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Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.

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Word of the Day

velleity

vəˈliːɪti

noun: A wish or inclination not strong enough to lead to action.

Etymology: Late 16th century: from Latin velleitas, from velle 'to wish'.

He felt a velleity to visit the ancient ruins but never made definitive plans.

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Interesting Facts

The lungs of the lungfish can function like a fish gill or a lung depending on whether the lungfish is in water or air. When in water, the lungfish primarily uses its gills to breathe, but in oxygen-poor water or on land, it switches to using its lung for breathing air. This dual respiratory ability allows the lungfish to survive in fluctuating environments where oxygen levels may be low.

Scientific studies on lungfish respiration

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Hamas announced on Friday that it had “submitted a positive response” to a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza, opening the path toward a deal to halt the conflict after months of failed efforts.

CNN

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Judge blocks immigrants' deportation to South Sudan one day after Supreme Court clears the way - AP News

A federal judge in Washington is briefly blocking the deportation of eight immigrants to war-torn South Sudan the day after the Supreme Court permitted it to go forward. District Judge Randolph Moss decided Friday to send the case to a judge in Boston whose r…

Associated Press

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