...during the Northeastern High School Baseball Championship game, all members of the 42 piece Yamakawa High School brass band and their music teacher, were hospitalized for nausea and stomach...

Hey, Dean, on second thoughts, tell Professor McGonagall we might need one or two more wands this side.

Ok, so I'll call the station and I'll get a couple of men to draw up a list of the major antiquarians in Rome, specializing in esoterism.

What do you think, Ayumu, about Makocchan, who you were rooting for in the beginning?

I cheered her on, but it doesn't feel good.

But I believe that Grandmother Jack, from up there, she's cheering on all the other grandmothers -- the increasing number of grandmothers who are making a difference in the lives of thousands of people.

They were incredibly athletic, and I always participated from the sidelines, cheering on my three siblings or handing out water at local races.

It could be anything from looking forward to the next comic book to come out, or going on a large family vacation, or hanging out with my friends, to going to the next High School football game.

You are a cheerleader for vulgar American can-doism, with the rah-rah spirit of boardroom ideology, Silicon Valley and the Chamber of Commerce.

But when I am back in Afghanistan, when I see the students in my school and their parents who advocate for them, who encourage them, I see a promising future and lasting change.

So a lot of people are confused by the idea of no hard sticker price.

And then one woman, stumped but wanting so desperately to show her support, to let me know she was on my side, she finally blurted out, "Well, sometimes my husband wears pink shirts."

For example, we had an exercise where we all stood in a circle, and each person had to do the world's worst tap dance, and everybody else applauded and cheered you on, supporting you onstage.

On July 27th, Pete's roommate in New York City, wearing a Quinn For The Win shirt, signifying Pat Quinn, another ALS patient known in New York, and B.C. shorts said, "I'm taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, " picked up the ice, put it over his head.

She was someone who loved to make dinner for her husband, her Kent State ROTC sweetheart who pushed her to be her best, and to trust herself, and to test every limit she could.

This year, 60, 000 spectators filled the famous LA Memorial Coliseum to watch the opening ceremonies of World Games and cheer athletes from 165 countries around the world.

When we teach girls to be brave and we have a supportive network cheering them on, they will build incredible things, and I see this every day.

(Laughter) But their answers are fascinating because they say things like, "When my sports team loses, " "People who chew too loudly."

My father had encouraged my sister and I to pursue our education even though our culture emphasized at the time that it was sons and not daughters who should be professionally motivated.

And on election day, I observed her on TV repeatedly, and she was smart, she was self-confident, she was sincere, and she was supportive of her mother.

Now, my dad is my biggest fan, so in that crushing moment where he wanted to kill my new little life form, I realized that actually I had failed him, both as a daughter and a scientist.

It's about our own most identities, the ones that we put our hands up to, the ones that we cheer for, the ones that we fight for, the ones that we love or hate.

Picture it: a big, sweaty, tattooed man in a cowboy hat and chaps, is in the ring as the arena full of fans cheer him on.

(Laughter) But their answers are fascinating, because they say things like, "when my sports team loses, " "people who chew too loudly."

But don't worry, take a deep breath, because this is what I want to tell you: you're part of a new team now, and everyone around you is rooting for your success, because your success is their success.