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SHARON STONE is shameless. The actress considers it a skill to have no shame. She thinks everyone should try it, though she cautions that if you're female, shamelessness can cost you. Her refusal to feel guilty, she says, has gotten her labeled difficult, or worse.
"I'm like a Prohibition-era flapper. I'm like a juke-joint hussy," Stone says over lunch at an Italian restaurant near Beverly Hills. But better to be called names than to be pressured into not being herself. Feeling ashamed, she says, "is not an organic state of being, so shamelessness is closer to godliness. You have to put shame down."
Minutes later, as if to prove her point, she responds to a question about the watch on her wrist by yanking it off and flinging it onto the cement patio. "That's the Dior Christal," she says of the pricey timepiece, made with sapphire crystals, that she's just tried to kill (Stone says she often does this stunt, which "shocks people but is the reason I am so proudly Dior's spokeswoman"). She crouches to retrieve her bauble, emerging with a big smile on her makeup-free face. "How about that? It keeps on ticking."
It's tempting to say the same about Stone herself. Life has flung her to the hard ground more than once in recent years: She survived a brain hemorrhage in 2001, a bruising divorce in 2004 and, in December, the loss of her 78-year-old father, Joseph, to esophageal cancer. But listen to her tick, tick, tick.
"I'm detached from my celebrity. I don't need to be 'it' anymore," she says, announcing with what sounds like relief that her days as "a great big movie star" may well be behind her. Not that she isn't busy. In the spring, she shot a four-episode guest stint on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and headed to Europe to film the sequel to Largo Winch, based on a Belgian comic book series. Still, Stone has a point: Her last movie, Streets of Blood, went straight to DVD. But no matter. When I compliment her poignant portrayal of a hairdresser in Bobby, released in 2006, she pronounces herself happy to be seen no longer as a babe starlet but as "a very fine character actor." Indeed, Stone reports she is happy with her work, her kids (she has three adopted boys, ages 10, five and four) and her sense of style ("I'm always going to wear leopard; leopard is a neutral for me"). Without sounding too "woo-woo"—a term she invokes when discussing her interest in Eastern -spirituality—she would like you to know she's been thinking a lot lately about getting older, about womanhood and about lost love. What she's concluded may surprise you.
"Life and love is like the ocean," she tells me between bites of a Caesar salad. At 52, she is stunning up close—blue eyed, lithe and radiant in ripped jeans, a white T-shirt sans bra and a linen vest. "Sometimes the tide is in and sometimes the tide is out, and sometimes it's like the frigging Mojave." Where's the tide now? "For me? Mojave! Fortunately, I like the desert. I'm a desert flower."
Of course, a dry spell in Stone's life can sound like a torrential downpour to the rest of us. For example, she acknowledges that since her divorce from former San Francisco news-paper editor Phil Bronstein six years ago, "I really get pursued by men in their twenties, like, a lot." Her theory on why? "They probably know there's food in the fridge and that somebody's going to talk to them and ask them how their day was."
But flattering as it is to be courted by men half her age, right now she says she's going solo. "I've reached this period in my life when I feel particularly feminine," she says, her eyes suddenly filling with tears. She is thinking of her father, who with her mother moved in with Stone seven years ago, after he received his diagnosis. "He was a very tough cat," she says fondly, dabbing her eyes with tissues she's retrieved from her bag. Watching a parent fight to live, she says, has changed her sense of self—in a good way.
"Because I saw in him this intense but vulnerable masculinity, I found an intense yet vulnerable femininity," she tells me, taking a big breath. "The death of my dad was huge for me. It doesn't make me feel like a child. In fact, it makes me feel like a woman."
A woman determined, more than ever, to feel no shame.
SHARON STONE is fine with nudity. Just as she's always been. Everyone knows about her star turn in the 1992 thriller Basic Instinct, which featured plenty of sweaty sex scenes. She went clothes free again in the 2006 sequel, Basic Instinct 2, which she likes to call "the naked movie" or simply "Naked 2." Most recently, she was pictured topless on the covers of Paris Match and Italian Vanity Fair, in photos shot by Alix Malka, looking better—fitter—at 51 than most other women ever look.
"Is there an age when one shouldn't be allowed to do certain things, to show one's body?" she said in Paris Match. "Midlife is not the end of life."
But while Stone says she has no hang-ups about nudity, she hasn't always felt at home in her body. As a child in Meadville, Pennsylvania, she never knew whether she was the right size. "Nobody is in sync with their body growing up," she says. "As my 10-year-old would say, It's just awkward."
Part of Stone's confusion stemmed from the fact that because she was so brainy, she rarely went to school with people her age. At five, she started school in the second grade. She went to college and high school simultaneously at 15. As a result, she says, "I have no comprehension of what being integrated to normalcy means."
No wonder she became an actress. Her long slog toward stardom has become the stuff of legend: After moving to L.A., Stone toiled for years in B movies without breaking through. "I couldn't get hired because no one thought I was sexy," she says, recalling how her manager diagnosed the problem. So, without shame, she set them straight by posing for Playboy.
Her big break came in 1990, when director Paul Verhoeven featured her in his futuristic thriller Total Recall. But it was his next film, Basic Instinct, that finally put her on the map. She'd won the part by arriving at the screen test with Michael Douglas wearing an Armani pantsuit and a sheer blouse with no bra underneath. The message: I'm proud of—and comfortable with—my body.
What's interesting, though, is that Stone says it wasn't until Basic Instinct that she began to realize she was pretty. She remembers the moment, at a prerelease screening of the film for several pals on her birthday. "I turned to one friend, and I was like, 'Look how great they made me look. It's unbelievable.' He goes, 'That's how you look.' I'm like, 'No. No. Really, look what they did!' He says, 'Would you shut up? I'm trying to watch the movie. That's how you look.'"
But it was her willingness to expose herself emotionally, not physically, that earned her a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar nomination for Casino, Martin Scorsese's 1995 film, in which she played the wife of a Vegas mobster (Robert De Niro). Somewhere along the line, Stone had grown into herself enough to really get naked.
Today she says she isn't vain about her body. She takes care of it: She is a devoted student of Pilates and consumes very little caffeine. But fundamentally, she sees her physique as an instrument of her work.
"If I'm in an action movie and I'm holding the gun and my elbow is right in the camera, I will say, 'I think my elbow looks baggy or bad,'" she says matter-of-factly. "Or I say, 'I have cellulite today.' I tell them what I think is the problem. Because I'm looking for the better visual, the right thing.
"You know," she continues, "I'm still wearing a bikini. That's my bathing suit." Stone doesn't believe that "this is what you wear when you're 40, 50, 60. I wore leather pants when I was 20. I'll be wearing leather pants when I'm 70. Because that's my style."
But she is aware she's aging—who isn't?—and lately she's been looking for clues on how to do it gracefully. In the supermarket and at cocktail parties, she has walked up to complete strangers and asked them about their lives. "I've actually started filming elderly women with my Flip video: 'Can I sit down and talk to you and your friends? I want to talk about what it's like getting old. How is your sex life? How is friendship? Do you date?'" she says. "I want to see the anthropology of aging."
SHARON STONE is not "Sharon Stone." Or, rather, she is—but not the one you see in public. That persona was created, she said, to mask her shyness.
"I could cry telling you about it, because people don't know that Sharon Stone character is an invention," she says. "My friends and I laugh so hard, because our joke is, 'Baby, you do Sharon Stone better than anybody else.'" If only, she says ruefully, she'd given her alter ego a different name.
Stone-the-topless is also Stone-the-shy? Can that be true? Apparently, just as Stone-the-stone-cold-fox has also been Stone-the-insecure. It was just a few years ago, she says, in the wake of her divorce, when loneliness and self-doubt caused her to get something—she doesn't recall exactly what—injected into her lips.
"Nobody loves me. I'm 103. My life would be better if I had better lips," she says, recounting the thoughts that went through her head preinjection. Just one thought occurred to her after: "What the hell?"
Her lips were so overplump, lip gloss wouldn't stay put, she recalls. What's more, her lips no longer matched. When she put color on her lower lip and pressed it to the upper—her usual application method—nothing lined up. She looked "like a trout," she says, pooching out her lips in a distinctly fishy manner. She adds that she's shunned plastic surgery ever since.
On other fronts, though, Stone acknowledges that her feelings have evolved. Two years ago, she told More that it hadn't been her idea to marry Bronstein but that he'd been "hounding" her to tie the knot. In discussing their split, she's had a sort of tough-as-nails demeanor. But today she admits she's been heartbroken in the wake of her divorce. Since her father's death, she says, she's let herself feel a lot of things she'd kept tamped down.
Her brain hemorrhage, she believes, was a manifestation of her disintegrating marriage. "When I understood that my reality was not as I had perceived it, my body had a gigantic reaction. It took a year for my basic recovery. And then my husband filed for divorce."
But here's the thing: She says she married him "with every best intention for every good and wonderful thing." And when it was over, it crushed her.
"It takes a long, long time to come to the point where you can actually say"—she dabs her eyes again—"that you got married because you were in love with the person. And it makes me cry," she tells me. It's easier to be angry. But to let that go and "to admit your own lovingness was, for me, a harder step. Not to be embarrassed or ashamed that I could love somebody who didn't love me. And that can be OK."
Though the young men who pursue her are beautiful, she says, what she needs more than anything else in a future mate is purpose. It's the ultimate turn-on, "and even in an older person, this concept is hard to locate."
For now, solitude is fine for Stone. "That's the kind of person I am. I was born in the Week of the Loner on the zodiac, and I guess that's why years and years ago I started going to black-tie events solo. It was shocking—it was a not-done, what-is-she-doing thing. People thought, 'Oh, she wants my guy.' You're either lesbian, ill or after their man," she says. "I couldn't want their guy less. I just wanted some peace of mind."
What she wanted, in other words, was to be herself, without feeling any shame. "We all go through it," she tells me. "We wrestle all day long with 'How am I unlovable? Am I too tall, too short, too thin, too blond, too brown? Why is my life not perfect?' Instead of 'Why am I grateful? What can I do to be of service? And if I am in the desert, how am I a desert flower?' "
We're all getting older, she adds, content with the thought. "I'm not a different person than I was in my twenties," she says. "What I have is more life ?experience—there's a deeper pool."
Amy Wallace has profiled Dana Delany, Holly Hunter and Meg Whitman for More.
Originally published in the June 2010 issue of More.


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Mirror: Fernandinho not afraid of Anfield crowd
- 13 April 2014 08:59
- Posted by @roline_mcfc
It's finally here. Today's the day City travel to Anfield in what many have dubbed 'the title decider'. This clash has dominated the headlines for weeks so what's in the media on the morning of the game?
Let's start with the Mirror, who claim Brazil international Fernandinho has asserted City's ability to 'keep calm and carry on' in what will be an intense atmosphere at Anfield, revealing that he's experienced much worse during his career.
Writes Simon Mullock: "Fernandinho has been pelted with sticks and stones at some of the world's most hostile stadiums. The Brazilian midfielder also recalls playing in Colombia in the aftermath of an earthquake.
"And when his first season in the Ukraine came to a climax – with a winner-takes-all title showdown – it was Fernandinho's Shakhtar Donetsk that emerged victorious against Dynamo Kiev.
"So, when it was put to him that Manchester City's players could be paralysed by an emotionally-charged Anfield on Sunday, he flashed a look that only emphasised an answer loaded with disdain."
Quoted in the article, Ferna stated: "Liverpool have obviously never played in the Copa Libertadores. When you play in the Copa Libertadores and you go to Chile, Paraguay, Argentina and Ecuador, as you approach the stadium, you get attacked from all sides with stones, sticks and wooden posts. That's a bit different.
"When I was in Brazil once, we went to play a game against Vasco Da Gama in Rio De Janeiro. The access to the stadium was a very tight road, just enough for a vehicle to go down and we got a huge stone thrown through the window of our bus.
"The police would not allow us to warm up on the pitch. We had to warm up in a cement area, I think it was an old cinema or something like that.
"They did all sorts of tricks, but we still played the game – and, most importantly, we won the match. It was a very important game for us.
"It will be the same when we go to Liverpool. We will be focused enough not to be affected by outside events.
"The City team is old enough, prepared enough and experienced enough to know how to deal with the situation at Liverpool. If you are properly prepared, you can block everything from the outside. It will not affect our performance."
Well, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger and all that. Let's hope you can draw your strength from those dreadful experiences again today, Ferna!
Elsewhere, in the Daily Mail, Manuel Pellegrini has stoked the fires ahead of the Liverpool game, claiming it would be "disappointing for football" if Chelsea were to win the Premier League title.
According to Derek Hunter, the Chilean believes teams that favour attacking football should be 'rewarded', declaring: "[If Chelsea won the title], it would be very disappointing – for football, for the fans, for everyone.
"I think the most attractive football, the more goals you can score, should be rewarded. I'm not saying it's not important to defend very well. Football is attacking and defending. But I think big teams must play as big teams."
Hunter suggests: "Pellegrini has also taken issue with both Mourinho and Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers over their insistence that, despite their positions in the table, there is no pressure on their respective teams."
The Blues' boss continues: "Maybe they are covering [themselves] for if they don't win the title. But really, I don't think both of these managers feel that is the reality. This profession is about pressure. I can't believe being in this profession without pressure.
"More important, when you manage important teams, is to have the chance to win the title. I don't know what their players think but I'm sure if I said to my players 'we don't have any pressure to win', I don't think it would work.
"I don't think the players agree - not important players - that they don't have a chance of winning the title. Not when they are one or two points off the top of the table. When they are 10 points away, maybe."
Oooft! As if the title race needed any added spice, Mr P! And he didn't finish there...
The Chilean also features in a Goal.com report, insisting he would not swap Sergio Aguero for Luis Suarez if the opportunity arose.
Scribes Tom J Doyle: "The City forward's season has been disrupted by injury as his side prepare to face table toppers Liverpool on Sunday but Pellegrini still believes Aguero is the best man to lead his side's attack - though did acknowledge the talents of Premier League topscorer Suarez."
Apparently, when asked whether he still believes Aguero is one of the top three players in world football, Pellegrini maintained: "I continue to think that."
Whilst discussing Aguero and Suarez, he added: "They are both top players. Suarez has had the whole season playing, he has scored a lot of goals and Sergio has had a difficult season with injuries, but I wouldn't swap.
"I think a lot of Suarez. He is a great player, not only a striker. He scores goals, but also plays a lot for the team.
"If you tell me I could change him for Sergio, no. I continue with Sergio."
Yes, I think I would too. After all, "Suarezzzzzzzzzz" doesn't have the same ring to it as "Agueroooooooooo!"
That's all for today. Check back to mcfc.co.uk tomorrow morning for the media's post-match reaction.
The race for the Premier League has come to the boil, so make sure you're there to lend your support as we bid for a second title in three years.
Tickets are still available for the two of the last first-team games taking place at the Etihad Stadium this season, against Sunderland and West Brom.
They could be decisive clashes, so don't miss out.

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Halloween Bloodbath (?)
by Kelly Cordes
[Parking lot Limbo. Photo: Kelly Cordes]
"It's gonna be a bloodbath!"
The words rocked me back to my mullet years in the 80s, back in high school, central Pennsylvania. "Oh my," Mean Gene would usually add. I'm talking about Mean Gene Okerlund, the rounded, balding, deadpan serious WWF announcer. As you know, WWF would later become WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment, rather than Federation), and things would never be the same. It's when rasslin' lost its soul, became all about the money and show instead of love of the sport. As a former diehard professional wrestling fan (today I can no longer bear witness to the charade it has become), I feel qualified in my assessment, and not just because of my mullet – I attended multiple events live. Like Mean Gene, I kept it real. I once shook the massive hand of Andre the Giant (RIP), got the Junkyard Dog's autograph in a bar, got spit on by one of the Samoans, and chased by George the Animal Steele (at the shows in Altoona, Pennsylvania, they sometimes eschewed fan restraints, unthinkable as it seems given the IQ and behavioral tendencies of most [emphasis mine] 'rasslin fans). Anyway, when Mean Gene talked bloodbaths, he usually spoke of an upcoming steel cage match, as in, "This Saturday night, at the West Virginia state fairgrounds, Superfly Snuka and Rowdy Roddy Piper, in the steel cage! It's gonna be a bloodbath, ladies and gentlemen!" Oops, almost forgot: "Oh my."
"Dude, there's gonna be Gremlins swinging from the rafters," Josh said next, snapping me out of my 1986 nostalgia. Josh Nielsen, who manages Patagonia's ambassador team (not unlike herding cats), was telling me about the upcoming all-company Halloween party.
I mostly work from home, or wherever I am with my laptop, so I don't know much about company meetings. But here's what I remember from the Halloween party:
• It started with a nice social gathering in the Patagonia parking lot, with incredible gourmet food. The music began at dusk, followed soon by the limbo stick. Sound like a scene from The Office? Oh, I forgot to mention: open bar. With only one brand of tequila: Patron. Patagonia and me, we were meant to be.
[The ShotSki. Photo: Kelly Cordes]
• Soon the ShotSki came out – a ski affixed with four shot glasses. I don't like shots, and I could see trouble brewing so I Jaked-out, determined to have a pretty nice little evening.
• But before I knew it I remember observing that there weren't no rafters in the parking lot, and then thinking that Big Daddy Cordes ain't getting on no shuttle back to the hotel at 9 p.m. (much as I should have). After all, Scotty was spinning tunes at the El Rey tequila bar afterward. It's gonna be a bloodbath!
• Jake "Sorry for Partying" Martin politely accosted the waitress at the El Rey and ordered her to not serve me any more water. Kelly "No Bloodbath" Cordes had shifted to the hydration plan, again thinking himself wise. "I have his credit card, Jake, he has a tab," the waitress said (notice the first-name basis) before turning to me, "So, sir, would you like another margarita or a PBR?" Goddamnit. Sorry for Partying, Jake.
--Important sidebar: I should note that he disappeared home early to go beddy-bye. Like suddenly, "Hey, anybody seen Jake?"
• The one-and-only Glen Casey, the surf man, myth and legend, most definitely keeps it real. First time I met Mr. Casey was at one of the meetings a few years ago, when a handful of us went to a nice joint for dinner. And the place had a bar. At this juncture I should note that Glen "PandaPizza" Casey is Australian.
[PandaPizza on the left. Oh my. Photo: Can't remember (One-year update: the fog has cleared and revealed that the photo was taken by Boston store manager Betsy Pantazelos)]
Anyway, he had just come on board and was probably looking to make a good impression. The bathrooms were upstairs, and as I sauntered toward the staircase I noticed several of the ever-polite Japanese crew near the top. Moments later I heard a loud ROAAAR! followed by shrill screams – Casey, subtle as Godzilla, had leapt from around the corner in the dark hallway and scared the sweet bejesus out of our Japanese friends. I seem to recall deep guttural laughter and nervous laughs both, followed by a series of headlocks and "I love you guys!" ("Ah, thank you, thank you.") If anybody on this earth is not sorry for partying, it's Glen Casey.
• Which might have rubbed off on me: Early in the evening, I'd been feeling a little insecure about my haircut when no fewer than eight dudes, and even a couple of chicks, showed up at the costume party in mullet wigs. But by the time we were rockin' the El Rey (and late-night shuttled to the In and Out Burger – "Those are good burgers, Walter"), I'd remembered something: imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Funny how that works. Wig-wearin' poseurs...Cordes is going up to the top rope! It's gonna be a bloodbath!
[Real or fake? Photo: Kelly Cordes]
Anyway, in my book the 80s never died, Mean Gene forever lives, and Patron never goes out of style. Have a great Halloween weekend, be smart, and beware the gremlins. Oh my.
[Random, obligatory climbing photo. Photo: Kelly Cordes]


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07 November 2004
|Marines. Iraq. Yesterday.
Jeff Sharlet: Yesterday "Weekend America," a new public radio program produced by "Marketplace," aired a brief discussion between host Barbara Bogaev, Lee Edwards of the conservative Heritage Foundation, and myself. Our topic? "American greatness," a phrase used by Bush in his victory speech. The man from Heritage, a Reagan biographer, was enthusiastic about the phrase, declaring it part of the U.S. "religious heritage." I think I was there to offer some kind of more pluralist vision of American greatness. But, ever the killjoy, I followed the advice of my favorite Reagan — Nancy, of course — and just said no.
Don't get me wrong. I'm a romantic nationalist, I love America truly, madly, and deeply, and I think it's a unique place — but "greatness," a term for Alexander and the Roman empire, does not apply to our democratic republic, and it sure as hell isn't a gift of our "religious heritage," which pretty much reserves "greatness" for God. "Freedom" — now, that's a good ideal to which to aspire. "Greatness"? Look it up in the dictionary. It's not what we are, nor what most of us want to be.
Well, that's what I said, but Lee Edwards was an effective spokesman for how great we art, and I suspect listeners were convinced. Challenged to say something positive about Bush's speech, I picked a line about the "open plains of Texas," because it reminded me of Lonesome Dove, and I think it'd be terrific if Bush behaved like a real cowboy. Edwards took the opening and ran, ran like a great American stallion, charging, charging, westward all around the globe. Were it not for Edwards' warm, Grandpa Walton voice, the discussion could have faded out with Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries."
So, in the interests of Unity and Healing (U.H.), I offer these images above, taken in Iraq. They're U.S. Marines. Outside Fallujah. Dressed up as gladiators. Yesterday — you know, when insurgents were busy killing people all over the country. What are they doing? Why, taking part in a Ben-Hur recreation, complete with "confiscated" Iraqi horses.
Countrymen, I ask of thee: Is this Greatness, or what?
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"US Marines of the 1st Division dressed as gladiators stage a chariot race reminiscent of the Charlton Heston movie-complete with confiscated Iraqi horses at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 6 , 2004. For U.S. Marines tapped to lead an expected attack on insurgent-held Fallujah, the bags have been packed, trucks have been loaded and final letters have been sent, leaving one final task – the 'Ben-Hur.' (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)"
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US Marines of the 1st Division line up prior to a prayer at their base outside Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 6 , 2004. More than 10,000 U.S. troops have taken positions around the rebel-controlled city of Fallujah, bolstering the U.S. Marine units expected to lead a joint Army-Marine assault on the city. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
A video grab shows U.S. bombardment over the Iraqi city of Falluja, November 6, 2004. U.S. forces poised to assault Falluja bombarded the rebel stronghold on Saturday, while insurgents launched deadly attacks that killed 34 people in Samarra, another city in Iraq's Sunni Muslim heartland. REUTERS/Pool via Reuters


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After the first day of competition at the Texas A&M Invite, the SMU men's swimming team is in second place with 305 points, trailing first-place A&M by 127 points. The Mustangs took first and second in several races, starting off the competition strong.
In the 200 yard freestyle relay, the Mustang A team (Camilo Becerra, Ferdi Postma, Per Nylin and Justin Stephenson) placed second in 1:22.57. The B team placed sixth in the race, the C team seventh, the D team ninth and the E team 11th.
In the 500 yard freestyle, Postma took first, with a time of 4:33.26. Teammates Ric Hampson and J.D. White placed ninth and tenth in the race with times of 4:44.20 and 4:46.28, respectively.
Sophomore Ian Clark won the 200 yard IM in a time of 1:51.17. Fellow Mustang Justin Smith placed fifth in the race with a time of 1:54.58.
Camilo Becera placed second in the 50 yard freestyle, with a time of 20.46. Per Nylin placed seventh in the race in 21.07.
The men's A team (Ian Clark, Per Nylin, Camilo Becerra and Ferdi Postma) placed second in the 400 yard medley relay, with a time of 3:21.48. The C team placed eighth, the B team ninth and the D team 12th.
Senior Beau Sydes placed second in the three meter dive, winning 17 points. Fellow senior Chad Chokel placed seventh, gaining 12 points for the Mustangs.
Competition continues Saturday in College Station.


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ART/ARCHITECTURE; Out of Minimalism, Monuments to Memory
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
Published: January 13, 2002
IN his official farewell address last month, at St. Paul's Chapel, a stone's throw from the rubble, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani made headlines, calling for a memorial at the former World Trade Center site.
''I really believe we shouldn't think about this site out there, right behind us, right here, as a site for economic development,'' he said. ''We should think about a soaring, monumental, beautiful memorial that just draws millions of people here that just want to see it.
''If the memorial was done correctly, you'll have all the economic development you want, and you can do the office space in a lot of different places.''
Art before business: an amazing thought. The new mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, promptly made clear that, in the midst of a fiscal crunch, turning the site over mostly to a memorial was pretty unlikely. More likely was a mix of office and retail space in addition to a memorial.
Proposals for memorials have poured in to City Hall and elsewhere, some of them strangely identical. (Twin light beams seem to have occurred to many people simultaneously.) Ultimately, the tough part won't be deciding to build a memorial but agreeing about what it will look like. From Berlin to Oklahoma City, this has been a gigantic problem, not least because victims and their families feel they should have a say (who can argue with that?), and in New York's case there are thousands of victims. But even when small groups of so-called art experts decide, the process is usually a struggle.
I have a guess. A memorial, as part of a mixed-use project, will in some way turn out to look Minimalist, Minimalism, of all improbable art movements of the last 50 years, having become the unofficial language of memorial art. What used to be men on horses with thrusting swords has morphed more or less into plain walls and boxes. Once considered the most obstinate kind of modernism, Minimalism has gradually, almost sub rosa, made its way into the public's heart. And now those bare walls are blank slates onto which we project our deepest commonly held feelings.
Maya Lin's Vietnam memorial in Washington is the obvious example. Peter Eisenman's proposed Holocaust memorial in Berlin, originally conceived with Richard Serra, is another, a Minimalist field of plain concrete pillars, like headstones. Rachel Whiteread's Holocaust memorial in Vienna, a big eggshell-colored box made to resemble an inside-out room with shelves of books, is yet another. And Oklahoma City, with a grid of chairs lined up like Donald Judd boxes, representing the victims of the terrorist bombing there, is the most germane example for New York. Even the temporary viewing ramps at the former Trade Center site are in a Minimalist vein.
The purpose of a memorial is to get people talking, so that the memories being honored are kept alive after the events memorialized pass into history. What kind of art best serves that function? The artist Nathan Rapoport, responding to criticism that his 1948 Warsaw Ghetto Monument, a realist sculpture, was inadequate to the enormity of its subject, asked: ''Could I have made a rock with a hole in it and said, 'Voilá! The heroism of the Jewish people'?'' In a modern world, he realized, neither abstraction nor realism was going to be universally acceptable as a style for memorializing the dead.
The exercise of taste is a matter of who wields power at a given moment. You may have heard how both sides in the debate over the World War II memorial on the Mall in Washington, the most conspicuous non-Minimalist memorial of recent years, claimed to speak for the preferences of the war veterans, as if veterans were a monolithic group.
Centuries ago, when public art was commissioned by royalty, aristocrats and the church, official taste was synonymous with high art. Democracy and the modern era altered all that. Official art in a democracy requires consensus, an aesthetic common denominator.
But modern art is about one person's vision. The idea of a consensus is antithetical to it. Its concerns are often entirely formal: line, color, mass and weight. Memorial art, on the other hand, is therapeutic, redemptive and educational. These are different things.
Modern artists also love ambiguity and irony. Monument builders don't. ''The notion of a modern monument,'' Lewis Mumford famously wrote 60 years ago, ''is a contradiction in terms. If it is a monument, it is not modern, and if it is modern, it cannot be a monument.''
You will notice the speed with which the Oklahoma City memorial to the people who died in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in 1995 was undertaken. It wasn't until 1922 that the United States got around to building a memorial to Lincoln, and even then it was controversial. But in our day, the impulse to memorialize tragedy is instantaneous. It is as if the memorial were a quick fix for whatever bad happens and a way to move on. The moving on is crucial. So is the coming together in a sometimes uneasily diverse society, through a presumptive communal or national bereavement, which the monument embodies.


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In JUSTICE LEAGUE: CRY FOR JUSTICE, Roy Harper lost everything at the hands of Prometheus, barely surviving the brutal severing of his arm. But when he finally awakens from his coma, Roy will find that his dangerous journey into despair is just beginning.
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This follow up to Justice League: Cry for Justice has its work cut out for it. In the earlier series the Green Arrow family of heroes was essentially destroyed; Red Arrow had his arm ripped off and replaced with a cybernetic prosthetic (how very 90's) and his young daughter Lian was killed along with all of Star City. Green Arrow, his former mentor, has become a remorseless vigilante.
The combination of woman-in-refrigerator syndrome, plus a dead child, plus senseless maiming, genocide, and a lame cybernetic arm has resulted in scads of ticked-off critics and fans. The normally stellar James Robinson penned the abysmal series but was apparently under substantial editorial pressures. He has since had the good sense to apologize, swearing "I don't enjoy killing off characters and I'm not going to do it any more."
The most favorable reviews of the parent series called it inconsistent, over-the-top, and patchy, and these two follow ups look poised to deliver a further disservice to both Green Arrow, his successor, and any other characters unfortunate enough to appear in their pages. Newsarama reviewer George Marston called Cry for Justice "the capstone of the [DC Comics Editor in Chief] Dan DiDio era [of] wanton death, destruction, and outright carnage." In the midst of DC's much ballyhooed "Brightest Day" series, the Rise of Arsenal and Fall of Green Arrow titles look ready to celebrate the worst of DC's recent legacy.
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the horror of whiteRecently, a man stopped me on the street to remark that he read my fashion tip on white socks.
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He continued, "Well, I do not wear [white socks] any more and I notice that I look less geeky ."
"Even better than looking less geeky, a chick in my class complemented me on my look!"
I told him that was great but in my mind I was shouting, "please cover your brown belt , it does not go with your black shoes ."
brown & black?Black shoes paired with a brown belt turned out to be the number three turn-off on our survey of fashion no-no's . Just think of the color combination. First, there are black shoes (hopefully black socks too). Then you add another color, like blue or khaki pants. So now you've got two colors. To this potential rainbow, add the infamous brown belt. Then add the color of whatever sweater you plan to wear. This generates quite an unflattering combination of colors.
If you know karate, you know the brown belt is a step down from black. Is it a coincidence? No, black is powerful . So just wear the powerful black belt with black shoes. BLACK with BLACK. BROWN with BROWN. It is as simple as that. Please follow this simple tip, it makes a world of difference.
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Frano, White, Williams Shine for T&F at Southeastern Louisiana Lion Invitational
All notch new personal bests, with Frano and White nearly winning their respective events
T&F Look to Build Off Last Week's Dominating Performances at Southeastern Lion Invitational, LSU Alumni Gold
Team set 16 personal records last week at South Alabama Invitational
Breaux, Lapucha, Frano, Quincy, McMillan All Win Respective Event Titles at South Alabama Invitational
All set personal bests during their performances
New Events in Store for Some T&F Athletes at the South Alabama Invitational
Squad looks to gain steam in a meet close to home before heading to the C-USA Championships
Shackleford, Men's 4 x 100 Meter Relay Tops on the Day for Green Wave T&F at Sun Angel Classic
Women's pole vaulters impress, as does Brazzel in long jump
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|1.73m (5'8") (2/1/13)
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2013-14 (Senior)
Indoor Track and Field: Competed in six regular-season meets, as well as the Conference USA Indoor Championships...participated only in the high jump...notched the team's top five high jump marks on the season...top jump on the season tied her for first at the BSC Panther Icebreaker (12/6/13), clearing 1.65 meters (5-5)...placed 11th at the UAB Blazer Indoor Invitational (1/11), jumping 1.64 meters (5-4.5)...notched a ninth-place finish at the C-USA Indoor Championships (3/1) with a 1.61 meter (5-3.25) jump...tied for seventh at the Samford Multis and Invitational (2/8) with a 1.61 meter (5-3.25) leap...had a 1.59 meter (5-2.5) jump at the LSU Twilight (2/21), good for fifth place.
Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in six regular-season meets on the season...participated solely in the high jump...notched a season-high leap of 1.60 meters (5-3) for a sixth-place finish at the Southeastern Louisiana Invitational (4/18)...placed third at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/29) with a leap of 1.58 meters (5-2.25)...leapt 1.54 meters (5-0.5) at the South Alabama Invitational (4/12)...finished fourth at the Black and Gold Invitational (5/3) with a jump of 1.52 meters (4-11.75).
Earned Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll honors.
2012-13 (Junior)
Indoor Track and Field: Posted results in four regular season meets as well as the Conference USA Championships...only competed in the high jump...her six performances were the top six performances in the event by a Greenie on the season...notched a personal best 1.73m (5' 8") high jump at the New Mexico Classic (2/1/13), the third best jump in school history...posted a 1.63m (5' 4.25") jump at the Conference USA Championships (2/23/13)...1.68m (5' 6") high jump at Cherry and Silver Invitational (1/19/13) second on the season...also competed in the Tyson Invitational and the Panther Ice Breaker.
Outdoor Track and Field: Posted results in five regular season meets as well as the Conference USA Championships...only competed in the high jump...posted the top two high jumps on the season on the squad...notched a season-best 1.65 meter (5' 5") high jump at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships (5/12)...second best leap on the season came at the Stanford Invitational (3/29) where she cleared 1.61 meters (5' 3.25")...posted identical leaps of 1.59 meters (5' 2.5") at the LSU Relays (3/22) and the South Alabama Invitational (4/13)...also competed at the Tulane Team Challenge (1.57 meters or 5' 1.75" on 3/2) and the SLU Lion Invitational (1.55 meters or 5' 1" on 4/19).
2011-12 (Sophomore)
Indoor Track and Field: Competed in five of the team's seven meets...participated in the high jump in all five meets...ranked 11th in Conference USA in the high jump...ranked second on the team in the high jump...tied for the second best clearance on the team and owned three of the top ten heights...cleared a season-best 1.65-meters at the Husker Invitational (2/4)...jumped .158-meters at the Cherry & Silver Invitational (1/20) and 1.57-meters at the Conference USA Championships (2/26)...cleared 1.53-meters in the high jump at the Tyson Invitational (2/10)...also competed at the Crimson Tide Opener (1/14).
Outdoor Track and Field: Earned Third Team All-Louisiana in the high jump as selected by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association...competed in five of the team's nine meets...participated in the high jump in all five meets...ranked 12th in Conference USA in the high jump...led the team in the high jump...owned the top clearance and four of the top ten marks on the squad in the event...posted a season-best height of 1.70-meters at the Golden Eagle Classic (4/28)...jumped 1.65-meters at the Conference USA Championships (5/13)...won the individual title with a clearance of 1.62-meters at the Jaguar Invitational (3/31)...jumped 1.60-meters at the Aztec Invitational (3/16)...also competed at the LSU Relays (3/23).
2010-11 (Freshman)
Indoor Track and Field: Competed in three of the team's six meets...participated in the high jump in each meet...ranked third on the team in the high jump...cleared 1.57-meters at the Conference USA Championships (2/25)...no heighted at the Purple Tiger Invitational (1/15) and the Husker Invitational (2/5).
Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in four of the team's 11 meets...ranked third on the team in the high jump...owned the team's sixth, seventh and ninth best high jump marks during the season...cleared a season-best height of 1.62-meters at the LSU Relays (3/25)...jumped 1.60-meters at the Louisiana Classics (3/19), 1.59-meters at the Tulane Team Challenge (3/9) and 1.53-meters at the South Alabama Invitational (4/9).
About Melanie Mainor
Prep: Lettered all four years in track and field at Hillgrove High School for head coach Allerie Sweet...was selected as the team captain during her junior and senior season...was named the team MVP as a sophomore, junior and senior...was the 4A High Jump state championship as a senior...was selected All-State during her senior season...earned All-Cobb County accolades as a junior and a senior...was a Region 6-4A pick during her final two seasons with the Hawks...owns the HHS school records in the high jump, triple jump, 4x400 and 4x100 events...competed at the GHSAA State Championships in both the high jump and 4x400 relay as a senior.
Personal: Born Melanie Elizabeth Lynn Mainor on April 7, 1992...the daughter of Paul and Cheryl Mainor...has one brother, Andew.


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What does it mean to serve and lead in a global context? Loren Swartzendruber, president of EMU, addressed this question in a convocation address Wednesday morning, Jan. 12, in Lehman Auditorium at the start of second semester. "Every single one of us, no matter our roles in life, will only be sustained and energized if we know we ...More


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MY SEWING ROOM (on a good day)
O.K Here goes:
In answer to the questions I have received on the Peasant Blouse sizing, I have decided to make a size chart for you, so you will know what pattern size to trace.
When developing this pattern, I could only afford to make it in three sizes. I didn't mean to exclude anyone by doing this, but I had no choice. I have decided to see about grading it into more sizes as soon as I can. However, you can tailor the pattern to fit a larger size by adding width to the sides of the pattern pieces.
The pattern currently comes with 3 sizes to choose from: 8, 10, and 12.
They are based on commercial pattern sizes, not retail clothing sizes, like the ones you buy from a department store.
Here are the measurements listed for the three sizes on commercial pattern envelopes:
Size 8: Bust: 31 1/2"
Waist: 24"
Hip: 32 1/2"
size 10: Bust: 32 1/2"
Waist: 25"
Hip: 34 1/2"
size 12: Bust: 34"
Waist: 26 1/2"
Hip: 36"
In my experience, the sizes run a little larger than the body measurements given that they are to fit. In other words, my actual measurements would put me in a size 12, but the size 8 pattern fits me perfectly. So if your bust, waist or hip measurement is 2" or even 3" larger than what is stated on the largest size, don't fret! There are a few inches of "give" built in to the pattern to accommodate those differences. I know...it's really confusing! If in doubt, go up a size, if possible. Or, as stated above, just cut it out a little wider than shown. You can always take it in.
I hope this is helpful, and again I apologize for not being able to make the pattern in more sizes.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
I'll be happy to answer them!
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And this is her 5 month old picture with the lamb. oooooh!
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PEASANT BLOUSE: Sizing Questions Answered
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the sizing is very clear to me thanks for putting it on here before I cut out my fabric ;)
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Your granddaughter is sooooo adorable! What a cutie!
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Why is there a discrepancy between the vdW energies from oplsaa.vdw and the .mmo file?
The formula for the MacroModel non-bonded energy is
First, MacroModel reports CONST1 and CONST2 in kcal/mol, but reports the EVDW values in kJ/mol, so there is a factor of 4.184 applied.
Second, the factor of 4.184 is the kcal to kJ conversion factor, not the normal factor of 4 in the LJ equation, which is included in the CONST terms.
Third, a factor of 1/2 must be applied for 1-4 interactions.
Fourth, the atom types shown in the connection table at the bottom of the .mmo file are MacroModel atom types, not OPLS vdW types. Therefore, the discrepancy might be due to looking up the wrong vdW parameters in the 'oplsaa.vdw' file. There isn't a simple way to get the OPLS vdW types/parameters. If you have MCPRO+, the easiest way is to run '$SCHRODINGER/utilities/ffld_server' with the '-print_parameters' option. Otherwise, you could run an Impact calculation with the keyword 'pparam' added to the "build types..." line in the jobname.inp file; a connection table with the OPLS vdW parameters will be printed to the .log file.
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got up--rob staggered into his work clothes and i threw some cereal on the table with strawberries. we exchanged valentines, ate our breakfast and rob headed out. a little later on i will work out--fortunately today is elliptical day so i can even break my workout into 2 shorter segments if i need to.
had a lovely surprise yesterday--a car pulled in the drive--it was a customer that just found me last summer. he was passing by and decided to pull in to see if i was home so he could buy a mosaic birdhouse to surprise his wife for valentines. sweet guy! we had a nice visit and he made my day. then when rob got home we went to a nearby town to hunt for shoes. my running shoes have quite a few miles on them, and i was having some aches and pains that were new--the advice in my running book says the first thing you do for new pain is replace your shoes. i have such wide feet its always a challenge--and i think i tried on 20 pairs in 2 stores. at the second store i found skechers "go fit" shoes that i had really longed for over the summer in the clearance aisle! in a size 5!!!! the fit is quite forgiving and they were about a third off, so i decided to take the plunge. these are very different shoes from what i am used to. they are designed for a mid foot strike--which is what i strive for--mid foot striking lessens the chances for a lot of running injuries, according to my chi running dvd. kind of a minimalist shoe--very light weight . mid foot shoes feel quite odd to walk in because the main area of support is right in the center of your foot. the good thing is they almost force you to run with a mid foot strike, so they take the place of some of the concentration on technique. but they are designed specifically for running, and i don't wear my running shoes for anything else anyway. plus they are cute (an almost unheard of term in the world of shoes that normally fit my foot).
they had two pair and i nearly bought both, but decided to wait until i have run in these for a little while to be sure they do what i want them to. then if the store still has the other pair i will buy it. as a little splurge i bought a 3 pak of technical socks. these aren't the real deal--they still had some cotton in them, but they are a step up from my cotton dollar store socks--and i wanted to see how i liked technical socks. if they work i will really splurge and buy one or two pairs of the dry max socks.
rob looked for shoes too, but didn't find anything. in a strange turn the store actually had more womens wide sizes than mens.
guess that's all for now. time to get about my day--really what i need right now is a NAP!
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Imagenomic Releases Realgrain 2 Plug-In
Imagenomic has released the latest version of its Realgrain film and grain effects plug-in with some notable improvements. The software is now fully 64-bit compatible for Mac and Windows and works with Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud, as well as CS5/CS6 and Adobe Photoshop Elements 11. With its improved multi-core support, Imagenomic promises up to four times faster processing speed. In addition to the under-the-hood improvements, Realgrain 2's user interface has been updated to match its Noiseware 5 and Portraiture 2 siblings.
Unlimited presets, multiple categories, import/export functions and a place to write notes about those presets are now available thanks to the new preset manager. Realgrain 2's new history control is unlimited, too, so you can go back in time to any point of your adjustment process.
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T.R. Williams' Ponder This column, 'Build it and they will come ... or will they?,' in the Jan. 31 issue of the Sierra Star hit it right on the head on the mess Oakhurst has become. So true -- open land throughout -- and there it sits. The land on Highway 41 next to the Chevron station has been sitting there for years, with Chip Pashayan and sister not developing this eyesore.
I've heard all the rumors over the years -- Kohl's, Ross, Target and others are going to open. One big box I hope never arrives is Walmart. In my home town back in Utah, a huge Walmart was built and wiped out every small business in the town. Yes, we need a Kohl's in order to buy household goods and clothes. A lot of our tax money is going to Fresno County.
Congratulations, Ms. Williams -- best article to appear in the Sierra Star.
I also agree with Patrice Jensen concerning all the flags flying around town. This is uncalled for and hopefully Madera County will clamp down on the sign ordinance. Go over to beautiful Mariposa -- it runs circles around Oakhurst. Things just got out of hand building here and there with no set theme.
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Atomic Shadow has announced the Panoramic Wave Generator – a new Kontakt instrument, inspired by the early days of sampling.
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I still have an old Akai S-612 and it is one of those things that I never get tired of. You can take a sound and stretch it across the entire keyboard. Depending on your sound it can sound like a howling demon in the low registers or a shrieking bird of prey on the high notes. Of course it has something like 2 seconds of sampling time.
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I recorded various sounds into the Microsampler, often making use of the 6k lofi mode, after this the tracks were played live into Ableton live, some tracks make use of post processing and overdubs, other tracks were pretty much just printed to audio, compression added and thats it.
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As you send your youngest child happily off in pursuit of dreams, you cant help noticing the stillness left behind in your empty house. You are now officially an empty nester, and its time to turn your home from child-friendly into your dream home. You may be surprised to know that you are not alone in your remodeling aspirations. Empty nesters currently make up the largest demographic of remodelers. So where do you begin?
- Paint. Fresh color and clean walls are one of the least expensive ways to give your home a new appearance.
- Create your dream master bedroom. Create your dream romantic bedroom that is relaxing and luxurious.
- Step up the entertainment factor. Just because the family barbeques will no longer include all the kids, doesn't mean you can't entertain and have fun! Instead of parties that fill your home with noisy children, you will now be entertaining adults. Ideas include installing a wetbar, outdoor kitchen, or entertainment room. On the other hand, if a home theater isn't your thing, why not create a relaxing sun room for reading and quiet afternoon naps.
- Install a hot-tub. Along with aching muscles, you now have time for a relaxing soak.
- Replace the flooring. No more neutral and durable brown carpets!
- Set up a guest room. Time to turn the kid's room into a guest quarter. Or, turn the room into something you can use all-year long. Have you been curious to take up painting, for instance? Convert the bedroom into a light-filled studio!
- Begin planting and reviving your garden areas. Perhaps they've been slightly neglected of late, or perhaps you've been waiting for the opportunity to introduce new flowers or give your bushes some much-need pruning. Now's the time to do some meditative garden work and spend rejuvenating time outdoors.
- Build a home office. Keep in touch with the kids and maybe even start the home business you've been putting off for years.
Youve worked hard, youve done your job, and now you can finally address some areas of your life youve set aside for years. A home renovation will not only be a reward, but the noise will definitely fill that ominous silence that constantly reminds you that your baby has grown-up and left the nest. Request free estimates from contractors in your area to begin your renovation projects.


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ASHLAND – Oregon Shakespeare Festival proved last season that "the show must go on." The organization found a crack in one of the Angus Bowmer Theatre's main supporting beams, closing the building for an unprecedented 62 performances.
Sword fights between the Montagues and Capulets add action to the classic Shakespeare play "Romeo and Juliet." Photo courtesy Jenny Graham
With the festival's biggest crisis to date behind it, the OSF is officially kicking off the 2012 season this weekend. "Romeo and Juliet," "Animal Crackers" and "The White Snake" are now open at the Angus Bowmer Theatre and "Seagull" is open at the New Theatre.
"This season celebrates the adventurous spirit of our company and our audience, and I can't wait to share these productions," said artistic director Bill Rauch in a news release. "They are a delicious blend of old and new, tragedy and comedy, and the vastly divergent settings will transport audiences around the globe."
The season is also dedicated to executive director Paul Nicholson, who is retiring after 33 years with the festival. He was appointed to the position in November 1995.
Directed by Laird Williamson, William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is set in late-1840s Alta, Calif. It was last produced in Ashland in 2007.
"Animal Crackers" was introduced on stage by the Marx Brothers in 1928. The vaudevillian musical farce is adapted by Henry Wishcamper and directed by Allison Narver. These plays run through Nov. 4.
Artistic director emerita Libby Appel directs her adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic "Seagull." Set in 19th century Russia, "Seagull" runs at the Angus Bower Theatre through June 22.
The Oregon Shakespeare Festival's opening weekend also features the world premiere of "The White Snake." According to a news release, the play is "inspired by an ancient Chinese fable in which a young scholar falls in love with a beautiful woman, unaware that she is a white snake who has taken on human form." Directed by Mary Zimmerman, the play runs through July 8.
Ticket prices range from $21 to $100.50 for adults and $21 to $70.35 for children (ages 6-17), depending on seat location and day of performance. To purchase tickets or obtain more information, visit www.osfashland.org or call 800-219-8161.


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CANTON, Ohio – Colorado School of Mines' Sarah Moore finished fifth in the women's 3-meter diving finals and earned All-American recognition during the opening day of competition at the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships (hosted by Lock Haven University) on Wednesday, March 10th, at C.T. Branin Natatorium.
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Moore, who was selected as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) Female Athlete of the Month in February, registered a score of 424.50 in the 3-meter finals. In the process, she became the CSM swimming & diving program's first All-American since former Oredigger Travis Kummer earned such recognition in four events (100 breaststroke, 200 IM, 200 breaststroke, 100 fly) in 2005.
At the RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships in February, Moore established new RMAC records on both the 1-meter (408.90) and 3-meter (474.10) boards while winning both events. Moore went on garner Women's Diver of the Meet laurels at the RMAC Championships. A First Team All-RMAC performer in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events, Moore was selected as the RMAC Women's Diver of the Year. Moore was selected as the RMAC Women's Diver of the Week on six occasions (Oct. 14, Oct. 21, Oct. 28, Nov. 11, Nov. 25 and Jan. 27) during the 2009-10 season.
Angel Forsling (200 IM prelims; 36th place) and Kevin Shaw (200 IM prelims; 25th place - 1:54.09) also competed for CSM during the first day of competition on Wednesday. Forsling's time of 2:10.43 in the 200 IM was a new school record, eclipsing the previous mark of 2:12.30 (Holly Daugherty, 2000).
Earlier this week, Forsling received the Elite 88 Award for NCAA Division II women's swimming & diving. The Elite 88 Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 88 championships at the Division I, II and III levels.
Shaw (400 IM) and Jesse Dennis (1-meter diving) will compete for CSM on Thursday.
On Friday, Forsling (100 breaststroke), Moore (1-meter diving) and Andrew Zerwick (100 backstroke) will compete for Mines.
Forsling (200 breaststroke), Shaw (200 breaststroke) and Zerwick (200 backstroke) are all slated to compete for the Orediggers during the final day of competition. Dennis will be an alternate in Saturday's 3-meter diving event.


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STANFORD, Calif. - Luke Kaumatule, Stanford's starting tight end much of this season, switched to the defensive line this week.
David Shaw, Stanford's Bradford M. Freeman Director of Football, said he approached the sophomore on Monday about the possible change.
"The decision wasn't made until I talked to Luke," Shaw said. "If he was against it, we wouldn't have done it."
Kaumatule's response?
"It sounds like fun," he told his coach.
The idea came from Derek Mason, the Willie Shaw Director of Defense, who was seeking reinforcement of a defensive line that has missed injured end Henry Anderson. The move seemed logical, given that Kaumatule was recruited as a defensive lineman and that junior Charlie Hopkins has emerged at tight end after missing two seasons with injuries.
"Luke was playing tight end because I asked him to (before the 2012 season)," Shaw said. "We foresaw that Zach Ertz and Levine Toilolo were both probably leaving and we knew we had three young tight ends coming in who may or may not be ready to play. Luke was one guy we knew who was big enough and physical enough to at least play the position, and he's played well."
The switch is meant to be permanent, but if there are injuries at tight end, Kaumatule is prepared to move back. Kaumatule had caught three passes for 16 yards.
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Coming off the team's first loss of the season, 27-21 at Utah, Shaw passed along the message of "perspective" to his players.
"Let's look at how we got here," Shaw said. "Let's look at where we're going. That's the most important thing. Here we are, we're 5-1, tied with Oregon State for second place in the Pac-12 North, and we have five straight conference games. It's going to be hard.
"I think our guys are up to the challenge. They know we need a better performance every week from here on out than we had last Saturday. We just have to play better the rest of the way, to have a chance to do some damage in the postseason."
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Stanford's final opportunity to beat Utah came in the final minute when the Cardinal faced a third-and-2 at the Utes' 6-yard line.
Shaw described the final two plays, which resulted in incomplete passes.
"We were efficient running the ball, but they were really tight," Shaw said of the Utah defensive alignment, geared to stop the run. "So, we showed them two big personnel groupings, to hopefully inspire them to play tight, and then we tried to bring Ryan Hewitt into the flat. And they jumped it."
"We tried to come back with a boot, show run, get (quarterback) Kevin (Hogan) on the edge with a run-pass option. The only possibility was to throw the ball high, on the back shoulder to the tight end."
However, the cornerback disrupted the pattern and Hogan was cut off. Hogan's pass into the end zone fell incomplete.
On fourth down, "We came back and tried to spread them out. We got four 1-on-1's, and just tried to bide time and get one of those guys a chance to get the ball.
"Every play call that doesn't work gets second-guessed. I can't worry about that. We've won a lot of close games here and the ones that we don't win, the play-calling gets second-guessed.
"I'm not going to lose a bit of sleep over it, because you prepare, and you train your guys for the plays that you believe are going to work. To go back and second guess doesn't help us, it doesn't help the players."
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Special teams ace Joe Hemschoot has seen increased playing time on defense the past two weeks – at nickelback and inside linebacker.
It's partly to keep starters fresh with an able replacement, and also is a reward for his play.
Hemschoot was on Stanford's radar largely because of the opening highlight on a recruiting video. On the play, Hemschoot, of Lakewood (Colo.) High, leveled an Aurora Central back looking for the ball on a quick out pattern with such speed and ferocity to demand a double-take.
"I caught a kid looking for the ball on a speed option," Hemschoot said. "I was looking for my shot. My coach felt it showed good hitting ability and running to the ball, but I don't think that play alone was enough (to get recruiting attention).
"Just because that hit looks like a big hit, it's different than someone coming straight on. I would probably say hitting a linemen who was hitting me doesn't look like as much, but that's a bigger hit actually."
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UCLA quarterback Brett Hundley was a first-year starter during Stanford's two victories over the Bruins last year, including in the Pac-12 championship game. But, coming into Saturday's 12:30 p.m. (PT) tilt against UCLA at Stanford Stadium, Hundley is simply better than he was a year ago, Shaw said. And he was pretty good last year.
"There's never a point in any game this year when he looks uncomfortable," Shaw said. "He's not a young quarterback anymore. He doesn't get surprised, he doesn't get flustered. Even when he gets rushed, you see him escape with composure. He's very good and he'll be a starter at the next level."
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Shaw also spoke highly of UCLA senior outside linebacker Anthony Barr, going as far on a Pac-12 coaches conference call, to say that Barr deserves to be included in the Heisman Trophy conversation.
"The kid is unbelievable," Shaw said. "As good as he was last year, he's better, bigger, stronger, faster. He's not as tall as Jevon Kearse (the former NFL star known as "The Freak"), but he causes the same problems at Jevon.
"He can bullrush a tackle and get to the quarterback. And on pass plays, he can run down the field and cover guys. He's the best defensive player I've seen in this conference the past few years. I don't think it's close."
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In the past two games, junior receiver/returner Ty Montgomery has gained 586 all-purpose yards and returned two kickoffs for touchdowns.
Shaw recalled the first time he saw Montgomery play, at St. Mark's School of Texas in Dallas.
"In the first half, he caught one ball," Shaw said. "The QB wasn't great and the one pass he caught, he spun out of a tackle and jumped over a kid and got barely pushed out of bounds.
"In the second half, he played running back, and rushed for something like 200 yards and ran for five touchdowns, with two called back. It was unbelievable.
"He's a special player, a difference maker, and it's the reason why we played him so early (as a freshman). We tried to speed up his process and get him used to college football. This is the kind of player we hoped he was going to be. The funny thing is, he's still getting better."
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With former Stanford receiver Cory Booker (D-N.J.) expected to win a seat in the U.S. Senate in a special election Wednesday, Shaw recalled Booker's speech to the team in 2011. It was the second time Booker had spoken to the team, having also done so in 2008. Booker, a teammate of Shaw's at Stanford and the longtime mayor of Newark (N.J.), also was the commencement speaker at Stanford in 2012.
"Life for him is unreal," said Shaw, who most recently spoke to him at a fundraiser at Mark Zuckerberg's house a few months ago. "He knows he has a standing invitation any time he's out, to say hi and talk to the team.
"Forget about politics, he's a great person."
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On possible future political candidates on his own team, Shaw didn't take long to name one: All-America safety Ed Reynolds
"I've told Ed Reynolds, I'd vote for him for President," Shaw said. "No question about it. He's smarter than anybody in the room. Unquestionable character. Extremely hard worker. And from the time I met him when he was 16 years old, he seemed like a 40-year old man.
"We also have a few who might want to run for office, but probably never should."
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Strong safety Jordan Richards said Montgomery is one of the three fastest players on the team, along with receiver Michael Rector and cornerback Alex Carter.
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Besides his high school video reel, Hemschoot has had a few YouTube moments at Stanford, especially on special teams. Hemschoot said his role model on special teams is teammate Jarek Lancaster.
"Since I got here, he's been setting the bar on all four main teams," Hemschoot said. "He's still attracting double teams on kickoffs. He's taking the toughest guys on punts. He's someone I've really tried to model my game after."
Have his massive hits earned him a nickname from teammates?
"Yeah," Hemschoot replied. "Joe."
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