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Al Qaeda branch claims Charlie Hebdo attack was years in the making
By Catherine E. Shoichet and Josh Levs, CNN
Updated 12:31 PM EST, Wed January 21, 2015
Was U.S. intelligence blind to AQAP plot to attack Paris?
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'They started to shoot, then I lay down on the floor'
'Charlie Hebdo does not stop people from believing'
A look through Paris' 'no-go' zones
Who inspired the Paris terrorists?
Was Coulibaly part of a terror cell?
Paris Mayor: We'll sue Fox News after they 'insulted'
Chasing the trail of Hayat Boumeddiene
Fear of radicalization in French prisons
Cashing in on the Paris attacks
Guns on streets of Paris despite strict laws
Pope: There are limits to free expression
Who is AQAP terror group commander al-Ansi?
Investigators identify suspected accomplice in kosher market attack, report says
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula commander says the attack was plotted years ago
54 cases opened against unknown number of people for allegedly expressing support for terrorism
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility Wednesday for tCharlie Hebdo shooting.
The attack was years in the making, AQAP commander Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi said in a video, claiming U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki was the mastermind behind it.
Al-Awlaki was the terror group's spokesman before a U.S. drone strike killed him in Yemen in 2011.
AQAP did not claim responsibility for the kosher grocery store siege but praised it.
What is al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula?
French security services have identified a suspected accomplice in that attack, according to the French newspaper Le Parisien.
Coulibaly was killed in a police raid to end the siege. The Kouachi brothers also are dead. But investigators' efforts to track down possible suspects tied to last week's attacks are continuing.
So is the magazine that the terrorists targeted last week.
Charlie Hebdo's new edition hit newsstands Wednesday – a week after authorities say terrorists Said and Cherif Kouachi burst into its newsroom and gunned down staffers.
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New Charlie Hebdo issue on sale
The cover features a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed crying. All 3 million copies sold out quickly, but more copies are coming soon, the magazine said.
'Blessing from Allah'
The claim of responsibility for the deadly attack on the magazine came in a video showing AQAP commander Nasr Ibn Ali al-Ansi, with pictures of the Kouachis in the background.
"When the heroes were assigned, they accepted. They promised and fulfilled," al-Ansi said.
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He praised the attack, saying it was revenge for Charlie Hebdo's depictions of Mohammed.
Al-Ansi blamed not only Charlie Hebdo, but also France and the United States.
"It is France that has shared all of America's crimes," al-Ansi added. "It is France that has committed crimes in Mali and the Islamic Maghreb. It is France that supports the annihilation of Muslims in Central Africa in the name of race cleansing." ("Islamic Maghreb" refers to North Africa.)
"It was a blessing from Allah" that the kosher market siege, in which four hostages were killed, took place about the same time, al-Ansi said.
Official: Video is authentic but not sure about claim
U.S. authorities said they think the video is authentic. But they weren't ready to say that AQAP helped carry out the assault.
"We're not there yet. There are good indicators" that the group was behind the attack, but the intelligence community is still assessing, a senior administration official told CNN.
Earlier in the day, U.S. National Security Council spokesman Alistair Baskey said that, "if genuine, this is only the latest example of the wanton brutality that is al Qaeda's calling card and which it has visited upon innocents of all faiths."
French newspaper La Voix du Nord reports that Coulibaly also secured funds that may have been used in the attack on the kosher supermarket.
Report: Raid pointed to new suspect
Le Parisien's report said investigators identified Coulibaly's suspected accomplice using keys for a motorbike discovered in an apartment they raided over the weekend.
Neighbors told CNN the apartment, in the Paris suburb of Gentilly, was raided Saturday by police.
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Terrorist's hideout apartment raided
Also found inside the apartment, according to Le Parisien: a stash of weapons, explosives and two ISIS flags.
Coulibaly purportedly told authorities before he was killed that he belonged to ISIS.
Police also suspect the man may have been responsible for shooting and wounding a jogger last week – an attack that the Paris prosecutor has said could be tied to Coulibaly because the ammunition used was the same as ammunition found at the scene of the kosher market attack, Le Parisien said.
Paris police would not comment to CNN on the contents of the report.
Le Parisien says Coulibaly's accomplice, who the newspaper did not name, is suspected to have fled France, possibly for Syria.
Officials have also said they believe Hayat Boumeddiene, Coulibaly's widow who may have played a role in the attacks, has fled to Syria.
More terror cases
With France on its highest level of alert, 10,000 troops have deployed across the country. Thousands of police officers are on patrol, including hundreds assigned to protect Jewish schools.
Since the attacks, dozens of cases have been opened in France against people accused of expressing support for terrorism, the Justice Ministry said.
It's unclear how many people are blamed for the 54 infractions. The cases include investigations involving phone threats, cyberattacks and Facebook posts, the ministry said.
Some are in prison awaiting trial, some have already been convicted, and some have been released with a notice of a court date, ministry spokesman Pierre Rance said.
Penalties for the alleged crimes vary, Rance said.
Justice Minister Christiane Taubira "considers that words or actions of a racist or anti-Semitic nature, or that cause hateful, violent, or discriminatory behavior, or advocate terrorism, or target security forces must be fought and pursued with the utmost vigor," her office said in a statement.
She "asked prosecutors to exercise extreme reactivity in the conduct of public action against the perpetrators of such crimes," the statement said.
French comedian arrested
With concerns on the rise, a controversial French comedian was accused of publicly supporting terrorism, French media reported.
Dieudonne M'bala M'bala, known as Dieudonne, was arrested in Paris, according to media reports, which tied his arrest to a recent Facebook post from the comedian. "Je suis Charlie Coulibaly," the post said, combined the last name of one of the terrorists involved in last week's attacks with the widely used phrase expressing solidarity with victims.
That post has since been deleted.
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French comic faces 7 years in prison for Facebook post
Dieudonne has previously been fined several times in France for anti-Semitic commentary. Last year, the French government said it wanted to ban his live performances. And British authorities banned him from entering the United Kingdom.
On Monday, Dieudonne issued a statement with his stance on the terror attacks.
"Since the beginning of last year, I have been treated as public enemy number one, when all I try to do is make people laugh, and laugh about death," he wrote in a letter to the French interior minister. "Because death laughs at us all, as Charlie knows now, unfortunately."
After his release from custody Wednesday, his lawyer told France's iTELE network that the comedian returned to performing his act at a theater in the same Paris neighborhood where Charlie Hebdo's offices are located.
Investigation: The key people, places and questions
CNN's Holly Yan, Salma Abdelaziz, Pierre Meilhan, Pamela Brown, Tim Lister, Vasco Cotovio, Daniel Burke, Barbara Starr, Greg Botelho and Margot Haddad contributed to this report.


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Chris White Answers Profound Questions About the Presidents
by Chris White
Five bobbleheads sit on the desk where profound questions are answered. One is Steve Carlton, because the Phillies are awesome. The others are presidents—a philosophical Mount Rushmore, in an earthquake.
Jefferson represents ideas: the romantic notion that philosophy can transcend politics. It's crap, as Jefferson himself would stab people in the back as needed. But one word choice—the pursuit of happiness—colors 90 percent of what we fight for today. If you're going to get misty-eyed and talk about the truth of the human condition (Saturday night at the White household) you need Jefferson.
Theodore Roosevelt is for energy: a man so active that it's exhausting just to read his biography. The "strenuous life," more than old money or a coherent worldview, is what made TR great; he overwhelmed people, like a hungry walrus that could also shake hands. When you're slothfully checking Facebook for the fifth time in an hour, it helps to catch Teddy's disapproving eye.
FDR stands in (the bobblehead has no wheelchair) for the consequences of government: we're not just shuffling dollars around. Making "fairness" and stability into federal jobs has altered how families are structured and how communities grow. If you have a giant lever and a few generations, you can remodel entire societies, down to the core.
And anchoring the mountain, nodding vigorously every time the air conditioner kicks on, is the No. 1 seller of the New Hampshire Historical Society: Franklin Pierce. He represents the fact that you should care about Franklin Pierce.
There was a time when people cared deeply; specifically, April 16, 1865. It had been a rough week for Abraham Lincoln, what with being shot in the head, and it was about to get rough for Franklin. He had already had a bad rep around Concord. He hadn't done much to settle that slavery thing as president, he had sympathized with the Confederacy, and he was a known pen pal of his former War secretary, Jefferson Davis. Even if you're just exchanging chili recipes with the guy, that's bad PR.
So when a grief-stricken mob saw no American flag honoring Lincoln on Franklin's house, they decided he hadn't lived freely enough, and they asked him outside to talk about the second part of the state motto. He spoke to them. The words are lost to history, but not even John Hughes could write such an awesome speech: an indignant Pierce not only dispersed the crowd, but somehow got them to cheer his patriotism on the way out. It was the high water mark of Pierce passion. And after that, he probably shuffled inside for a drink, alone in the home where he would die of cirrhosis a few years later.
That building burned down a ways back, and all that remains (as of last summer) is a front step. Everything else is gravel, weeds and broken glass. As you stand in the lot, the only view is the Tempur-Pedic banner on the mattress store next door—the bizarre logo of a woman sleeping on her side, naked, with a defined butt. No historical marker distracts you from that vaguely European ad campaign. Schools hardly mess with him, and no one is revising their Pierce screenplay. Which is to say, we forget Franklin.
It's partly his fault for being forgettable. He came from good stock—his dad was a Revolutionary War hero, governor of New Hampshire and a bar owner—but he wasn't a brilliant lawyer, representative or senator. He married the daughter of his college president, but not in a hot Animal House sense; she was a withdrawn, ultra-religious scold who didn't want him in politics. When he signed up for war with Mexico, he was best known for falling off his horse, twice.
But it's partly fate's fault for kicking his teeth in. Pierce rounded out the family plot in 1869. Two children were lost early on (3 days and 4 years). Jane made it to 1863. And Bennie… Having won the presidency and waiting for the inauguration, in January 1853 the Pierces attended a funeral in Boston. On the train ride home, a freak derailing twisted their car, killing Bennie in front of his unharmed parents. Some accounts say he was "crushed," but at the Pierce Homestead in Hillsborough (i.e., his dad's bar) they get more graphic: Franklin rushed over to attend to his 11-year-old son, scooped up his body, and noticed it was missing about a foot off the top. And then, after some soul-searching, Jane decided that God was either punishing Franklin's ambition, or freeing him of all distractions. So anyhow, have fun running the country!
Study the man, and he transforms. The insignificant failure fades, and an endearingly human figure—the love child of sadness and dashed expectations—takes shape. And you have to love that ugly baby.
Most of history is people mired in mediocrity or tragedy—those who tried to live up to a father's example, or couldn't control their drinking, or were paralyzed by grief. Most of history is people who were products of their time—Franklin was nobody's first choice in 1852, but he fit a profile Democrats wanted: young Northern guy who tolerated slavery, had decent hair and could claim some military experience. He was bland by design. (Plus the name "Pierce" allowed for campaign knives, and if poll workers are sporting machetes, that's good for a few votes.) Was he wrong to reach for the brass ring? Wouldn't you?
It's easy to care about a Lincoln or a Washington—they give us so many mattress sales. But greatness is a relative condition. There is no Lincoln without Pierce, and when you ignore those who failed, you miss out on the humanity of the past. You miss out on the reassuringly universal stories that will play out again in our future.
So Franklin Pierce sits on my desk as a reminder that every president is, above all, a person. They are men whose virtues and faults have been elevated to the status of public property. None ever transcended the problems and joys of everyday life, and none ever will. You can adore or hate them as you choose, but they all deserve our admiration, and curiosity, and thanks. Their stories are our stories.
And maybe it's the air conditioner, but Steve, Tom, Teddy and the two Franklins are nodding in agreement.
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Xanth, the magical, pun-filled world of Piers Anthony's fantasy novels, comes to life in this hilarious game. As one of many colorful characters, players must travel across land and sea in order to fulfill their wild and wacky quests.
A real trip to the magic Land of Xanth At first glance, it may seem like a road map to Florida, but as you look closer you see that it is really your entry way into the magical land of Xanth.Players take on charactors from the story, including their fabulous magic talents, to travel around the land of Xanth to complete a series of quests. Complete with hazzards like the gap with it's fearsom dragon, the elemental regions, and the region of madness!


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Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a platform game developed by Capcom for the Game Boy in 1991. It is based on the 1988 live-action/animation film of the same name. This game is just one in a successful line of Touchstone (a Disney division) games produced by Capcom.
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The game was directed by Shinji Mikami of Resident Evil fame. The game was later reissued in the late 90's by Sunsoft, but their name only appeared on the packaging, cart and manual, and the game itself was left unchanged, with Capcom still getting credit.
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As with many of the company's Game Boy releases, this game lacks a credits sequence for the game's staff. Outside of interviews, music composition is confirmed to be done by Yasuaki Fujita through his worklist.[1]
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The Sweeney is een Britse actiefilm uit 2012 van Nick Love met in de hoofdrollen onder meer Ray Winstone en Ben Drew.

De film is gebaseerd op de gelijknamige televisieserie uit 1975–1978. In de jaren 1970 waren overigens ook al twee films gemaakt: Sweeney! (1977) en Sweeney 2 (1978).

Verhaal

Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) en George Carter (Ben Drew) zijn twee agenten van de "Flying Squad", een afdeling van de Londense politie gespecialiseerd in onder meer gewapende overvallen. Aan het begin van de film voorkomen ze de diefstal van een grote hoeveelheid goudstaven. Tegen de regels in geeft Regan een paar staven aan zijn informant Harry (Alan Ford), waarop een onderzoek wordt gestart. Ondertussen krijgt Regan een tip dat er een grote bankoverval op stapel staat.

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Planet Mercury
Do nonmetals become more reactive when they move left to right?
Yes. This is due to the fact that their valence shells are adding electrons, coming closer to having an octet. The halogens in group 17/VIIA are the most reactive nonmetals because they have seven valence electrons and readily react in order gain the eighth valence electron, which gives them an octet like the nearest noble gas. It takes much less energy to gain one electron or share one electron, than it does to gain or share two or more electrons.
Do metals become more reactive as you move from left to right across the periodic table?
No, metals become less reactive as you move from left to right across the periodic table.
What is the relationship between the number of valence electrons and reactivity?
The more to the right of the periodic table the more reactive Only for nonmetals, for metals the most reactive are to the left and have 1 valence electron. Nonmetals have many, 6 or 7, valence electrons that make them very reactive.
How are metals and nonmetals arranged in the periodic table?
The metals are on the left and the nonmetals are on the right.
Is unreactivity a property of metal?
No, because metals are on the left side of the Periodic Table. Therefore, they are reactive. Nonmetals, on the left side of the Periodic Table, are less reactive, because they have more valence electrons.
Are elements more reactive on the left or the right of the periodic table?
In general: Low-Left (Cs) and Up-right (F) are the most reactive elements.
Do the elements go from metals to nonmetals or nonmetals to metals?
Moving from left to right on the periodic table, the elements generall go from metal to nonmetals.
Do the metals tend to be more reactive as you move from left to right in the periodic table?
No. In general, metals become more reactive as you move from right to left along a row in the periodic chart. They also are generally more reactive as you move down a column. Non-metals however are a different story. Non-metals tend to be more reactive as you move from left to right along a row or as you move up a column. Disregarding, of course, the last column of the periodic chart (VIII) as the noble gases are non-reactive (inert).
How are elements arroanged on the periodic table?
metals are on the left nonmetals are on the right and the metalloids are in the middle. Here is a saying to help you remember metals on the left, nonmetals on the right the metalloids keep them from getting in a fight
How does the reactivity change in nonmetals as you move from left to right on the periodic table?
The reactivity is increasing, from left to right - for example halogens.
Where are the metals and nonmetals located on the peridoic table?
The metals are located in the left going toward the right. The nonmetals are located in the right going down the periodic table.
Is aluminium less reactive than magnesium?
Yes aluminum is less reactive than magnesium it is less reactive because as you read left to right on the periodic table the elements become less reactive because they get more electrons on their valence shells hope this helps you
What happens to the reacitivity of metals from left to right across the periodic table?
Elements become less reactive as you move from left to right across the periodic table. This is due to how many valence electrons (outer-most electrons) the element has; the less valence electrons, the more reactive the element.
What happens to the reactivity of metals from left to right across the perriodic table?
Name the two types of elements from left to right?
The two types of elements from left to right are metals and nonmetals . By:lhin velasco
Where are the nonmetals located on the periodic table?
the nonmetals are located in the right of the periodic table and only one (hydrogen) is located in the upper left.!(:
How does the location of hydrogen differ from the location of other nonmetals?
Do you mean "location on the periodic table"? Hydrogen is on the left, the rest of the nonmetals are on the right.
What is the difference between the left and the right side of the periodic table?
Left: highly reactiveRight: highly conductive
What is on the left side of the staircase elements?
Elements on the left side are metals and those on the right side are nonmetals.
How does chemical reactivity change as you move from left to right across the periodic table?
The most reactive chemicals are on the left side of the periodic table through to the least reactive on the right side.
Where are nonmetals on the periodic table?
Nonmetals are located on the right side of the periodic table. Hydrogen is the only nonmetal that can be on the left side of the periodic table.
Where on the periodic table would you find metals and nonmetals?
Metals are on the left side of the periodic table; nonmetals are in the right side of the periodic table.
What happens to the reactivity of elements in groups labeled A as atomic numbers increase across a period?
they become more reactive since you are moving from left to right on the periodic table, the elements in group 17 are the most reactive.
How do elements in different groups in the periodic table differ?
The group furthest to the left are alkalie metals which are the most reactive/least stable. As you go towards the right they become more stable. Noble gases on the far right are the least reactive and most stable.
What are the Elements that form a bridge between the left and right sides of the periodic table called?
Metalloids bridge between the metals on the left and the nonmetals on the right.
How do you tell the reactiveness of a non metal on the periodic table?
The periodicity of nonmetals is that reactivity increases from left to right across a period, through group 17, the halogens. As you move down a group, reactivity decreases. Fluorine is the most reactive element.
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What is Freedom? New Essays Fall 2015
You Kant Tell Me What To Do: The Rights and Obligations of Campus Protests
America: Land of the Free…And the Enlightened?
Sensationalizing Pseudoscience: The Eugenic Movement's Restriction of Freedom
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as Existential Antiheroes and de Beauvoir's Subman
La Frontera, Language, and Freedom
Clanking Heels Yet No Good Meals
Cogito Ergo Sum: The Responsibility of Self-Liberation
Defining Martin Luther King, Jr. as an Existentialist Hero
Depression and Existentialism… Where to Sartre?
In The Context of War, Do The Ends Ever Justify The Means?
Heading into Battle: Addiction, the Will, and the Fight for Autonomy
Free to Feel. Free to Share. Free to be Human.
Examining Unequal Sacrifices in American Democracy
Why Freedom is Bad
Mrs. Dalloway and "The Yellow Wallpaper": Public Freedom Denied
The "Terrible Simplifiers" of Totalitarianism: How Certainty Can Ruin a Population
The Monkey Scopes Trial and its Impact on Intellectual Freedom
Mass Incarceration, Democracy and Freedom
Music During the Holocaust: A Double-Edged Sword
Reconciling Attempts to Monitor Racial Microaggressions and Preserve Freedoms of Speech
Reflections on Arendt's Reflections
Sartre and Camus in Contrast: Divergent Conceptions of Freedom in Existentialist and Absurdist Literature
The Balance of Freedom
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The Existence of Free Will
Posted by rtuason in Debate on Free Will
As a fundamental aspect of the human condition, free will allows people to make conscious decisions throughout their lives. Even if a person may feel that he does not have a choice in a matter, the concept of free will suggests that he always has alternatives. This situation can be seen in the play Antigone, in which the protagonist Antigone feels that she is bound to break a law of the city-state Thebes and face her death. As the offspring of an incestuous relationship between Oedipus and his mother Jocasta, Antigone has a fatalistic world view and assumes that her destiny has already been determined by her tragic family history and the legacy of incest. Moreover, she believes that her grief will never be alleviated and that she has nothing to hope for in the future. By examining her situation carefully, however, one can see that free will plays a role throughout the play, and that Antigone has, in fact, shaped and directed her destiny from the very beginning.
Antigone and her sister Ismene both exercise free will after Creon, the king of Thebes, declares that the body of their brother Polynices may not be buried. While Antigone disobeys Creon's decree, insisting that she has an obligation to honor the gods, Ismene cautiously yields to Creon. When Creon confronts Antigone after declaring that she must die for her crime, Antigone greets him defiantly: "[The laws of the gods]—I was not about to break them, / not out of fear of some man's wounded pride, / and face the retribution of the gods. / Die I must, I've known it all my life— / how could I keep from knowing?—even without / your death-sentence ringing in my ears. / And if I am to die before my time / I consider that a gain" (509-16). Here, Antigone portrays her devotion to the gods, whose laws state that every corpse must be buried. However, as she says that she looks forward to dying before her time, she also reveals a fatalistic attraction to her death. This notion is reinforced when Ismene, who initially chose not to take part in Antigone's crime, attempts to accompany her sister in her punishment. Antigone tells her, "Courage! Live your life. I gave myself to death, / long ago, so I might serve the dead" (630-31). As Antigone declares her premature embrace of death, she reveals an eerie interest in entering the afterlife; she seems to believe that Creon's punishment only helps to fulfill her destiny. Later, just before Creon sends her away to her tomb, Antigone further illustrates her uncanny enthusiasm for death when she proclaims, "The god of death who puts us all to bed / takes me down to the bank of Acheron alive—denied my part in the wedding-songs / no wedding-song in the dusk has crowned my marriage— / I go to wed the lord of the dark waters" (904-07). Here, as Antigone provides images of her entrance into the underworld and her marriage with Hades, she further shows her enthusiasm for her destiny by showing how she has grown to love her fate.
Just as Antigone believes that she has no choice but to bury her brother, her sister Ismene also believes that she has no choice but to follow temporal laws. When Antigone asks her sister to help her bury Polynices in the beginning of the play, Ismene replies, "Think what a death we'll die, the worst of all / if we violate the laws and override / the fixed decree of the throne, its power— / . . . / I, for one, I'll beg the dead to forgive me— / I'm forced, I have no choice—I must obey / the ones who stand in power. Why rush to extremes? / It's madness, madness" (71-73,78-81). Here, as Ismene fears the punishment of committing a crime against the city-state and the power of her uncle's authority, she feels that she has "no choice" but to allow Polynices' body to rot. She then attempts to justify her inaction by saying, "We must be sensible. Remember we are women, / we're not born to contend with men. Then too, / we're underlings, ruled by much stronger hands, / so we must submit in this, and things still worse" (74-77). Thus, as Ismene feels that she and Antigone have no power to oppose men, she fearfully urges that they must "submit" to whatever their king proclaims.
Examining the actions that Antigone and Ismene take in response to Creon's decree, each of them clearly demonstrates free will. Even though they both claim that they had no choice in making their decisions, the different ways in which they deal with the same situation show that neither woman was ever restricted to a single position. Antigone's exercise of free will, moreover, can be seen in the first scene of the play, in which she attempts to persuade Ismene to join her cause. Before asking Ismene to help her bury Polynices, Antigone states, "My own flesh and blood—dear sister, dear Ismene, / how many griefs our father Oedipus handed down! / Do you know one, I ask you, one grief / that Zeus will not perfect for the two of us / while we still live and breathe? There's nothing, no pain—our lives are pain—no private shame, / no public disgrace, nothing I haven't seen / in your griefs and mine" (1-8). Thus, by proclaiming how much they have suffered throughout their lives, Antigone seeks to appeal to Ismene's emotions before putting forth her proposal. Giving a carefully arranged speech that she hopes will embolden and inspire her sister, Antigone shows that her plan to bury Polynices is a product of self-conscious deliberation, not fate. As no one prompted Antigone to disobey Creon or to ask for her sister's aid, she shows that all her actions result from her free will.
Moreover, as Antigone values the laws of the gods over the laws of man and embraces the notions of death and the afterlife, she convinces herself that she must defy Creon and bury her brother out of religious obligations. Therefore, her perception of this situation can be reflected in Andre Rivier's discussion of the Greek tragic character, as described in Jean-Pierre Vernant's Myth and Tragedy. According to Rivier, "The tragic man does not have to 'choose' between two possibilities; rather, he 'recognizes' that there is only one way open before him. This involvement reflects not the free choice of the subject but his recognition of this religious necessity that he cannot elude . . . It is a will bound by the reverential fear of the divine" (Vernant 52). Thus, Rivier portrays the tragic character to be at the complete mercy of divine influence. Antigone's understanding of her situation can be reflected in Rivier's assertions, as she feels that she is in no position to decide whether she should or should not follow the laws of the gods. However, as Ismene abides by the same religious traditions but still chooses to follow Creon's decree, she invalidates Rivier's contention that the Greek tragic character—such as Antigone—is under the control of the gods and has no free will.
Furthermore, Antigone's fatalistic perspective illustrates determinism—the notion that all future events, including human interactions, have already been determined by events from the past. As determinism claims that the future is set in stone, it thus denies the existence of free will. The problem with this doctrine, however, is that it does not focus enough on the alternatives that a person could have chosen prior to making a decision. In her article, "Want to Understand Free Will? Don't Look to Neuroscience," Hilary Bok states, "Determinism does not relieve us of the need to make decisions. When we make decisions, we need some conception of the alternatives available to us. If we define an alternative as an action that is physically possible, then determinism implies that we never have more than one alternative." Here, Bok asserts that, even if every future event has already been determined, human beings must still thoughtfully consider all their options when making decisions. Personalities such as Antigone's cannot resign themselves to what they believe to be their fate without first making the decision to do so, and every person therefore exercises free will. Furthering her point that every person has free will, Bok states later on in her article that, "A person whose actions depend on her choices has alternatives; if she is, in addition, capable of stepping back from her existing motivations and habits and making a reasoned decision among them, then . . . she is free." Here, the person whom Bok portrays stands in contrast to Antigone, who anticipates what she believes is her fate. As Bok asserts that all human beings have the ability to logically examine their alternatives in whatever situation they may find themselves, they must always see that there is never only one choice. Whenever someone claims that he is carrying out his only option in a matter, in reality, he is making the decision he thinks is best—or sometimes most convenient.
Many advocates of determinism assert that, since decisions are the result of chemical and biological reactions taking place in the brain, free will cannot exist according to the laws of nature. However, this viewpoint assumes that people can exercise free will only if there are no external factors to influence their decisions. A better interpretation of free will states that people exercise it during times when they make any sort of decision—in turn, free will becomes a cause for future events in their lives as well as others'. Roy Baumeister elaborates on this point in his article, "Do You Really Have Free Will?" in which he contends that, "Free will cannot violate the laws of physics or even neuroscience, but it invokes causes that go beyond them. . . . [It] enables humans to control their actions in precisely the ways required to build and operate complex social systems." Thus, Baumeister proclaims that, as free will can work alongside the laws of nature, it allows human beings to use reason and judgment rather than be led by blind instinct. As it has led to the exponential growth of human civilization, free will can be considered a trait inherent in human beings that allows them to cause future events that benefit themselves. This notion of free will as a driving force of humanity's development is echoed even by biologist and materialist Richard Dawkins, who states in a PBS interview that, "We drive ourselves to achieve goals . . . which cannot be said to directly benefit our survival or that of our genes. . . . We can deliberately take the decision to emancipate ourselves from the world of natural selection in which genes were naturally selected, and make a new world for ourselves to live in." Thus, Dawkins concedes that free will has allowed human beings to become much more than predictable biological or genetic machines. Breaking away from a deterministic world in which biological processes define all the interactions between animals, human beings use their free will to make choices and actions that imbue their lives with meaning.
Overall, free will allows people to choose their own destiny in spite of the many hardships they come across throughout their lives. Although Antigone believes that she has no choice but to bury her brother, she exercises free will in deciding her course of action. Even with her fatalistic perspective, no one prompted her to disobey Creon and bury Polynices, and she even demonstrates deliberation by carefully composing a speech to persuade Ismene to help her. Thus, even though some believe that all future events have already been determined, this does not stop human beings from having to use their intellect and judgment to make choices. As one of the most important and influential aspects of human nature, free will gives people the opportunity to strive, grow, and change.
Baumeister, Roy F. "Do You Really Have Free Will?" Slate. The Slate Group, 25 Sept. 2013. Web. 8 Nov. 2013.
Bok, Hilary. "Want to Understand Free Will? Don't Look to Neuroscience." The Chronicle Review. The Chronicle of Higher Education, 18 Mar. 2012. Web. 8 Nov. 2013.
"Richard Dawkins." Interview by Margaret Wertheim. Faith and Reason. PBS, n.d. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/faithandreason/transcript/dawk-frame.html>.
Sophocles. The Three Theban Plays. Trans. Robert Fagles. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1984. Print.
Vernant, Jean Pierre, and Pierre Vidal-Naquet. Myth and Tragedy. New York, NY: Zone, 1988. Print.
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This weekend I have a cake to do for my cousin's baby shower. Since I was making 3 batches of fondant I decided to share my recipe with my readers.
Years ago when I first tried using fondant I would buy it, which is very expensive and it doesn't taste the best due to preservatives. I liked the way fondant looked and was able to make cake decorations I couldn't with regular icing. So once I started making cakes more often, I did some research on how to make my own fondant. It wasn't very hard and ended up costing me about 85-90 percent less than buying it! The best part is the difference in taste, homemade was by far much better tasting than store bought.
First, put the mini marshmallows into a microwave safe glass bowl. Then pour the water over the marshmallows.
Now microwave for a minute.
Next, give it a stir.
It usually needs another 30 seconds to a minute more in the microwave to become totally smooth. I do it 30 seconds at a time to not over do it or your fondant will become too stiff.
Next you mix in the powdered sugar a little bit at a time. I always use a wooden spoon because it becomes so thick that it bends metal spoons.
Stir until it becomes a very thick dough like consistency. Everyone has a different opinion of how sticky or hard it should be. I've played around with it long enough I know what I like. It doesn't quite take the entire bag of powdered sugar for mine.
When I color it I use a gel food coloring you can get in craft stores in the decorating section.
I knead it into the fondant with gloves on or it dyes your hands. I knead it like I would dough until colored all the way through.
Well that's it! This amount of fondant premade from the store cost me $20.00 and to make costs me $2.50, and some elbow grease. I have been making my own for about 4 years now and won't be stopping 🙂 Tomorrow I will post the cake and cupcakes I made for the baby shower.
I can't stand the taste of store bought fondant and have seen marshmallow fondant recipes floating around pinterest. I've been wanting to try it. Have you ever added any flavoring to it? Or does it taste that good with just the marshmallow flavor? Thanks for sharing!
Thank you ~ will do!
I use to own my own business and made this every week. Yes you can add flavoring just add it when you add the water. Usually decrease the amount of water based off of how much flavoring you add to the mix. So if you use 1 tablespoon of say…. almond than reduce the amount of water added by 1 tablespoon. Alot of time I used a mix of almond and vanilla. If its too wet add alittle more powdered sugar. It is also easiest to roll out if you dust your counter with cornstarch. Also its best to let it rest for a day if you can. To do so…. coat the outside of it completely with crisco and cover in saran wrap. Make sure its air tight and it will keep for about a week or so in the fridge. Just bring to room temp to use and then knead again to make sure its pliable. Best of luck.
Thank you so much for the recipe! how far in advance should I make the fondant? And how long does it keep?
I make it 1-2 days in advance and it keeps about a week in a ziplock bag for me.
This is a great recipe, thanks for sharing. I need to make fondant for multiple cakes in the coming weeks, so will be trying it out with a part bag of marshmallows I have left over from a previous project.
Wouldn't it be easier to just mix in the food coloring initially into the melted marshmallows?
Do you store it in the fridge or just on the counter?
I keep it in a plastic bag on the counter for up to a week.
How much cake does one batch of this fondant cover?
It really depends on how thick you roll the fondant and the shape of the cake…. But this easily covers a two layer 9″ round cake for me.
I love this recipe! I found it four years ago when I wanted to decorate my son's cake for his 9th birthday. Liked the idea of fondant, but not the flavor. This is great stuff! I have kept it in the fridge for a few months and then used it by warming in the microwave-works great! It is so easy to use and color. I will have to use your trick to wear a glove when coloring.
I have always wanted to try fondant but didn't want to spend the money.i will make THIS investment.
I wonder how it would work on cupcakes? Do you frost first?
A lot of recipes on the web show this list of ingredients plus half a cup or so of shortening (crisco etc). Do you know why this is? Does your fondant still firm up or remain reasonably soft?
How do you make chocolate fondant?
I was curious as to what you have "dusted" on your counter top and do you roll it out ? and how thin?
I tried it this afternoon. Super easy! Thank you!
what if its too hard…is there a way to soften it up??
I have put it in the microwave for a few seconds to soften a bit.
Hi, thanks for this recipe I will certainly try this out. What weight of marshmallows do you use, I am in England so don't recognise the packet.
Another question if I may? Would it be ok to use a stand mixer instead of hand mixing please.
How long does this recipe keep?
I was reading through the comments and noticed you said you make the fondant about 2 days before. Can I make it and use it the same day? Also, I only want to use the fondant to make decorations. If I halve the recipe will it still be fine? Thank you!
I'm doing a safari cake for Tuesday. Does this fondant recipe hold up enough to make animal figures out of? If so, I'm already in love with this recipe! Thank you!
Yes it does hold up really well 🙂 if its too soft add a bit of powdered sugar until it is stiff enough for you.
Can you use this to create decorations for the cake as well? Like flowers and such?
Thanks for this easy recipe. I made it today for the first time. I am posting a recipe on my blog for little Easter cakes and have linked back here for the directions, giving you complete and total credit. 🙂 I honestly can't believe how easy this was. I don't usually even try to make pretty desserts, but I think I will now!
I want to make a cake for my daughters bday, but I want to make the cake the night before to avoid a rush. What is the best way to store the cake with this fondant Receipe? Fridge? Counter? How long does it keep for once its on the cake? Thanks!
I was wondering, I have to make a horseshoe cake this weekend (baking it today and hopefully decorating it later tonight) will this make enough fondant to cover a 22×30 cake?
THANK YOU!! You saved the day! My kids' birthdays all fall in the same week, and each year I make 3 cakes for the same party…this is just what I needed!!
You can use it immediately or wait.
Do you store the fondant in the fridge or outside in a ziploc..
I store in a plastic zipper bag in the pantry.
Can you frost the cake with regular store bought frosting before you put the fondant on top? I've never worked with fondant before, but still wanted the cake to have regular frosting. Do you know if this will work ?
That is exactly what I do. I use store bought or homemade frosting as a crumb layer first then lay on the fondant.
Thank you so much! And for sharing your recipe. I am so excited to try this out this weekend!!! I am planning on making my daughter's birthday party cake, but need to do trial and error before the actual party!
Does the coloring need to be gel or can it just be regular food coloring?
Regular food coloring is a bit too watery for fondant, it makes it very sticky.
can you use large marshmallows? And how many?
Any idea how long this will keep, and the best way to store it? I'm assuming a similar shelf life and storage plan as store bought fondant. I'd like to make a variety of colors to have on hand for decorations.
Love the recipe.. Going to try this for my daughter's birthday. I have a question, how do you get the powder off of the finished foundant, so it looks nice and bright in color? I have never done this before, so I may be overthinking 🙂 Thank you .
I used your recipe to make my daughter's "Frozen"-themed birthday cake. Thanks!!!
If I don't have time to wait a whole day or so for the foundant is it ok to use right away away after cooling for just a bit?
This is awesome! And I found this in time too! I'm throwing my friend a babyshower and was going to bake her cake instead of buy cause I'm poor lol and this fondant helps a ton! Yes! But when you knew it out what do you knead or roll it on when adding color or rolling out to cover a cake??
Usually my countertop but if you're worried about dying the surface you can use wax paper powdered with powdered sugar.
Help! I live in the south and the humidity is horrible, it causes the fondant to "sweat" really bad even indoors. Do you know of any way to help prevent this? I have to keep the cake in the fridge to keep it from "melting"!


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D-backs Return to Phoenix Down 0-2
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By Josh Greene
For a team that's been remarkably resilient all season long, the D-backs know they will need to be even more so on Tuesday for Game 3 of their National League Division Series vs. Milwaukee. (more…)
Posted on October 3, 2011 at 7:29 am
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Tags: Aaron Hill, Chris Young, Josh Greene, Willie Bloomquist
D-backs claim sole possession of first place
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By Greg Dillard
First place in the National League West hung in the balance on Wednesday night, with the D-backs entering the day a slim half game behind the Giants.
But with the Pirates handing San Francisco a 9-2 loss earlier in the afternoon, the D-backs and Giants were tied atop the NL West standings, as Josh Collmenter toed the rubber vs. the Astros in his 16th start of the season and sole possession of first place on the line.
Posted on August 11, 2011 at 5:59 am
Tags: Josh Collmenter, Kirk Gibson, Willie Bloomquist
D-backs complete comeback against Astros
For the first four innings of Tuesday night's matchup against the Astros, it appeared as if the D-backs were destined for another disheartening loss. Houston's red-hot offense picked up where it left off on Monday by plating seven early runs off Arizona starter Jason Marquis.
Marquis was knocked out of the game early and the D-backs faced a six-run deficit heading into the bottom of the fifth. That's when the game took a startling turn.
Tags: J.J. Putz, Justin Upton, Kirk Gibson, Willie Bloomquist
Q&A with D-backs infielder Willie Bloomquist
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In last Wednesday's thrilling comeback win over the Marlins, Willie Bloomquist led off the bottom of the ninth with a single. He later hustled from first to third on a ground ball that never left the infield. Bloomquist then scored the winning run on Justin Upton's walk-off single. In his first season in Arizona, Bloomquist has served as a sparkplug at the plate and on the base paths for the D-backs.
D-backs Insider sat down with Bloomquist to talk Wednesday's victory, executing the little things, and even some ASU baseball.
DI: Another huge win last night, and obviously you were a big part of that in the ninth. Were you going to third from the beginning once you saw the ball hit?
WB: Well I was running on the pitch, and it was kind of one of those instinct plays to where you know it's going to be two long throws across the diamond. I timed him pretty well when he was releasing the ball at third. Looking back on it, it probably wasn't the smartest play in the world. If I would've gotten thrown out it would have been the third out at third base, but I've done that play a few times to where I think I had it timed pretty well to where I was going to be safe. I wouldn't have taken the risk if I didn't think I was going to be safe.
DI: Gibby mentioned that one of the benefits of you going on that play is forcing them to make a long throw. Is that something that you thought about?
WB: Absolutely, it's two long throws. One positive of me playing a variety of positions is I know on the flipside of that is that that's a long throw for the first baseman, especially when you haven't been throwing a lot. Usually you're just flipping ground balls over there. So to come up and catch a ball and get rid of it back across the diamond, it's going to take an absolute perfect throw to even have a chance of getting me. You force the other team to make plays. So if they make them maybe you tip your hat, maybe you don't, but you got to make them first so you force the other team and put pressure on them. Usually good things happen when you're the aggressor.
DI: This team seems to do the little things well. Is that a driving force behind the recent success?
WB: Well it's certainly been a key point coming into this season. I think a more emphasis on instead of hitting a three-run home run, doing some little things properly. For example, you take the at-bat Justin had in the seventh (on June 1) when Kelly just hit a triple with one out. Him not getting big right there and trying to tie it up, him just taking a nice swing within himself and hitting a ground ball to second base and scoring the run to make it a 4-3 game. A lot of times guys will try and get big and pop that ball up to short or hit a shallow fly that doesn't score the run, but that's a big run to make it 4-3 instead of 4-2. That's a little thing that he just did right. So those sort of things are starting to come together, and when we do those things we can be a pretty decent team.
DI: So as I'm sure you know, ASU baseball is back in the postseason this month. Are you going to follow your alma mater?
WB: I'm pulling for the kids. I hope they do well. For the kids' sake I hope they do well. Obviously I still have ties and that's my alma mater so I'd be lying if I said I wasn't pulling for them in some way shape or form. I wish the kids well. I hope they do really well there.
Posted on June 6, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Tags: Willie Bloomquist
Ninth Inning Execution was Key in D-backs Win
In 2011, the D-backs have proven time and time again that they can never be counted out in a ballgame. And as they've proven this season, it's the execution of the little things that makes all the difference.
During the team's surge to the top of the National League West, they have continually found ways to win with a new hero every single game.
In Wednesday night's series finale against the Marlins, the D-backs pulled off another miraculous comeback to seal the 6-5 win and the series victory. It was the team's third walk-off win of the season, and the D-backs now have a 16-3 record in their past 19 games.
"We just try to weather the storm, just stay calm about it, and don't get too frustrated," manager Kirk Gibson said. "When you get in games like that they can frustrate you."
After the Marlins came back to tie the score at 5-5 in the top of the inning, it was time for the D-backs to rally once again.
Upton delivered the striking blow with a two-out, broken-bat single to left, but Willie Bloomquist and Ryan Roberts deserve a ton of credit for the way the game ended.
Bloomquist singled to start the inning. When Roberts was up with a 2-1 count and one out, Bloomquist took off running. Roberts made contact, chopping the ball to third. When third baseman Greg Dobbs fielded it and threw Roberts out, Bloomquist was able to advance to third, taking two bases on a ground out.
Upton's hit then plated Bloomquist and sealed the walk-off win.
"We just kept battling," Upton said. "Huddy gave up some runs early, but he kept us in it. He gave us a chance to battle back, and we just fought."
Hernandez continues 8th inning excellence
After rallying to tie knot the score at 4-4 in the seventh, Gibson called on David Hernandez to pitch the eighth, as he has so many times this year. The right-hander did his job, and then some in his lone inning of work.
Hernandez fanned the first batter, Gaby Sanchez, to start the inning and then froze Gregg Dobbs on strike three. Mike Stanton then strode to the plate in need of just a double for the cycle. Instead, Hernandez struck out Stanton to fan the side and end the inning.
"I was feeling good," Hernandez said. "It's actually funny, Gibby came up to me yesterday during batting practice and was like 'Hey we need to work on getting your pitch count down'. He told me he wanted to get down to about 15 an inning so it was 13 tonight so that's a start."
Tags: David Hernandez, Justin Upton, Ryan Roberts, Willie Bloomquist
Bloomquist Back on the field, Burroughs Back in the Bigs
It's been five years since infielder Sean Burroughs last donned a Major League uniform.
His career could have been finished in 2007 when the Seattle Mariners released him in June. But five years and plenty of hard work later, he is back in the big leagues.
The D-backs recalled Burroughs from Triple-A Reno prior to Wednesday's game against the Padres.
"It's still really a surreal feeling," Burroughs said. "I don't know if I was dreaming when I got the call last night. I try to think of myself as a man's man, kind of macho but I actually broke down, had some tears last night."
Burroughs was once a star in the Padres' minor league system. A first-round draft pick by San Diego in the 1998 amateur draft, he quickly ascended through the minor leagues before making his Major League debut on April 2, 2002.
Despite the hype, Burroughs' career never completely took off with the Padres. In four seasons, he hit .282 with 11 home runs and 133 RBI. He was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2006 where he batted .190 in 25 plate appearances. He was cut by Tampa Bay after only eight games.
That's when his baseball career appeared over. Burroughs was unsure if he'd ever play baseball again.
"To tell you the truth, probably not," Burroughs said. "If you would have told me 12-14 months ago that I would be playing baseball in general, anywhere, be it in independent leagues or at a high school on a Sunday, I don't know if I would have believed you."
This winter, Burroughs embarked on a comeback, hoping to one-day return to the Major League level, signing a minor league contract with the D-backs. Burroughs then dominated Triple-A pitching will with Reno this season, batting .386 with nine extra-base hits in 27 games.
His standout performance there earned him another shot in the Majors.
"It's been a long journey," Burroughs said. "I've been through a lot, a lot of ups a lot of downs. This organization has given me the opportunity to play and produce and have the chance to come back and play Major League Baseball."
Bloomquist reinstated from disabled list
The D-backs roster received another boost on Wednesday when the team activated utitiliy man Willie Bloomquist from the disabled list.
Bloomquist missed four weeks due to a lingering hamstring injury. Prior to his disabled list stint, he was an integral part of the D-backs' lineup.
In 14 games, Bloomquist batted .306 with four doubles, seven stolen bases and seven RBI.
"DL's are no fun, obviously," Bloomquist said. "There's no good time to go on them, nonetheless, happy to be off and happy to be back. I look forward to getting back in there soon."
During his first season in Arizona, Bloomquist quickly proved himself to be a constant threat on the base paths. In eight stolen base attempts, he's been thrown out just once.
Given the importance of his speed, Bloomquist did not want to come off the disabled list too early.
"I feel good, good enough to go," Bloomquist said. "That was the understanding amongst everybody that until I was at a point where I think I could steal some bases and do what I normally do then stay on the DL."
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D-backs Notes: Bloomquist Riding 10-Game Hit Streak
In each game Willie Bloomquist has played in this season, he has collected at least one hit.
With a single in Friday's contest against the Giants, Bloomquist extended his season-starting hitting streak to 10 games. It is currently the fourth-longest streak in the Major Leagues and sits in a tie for the franchise's longest season-opening hitting streak. Steve Finley hit in 10 straight to open the season in 2000, and Danny Bautista opened with a hit in 10 straight in 2002.
In addition to collecting 16 hits, Bloomquist has swiped seven bases, driven in seven and smacked three doubles while playing both shortstop and left field.
"He's played well," Gibson said. "He keeps grinding. He adds something to our lineup."
Blum making progress in extended spring
D-backs infielder Geoff Blum is continuing to make advancements in his return to the active roster.
Blum, who was signed by the D-backs in the offseason, was placed on the 15-day disabled list in March. He has battled right knee inflammation dating back to Spring Training.
"It's been going decently," manager Kirk Gibson said. "A little bit of soreness today. He got a couple hits the first day. I think he's got 10 at-bats in the two days."
Blum has been playing in extended Spring Training at the D-backs spring complex Salt River Fields. He has been limited to DH, but is expected to play third base in the coming days.
In non-game situations, Blum has been able to field ground balls, hit and do some light running. Although Blum continues to make progress, there is no definite timetable for his return.
"It's possible by the end of next week he could go somewhere and start a rehab," Gibson said.
Once he returns to the big league club, Blum figures to play an integral role off the D-backs' bench. In his 12 year career, Blum has posted a .251 batting average with 468 RBI as primarily a role player.
Vasquez lights out in return to Major Leagues
Since being recalled from Triple-A Reno, relief pitcher Esmerling Vasquez has looked good the D-backs.
In two appearances, Vasquez has thrown 3 1/3 shutout innings. During that time, he's struck out two and without walking a batter, while allowing only two hits.
"He's throwing the ball good since he's been here," Gibson said. "He's throwing strikes. The breaking ball is as good or better than it was at the end of Spring. His velocity has been up to 92 to 96."
Gibson neutral in Coyotes/ Red Wings series
Gibson is among the many fans following the opening round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. With a win on Saturday, the Red Wings hold a 2-0 series lead as the series shifts to Glendale.
The former Detroit Tiger used to have Red Wings season tickets, but gave them up when he moved to Arizona.
Despite his former interest in the Red Wings, the skipper won't take sides in this playoff series.
"I don't think I can lose either way," Gibson said. "I'm pretty neutral on it to be honest with you."
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I could not have wished for a better ending of my first year Leadership Master Course. Together with my eight class mates, three artists from Central St Martins and our tutors Sigrun Griffiths, Nell Catchpole and Sophie Clements we went for a residency week to Iceland.
The first five nights we stayed at the family summer house of Sigrun in Vik. Sigrun is born and bred in Iceland which gave us an amazing guide and the opportunity to be in contact with the locals. After five amazing days of sightseeing, singing, filming and composing we finished our time in Vik with a concert for the locals after which we continued our journey to Reykjavik.
In Reykjavik we did a second concert in concert venue Mengi and.. Björk was one of the members of our audience!


Participants in the choking game — typically adolescents — attempt to trigger a high by temporarily depriving the brain of oxygen through strangulation. The choking game is often done with a ligature or another person's hands around the participant's neck. A child may also take a deep breath, hold it, and have someone hug him or her from behind until he or she feels dizzy and passes out. This only takes 3-4 minutes for a child to do this.
The choking game is also sometimes called the blackout game, pass-out game, scarf game or space monkey.
The choking game is most common in as young as 6 years old to 24 years of age.
Versions of this game have also been done with water. Children are seeing how long they can hold their breath underwater, and getting the same "adrenaline rush" feeling.
The choking game can result in serious injuries, such as seizures, fractures, permanent brain damage and death. Taken to an extreme, the choking game can be life-threatening. If a child plays the choking game alone and with a scarf or robe tie, for example, he or she may lose consciousness and be unable to release the ligature.
Hi Keri its your cousin Ashley. There is another game going around know I heard it through my school at camp out it is where i think you squat like a frog and pant fastly for like 30 sec then you stand up and put your thumb in your mouth and blow out and you eventually pass out trust me i have never tried but i think its something you may want to add on here. Bye and congrats on graduating!
As a child (92′) something like this was popular. Not sure, but thought it might be something to add. The person sits with their head between their legs, then breath in and out very quickly for a few minutes. Once the last deep breath is taken, they hold it place both hands around their neck, fingers facing the back of the neck & apply pressure until they pass out. There isn't very noticeable signs its going on.
In the 1970's an older boy from Mason City showed us how to pass out. Nobody died but I think I suffered mild brain damage as I have some memory issues. No adults knew about this activity, there wasn't anyone to warn us how dangerous this "game" could be. I hope that you can continue to spread the word so no more children will be lost.


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Pensions: Public Sector
Mr. Philip Hammond
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will make it his policy to publish estimates of total public service pension liabilities on a regular basis in the future; (153926)
(2) what the total liability of unfunded public service pension schemes was as at 31 March in each year since 1997.
Total unfunded public service liabilities are estimated to be £530 billion at 31 March 2005. The two previous comparable estimates of this total were £460 billion at 31 March 2004 and, and £425 billion at 31 March 2003. The estimates for years prior to 2003 were not made on a comparable basis. As noted in the 2007 pre-Budget report (Cm 7227), updated estimates of the unfunded public service liability will be published alongside the next long-term public finance report.


I just ordered the same rod, and printed out a copy of your discussion with your wife.....I'm just going to give her the printout when the rod arrives!
Ha!!!! You're on serious thin ice using me to maintain marital equalibrium. Good luck!!!
Classic - incredible writing and such reality. I'm glad that I ran across your site and have enjoyed several posts.
Thanks, Brandon. Glad you stopped by!


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Bush Is A Wuss
According to Mark Steyn in the Chicago Sun-Times:
The administration, in trying to see its way through both the phony crossfire and the real one, has been rattled by the fake war. Someone in the White House needs seriously to stiffen the Bush rhetoric. When the president talks about "staying the course" and "bringing to justice" the killers, he sounds like Bill Clinton, who pledged to stay the course in Somalia and bring to justice the terrorists, and did neither. Bush has to go back to speaking Rumsfeldian, not Powellite: He has to talk about winning total victory, hunting down the enemy and killing them.
He also needs to promise himself that he'll never again apologize to some Arab despot — even relatively benign ones, like the king of Jordan — for events in Iraq. If he feels the need to apologize, he should apologize to the American people for apologizing to the Arab world. This isn't just because what went on in Abu Ghraib is a picnic — well, a Paris Hilton video picnic — compared to what goes on every day in the prisons of our Arab "allies." More important than that, the Bush apology buys into one of the most fetid props of the region's so-called stability — "pan-Arabism." If U.S. troops "humiliated" some Portuguese prisoners, the president wouldn't apologize to the king of Norway or the prime minister of Slovenia. So why, when U.S. troops humiliate Iraqi prisoners, would he apologize to Jordan's King Abdullah or Egypt's thug-for-life? "Pan-Arabism" is one reason why the region's a sewer. If Iraq succeeds, it will be by breaking with regional solidarity.
In other words, according to Steyn, real men don't apologize. They just scratch themselves and grunt, I suppose. But this guy has nothing on Michael Savage, according to Salon.com's Right Hook:
On May 11, while repeatedly calling Abu Ghraib "Grab-an-Arab" prison, he launched into this little tirade:
"I think there should be no mercy shown to these sub-humans. I believe that a thousand of them should be killed tomorrow. I think a thousand of them held in the Iraqi prison should be given 24 hour[s] — a trial and executed. I think they need to be shown that we are not going to roll over to them … Instead of putting joysticks, I would have liked to have seen dynamite put in their orifices and they should be dropped from airplanes … They should put dynamite in their behinds and drop them from 35,000 feet, the whole pack of scum out of that jail."
The next day Savage added that Arabs were "racist, fascist bigots," and purported to speak for a majority of Americans regarding the war. He offered several all-American solutions to our problems in the Middle East.
"Right now, even people sitting on the fence would like George Bush to drop a nuclear weapon on an Arab country. They don't even care which one it would be. I can guarantee you — I don't need to go to Mr. Schmuck [pollster John] Zogby and ask him his opinion … The most — I tell you right now — the largest percentage of Americans would like to see a nuclear weapon dropped on a major Arab capital. They don't even care which one…
"I think these people need to be forcibly converted to Christianity … It's the only thing that can probably turn them into human beings."
What a classy guy. Why he didn't get that job in the Protocol office at the State Department is a mystery to me.


For the first time, we are excited to host Mark Gungor at Freedom Life! He is one of the most sought-after international speakers on marriage and family. Mark's candid and comedic approach uses unforgettable illustrations and the power of laughter to teach proven principles that are guaranteed to strengthen any marriage.
The community is invited to join us March 15th & 16th as we fill the auditorium at Octorara High School and laugh our way to a better marriage, together.


1- All students and staff will be kept at school.
2- A message will be posted on the school website indicating lockdown policy implementation.
3- A message of lockdown policy implementation will be sent to parents by SMS.
4- Students will not be released until the situation is safe.
5- Buses will not operate until the situation is clear.
6- Parents can collect their children from school during lockdown only in person.
7- An "All Clear" message will be sent to parents once the situation is safe.
Parents must check the website and their phones for information.
Each teacher present in class closes windows, switches off the lights, takes the homeroom class package placed in the classroom, quietly leads the students out in line, and then closes the door.
Teachers ensure students do not go to the lockers/toilets or return to class to pick up something they forgot.
Teachers ensure students walk quietly in line and hold on to the stair rails, if any. The class closest to the stairs leaves first.
Supervisors ensure elevators are not used at all.
Supervisors ensure students in the toilets or outside their classes do not return to their classes but just continue to the designated areas on the grounds.
Each teacher present in a Preschool class ensures his/her students leave and assemble at the basketball court as designated.
Each teacher present in an Elementary School class ensures his/her students leave through the stairs of Block B to the basketball court and line up per class as designated.
Each teacher present in a Middle School class ensures his/her students leave through the stairs of Block A to the basketball court and line up according to homeroom as designated.
Each teacher present in an ISD class ensures his/her students leave through the stairs of Block A to join their respective homeroom on the grounds as designated.
The lab assistant/teacher in the Biology/Chemistry lab ensures his/her students leave through the stairs of Block A and join their respective homeroom on the grounds as designated.
Each teacher present in a Senior School class ensures his/her students leave starting with the second floor of Block C down the stairs unto the space designated for their respective homeroom.
One supervisor from each section (Elementary, Middle and Senior Schools) takes the absence list for the day plus a copy of all the class lists to check with teachers/staff members taking attendance. If the absences do not tally, the supervisor then informs the administrator in charge.
Each Head of Section (or the Dean of Students) ensures all the section's floors are clear of students and teachers before leaving for the designated area.
Administration and cafeteria staff leave through the front stairs of Block A to assemble in the designated area.
The receptionist takes down the teachers/staff members attendance sheet along with the students lists in case a list is missing.
All teachers/staff members head for the grounds to register attendance and assist with the students.
Nobody leaves the designated grounds until given the "All Clear" sign by the administrator in charge.


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Q: Node.js check if one substring contains something from another substring So, i want to check if one substring contains something from another substring, basically if atleast one word matches. I'm developing discord bot and need it to block certain words.
var fs = require('fs');
let args2 = args.slice(0).join(' ');
fs.readFile('./words.json','utf8', (err,data4) => {
if (err) throw err;

   if (data4.indexOf(args2))
   {
     message.channel.send("contains");
   }

now, problem is that it returns true always.
In words i have list like this right now:
test
justatest
and when my message contains one of these words, for example: "This is a test sentence". It contains word "test" and i want it to detect it, but i can't get it working with indexOf().

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Are there other sorts of Bees?
Does anyone know if there are others types of Bees? Like oh, I don't know, crawling ones!
I suppose this is just another example of the signwriter disengaging his or her brain before creating a sign, they really should be more careful shouldn't they!


The Woodland Buffalo Plaid Bear Pillow is a great accent pillow for your couch, chair or bed this holiday season! If you want rustic, buffalo plaid, cabin Christmas style, this pillow will meet your needs! It will look great in your ski lodge, cabin, cottage or mountain home!