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Warner Bros Pictures' 300 has generated more buzz leading up to its release than particularly any other film of the last dozen or so years - and with good reason. The big screen adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel delivers something we haven't seen before. The action-packed epic stars Gerard Butler as King Leonidas, the leader of the Spartans. Butler underwent months of strenuous workouts before shooting began and then once filming started, he pushed his body even further. But injuries aside, it's a safe bet Butler would do it all again.
Butler's First Reaction to the Script and What It Required of Him: "I thought, 'Oh s**t. Here we go again!' (laughing) This script was so inventive and had a real mystery, it was very poetic. In fact, some of it I found quite funny because when you describe, 'a falling virgin lets the dying gasps of a soul out as he hits the ground,' you think, 'How can he possibly show that?' And in some ways there is a suggestion as to the type of world and feel that you are coming into. It felt very classy and very dark and very difficult. I just thought, 'This guy is fierce, this guy is ferocious. This guy is awesome and I want to try and be that guy.'"
Bringing King Leonidas to Life Onscreen: "There are times that we want him to mark this to remind you of the graphic novel element so there were scenes that literally, if you read the graphic novel, there were scenes that were the exact representations - including the way I'm bending forward like an animal ready to pounce. Even the way he sat with a spear and always taking very powerful-like Rodin the sculptor [poses], there's always an element of those stances and power and masculinity. So there are some things that were exact representations and then there were the moments of battle where those lines define certain things. Like madness – this is Sparta and then you realize, 'Okay, these guys are nuts,' and they define a certain moment. That's where you can let the comic book element slip in. Zack [Snyder] loved that, and for the madness this is Sparta – we get so many different levels."
On the Suggestion He Channeled His Character: "Yeah, me channeling him - that's exactly what I did. You are the only person who understood that – I channeled him. That's how I played this role. I was in constant spiritual communication with him and he taught me everything I needed to know – the sword and the spear. Try not to laugh so hard (joking)… No, it was a lot of work from me. I felt that I worked really hard and I felt everybody worked really hard on this. And more than hard work, sometimes hard work doesn't mean anything, but there is a huge amount of talent in this from the director, the art department, visual effects, you could make something insanely cool."
The Film Walks a Fine Line Between Credibility and Being a Pastiche: "Good point, and that's the challenge. This film is beautiful, the story is fantastic, but if you don't get the right amount of strength and power and the larger feel and energy of the piece, then you're going to miss out. What you really need to combine that with is humanity. You pick your points for that, but I felt this King – you really could feel on one end of the scale, his compassion and consideration for his family, his child, his nation, for his men… But then at the other end, that unwavering commitment and ferocity and almost to an extent, insanity, because what they took on was insane but their belief and their conditioning is so over-riding. They didn't just think, 'We're going to die.' They thought, '300 of us are going to go and we're going to win this war.' And that's a pretty exceptional way to think. I think he was a pretty exceptional man to make his men think that."
His Reputation as a Sex Symbol: Butler's already hearty reputation as a major sex symbol is only going to increase with 300. But bring the subject up and the actor's quick to point out it's not something he cares about all that much. "Listen, I'd rather… I'll be honest, I don't get too caught up in that. I'm really far more about, 'Is the film good? Did I perform okay? Did people dig it?' And if people want to go further than that, of course, that's a huge compliment. I would rather that then they say, 'He's an ugly son of a bitch. That Gerry Butler has no sex appeal whatsoever.' It's good to be appreciated. I'd rather be appreciated for talent than just looks, but hey, I'll take that as well."
When it's pointed out a lot of magazines will probably want to feature full page spreads of some of the shots of his body in the film, Butler joked, "Is that right? Tell me which ones and I'll go out and get them. I love looking at myself. That is a joke! I see when I make a joke and people start writing it down I think, 'Oh, now I'm in trouble!'"
Troy, Alexander and Now 300: Historical epics haven't done well recently, however Butler believes audiences will understand 300 is nothing like either Troy or Alexander. "I mean, I knew right from the start this is not like any of those. This is a beast unto itself. And, yeah, in a way, on the one hand you think, 'I hope people don't think this is one of them,' but in a way you're glad for them because it made me also think people are waiting for something like this. We haven't been shown a new way for this to be done and this is the new way for this to be done. Maybe if it had just been Gladiator and this, this would not have been so impactful. But fortunately we had Troy and Alexander (laughing). And King Arthur and Kingdom of Heaven, so we had four to give people a chance to actually enjoy one of them."
His Thoughts on the Music Used in 300: "I love the music in this film. I think it's a great job and this is exactly the type of movie, the music I hoped for. At times it's very operatic and it also contains an element of mysticism of another type, and then its absolute rock as well. That's really what sets it apart. It says, 'We're not taking this too seriously, but at the end of the day this is also a very entertaining story told in an action packed way.' If you can be moved or inspired or just feel something about these people and what they went through and what they stood for, then that's awesome too."


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The play calling system used in most of this web site is one developed about a billion years ago, when dinosaurs walked the earth. I think Ug and Zug, the original football coaches, used this system, which is part of why I chose to use it for this web site. Because almost all football coaches played the sport at one time, and most teams over the past thirty years or so used this system, it establishes a common reference point for the offensive programs described on this web site.
I'd like to give credit to the original inventor of this system, but his name has been lost to posterity. I believe this system was developed by "Bum" Phillips, but I have no evidence other than word of mouth.
This system uses four parts to describe the following features:
1. Formation ("Wing Right")
2. Ball Carrier ("3" back)
3. Point of attack ("1" Hole)
4. Type of blocking or play description ("Dive")
Using this terminology, a wide variety of formations and plays can be called, making the system versatile enough to be used with nearly any offense. Figure 1 is the play called above, from the Wing-T system.
Figure 1: "Wing Right 31 Dive"
Figure 2 shows the points of attack as described by this system. All odd numbered holes are on the left, and all even numbers are on the right. Holes are numbered from the center/guard gap outward to the sideline. If a play is to strike directly at the center, the number "0" is used.
Figure 2: Hole numbering
Figure 3 shows the numbering system used by the offensive backfield. The Quarterback is always "1", the Tailback "2" and the Fullback is "3". Some formations, like the Double Wing and Wishbone, use four offensive backs. If this is the case, the "2" back will be any back lined up to the left of the Fullback, and the "4" back will be to his right. A Wingback is considered a halfback, and numbered accordingly. In most split back offenses, the Fullback will be the offensive back on the Tight End side.
Figure 3: Backfield numbering
Receivers are given letter designations. This reduces confusion when passing plays have primary receivers. For example, on the play shown in Figure 4 the primary receiver is the right side tight end. In the huddle, this play would be "Split right, Y corner, rollout." It is even possible to insert pass routes for all receivers by adding a few quick phrases to the call. Thus the same play becomes "Split right, X drag, Y corner, Z streak, rollout." Backs without pass routes are assigned as blockers. Any time the Wingback is split out farther than three yards from the Tight End, he is considered a Flanker, and here is designated with the receiver letter "Z".
Figure 4: Pass routes are simplified.
Blocking descriptions and play names add another dimension to the play-calling system. Here are some brief examples of descriptions used in this system.
1. "Blast." A blast is a play that usually hits off tackle or to the guard/tackle gap. Using this system, the points of attack are usually either the 4/3 holes or the 6/5 holes. At least one back lead blocks for the ball carrier.
2. "Dive." As shown in figure 1.1, the dive is a quick hitting play from the fullback. It's typically used in short yardage situations such as third and one or fourth and inches. Be warned! The dive is the most common and least successful play in youth football!
3. "Wedge." The wedge is the dive's bigger, more effective brother. Typically run out of formations with line splits of six inches or less, the wedge involves each offensive lineman blocking the outside ribs of the lineman to his inside. What this means is that the guards don't block defenders. Instead they drive their shoulders into the ribs of the center and add their weight and strength to his. The tackles add their weight and strength to the guards, and the entire wedge ends up driving over the hapless defensive tackle or nose tackle that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Don't confuse the wedge with a dive!
4. "Power." Powers are extremely effective plays in which all offensive backs attack the same hole. One back, usually the back farthest from the hole, will carry and all others will lead block for him. Generally formations like the Wing-T and Double Wing offer the best options for powers, because they have three offensive backs in close formation to one another.
5. "Waggle." Waggle is one of those words with obscure definitions, but I typically use it to mean a play in which the quarterback fakes a sweep hand off and then rolls out to the opposite side of the field. Usually one or more linemen will pull to provide pass protection, and receivers will cross the field in the same direction as the QB, giving him the option to run or throw.
6. "Option." The option has a number of different forms, and has made the Wishbone famous at the collegiate level. There are two kinds of options, the "double" and the "triple". A standard triple option features a fullback diving to the 1/2 hole. The QB places the ball in the fullback's belly and moves with him to the hole. If the defensive lineman in the hole moves to tackle the fullback, then the QB pulls the ball back and moves on to the outside while the fullback fakes the dive as if he still had the ball. As the QB moves outside the guards, the halfback takes up a position three yards deep and three yards outside him. At least one defensive player at the point of attack is left unblocked. This allows a double team on another player. As the unblocked defender approaches the QB, the quarterback executes a second "option". If the defender attacks him, the QB will pitch to the halfback trailing him. If the defender hesitates, the QB will keep the football and turn up field. The option can be run without the fullback dive, with just the QB and halfback executing the outside option. This is called the "double" option, and is much more easily taught to younger players.
7. "Sweep." The sweep is a game of tag. The Quarterback takes the snap, and either pitches or hands off to a fast running back, who tries to beat the defense to the sideline and turn up field.
8. "Pitch/Toss." The pitch or toss is a quick hitting play almost like a sweep, except that the running back is usually stationed outside the guard and does not cross the offensive backfield. These plays are great on first sound.
There are a lot of good points to this play name and nomenclature systems. It's relatively easy to learn and use, and younger kids catch onto it rather quickly.
Unfortunately, it's not as intuitive as I'd like, and doesn't explain misdirection very well. For example, in the Wing right, 31 dive, we know that the fullback is carrying the football through the "1" hole, but where is the halfback going? Is the quarterback blocking to the back side of the play, or does he fake a roll out and a pass to the split end on that side? These are part of the limitations I tried to ease by adding a blocking and play description call.
Even worse is the passing. The system offers great versatility in that you can give a specific pass route to any receiver in the offense, but there are five eligible receivers! Thus, in the huddle, you get play names that go on forever, like "Split right, pro, X post, Y curl, Z slant, 2 flat, 4 out." There aren't many ten year olds that are going to remember that by the time they get on the field to tell the QB.
You can speed this up a little by assigning numbers to specific pass routes. This is called the passing tree. Figure 5 shows the passing tree.
Figure 5: The basic passing tree.
In the huddle, passing plays can be called much more easily, "Split right, pro, 513". Is the same play we called above, without the running backs in the patterns. "X" is the first digit of the code, "Y" is the second, and "Z" is the third. Unfortunately, while this is easier to remember on the way to the huddle, and easier for the individual receivers to remember if you teach your players the passing tree, it also means the quarterback needs a lot of reps and practice if he's going to remember where each receiver is on a given passing play. I suggest a bare minimum of passes anyway, and strongly suggest that you don't mix and match pass routes. Have one or two passes that never change, such as "513" and "321". Then practice the heck out of them. Calling a primary receiver is simply a matter of adding his designator to the play call: "321 Z". This means that everyone runs the pass routes called, and the QB should look or throw to "Z".

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Hi players, Fossil Archeology for Minecraft 1.4.7! First we say many thanks to Flammarilva who has created this Fossil Archeology Mod, and he always wanted to keep updating. With the addition of ancient artifacts to the game, then you can do things here that are very interesting or things that you like. At Fossil Archeology Mod1.4.7 these new creatures include dinosaurs such as Triceratops, Velociraptors, and Tyrannosaurs Rex was the most feared creatures. Here I can only advise you to be careful, because it is very dangerous and can threaten your health. So what you think now!
Download Fossil Archeology Mod 1.4.7
How to Install Fossil Archeology Mod for Minecraft 1.4.7
For Client
For 1.4.7, do not unzip mod_Fossil_7.1.0a_1.4.6.zip! Just drop the .zip file into the /mods folder8
1. Install Minecraft Forge into Minecraft
2. Run the game once.You will get a folder named "mods" under %appdata%/.minecraft/
3. Download the mod_Fossil.zip
4. Unzip it as "mod_Fossil" folder with class files directly inside
5. Move the "mod_Fossil" folder into "mods" folder.
6. Check if "mods/mod_Fossil" folder has class files directly inside and DONT keep mod_Fossil.zip inside mods
7. Run the game
8. Play
For Server
1. Install Minecraft Forge into Minecraft_server.jar
2. Run the server once.You will get a folder named "mods" in your server location.
3. Download the mod_Fossil.zip.(Same as client file)
4. Unzip it as "mod_Fossil" folder with class files directly inside.
5. Move the "mod_Fossil" folder into "mods" folder.
6. Check if mods/mod_Fossil folder has class files directly inside and DONT keep mod_Fossil.zip inside mods
7. Run the server
8. Play
Fossil Archeology Mod 1.4.7 New Mobs
- Dino-eggs
- Pterosaur
- Plesiosaur
- Mosasaurus
- Utahraptor
- Triceratops
- Stegosaurus
- Velociraptors
- Failuresaurus
- Tyrannosaurus rex
- Anu'ZombiePigman Emperor'
- Nautilus'Or more like ammonite'
Fossil Archeology Mod 1.4.7 New Items
- DNAs
- Dino Pedia
- Scarab Gem
- Bio-fossil
- Stoneboard
- Skull Stick
- T-Rex Tooth
- Empty Shell
- Sio-Chiu-Le
- Magic conch
- Tooth Dagger
- Scarab Tools
- Ancient eggs
- Relics scrapes
- Living Nautilus
- Raw chicken soup
- Ancient Equipment
- Essence of Chicken
- Dino meats/Dino steaks
- Broken Ancient Equipment
Fossil Archeology Mod 1.4.7 Features
- Fossil blocks look similar to stones, but are harder to mine. The drops from them are randomized and broken up into percentages.
- Bones (40%)
- Skulls (10%)
- Relics (23%)
- Broken Swords (5%)
- Bio-fossil (22.5%)
- Scarab Gems (0.001%)
The Analyzer
- Fossil Archeology Mod 1.4.7 this machine is used to analyze bio-fossils or relics. If there are any live tissues inside the fossilized remains that contain DNA, the analyzer can find these. The analyzer also works to restore relics into stoneboard which might contain cryptic messages left by past civilizations.
The Cultivator
- Fossil Archeology Mod 1.4.7, this machine gets fed DNA + bio-fossil and then tries to rebuild the cells using organic items as material. This is a fairly complex process so it definitely takes some time. If everything goes as planned the cultivator will produce an egg. The egg will then hatch into whatever creatures DNA you found.
Archaeology Workbench
- Fossil Archeology Mod 1.4.7, If you happen to break down a a block of fossil and it drops a broken sword you can place the sword on the workbench to be repaired. There's a micro-processor inside of the workbench which will read information from relics and the machine will try to rebuild them.
Ancient Ferns
- Fossil Archeology Mod 1.4.7 these are ancient plants that have managed to carry themselves over into modern times. They'll only grow under trees and will continue to breed as time passes. They drop nothing.
New Mobs which introduced
- docile in nature
- have 3 sub-species
- can be contained within a fenced area
- will follow owner over long distances
- when free-roaming they will not follow the owner
- self-hunts
- will attack in groups
- will follow owner and pick up anything dropped
- self-learning'will teach themselves to open chests'
Tyrannosaurus Rex
- immune to arrows
- can be ridden and directed
- wont crash houses when tamed
- hunt within a fixed territory
- cannot walk on ice due to being so heavy
- will break anything in its way with a weakness less than iron


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Posted on: December 4, 2010
Wednesday, the first night of Hanukkah, was my last conversion class until January 12 when we'll study the Jewish Holiday Cycle. As it was the first night of Hanukkah we learned about the Holiday and its origins. Of course, when one thinks of Hanukkah, both Jew and non-Jew, you think of the menorah and the miracle that was the oil that burned in the rededicated Temple for 8 days. WRONG!
I know, I know I'm not a Jew yet but as Rabbi Leora always tells us, as adults learning about Judaism vs non-practicing, "lazy" Jews we may know things that our Jewish friends and partners do not. Mirs is amazing about this fact and I'm often, as I was last night at our Hanukkah party, a source of Jewish information. Rabbi L also reminds us that sometimes our Jewish friends will not want to learn the "truth" from us converts but you know what? Sometimes we do know more things, if only for the fact that as an adult we retain it better.
Back to the Miracle of Hanukkah. In the book of Maccabees (which is not in the Torah) the holiday that is decreed to be celebrated from then on was the rededication of the Temple after it was reclaimed by Judah Maccabee and his sons from the Syrian Greeks. It says, and I'm paraphrasing, that in the month of Kislev from that moment forward all Jews should celebrate the feat. Fast forward to the writing of the Talmud and the scholars add the story of the oil and thus we celebrate not only the rededication of the Temple but also the miracle oil that stayed lit for 8 days.
This is the part of the post where I will remind everyone that I am not a Torah scholar, I'm not a Talmudic scholar, I'm just a Jew-to-be with one of the best rabbis on the planet who thinks the way I think. The oil story is just a story perhaps? And why is it just a story, in my mind, rather than fact? 1. It's not in the book of Maccabees. God is not mentioned at all in the book of Maccabees and the book of Maccabees is not in the Bible. 2. Perhaps because there's no God in Maccabees and only the historical record of battles fought. The thought we had in class was that because the Maccabees lacks God's involvement in the miracle of the Temple defeat, and it was in fact man who was able to make that miracle of defeating an army that outnumbered ours in both man power and skill that it would cause people to not rely on God for miracles. 3.Perhaps it was the fact, as Rabbi L pointed out, that the Maccabees only ruled over the kingdom of Israel for 200 years and the Talmud was written 200 years later. 4. Or Perhaps the story of the oil was added out of sheer creative insight from the writer. As a writer I'm inclined to that theory.
Whatever the case, we all celebrate Hanukkah now by lighting the menorah for eight days. The mitzvah in the lighting of the menorah is to bring light into the world, to proclaim the light of the menorah in a public way. The menorah should be in a window so that everyone can see it. Rabbi L. also challenged us, as she often does, to think of ways that we, as Jews, can continue to bring light into the world for these 8 days. I'm not sure if drinking myself silly last night at our Hanukkah/Shabbat party was what she had in mind, but I'd like to think that celebrating Hanukkah in a big, public way and welcoming Shabbat into our home with friends fits the bill.
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Hanukkah!
I'm kinda hoping a more realistic understanding will be more inspiring for my future children. We'll see I guess.
I find both stories to be quite inspirational but it's always interesting to me what sticks. For as long as I could recall, all I knew about Hanukkah was 8 days of presents because of the oil. It was shocking to watch all of our faces when we realized, as we were readingthe passage in Maccabees that the oil wasn't mentioned at all.
I also think that the idea of bringing God into the book of Maccabees by way of the oil that burned for 8 days is interesting. The omission of the entire book of Maccabees is also intriguing to me. Best part of it, for me, is that it's the beauty of Judaism in a nut shell. I love how there isn't necessarily a definitive answer to any of it but instead of lots of possiblities for answers.


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Michael Bisping sits with a 13-4 record in the UFC, having come quite a long way since his days on The Ultimate Fighter. Now campaigning for a Middleweight title shot, he has lost to only the best fighters throughout his whole career. Perhaps this is what keeps him from reaching the top of the mountain. Set to face Vitor Belfort, Bisping has begun to make a strong case for the creation of an interim Middleweight title:
"Regarding Anderson, his last fight was at light heavyweight. His next fight is going to be at a catch-weight. When will be fight at middleweight? What if he gets injured and has to be on the sidelines? All that time will have passed. All the fighters at the top of the middleweight division are on the sidelines. We all want to be world champion some day. We work so hard and strive for it.
It's not there if Anderson isn't defending the title. I'm not knocking him. He's the greatest fighter we have. But a champion needs to defend the title or he needs to vacate it. And when he comes back to middleweight, he should get an automatic shot. Or they should create an interim title. With Weidman out for six months, I don't think (Tim) Boetsch would have beaten Weidman. I think myself and Vitor should be fighting for the interim title. Whoever wins it should defend it. We keep the division moving. The division is more stacked than it's ever been but the champion isn't defending the belt." - via MMAFighting.com
Bisping is never a man to hold back his words, and has gained the ire of many an MMA fan because of that. However, he may have a point here, as Anderson Silva stated he would wait until the end of next year to fight again. The superfight with GSP speculation is still the elephant in the room as well. All of this does make it seem like the Middleweight division is on hold. Should there be the creation of an interim title to get the 185 lb. arena moving?
Michael Bisping sits with a 13-4 record in the UFC, having come quite a long way since his days on The Ultimate Fighter. Now campaigning for a Middleweight title shot, he has lost to only the best fighters throughout his whole career. Perhaps this is what keeps him from reaching the top of the mountain. Set to face Vitor Belfort, Bisping has begun to make a strong case for the creation of an interim Middleweight title:
Mike Drahota
Crazy as it is, I agree
Reply 2 years agoSharp34Funny | 0Weak | 0Cool | 0
Anderson is my favourite fighter who still competes but unfortunately the man is truthfully holding up the division, I guess that is in some way due to all his past opponents who he has ran through. Smash that many guys in a row and you might lose motivation to defend within the division as well
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Agreed. At this point of his nothing but stellar career, the G.O.A.T doesn't need the belt any longer. He has nothing else to prove; MMA and its fans have seen it all from him. If I were him, I'd just vacate the belt and walk away from the sport.
Reply 2 years agoWeak12Sharp | 3Funny | 1Cool | 1
"favourite" Haha, that reminds me of my ex Canadian gfs. Not making fun of your spelling, man, I think it's cool.
Reply 2 years agoWeak10Cool | 1Funny | 1Sharp | 0
im not sure making fun of a word spelled correctly (in our country) would be possible.
Reply 2 years agoSharp12Weak | 1Funny | 0Cool | 0
Thanks for saying "your" spelling, since it is OUR language and all you guys did was swap a couple of letters around, not making fun it's cool
Reply 2 years agoCool3Weak | 2Funny | 0Sharp | 0
Relax, FirstnLastEmperor, I wasn't trying to offend anyone. Yes, I know that's how the word is correctly spelled in country, I know. To be honest, I didn't think my ex knew how to spell when I first met her up until she explained everything to me.
As for you, KF, I should have said - the way they spell certain words in your country instead of 'your spelling."
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Brian Cox
I agree with much of what Bisping says, but Belcher is (a) head of him in the line. IMO. Belcher beats Okami = Silva / Belcher...the winner of Bisping / Belfort gets the winner of Silva / Belcher...if Silva chooses not to defend his belt by spring, either by not fighting or only taking super-fights, then Belcher, if he wins (Okami is not part of the equation, here) should fight the winner of Bisping / Belfort and Weidman should get the winner of that match-up, when he comes back. How I see it, at any rate.
Reply 2 years agoWeak6Sharp | 3Funny | 0Cool | 0
Stop your blood clot crying Dumptruck & vent your frustrations to Dana Da Boss
Reply 2 years agoWeak11Funny | 0Sharp | 0Cool | 0
yeah cause we'd all much prefer hearing what you have to say. ignorant racist pos. and yeah yeah youre gangster, i should come to crenshaw blvd to meet u n ur slangin' homies huh?
Reply 2 years agoFunny4Weak | 2Cool | 0Sharp | 0
meet me @ your bitch house right before i tear that pu_c uuuuuuuup
Reply 2 years agoFunny1Sharp | 1Weak | 0Cool | 0
Usually Bisping says a lot of crazy stuff but this time he is completely right. Interim title would be awesome!
Reply 2 years agoCool4Funny | 0Weak | 0Sharp | 0
Bisbing fights dirty and cries too much Id love to see him get kod by Silva,if Hendo could do it Silvas faster longer more accurate hell be in trouble.And yeah Silva use to fight like three times a year he should do his superfight and immediatley demolish the number one contender.
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Louis Delmas - #26 - S
|5' 11"/ 202 lbs.
|Fort Pierce, FL
|Western Michigan
|Years played
|2009, 2nd round, 1st pick by Lions
Patriots-Lions matchup of the day: Monday
Here's a matchup to watch in the Week 12 Thanksgiving Day game between the Patriots and Lions: Patriots kick coverage vs. Lions KR Stefan Logan.
After blazing start, Best running on empty
After Week Two, Jahvid Best had the look of a fantasy monster. Now, his season can only be described as disappointing.
Cowboys improve to 2-0 under Garrett
Bryan McCann grabbed a batted-down punt and returned it 97 yards for a touchdown, Miles Austin had two short touchdown catches and 38-year-old Jon Kitna had a career-best 29-yard touchdown run to lift the Dallas Cowboys to a 35-19 victory ...
Lions place RB Smith on I.R.
The Lions placed RB Kevin Smith on injured reserve Saturday, ending his season.
Campbell goes from the Army to the NFL
Caleb Campbell did not take a normal route to the NFL, but the West Point alum will be on the Lions' 53-man roster tomorrow vs. the Cowboys.
Lions not running from ground problems
Running the ball has proven to be a difficult endeavor this season for the Lions, who felt the addition of Jahvid Best would inject life into that facet of the offense
The heart of a Lion
Each year, Nov. 17 comes and goes on Mike Utley's calendar. He acknowledges it, obliges those who ask about it, then gets on with all that keeps him busy in his post-football life.
Lions confirm Stafford met with Andrews
The Lions confirmed Monday night that QB Matthew Stafford met with Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala., to examine his injured right shoulder.
Calvin and Co. OK without Stafford
The Lions might be without QB Matthew Stafford for the foreseeable future, but it doesn't look like their fantasy situation will be affected.
Bills hang on for first victory
Fred Jackson ran for a season-best 133 yards and scored twice in leading the Bills (1-8) to a 14-12 win over the Lions on Sunday. Detroit (2-7) lost its 25th straight road game to break the record the Lions set ...
Top two picks truly among best rookies
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On our last couple days of programming for World Food Week, Link TV spoke with co-founder of FoodCorps, Curt Ellis. Want to get inspired and spread the word about taking real action in communities around food justice? Read this interview. And continue to visit our food page for "Hungry Planet" airtimes, to watch programs online, and to learn more about these critical issues.
FoodCorps works with a network of young leaders around the country in a kind of Peace Corps for healthy school food. Our service members teach children about healthy food and where it comes from, build and tend school gardens that help kids to grow and cook healthy food themselves, and work with school food service staff and local farmers to bring high-quality food into school lunch. Taken together, these three things -- knowledge, engagement and access -- address two big problems at once: childhood hunger and childhood obesity. It sounds paradoxical, but those two problems are closely linked. Kids who don't have reliable access to healthy food don't get a balanced diet, and all too rarely get reliable access to healthy fruits and vegetables -- so food insecure populations are often the ones with the highest rates of both hunger and obesity. As we see it, school is the best place to start fixing both these problems: 32 million children eat roughly half of their calories 180 days of the year in school. In helping to make that food fresher and healthier, we're setting kids on a path out of hunger and into lifelong health.
We have a serious health crisis in this country, and it's directly related to the food we eat. Studies show that the relationships we build with food -- healthy or unhealthy -- start in childhood. Children who are eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, as children will grow up to be adults who eat more fresh fruits and vegetables. And, likewise, children who grow up being served fast food in their school cafeterias will feed their own families' fast food someday. If we help kids understand from an early age that healthy food tastes good, that it's fun to grow and prepare, that it makes you feel good, and that it doesn't have to be out of reach financially, we can put powerful and positive change into motion.
Unfortunately, much of the food that is seen as affordable in America -- fast food, processed food -- is also some of the least healthy. So we have a shocking number of people in our country who are simultaneously obese and malnourished. Until we have solved problems of access to fruits and vegetables, whole grains and high-quality protein -- both in terms of physical access and financial access -- we'll continue to have these problems of hunger and obesity.
As I see it, if that solution is going to start anywhere, it's going to start in our schools. My grandparents' generation made an important decision: that the children in our country should have lunch in school, so we can be sure they all have an opportunity to get at least one healthy meal a day. Now, with the addition of school breakfast and after-school snack, school food is even more important than it was a generation or two ago. But the food we're serving kids these days looks all too much like fast food, and too little like carrots. We need to change what's on the lunch tray and make sure the tools we're using to fight hunger -- like school lunch -- are really solving the problem they set out to fix.
For a long time, the food industry -- and its consumers -- prioritized quantity over quality. I applaud the efforts to give all people access to an abundant food supply, but I think we took that ideal too far. It's hard to think of anything more important than food, yet we don't treat food, or farmers, with the respect they deserve. I think the food we produce and consume as a nation should have integrity. It should be grown and processed in an ecologically sustainable way, by farmers and workers who are compensated fairly, it should be safe and healthy for people to eat, and it should be accessible to all -- even the least fortunate members of our society. I think those are standards that are important to uphold for something as fundamental as the food we eat. And if we live out those ideals, hunger won't be a problem anymore. Diet-related disease won't be a problem anymore. We won't see Florida tomato growers getting brought to trial on charges of slavery in the fields. And the soil we depend on will continue producing high-quality food for eons to come.
Locally grown foods are fresher, so in most cases they'll taste better and be more nutritious to boot. Vitamins are fragile, so vegetables that are trucked long distances can lose half their nutrient content! Also, sourcing locally grown food keeps a huge amount of money in the local economy, and the reduction in transportation reduces greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on oil. In some ways, though, I think the most important thing that comes from eating locally is the sense that food comes from somewhere. That it's grown by someone. And that's a reminder that those people and places matter.
Before joining the effort to start FoodCorps, I got to collaborate on a few films that explored the food world. I worked with Ian Cheney and Aaron Woolf on a documentary called King Corn, which was about a year we spent in Iowa growing an acre of corn (well, an acre of corn syrup and corn-fed fast-food meat, as it turned out). I worked with those two again on a follow-up to King Corn called Big River, which explored the ecological consequences of modern agriculture. And then I helped Ian make a film about the wacky and amazing people who are bringing farming into urban places. That film was called Truck Farm, and it starts with a project we did planting a vegetable garden in the back of an '86 Dodge Pickup. You can find the first couple films on Netflix, and the third on Amazon.
That's a big question, and if it could be answered in a paragraph I think someone would have done so already. But I'll highlight a few things. On the individual level, I think it's important that we learn -- and help others learn -- how to grow and cook healthy, affordable food. During World War II, home gardeners were producing more than half of America's food. There's no reason we shouldn't be planting our window boxes and truck beds and vacant lots in healthy, high-quality, incredibly affordable food. On the societal level, we have some powerful building blocks for creating a healthy food environment for all. The national school lunch program is a powerful place to start. If we use that existing program as a way to make sure all children in America grow up having regular access to real, healthy food, we'll go a long way toward solving hunger in America.
The mainstream media has really embraced food as an important issue in the last decade, and that's been great to see. Unfortunately, before that, I think they were missing much of the story, and it was independent outlets that were the first to highlight the way that food shapes our environment, our health and our sense of justice and equality.
Most importantly, I'd like to see us reverse the present statistic that this generation of children is the first that is likely to have a shorter lifespan than their parents. In fifty years I hope we have healthier children: children who feel connected to their food and have an enduring and healthy relationship with it.
I hope we can come together as a nation around the simple belief that food is important. That it's important enough that no child should go hungry. That it's important enough that it should be produced responsibly, sustainably, and ethically. That it should be available to all. If we can do that, I'll feel pretty good about our ability to solve some of the other tough problems we're facing as a society.
For young leaders, the best way to get involved is to apply to become a service member in FoodCorps; applications for next year's class will be available this winter. For everyone else, if you support FoodCorps with a financial contribution, no matter how small, you can help us meet our goal of expanding our program into all 50 states by 2020. With your help, we can make sure more than a million kids are eating healthy, high-quality school lunch every day.
The Iraqi elections are over but failed to produce a clear winner. While former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi narrowly finished first in the poll, it might take weeks before we find out if he'll be able to build the coalition needed to achieve the magic number of 163 seats in the Iraqi Parliament in order to form a government. But there is another election soon to take place in Sudan, and let me start by predicting the results: current President Omar el-Bashir will be elected for another term.
Opposition parties from the south have been calling for a delay of the elections, the first multiparty ones to be held since 1986, and threatening a boycott due to concerns over security and possible rigging. However, al-Bashir -- who is running for office again despite being wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur -- has been campaigning all over the country and insisting the elections be held as scheduled.
At a recent rally held at Damazin in the Blue Nile state, al-Bashir lashed out
at a coalition of opposition parties who have been calling for a temporary delay of the elections.
"Holding elections in Sudan is a national obligation that should be fulfilled... we don't have options in this respect. If they took the right to oppose the elections, we do have the same right to reject the referendum in the south."
Al-Bashir also threatened to kick out election monitors, and cancel a referendum on independence for the south should opposition parties boycott April 11-13 elections.
Meanwhile, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) announced on Wednesday that its candidate, Yasir Arman, would boycott the April poll because of electoral irregularities and the continuing conflict in the country's western Darfur region. A concern echoed by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
"Conditions in Sudan are not yet conducive for a free, fair and credible election," Georgette Gagnon, HRW's Africa director, said last week. "Unless there is a dramatic improvement in the situation, it's unlikely that the Sudanese people will be able to vote freely for leaders of their choice."
According to HRW, the problems in Darfur and repression of political opponents are major obstacles to a free and fair vote.
In a report released on Tuesday, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group accused the government in Khartoum of using flawed census figures to draft unfair election laws and skew electoral districts in favor of the ruling National Congress Party. Also, the U.S.-based Carter Center, which has been allowed to observe the process, has suggested that Sudan postpone the vote to ensure that it can be properly administered by the National Election Commission.
Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), the largest rebel group in Sudan's western Darfur region, also joined the call on for a delay of the elections.
"These elections are based mainly on false senses, especially in Darfur. Masses of populations ... will be excluded from the elections," He continued to describe the elections as a "theatrical act" on the Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV.
But al-Bashir remains unfazed. He has been campaigning diligently, appearing in different regions wearing different costumes. Last year he defied the International Criminal Court which issued an arrest warrant for his arrest for war crimes in Darfur. In a few days, he'll parade victorious in Khartoum; just another scene, from another act.
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Is misogyny an inherent part of Afghan culture? No, it's not. As far back as the 1920s, the Afghan government showed support for women. Mahmud Tarzi, Afghanistan's Foreign Minister and the King's father-in-law, was an "ardent supporter" of women's education. In the late 1970s the Soviet-backed People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan gained power and expanded women's rights substantially.
After the Soviet war, fundamentalist "Mujahideen" warlords gained power. "Serious wide-spread violations of 'women's rights' by Mujahideen soldiers included rape and torture," writes Sonali Kolhatkar in Change Links. Eventually, the Taliban seized power, further eroding human rights and basic freedoms, especially for women.
The situation of women in Afghanistan has improved since the Taliban rule, but even now remains desperate. Many are still routinely raped, abused and treated like second-class citizens. Then it was the Taliban, now President Karzai has passed a law backed by fundamentalist parliamentarians and clerics that legalizes abuse towards Shiite women.
When boys grows up seeing how their fathers, uncles or brothers mistreat women in the family, they cannot be expected to see that a women has rights or opinions. By passing laws that further instill abusive treatment of women, Afghan men find justification to continue mistreating them. Karzai himself is part of this mindset, as is indicated in this Times of London editorial: "[Karzai's] wife, Zinat Karzai, a medical doctor...has no voice, is rarely seen in public and is reported to have told an activist that she did not leave the house because her husband did not like it and did not give his permission."
Malalai Joya, an Afghan ex-MP and champion for justice and women's rights who is featured in this week's Global Pulse episode, said in an interview with the Belfast Telegraph, "Karzai rules only with the permission of the warlords. He is 'a shameless puppet'...the only people who get to serve as president are those selected by the US government and the mafia that holds power in our country." She goes on to say that there is no difference between the Taliban and the warlords that are in power now, and that they were the ones that introduced the "laws oppressing women followed by the Taliban."
In a country where 85% of women have no formal education, where women are so desperate for justice that they set themselves ablaze and where women cannot even step outside of their house without their husband's permission, how can we in the West really believe that Afghanistan is really a democracy and that things are getting better for Afghan women?
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She'd been lying in the hammock reading poetry for over an hour. It wasn't easy: she was thinking all the while about George coming back with Cecil, and she kept sliding down, in small half-willing surrenders, till she was in a heap, with the book held tiringly above her face. Now the light was going, and the words began to hide among themselves on the page. She wanted to get a look at Cecil, to drink him in for a minute before he saw her, and was introduced, and asked her what she was reading. But he must have missed his train, or at least his connection: she saw him pacing the long platform at Harrow and Wealdstone, and rather regretting he'd come. Five minutes later, as the sunset sky turned pink above the rockery, it began to seem possible that something worse had happened. With sudden grave excitement she pictured the arrival of a telegram, and the news being passed round; imagined weeping pretty wildly; then saw herself describing the occasion to someone, many years later, though still without quite deciding what the news had been.
In the sitting-room the lamps were being lit, and through the open window she could hear her mother talking to Mrs. Kalbeck, who had come to tea, and who tended to stay, having no one to get back for. The glow across the path made the garden suddenly lonelier. Daphne slipped out of the hammock, put on her shoes, and forgot about her books. She started towards the house, but something in the time of day held her, with its hint of a mystery she had so far overlooked: it drew her down the lawn, past the rockery, where the pond that reflected the trees in silhouette had grown as deep as the white sky. It was the long still moment when the hedges and borders turned dusky and vague, but anything she looked at closely, a rose, a begonia, a glossy laurel leaf, seemed to give itself back to the day with a secret throb of colour.
She heard a faint familiar sound, the knock of the broken gate against the post at the bottom of the garden; and then an unfamiliar voice, with an edge to it, and then George's laugh. He must have brought Cecil the other way, through the Priory and the woods. Daphne ran up the narrow half-hidden steps in the rockery and from the top she could just make them out in the spinney below. She couldn't really hear what they were saying, but she was disconcerted by Cecil's voice; it seemed so quickly and decisively to take control of their garden and their house and the whole of the coming weekend. It was an excitable voice that seemed to say it didn't care who heard it, but in its tone there was also something mocking and superior. She looked back at the house, the dark mass of the roof and the chimney-stacks against the sky, the lamp-lit windows under low eaves, and thought about Monday, and the life they would pick up again very readily after Cecil had gone.
Under the trees the dusk was deeper, and their little wood seemed interestingly larger. The boys were dawdling, for all Cecil's note of impatience. Their pale clothes, the rim of George's boater, caught the failing light as they moved slowly between the birch-trunks, but their faces were hard to make out. George had stopped and was poking at something with his foot, Cecil, taller, standing close beside him, as if to share his view of it. She went cautiously towards them, and it took her a moment to realize that they were quite unaware of her; she stood still, smiling awkwardly, let out an anxious gasp, and then, mystified and excited, began to explore her position. She knew that Cecil was a guest and too grown-up to play a trick on, though George was surely in her power. But having the power, she couldn't think what to do with it. Now Cecil had his hand on George's shoulder, as if consoling him, though he was laughing too, more quietly than before; the curves of their two hats nudged and overlapped. She thought there was something nice in Cecil's laugh, after all, a little whinny of good fun, even if, as so often, she was not included in the joke. Then Cecil raised his head and saw her and said, "Oh, hello!" as if they'd already met several times and enjoyed it.
George was confused for a second, peered at her as he quickly buttoned his jacket, and said, "Cecil missed his train," rather sharply. "Well, clearly," said Daphne, who chose a certain dryness of tone against the constant queasy likelihood of being teased.
"And then of course I had to see Middlesex," said Cecil, coming forward and shaking her hand. "We seem to have tramped over much of the county."
"He brought you the country way," said Daphne. "There's the country way, and the suburban way, which doesn't create such a fine impression. You just go straight up Stanmore Hill."
George wheezed with embarrassment, and also a kind of relief. "There, Cess, you've met my sister."
Cecil's hand, hot and hard, was still gripping hers, in a frank, convivial way. It was a large hand, and somehow unfeeling; a hand more used to gripping oars and ropes than the slender fingers of sixteen-year old girls. She took in his smell, of sweat and grass, the sourness of his breath. When she started to pull her fingers out, he squeezed again, for a second or two, before releasing her. She didn't like the sensation, but in the minute that followed she found that her hand held the memory of his hand, and half-wanted to reach out through the shadows and touch it again.
"I was reading poetry," she said, "but I'm afraid it grew too dark to see."
"Ah!" said Cecil, with his quick high laugh, that was almost a snigger; but she sensed he was looking at her kindly. In the late dusk they had to peer closely to be sure of each other's expressions; it made them seem particularly interested in each other. "Which poet?"
She had Tennyson's poems, and also the Granta, with three of Cecil's own poems in it, "Corley," "Dawn at Corley" and "Corley: Dusk." She said, "Oh, Alfred, Lord Tennyson."
Cecil nodded slowly and seemed amused by searching for the kind and lively thing to say. "Do you find he still holds up?" he said.
"Oh yes," said Daphne firmly, and then wondered if she'd understood the question. She glanced between the lines of trees, but with a sense of other shadowy perspectives, the kind of Cambridge talk that George often treated them to, where things were insisted on that couldn't possibly be meant. It was a refinement of teasing, where you were never told why your answer was wrong. "We all love Tennyson here," she said, "at 'Two Acres.' "
Now Cecil's eyes seemed very playful, under the broad peak of his cap. "Then I can see we shall get on," he said. "Let's all read out our favourite poems — if you like to read aloud."
"Oh yes!" said Daphne, excited already, though she'd never heard Hubert read out anything except a letter in The Times that he agreed with. "Which is your favourite?" she said, with a moment's worry that she wouldn't have heard of it.
Cecil smiled at them both, savouring his power of choice, and said, "Well, you'll find out when I read it to you."
"I hope it's not 'The Lady of Shalott,' " said Daphne.
"Oh, I like 'The Lady of Shalott.' "
"I mean, that's my favourite," said Daphne.
George said, "Well, come up and meet Mother," spreading his arms to shepherd them.
"And Mrs. Kalbeck's here too," said Daphne, "by the way."
"Then we'll try and get rid of her," said George.
"Well, you can try ... ," said Daphne.
"I'm already feeling sorry for Mrs. Kalbeck," said Cecil, "whoever she may be."
"She's a big black beetle," said George, "who took Mother to Germany last year, and hasn't let go of her since."
"She's a German widow," said Daphne, with a note of sad realism and a pitying shake of the head. She found Cecil had spread his arms too and, hardly thinking, she did the same; for a moment they seemed united in a lightly rebellious pact.
From The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst. Copyright 2011 by Alan Hollinghurst. Excerpted by permission of Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.
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Taylor Lindsey hit for the cycle in Orem's win over the Ogden Raptors on Saturday. Overshadowed by high profile teammates CJ Cron and Kaleb Cowart, Lindsey projects to hit well but scouts question his defensive capabilities as a middle infielder. His offensive achievement on Saturday prove his potentially potent bat.


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PHOENIX - Authorities say a man was injured after a small explosion at a Phoenix home overnight.
Police say when officers arrived at the home near 64th Street and Thunderbird Road around midnight they found a victim who had suffered serious chemical burn injuries.
There was smoke coming from the house and officers could smell an odd odor.
The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment.
While investigating, officers discovered what appeared to be a lab used to build homemade fireworks.
The surrounding area was blocked off to traffic and hazardous materials fire crews from Scottsdale and Phoenix took over the scene.
It took about two hours to remove the materials before the neighborhood was reopened.
Phoenix police officer James Holmes said the victim will be OK and the investigation is continuing.


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Investigators have found antipsychotic medications in the Connecticut home of a woman who was killed in Washington on Thursday after leading the police on a high-speed chase through the heart of the nation's capital, law enforcement officials said Friday.
Miriam Carey, 34, was fatally shot, authorities said, after she tried to drive past a barricade near the White House and struck a Secret Service officer. Carey drove off, rammed at least one car along the way, and finally stopped blocks from the Capitol, which was briefly locked down. One police officer was injured during the pursuit.


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Painful MemoryWhy are you scared?It's like you don't know where you are.You take it step by step but never get very far.Look at these scars!How dare you say that they're worthless?!Keep your opinions to yourself...And stop pretending you're fucking perfect!Oh!Like the words I never spoke;Like this dying flame of hope;Like this web of lies we weaved;That we both thought we believed...You're nothing more to me,Than a painful memory...It must be hard!Keeping up with all of your lies,That you hide the truth behind as you're waiting for it to die!Look in my eyes!How dare you say I'm without a purpose?!Just look at all these scars!No, not the ones left on the surface!Oh!Like the words I never spoke;Like the dying flame of hope;Like this web of lies we weaved;That we both thought we believed;You're nothing more to meThan a painful memory!
Open WoundsWhen you tell me I'm worth nothing, this isn't news to me.On the surface I look fine 'cause it's inside that I'm suffering.Trying to find a way to possibly numb the pain...Trying to break the chains, but these efforts are all in vain.Maybe if my heart just suddenly stopped beating,It wouldn't hurt this much and I'd get over this empty feeling...If I could stop the rain from pouring down from the sky,Would you be glad I'm alive? Would you finally be satisfied?So much of me is wasted trying to be your perfect.Even when it works you make me feel like it isn't worth it.How can you expect I'll want to try again soon,When all I ever get are more reasons for open wounds?I may say that it's okay but It's 'cause I don't know what to do,When you stand here in front of me and breathe lies like they're truth.You tell me every little thing that you think that I want to hear,But little do you know your words are falling upon deaf ears.So you push me away and pretend that I don't exis
Savior.I have this darkness deep inside me,It's what influenced this writing.I can't control it, I can't fight it,Barely know it, and can't hide it.I'm just a mess with no ambition;So much less than I envisioned.How much more can I endure?I don't know, I'm not too sure...I'm not myself when I'm alone,And yet I find I'm on my own.I'm like a lock without a key,There is no perfect fit for me!...You're not alone.Don't think like that.Pick your head up.I believe in you.You can do it.I love you...Are you here to prove me wrong?To make me see the brighter dawn?With this darker side, this part of me,How can you love someone like me?I don't care, I'm glad you do...Where would I be if it weren't for you?You pulled me through the worst of times,I never thought I'd call you mine...Yes, I'm a mess, but this mess is forever yours.Together we can unlock and open up these remaining doors.And I'm not backing down as long as you're by my side...Hold on to my hand and we'l
Hurts Like HeavenOh. My.God, it hurts like heaven;Longing for all your affection,Every bit of your attention,You're a divine intervention.In this life that's turned to hell.I can't help it when I reminisce,In moments that are just like this,I remember when we had our kiss,And now how much I really miss,You...The times when we weren't separated,Were the best memories that I've created,To reunite is long awaited,I feel like I'm incarcerated,In my own personal hell.I can't help it when I think of you...I hope one day we'll say "I do."But for now I have to struggle through,Until the day I get to you...It won't be long, love, I know we'll be fine...So, darling, stay strong and keep your hand held in mine...I'll never let you go and I'll always make amends...I'll hold on to you forever, or until forever ends...
Please Come Home...I've not grown used to this...I'm not used to being alone...And I've had enough of it...For too long I've been without you...I have so much to say...Will I ever get the chance...?I long for our forever...To stay lost in our romance...And I've not grown used to this!I'm not used to being alone!I miss our everything!(Darling!!)Won't you please, comeHome?I miss our everything...The warmth of your embrace...The way you'd hold me...The way you made me feel safe...I long to feel you once more...And taste the sweet of your kiss...I want how it was just before...We were seperated like this...Cause I'll not get to used to it!Used to you being gone!And I miss our everything!(So alone!)Won't you please, Darling,Won't you -please- comeHome...!?
Four Words I've Been Dying to Tell You...I'm nothing without you...
With YouI woke up and it was yesterdayAnd I remembered the feelingsYou said I don't care anymoreGod, I remember everythingLike it's happening nowAs I fall back down to the floorAnd again I lay awakeIn this lifeless placeThat never was a part of meAnd I tried so, hard to beBeyond the shadow of a doubtThe person there beside youThat you can't live withoutBut you just pushed awayYou made no effortAnd won't even hear me outI don't know how we lost our wayAnd it's killing me insideI just want to scream and shoutBut you won't hear meYou never doIt's like I'm screaming to the empty airEven though you're right next to meI can't feel your presenceWere you ever even really there?
HurricaneI don't really knowHow all of this came to beWhen I already knowShe can do better than meI feel like she's the desertAnd whenever I hold her handI realize that makes meNothing more than a grain of sandI can't help but ask myselfHow is it that she's with me?I'm just a mess when I'm aloneAnd I'm fucking up constantlyShe's amazing...In every way, shape, and formLike the calm of the nightOr like the eye of a storm(And if that storm were to break...)I always have the thoughtThat if people were rainl would be just a dropAnd she'd be the hurricane...
The Secrets These Walls Hold - DarkShutter the light and let the darkness prevail.If no one can see then who will know that I failed?I swear I really tried and that I gave it my all;I'm painfully aware of every one of my flaws...I simply lay awake unsure if it's night or day,Covered and consumed by the weight of this crushing darkness.I hide from my mistakes and I hope that they'll go away,Believing myself when I say that I'm really heartless...Now more than ever I need to feel like I did before;Like a million white roses missing none of their thorns.You were the only reason I had left to be saved,To fill the hole in my heart that was becoming my grave...Trapped inside myself already bursting at the seams;Concealing everything I wouldn't tell to another soul.Pouring my confessions as involuntary screams,Telling of the secrets that these walls will forever hold...
Broken Promises.I nailed my heart back into my chest-And wiped my tears when you disappeared.I see no hope for us.I think we're over and done,Death is calling my name-You have left me in vain.I hope your life is fucking swell,That your love finds its match somewhere in hell.I wish you almost the best-And offer another apology to the list.I couldn't be whom you wanted,Couldn't rise up to your expectations.I'm sorry I couldn't change.Sorry I couldn't be,Your perfect little baby.It's time for me to go-Maybe I'll come back as a pretty ghost.All I know is,I'll always love you.
Tortured SoulShe is my worst enemy.She tortures me everyday.Pushes me around and gives me bruises.She calls me names.Worthless.Nothing.Fat.Ugly.Disgusting.She destroys me on the inside,And on the out.She never leaves me alone.She strives to kill me.A few times, she's even cut me.Cut my body with knives.She hurts me and tortures me.Physically, mentally and emotionally.And the saddest part of it all?My own worst enemy...Is me.
The Right OneYou may have flaws,you may not be a hundred per cent perfectbutyou are flawless to me,perfect,just what I need.Loving and sweet,soft,stillmanly enough to draw meas a woman,just what I want.You are beautiful.I find it hard to describewhat you areand the effect you have on me.Your eyes have me mesmerised,your lips are so inviting,your body is my desire...You arethe right onefor me.
Sticks and Stones May BreakSticks and stones may break your bones.But words will never hurt me.Will never hurt me.NEVER. Hurt me.But yet they still do.You aren't any of them.Don't believe them.But you will.Because sticks and stones may break your bones.But words hurt just as much.
Questions.Questions.Nobody has the answersBut everybody has the Y's.Speculations of a faultless green pasture,Based on a line of best fit that was drawn to lie.The solution is a sequence of random numbers and dates.In addition to a complicated sum of love, grief, fear and hate.Which form a unique equation that can never be revealed.It's the only bit of ignorance that still remains concealed.Even though we may feel defenseless.The possibilities are endless.The opportunities are relentless.Opinions become senselessAnd still we lie restless.Attempting to solve the unsolvableAnd control the uncontrollable.To know the unknowable.Kela Lewis-Morin
I Need YouMy heart skipped a beat,Such a natural response toYour most beloved smile.Do you hear the faint butPounding in my ribcage?In the recesses of my mindA thousand times I have laidMy head on your firm chest.Resting there without a careIn this hectic, tiresome world.My need for you grows strong,My love increases everydayUntil I can scarcely think straight.Like two celestial beings in theNight sky, entwined in passion.Sometimes it feels as if almostI am soaring through the clouds,Angel wings carrying me forward.I refuse to come down to earth,Finding a place of awe and wonder.I belong to you heart and soul,Each soulful kiss destroys everyLast trace of negative emotions.We fit together so perfectly likeTwo pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
Fall For YouI don't care about you.I swear, I don'tI don't want to play games anymoreI don't need anyone; I've been fine on my ownBut every time I see you I crumbleAnd I can't see anyone but you in this roomAnd when you look at me I stumble, hardI fall even further downBecause your eyes trap me inAnd I want to deny it, but it's impossible toThe more I try to convince myself I'm lying, the more I know I'm notI am falling in love with youI am drowning, and sinking lower into the bottom of the oceanBut I'm higher than I've ever been beforeThis is the most brilliant, and most perfect unfolding And I can't begin to explain how much I don't want it tooI don't want to be tied down and dependent on youI'm so scared I'll be hurt againAnd that all of these emotions...These things that I keep inside me, so desperate to stay awayFrom all the wandering eyesAnd people who pry, that say they want to help meBut the only help for me is youI'm trying to hold onI'm doing everything
BullyI am the boy,Who dresses like a girl.The ones who wears makeup,And idolizes Jeffree Star.I am the gay kid.You call me a faggot.You tell me I'm nothing.Your words sting like bee poison.Nothing makes me happy.I am the cutter.I slit my wrists wide open.That's how I ease the pain.I want to curl up and die.Death is better than this.I am the dead one.A victim of a bully.An innocent man.The kid you told to kill themself.The one who took your advice.
Give Me Your PainWhen i see you sufferI can't help but wishWish I can take it awayPlace my hand on your shoulderLet your pain channel from you to meTake your pain awayMake it my ownTo spare youSpare you of what you don't deserveLet me sufferSo that you may breath easyThe weight on the world no longer upon youBut on me nowI'll bare all of thisJust to see you smileA smile worth all this anguishI ask for nothing in returnJust for you to be happyFor loveLove i would cherish more than anythingThat would be all i askI love youCare for youI wish i can take this pain from you
The Price To Be AliveI never did look, so I never did question,Your riddled with guilt and unspoken confessions.Making the effort to push on mile after mile,Feeling your knife in my back all the while!I had always thought that you were a part of me!Now I can't stand the thought of you and I'll never be sorry.I still just can't believe I let you happen to me!The thoughts are so maddening and chip away at my sanity...When you told me I was nothing time itself seemed to have frozen,And when it finally thawed I found myself somehow more broken!The pain is so hard to stop; it keeps coming in stronger waves...I fell down from the very top and right into my open grave!And you saved me?! Just to break me again?!?!Why couldn't you let this go so this could finally end?!I'm so tired of all the thoughts and all the voices in my head!I hate the whispered words that should never have been said!You couldn't have really meant it when you wished that I was dead!I've fallen to the floor
a dangerous hallucinationThe light coming through the window was bright,much too bright.Even though my eyes were closedI could see it-feel it.The skin of my arms prickled,sweat dripped from my brow.It was two in the afternoon but…the sun was settingthrough the window facing east.I should have seen the hutch,shelves lined with bone chinadecorated with delicate leaves and vines.I was so thirstyand reaching for cups that should have been there.Instead I found a billboard of butterflies,the colors ragingmore than any rainbow I'd ever seen.Their wings fluttered and flashedyet somehow they moved in slow motion.I wanted to stand,wanted to reach out and touch them but…I couldn't move,couldn't speak,and yet I laughedignoring my dry mouthand the tingling in my feet. There was a tempeston the riseand in my blood.A sugar rush disguisedas a riot of butterfliesand they were swarming me.There was a small vialof insulin in my pocketthat I nev
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Police say they responded to a reported burglary on the 200 block of Guilford Street in Lebanon where the homeowner watched the suspect flee from a kitchen window.
According to officials, the resident heard a knock at his front door and as he was going to answer it, he heard a noise in the kitchen.
The man told police he grabbed his gun and went in to the kitchen where he says a man was trying to enter his home through a window.
Police say the man yelled and pointed his gun at the intruder who fled from the window and ran from the yard.
The suspect is described as a male wearing a gray beanie and a black puffy coat.
The homeowner says he also saw a second male running from the scene wearing a dark jacket with a light gray hoodie underneath.
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Tibetan Buddhism has a group of eight symbols that are considered to be the oldest and most well known. These symbols are: the Golden Fish, the Parasol, the Urn, the Lotus Flower, the Conch Shell, the Infinite Knot, the Wheel and the Flag. The pendant depicts these eight symbols in a circular design framing the sacred Om symbol. Om is believed to be the sound of life, present as a vibration in all living beings and in nature. It is also believed that Om was the sound that was produced when this universe was created. Om as a sound with mystical properties is not specific to any country, civilization or religion. It is a universal sound that has been used in many faiths, adapted to suit the spiritual practices of a particular group. This Buddhist pendant measures about 2 inches in diameter and is made of brass.


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Zimmerman wants jury to decide case, waives right to stand your ground immunity hearing
Jury selection slated to begin June 10th
SANFORD, Fla. - The neighborhood watch volunteer who claims self defense in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, will not have a stand your ground hearing before the case heads to trial.
At his final pretrial hearing Tuesday morning, George Zimmerman waived his right to what's called an immunity hearing, where a judge would decide if charges should be dropped under Florida's stand your ground statue.
During the hearing, the state demanded to hear directly from Zimmerman on the issue.
"Is it your decision not to have a pretrial immunity hearing?" Judge Debra Nelson asked Zimmerman.
"After consultation with my counsel, yes, your honor," he replied.
Defense attorney Mark O'Mara did not want to allow the judge to question his client, to avoid revealing his strategy prior to the trial.
"I ask it be done outside the presence of the state and outside the presence of the media," O'Mara said to Judge Nelson.
The judge denied his request, and asked Zimmerman a series of yes or no questions regarding the immunity hearing, in front of the open court.
Later, O'Mara explained their reasoning to reporters.
"The reality is we made a tactical decision on how to handle this case, and George wants this case tried before a jury of his peers, that's where he is going to get acquitted," he said.
The defense indicated it may still ask for stand your ground immunity during the trial, but at that point it will be up to the jury.
The decision does not change the overall strategy at the defense table -- Zimmerman's attorneys still claim he shot Trayvon Martin in self defense.
"It was an event where two lives intersected, and one of them got extraordinarily aggressive," O'Mara said. "The evidence supports that was Trayvon Martin."
What's expected to be the biggest trial of the summer is expected to begin with jury selection on June 10.
O'Mara said he expected the trial to run at least six weeks, with jury selection taking about half of that time.
"Are you ever truly ready for a trial like this? I don't know," O'Mara said. "If the judge tells us we're trying this on June 10, and so far that's what she's told us, then we'll be there ready to pick a jury on June 10."
Judge Nelson handled several other motions -- many of them minor -- during Tuesday's three-hour pretrial hearing.
Most of the motions regarded the defense demanding pieces of evidence.
The defense also argued to have state prosecutors fined and punished, accusing them of violating discovery rules and dragging their feet. The judge disagreed.


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After watching the left's reaction to Sarah Palin since 2008, and researching her background as a citizen of Alaska who cared, I have come to the conclusion that the treatment of Gov Palin by the left indicates their terror of losing their grip on the public. It's like the last gasp before they go down for the count. I also feel the media is doing it's damndest to shore up the phonies in congress and the White House with inaccurate and out of context reporting to make them look as though they are telling the truth. Sarah Palin would have been light years better than Obama and his most disgusting crew.


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Thank goodness for the Horseshoe, a wholly affordable, down-to-earth and tasty pizzeria with buzzing sunny terrace, electric atmosphere and fabulous pizza any hour. Ask anyone in the know where to eat and this is where they'll send you. Find it footsteps from Place Centrale towards the Médran cable car.


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Arcia HR, Lackey error boost Twins over Sox 5-3The Associated Press | May 10,2013BOSTON Oswaldo Arcia hit a two-run homer and the Minnesota Twins capitalized on a costly throwing error by Boston starter John Lackey to beat the struggling Red Sox 5-3 Thursday night.
Lackeys wild throw to second base on a potential inning-ending double play gave the Twins another chance in the sixth and they responded with four unearned runs, including two on Arcias homer, to take a 5-2 lead.
Minnesota wrapped up the four-game series with its third consecutive win while the Red Sox lost for the sixth time in seven games, falling out of first place for the first time this season.
Kevin Correia (4-2) pitched 5 1-3 innings, his second shortest outing in seven starts this season. But relievers Brian Duensing, Jared Burton and Glen Perkins held the Red Sox scoreless the rest of the way. Perkins pitched the ninth for his eighth save.
Yankees 3, Rockies 1
DENVER CC Sabathia and five relievers held Colorado to four hits, Robinson Cano added a solo homer and the New York Yankees beat the Rockies 3-1 on Thursday in a game that was delayed more than two hours by rain.
Cano also had an infield single in the third for his 1,500th hit as the Yankees took two of three from Colorado.
A steady rain delayed the first pitch by 8 minutes. The grounds crew constantly dumped diamond dry on the infield between innings to keep the surface playable. In the fourth, another thunderstorm rumbled through the city and halted the game for 1:59.
Sens 6, Habs 1
MONTREAL Craig Anderson made 33 saves and Cory Conacher scored twice on a shaky Peter Budaj as the Ottawa Senators advanced to the second round of the playoffs Thursday night with a 6-1 rout of the Montreal Canadiens.
Ottawa took the best-of-seven series 4-1 and put a punctuation mark on its dominance in moving on for the first time since 2007, when the Senators lost in the Stanley Cup finals to the Anaheim Ducks.
The victory gives Ottawa time to rest up and heal bruises from the physical series before the conference semifinals begin next week.
Zack Smith, Kyle Turris, Daniel Alfredsson and Erik Condra also scored for Ottawa, underdogs as the seventh seed in the East, but bolstered down the stretch by the return of top players on defense Erik Karlsson and Jared Cowan.
P.K. Subban scored for injury-struck Montreal.
Penguins 4, Islanders 0.
PITTSBURGH Tomas Vokoun stopped 31 shots in his first playoff start in six years and the Penguins took a 3-2 lead in their first-round series.
Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy and Douglas Murray scored during a seven-minute stretch in the second period and Kris Letang added a power-play goal in the third as Pittsburgh moved a step closer to advancing to the second round.
Game 6 is Saturday in New York.
Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for the Islanders, but also gave up breakaway goals to Crosby and Kennedy and botched a lazy wrist shot from Murray that gave the Penguins all the offense they would need.
Vokoun was thrust into the lineup after Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma benched Marc-Andre Fleury, who had started 79 straight postseason games but struggled in a 6-4 loss in Game 4. The 36-year-old Vokoun didnt look intimidated by the stage as the Penguins restored a little order to a wide-open series.MORE IN Wire SportsNEW YORK Naismith Hall of Famer Clarence Big House Gaines, who won 828 games in 47 years at... Full StoryENGLEWOOD, Colo. Full StoryWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Full Story
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