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Child's spelling tool
Help your children have fun while they learn with this program.
Ray's Spelling and Word Games provides a simple program that will help youngsters learn how to spell. With three different games and simple commands that will be quickly mastered, users will love this collection of games.
The program's interface is full of cartoonish images, bright colors, and large, simple words that children should be able to master. If not, their parents will easily be able to assist, making the Help file somewhat unnecessary. The program consists of Spelling Challenges, Word Jumbles, and a hangman-like Find the Word. The spelling challenge provides tutorials that prepare the user for hearing an audio word and having to properly type it in. The Word Jumble is a scramble of letters that will provide hints after a few incorrect guesses. The Find the Word game operates like hangman, but with a balloon lowering toward an arrow with each incorrect guess. Each game tracks your performance and tells users whether they won, which kids will love. The program's finest feature is its flexibility. By providing several skill levels, kids can keep coming back to this program and improving their spelling, which we found to be a pleasant surprise.
With a fun interface and challenging games that will help new spellers, we think users will quickly run through this trial's limited word list thanks to its enjoyable mix of gaming and education.


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During Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, we celebrate the accomplishments of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, and we reflect on the many ways they have enriched our Nation. Like America itself, the AAPI community draws strength from the diversity of its many distinct cultures -- each with vibrant histories and unique perspectives to bring to our national life. Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders have helped build, defend, and strengthen our Nation -- as farm workers and railroad laborers; as entrepreneurs and scientists; as artists, activists, and leaders of government. They have gone beyond, embodying the soaring aspirations of the American spirit. 2014 Presidential Proclamation»
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Recent and archived news articles by Al Baker of The New York Times.
Brooklyn Arrests Highlight Challenges in Fighting of ISIS and 'Known Wolves'
As officials around the world grapple with the emerging security concerns posed by the Islamic State, the New York case provides one of the first public examples of how officials in the United States are approaching the threat.
March 1, 2015, Sunday
'Jihadi John' From ISIS Execution Videos Was Under Watch by British Intelligence
The man, identified as Mohammed Emwazi, came to the attention of the authorities in 2009, when they thought he was going to fight with Al Shabab.
February 27, 2015, Friday
In Brooklyn, Eager to Join ISIS, if Only His Mother Would Return His Passport
The three men arrested on charges of supporting the Islamic State led quiet public lives, the authorities say, but privately they raged at what they saw as wicked behavior around them.
February 27, 2015, Friday
3 Brooklyn Men Accused of Plot to Aid ISIS' Fight
One of the men was arrested early Wednesday at Kennedy International Airport, bound for Syria, the authorities said; at least two men threatened to carry out attacks in the United States.
February 26, 2015, Thursday
At a Brooklyn Cherry Factory, a Suicide and an Illicit Discovery
As a marijuana farm was being discovered under Dell's Maraschino Cherries, the company's owner, Arthur Mondella, 57, fatally shot himself in his office bathroom.
February 26, 2015, Thursday
At Brasserie Favored by Celebrities, Big Mirror Falls, but Lunch Is Served
A 10-by-8-foot mirror fell off the wall at Balthazar, hitting customers in the breakfast crowd at the SoHo restaurant, though no major injuries were reported.
February 21, 2015, Saturday
After Public Acrimony, Quieter Steps by Mayor de Blasio and Police to Mend Rift
A secret meeting between Mayor Bill de Blasio and Edward D. Mullins of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, an outspoken critic, helped achieve détente.
February 18, 2015, Wednesday
Basis for Case in Brooklyn Police Shooting: No Threat Led Officer to Fire
The indictment of Officer Peter Liang, who killed an unarmed man, differs from other police shootings because he did not claim he was acting against a threat and therefore can't claim he was using legitimate force.
February 14, 2015, Saturday
Breaking a Record, 11 Days Pass in New York City With No Killings
All sorts of things can push crime statistics this way or that for brief periods: crime-busting strategies by the police, bursts of violence by gangs and sheer coincidence.
February 14, 2015, Saturday
Officer Charged in Akai Gurley Case Debated Reporting Gunshot, Officials Say
For four minutes after Officer Peter Liang fired his gun into a darkened housing project stairwell, he argued with his partner over whether to tell their superiors about the shot, prosecutors say.
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More than 1,500 native and introduced species flourish here amid the well-preserved ruins of a 19th-century slave village. There's also an orchid greenhouse and a "rain forest" area (it's helped along by misters). As you wander the grounds, keep a safe but watchful distance from the "monkey no climb" tree (it has a spiked trunk) and the "touch me not" plant (it has thorns on its leaves). Sweeny Toussaint (St. Croix Safari Tours; 800-524-2026; www.gotostcroix.com/safaritours/index.htm; firstname.lastname@example.com) leads informative tours of the fragrant, 16-acre estate; he'll offer samples of local fruits like sweet lime and help you choose a fallen mango to snack on later.
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HORIZON CITY--- El Paso County Sheriff's deputies say they have arrested two people in the kidnapping of a Horizon City man who was later killed in Juarez.
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'The Big Garden Birdwatch'
23 Ionawr 2015
,Helo Gyfeillion y Gwanwyn,
Mae yna arolwg gwyddonol cyffrous yn digwydd y penwythnos hwn, ac mae angen eich help chi! 'The Big Garden Birdwatch' yw'r enw a'r RSPB - elusen sy'n helpu i edrych ar ôl ein bywyd gwyllt - sy'n trefnu. Gallwch chithau helpu drwy gofrestru ar-lein yma: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/. Wedi gwneud hynny, treuliwch awr dros y penwythnos hwn yn cofnodi'r adar sy'n dod i'ch gardd neu lecyn gwyrdd yn agos i'ch cartref. Bydd y pecyn gwybodaeth ar wefan RSPB yn eich helpu i adnabod yr adar! Wedyn, rhowch eich canlyniadau ar wefan RSPB fel eu bod nhw yn gallu eu hychwanegu at yr arolwg mawr cenedlaethol ar boblogaethau adar, sy'n ceisio darganfod mwy am hynt a helynt ein ffrindiau pluog!
Mae'r 'Big Garden Birdwatch' wedi bod yn mynd ers 1979! Gallwch ddod o hyd i ganlyniadau blaenorol yma: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/previous-results/. Mae arolwg blynyddol a chenedlaethol yn ffordd wych o sylwi ar newidiadau mewn poblogaethau adar. Mae hyn yn bwysig, oherwydd pan fyddwn yn gwybod pa adar sy'n mynd yn brin, gallwn ddod i ddeall pam mae hyn yn digwydd a cheisio helpu'r adar i oroesi. Mae'r ddrudwen yn enghraifft o hyn. Ers i'r 'Big Garden Birdwatch' ddechrau yn 1979, mae poblogaeth y ddrudwen wedi lleihau 80%. Mae'r RSPB wedi bod yn codi ymwybyddiaeth o'r pethau y gallwn ni wneud i helpu'r adar hyn, fel torri'r lawnt mewn rhannau o'r ardd er mwyn i'r ddrudwen allu cyrraedd eu bwyd, sef trychfilod a phryfed bach sy'n byw yn y pridd.
Dyma rai syniadau ar sut i ddenu adar i'r ardd: http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/387868-top-10-bird-feeding-tips-this-winter. A dyma weithgareddau difyr yn ymwneud ag adar: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birdwatch/family-fun/.
Bydd Sain Ffagan Amgueddfa Werin Cymru ac Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Caerdydd yn cynnal gweithgareddau 'Big Garden Birdwatch' y penwythnos hwn! Os ydych chi eisiau ymuno, mae mwy o fanylion yma:
Diolch yn fawr i bawb wnaeth yrru data tywydd ata i yr wythnos ddiwethaf. Rwy'n edrych ymlaen i weld os yw hi wedi bod yn gynhesach neu'n oerach yr wythnos hon ac os yw hi wedi bwrw eira neu gesair! Cofiwch, os wnewch chi yrru'ch data a gadael i mi wybod ar-lein pan fydd eich planhigion wedi blodeuo, byddwch yn derbyn gwobr Gwyddonydd Gwych a bydd cyfle i chi ennill Taith Natur!
Daliwch ati Gyfeillion y Gwanwyn!
Athro'r Ardd
Foul Bay
21 Ionawr 2015
Well, Foul Bay did live up to its name on what actually turned out to be the best weather we've had so far. All of my sampling sites are generally chosen for having easy access off the road, but I had taken a risk this time and picked a site where the road ended before the coast, leaving what I thought would be a reasonably distanced walk. However, as the road finished close to a settlement we stopped in for a quick chat and some advice about access to the shore. The advice was that our chosen route would be unsuitable but there was another track that would get us close a little way back down the road, it was a 'little soft' but our 4x4 'should' be fine!
We found the track and made it to the first wire gate (a particular type of access gate here that involves removing part of the fence and then driving through and replacing it). Underneath the wire gate was a very soft, deep-looking area of water (see photo), which with the peaty ground here normally signifies something to be avoided! Looking onwards, the supposedly clear track almost instantly disappeared (to our inexperienced eyes) and therefore we debated the wisdom of continuing. The alternative was to walk to the shore, which appeared to be around 2-3 miles away! As we were on our own and the people from the settlement had driven away, we knew there was no help should problems arise (i.e. getting irretrievably 'bogged'). We eventually made the difficult decision that this one would have to be cancelled. This left us with a rather disconsolate two hour drive back empty-handed, one to put down to experience unfortunately. A foul day indeed!
Tomorrow we are flying to Bleaker Island, to the southeast of the islands, which fills in a large gap in my coverage around the islands. Fingers crossed that we can find a variety of shores here to cover and improve our record!
Digging for worms in the Falkland Islands
20 Ionawr 2015
First of all, here is the photo of the reproductive stage of a worm (photo 1), which I found during night sampling two days ago, but forgot to send! Very nice to collect, just unfortunately not what I was after.
Mare Harbour was an interesting visit, having never been down to a shore almost completely surrounded by barbed wire before (photo 2)! This shore is within the military area here so I was lucky to get access at all, although the officer on duty seemed totally bemused as to why I would even want to. It turned out to be a very hard and rocky area with some areas of flat rocks over gravelly sand and other areas of vertically ridged rock. The flat rock areas had a reasonable diversity of species although collecting was hard work as there were only small numbers of animals to find. Still I did come away with some animals I definitely haven't seen before including the 'pretty' catch of the day, which was a syllid (see photo 3) with its wonderfully intricate hair-do. There were also many flabelligerids (as difficult to say as spell: photo 4). This particular strange species covers itself with mucus, which silt adheres to. This gives it the appearance of jelly when you find it.
Brendan also managed to get out on a dive today which he was very pleased about although his description of it being 'just like West Wales' led me to believe it wasn't the best that the Falkland Islands can offer. However, he brought me back a present of 4 bags of mud. Not the most romantic present I've ever been offered certainly, but still there were some nice worms in there including a bamboo worm (maldanid: photo 5). These worms are often very hard to collect whole making identification almost impossible, however, this one was completely intact.
Today saw us driving up to the north east of the island to the region of Rincon Grande. As usual I had no idea what to expect, but with the wind howling again I merely hoped the rain would hold off, so that the couple of hours on an exposed beach would not be too gruelling. I got my wish for most of the duration, to ask for more would just be greedy I suppose!
The shore was mostly rocky again but with one small inlet of softer muddy sand. I set Brendan to work with the fork (photo 6) and studiously watched what came up – lots of tubes and other worms dangling down! We spent some happy time here slowly teasing the long worms out of their sand beds and shoving other tubes into pots before moving on.
Further round the bay in the rockier sections we moved on to rock turning, gaining a small diversity of worms which again were small in number and difficult to find. Working independently with forceps and pot in hand (photo 7), Brendan managed a larger haul than me, which he was very proud of although apparently we were not competing!
On our last stop we returned to our starting point in the softer sediment but at the low tide mark this time to see if the type of worms had changed. There were certainly a couple of different types and we also found an unusual type of crustacean, a serolid isopod, which is flattened and 'trilobite-like' and often found in pairs (photo 8). These certainly were an intriguing distraction. Shortly afterwards the tide turned and we were out of time, which meant we had to head back.
Off to the northwest tomorrow to Foul Bay – hopefully not as bad as the name sounds!
Falkland Islands Marine Bristleworms
19 Ionawr 2015
,The Polychaetes of the Falkland Islands project has been running since 2011 with two highly successful field trips run so far. The project has been well supported with two Shackleton Scholarship Fund grants and support form the local environmental groups and institutes. So far, over 30 families of polychaetes have been identified from the samples and 2 new species have been described, with more on the way. The third field trip hopes to build on the success of the previous two, expanding the range of sampling sites and seeking new opportunities for collaborative project funding in the islands.
After the usual gruelling 18 hour flight, I'm back out in the Falkland Islands again to continue expanding my range of sampling sites, maintain my contact with those out here and also investigate further project funding opportunities. This time my husband has travelled out with me to see what all the fuss is about and also to try and understand what it is I actually do (you can see his eyes glaze over when I try and explain things so maybe seeing first-hand will actually help!). He's going to come out with me in the field, help me collect and generally be an extra person in those remote areas I end up in. I'm not sure he knows what he's let himself in for but at least he may stop referring to my fieldwork as 'rock pooling for adults'!
The weather hasn't been kind to us initially, being very wet and windy, even beyond normal Falkland Islands standards! It is supposed to be summer here but it was only 5°C when we landed, cooler than the UK when we left, and the horizontal hail driven into us at hyper speed by the winds was no fun at all!
This was my first full day here and after finalizing all of the arrangements for the next two weeks, our first sampling was a short but harsh introduction to the kind of work I sometimes find myself doing. This was night sampling, attempting to collect the reproductive forms of certain polychaetes that come out at night, swimming free in the water to spawn and are attracted to bright lights. For this reason we found ourselves in a Stanley marina, on a pontoon at 11pm, in the rain, dangling an underwater torch into the water and sweeping a fine mesh net around it, collecting the many different small creatures that were attracted to it (see photo). It was too late to have a detailed look at our catch, so they went into the fridge to keep cool overnight until I could get to the lab for a look and I went to bed.
The order of the day today was to have a look at what I had managed to catch in the marina last night. Most of what I had were small Crustacea and the smallest jellyfish I've ever seen (about 2mm wide) but there were 4 worms of the right kind of appearance, albeit a bit smaller than I would have expected (about 10 mm long). I've been allowed access to the Fisheries lab while I'm here and their camera microscope so I was able to take some photos of the little critters. Interesting as they were, unfortunately they were not what I was after, which was a bit disappointing. They were certainly reproductive stages of polychaetes but of a different group to the one I am after, although I haven't determined which group yet. Still, better than nothing!
The weather has been better, being mostly dry, a bit warmer and marginally less windy. Fingers crossed for tomorrow's weather, which is the first shore visit. It is an early start though, with a 6.30 am wake-up call, to get to Mare Harbour, about an hour and a half drive away. Hopefully something interesting will turn up!
Bwrw eira a dyfnder eira
16 Ionawr 2015
,Shwmae Gyfeillion y Gwanwyn,
Diolch am anfon cofnodion yr wythnos ddiwethaf. Mae hi'n bendant yn dechrau oeri, ac mae rhai ohonoch chi wedi gweld eira hyd yn oed! Dyma pam dwi am esbonio sut mae meteorolegwyr (gwyddonwyr tywydd) yn mesur eira.
Mae mesur faint o law sy'n disgyn yn hawdd o'i gymharu â mesur faint o eira sy'n disgyn. Fydd eira ddim yn bihafio! Bydd yn aml yn cael ei chwythu gan y gwynt ac yn lluwchio, sy'n golygu bod yr eira'n ddwfn mewn mannau ond yn llawer llai dafliad carreg i ffwrdd. Oherwydd bod yr eira'n disgyn yn anghyson, bydd y mesuriadau o'r llefydd yma'n anghywir! Dyna pam mae'n rhaid mesur mewn mannau gwastad, agored ymhell o ble fydd eira'n lluwchio. Bydd eira hefyd yn chwarae gemau gyda'r Meteorolegwyr sy'n ceisio ei fesur – bydd yn toddi'n ddŵr, cyn rhewi fel iâ. Felly dyw'r eira sy'n cael ei fesur ddim bob tro yn cyfateb i faint o eira sydd wedi disgyn. Mae eira newydd yn disgyn ar ben hen eira hefyd, ac mae'n anodd dweud faint o eira sydd wedi disgyn o un diwrnod i'r llall.
Mae'n rhaid i'r meteorolegwyr gofio holl driciau'r eira a meddwl am ffyrdd i ddarganfod faint o eira sydd wedi disgyn. Byddan nhw'n edrych ar gwymp eira (faint o eira sy'n disgyn mewn diwrnod) a dyfnder eira (cyfanswm dyfnder yr eira, hen a newydd). Un ffordd o fesur cwymp eira yw gyda ffon bren. Bydd y meteorolegwr yn gosod y pren mewn lleoliad agored lle na fydd eira'n lluwchio ac yn mesur yr eira bob chwech awr. Drwy glirio'r eira o'r pren ar ôl ei fesur, dim ond eira'r diwrnod hwnnw fydd yn cael ei fesur, a gall y gwyddonydd ddweud faint o eira sydd wedi cwympo ar y diwrnod hwnnw.
Gallwn ni hefyd fesur eira wedi toddi ar ffurf dŵr. Gallwch chi felly ddefnyddio'ch mesurydd glaw i fesur cwymp eira. Os taw dim ond ychydig o eira sy'n cwympo, bydd yn toddi yn y mesurydd beth bynnag, ond os yw hi'n bwrw'n drwm, ewch â'r mesurydd i mewn ac aros iddo doddi'n ddŵr. Gallwch chi wedyn fesur y dŵr fel rydych chi wedi'i wneud bob wythnos, a'i gofnodi fel glawiad yn eich cofnodion tywydd.
Os oes eira ar lawr a bod digon o amser i arbrofi, beth am fynd ati i fesur dyfnder yr eira? Y cyfan sydd ei angen arnoch chi yw pren mesur (neu pren eira os ydych chi am siarad fel gwyddonydd gwych!). Gwthiwch y pren i'r eira tan ei fod yn cyffwrdd y ddaear a chofnodi pa mor ddwfn yw'r ddaear fesul milimedr. Rhaid i chi fesur o arwyneb gwastad (fel mainc) mewn lle agored lle nad yw'r eira'n lluwchio. Rhaid i chi gofnodi o leiaf tri mesuriad i gyfrifo dyfnder cyfartalog yr eira lleol. Cyfrifwch y cyfartaledd drwy adio'r cofnodion gwahanol a'u rhannu gyda'r nifer o gofnodion. Os ydw i'n cofnodi tri dyfnder o 7cm, 9cm a 6cm, rhaid i fi adio pob rhif (7 + 9 + 6 = 22) cyn rhannu gyda 3 (22 / 3 = 7.33). Dyfnder cyfartalog yr eira felly yw 7.33cm.
Mae gorsafoedd tywydd fel y Swyddfa Dywydd (MET Office) wedi troi at dechnoleg i ddyfeisio dulliau newydd o fesur dyfnder eira. Edrychwch ar y llun o un o orsafoedd eira'r Swyddfa Dywydd. Mae nhw'n defnyddio synwyryddion laser i fesur dyfnder yr eira ar yr arwyneb gwastad. Gall meteorolegwyr gasglu data o bob cwr o'r wlad wrth wasgu botwm – llawer haws a mwy dibynadwy nag anfon pobl allan i'r oerfel gyda phren eira! Mae pob un o orsafoedd eira'r Swyddfa Dywydd i'w gweld ar y map – oes un yn agos atoch chi?
Os yw hi wedi bwrw eira, cofiwch fesur y cwymp gyda'r mesurydd glaw neu'r dyfnder gyda phren eira a nodi'r canlyniadau fel 'Sylwadau' wrth uwchlwytho eich cofnodion wythnosol. Bydd yn ddiddorol cymharu dyfnder yr eira â chwymp yr eira yn y mesurydd glaw!
Daliwch ati Gyfeillion y Gwanwyn,
Athro'r Ardd
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Dueling debt-ceiling plans: Can either pass Congress?
House Republicans and Senate Democrats introduced their plans to resolve the debt-ceiling impasse before Aug. 2. But bipartisan hopes appear thin.
J. Scott Applewhite/AP
With eight days before the US loses its authority to borrow funds, House and Senate leaders launched dueling plans to resolve the crisis.
Both deliberately avoid calls to raise taxes – a nonstarter for Republicans that derailed previous bids at a solution. But neither plan can yet claim a clear or even likely path to a bipartisan majority.
"What they have in common is that neither one is likely to pass – even its own house," says Larry Sabato, a political scientist at the University of Virginia. "Here's a case where you really do need a bipartisan agreement, and there's no bipartisanship left.
The Republican plan
The House Republican plan, introduced on Monday by Speaker John Boehner (R) of Ohio, promises $3 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years, spending caps, and the promise of a vote on a balanced-budget amendment. It's a softer version of the "cut, cap, and balance" plan that passed the House on a near party-line vote July 19 but went nowhere in the Senate.
The plan also provides an expedited track for the president to request a hike in the debt limit to be implemented in two stages. A first step calls for Congress to pass $1.2 trillion in spending cuts, allowing the president to request a $1 trillion hike in the debt ceiling. The request would be deemed passed unless Congress votes a resolution of disapproval – a procedure first proposed by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.


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September 25, 2007
DURHAM - Duke ended its 22-game losing streak with a victory at Northwestern on Sept. 15. But that 20-14 win, as welcome as it was, does not necessarily mean that the Blue Devils have turned the corner after a decade of incompetence.
That much was hammered home the next week, when Duke somehow managed to lose at Navy, despite compiling more than 500 yards of total offense with one of the greatest passing and receiving displays in school history.
With about 15 minutes to play in Annapolis, the Devils led the Middies 43-32 and had a first down at the Navy 11. When the final gun sounded, the home team was celebrating a 46-43 victory, and Duke had started a new losing streak.
"We've made progress, but some games we need to win 20-14, and some games we need to win 50-46," Duke coach Ted Roof said. "The bottom line is that it comes down to the W and the L."
In the last two games, the Blue Devils demonstrated how much progress they have made. Yet they also made it clear just how far the program is from becoming a consistent winner.
It's obvious that when Duke quarterback Thaddeus Lewis is given time by his erratic line, he can throw the ball with the best of them.
Against Connecticut and Virginia, he was sacked nine times and pressured into a pair of mediocre performances - a combined 28-of-58 passing for 275 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions. Against Northwestern and Navy, the sophomore from Florida was given time to throw, and he combined to hit 42 of 59 passes for 674 yards and seven TDs.
All four of Lewis' scoring strikes against the Midshipmen went to junior wideout Eron Riley, who caught six passes for 235 yards in the game, including touchdown grabs of 76, 69, 35 and nine yards.
Unfortunately, the Duke offense - so good in the air - is hamstrung by its inability to run the ball. The Devils averaged less than two yards per carry on the ground in four games. That means that they weren't able to run to protect late leads or run clock against either Northwestern or Navy. Leading late in both games, Duke's three-and-outs on offense forced the defense to spend most of the two fourth quarters hanging on for dear life.
That's just too much pressure to put on a Duke defense that has struggled against both the run and the pass. The Devils were giving up an ACC-worst 439 yards per game going into the Navy game, then gave up 540 to the Middies.
Yet, for all of its failings, the Duke defense has displayed considerable grit near the end zone, stopping opponents without a score an ACC-high six times on red zone opportunities. It also forced foes to settle for field goals on six other trips inside the 20. Of course, it's only fair to note that Duke has allowed more red zone opportunities (20) than any other ACC school.
Duke beat Northwestern because its defense stopped the Wildcats three times without any points on plays from 11 yards in, including twice in the final three minutes. Northwestern's potent offense had eight straight game-winning chances from inside the Duke 11 and couldn't convert any of them.
Duke lost to Navy because the defense finally was overpowered in the red zone late. The Devils had forced the Middies to settle for a field goal at the end of a 17-play drive with eight minutes to play. When the Duke offense - unable to run for a first down - quickly gave the ball back after just three plays, the Midshipmen raced back downfield and punched it in with three minutes left for the game-tying score.
The game-winning field goal came from outside the red zone, but it was set up by a long quarterback scramble in the final minute that was eerily similar to the play that gave Northwestern its final shots from within the Duke 10.
Duke is not going to win consistently until Roof finds at least a semblance of a running game or a defense that can make some stops outside the red zone.
For all the team's offensive and defensive shortcomings, no problem is as glaring as Duke's failures in the kicking game.
Call it the Curse of Heather Sue Mercer. The female kicker sued Duke and former coach Fred Goldsmith for not giving her a fair chance to win the job from All-ACC performer Sims Lenhardt.
Today, Mercer might be good enough to earn playing time.
Certainly, Roof appears to have finally run out of patience with junior Joe Surgan, whose two-year meltdown continued at Navy. The strong-legged kicker, who hurt Duke so much last season when he missed seven of 10 field goals and three of 12 extra points, struggled two weeks ago at Virginia, missing three of four field goals (including a 26-yarder) in a 24-13 loss to the Cavs.
Against Northwestern, he jerked his third extra-point try wide left, putting Duke in position to lose that 20-14 game on either of the Wildcats' final possessions. When he also jerked his first PAT against Navy to the left, Roof had finally had enough.
After their second touchdown, the Devils went for two - and made it, erasing Surgan's mistake. On Duke's next score, Roof called on senior walk-on Greg Meyers, who successfully converted the extra point. He hit two more PATs later, again right down the middle.
The problem is that when Duke needed Meyers to convert a short (32-yard) field goal early in the fourth quarter, he couldn't do it, sailing the kick far to the right of the goalposts. That miss would have extended the lead to 46-32 and would have changed the entire complexion of the end of the game.
After suffering through a year of kicking problems in 2006, Roof made repairing that weakness a major offseason priority. He brought in veteran assistant Danny Pearman, who learned special teams under Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech and coached them for Alabama's 1992 national title team.
Pearman has made considerable progress repairing a punting game that was the ACC's worst in 2006. After a shaky start in the opener against UConn, redshirt freshman Kevin Jones has been superb, averaging more than 40 yards in his last three games. And after giving up a 66-yard return on Jones' first punt at Virginia, Duke's punt coverage has been flawless.
Apparently, though, neither Pearman nor Roof can solve the placekicking nightmare that has cost Duke anywhere from three to five potential wins over the last two seasons.
Until that problem is fixed, too, Duke's victories will remain few and far between.


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The tradition of honoring those killed in combat started towards the tail end of the Civil War. In the beginning the effort to commemorate the fallen was simply on behalf of individual towns and cities. There's few towns and cities in the Eastern U.S. that don't have a monument dedicated the The American Civil War.
I had just turned on the TV this afternoon to discover CNN having a special covering combat medivac efforts in Iraq. I then went to the History Channel and they had a program discussing our pre-WWII entry effort in defending China with our contract "mercs†relative to the Chinese; i.e., "The Flying Tigers. I then flipped to the Discovery Channel to see "Future Weapons†simultanously being aired?! I guess if anything it stunned me to see the network preoccupation with subjects surrounding war. I didn't check any other channels in the cable stack, but I'm sure I could have a few more channels covering war past, present, and future wars, such as with "Future Weaponsâ€.
With 6.3 billion planetary inhabitants and with 10.5 billion projected by 2050, if people's of the world don't get their act together, especially the citizens of the U.S. through their ill-chosen leaders and reject being steered by Bushistas (Iraq GWI & II) , Clintonistas (Bosnia-Serbia), Reagan (Libya, Grenada, Iran-Contra etc.) into wars of adventurism and natural resource grabbing; i.e., "oil†we are doomed as race of beings.
As I write this the Russians and former Soviet nuclear armed republics have six thousand nukes aimed at the U.S. and the free world. China now has ICBM cababilities, courtesy of Bill Clinton, Bernard Scwharz, CEO of Loral Space Division and now has a minimum of 100 MRV'd (multiple warhead reentry vehicles) each with 10 nuclear payloads aimed at the U.S., Canada, and select European cities. "We the People†have four thousand state of the art weps aimed back at these aforementioned potential adversaries. The Russian technology is aging, poorly maintained command and control functions and as time goes there's a high probability of an accidental launch occurring triggering a virtual "mouse-trap†type response nuclear holocaust. All major cities in the northern hemisphere will be destroyed with much lesser damage in the southern. The entire exchange along with secondary and a minimal tertiary response will be over in less than two hours. The nuclear clock has been moved to several minutes til midnight; i.e., a clock that's kept by American nuclear scientists predicting such an accident or possibly an intentional event occurring. Obviously this is madness, but America and it's citizens need to think this Memorial Day 2007, where is our once great nation headed with the current batch of elected mattoids that are running this country. This week it was demonstrated by our elected reps that they too embrace war; war for what I ask…?! They surely aren't nation-building. They are in the business of resource grabbing; i.e., "OILâ€â€¦! It seems this once great nation has been reduced to simply a nation of thieves…no?! It's their oil not ours. We either develop and embrace alternative fuels or "pay†for the oil. It's simple as that.
When I look at Bagdhad and the surrounding area it looks like the local smoking landfill. In four years the Bush administration has reduced Iraq to a rubble heap with nothing to show for our blood, sweat, tears, and ruinous expenditure of capital and resources, not including the huge loss of Iraqi civilian lives. So rather than shed tears for the "grateful dead†this Memorial Day we need to weep for ourselves, the living, and to feel great shame wash over us, for accepting such inferior performance from our leaders, not only in the U.S., but the world in general.
So come this Tuesday, "The Day After" Memorial Day I advise all citizen/patriots to get motivated and to contact their elected reps and "demand†our extrication from Iraq. Dare to be great and fire your "thoughtshot†across the bow of dreadnaught "Tyrannyâ€. This is our country not theirs. It's ludicrous to think that three hundred million citizens are letting 435 House reps, 100 Senators, and two men; i.e., President and V.P. bully us and tell us "how it's going to be. They are sacrificing our sons and daughters to the MIC, their god of war, spending our hard-earned money; i.e., our taxdollars and flipping us off as if we are mere groundlings, they the predators, and we their prey! I'll provide some links so folks can do what's necessary. We the People shall prevail…!
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Damian's NightmareMy vision finally began to blur as the door slowly opened. I soon became alert. A little figure slowly entered the room. With the curtains opened it was easier to tell the little figure was Damian in his finlet PJ's with a hood attached to the shirt (curtsy of Alfred), with the light of the moon I could see the tears rolling down his face. I knew what to do after all this was the sixth time this month this has happened. I picked Damian up and walked over to my bed, as I sat down he instantly curled and pressed his face against my body. I realised was hugging the teddy bear I "secretly" put in his room. I rubbed his head and hugged him as the tears went down his face..."The nightmare again?" I asked although I knew the answer. He simply nodded and hugged the teddy bear tighter. Being the eldest of the brothers I feel like this is my responsibility to look after everyone, Damian being the youngest only 10 years old is not exactly your average happy lit
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Earth to Zatanna"Ok girl spill." Artemis instructed her best friend with her hands on her hips, grey eyes staring intently into her blue. Zatanna looked at her with mocking confusion that clearly read: who me? "Everyone could tell Wally was going to kiss me, but you and Robin. Where did that come from?" the frustrated blonde demanded.Zatanna smiled slightly, "Well he's just so cute, and he was there for me when Fate took over dad." She looked at her friend, who was half glaring at her, "Well besides you and the rest of the team but with him it was different." She amended quickly. Still the blonde was not satisfied with the answer. "I like him ok!" Zatanna nearly shouted.Finally the blonde smiled, "That's all I needed to hear, catch ya later, I have a date with Wally. Don't want to be late, he is a speedster." The blonde winked at her friend as she flipped her hair over her shoulder and turned to walk out of the room. As soon as Artemis had left the room Zatanna heard a voice in the back part of the
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Dammit group submissions*Submits Rarity pic to Rarity category**declined: Please add to Mane 6 and Spike*Okay I can understand that...*does so**declined: Please add to OC*..... >8[ What
Jesienny konkursAdmini grupy PolishMLPArtists mają przyjemność zaprosić was do kolejnego konkursu!Tym razem zadaniem uczestników jest narysowanie pracy, która będzie zawierać skucykowaną Panią Jesień oraz jednego kanonicznego kucyka w wersji halloweenowej. Pamiętajcie, narysować należy obie postaci! Inaczej praca zostanie zdyskwalifikowana.Nagrodami za to trudne zadanie są:I miejsce: 100 , rysunek oraz miesięczny featured od Felcia, rysunek od the-warbringer, rysunek od AviAlexis25II miejsce: 65 , rysunek od AviAlexis25, rysunek od AgussskaIII miejsce: 45 , rysunek od AviAlexis25, rysunek od LojlaTajemnicza Nagroda: Tikonka wybierze pracę, która według niej jest najlepsza, a która nie trafiła na pierwsze/drugie/trzecie miejsce. Dla szczęśliwego zwycięzcy Tikonka zrobi rysunek.Termin odd
Trying to keep up! @A@Hello everyone!Here's a moderately small report explaining my increasingly prolonged absences in the interwebs.I've been trying to get back into university. (Because I failed part of the year ;-; )This required for me to study very hard. (history of art, if anyone's interested...)This was really stressing, since I've never been a good one at studying. ^^'After I sat my last examination I spent about 3 or 4 weeks in a mentally half dead state,tired from studying, and waiting for my increasingly close judgment day.Then I passed.:iconsuperw00tplz:Then!I spent about 2 days crying of joy. (This took me a lot of effort. Tears were only natural)I had no time to reorganize the hours for the new rhythm coming in my life, because the year was starting 3 days after receiving the news...So I have been spending this 2 weeks trying to readjust to the rhythm.Running to classes late, forgetting to go to others, thanking my tutors for the opportunities, trying to get your commissions done.
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500... no, seriously!And, no I'm not doing what I did when I hit 100! To be honest, when I started my Deviantart account my first thought was:"What am I even doing?! I mean come on, there are serious artists here. Who talked me into this?!" Well, okay that actually happened, but more important was my second thought:"I'm hungry... should I make myself a sandwich, or just wait till supper?"... Wait... What?!Granted, that happened too, but what this has to do with...? You know, nevermind, the thought I wanted to talk about was:"So, there are people, who enjoy what I do... that's just so amazing. Maybe... just maybe, in time I would be able to get to the bigger numbers of watchers, who know, maybe there are more people who would like my stuff, than I expect? Maybe there will even be a 100 of them in a year, or so?! "And that was a dream... not impossible in my eyes, but not exactly expected to come true...And now I look
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Dear DeviantStaff, you SUCKFella, I love your site, really. It helped me to get through many difficulties of life and gather enormous feedback and experienceBut this comic is so true today I'm happily getting closer to 10k watchers and not planning to leave, but if you're the biggest art site on the Internet, then fucking act like oneFirst, this regular spam thing I mentioned earlier: And now this: I've been trying to fuckin' ADD ANOTHER LINE TO THE DESCRIPTION FOR 10 FUCKING MINUTES. Nooo, but nooo, "failed to update the description". I bet it's because of this sta.sh writer system nobody's using. And add to everything the things mentioned above. Gettin' real tired of your shit, dA.
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The MessageYou know I have so many great pictures in my favorites, but I want to share with You just this one, not because of how technically ingenious it is... but because it has something to say... and I think... all of us should at least listen, and decide what to do with it. Many of us may feel, like we can't do anything, some of us may don't even care... but if even one person, would do something... anything good because of this picture... or even just become more aware of the issue... it would be totally worth it...I want to thank it's author :iconadoptaponyshadow: ... for actually trying... trying to change something in this cruel world.
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Tyler, TX (KETK) — Attorney General Greg Abbott, who is currently running for that coveted Texas Governor's seat in Austin, made an appearance for a large crowd at a Tyler restaurant. Abbott grew up in Longview, Texas, and thinks it's about time an East Texan takes over.
Abbott is a strong advocate for protecting second amendment gun rights, and has fought for appealing Obamacare. Abbott said, "Already I have filed 30 lawsuits against Barak Obama, and I am not done yet". Abbott also believes in traditional family values, and desires to promote education.
In today's society, 63 percent of Americans believe unemployment is the country's number one problem. So one of Abbott's future goals, is to maintain Texas job growth. He said, "As Governor I will keep Texas number one in the nation for job creation. It doesn't matter how you slice it or dice it, Texas has created more job than any other state".
However his latest political move was the debut of a campaign against Democratic opponent, Wendy Davis. Within this advertisement Davis is portrayed as a flip-flopper who is not ready for office. To view the full advertisement, visit: http://www.gregabbott.com/media-news/videos/ .
Of course the best way to get your voice heard, is to vote for your representative. Early voting began Tuesday.
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I've noticed Pete that those you don't agree with become racist, bigots, and anti-Semites. Could it be that you don't like Anglo Christians and feel secure name-calling knowing that you're in league with the media?
Agree 100%. It's a wonder these people have the mindset they do in the 21st C! Seems Texans have a clear distinction in their choice of candidates. As usual- it comes down to the lesser of two evils. RIP was bad enough- even G W Bush couldn't stand him; now this Neanderthal is to the extreme right of RIP.
None of the above sounds better all the time. But, I've cast a dissenting vote before & will again, against someone whose name is trouble.
Pitiful excuse for a man, let alone someone asking for votes to send him to the governor's shack in Austin using ranting anarchist ted nugent to say such incredibly disgusting and inflammatory garbage about the POTUS...having nugent by his side spewing vile and racist comments means, absolutely, that abbot agrees with every single word ted said...if this is what you want, Texas, have at it...elect this man, sign the petition, and secede from the other 49 states...racism is alive/well in Texas.


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PUBLISHED: 14 May 2013 14:25:00 | UPDATED: 15 May 2013 07:25:28PUBLISHED: 14 May 2013 PRINT EDITION: 15 May 2013South Korean giant Samsung Electronics said on Monday it had made a key breakthrough in developing mobile technologies for so-called 5G networks.
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Just 18 months after the first 4G mobile networks were switched on in Australia, researchers are already planning to significantly boost mobile speeds with 5G technology.
South Korean technology giant Samsung this week unveiled a research breakthrough that would allow mobile networks to deliver speeds of up to 1000 megabits per second to mobiles when it becomes available by 2020.
The speeds are up to 25 times faster than those Telstra says it can provide over its 4G mobile network today, and equal to the speeds NBN Co is planning to offer on optic fibre cables over the national broadband network by the end of this year. Samsung said it could develop speeds hundreds of times faster than current 4G networks.
Wireless experts welcomed the research but said the technology was not yet realistic and unlikely to make the NBN obsolete.
"From a research point of view it's nothing surprising," said Jamil Khan, an associate professor and wireless engineer at the University of Newcastle.
He said Samsung's lab experiment had technical limitations. Although researchers were successful in transmitting data over two kilometres, they used 64 antennae – compared with the eight typically found in laptops. They also used a radio frequency typically reserved for satellite broadband, in the same "Ka band" NBN Co plans to use for its own satellite launch in 2015.
Samsung said the research was important in recognising the need for "a broad band of frequencies, much like an increased water flow requires a wider pipe". "In future the [mobile] cells will be very small, so you'll see the data rate will be higher but it won't be high everywhere," Mr Khan said.
He said it was unlikely that similar speeds would be available consistently to consumers using the types of radio spectrum Telstra, Optus and TPG bought at the federal government's digital dividend auction last week.
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Similarly, home wireless networks will be capable of similar speeds at shorter ranges when new products are released by the middle of next year.
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TYLER — People attacking drive-thru workers over chicken nuggets, coffee, french fries ... you name it.
And it's happening everywhere across the country, leaving the question... what in the world is going on?
Less than a week ago, at a Miami Burger King... when one woman didn't get it "her" way... surveilance video caught her leaping the counter, throwing her food and a hot beverage at an employee.
The woman told police she was convinced someone spit inside her breakfast sandwhich while in the drive through.
The woman was arrested and charged with assault and battery.
Stephen Westmoreland, a mental health counselor, says this kind of behavior is getting worse each year.
In February, at a Denny's restaurant in Massachusetts... "gram slam" took on a whole new meaning, as a huge group fight broke out over syrup.
Westmoreland says it's a lack of respect for others that causes people to lash out.
And then who could forget this, infamous video of a Toledo, Ohio woman nearly climbing through and breaking a mcdonalds drive through window, when an employee refused to serve her chicken mcnuggets during breakfast hours.
It just goes to prove what the experts know ... some people are just well... plain ole' crazy.
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Okay, so I'm starting a new game on soulsilver and I can trade over practically any pokemon from platinum, I bred a bunch an want to know if it's a good team to go with cyndiquil (I don't have to pick him but he's my favorite starter in johto) My bred pokemon have power packed moves. I'm thinking about adding an elekid cause an electrivire is really powerful. Any other team suggestions or additions.
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You could go with Gabite, maybe.
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Well, your team seems kind of unbalanced, you should have a good normal type like togekiss, it can learn aura sphere, sky attack, air slash, thunderbolt, psychic, lots and lots of moves
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This team is fine for ingame, you shouldn't have to much of a problem. Last Pokemon i suggest is a water or a rock type could really help you out.
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I would suggest not to have two flying-type pokemon. I would choose Scyther over Pidgeot but its up to you. Unless you plan on evolving Scyther into Scizor.
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I had said in an earlier blogpost that I did not care about morality.
Morals change with time, clime, weather and politics. Somethings that never change whether one is with the Bantus in Africa or the bustee dwellers in Mumbai is the longing for cleanliness.
Most people around the world, at all times have cared about cleanliness in one way or other. "I try to be clean". "I try to stay clean." I think most people have no problems with that. I shall be happy and content and feel ok if I manage to stay clean. Inside and out.
I would be lying if I said I have never been presumtuous in my life. But the struggle in my life has been to keep the inside and outside of it clean and tidy. I can say this much that I have honestly never tried to be "moral" because they said I had to be moral. I tried to stay clean. I pray for moral courage. Later, I picked up another term for the same thing, in the big cities where people that frequently travelledoverseas to Western countries live, they called it the courage of conviction. I think some second language English speakers equate the ability to be "proactive" also with this quality of "being endowed with moral courage to stand up for what one thinks is right and righteous or true". I dunno.
I have prayed for courage to do the right things, knowing fully well that I may fail because what seems right to me might not be right for someone else. But since I have an exalted Mars somewhere in my natal chart and I love a great good fight, I do pray and stand up vehemently for what I believe is right at a given point in time.
Mostly though, the struggle in life has been to consciously, consistently be clean, bhitorey, bahiery, and I have prayed for Him to cleanse me completely whenever I have felt I sullied myself with ugly thoughts or engaged in ugly deeds. For I have an evil temper. And intelligence. I get mad when I feel people are being sneaky (I do not mind snark) or they are trying to go back on their words - the rest mostly I have been able to live with.
I have never been judgemental about friends or family members or even colleagues. I must be able to do what I please with my life, am more than willing to let other people do what they please with their please, long as they are not trying to tell me who to like or who to not like. That I disallow, and it doesn't matter if you are one of the Directors I happen to adore.
If you like to read, do read this book called Hereof, Thereof and Everywhereof written by a guy called Howard Darmstadter. difficult name to pronounce. It could be one of those books they call seminal or whatever. I painstakingly made hardcopy pages from glimpses you get of the book through Google book previews, on powerpoint slides, printed them out to be able to hold them in my hand while I read them. I had given some pages to one of the Directors to read (review as they call the process here), and I feel sorry that I do not know if anyone ever read them, liked them, appreciate the trouble I took tomake them, and those pages never came home to me. This book could become as big as A Confederacy of Dunces or something if the Pulitzer people happen to spot it (unless they already have a policy against law related books) and if they share the same sensibilities as me of course (JME I wrote that bec am worried that you would jeer). The reason I liked this book is bec in addition to delivering what it promises (to clear some legal writing issues for thegeneral public that understands and cares about the law), it alsoleaves you exploring other areas of your learning with the newfound insight.It is honest, straighforward, hardworkedintoexistence, unpretentious, witty and useful. I wish I were rich. But am not, (at least not enough to let a 4700 rupees law related book lying around on my own bookshelves unless I plan to spend my life here) and I still dont know about that bec I cannot figure out what it might be like with the King gone, would the Princes be as appreciative of what I do or am capable of, once the reins are in their hands? I am not even sure if the King himself might want me another term, in the circumstances, (bec I whored for the book - he has already given me enough books to begin with the project and yet none of them do what this one does - or is as good as the one you do not have or perhaps, cannot have).
I call it that bec after no one would listen to me where I belonged, crazy that I am and stupid and thoughtless, I went out to spaces I did not belong to and to people that I had no business to go to I think (although they say technically they are also on the same plane with us, I think they and us are different bec they have separate meetings and stuff and we do not get invited to be in them). I thought it would be kind of reckless to spend hard earned money on a book that is expensive by the standard of salary I draw even if it be a pulitzer probable.
So, I asked various people to buy it at work and kind of whored for it by asking another department. Later, I felt embarrassed and mortifiedand I guess am putting it up here bec I continue to feel bad about it. I dont know what the king would feel or how he would react when he - well, I must go to him tomorrow myself and fess up and wait to see just how mad he gets when he gets mad and exactly how he reacts. Usually, he throws people over board into the deep dark waters from whence he had pulled them up to save them when he felt kindly towards them.
Anyways, my story notwithstanding, those like JME that like variety in reading, and collect good books, (by good here, I mean readable books), could explore the book.
It is Holi tomorrow and there was this thing at work and even though I had asked for a leave yesterday I did not get it and therefore was there at it bec of circumstances and as I expected it made me feel depressed, I could manage to hold on to the decency-demands-smile for the length of it all however, it hurt terribly inside and I felt my stomach was churning and it made me bend over in my seat to deal with the spasmodic pain.
I hate attending "functions". It makes me feel lonelier than usual and lost and alone and miserable and depressed and unhappy and it makes me want to curl up and go to sleep. Itmakes me worry about things I dislike having to worry about. Like getting a phone call, saying she is dead. Or being woken up from sleep at night saying she is no more or worse still getting a phone call days later saying your phone was switched off she passed away two days ago and what people do not know, being surrounded by their wife and their own children that are grown up and married or otherwise settled in life and safe, is that some of us proles live in fear and anxiety and come home to empty lives and loneliness that we try to live down with work and books and a cup of tea that usually doesnot come on time ever, or with complaints about not getting running water even when the pump is running (how that happens on a ground floor flat beats me) or with doing things people like us will not normally do like walk the crowded spaces along Aminabad before Holi day with another woman that is as lonely and unhappy but not quite as well adjusted to the realities of life... what they do not realise is some people do not sleep at nights bec they worry - bec they worry about cruel surprises and "functions" underline the fact that their lives have changed irrevocably, and that they are lost forever and that for them there wouldnever be a home or going back home no matter how many kilometers they travel, that these people are doomed to stay lost bec they stopped "belonging", for people they belonged to, are gone and dead and when that happens youare lost forever and are doomed to stay lost until you die.
People hurt people when they do not stop to think or think from their own perspective. It takes time to notice the realities of other lives and a willingness to learn from lifewhich most successful people do nothave I guess. So one gets hurt and stays hurt and hopes to heal and suffer in silence.
I wasn't endowed with the gift to suffer in silence. So I came home and crept into bed in the dark and cried. I wasn't endowed with any gift as such I think except a bitof weird strange luck that thunders in when least expected, surprising me, jolting my nerves so much that half the time I fail to see the chances and therefore miss them anyways. But I know I often am lucky in strange ways. And I think that is where humour lies in my life. It lurks actually. Sometimes I can see it when the sunshines and everything seems safe witht the world.
"I shall be happy and content and feel ok if I manage to stay clean. Inside and out."
This is, for me, a key to understanding you. It tells me that you have a strong sense of which feelings, words and actions are consistent with the shape of your selfness, and which are not, and that you feel unclean, in a very specific way, if you have harbored or expressed what sullies that shape.
Yesterday, I posted to my Wordpress blog a workshop that delves into how thinking about the shape of stories, both those in fiction and the ones we live out, can reveal the integrity of a person or character. (There's a link to this workshop on the page about my metaphysical short stories.) When your feelings, words and deeds are consistent with the complex shape that your core principles give to your character, you feel yourself to be 'clean'. Doing otherwise obscures that cleanliness of self with a kind of grime that those who do not know themselves well might easily ignore. Over time, such people lose their sense of selfness, and ally themselves with people or groups that share the same sort of grime. This is why not being true to yourself is experienced as being unclean.
Be happy and content, then, because you have managed to stay clean, and know what it feels like to be unclean.
Be well. May you always know what to wish for, and may all of your wishes come true.


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It's not hard to see why Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was named Model of the Year at the ELLE Style Awards on Tuesday (Feb. 24). According to Elle, the supermodel was recognized for her contribution to the fashion industry and for ruling countless runways for major brands, including Burberry, Prada, Givenchy, and Balmain.
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Surprise! Naya Rivera and her husband Ryan Dorsey are expecting their first child.
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It's official: Kendall Jenner is the model of the moment! The 19-year-old worked it for the Giles show during London Fashion Week, making it her 9th runway appearance this season.
Donning a series of satin-meets-latex looks, the 19-year-old walked the dark goth-inspired autumn-winter presentation, which took place at the Central Saint Martins. BFF Cara Delevingne and "Gone Girl" actress Emily Ratajkowski watched Kendall strut her stuff from the front row of the show.
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While Christina Aguilera has been busy doing impressions of Britney Spears, Ed Sheeran has been putting his own spin on XTina's music, and it's pretty impressive.
After his appearance on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show this morning (Feb. 24), the 24-year-old musician stopped by the BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge to record a cover of the "Voice" coach's hit song, "Dirrty" from her 2002 album Stripped.
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While the rest of Hollywood basks in the afterglow of Sunday's (Feb. 22) Academy Awards, Salma Hayek has been spending her time across the pond at London Fashion Week.
The 48-year-old actress sat front row at the Christopher Kane show, where she showed off her incredible figure in a form-fitting LBD with a thigh-high slit. She sported a small pink bag and black pumps, but her best accessory of the night was her husband Francois-Henri Pinault.
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