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"When I watch him on the television and see how he motivates his teammates, it definitely inspires me to go out and do something with my life," Klutcharch said. "If he can do it and be scrutinized by the public so much, why can't I just be myself?" ...
Ralph Shaw, 22, a sports management senior, said he wanted to cry when he saw Tebow take one of his last ceremonial walks to the stadium before playing Charleston Southern, the first home game of the season.
"I got choked up," he said. "It was weird."
Shaw tries to emulate Tebow by going "above and beyond the normal call of duty" at his customer service internship at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, the Gators' stadium. He offers to take pictures of families, walk elderly women to their seats -- little things like that to make fans' days better.
Casey Goldstein, 19, a journalism sophomore, said she feels that Florida will be fine next year because it's not a "one-man team." What the team will lack, she said, is Tebow's strong leadership.
Shaw thinks the undergrads will miss out on more than that.
"They're going to miss out on the emotion," he said. "Everything that comes with the emotion, just the fight and the pride."
He has learned much as a spectator to "the Tim Tebow way of living."
It will stay with him, even as No. 15 moves on.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
'This Kid Gave His Heart to Us'
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Abstract: The European Union finally succeeded in ramming through introduction of the Lisbon Treaty in December 2009. The treaty was touted by the powers in Brussels as the vehicle that would create the long-awaited "single phone line" to Europe. Lisbon was to streamline the gargantuan EU bureaucracy and make communication between the two sides of the Atlantic smooth and tidy. Instead, the mess is worse than before, with five EU "presidents" tripping over each other and confusing Washington with ill-defined, overlapping, and flat-out confusing roles and foreign policy objectives. The Lisbon Treaty essentially allows the EU a foreign policy power-grab, the driving force of which is the notion that the countries of Europe will be stronger collectively than they are separately. But sovereignty cannot be traded for influence, and the EU's attempts to do so could threaten the security of Europe-- and of the United States.
After eight years of tortuous negotiations and three referenda rejections, the European Union (EU) formally introduced the Lisbon Treaty on December 1, 2009. But it has taken just three months for the EU's oft-repeated claim that the treaty would create a "single phone line" to Europe to unravel.
The Lisbon Treaty was meant to address the question famously attributed to Henry Kissinger--"Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?"--by instituting a permanent EU president and foreign minister and by streamlining Brussels' mammoth bureaucracy,[1] but it has created more confusion than clarity, with no fewer than five people now sporting the title of president within the EU.[2] The appointment of Britain's Catherine Ashton to the post of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has compounded Washington's confusion, with U.S. officials unimpressed by her lack of stature and experience on the international stage.
Amid Brussels' institutional navel-gazing, President Barack Obama announced that this coming May, he will be the first U.S. President to miss the annual EU-U.S. summit in nearly two decades.[3] Confronted with Iran claiming itself a nuclear state, as well as the need to lead an Anglo-American surge in Afghanistan and deal with a major humanitarian disaster in Haiti, President Obama has concluded that he does not have time to sort through the diplomatic mess created by the Lisbon Treaty.
Far from simplifying matters, the Lisbon Treaty has created several additional layers of EU "leadership" with significant foreign-policymaking implications for the transatlantic alliance. The treaty has added a 28th European foreign minister for Foggy Bottom to consult without creating a corresponding military capacity to provide a meaningful partnership with Washington.
President Obama should therefore stress the value of America's bilateral relationships and oppose the creation of a second alliance competing for Europe's single set of military resources. He should engage with Brussels in instances where engagement can genuinely add value but stress NATO's primacy in European security arrangements. Finally, Washington should fully explore the implications of the Lisbon Treaty for foreign policymaking and make clear that it does not seek to replace America's time-tested relationships with a single European telephone line.
The New EU Foreign-Policymaking Machine and Its Operators
Despite more than 200 pages of amendments, declarations, and protocols, the Lisbon Treaty has left the various responsibilities of foreign policymaking ill defined among its actors. Although the new EU foreign minister has primary jurisdiction over the EU's main foreign policy tool, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the permanent president of the European Council and the six-month rotating council president also represent the EU on the world stage.
Nor is the right to initiate or implement foreign policy entirely clear. The Council of Ministers will adopt measures (by qualified majority) to implement the strategic vision set forth by the European Council (voted by unanimity).[4] The High Representative and European Commission can also make recommendations to the European Council on CFSP and external action matters, respectively, and the council is then obliged to engage in "mutual sincere cooperation."[5] The commission further maintains responsibility for multiple areas of external policy, including enlargement, trade, development, and humanitarian assistance.
Rather than simplify foreign policymaking, the Lisbon Treaty has created an institutional hydra with growing numbers of appendages responsible for different aspects of the foreign policy toolbox. When President Obama asks to speak to "Europe," he could be referencing one of five people: Herman van Rompuy, president of the European Council; José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission; Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, current rotating president of the Council of the European Union; Britain's Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; and possibly Jerzy Buzek, president of the European Parliament.
The confluence of responsibilities within the EU's foreign policy machine, largely left to sort itself out over time, has predictably created turf wars both internally and between Brussels and the EU's member states.[6]
Catherine Ashton. In a surprise move, the EU appointed the relatively unknown Baroness Catherine Ashton to the position of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. Previously held by Dr. Javier Solana, the post of High Representative is not a new one, but its powers have been considerably enhanced and its title nominally changed.[7] As the primary CFSP actor, the High Representative is responsible for initiating proposals to the European Council, including security and defense missions;[8] ensuring the implementation of CFSP decisions through the Foreign Affairs Council, which she will permanently chair;[9] representing the EU externally on CFSP issues;[10] and appointing special representatives as necessary and overseeing their work.[11]
Although the High Representative is meant to answer primarily to the European Council and therefore safeguard the primacy of nation-states in foreign policymaking, Baroness Ashton is also a vice president of the European Commission, presenting a conflict of interest. Baroness Ashton has already chosen to base herself in the commission's Berlaymont building, leading to concerns that arch-federalist José Manuel Barroso will control the CFSP by stealth. Combined with the tremendous number of commissioners with external relations briefs, including EU enlargement, trade, development, and humanitarian aid and crisis response, President Barroso will certainly exercise a great deal of control over foreign affairs.
Catherine Ashton's vulnerability to being pulled in the commission's direction rather than the council's is compounded by a less than stellar résumé and an awkward performance before the European Parliamentary confirmation hearings, where she was capable only of giving vague and generalized answers to specific foreign policy questions.[12] When asked whether the EU should replace France and Britain with a single seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Baroness Ashton embarrassingly admitted that she knew nothing about the topic, despite clauses in the Lisbon Treaty granting the EU the right to speak for its UNSC members in certain circumstances.[13] She concluded: "You've caught me out."[14] When asked about her strident advocacy of unilateral Western nuclear disarmament in the 1980s, she claimed that her opinion was formed without ever having visited Eastern Europe but may have changed later in life.[15]
Although the appointment of a Briton may be welcome relief to Washington because of its close relationship to London, it is clear that Baroness Ashton owes no special loyalty to the U.K. In fact, as a European Commissioner, she is specifically obliged to renounce her national loyalties and act in Europe's interest, not Britain's. This was obvious when she was questioned about Operation Iraqi Freedom at her confirmation hearings. Despite owing her appointment to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, whose country allied itself with the U.S. to lead the liberation of Iraq, she refused to answer the question of whether or not the war was justified.[16] She has also recently stated that she is no longer opposed to the creation of a permanent EU military headquarters that will stand separate from NATO, a policy reversal that clashes directly with London and Washington.[17]
Baroness Ashton's foreign policy experience amounts to little more than a year's service in the European Commission, taking over Peter Mandelson's trade brief following his return to Westminster. Nor has Baroness Ashton ever held elective office, having served previously in the unelected House of Lords. She is all but unknown in Washington, with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke unable to recall her name during a dinner with European bureaucrats soon after her appointment.[18]
When asked to describe the type of person suited for the role of High Representative, Cambridge University Professor Christopher Hill, testifying before the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee in 2008, stated: "There is only a small group who could be candidates for this kind of job.... They would have to have political weight, managerial capability, experience of at least one side--one hat, as it were--and external credibility." Professor Hill further stated that the appointee "must be somebody who the Americans are willing to take seriously."[19] On these counts, Baroness Ashton falls woefully short.
Herman van Rompuy. Although not quite as surprising as Baroness Ashton's appointment, heated debate did surround van Rompuy's candidacy, largely because of the simultaneous candidacy of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. In the end, European elites considered Blair too controversial to lead the EU because he had backed Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy took office as European Council president on January 1, 2010.
Van Rompuy is widely regarded as an arch supporter of European integration, supportive of EU-wide taxation, global governance, and supranational treaties to manage the environment.[20] He has also proposed tripling the number of EU summits, holding heads-of-state summits on a monthly basis.[21]
The foreign-policymaking powers enjoyed by van Rompuy will be significant. He presides over the shaping of the EU's overall strategic objectives in foreign policy and can call extraordinary council summits in the face of an international crisis.[22] This authority presents the possibility of considerable overlap with the High Representative's functions and responsibilities. In fact, when asked by a journalist at their inaugural press conference, "Which of you will Barack Obama be calling when he wants to talk to Europe, and which of you will call Obama when Europe wants to talk to him?" there was an uncomfortable moment of silence from Ashton and van Rompuy before van Rompuy joked that he was awaiting the President's call.[23]
Washington Loves the Lisbon Treaty
The Obama Administration has been an unequivocal supporter of further European integration, and specifically the Lisbon Treaty. The Administration sees the centralization of power in Brussels as a "grand experiment" that should be supported and encouraged.[24] During a meeting with President Barroso, High Representative Solana, and rotating Council President Fredrik Reinfeldt at the White House last November, President Obama welcomed the passage of the Lisbon Treaty: "I congratulated them [the EU] on the conclusion of the Lisbon Treaty, which will further move Europe in the direction of integration not only on economic policy but also on a number of security issues."[25] President Obama has further stated that he sees EU integration as synonymous with freedom[26] and free markets.[27]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been even more enthusiastic about EU supranationalization. During a joint press conference with new EU Foreign Minister Catherine Ashton, Secretary Clinton stated: "I expect that in decades to come, we will look back on the Lisbon Treaty and the maturation of the EU that it represents as a major milestone in our world's history."[28]
The Obama Administration has given its full backing not just to economic integration--a long-standing U.S. policy--but also to the centralization of defense and security policies.[29] Unlike previous U.S. Presidents, President Obama has refused to publicly endorse the primacy of NATO in Europe's security architecture. Secretary Clinton is also reported to have raised the issue of the British Conservative Party's promise to repatriate select policies from the EU to the U.K. with Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague.[30]
EU Foreign Policy: What Will It Look Like?
The framers of the Lisbon Treaty were clearly more interested in centralizing member states' power than in creating a clear vision for Europe's future. It is impossible to outline the EU's grand foreign policy strategy, since subsuming members' sovereign foreign-policymaking tools is an end in itself for Brussels. However, in outlining the future of EU foreign policy, High Representative Ashton inchoately stated:
The job of diplomacy is to have a position but the job of diplomacy is also to work out the European Union, where its relationships are, what it should do for the future. As we begin this process, the very beginning of the work of the next few years to bring this all together, it is very important that working with the member states we develop our own policies and strategies.[31]
Confusion remains rife across the EU. The institutional changes secured in the Lisbon Treaty have not created additional political will among the members to effect genuine change on the ground, but they have created the basis for reining in members from potentially taking independent action.
Under the CFSP, member states are required to converge their actions and frame a common defense policy.[32] Crucially, each member state is now obliged to consult the others before taking action on the international scene that might contravene the EU's interests.[33] While Lisbon can create neither consensus nor will, it can prevent member states from making foreign policy decisions based on their national interests by subjecting those decisions to the approval of other EU members.
Although a veto is rarely exercised in practice within EU institutions, veto power is important when vital national interests are at stake. However, unanimous voting has been removed in several key areas, and majority voting has been introduced for 12 different areas of foreign policy, including the election of the EU foreign minister and approval of proposals emanating from her.[34] Under the Lisbon Treaty's Passerelle clause, the European Council is also allowed to increase the number of non-military CFSP decisions made by qualified majority voting, effectively making the treaty self-amending.[35] The reduction in nation-state sovereignty by the Lisbon Treaty is therefore extensive.
European External Action Service. One of the greatest changes in the EU's foreign-policymaking machine as a result of Lisbon is the creation of the European External Action Service (EEAS), the EU's new foreign service. Staff from the commission, the council, and member states will be brought together to create a 6,000-strong diplomatic corps, answerable to the High Representative. The Lisbon Treaty left the details about EEAS open, with the High Representative responsible for specific proposals to be voted on by the European Council at a later date. Baroness Ashton has repeatedly stated that her primary goal is to implement the new EEAS, although serious institutional infighting and differences among member states themselves may delay its implementation past her preferred April timeline.[36]Read Full Article »

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Take a look at the below list of Thomas Rhett Top 10 Songs and Albums of All Time till 2017 with new and upcoming songs 2017. Country star Rhett Thomas is born to be a musical king. The musician is part of the Rhett Akins, the musicians who sing 'That Ain't My Truck.' Although Rhett's songs may not have crass titles like those of his dad, his albums attract both fans and legions. Below, we have sampled ten of the best songs by Thomas Rhett, as well as some of the latest tracks he has released this far. Take a look.
List of Top 10 songs by Thomas Rhett till 2017:
10.'Something to do with my hands.'
The video to this song explains everything he wants to do with the hands.Thomas strums the strings inside a bar, jamming and smiling as sexy ladies stroll around with beers. Rhett sings about male topics with the examples of fishing, and he says that he needs somewhere to put his hands, and the best place according to him is inside the back pockets of a woman's jean. Rhett sings that he does smoke and fish, but he needs 'something to do with his hands', so as to satisfy a girl. He suggests running his hands through her hair because he needs something to do with his hands.
9. 'Get me some of that.'
The song is mid-tempo and is another track that explains why Rhett is looking for a lady. Just for this time, Thomas has his eyes on one specific woman. He admires the way she does swing her hips and her hair, and her love for tight jeans. All know that the musician is on a prowl, and everyone hopes that Rhett gets his girl. He sings to the girl that she is the prettiest he ever saw and that he has watched her drink her wine. He thinks that her kiss is a soul saver, and he tells her to get him some of that.
8. 'Take You Home.'
'Take you home' is a mellower song by Rhett. He wants to get a beautiful woman to go home with her. The musician croons about going home with her and influencing her to stop texting an unworthy man, who advances towards her. He tells her that he has a shotgun seat and a radio, and it's, therefore, the right time to take her home, since it's late. Rhett applies less guitar in the song, allowing him to use good vocals. Rhett tells her that he has enough gas to take her home and that he will settle for anything, even a kiss on the pouch, provided he takes her home.
7. 'American Middle-Class White Boy.'
Thomas looks like a 'bad boy,' and here he is again. The theme of 'American Middle-Class White Boy' contains a concept of understanding Jesus, but still drinking beer. The guitar driven track keeps moving in a melody that is edgier. Some off beats are also used to make the song interesting, and the song seems new before it gets to the original rhythm. Thomas discusses his parents, which portrays a relationship that is full of conflicts.He sings that they were neither poor nor rich and that his parents divorced and left him driving a truck. That is why he thinks he is an 'American Middle-Class White Boy.'
6. 'Make Me Wanna.'
Despite Thomas discussing love with a majority of his songs, the track 'Make me Wanna' is about global human emotions. The musician is madly in love with a special lady. His guitar plays as fast as the lyrics get poignant, and he is in love and committed. He tells the girl to stop for him to kiss her and hold her close. He wants to get drunk with her, without any alcohol. He tells her that if she does not stop the car, 'she makes him Wanna.'
5. 'Call Me Up.'
'Call Me Up' starts with some bluesy, jazzy guitar, with Rhett wishing some girl 'calls him up.' Rhett meets an 'independent woman' spending a night alone one Saturday. He gets philanthropic and offers to pick her all the time so as to give a buzz to him, coupled with some excitement and fun. A jazzy guitar turns up again towards the end of the song, and a drum lining adds to the no pressure and casual lyric of the track. All that Rhett wants is for the girl to call him so that he takes her places. This is one of the Thomas Rhett Top 10 Songs of All Time till 2017.
4. 'The Way Things Go.'
'The way things go' is an upbeat and fun track that talks about growing up and being young. The theme of lost love gets to the song as Thomas recalls that he never went to college to study music. He sings that anyone can dream big or small, but the painful truth is that it 'all comes down to the luck of the draw.' Rhett suggests that life depends on luck, fate, and destiny. He does not subscribe to the idea that dreaming big or small impacts on a person's life, and that is 'the way things go.'
3. 'It Goes Like This.'
The track discusses Rhett's love with a lady, making the song vulnerable. He sings to the girl that it starts with a smile and ends with a slow kiss, and it goes like that. He tells the woman that she tempts him to drive her home, where thy will be only the two of them. Thomas tries to convince the woman to kiss him and go with him. The song is another piece of art that shows how much Rhett is in love, but it's okay. 'it goes like that.'
2. 'In a Minute.'
Rhett uses a hard guitar to put emphasis on his point while at the same time digging deep on the song. 'In a minute' is about enjoying life to the fullest, without taking anything for granted, for you only live once, and you never know where you will be tomorrow. He tells everyone that he is leaving in a minute, and does not care what the boss will say. He promises to spend his money on buying beer and having fun, in a minute.
1. 'Beer With Jesus.'
'Beer with Jesus' is a song that is not soo typical with Rhett, although it performs well. It rises to position one on the 'Bubbling' and on other various charts. Rhett describes the encounter he would like to experience with his creator. He wants to get answers to many eternal questions that are unanswered on earth, and he will do so sharing a beer with Jesus. Thomas gets emotional and asks God whether he hears his prayers, what happens after death and when Jesus will come back to take both the living and the dead. He wants to ask all these while having ' beer with Jesus.'
Thomas Rhett new songs 2016-2017
1. Vacation
In his new release, Rhett sings about a vacation, most likely during summer. He sings about enjoying a holiday with his girl, who dresses in a bikini. Rhett adds beer to his coconut water and enjoys being on vacation. He holds the party like he is on vacation.
2. Die a happy man
Thomas introduces his new song with them having a happy night, drinking wine and dancing under the stars. He sings to the girl that all he needs is her love, and that way he will die a happy man. Thomas does not care not seeing the Northern stars or the Eiffel tower, all he wants is her love. With love alone, he will die a happy man.
Thomas Rhett is a king, as far as love country music is concerned. He uses real life events to compose romantic songs. The reality in his songs thrills his fans. 'Beer with Jesus' is an example of reality which many people think about all the time. His new release is also fantastic. We wish him well.


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Vikings: life and legend at Bath Literary Festival
Last Saturday we spent the day at Bath Literary Festival with Vikings life and legend curator and author Gareth Williams. If you didn't manage to come to the brilliant talk that he gave at the Guildhall, never fear – here are the highlights:
Why choose to do an exhibition on the Vikings?
• Suitable topic for Anglo-Danish co-operation
• Vikings seen as 'sexier' than other past civilisations
• Vikings one of the most popular subjects for museum visitors
• The exhibition provides an opportunity to conserve and present a spectacular ship
The Viking Ship – Roskilde 6
This is the longest Viking ship found to date, at over 37m in total! It has never previously been displayed, and conserved and mounted specially for this exhibition.
The ship is at the heart of the history of the Vikings, and of the exhibition and the related books.
Don't miss the Vikings: life and legend exhibition which opens today!
We're publishing a wonderful array of Viking titles which are a great way to get acquainted with the Viking world before attending the exhibition or to follow up on your particular interests afterwards.
Exhibition essentials:
Vikings life and legend edited by Gareth Williams, Peter Pentz and Matthias Wemhoff (paperback £25)
The Viking Ship by Gareth Williams (£9.99)
Further reading for Viking fanatics:
Runes by Martin Findel (£9.99)
The Vikings in Britain and Ireland by Jayne Carroll, Stephen H. Harrison and Gareth Williams (£10.99)
For little Vikings:
The Tale of King Harald: The Last Viking Adventure by Thomas Williams (£7.99)
Make your own Viking ship (£5.99)
The Lewis Chessmen and what happened to them by Irving Finkel (£4.99)


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Law-Momma also loves her dog. You all know how we feel about dogs. So this post is perfect for us. We thank you. Law Momma, for being so awesome and also for writing this hilarious post for us!
Mwah! xo, Kate and Lydia
Here's the thing… I don't care what people have told you. Dogs are nothing like babies.
I don't know where this whole rumor started but I feel that it is my duty, as a mother, to dispel it. People seem to think the hierarchy goes something like this:
1. Plant
2. Puppy
3. Baby
As in, if you can care for a plant, you can move to caring for a dog. If you can care for a dog, you can move on to caring for a baby. There are several reasons this is wrong. The first is that I could never keep plants alive. Ever. So if this were a movie, some elderly woman with a kind face would be telling me it's too soon for me to move on to the next step of getting a dog much less a baby. But here's the thing… I have both. And they ARE NOTHING ALIKE. Not to mention how different they are from plants. Seriously? Plants? They don't even cry.
I got my dog when he was just three months old. The first week that he lived with me, he spent the majority of his time under my bed. I worried about him but ultimately I figured that as long as he had water and food in his bowl, he was going to be okay. I took him out to pee and poop and I bought him toys. Hell, I even PLAYED with him a little in between my college classes.
My kid is NOTHING like my dog. During J's first week I was the one spending the majority of my time wishing I fit under the bed. Instead of opening the door and saying "make" or "go pee" or whatever, I was supposed to COUNT his wet diapers and his poop diapers. I had to wipe. his. ass. Seriously? In twelve years, I have never had to wipe AJ's ass. I couldn't just throw food at him either… I had to MAKE food. Like, with my boobs. And he inflicted massive amounts of pain on me all in the name of "eating." Not only was it all completely different… I didn't even learn any useful skills from dog-raising that I could use in kid-rearing.
Rationing out food and water into a bowl on the floor? Child Services seems to imply that I should refrain from that course of action.
Don't even ask about pooping and peeing outside. It's a big no-no… even if you carry a popper scooper.
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CONCORD - The New Hampshire Democratic Party today released a new web video highlighting Frank Guinta's radical positions on health care, including his recent statement that people without health insurance shouldn't even be able to go to the emergency room; that future generations "should not know what Social Security is," his 31 votes to repeal the Affordable Care Act and his opposition to the bipartisan reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
"Frank Guinta has been in lock-step with this Tea Party Congress since arriving in Washington," said Raymond Buckley, chair of the New Hampshire Democratic Party. "Now, New Hampshire voters are asking 'what does Frank have against my health care?'
Frank has voted to repeal health care reform 31 times, which would cause women to pay more for health care, raise costs on Seniors receiving Medicare and deny coverage for those with pre-existing conditions.
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A Franklin woman was arrested after police say she attacked her daughter's boyfriend.
Bonita Lyn Vela, 35, is accused of cutting the 18-year-old man's penis with a box cutter. The victim told police that Vela, along with two men, held him inside a trailer for over three hours before finally attacking him.
According to the victim, Vela accused him of molesting her two-year-old child, something he denied.
When questioned by police, Vela said the man had asked her a few months earlier if it was normal to get aroused when the child sat on his lap. She told police that she'd told him it was normal and that he shouldn't worry about it. But later on, Vela told police that her suspicion grew after her other daughter reported the man having sexual relations with her daughter.
Later that night, when Vela was at a friend's house, she told police she became angry about the situation. She had another friend bring the daughter's boyfriend to the trailer, where she accused him of molesting her young son.
The victim told police that Vela was extremely angry. He denied molesting her child, but he said Vela was "out of control" and wouldn't listen to him. According to the victim, Vela said she was calling her friends who had guns to come over and "take him out" and shoot him in the head, and "tie him to a tree so that the animals eat him."
Vela allegedly told the victim to drop his pants and that she was going to cut his penis. The victim also told police that Vela said if he didn't take his pants down, she would have others hold him down so she could "cut it all the way off." She allegedly began attacking him with a knife, trying to draw blood. When that didn't work, the police report states that Vela took a box cutter and cut his penis with it.
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According to the victim's report, Vela told him he'd have to choose between his life or his penis. After cutting the man, she allegedly told him to leave Franklin or face death.
Vela admitted to shouting at the man to get him to confess to molesting her child. She also told police she'd been smoking pot that night. She claimed that when she started to cut the man's penis, he knocked the box cutter out of her hand and that's how he was injured. She also said she never wanted to hurt the man; only to scare him.
Vela faces charges of criminal confinement with a deadly weapon and battery with a deadly weapon. She's being held at the Johnson County Jail on a $28,000 bond.


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Research Interests
Applied Probability
Applied Statistics
B.S. Mathematics, University of Sofia "Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria 1965
M.S. Mathematics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria 1966
Ph.D. Mathematics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 1971
Doctor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria 1986
Professor, Kettering University, Flint, MI, 2001-present
Associate Professor, GMI Engineering & Management Institute, Flint, MI, 1995-2001
Adjunct Professor, GMI Engineering & Management Institute, Flint, MI, 1993-1995
Visiting Professor & Research Fellow, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 1992-1993
Visiting Professor & Research Fellow, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1992-1993
Professor, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1989-1991
Dean of the School of Mathematics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1989-1991
Associate Professor, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1976-1989
Researcher, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1971-1976
Research Activities
Activity: Probability models in politics, Collaborators: Dr. Sahib Esa, Company: Ministry of Education, City: Erbil, ST: Kurdistan, start-end (2009) (present)
Activity: Measures of dependence between random variables, Collaborators: Dr. Nikolai Kolev, Company: University of Sao Paulo, City: Sao Paulo, ST Brazil, Start-end: (2007-present)
Activity: Statistics of Fuel Cells, Collaborators: Dr. Etim Ubong, Company: ME Dept. Kettering U.,, City Flint, ST Michigan start-end (2001) (present
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--- "Mark R. Diggory" <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Well, I think should step back and ask a few design > questions concerning the objects that will use these > Sample/Population variances and that will assist us > in their own design. > > 1.) Is it the case that a covariance matrix could be > built off of "either" Sample or Population Variances? Yes. With the remark that the whole matrix is filled with either sample (co-)variances or population (co-)variances. > 2.) Are there other applications of Sample/Pop > Variances which we want to implement, if so what are > they? Are they interchangeable in these cases? > > 3.) Do we want to add methods to the > Descriptive/Summary/StatUtils stats > to capture both cases? I can not answer these two questions. However, I do know that you can calculate any method that uses (co-)variances with either population or sample estimates. So, my suggestion would be to incorperate it such a way that it deploys a default (my preference would be sample) but leaves the option open to use population versions instead, without calling a complete new class. Essentially, as soon as you go with the population variance, all derived methods have to go with that to, including correlations, regressions pca, GLM etc. > What this and the Remedian case are somewhat > convincing me of is that, in the SummaryStatistics > case; you need to know what your want before you > start adding values to the Statistic, which > constitutes a sort of configuration environment, > while in the "DescriptiveStatistics" case, one can > choose these aspects afterward, as the statistic is > calculated after all the values are known. > > This means that you either have to calculate both > the PopulationVariance and SampleVariance in the > SummaryStatistics case, or configure it to use one or > the other. While in the DescriptiveStatistics case, > you can just call the appropriate method to return > that statistic. If you want to set it very blunt, the only difference is the N/(N-1) (or reciprocal of that) factor, which always can be added. That is also why I think that incorporating is the best way. With the median, this might be different. Cheers, Kim __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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B.S. Computer Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 1992
M.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada 2004
Ph.D. Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada 2009
Assistant Professor, Kettering University, Flint, MI, 2009-present
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, 2009
Sessional Control Lab Instructor, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2008
Teaching & Research Assistant, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2004-2008
Application Developer, Real Contact Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2003
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Computer Engineer, Azar Refractory Co., Isfahan, Iran, 1996-2001
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NSF Award with four faculty, $114,039, "MRI: Acquisition of a Motion Capture System to Facilitate Multidisciplinary Research Efforts and Enhance Undergraduate Research Training", 2013
MSK Devices Contract, $81,000, "Conducting feasibility study on the design and development of a medical device that encircle a given vessel, duct, or tissue in laparoscopic surgery", 2012
McLaren Foundation Grant, $25,500, "Improving robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery (RMIS) by providing haptic feedback on pulling and stretching sutures", 2011
National Instrument Gift, ~$21,000, "Development of a Haptic-Enabled Mobile Robotic Platform and Investigate the effects of Haptics on User Perception and Performance", 2010
Kettering Faculty Research Fellowship, $6000, "Haptic Display of Interactions in Collaborative Tele-Mentoring Virtual Surgical Training in the Presence of Network Latency", 2013
Selected Publications
Safavi A., Huynh L., Rahmat-Khah H., Zahedi E., and Zadeh,M.H., A Novel MPC Approach to Optimize Force Feedback for Human Robot Shared Control, 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 20015), accepted for oral presentation in Hamburg, Germany, September 28 – October 02, 2015.
Safavi A., Huynh L., Rahmat-Khah H., Zahedi E., and Zadeh, M.H., Model-based Haptic Guidance in Surgical Skill Improvement, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 20015), accepted for oral presentation in Hong Kong, Oct. 9-12, 2015.
Potocny J., McNulty S., Maiga K., and Zadeh M.H., On the Incorporation of Haptic Effects in Security Authentication, 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 20015), accepted for poster presentation in Hong Kong, Oct. 9-12, 2015.
Rahmat‐Khah H., Zahedi E., and Zadeh M.H., "Gesture‐based Variable Haptic Guidance for Human‐Robot Interaction," Presented in Compliant and Versatile Robot Control in Human Environments: Bridging the Gap between Learning and Control, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2015), Seattle, Washington, May 30, 2015.
Rahmat‐Khah H., Zahedi E., Safavi A., Kia M., Dargahi J. and Zadeh M.H., "Adaptive Gesture‐based Haptic Guidance for Skill Improvement," Presented at Work‐in‐Progress Poster session in IEEE World Haptics Conference, Evanston, IL, June 23, 2015.
Rahmat‐Khah H., Zahedi E., Huynh L., Kia M. and Zadeh M.H., "A Gesture‐based Adaptive Haptic Guidance Control for Laparoscopic Simulators," 17th Annual MSU FAME, Flint, MI, May 2015.
Safavi A., Huynh L., Kia M. and Zadeh M.H., "Learning of Surgical Skills in Multimodal Virtual Environments by Providing Haptic Guidance," 17th Annual MSU FAME, Flint, MI, May 2015.Yousefian R., Kia M.A., and Zadeh M.H., LigLAP: Encirclement and Ligation of Vessels in Laparoscopic Surgery: A Double-Layer Suture Sealing Approach. 2015 Apr 26. pii: 1553350615579728. [Epub ahead of print].
Yousefian R., Kia M.A., and Zadeh M.H., Sensorless resistive-based control of shape memory alloy actuators in locking mechanism. Published online before print April 17, 2014, doi: 10.1177/1045389X14529031. Accepted for publication in Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (In press: ID JIM-13-283.R1, 2014).
Ehrampoosh S., Dave M., Kia M.A., Rablau C. and Zadeh M.H., Providing Haptic Feedback in Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery: A Direct Optical Force Sensing Solution for Haptic Rendering of Deformable Bodies. Computer Aided Surgery Journal, 18, no. 5-6 (2013):129-141.
Samra R., Zadeh M.H., and Wang D., Design of a Tactile Instrument to Measure Human Roughness Perception in a Virtual Environment, IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol.60, no.11, pp.3582,3591, Nov. 2011.
Zadeh M.H., Wang D. and Kubica E., The effect of Sub-threshold Forces on Human Performance in Multi-Modal Computer-Aided Design. Computer-Aided Design journal, 42(5):471-477, 2010.
Zadeh M.H., Wang D. and Kubica E., Perception-Based Lossy Haptic Compression Considerations for Velocity-Based Interactions. ACM Springer Multimedia Systems Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 275–282, Jan. 2008.
Yousefian R., Kia M.A., and Zadeh M.H., On the Design of Shape Memory Alloy Locking Mechanism: A Novel Solution for Laparoscopic Ligation Process. International Conference on Biophysical and Biomedical Engineering, WASET, V-78, pp. 1439–1442, June 2013.
July L., Cana E., and Zadeh M.H., On the Identification of Musical Notes via Multimodal Interaction, Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 1: 46-50, May 2011, Washington, DC.
Zhang S., Simkani M., Zadeh M.H., Automatic Vehicle Parallel Parking Design using Fifth Degree Polynomial Path Planning, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), pp.1-4, 5-8 Sept. 2011.
Jezewski J., Latuszek K., and Zadeh M.H., Teaching a Special Education Student to Count Money with a Haptic Device, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2011), Vol. 1: 35-39, May 16–18, 2011, Washington, DC, USA.
Cermak A., Holmen J., Zadeh M.H., and Dargahi J., Virtual-Reality Rehabilitation Utilizing a Haptic-Enabled Hand Function Test, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI 2011), Volume 1: 31-34, May 16 – 18, 2011, Washington, DC, USA.
Atieh A., Kalantari M., Ahmadi R., Dargahi J., Packirisamy M., and Zadeh M.H., FEM Analysis of the Interaction Between a Piezoresistive Tactile Sensor and Biological Tissues, World Acad Sci Eng Tech 78:106–111, July 2011.
Kalantari M., Shen J., Dargahi J., Kovecses J., and Zadeh M.H., Localization of Annulus with a Tactile Sensor, Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2011 IEEE 37th Annual Northeast, pp.1,2, 1-3 Apr. 2011.
Racine D., Cramer N., and Zadeh M.H., Active Blind Spot Crash Avoidance System: A Haptic Solution to Blind Spot Collisions, the proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, Volume 1: 140-144, 16-17 Oct. 2010.
Holmen J. and Zadeh M.H., Effects of Varying Haptic Feedback on Driver Distraction During Vehicular Window Adjustments, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications (AutomotiveUI 2010), Vol. 1: 88-91, Nov. 11-12, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Schenck K. and Zadeh M.H., Haptic Enhanced Tutorials: Using Haptic Cues to Increase Visual Attention, the proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, Volume 1: 79-82, 16-17 Oct. 2010.
Racine D., Holmen J., Zadeh M.H., and Thompson M., Improving Vehicular Window Control with Haptic and Visual Feedback, EuroHaptics (1) 2010: 379-384.
Samra R., Wang D., and Zadeh M.H., On Texture Perception in a Haptic-Enabled Virtual Environment, the proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, Volume 1: 57-61, 16-17 Oct. 2010.
Samra R., Wang D., and Zadeh M.H., Design and Evaluation of a Haptic Tactile Actuator to Simulate Rough Textures, Virtual Reality Conference (VR), 2010 IEEE , pp.301-302, 20-24 March 2010.
Fisackerly S. and Zadeh M.H., Haptic-Enabled Virtual Handwriting: Multimodal Handwriting Instructions for Young Students, the proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games, Volume 1: 134-139, 16-17 Oct. 2010.
Zadeh M.H., Wang D., Kubica E. and Hovis J., Adaptation to Force in the Haptic Rendering of Virtual Environments. Proceedings of Eurohaptics 2008, LNCS 5024, Springer-Verlag, pp. 349–354, 2008, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008.
Zadeh M.H., Wang D., Kubica E., Active Manipulation of Users in Haptic-Enabled Virtual Environments. ICST International Conference on Ambient Media and Systems, 2008, Volume 1:121-129, 11-14 Feb. 2008.
Zadeh M.H., Wang D. and Kubica E., Human Factors for Designing a Haptic Interface for Interaction with a Virtual Environment. IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications. vol. 1:21-26, 13-14 Oct. 2007.
Zadeh M.H. and Kubica E., Modelling Haptic Devices using a Rule-Based Expert System, IEEE International Workshop on Haptic Audio Visual Environments and their Applications, 2005, vol. 1:82-87, 1-2 Oct. 2005.
Zadeh M.H. and Khorasani K., Control Strategies for a Haptic Device Interfacing with Virtual Environment, IEEE Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, 2004 IEEE Conference on , Volume 1, 2004, Page(s):181 – 185.
Zadeh M.H. and Khorasani K., Design of a Haptic Display for Interacting and Sliding on Deformable Objects, IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent systems, 2004 IEEE Conference on Volume 1, 2004, Page(s):164 – 169.
Mehrdad Hosseini Zadeh, David Wang and Eric Kubica (2010). Factors Affecting the Perception-Based Compression of Haptic Data, Advances in Haptics, Mehrdad Hosseini Zadeh (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-307-093-3, INTECH, Available from: http://sciyo.com/articles/show/title/factors-affecting-the-perception-based-compression-of-haptic-data
Ehrampoosh S., Yousefian R, Dave M., Rablau C., Kia M.A. and Zadeh M.H, Haptic-Enabled Robot-Assisted Surgery using Optical Force Sensor. 14th MSU/FAME Community Research Forum, MI, USA, May 2012.
Lee George, Kunz James, and Zadeh M.H., Human-in-the-loop Time Delay Compensation in Networked Training Environments, poster in OCE/CITO's Innovators Showcase: From the lab to the Marketplace, 2005.
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OH I miss having Siamese cats around, it have been over 20 years
Too funny!
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I don't know if we can call them cheap entertainment any more Sheila the way we pamper them! We could change it too big budget entertainment! LOL
LOL Dave! Good protection those laser eyes!
I think you are right, Vicki, old Mini is up to $425 at the vet's office in the past month, so she's definitely not cheap. But, what are ya gonna do?? I hope this next test comes back with NO bacteria,even though it's gonna be another C-note for the visit, and I hope it's the last visit for a while.
But they are so worth it Sheila. Hope it comes out okay!
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the lomas i5 beach house // 180° views of the pacific coast
This striking Peruvian beach house breaks all the clichés of palm trees, bamboo and balmy starlit nights in the tropics. Instead it showcases the majesty of a dramatic coastline steeped in the history of ancient civilizations on the moody side of the Pacific. It's all highlighted by the design of the futuristic house that looks like an exploding star.
The design team were Lima based architects Vértice Arquitectos, and besides the task of building a luxurious dream home they were give the challenge of sitting it on a cliff-cum-sand-dune cut into a curved hill. It has about 40 metres of level difference between it's highest and lowest points, and the designers did not just want to use every inch, but create some more.
The brief given to Vértice Arquitectos was also to exploit the view for the master bedroom and social areas. To achieve these tricky goals and go one better (most of the house has 180 degree views) the architects engineered two parallel bases through the middle of the plot to anchor the other criss-crossing floors above. On these central cement plots you will find the spectacular pool and outdoor entertaining area.
The volumes are joined by a main circulation axis and all the rooms at the end of each axis have a special encased view. The whole structure is like an asterisk or exploding star.
It is located on the Peruvian Pacific coast around the area known as Lomas which is a popular getaway spot for Lima's elite. It is known for its fog that creates spontaneous pockets of oasis in the nearby desert and it is strikingly different to the rest of the Pacific with temperamental cold waters, gritty sands but spectacular storms and sunsets.
Among the dirt dune behind the beach, archaeologists still dig up the ruins of grand civilizations such as the Pre-Inca Chimù- their carved walls perfectly preserved in deep pockets of dry shifting sand. We think this luxurious beach house might be worth discovering by future generation in a few thousand years too.
The materials used in the project include exposed concrete, stainless steel and tempered glass. The pool is surrounded by a double face laminated glass so that you can pause a swim and enjoy the view of the sea below.
The family room is on the second level and is a spatially open area that adjoins the living and dining room in the first level, all with views out to the ocean. The staircase to the second level is made of natural concrete and winds over the kitchen separating this area from the living and dining room.
We can just imagine relaxing in our slippers whilst sipping caipirinha or pisco-sour from one of these protected balconies each sunset. As the night falls it really looks like (and behaves like) an eye out over the ancient scenery. This is a really great example of how architects around the world are finding unique answers and paying attention to the environment and history of their location.
This modern Peruvian beach house is perched on a plot in Lomas del Mar beach near Cerro Azul, about 130 kilometres south of Lima. It is a traditional fishing village and hardcore surfing destination which you may have heard mention in the Beach Boys song Surfin' Safari if you were about in the 1960s.
Vértice Arquitectos are an architecture studio based in Lima, Peru and this house was designed by their team who included Hernani Canessa, Luis Miguel Becerra, Sandro Moro Colaboradora and along with a team of structural engineers including Jorge Haaker and Daniel Dongo. They have developed more than 150,000 m² of cutting-edge houses and commercial properties since their inception, and they have also designed a number of other luxury homes around Lomas in the past few years- most on more conventional plots but some with even more breathtaking pools.
Check out more of their projects at verticearquitectos.com or on their behance page. You can take a longer tour of i5 beach house on youtube too.
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The first documented reference to the term "chastity belt" is credited to R'gine Pernoud, a Medieval historian who, in the 14th century explained that a simple cord worn around the waist was a symbol of chastity (such as the robes of a monk or priest - the cord around his waist is a symbol of his vows of chastity and purity).
From the BBC: "In later year, chastity devices became a bit less trusting and started being able to be locked in place. As plausible as it might sound, the chastity belt is not however a medieval invention - the romantic stories outlined in the paragraph above are nothing but a product of the over-active 19th Century imagination. There are, in fact, no genuine chastity belts dating from medieval times: all known 'medieval' chastity belts have been produced in the first half of the 19th Century. These fake-medieval chastity belts are too heavy and the workmanship is too crude, even for medieval standards. The oldest design for a chastity belt that can be taken seriously dates from the 16th Century - but it's just a design, with no real working models believed to have ever been constructed. The concept of a chastity belt itself is a lot older, but it was usually used in poems in a metaphorical sense. According to Dr Eric John Dingwall, who wrote a deeper study on the subject in 1931, 'the chastity belt probably made its first appearance in ordinary use among the Italians of the period of the Renaissance or perhaps somewhat later."
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Ancient Tragedy, Study Guide. . .
Anouilh Antigone
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Anouilh, Jean. Antigone. Trans. Barbara Bray. Plays: One. Variation: Methuen World Classics. London: Methuen, 1997. 77-137. Print.
Journal Prompt
In Anouilh's Antigone, the Chorus states:
In drama you struggle, because you hope you're going to survive. It's utilitarian — sordid. But tragedy is gratuitous. Pointless, irremediable. Fit for a king! (102)
QUESTION: Is that what tragedy is? Why? What does prior reading tell you?
I would suggest you subject this to rigorous critical thinking, by which I DON'T mean simply to REJECT it, but to THINK ABOUT IT. DO YOU/DON'T YOU BUY INTO IT? IS THAT A GUT REACTION? HAVE YOU CRITIQUED YOUR OWN FEELINGS ABOUT IT?
PLEASE NOTE: This quotation needs to be treated with care:
- What is "drama" here? Aren't tragedies, comedies, satyr dramas, a whole lot of stuff, dramas? (Have we ever studied anything called, simply, "drama"?) How's the Chorus using the word?
- Please note that in some ways, Anouilh's play seems to conform to the definition presented here of tragedy: a play "fit for kings," foregone conclusion, etc. But it arguably is also a "drama" as defined by the Chorus — what to make of all that?
- If this is Anouilh attacking tragedy, then could he be at some level attacking his own play? If that makes sense (and it might!), how to make sense of it?
- Do we pick and choose what to process here, or do we take the quote as a whole?
- In particular, is it critical thinking to ignore the Chorus' characterization of tragedy as pointless? Do we take that at face value, or how to make sense of it?
I'm not trying to prime you for an expected answer, but neither is it true that anything goes. Rather, I am urging you to be sentive to nuance, to the spaces in between more extreme positions, to think critically. . . .
Introduction to Playwright and Play
Jean Anouilh
Playwright Jean Anouilh (pronounced "an-OO-ee") once wrote to a critic, "Je n'ai pas de biographie," "I have no biography and am very glad of it" (Plays: One, p. x). Still, he did have a biography. Born in 1910, in Bordeaux, France, he moved to Paris at a young age. He spent World War 2 in that city under the Nazi occupation. His playwrighting continued after the war, the influence of which shows up in his war-time and post-war creations.
Anouilh's Antigone
For Anouilh's Antigone, the obvious antecedent will be Sophocles' play of the same name, a play that Anouilh's Antigone at times seems to map fairly closely. Yet the context for the later play's composition and first production seem to set it far apart in a number of ways. So, for instance, its prologue comments on the play as if offering a self-commentary, and assuming that the action is a foregone conclusion. So, too, the ending seems to come crashing down on the characters with the speed of a tornado. Yet the Chorus anticipates eventual oblivion for its action. Finally, the play as a whole is labeled "Scene One" from beginning to end - as if scene two, the inevitable sequel, remained to be supplied by the viewers themselves. Thus it is, in every sense of the word, a "modernist" creation.
Though not one lacking context, as it was composed and produced under the Nazi occupation of France (the year of production was 1943), and therefore had to be vetted by Nazi censors before it could be staged. Yet the mere fact that its Nazi censors gave it the go-ahead forces us to ask how what, if any, ideological commitments they will have found in the play, and what ideological commitments we seem to find there.
As to which, Anouilh's protagonist will, for many, embody the brave spirit of the French resistance standing up to the cowardly compromises of French collaborators - figures like Philippe Pétain, who headed the puppet government in the unoccupied French South after the German occupation of the North. One could, at the same time, say something similar about Antigone as a forward-looking feminist.
For others, Antigone's eventual acquiescence to Creon's revelations, to his utilitarian rationale for comprise, may suggest a "rebel without a cause" seeking death as the easy way out of a difficult moral choice. Read thus, the play could almost be accused of critiquing the resistance as a beau geste pursued only for the sake of gratuitous self-aggrandizement.
So the question becomes, what, if anything, does Antigone's death, what does Oedipus' uncompromising pursuit of truth, what does TRAGEDY GENERALLY, prove? What does it achieve? What is it, anyway?


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This week in golf, at a glance. All times Eastern.
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Site: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: TPC Scottsdale, Stadium Course (7,216 yards, par 71).
Purse: $6.1 million. Winner's share: $1,098,000.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday, 4-7 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Friday, 12:30-3:30 a.m., 4-7 p.m., 8:30-11:30 p.m.; Saturday, 12:30-3:30 a.m., 1-2:30 p.m., 8-10 p.m.; Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m., 9:30-11:30 p.m.) and CBS (Saturday-Sunday, 3-6 p.m.).
Last year: Mark Wilson won the frost-delayed event in a Monday finish for the second of his two 2001 titles. He beat Jason Dufner with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff.
Last week: Brandt Snedeker won the Farmers Insurance Open in a playoff at Torrey Pines, beating Kyle Stanley with a par on the second extra hole. Stanley had a triple-bogey 8 on the final hole of regulation.
Notes: Wilson and Phil Mickelson top the field along with Snedeker, Stanley, Webb Simpson, Dustin Johnson, FedEx Cup champion Bill Haas, PGA champion Keegan Bradley, Nick Watney, Ian Poulter, Matt Kuchar, Rickie Fowler and past champions Mark Calcavecchia, Vijay Singh, J.B. Holmes, Aaron Baddeley and Kenny Perry. … Mickelson won in 1996 and 2005. In 2005, the former Arizona State star shot a 60 in the second round en route to a five-stroke victory. He missed the cut at Torrey Pines after opening the season with a tie for 49th in the Humana Challenge. … Wilson is coming off a victory two weeks ago in the Humana Challenge. … Holmes won in 2006 and 2008. … Calcavecchia won in 1989, 1992 and 2001, shooting 65-60-64-67 in 2001 for a 28-under 256 total — at the time a PGA Tour record. …Hunter Mahan, the 2010 winner, is skipping the tournament to play in the European Tour's Qatar Masters. …Fred Couples received a sponsor exemption. …Tiger Woods will play his first PGA Tour event of the season next week at Pebble Beach.
European Tour
Qatar Masters
Site: Doha, Qatar.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Doha Golf Club (7,388 yards, par 72).
Purse: $2.5 million. Winner's share: $416,660.
Television: Golf Channel (Thursday-Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.).
Last year: Denmark's Thomas Bjorn won the first of his three 2011 titles, beating Spain's Alvaro Quiros by four strokes. Bjorn shot 74-65-66-69.
Last week: England's Robert Rock won the Abu Dhabi Championship, holding off Rory McIlroy by a stroke. Tiger Woods tied for third, two strokes back.
Notes: Third-ranked Lee Westwood is in the field along with No. 4 Martin Kaymer, No. 10 Jason Day, Bjorn, Graeme McDowell, Retief Goosen, K.J. Choi, Hunter Mahan, Sergio Garcia, John Daly, Todd Hamilton, Shaun Micheel, Ben Curtis and former Oklahoma State star Peter Uihlein. … Qatar is on an oil-rich Persian Gulf peninsula off eastern Saudi Arabia. … The Dubai Desert Classic is next week, followed by the Avantha Masters in India.
Australian Ladies Professional Golf/Ladies European Tour
Australian Ladies Masters
Site: Gold Coast, Australia.
Schedule: Thursday-Sunday.
Course: Royal Pines Resort (6,511 yards, par 72).
Purse: $529,600. Winner's share: $88,270.
Television: None.
Last year: Taiwan's Yani Tseng completed an Australian sweep to take the No. 1 spot in the world, winning by four strokes a week after taking the Women's Australian Open. Tseng shot 67-66-63-68. She went on to win 11 worldwide titles, including major victories in the LPGA Championship and Women's British Open.
Last week: Fourteen-year-old New Zealand amateur Lydia Ko won the New South Wales Open to become the youngest winner of a professional tour event.
Notes: Tseng and seven-time champion Karrie Webb are skipping the tournament. They will open the LPGA tour season next week in the Women's Australian Open at Royal Melbourne. …U.S. Women's Open champion So Yeon Ryu and Kraft Nabisco winner Stacy Lewis are in the field along with Ko, U.S. teen star Lexi Thompson, three-time winner Laura Davies, Sophie Gustafson, Amanda Blumenherst and 2009 champion Katherine Hull. … Thompson became the youngest LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour winner last year, taking the Navistar LPGA Classic in Alabama in September and the Dubai Ladies Masters in December.
Champions Tour
Next event:Allianz Championship, Feb. 10-12, The Old Course at Broken Sound, Boca Raton, Fla.
Last event:Dan Forsman won the season-opening Mitsubishi Electric Championship in Hawaii on Jan. 22, beating Jay Don Blake by two strokes.
Best of the rest
Asian Tour: Myanmar Open, Thursday-Sunday, Royal Mingalardon Golf and Country Club, Yangon, Myanmar.
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Thomas Kirkman is one of the main characters in Fable: The Balverine Order.
Thomas was born and raised in Millfields, where he lived in a fairly large house with his mother and father. Thomas also had an older brother, Stephen, but one night, while the two were out in the woods, a Balverine attacked them. Stephen was killed but was able to toss a small dagger to Thomas. Thomas stabbed the beast, giving him enough time to run back home. Upon telling his story, his family was devastated to hear the news of Stephen's death. However, nobody believed Thomas's story of a balverine attack. After this event, Thomas collected many books regarding tales of heroes, adventure, and mythical beasts. He planned that one day he would leave and find proof that balverines still exist; proving that Stephen had been killed by one.
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The story begins with Thomas being called to his dying mother's side. His mother forgives him for his brother's death and confesses than she feels it was for the better, as she feels that the surviving son had so much more potential, but then reveals that she believes that Thomas had died and the survivor was in fact Stephen. Thomas is devasted that his own mother thought that he had died but, seeing his father's reaction, goes along with it.
After this, Thomas prepares to set off on his long-planned journey. His servant, James Skelton, who points out that Thomas has no sense of direction, reveals that he is going to tag along as well, and the two head off in an eastward direction.
After journeying across Albion, the pair pay a man named Rackam to take them across the ocean. On his boat, James saves a dog from being thrown overboard and names her Poxy Cur. Unfortunately, Captain Rackam and his crew turn out to be pirates and attempt to kill Thomas and James. However, a Kraken attacks and destroys the ship. Thomas, James, and Poxy are able to get into a small lifeboat and begin to row towards shore.
The trio arrive in the city of Blackridge, where they agree to help an elderly woman named Mrs. Mullins find out what happened to her husband and daughter. Thomas and James travel to a neighbouring city and learn that Robert and Hannah Mullins had staged their deaths to look like a balverine attack in order to escape the abusive Mrs. Mullins. After a conflict of moral beliefs, Thomas and James agree not to inform Mrs. Mullins of the truth.
The pair continue on in search of a man named "Kreel", an apparent balverine hunter. They arrive in the city of Sutcliff where Thomas gets robbed by a female thief. Thomas, James, and a squad of soldiers, corner her in an alleyway. She attempts to pin the blame on Thomas, but he proves her argument to be false. The guards arrest her and prepare to remove her hand, which is the penalty for being a thief. Thomas sees this as an injustice and stands up for her, which results in him getting into a fight with the Sergeant. Thomas, James, and the thief are all arrested and thrown in gaol. They are brought before the magistrate and are told they will be executed. However, the thief reveals herself to be Sabrina Kreel, the daughter of a nobleman, and she is released while Thomas and James are returned to their cell.
Sabrina returns later, accompanied by her father who is none other than Ethan Kreel, the balverine hunter, and the two are released and brought to his mansion. There they prepare to go on a balverine hunt with Kreel and a small party of servants and adventurers. During the night, Thomas and Sabrina make love.
The next day, the party sets off into the woods. Unfortunately, they are attacked by balverines. All of the servants are killed and the survivors are dragged off to the balverine headquarters. There, it is revealed that Ethan is actually a balverine and uses these hunts to lure people to this location where they are transformed into balverines. However, one of the servants known as Bell rescues them. Bell reveals himself to be Quentin Locke and tells the two that there are three heroic weapons underneath the Kreel Mansion. They enter the room that contains the secret entrance but are attacked by Sabrina, also a balverine. After dealing with her, the trio head down and take their respective weapons. Thomas takes a large sword that belonged to the Hero of Strength. The group then heads back into the forest to slaughter the balverines. Thomas is able to corner Lugaru, the leader of the Balverine Order and the one that killed his brother, Stephen. Lugaru is wounded and attempts to escape. Thomas disables him and threatens to torture him. Lugaru explains that rather than reveal the other members of the Order, he would kill himself. Using his long claw, he cuts his own throat and explains that in the end, he was stronger than Thomas.
After the balverines have all been killed, the group gathered back at the mansion to place the weapons back. They then bury Sabrina in an unmarked grave and go their separate ways.
Trivia Edit
- Poxy is not as fond of him as she is of James, but will defend him at times.
- He shares a common dislike of Balverines with Sabrina; Thomas lost his brother to one, while Sabrina's mother was killed by one.
- He seems to be the more virtuous of the two shown when he takes on the appearance of someone who has a good alignment after becoming the Hero of Strength
- Thomas and James are such close friends that Ethan Kreel mistakes them as being lovers.
- Despite living in Millfields, Thomas is the only known living person to have seen a Balverine.


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Milson Island Sport and Recreation Centre was awarded the 2012 National COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture at the recent Australian Institute of Architects' 2012 National Architecture Awards in Perth.
The hall hosts groups of school children who spend a week on the island participating in sports and activities such as canoeing, fencing and climbing.
The building's roof design forms a protective shell, wrapping it until just short of the ground. The rounded roof shape also deflects tree debris, which falls to the ground alongside the building, and an in-ground gutter collects rainwater.
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"Nothing could match steel's contributive strength and lightness, so it was an ideal choice given our building restraints," said Mr Heenan.
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Billionaire racists will be billionaire racists. Not much we can do about that. But the fact that our so-called civil rights organizations depend on the deep pockets of Wal-Mart, Comcast, and the David Sterlings of this world even though they pretend to represent the interests of ordinary black people is not something we have to live with.
Donald Sterling Thinks He Owns Basketball Players, But Really Does Own the NAACP
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
"Depending on the rich and powerful to pay their bills while pretending to speak for the poor and oppressed is not a mere bug in the way our 21st century civil rights organizations work "
For us at Black Agenda Report, the most telling angle on the story of Donald Sterling, the racist billionaire owner of the LA Clippers, was that the Los Angeles NAACP , which had been about to give Sterling a second – not a first but a second "Lifetime Achievement Award" eagerly stepped forward to offer redemption and forgiveness for the small cost of a few more strategic donations from the deep pockets of Donald Sterling.
This won't be the first time Sterling has purchased absolution for his many sins. In 2003 Sterling settled a housing discrimination lawsuit paying $5 million to plaintiff attorneys alone, and in 2006 he was accused again of refusing to rent apartments to African Americans and Latinos. But a steady stream of donations to big-name so-called civil rights organizations amounting at most to a few ten thousandths of his net worth, were sufficient to make it OK in the eyes of those outfits, and in the case of the NAACP, they were sufficient to get him that first "lifetime award."
Depending on the rich and powerful to pay their bills while pretending to speak for the poor and oppressed is not a mere bug in the way our 21st century civil rights organizations function, it is a fundamental feature, baked into the bones not just of the NAACP, but of the National Urban League, the League of United Latin American Citizens, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the National Conference of Black State Legislators, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Al Sharpton's National Action Network and many others of this kind.
"There are examples like this in any direction one cares to look..."
In the practice of catching corporate racists with their pants down and extracting a franchise here, a dealership there, a TV show or hefty donations to worthy causes the hunter always gets captured by the game. In Georgia where I live, the Southern Christian Leadership Council got the CEO of Georgia Power to head up their building fund. Residents of Shell Bluff, a poor, mostly black town invited Rev. Joseph Lowery of SCLC to their town to show him their cancer epidemic, evidently caused by radiation from a leaking Georgia Power nuclear plant, while federal agencies refused to fund testing of their air, water, soil, wildlife or persons. Georgia Power is now building brand new nuclear plant next to the old ones with $800 million in loan guarantees from the Obama administration. But all that SCLC could do was tell them, "go vote."
Wells Fargo had aggressively sold sub-prime mortgages to blacks, and is believed to have engaged in thousands or tens of thousands of the same kinds of robo-signings and illegal foreclosures that Bank of America pled guilty to. So after the bailout, Wells Fargo partnered with the NAACP to do "financial literacy" classes for youth. There are examples like this in any direction one cares to look.
Donald Sterling may imagine he owns basketball players. But he really does own the NAACP, just as surely as Verizon and Comcast, Aetna, Wal-Mart, MSNBC and others own the National Action Network, Rainbow-PUSH, the Urban League, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the rest of our politically bankrupt black misleadership class. For Black Agenda Report, I'm Bruce Dixon. Find us on the web at www.blackagendareport.com.
Bruce A. Dixon is managing editor at Black Agenda Report, and a member of the state committee of the Georgia Green Party. He lives and works in Marietta GA and can be reached at bruce.dixon(at)blackagendareport.com or via this site's contact page.


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Excerpt: "Complicity is an open access (free to all readers), peer-reviewed journal that publishes original articles on all aspects of education that are informed by the idea of complexity (in its technical, applied, philosophical, theoretical, or narrative manifestations). The journal strives to serve as a forum for both theoretical and practical contributions and to facilitate the exchange of diverse ideas and points of view related to complexity in education."
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I am familiar with some of the writing and thinking of one of the founding editors, Brent Davis. He remains on the advisory board. It is peer reviewed and, in today's educational environment, complexity theory needs to be fully considered.