, such as Egypt, leaders in the faith have issued fatwas stating athletes would not have to fast, citing exceptions already made for those who are traveling, sick or pregnant.

?It is a matter of personal choice, for example I believe that [British rower] Mohamed Sbihi has agreed to feed 60 poor people in [his father?s homeland of] Morocco for every day he does not fast during Ramadan,? Dr Muhammed Abdul Bari, former chair of the Muslim Council of Britain, told NBCNews.com.

He was speaking at a large multi-faith iftar ? the evening meal that breaks the fast ? attended by more than 1,000 people in Bethnal Green, East London, on Thursday night. The event, where up to half the guests were non-Muslim, was aimed at promoting cross-cultural relations in a part of London where Islam is the most widely practised religion.

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There are no known Muslims competing for the United States at London 2012 - New Jersey-based female fencer Ibtihaj Muhammed, who competes in a hijab, did not qualify for the team. However, an estimated 3,000 from other countries are taking part including Somali-born Canadian runner Mohammed Ahmed, from St. Catharines, Ontario.

?Mohammed Ahmed is Muslim and will be abiding by Ramadan after his competition at the Olympic Games, he will not fast before,? Athletics Canada?s information director Mathieu Gentes told the Globe and Mail.

However, Somali 400-meter runner Zamzam Moahmed Farah told the New York Times she would adhere to the fasting regime. ?Ramadan is something we have to perform,? she said. ?I?m just as fast and I will run and I don?t think it will affect me as an athlete.?

Special catering arrangements are in place inside the athletes? village, where the 24-hour cafeteria offers halal food and is prepared for a possible post-sunset influx.

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Multi-faith centers in both the athletes? village and Olympic Park media and transport hub are set up for Islam?s five-times-a-day prayer ritual.

?We have had Olympic volunteers, catering workers, bus drivers and broadcasters here,? said Andrew Graystone, chaplain to the media at the Games. ?It is a time of year when observance of Islam is at its highest, even among those who do not always practise the rest of the time.?

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The issue of religious observance in sport is not new: The film "Chariots Of Fire" told the story of British runner Eric Liddell who withdrew from a 100-meter race in 1924 because a qualifying heat took place on a Sunday.

'Fasting doesn't have to mean weakness'
Muslim sportsmen at Thursday?s iftar said observance may actually help performance.

?Fasting doesn?t have to mean weakness, it can help you find strength from within,? said Colin Nell, a 27-year-old soccer coach and skills champion from London whose mother is of Palestinian and Yemeni descent.

Despite not having eaten since before dawn, he drew applause for an energetic routine of ball-balancing tricks.

?It is something you get used to, and it is surprising how easily the body adapts.?

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Darren Cheesman, a member of Britain?s Olympic hockey team, said his faith helped him deal with the devastating news earlier this year that an injury meant he would not be able to fulfill his dream of competing in his home city?s Games.

?My coach said I must be mad because I had a smile on my face,? he said. ?I explained to him that things are God?s will and that God is preparing something equally good or better for me at another time. Instead of training for the Olympics I have worked to get qualifications as a hockey coach and also set up my own business. My faith helped me find the perspective to overcome the disappointment.?

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DERMA EVE?: Donnie, you are a beauty coach and mentor at DERMA EVE?. How did this come about?
Donnie Villella: Since 1988 I have been working as a state-licensed cosmetologist in the United States. Unlike in Europe, in the States this is not only a recognized occupation that requires ?hands on? training, but also formal classroom instruction and a license. About ten years ago, I met Denise Sonja Engels through her husband and we got along very well right away. I told her about ? in those days ? current capabilities and methods of instrument-based cosmetics, especially in the area of IPL / flash light with excellent results. However, out of this discussion grew a joint business idea, which in January 2012 was founded with the Institute for Improved Skin Texture under our own and protected brand name DERMA EVE?.

DE?: Based out of Baltimore, Maryland you are more than 3.000 miles away from the scene of events. What precisely is your contribution within this joint business idea at the Institute for Improved Skin Texture?
Donnie: First and foremost I see my role as a driving force. It is not a secret that many actual trends find their way from the United States to Europe in the beauty & wellness market. To stay in step with the times and define a fitting target group, it is important to check and review the scope of individual services at DERMA EVE? regularly and adjust it accordingly to individual needs. In essence, portfolio management is my contribution, which can be conducted as a non-local resident through the use of state-of-the-art communication technology.

DE?: Can you predict any trends for the European market?
Donnie: Particularly here in America, there are many extremely young people who try to keep up a perceived ideal of beauty through cosmetic surgery. My personal opinion is that this is the wrong approach, as only a superficial clich? is served. Against this background, the unique concept of DERMA EVE? is compelling, in particular the basic principle of so called non or minimally invasive treatments.

DE?: Can you please clarify this last point for our readers?
Donnie: It is absolutely shocking when I read about very young girls at the age of 16 to 25 years who are seriously considering a cosmetic surgery treatment. There are many non or minimally invasive treatments available which can achieve the same desired result, without being irreversible. For example, take micro needling, which is a centuries old technique, which punctures the skin with micro needles, arranged on a drum shape instrument.

DE?: Please allow us the question, Donnie, why should anybody consider a treatment involving needling?
Donnie: Well, on the one hand, micro needling offers a wide range of applications as it helps reduce wrinkles, scars, pigmentation problems, cellulite, and generally poor connective tissue effectively. Furthermore, there is currently no better method existing to improve impure and course porous skin more efficient and less painful. With micro needling you can not only overcome the skin?s barrier of larger skin areas, but also improve the enhancement of active ingredients, mainly pharmaceuticals that can be far better absorbed and more evenly distributed in the metabolism when enhanced percutaneously, instead of systematically by tablets or injections.

DE?: Is this statement scientifically proven?
Donnie: So far, the U.S. Mercer University in Atlanta, Georgia, as well as the Universities of Marburg and Jena, both in Germany, wrote independent articles about the worth of transdermal drug delivery via Micro Needling.

DE?: In the era of AIDS and other infectious diseases, is this really a safe treatment?
Donnie: For the Micro Needling treatment at DERMA EVE? there are only one-time use, disposable needles used, with no infection risk from reuse. Moreover, since micro needles, regardless of their length, which penetrate the skin?s surface, a needling instrument must be registered and approved as a medical device according to U.S. and European regulation and must be CE marked before it is placed on the market.

DE?: Donnie, is there a realistic chance for your rapidly growing fan base to reach out to you in person?
Donnie: Yes, at this time I am living in Maryland, U.S. Based on the recent re-launch of DERMA EVE?, we are also working to make arrangements for me visit primarily as I welcome the opportunity to meet me on site at the Institute for Improved Skin Texture in Germany. At that time we can set the mood for the day??An open day to discuss the individual needs of potential clientele, in conjunction with existing patrons with beauty coach Donnie? . A tentative business/pleasure trip is in the works for 2013, I look forward to fostering this magnificent venture. I truely believe in the product. At the age of 50, I find that these products and procedures have afforded me the opportunity to look several years younger.

DE?: Donnie, thank you for your time and this interview and we wish you all the best ? take care!

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What Happens When an Adoption Fails? | Black and Married With ...

We often hear success stories of the likes of Reverend Run and Justine Simmons or Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey who have adopted children, Miley and Nicole respectively, but what?s the?flip-side?of tales like these? Who?s responsible when an adoption fails?

MSN?s Today Moms discusses how a failed adoption?known as a ?disruption??can impact parents, a family and especially the child; however, the reasons behind failed adoptions are seldom talked about.

While disruptions often occur within the time it takes for adoption to become final, which could range from a few months to a few years, it rarely occurs among adopted infants. When it comes to older children, however, the likeliness increases 5 to 20 percent due to life experiences and behaviors.

Sage, a 39-year-old stay at home mom describes how her 4-year-old adopted child?s behavior led her to have to give her up after just a year and a half. From spitting and name-calling to telling her 18-month-old ?Your mommy doesn?t love you,? and pushing her into walls, Sage found out that her adopted daughter suffered from reactive attachment disorder causing her to display aggressive characteristics and attention-seeking behavior. Sage, like others, realized that she could not provide the child with the environment and care she truly needed.

Zia Freeman, a Seattle-area counselor who?s been in the field for 20 years, says that adoption agencies do everything they can to keep a family together including classes and support groups at the first sign of any problems between the adopted child and her new family.

?The more research a parent does before adopting an older child, the better,? she says. ?You?ve got to be open to educating yourself and being honest with yourself. Ask yourself, ?Can I live with someone who doesn?t like me for a few weeks or months or years???

Read the full article on MSN?s website.

Have you ever experienced the challenges that come with adopting a new child into your family or known someone who has? Was there a resolution, or did the adoption fall through?

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Stacie Bailey is a student at Quinnipiac University pursuing her master?s degree in Interactive Communications. She has strong interests in relationships, health, social media and an overall love for sharing knowledge and information.

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Rescuer saves Calif. hiker from mountainside ledge

FRESNO, Calif.?? As Lawrence Bishop lay battered, bruised and weakened from two days without food or water, clinging to a narrow ledge of slick granite high in the Sierra Nevada, Deputy David Rippe made a split-second decision that likely saved him.

Without ropes, Rippe scrambled 300 feet up a 70-degree slope of granite polished smooth by eons of snow and ice to secure Bishop with nylon webbing he happened to have in his pocket.

"I knew I had to get there quickly and safely," Rippe, a member of the Fresno County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue Team, said Wednesday. "He looked like he was going to fall at any moment, and I was just hoping I could get there before he did."

Saturday's dramatic rescue was completed when a high-altitude Highway Patrol helicopter hoisted Bishop off the 10,295-foot peak, capping a 24-hour search for the 64-year-old man who had become separated from his group nearly two days earlier.

Bishop, a retired hazardous waste specialist from the Santa Barbara County Fire Department, told rescuers he had tried to descend the dome of granite in Dinky Lakes Wilderness 45 miles northeast of Fresno after he summited Dog Tooth Peak on Thursday then chose what turned out to be a hazardous route down.

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He fell three times, cutting his head and scraping up his body, and stayed up all night trying to keep his balance before he realized midday Friday he couldn't make it. He found a six-to-seven-inch wide ledge about 150 yards from the bottom and wedged his body there while he hallucinated about being rescued.

"I was planted there until someone found me or I was going to die there," Bishop said Wednesday.

He had started slipping down the rock on Saturday as his delirium increased and his strength faltered on Saturday when he spotted what looked like a group of people standing below him.

"I was kind of on my last foothold holding on," Bishop recalled. "I saw some orange suits and got this burst of adrenalin. I instantly sturdied my foot, I sturdied my hand and I yelled, 'Help me!' as loud as I could."

The folks in orange were members of the sheriff's volunteer search and rescue team who were walking a grid looking for any sign of Bishop, whose backpack had been located earlier in the day at the top of the peak.

Bishop let out a moan. Rippe thought he heard him.

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"I turned to another deputy and said, 'did you hear that?'" Rippe said.

Deputy Greg Villanueva said he thought he had heard something too, just as a helicopter passed overhead.

'He saved my life'
The deputies waved off the chopper and listened again. Villanueva quickly spotted Bishop, his dark shirt and pants blending into the side of the mountain.

"He looked like he was just about ready to fall," said Rippe, who yelled: "'Don't move, we're coming to get you.'"

The rest of the astonished team watched as Rippe scrambled up the side of the granite slope.

Russ Richardson, head of the volunteer search crew, said Rippe's climb without rope or other equipment was "stressful and amazing."

When he reached Bishop, Rippe put his hand on his shoulder then looped the 20-foot section of webbing between the man's legs and over a narrow ledge.

Standard procedure is to have a helicopter lower a "screamer suit," sort of a full-body sling in which injured people can be loaded and then hoisted to safety. But with no room to work, Rippe told Bishop his only option was a less secure cinch collar, which fits under a person's arms like a life preserver. With legs dangling, Bishop was hoisted by the helicopter to safety.

"When they touched me, I kind of collapsed," Bishop said. "He saved my life."

Rippe's main duty is investigating Internet sex crimes against children. He said the danger he defied while scaling the granite promontory that was far steeper than Yosemite's Half Dome didn't frighten him until he thought about it later.

"At the time I was fine, but afterward is another story," he said. "When I was up there I looked down and saw where I had gone and it looked a lot different to me than it did in the beginning. It really made me stop and think."

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Racking up the records: US beats Nigeria 156-73

USA's Carmelo Anthony laughs after hitting a 3-pointer against Nigeria during a men's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

USA's Carmelo Anthony laughs after hitting a 3-pointer against Nigeria during a men's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

USA's Kevin Love raises his arms as he celebrates after a 3-pointer by teammate Carmelo Anthony during a men's basketball game against Nigeria at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

USA's Carmelo Anthony celebrates a score against Nigeria during a preliminary men's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

United States' Tyson Chandler, right, tries to block a pass by Nigeria's Ejike Ugboaja during a men's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Lebron James (6) of the United States shoots against Nigeria during a men's basketball preliminary round match at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Christian Petersen, Pool)

LONDON (AP) ? Carmelo Anthony couldn't believe it. He threw back his head and shrugged his shoulders.

The Olympics had never seen shooting like this, and may not ever again.

Not on the basketball court, anyway.

The U.S. men's team rewrote the record books Thursday in a 156-73 romp over Nigeria, a blowout that answered the Americans' detractors after two opening routs that provoked criticism of their slow starts and outside shooting.

Knocking down shots from every corner of the arena, the U.S. made an incredible 30 of 37 attempts inside the arc (81 percent) and hit almost as many times behind it, more than doubling their previous high with 29 3-pointers.

Anthony made 10 of his 12 3-pointers in his 37-point performance, accuracy that any Olympic archer would take.

But what if the Americans keep it up at the London Games?

"When they shoot like this, I don't know if there is any team that can beat them," Nigeria's Ike Diogu said.

Spain and Russia would be much tougher tests for the U.S. than Nigeria was, but there is no defense for a team having the kind of night the Americans had. Not when they are already the most athletic team in the world, with perimeter shooting supposedly one of their few weaknesses.

Well, scratch shooting from that list.

The only risk for the Americans now, with five more games before they can win gold, may be that they used up too many makes Thursday night.

"I hope we saved some for other games," U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski said.

Even the 1992 Dream Team never won this easily. The 83-point margin of victory was the largest in U.S. national team history, eclipsing the 79-point spread when Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Co. beat Cuba 136-57 in their first game.

The Americans led by 26 in the first quarter, had an Olympic-record 78 points in the first half and Anthony broke the U.S. single-game Olympic scoring record in less than three quarters.

"Our guys just couldn't miss," Krzyzewski said.

Incredibly, they eclipsed the 100-point mark with 5 minutes still left in the third.

"When we get hot, it's a big problem," Kobe Bryant said. "So you have all these guys on one team and then all get hot on the same night, it's tough."

They broke the Olympic record for most points in a game with 4:37 still to play, and set U.S. records for 3-pointers (26), field goals (59) and field-goal percentage (71).

When Andre Iguodala hit a 3-pointer with 4:37 left, the Americans had surpassed the previous Olympic record of 138 points set by Brazil against Egypt in 1988. When the record was announced to the mesmerized crowd, all the players seated on the U.S. bench got up and walked single file past Krzyzewski, slapping hands with him and his staff.

Gentlemen, take a bow.

"It was just one of them nights where as a unit we had it going," Anthony said. "It could have been anybody out on the court playing against us."

The Americans seemed intent on breaking Nigeria's spirit, and when that was accomplished with ease, they made a profound statement with their marksmanship.

Bryant scored 16 points ? 14 in the first quarter ? for the Americans, who scored 49 points in the first, left the floor leading 78-45 at half and then doubled their total in the second half.

Russell Westbrook finished with 21 points, Kevin Love 15 and Kevin Durant 14 for the U.S., which will play Lithuania on Saturday. The Americans have won their first three games with ease, but now things are expected to get a lot tougher as they approach next week's medal round.

Diogu scored 27 to lead Nigeria (1-2), which was as good as done after Durant hit a 3-pointer 11 seconds in, snapping an 0-for-14 slump by the U.S. in the first quarter in the tourney.

Bryant was mostly a non-factor in wins over France and Tunisia, playing just 21 minutes and getting into early foul trouble. But from the outset against Nigeria, the two-time Olympian nicknamed the Black Mamba was as deadly as ever. He set the tone by scoring seven quick points as the U.S. (3-0) raced to a 13-0 lead, a haymaker that stunned the Nigerians.

Durant buried three 3-pointers, Bryant and Anthony added two from long-range and when Love, the NBA's 3-point champion, came off the bench and knocked down his first three, the U.S. team's shooting gallery of stars had opened a 41-15 lead and made the announcer's pregame comment that "anything is possible" seem prophetic.

He was talking about a possible upset. The only surprise in the first quarter was when the U.S. missed.

"We were looking forward to this game, playing against the U.S.," Diogu said. "You know we wanted to use this to show the world what type of team we are. We just came out flat, turned the ball over too many times and they made us pay every time."

After starting so sluggishly in blowout wins over France and Tunisia, the U.S. came flying out of the gates, led by Bryant.

The Americans seemed intent on breaking Nigeria's spirit, and when that was accomplished with ease, they made a profound statement with their marksmanship.

Anthony, who made five 3-pointers in the first half, put on a shooting clinic in the third quarter. With the U.S. bench standing in anticipation every time he touched the ball on the perimeter, Anthony made all five of his attempts, punctuating one that made it 97-54 by throwing back his head, laughing and shrugging his shoulders.

He was in a zone unlike any seen before.

"It's a great accomplishment to get that record," said Anthony, who broke Stephon Marbury's scoring mark of 31 against Spain in 2004. "We did it in a very highly classy way. We went out there and we played basketball. We made shots. We make shots like that and play the way we played tonight, that record could have came on any team."

Anthony wasn't the lone sniper as the Americans made 29 of 46 3-pointers (63 percent), numbers that could stand for several more Olympiads.

Although an Olympic rookie, Nigeria, with 10 players who played college ball in the U.S., also has its share of pro experience.

Diogu, who was born in Buffalo, N.Y., after his parents emigrated from Africa, has played for eight NBA teams and Al-Farouq, the No. 8 overall pick in the 2010 draft, was traded last year by the Los Angeles Clippers to New Orleans in the deal for U.S. guard Chris Paul.

But there isn't a team in the Olympics that can match the American's celebrated roster with a combined 43 All-Star appearances, seven NBA titles and four league MVPs.

Krzyzewski gave his players the day off on Wednesday, a chance to relax and enjoy the games. Anthony and James Harden went to see boxing. Durant watched beach volleyball.

They came back rested.

And on target.

Associated Press

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There?s Something About Mary

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