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Mon, 02 Sep 2013 22:56:33 GMT — Freshman quarterback Baker Mayfield has been named the Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week after a triumphant debut at SMU in which he led the Red Raiders to a 41-23 win over the Mustangs in the season opener.
Mayfield, a true freshman preferred walk-on from Lake Travis, became the first true freshman walk-on quarterback to lead a BCS school in a season opener. He shredded the Mustang defense for 413 yards and four touchdowns becoming the fifth Red Raider to pass for 400-plus yards and throw for four TD passes in their first game. Mayfield completed 43-of-60 passes and that set a new school record for the most completions by a Tech signal caller in a career debut.
He is the first freshman quarterback at Texas Tech to earn a Big 12 Player of the Week honor in his debut following none other than current head coach Kliff Kingsbury. Kingsbury earned the honor on Nov. 22, 1999, following his first career start where he led the Red Raiders to a 38-28 win over the Oklahoma Sooners.
Mayfield becomes the first Tech player to win the Big 12 weekly honor in the first week of the season since Carlos Francis did so in Mike Leachâ??s coaching debut against New Mexico in 2000. He is also the first freshman quarterback to win the award since Nebraskaâ??s Taylor Martinez on Oct. 11, 2010.
Mayfield and the Red Raiders face the Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks on Saturday evening at Jones AT&T Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. Season Tickets are available for $149 while individual seats are priced at $45. To purchase tickets, log on to texastech.com/tickets or call 806-742-TECH.
Big 12 Freshmen Quarterbacks Named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week:
2013 â?? Baker Mayfield, Texas Tech
2010 â?? Taylor Martinez, Nebraska (twice)
2009 â?? Landry Jones, Oklahoma (twice)
2009 â?? Nick Florence, Baylor
2008 â?? Robert Griffin III, Baylor
2007 â?? Sam Bradford, Oklahoma
2006 â?? Colt McCoy, Texas 2006 â?? Josh Freeman, Kansas State (twice)
2002 â?? Brad Smith, Missouri
2002 â?? Reggie McNeal, Texas A&M
1999 â?? Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech
1998 â?? Major Applewhite, Texas


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I have a extremely large order being shipped out from Ca to Fl next week of decorated sugar cookies with edible images. My question is first which do you think would ship best on the sugar cookies with a edible image.....fondant icing or RI? Which taste better? If using fondant do i get it to stick to the cookie with RI?
Also which do you think would be the best way to ship close to 100 cookies? Do you recommend the post office or UPS?
I appreciate all your time in helping answer any of these questions. Im not much of a cookie decorator more for cakes so im new to this whole shipping and decorating on cookies.
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The most important thing to keep in mind when shipping cookies is that you don't want them to move around inside the package. While I only decorate in glaze, I've received both RI and fondant decorated cookies by mail. As long as they were securely packed, no problems.
I once shipped odd shaped cookies that I worried would break. I cut a cardboard shape that I used on the back of the saranwrapped cookie to add some extra strength. I then wrapped both in small bubble wrap. All the cookies arrived in perfect shape. I've always shipped Priority Mail and have had only positive results.
I know I didn't answer all your questions. I don't know if there's an advantage of RI over fondant for shipping, except that RI might be more likely to crack or crumble. I'd probably prefer the texture of fondant over RI, but that's all a personal preference.
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Shelter Island is a town and island at the eastern end of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of Suffolk County, although it is separated from the rest of the county by water. The population was 2,392 at the 2010 census.
The island was long inhabited by indigenous peoples, related to those who lived north of Long Island Sound. At the time of European encounter, it was occupied by the Manhanset tribe, an Algonquian-speaking people related to the Pequot and other Algonquians of New England.
Early settlers
Shelter Island was included in the original Plymouth Company land grant made by James I of England in 1620. On April 22, 1636, Charles I of England, told that the colony had not made any settlements yet on Long Island, gave the island to William Alexander, 1st Earl of Stirling. The grant gave Alexander all of Long Island and adjacent islands. Alexander gave James Farret power to act as his agent and attorney in colonizing Long Island. In reward Farret was allowed to choose for his personal use. Farret chose Shelter Island and Robin's Island for his use. Farret in turn sold the islands to Stephen Goodyear, one of the founders of the New Haven Colony.
In 1651 Goodyear sold the island to a group of Barbados sugar merchants for 1,600 pounds of sugar. Nathaniel Sylvester (1610–1680), one of the merchants, was the island's first white settler. He was among a number of English merchants who had lived and worked in Rotterdam (where he was born) before going to Barbados. His connections there and with the Netherlands helped him establish a far-flung trading enterprise. On March 23, 1652, he made the purchase official by agreement with Youghco (called Pogatticut), the sachem of the Manhanset tribe. The other owners, Sylvester's brother Constant, and Thomas Middleton, never came to Long Island. In 1673 Nathaniel Sylvester claimed ownership of Shelter Island, Fishers Island, and other parts of Long Island. By that time the Manhansett had declined in number and power.[1]
In 1652 Sylvester constructed a house on the island for his 17-year-old bride, Grissel (also spelled Grizzel)[1] Brinley from London. Her mother was Anna (Wase) Brinley and her father Thomas Brinley had been an auditor in the court of King Charles I. With the Revolution he had lost his position; Grissel had gone to the colony with her older sister Anne, who had married William Coddington, the governor of the Rhode Island colony. Archeological research in the 21st century has revealed there may have been two early house complexes. The Sylvesters had eleven surviving children. The more elaborate manor house, which survives today, was built in 1733 by a Sylvester grandson.[1]
The Sylvester estate was developed as a large provisioning plantation. It raised food crops, as well as livestock for slaughter, sending casks of preserved meats and other supplies to Barbados. Labor was provided by a multicultural force of American Indians, enslaved Africans and English indentured servants. Sylvester and his associates were part of the Triangle Trade between the American colonies (including the Caribbean), Africa and England. His descendants continued to use slaves on the plantation into the 19th century. An estimated 200 blacks are buried at the Negro Burying Ground on the North Peninsula.[1]
The Sylvesters gave shelter to many persecuted Quakers. Sylvester Manor stands today, just off New York State Route 114, and is controlled by Sylvester descendants. All but about 24 acres of the original thousands of acres have gone into other hands.[1]
Following the death in 1680 of Nathaniel Sylvester, Shelter Island was divided between his two sons, Giles and Nathaniel II. In 1695, William Nicoll, a resident of Islip, bought from Giles the area now called Mashomack Nature Preserve. Three years later, in 1698, another newcomer, George Havens, bought from Nathaniel II. This parcel comprises what today is the Center; it stretched south to South Ferry and west to West Neck Creek. Over time these estates and parcels were split and divided by marriage and purchase, so that by the early 18th century, 20 families lived on Shelter Island. By order of the Provincial Government, the Town of Shelter Island was established in 1730. The community developed from there.[2]
Colonial era
James Nicoll Havens, a member of the New York Provincial Congress, built a home on the island in 1743. He was the first town supervisor on the island. His former home is now owned by the local historical society.
Jonathan Nicoll Havens (1757–1799), born on Shelter Island, was a member of the First Continental Congress in 1774. He also served in New York's delegation that in 1788 approved the federal constitution. Mashomack Forest (today Mashomack Nature Preserve) was owned by the Nicolls family for 230 years. Nicolls Creek was named for that family. A few Manhanset still lived in the wooded Sachem's Neck area up until the 1790s.
Shelter Island had brushes with early Colonial military activity:
The first ferryboat to serve the island was run by the Boisseau family at Stearns Point, nearby Crescent Beach. The North Ferry began service to Greenport in 1868. Throughout the 19th century, the island continued as a base for fishermen in the surrounding waters. Fish processing plants sent their products across the country.
Shelter Island Heights established
Shelter Island Heights was developed in 1871 as a summer resort for camp meetings, after a group of Brooklyn businessmen purchased the Frederick Chase estate for this purpose. It was developed by the Shelter Island Grove and Camp Meeting Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For eight years, the camp meetings took place on the island, before moving to Jamesport. During this time, Robert Morris Copeland designed the Union Chapel, built in 1875. In 1984 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Shelter Island Heights in total was a planned development by Copeland. The houses were designed in classic American styles: Stick-Eastlake, Queen Anne Style, and Colonial Revival. During the eight years from 1872 to 1880, when camp meetings were held here, about 70 summer cottages were built in the Heights. By 1890 the district was well-defined architecturally; the residences have not changed much since then. Shelter Island Heights was listed in 1993 as an Historical District on both the NRHP and the New York State Register of Historic Places.
At the turn of the 20th century, fish processing plants still operated on the island. One was located at the end of Burns Road, another on Big Ram Island, off what is today Tuthill Road. Some summer residents traveled here by steam ferries from New York City.
White Hill is located above the North Ferry landing in Shelter Island Heights. The Prospect Hotel was built on the hill. After it burned down, it was rebuilt, but was destroyed a second time by fire in 1942. Today the land where the hotel was located is a town park.
Growth after 1900
Francis Marion Smith (1846–1931) was known as the "Borax King" for his mining successes. Smith and his family bought a home on the island in 1892. He expanded it to more than 30 rooms and called his estate Presdeleau (French for "by the water"). By 1906 he owned more than on the south side of the island. Smith Cove and Smith Street were named for him. Smith shipped in deer from California to hunt in his "deer park"; their descendants roam some areas of the island.The remains of his estate are reinforced concrete retaining walls and a "Japanese" footbridge from the garden, built by Ernest L. Ransome about 1898, behind Merkle Lane.
Another 19th-century millionaire who had an estate on Shelter Island was Artemas Ward (1848–1925), a pioneer in mass-market advertising. Ward made millions of dollars by monopolizing all advertising on New York City elevated trains, subways, and streetcars. Ward had a large estate on the south side of the island. Ward wrote a biography of his great-grandfather, Major General Artemas Ward (1727–1800), a commander in the American Revolutionary War. After years of being tied up in court, the vestiges of Ward's original estate in the Shorewood section of the Island (including a manor house, formal Italian gardens, and a concrete water tower) have been renovated. In the case of the manor house, it has been partially "deconstructed" to restore an earlier version.
Following World War I, development slowly crept onto the island. Summer camps were started in the 1920s, including Camp Quinipet, a United Methodist Church camp and retreat center on Rocky Point Road. On West Neck Harbor, developers Albert and Fred Dickerson built houses for what is today called Montclair Colony. Homes were built on Silver Beach, Ram Island, and Hilo Farms.
Following the Depression, some of the summer cottages were abandoned or left to rot. Recovery was slow. It was not until after World War II that summer residents started returning in larger numbers. During the 1950s a farm cooperative grew lima beans on the island. This was the last of commercial farming on Shelter Island.
In the 1960s and 1970s, more families started to move to Shelter Island as year-round residents. The Gerard family owned the property at Sachem's Neck that had belonged to the Nicoll family for more than 200 years, and later to financier Otto Kahn. Developers eyed the . The land was purchased in January 1980 by the Nature Conservancy to preserve it as a nature park in perpetuity; half of the funds to buy the forest were raised on the island to create Mashomack Preserve.
There are still numerous Shelter Island residents with family roots dating to families here at the time of the American Revolution. Some summer residents are fifth-generation seasonal visitors.
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We look under the hood of the star rating and follow its impact of 3 funds from June 2002- May 2006.
Because the Morningstar Rating can be helpful in selecting and monitoring funds, advisors are increasingly interested in how it is calculated. This month I'll discuss the calculation and track three funds' past ratings to illustrate how star ratings can shift over time.
How It Works
The Morningstar Rating for funds is a purely quantitative measure of risk-adjusted (and load-adjusted) performance. It reflects a fund's performance over trailing periods of three, five, and 10 years relative to its peer group. Although some people have the impression that star ratings reflect analyst opinions, our fund star rating is a purely objective reflection of past performance, updated once a month.
To produce the star ratings, each month we calculate every fund's risk-adjusted return for each applicable time period. This is done by applying a "risk penalty" to each fund's returns based on expected utility theory, a commonly used method of economic analysis. (The theory assumes that investors are willing to sacrifice a little return in exchange for greater certainty.) This creates a curve measuring incremental changes in risk and return. Variation in monthly performance in either direction is penalized, but downside volatility receives a greater penalty. By design, this risk-adjusted return rewards consistent performance. We know that investors do much better using consistent funds than those that swing wildly from one extreme to another, particularly in cases of extreme losses. We take a fund's returns and risk scores and then see where they land on the utility function curve. Essentially, this measures how well the investor is compensated for the riskiness of the fund.
Next, we rank all of the portfolios in a category from best risk-adjusted return to worst. The top 10% receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 33% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star.
Once we've created the Morningstar Rating for the three-, five-, and 10-year periods, we roll these separate ratings into one overall rating for each fund. If a fund has 10 years or more of performance history, the overall rating is weighted like this: 50% for the 10-year rating, 30% for the five-year, and 20% for the three-year. If a fund has fewer than 10 years of history, the five-year rating counts as 60% and the three-year rating counts as 40% of the overall rating. For funds less than five years of age, the three-year rating stands as the overall star rating.
Following the Ratings of Three Funds
Let's track the progress of three large-growth funds from June 2002-when the current star rating methodology was adopted-through May 2006. If you see a star rating change, it could be because the fund just had a great or bad month, or it could be that an extreme month has just rolled out of one of the trailing time periods. Consider that the three-year return figure is now entirely clear of the bear market of 2000-2002, while the five-year return includes some of the bear market but sheds another month of it each month. This is why some aggressive-growth and technology funds have seen their star ratings rise recently-particularly if they don't have a 10-year record.
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This week marks the centennial of Mark Twain's death. Over the last hundred years, Twain has remained a literary icon, and his novels, including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, perennials of the American cannon. A master of short stories, as well, he originally published a number of them in The Atlantic.
Even before he started writing with us, Twain had a close friendship with The Atlantic's editor, William Dean Howells. The two met after Howells wrote a favorable review of Twain's first novel, Innocents Abroad, which impressed Twain so much that he took it upon him to introduce himself to the editor.


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The actress will join the series for a multi-episode story arc this fall, the CW confirms to Usmagazine.com.
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Duff, 21, will play a movie star named Olivia Burke who enrolls at NYU in search of a traditional, out-of-the-spotlight college experience. She will be roommates with Vanessa (played by Jessica Szohr).
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(NEW YORK) — Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) plunged to a 52-week low on Wednesday, dipping below $400 a share, after one of its key suppliers issued a disappointing forecast.
Apple's latest 52-week low is $398.11, reached mid-day. The stock fell $25 to $400.29 a share later in the afternoon, down about 6 percent. The company's previous 52-week low was around $411.
Late Tuesday, Cirrus Logic, which makes parts for the iPhone and iPad and is based in Austin, Texas, said it expected a decrease in gross margin of more than 10 percent to approximately 40.4 percent. That's below the firm's previous guidance of 50 to 52 percent. Gross margin is difference between revenue and costs.
In a statement, the company said this was "due to a decreased forecast for a high-volume product as the customer migrates to one of Cirrus Logic's newer components."
A large majority of Cirrus' sales come from Apple, according to Brian Colello, Morningstar analyst.
"They are massively leveraged to Apple," Colello said.
Colello said it is very likely the company is writing off inventory for parts for the iPhone 5, which was released last September, amid "lower the anticipated demand for the product."
He added there's a chance that Apple uses the newer part for the next generation of the iPhone.
"But it shows iPhone 5 demand has not been as strong as previously anticipated," he said. "The question is did we know that already?"
Apple had previously forecast weaker revenue forecast, which is largely driven by iPhone sales.
"So certainly it's negative news for CRUS and Apple, but it could mean a summer iPhone 5S launch or the next generation," Colello said.
Apple shares, once the darling of Wall Street, have fallen more than 40 percent since topping out at $750 last October.
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pSivida Corp. (NASDAQ:PSDV; ASX:PVA), a specialty pharmaceutical company that is a leader in the development of sustained release ophthalmic drug treatments, today announced that the Company's Vice President of Research, Dr. Hong Guo, will present a paper at the 5 th Ocular Diseases and Drug Development Conference in San Francisco on March 21. Dr. Guo's presentation will take place at 10:30 a.m. Dr. Guo's presentation entitled "Sustained delivery of proteins and anti-bodies" is expected to discuss recent developments in pSivida's Tethadur technology. "One of the many challenges to the pharmaceutical industry is to develop effective delivery systems for protein and antibody drugs," said Dr. Paul Ashton, President and CEO of pSivida. "Dr. Guo will describe results we have had with our proprietary Tethadur system, which is based on bioerodible, nanostructured, porous silicon. With the large number of biologic patents expiring and the development of the Bio-similar field, improved protein delivery will become increasingly important." pSivida has previously announced a technology evaluation agreement with a leading global biopharmaceutical company investigating the use of this technology in ophthalmology. The Ocular Diseases and Drug Development Conference promotes the discovery of ocular disease development by bringing together leading scientists, researchers and experts to discuss and collaborate on the latest research and development, safety assessment, regulatory issues and drugs in development for combating and curing age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, DME, uveitis and other ocular diseases. Among those participating are representatives from most of the pharmaceutical companies that are involved in the development of treatments for these conditions. About pSivida Corp. pSivida Corp., headquartered in Watertown, MA, develops tiny, sustained release, drugs delivery products designed to release drugs at a controlled and steady rate for months or years. pSivida is currently focused on treatment of chronic diseases of the back of the eye utilizing its core technology systems, Durasert™ and BioSilicon™. Two FDA-approved products, Vitrasert™ and Retisert™ are licensed to Bausch & Lomb. The company has licensed ILUVIEN® for DME to Alimera Sciences and that product has received marketing authorization in Austria, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain and the UK. pSivida has clinical trials ongoing for the treatment of posterior uveitis and glaucoma and ocular hypertension. Other technologies under development by pSivida include protein and antibody delivery systems in early clinical stages.
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My NLF were getting pretty deep and I was very self-conscious about how aging they looked. Obviously this is an elective procedure, but I don't think it's shallow to want to improve your appearance. I feel great about the results and will keep returning to Dr. Krant for the upkeep.
She asked and listened to me about what I wanted (restylane for my NLF) and then gave me her recommendations. We went conservatively the first time. I was so happy I returned for a bit more. This was magic. She explained that putting some volume in the apples of my cheeks and under my eyes would make the results even better. Once she pointed it out, I saw how flat that area was on my face. And then after that was filled in, she stopped to show me the results. And right away I could see how hollow my eyes were. She handled my eye troughs (so scary and weird feeling) very delicately. It was relatively painless, but I did get some bruising (very normal for me) and the swelling took about 4 days to come down. But I think that's a sign of her skill, b/c once it came down the results were perfect. Not too much and not too little - looks completely natural. (It was very easy to hide the bruises with a little concealer.) Now that I notice this area on everyone else, I can see that the lack of volume there is what makes people look haggard.


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Membersof the security detail for Karl Eikenberry, US Ambassador toAfghanistan, stand in front of a U.S. army Chinook helicopter as itlands near a newly constructed bridge south of Tarin Kot, in thesouthern Afghan province of Uruzgan July 9, 2009. (REUTERS/TimWimborne)
An aerial view shows a neighborhood on the outskirts of Kandahar city June 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva) #
Afghan women visit a cemetery in Kabul June 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood) #
Britisharmy Corporal Sandra Jordan, exercises at Camp Bastion, Britain'slargest base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, at sundown, WednesdayJune 3, 2009. Jordan is a ward nurse at the camp hospital, whereBritish and coalition force troops, Afghan National Army and AfghanNational Police, as well as civilians and enemy casualties are treated.(AP Photo/Jon Bevan, Ministry of Defence) #
AnAfghan woman works on a form of embroidery called Khamak at KandaharTreasure facilities in Kandahar city, June 14, 2009. Kandahar Treasure,a non-profit project of the Afghans for Civil Society which started outin 2003, employs women artisans from the Kandahar area in order todevelop more economic opportunities. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva) #
Romanianand U.S. military personnel, bottom right, share a table and checktheir email as they relax in a recreational and retail area called TheBoardwalk Monday, June 29, 2009, at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) #
Afghansstand around the crater caused by a bomb blast in Mohammad Aghadistrict on the main road from Kabul to Logar province, Afghanistan,Thursday, July 9, 2009. The blast killed 25 people including 13 primaryschool students, destroying shops and scattering pieces of the vehiclethat carried the explosives over a huge area, police said. (APPhoto/Musadeq Sadeq) #
AniPod music player is attached to the tactical vest of a U.S. soldier of3rd Platoon from the 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division as he drivesto the site of a roadside bomb explosion in the mountains of WardakProvince in Afghanistan July 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov) #
AFrench army soldier of the 8th Artillery Regiment takes part in a jointpatrol with U.S and Afghan troops in a village in Kharuti, in themountains of Wardak Province in Afghanistan July 16, 2009. Picturetaken through a night vision device. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov) #
AU.S Marine missile from the 2nd MEB strikes a Taliban position inside amud walled compound near Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmand provinceSaturday June 20, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
U.SMarines from the 2nd MEB, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines battle Talibanfighters inside a mud walled compound near Now Zad in Afghanistan'sHelmand province Saturday June 20, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
U.SMarine Daniel Hinther of Helena, Montana, with the 2nd MEB, 2ndBattalion, 3rd Marines throws a hand grenade during close quarterbattle with Taliban fighters inside a mud walled compound near Now Zadin Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday June 20, 2009. (APPhoto/David Guttenfelder) #
U.SMarine John Daly, right, of Collingdale, Pennsylvania, with the 2ndMEB, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines is helped by a fellow Marine afterinjuring his ankle in a fall when Taliban fighters opened fire on himand his squad during a gun battle near Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmandprovince Saturday June 20, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
A U.S. army gunner flies in a Chinook helicopter over Kandahar city, June 4, 2009. (REUTERS/Jorge Silva) #
DJAshiqullah works at the Garmsir radio station in Helmand province July7, 2009. The DJs of Radio Garmsir in Afghanistan's lower Helmand Rivervalley knew their station had touched a nerve when the letters startedpouring in. First a few, then more, and pretty soon 20 to 30 lettersper day, hand delivered to a box outside the NATO base where theybroadcast deep into Taliban territory from a desk in a tiny bunker. Theletters showed what listeners are aching to hear most is music, bannedas un-Islamic by the Taliban. (REUTERS/Ahmad Masood) #
Inthis photograph taken on June 8, 2009, Taliban fighters sit on theground in a prison after their arrest during the joint Operation Tofan,involving the Afghan National Army and NATO forces, in the Balamurghabdistrict of north western Badghis province. (REZASHIRMOHAMMADI/AFP/Getty Images) #
U.S.Marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines arrive at acompound to sleep for the night in a town in the Nawa district ofAfghanistan's Helmand province Monday July 6, 2009. (AP Photo/DavidGuttenfelder) #
U.S.Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5thMarines temporarily occupy an abandoned mud walled farm compound in theNawa district of Afghanistan's Helmand province Friday, July 10, 2009.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
U.S.Marine Sergeant Nathan Harris from Yadkinville, North Carolina (center)with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8thMarines Echo Co. speaks to an Afghan man through a Marine interpreter(left) after seeing suspicious activity near their base on July 14,2009 in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) #
AU.S. soldier of 2nd Platoon from the 3rd Brigade, 10th MountainDivision looks out of an Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) beforedeparting for a night patrol at Combat Operation Outpost (COP) Conlonin the mountains of Wardak Province in Afghanistan in this July 8, 2009picture. (REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov) #
U.S.Marines from the 2nd MEB, 1st Battalion 5th Marines are illuminated bya fire in which they burned their trash, as they settle in for thenight in an abandoned compound in the Nawa district in Afghanistan'sHelmand province, Saturday, July 5, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)#
AfghanNational police and U.S. Marines make a joint patrol through the townof Golestan in Afghanistan's Farah Province on June 13, 2009. (APPhoto/David Guttenfelder) #
AUS Marine of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade runs to safety momentsafter an IED blast in Garmsir district of Helmand Province inAfghanistan on July 13, 2009. Two US Marine soldiers were killed whenthe explosion occured as they tried to clear a route into the Talibanheartland of southern Helmand province. (MANPREET ROMANA/AFP/GettyImages) #
DisplacedPashtun women and children gather together for a meeting under ahighway bridge near the village of Kafta Khana, Baghlan province ofnorthern Afghanistan, Thursday, July 9, 2009. Hundreds of Pashtuns wereforced to leave their original villages by local Tajiks within Baghlanprovince. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky) #
Aview of the mountain that once held giant Buddhas destroyed by theTaliban in 2001 in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, seen on June 17, 2009.In an attempt to return one small part of the country to normalcygovernment officials and international donors are promoting tourism toattract visitors to the Bamiyan area. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) #
U.S.Marine Lance Corporal Addison Chipoletti from Tampa, Florida of the 2ndMarine Expeditionary Brigade, RCT 2nd Battalion 8th Marines Echo Co.uses makeshift equipment to work out on July 11, 2009 in Mian Poshteh,Afghanistan. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) #
Inthis photo taken on Monday, June 1, 2009, a fellow soldier holds thehand of U.S. Pfc. Anthony Vandegrift, of Mililani, Hawaii, as he tellshim the names of three of their comrades that were killed in the attackthat injured him at the U.S. hospital in Bagram Air base, north ofKabul, Afghanistan. Vandegrift, of Bravo Company 287, 3rd Brigade, 10thMountain Division, was wounded and three other soldiers died when thevehicle they were driving was hit by a roadside bomb in the Nerkhdistrict of Wardak province. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) #
U.S.Marine Sergeant Jeremiah Johnson from Bellplain, Minnesota of the 2ndMarine Exhibitionary Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines Echo Companyshows Afghan police recruits the proper shooting position when firing aweapon during a training session on June 27, 2009 in Delaram,Afghanistan. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) #
AnAfghan woman looks at merchandise at a burqa shop in Herat in westernAfghanistan July 2, 2009. Burqa seller Nehmatullah Yusefy's (not inpicture) sales at the shop have dropped 50 percent since the Talibanwere toppled in 2001 and he says he will soon need to start stockingcompeting styles of Islamic dress to make up for lost profits. Picturetaken July 2, 2009. (REUTERS/ Mohammad Shoiab) #
U.S.Marine Albert Rivas from San Juan, Puerto Rico and the 2nd MarineExpeditionary Brigade sits outside his tent at Camp Leatherneck inAfghanistan's Helmand province Tuesday June 9, 2009. (AP Photo/DavidGuttenfelder) #
U.SMarines from the 2nd MEB, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines walk from theirbase near Now Zad in Afghanistan's Helmand province on their way tovisit the nearby village of Khwaja Jamal to meet with the localpopulation on Monday June 22, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) #
Sixteen-month-oldAubrey Melton reaches for her father, SSG Josh Melton, as she views hisbody with her mother Larissa before his funeral service on June 27,2009 in Germantown, Illinois. SSG Melton, who was serving inAfghanistan with the Illinois National Guard, was killed in Kandaharduring an IED attack on June 19. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)


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"With permission to repost Nevada....Jaamal has been granted his release."
It's been discussed for a while now that Berry is going to be one of the ones leaving the program but it's a done deal now. Best of luck to the young man- I hope his past troubles stay in the past and do not continue to follow him into the future. Always going to think of what could have been with Jaamal Berry though.. Huge talent, but glad to have some clarity on this issue, especially given Meyer's perpetual talk of "character", you had to know this was coming.


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Why run as a 3rd party candidate for U. S. Senate ( Reform Party)
I have been asked recently why I am running for the United States Senate as an independent third party candidate. Many have said that I am a great alternative to the typical big government career politicians running in the GOP primary now. Other say that my campaign will lead to a Democrat victory in November. With support from likes of tdcj ecomm and others , I am confident I can be a responsible senate candidate.
We hear every time the Republicans or Democrats lose the White House, that they need to "rebuild" the party, or that they "need to take the party back." If the parties were doing the right thing to begin with, there would be no need to rebuild them. Over the last 100 plus years, regardless of the rhetoric, the parties have never been rebuilt into something that resembles a government that the Founding Fathers would feel comfortable with. Each election cycle, regardless of which party is in the White House, brings our Republic further and further away from the Constitution, and closer to some sort of statist or fascist government.
Both of the GOP candidates are part of the problem. They are Washington insiders. They are supported by Washington insiders and their money. One will get the nomination and the other will support him. Why should he even bother in the first place.
I am running for the Senate as an Independent because liberty and freedom are precious commodities, and we are losing them very quickly.
I am running for the Senate as an Independent because I feel that neither political party best represents and will further the cause of liberty and freedom.
I am running for the Senate as an Independent because I no longer believe the solutions to saving our country lie anywhere within the two party system.
I understand the challenges I face running as a third party. There are false stereotypes, the myth of the "wasted vote" and simply having to break old habits of pulling the lever (or pushing the button) for anyone with an R or D after their name, regardless of their ethics or principles. The future depends on it.
I am running for the Senate as an Independent because you deserve the choice. Our future depends on it.
Immigration – I wrote an article about three years ago detailing the problem with illegal immigration. This current problem has been caused by politicians who have played footsy with a corrupt Mexican government for the past 40 years. Now our federal Machiavellians want to pass another immigration bill when they completely ignored the laws already on the books! They create a problem and then pass a new law to show voters they're trying to do something! First, we must secure our border with whatever means necessary to make it secure. We cannot pretend to fight terrorists and not secure our borders. Second, all the "freebies" to illegals must STOP! This will discourage future illegal immigration.
Education – This is not a federal issue or responsibility. Therefore, I will do all I can to abolish the federal department of education and put this issue back at the local level where it belongs. (President Reagan actually came up with this idea, I want to help make it a reality).
Taxation – The power to tax is the power to destroy, or so said the founders of this great nation. It doesn't take much effort to realize that freedom and the IRS cannot co-exist. The destruction and abuse caused by this agency is beyond astronomical. In 1998, Congress held hearings about the criminal complaints made against the IRS by several of its own employees, Joe Bannister, Sherry Jackson, and Jennifer Long, to name just a few. One employee who testified refused to identify himself out of fear of reprisal from his own government! After the hearings and irrefutable testimony of criminal behavior within the IRS, Congress decided to have IRS offices opened on Saturday and ordered the agency to be more "user friendly." The IRS needs to be abolished and the federal income tax repealed immediately! This is America and we were never intended to be under such intimidation or to have our every move scrutinized by government. I will stop this or die trying!
"War on Drugs" – The war on drugs has been a huge failure. Every year government officials promise they will do better if we just pour a little more money into the effort to stop drug abuse. How absurd! When will we ever learn? Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it and that is exactly what we are doing. Prohibition has not worked, is not working, and will never work! I will move to end laws of prohibition that have literally made the drug problem worse.
War in Iraq – Let's review this entire situation. First, we were told that we had to invade Iraq to stop Hussein's build up of WMDs. None were found. Then we were told that we had to remove Hussein. We did that; mission accomplished; bring our troops home! Then we were told we had to stay and liberate the Iraqi people; give them a "democracy." So our troops stayed and it caused one problem after another. We were assured that this would NOT be another Viet Nam. Well, that's certainly debatable, and after more than three years of killing Iraqis and Americans, we seem to be on the fast track to another Viet Nam! Then we were told that we could fight the terrorists here or in Iraq. So fighting over there is supposed to be the lesser of the two evils; so the propaganda said.
ENOUGH! Now this war has become a political nightmare for the White House and is a no win situation. Saving face has become more important than saving lives. This invasion was improper from the get go. The terrorists who bombed us on 9-11 were not from Iraq and there is no evidence that Hussein had anything to do with it. The democrats and republicans have caused this problem and now cannot find a way out of it. So they continue to expend the lives of our sons and daughters and $9 billion per month until they can find some miraculous way to say we won this war. I will do everything to bring our troops home NOW!
What have the dems and repubs brought you? The welfare state, $4 trillion spent of your money since LBJ declared his war on poverty in 1964! Deficit spending and a $7 trillion debt. Out of control spending and ruthless taxation. Government that grows five times faster than the economy and 20 times faster than the population. The patriot act, government eavesdropping and perpetual encroachments on civil liberties. Gun control and all its related enforcement. War after war after war! Since World War II the United States has been involved in at least 18 different wars or "police actions." This list of abuse goes on and on!
- Tamara Inmate Reforms : Every relativ or family of the inmate jailed in any prison in USA has the right to communicate with there loved ones. An inmate should be given equal opportunity to connect to there family and friends. The current US Jail system does not allow a smooth communication medium between inmates and outside world. If I get selected as Governor I would be passing bill to make inmate search easiser. Non profit sites like InmateSearchinfo.com are already working in this field and I will like to support them for there noble cause.
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Bako, Millar go deep in O's win
Bako, Millar go deep in O's win
The Orioles found themselves down 3-0 in the first inning on Sunday, with their ace on the mound and coming off a depressing defeat on Saturday after allowing seven runs in the final two innings.
Then, almost as quickly, the Orioles rebounded -- something they haven't done much of over the past several seasons -- to beat the Yankees, 6-4, at Yankee Stadium to win the three-game series.
"That was a big win, it was," said designated hitter Kevin Millar, who hit the first of a pair of decisive home runs on Sunday. "Give up a three-run home run with two outs in the eighth and then a grand slam to walk it off [as the Orioles did on Saturday], teams tend to get down. We came back in here loosey-goosey, playing the music, having a good time and believing in ourselves."
The game opened with the Yankees taking a 3-0 lead in the first off Erik Bedard, courtesy of a run-scoring sacrifice fly by Bobby Abreu and a two-run home run by Saturday's hero, Alex Rodriguez.
That made 10 runs allowed in their last three innings against a team the Orioles haven't had a .500 record against in 10 years in a place they haven't won as many as four games in almost 20 seasons.
But after their comeback on Sunday -- which included a save by Chris Ray, who gave up the game-winning hit on Saturday -- the Orioles are 2-1 against the Yankees this season in The House That Ruth Built in just the first week of the season.
That comeback was keyed by Bedard, who, after allowing A-Rod's home run, retired 11 in a row and 20 of the last 22 batters he faced. The left-hander finished with three runs allowed on five hits over seven innings, striking out five.
"He didn't let the runs in the first bother him," pitching coach Leo Mazzone said. "He pitched, he changed speeds, he threw his curveball and his changeup and looked very confident on the mound. He looked like a classic left-handed pitcher today."
As do the Orioles, Bedard has had a history of letting earlier adversity keep him from having success. In his first start of the season, in Minnesota, Bedard gave up 10 hits and six runs in 4 2/3 innings. It looks as though the 28-year-old may have turned the corner.
"I guess with more experience under my belt I have a better way of dealing with those situations," said Bedard, who credited throwing his curveball better for strikes this time out.
Millar started the rally with a two-run home run against Yankees starter Darrell Rasner in the second, getting the Orioles to within one.
But the big blow came when backup catcher Paul Bako belted a three-run blast off Rasner in the fourth, putting the Orioles up, 5-3.
Sharing starting duties while Ramon Hernandez sits on the disabled list, Bako hit his first homer since Aug. 21, 2004, when he was with the Cubs.
"[The ribbing] was not really as bad as I thought it was going to be," said Bako of his teammates' reaction to the rare power stroke. "They took it pretty easy on me. [First baseman Aubrey] Huff said that [outfielder Nick] Markakis called it. When it worked out, Huffy told him that he should play the lottery. That was some fun."
The Orioles could have had more runs and fun, as they loaded the bases in the fifth against Rasner and reliever Sean Henn with two out. But outfielder Corey Patterson was robbed of a hit when his liner along the first-base line was snared by a diving Josh Phelps.
Bedard (1-1) and the bullpen took care of the rest.
The Yankees threatened in the eighth by loading the bases with two out, but left-hander John Parrish -- making his fifth appearance of the season -- got Phelps to fly out.
Ray, touched for the A-Rod grand slam on Saturday, came on to pitch the ninth with barely a memory of that game. Yet a few other Orioles had that game in mind when Ray entered.
"We were thinking about that after we got him in there," manager Sam Perlozzo said. "I think you saw a different Chris Ray today. He settled down, he took his time, used all his pitches and he was effective."
Ray spent much of Saturday night reflecting on that day's loss. Maybe he wasn't obsessing, but the home run was definitely dominating his thoughts.
"When I first got here this morning, I wanted another shot at it. I wanted to go back out there as soon as possible in a save situation," said Ray, who came in with a two-run lead and allowed just a Johnny Damon single with one out to earn his second save of the season. "This is the best-case scenario; we still take the series, and I was able to go out there and get a save."
Peter Zellen is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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WOB Dinner Theater Announces DEATH: ITÂ'S A DRAG!, Opens 8/16
Original interactive murder mysteries have become a signature event for The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre, one of area's premiere entertainment venues. Throughout the year, the theatre adds these special events to its line-up of shows and activities. These mysteries have become some of the most popular events at Way Off Broadway, drawing sold out houses of enthusiastic wannabe crime solvers for the limited run productions.
Whether in the early days with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie, or the more modern crime writers like James Patterson and Janet Evanovich, people have always been draw to a good mystery. At Way Off Broadway, they get to become a part of the mystery themselves and help solve the case. For the summer, WOB is adding a new installment to its Murder Mystery Club Series with Death: It's a Drag!, which combines The Bird Cage with Law & Order.
Over the years, The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has given audiences in Frederick the chance to play Sherlock Holms and solve some of the most ridiculously funny cases with which a detective could ever be confronted. From the mysterious death of a notorious reality show host to the magical murder of the Narrator from the Land of Fairytales, the most hysterical characters have found themselves being suspected of committing the most heinous of crimes and facing interrogation.
Death: It's a Drag!, by all early accounts, will be one of the most outrageously funny and over-the-top mysteries the theatre has ever seen. This summer, audiences will spend an evening at Club Diva, the hottest nightclub in town. The hottest drag club in town, that is. San Tropez's La Cage aux Folles has nothing on this place. Madame Cassandra, the "Devine Diva," and her "girls" entertain the guests with unbelievable flair. But every performer has their own story. And each one thinks they should be the headliner. Could one of them actually kill to become a star? The entertainment industry can be a real killer. When someone at Club Diva gets the ultimate hook, it will be up to the audience you to solve the case.
Death: It's a Drag! was written and developed by Justin M. Kiska, the "mastermind" behind Way Off Broadway's previous mysteries which include American Icon: This Competition is Murder, The Class Reunion Caper, A Fantasy Fairytale Murder Mystery, Murder by Marriage: A Wedding to Remember, The Case of the Oldest Living Showgirl, and A Rock-n-Roll Golden Oldies Murder.
Performances of Death: It's a Drag! will be on Tuesday, August 16th, Wednesday, August 17th, Wednesday, August 24th, and Thursday, August 25th. Doors open each evening for dinner at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $40 per person and may be purchased by calling the Box Office at (301) 662-6600.
So popular are Way Off Broadway's mysteries that the theatre recently announced a partnership with Walkersville Southern Railroad to produce all of the line's mystery train excursions.
For additional information about Death: It's a Drag!, or any of Way Off Broadway's productions, visit www.wayoffbroadway.com or call the theatre at (301) 662-6600.
The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre has been a leader in the region's performing arts community since it first opened in 1995. Under the direction of the Kiska Family since 2002, WOB has produced such productions as A Funny Thing . . . Forum, Guys & Dolls, Steel Magnolias, Oklahoma!, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, The Odd Couple, A Chorus Line, The Sound of Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Evita, Cats, The Full Monty, as well as the regional and/or area premieres of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl - The Musical, Jerry Herman's La Cage aux Folles, the musical comedy The Wedding Singer, Mel Brooks' The Producers, and The Drowsy Chaperone. Located along Route 40 West, the Golden Mile in Frederick, the theatre also produces a one-of-a-kind children's lunch theatre, as well as a number of special events throughout the year.


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Villanova wakes up, overcomes Boston U. 68-43
PHILADELPHIA—Villanova head coach Jay Wright faced his longtime assistant, Joe Jones, now the head coach at Boston University, and showed him that the teacher still knew a thing or two.
The Wildcats defeated the Terriers 68-43 in what turned out to be a laugher at the
Mouphataou Yarou led the way for Villanova with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Dominic Cheek chipped in with 14 points and seven rebounds as the unranked Wildcats (6-4) avoided a third consecutive loss.
Still, it was hardly vintage Villanova for 25 minutes. The Wildcats, who trailed 26-23 at the half, have lost four of six and played this nonconference tilt in front of a sparse, announced crowd of 8,313 at the Wells Fargo Center.
D.J. Irving had 11 points to pace the Terriers (4-7), who made the NCAA Tournament last season under coach Patrick Chambers, another Wright disciple. Chambers left the Terriers in June to take the vacant position at Penn State.
Boston was making its second of three trips to Philadelphia this month. The Terriers, who carry five players from the Philadelphia area, lost to Saint Joseph's 75-68 on Dec. 7, and will take on La Salle on Dec. 29.
Jones is looking forward to the game. "I think they enjoyed coming back," he said. "I know (the Philadelphia players) have a lot of pride playing here. I know we want to come back and play a little better against LaSalle. We got one more shot at it. We'd like to get a win down here."
Despite coming in with a losing record and having lost to two Ivy League schools, Jones, who was an assistant to Wright at Hofstra as well as Villanova, had his Terriers more prepared in the first half.
Boston led by as many as nine points in the first half and seemed to have an answer for Villanova's every move. The Wildcats did manage to cut the Boston lead to three at halftime despite missing their last 16 shots.
Wright must have given a Knute Rockne-esque speech to his team in the locker room. After a first half in which Villanova looked sluggish, shot 18.2 percent from the field and allowed Boston to stay in the game, the Wildcats came out in the second half firing on all cylinders.
Malik Wayns, Villanova's leading scorer, got the scoring going early in the half with two baskets including a fast break layup right off the bat. A James Bell 3-pointer put the Wildcats up 33-30 with just under 17 minutes to go and the Wildcats never looked back.
"I thought their intensity level changed the game in the second half," Jones said. "They extended themselves a little bit and got us out of the flow. After being under (Wright) for so long, I expected what I saw. I thought they would really challenge us like they did. I knew it would be tough to win on their floor."
The Wildcats, coming off a 78-67 loss on national television to crosstown rival Temple, did a good job defending Darryl Partin, who ranks fifth in the nation in scoring at 22.7 points a game. They held him to just six points on 2-for-15 shooting.
"We just kept fresh bodies on him all night," Wright said. "I thought Cheek did a great job on him."


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Situated in a leafy residential street in West Berlin
the Kaethe Kollwitz Museum in Berlin, is a real gem.
One of the artist's sculptures (Mother and Children) in the front garden
Kollwitz worked as a painter, printer and sculptor. Her printmaking work includes etching, lithographs and woodcuts. Despite the realism of her early works, her art is now more closely associated with Expressionism which together with the Bauhaus were major influences in her later years. The themes of most of her work are the effects of poverty, hunger and war on women and the working class. She was the first woman elected to the Prussian Academy of Arts.
Her husband tended to the poor in Berlin where the couple moved into the large apartment that would be Kollwitz's home until it was destroyed in WWII. The proximity of her husband's practice proved invaluable:
'the motifs I was able to select from this milieu (the workers' lives) offered me, in a simple and forthright way, what I discovered to be beautiful... People from the bourgeois sphere were altogether without appeal or interest. All middle-class life seemed pedantic to me. On the other hand, I felt the proletariat had guts. It was not until much later... when I got to know the women who would come to my husband for help and incidentally also to me, that I was powerfully moved by the fate of the proletariat and everything connected with its way of life... But what I would like to emphasise once more is that compassion and commiseration were at first of very little importance in attracting me to the representation of proletarian life; what mattered was simply that I found it beautiful'.
The works in this post are not necessarily the ones I liked best, or what I thought were the most representative of her oeuvre, but the ones that did not have reflection from the glass. I am not pleased with the quality of any of the images I have reproduced here, but I needed to do this post.
Colour drawing for Pieta, 1903
Self-portrait, (charcoal drawing), 1916
Hans Kollwitz with Nurse, (pen and ink drawing), 1894
Woman with Pained Face, (pencil drawing), 1900
Female Home Worker, (charcoal drawing), 1906
Poster for German Cottage Industry Exhibition in Berlin, 1906
Child in an Accident, (charcoal drawing), 1909-10
Christmas, (charcoal drawing), 1909
Welcome, (etching), 1892
Self-Portrait, (pen and ink drawing), 1890
A series of three lithographs and three etchings about the Silesian weavers' revolt of 1844: weavers protested against low wages and their revolt was crushed. Their desperate situation became public knowledge: Heinrich Heine wrote a poem about the revolt, and Gerhart Hauptmann, a play. Kollwitz saw a performance of this play in 1893 which prompted her to examine this conflict in more detail. Not a literal illustration of the drama, the works were a free and naturalistic expression of the workers' misery, hope, courage, and eventually doom. The series was a huge success and became her most widely acclaimed work.
Need, (lithograph)
Death, (etching)
Conspiracy, (etching)
March of the Weavers, (etching with aquatint and sandpaper)
Storming the Gate (etching with aquatint and sandpaper)
The End (etching with aquatint and sandpaper)
Kollwitz's second major cycle of works was the Peasant War. The German Peasants' War was a violent revolution which took place in Southern Germany in the early years of the Reformation. Peasants who had been treated as slaves took arms against feudal lords and the church. This too, ended in bloody defeat. Contemporary uprisings inspired Kollwitz to produce these works. The initial source of Kollwitz's interest in this revolt dated to her youth, when she and her brother Konrad playfully imagined themselves as barricade fighters in a revolution.
Black Anna, (chalk drawing)
The artist identified with the character of Black Anna, a woman cited as a protagonist in the uprising.
Works in this series include: Plowing, Raped, Sharpening the Scythe, Arming in the Vault, Outbreak, After the Battle (which features a mother searching through corpses in the night, looking for her son), and are Kollwitz's highest achievements as an etcher. Unfortunately, none of my photographs of those came out without reflection so I am unable to include them.
For Kaethe Kolwitz, old age began at the age of 47 when her younger son, Peter, died. As a war volunteer, he was killed during WWI. She bore a heavy sense of guilt for not stopping him.
It was then that she discovered wood-cutting with its hard lines, and henceforth renounced the smooth and smaller format of etching. She found more energetic and simpler forms.
Seed for Sowing Should not be Milled, 1941-42, (chalk lithograph)
Death is Recognised as Friend, 1937, (chalk lithograph)
Bread! 1924, (limestone printing block)
Mother with Young Boy, 1933, (lithographic limestone printing block)
Parents with Child, 1931, (lithograph)
Mothers, Share your Abundance! 1926, (lithograph)
Help Russia (poster without text), 1921, (lithograph)
Head Study of Karl Liebknecht on his Deathbed, 1919, (chalk drawing)
In Memoriam Karl Liebknecht, 1920, (woodcut)
Self-Portrait, 1922, (woodcut)
Pensive Woman, 1920, (chalk lithograph)
War, (one of seven lithographs), 1921-22
Kollwitz's printing press was discovered in the 1970s together with the lithography stones for Bread and Mother with Boy. The press and stones can be traced back to the time of WWII
Lithography is a planographic process. The chalk drawing is rich in grease. If the limestone is then wetted with a sponge, and colours containing grease are applied lightly with a roller, only the greasy parts accept the ink. Water and grease repel each other.


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Red roundup: Odd but true, MWC promoting Utes' Pac-12 celebration
anti BCS Anaheim, CAJune 13, 2011 6:31 p.m.
"If you read what I posted you will see that I was correct, Bronco has two AP top 15 finishes.
FYI, Utah has finished in the top 25 seven times."
It's hillarious how you ignore BYU's Top 15 finish in the Coaches Poll, but then count Utah's seven Top 25 finishes in the Coaches Poll.
Lifetime Top 25 Finishes BOTH Polls (AP and Coaches)
Utah 5
Your attempt to count Kyle's one great year is amusing.
Once again:
Bronco has four Top 25 finishes (both polls) and 3 Top 15 finishes
2006 #16/#15
2007 #14/#15
2008 #25/#21
2009 #12/#12
Kyle has two Top 25 finishes (both polls) and 1 Top 15 finish
2008 #2/#4
2009 #18/#18
2010 ur/#23
hohum Saint George, UTJune 12, 2011 8:10 a.m.
So the big 12 gave up its championship game rather than invite BYU and some other team to keep the game. Are you saying then that the pac.10 invited colorado and some other team so they COULD have a championship game. Funny how many people condemn themselves with their own words.
BluCoug Provo, UTJune 11, 2011 11:19 p.m.
@ Rock Of The Marne
utah was a bottom feeder choice after the PAC's grand plan fell through. It never ceases to amaze me... don't fool yourself that on the field play and academics got you there, well maybe gymnastics was a strong consideration for acceptance. In reality the PAC was left standing with 11 teams and need one more to round out the PAC, utah "WAS" their last choice to fill a void.
Big XII got rid of on bottom feeder and the PAC inherited two.
Independence > dependent
BluCoug Provo, UTJune 11, 2011 11:07 p.m.
@ hedgehog
Again as follows:
BYU = Independent
utah = Dependent
Enjoy your dependence celebration.
MidMajor4ever Syracuse, UTJune 11, 2011 4:46 p.m.
If you read what I posted you will see that I was correct, Bronco has two AP top 15 finishes.
FYI, Utah has finished in the top 25 seven times. Perhaps you meant that Utah has five top 25 finishes this century? byu has the same with their highest ranking @ #12. Utah has two top 5 finishes during this century.
In comparing Kyle and Bronco you failed to mention Kyle leading in BCS invitations and wins: 1-0. Kyle also earned million more for the MWC than Bronco.
CG Orem, UTJune 11, 2011 2:13 p.m.
Bronco has four Top 25 finishes (both polls) and 3 Top 15 finishes
2006 #16/#15
2007 #14/#15
2008 #25/#21
2009 #12/#12
Kyle has two Top 25 finishes (both polls) and 1 Top 15 finish
2008 #2/#4
2009 #18/#18
2010 ur/#23
10+ win seasons
Bronco 4
Kyle 3
Bronco 3
Kyle 3
MWC championships
Bronco 2
Kyle 1
Bronco took over a program coming off of three straight losing seasons.
Kyle took over a program coming off an undefeated BCS season.
Bronco, in his first 6 years has almost as many AP Top 25 finishes (4) as Utah has in its entire history (5).
WhatsInItForMe Orem, UtahJune 11, 2011 12:03 p.m.
Funny. There's always enough stats from the past for either side to zing the other.
Let's just enjoy watching two teams from the great state of Utah go out and pave some glory for themselves.
I anticipate that Utah will do well in the Pac-12 as time rolls on, and that BYU will do quite well as an independent.
If the two schools can keep games going against each other every year, bragging rights will still be hot and heavy.
MidMajor4ever Syracuse, UTJune 11, 2011 11:37 a.m.
MUSSing with U...
"Utah's entire football history is a two-trick pony (2004 and 2008), that will never be repeated."
I'm assuming you referred to these two seasons because Utah was undefeated in each and had BCS invitations/wins? Based on the same criteria, byu would be a "one-trick pony" based on it's only undefeated season in 1984. It hasn't come close to repeating and has never been invited to a BCS game.
FYI, Bronco has had two AP top 15 finishes, not three.
Utah and byu have both finished in the top 5 twice in their program's history. byu has four top 10 finishes to Utah's three. Kyle has a #2 finish while Bronco has a #12 finish as his best.
I'm sure your program is headed to better records with cupcake schedules. While Utah is playing 10 BCS teams, byu will play only four. byu will also play the following powerhouse midmajor teams this year: Idaho, Idaho State, Utah State, Central Florida, San Jose State and New Mexico State. ESPN viewers are lining up to watch those teams play your 6-6 cougs.
Midmajor forever..... enjoy it.
MUSSing with U Baltimore, MDJune 11, 2011 11:07 a.m.
Naval Vet
Utah's entire football history is a two-trick pony (2004 and 2008), that will never be repeated.
Kyle lost to every team in the MWC, which is why he only managed to win one MWC championship and only had one Top 15 finish despite his BCS win.
Bronco never lost to Wyoming, Colorado State, New Mexico, or UNLV (remember Utah 0 UNLV 27?), which is why he won two MWC championships and had three Top 15 finishes.
Utah is headed to middle of the PAC mediocrity. You know it, and so does everyone else.
BYU is headed back to national prominence.
Two programs headed in opposite directions (see last half of 2010).
WhatsInItForMe Orem, UtahJune 11, 2011 9:57 a.m.
You can bet the MWC won't promote BYU's independence move because they see it as BYU dissing them, whereas they see Utah's acceptance into the Pac-12 as validation that the MWC DID have a BCS-worthy team.
However, unlike Thompson would like to think, it doesn't mean (after TCU leaves) that the MWC has any team even close to BCS-worthy. But, he'd like to think so.
Thompson's dreaming if he thinks the MWC will one day qualify as an AQ conference. With Boise State's NCAA issues, the MWC's credibility is sunk.
BYU Jimmered the MWC on its independence move!
Good riddance to the black hole mtn network.
Utes21 Salt Lake City, utJune 11, 2011 7:09 a.m.
Alright Duckhunter we know you go by many names.
BlueSaint South Jordan, UTJune 11, 2011 6:56 a.m.
Looks like the trolls from SL Trib are over here infecting the Des News comment board. I don't blame them! Nobody ever reads what they have to say over there.
MichiganCoog Cottonwood Heights, UTJune 11, 2011 6:35 a.m.
...that was just completed, for BYU to make it a go on its' own in Independance. The Hair's endorcement is just another dig on his part, to express his hate for BYU's decision to leave. I'm sure he has a dart board in his home, w/ a big blue "Y" in the middle of it that he must pepper with darts for hours at a time.
For all we Coug fans, good riddance Mr. Thompson, and the pathetic MTN, MWC and the lack of exposure on TV. Hello ESPN, hello 7 national prime-time slots this coming fall, hello to our newly found Independance, no more little yappy dogs, hanging off of our BYU coat-tails...Finally, good luck in your quest for the Las Vegas bowl my dear UTE fans. You see, if it wasn't for BYU, the BCS never would have happened. U ask why? Because when BYU won the National Championship in 1984, that got this whole BCS muck started...They spurned BYU's chance at a significant New Years day bowl in 1996, but when that next opportunity comes in the very near future...BYU will win won again!
MichiganCoog Cottonwood Heights, UTJune 11, 2011 6:27 a.m.
Naval Vet,
Its good to see you back, back at your usual self. Flagship programs win conference championships. Apparently you didn't see the article recently about which team dominated the MWC for the 11 years it was in it? Winning 42% of all the championships in the league...It certainly wasn't Utah...it wasn't TCU, it was BYU. Of course the Hair Mr. Thompson wouldn't give BYU the time of day. BYU just ended the MWC as a viaable player in the college football pecking order. Yes, Utah's departure to the PAC10.2 initiated it, but the lousy TV deal w/ the MTN, and Thompson's lack of intestinal fortitude could never get the kind of deal that it was supposed to have been for the MWC.
Yes, it was BYU the started the MWC, got the TV deal going as brokered by Dave Checketts, but when the Hair could seal the deal, that was the beginning of the end for BYU's interest in staying in the MWC. I'll bet that that was what began the planning for and eventual construction of the new state-of-the-art broadcast center...
Utah'95 FPO, AEJune 11, 2011 4:04 a.m.
SLC BYU fan,
"a likely invitation to the Big-12."
Maybe. But what we KNOW right now is the Pac 10 and Big 12 just went through a round of conference membership realignment. Neither conference invited BYU. The Big 12, in fact, gave up their lucerative football championship game rather than invite BYU and some other team to get back to the requisite 12 teams.
I am not saying or implying that BYU doesn't have a solid athletic program. They do, and have for years. But talking about rumored "almost invitations" from eighteen years ago and unlikely invitations just around the corner makes you sound desperate.
VegasUte Las Vegas, NVJune 10, 2011 4:34 p.m.
This is too good! y people on "Red Roundup" trying to belittle the mighty Ute school and program. Have you nothing going on in "Blue Roundup" that will make you happy or that you can cheer for? Apparently not!!
Ute success is really getting under the skins of y people.
Go Utes! Go Crimson!
Naval Vet Philadelphia, PAJune 10, 2011 3:41 p.m.
The no-BCS-bowl-busting cougars were most definitely NOT the flagship institution in the MWC. The ONLY sport you dominated in the MWC was track and field. You frantic and emotional cougar fans need to understand that it's football that drives the athletic dept. That's why Holmoe sabotaged his entire athletic dept. by sticking his programs in the WCC. He did it for the football team.
The flagship football programs in the MWC were Utah and TCU. There are 4 BCS bowls between us. It is now TCU and Boise St, where there are 4 BCS bowls between them. Your program was better than UNLV, Wyoming, and New Mexico, but compared to Utah and TCU (and Boise St. for that matter), you were an also-ran. And the only reason your moved to independence won't destroy your football program was because you were never going to play in a BCS bowl game anyway.
millerdu PROVO, UTJune 10, 2011 3:21 p.m.
RE: Rock of the Marne
Calm down--don't blow a gasket!His commments were no more stupid than many Ute posters. Try to be more like Vai.
uteBusters Park City, UTJune 10, 2011 3:13 p.m.
Of course the MWC is happy to celebrate the Utes leaving the conference. Utah football was only occassionally good and even the bottom dwellers of the conference could count on beating the Utes. Utah basketball is a disaster. And, except for a couple of women's sports, the rest of Utah's athletic programs have never been competitive.
On the other hand, Craig Thompson wouldn't have celebrated the Cougars if they'd won another football national championship. In basketball, CT was a ghost during Jimmer-mania. CT's love/hate relationship with BYU was interesting. On the one hand, he never lifted a finger to help his flagship program. On the other hand, he did everything he possibly could to try to sabotage BYU's departure from the MWC because he knew how important BYU was to the conference.
Good luck to the Utes in the PAC 12. It'll be fun being able to beat the Utes and a PAC 12 opponent in the same game. See you in September.
Rock Of The Marne Phoenix, AZJune 10, 2011 2:37 p.m.
SLC BYU Fan, too funny. Are you serious? Utah earned its way into the PAC 12 by being a major research university, by having the 12th winningest NCAA mens basketball program, the being the original BCS buster, and twice overall BCS bowl winner (by a large margin) in football; BYU has done nothing for the U of U expect be a rival. And the part about the Big-12 inviting BYU in 1993; give me a break; never happened. Have you guys really stooped to making things up? It never ceases to amaze me.
Naval Vet Philadelphia, PAJune 10, 2011 2:01 p.m.
SLC BYU Fan:
"Utah fans should thank BYU for getting them there!"
In 1987, Utah Pres. Chase Peterson and A.D. Chris Hill put forth a plan, to make the UofU more appealing to the Pac-10 should they decide to expand again. The plan included bolstering the U's academic reputation in add'n to improving the Athletic Dept.
Utah should thank fmr-Presidents Peterson, Smith, and Machen for the meteoric rise in the U's academic profile as one of the top 100 universities in the world.
Utah should thank fmr-Head Coaches Majerus, McBride, and Meyer for the meteoric rise in the U's athletic programs, and Whittingham and the Marsdens for the sustainability of our successes.
Utah should thank the athletes of the subsequent 5 Men's Sweet-16, 2 Elite-8, 1 Final Four/NC game teams, 2 BCS Bowl teams, 22 Super-Sixes, and 4 gymnastics titles.
But your cougs are due no approbations for our university's elevation to the Pac-12, and the only gratitude you may be afforded is a great big hearty thanks for rolling over for us on our way to the BCS back in 2004 and 2008.
hedgehog Ann Arbor, MIJune 10, 2011 12:14 p.m.
What do you think the odds are the MWC will "promote" the bYu move to independence?
I'd say 10,000 to 1.
Burning bridges falling down, falling down, falling down. Burning bridges falling down all threw the land.
SLC BYU Fan Salt Lake City, UTJune 10, 2011 11:55 a.m.
Should BYU fans be happy for Utahs success in gaining entry in to the Pac-12? Absolutely, since this now pulls a major moniker off their back and allowed independence and a likely invitation to the Big-12 that they had back in 1993 to be accepted when it comes around. By the late 1980s BYU wanted to leave the WAC, the SWC was starting to fall apart, but who would BYU partner with at the time? Utah wasnt even on the radar since they were just coming out of two decades or mediocrity in college athletics. Utah fans should thank BYU for getting them there!
On the other hand should the MWC be celebrating the loss of BYU? No way! Utah State fans especially should not be happy about this one since if BYU stayed put then the MWC would have followed through and stabilized their league alignment.


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Posted by ESPN.com's Tim Graham
DAVIE, Fla. -- The process began two days after Christmas 2007. A cataclysmic event took place at the Miami Dolphins facility. An observer arrived. He might as well have worn a black cloak and had a sickle in his grip.
He stood there, arms folded mostly, and watched from the sideline, taking mental notes that would decide the fate of dozens and alter the course of a franchise hurtling into NFL oblivion.
"I think the air in the practice field got a little thin," defensive end Vonnie Holliday said.
Bill Parcells had arrived to straighten out a team headed toward 1-15. He didn't say much on the field that day. He exchanged quick pleasantries with head coach Cam Cameron, spoke to a couple of trainers.
But the process had begun -- quietly, icily.
"Guys were nervous out there," Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter said.
Several Dolphins confessed they barked out their calls louder, ran faster and tackled harder under Parcells' surveillance.
A few veterans scoffed at the difference, claiming that if their teammates were playing harder just because Parcells was there, then they must not have been giving their all before.
Yet that, in fact, was the case, whether they wanted to admit it or not. Parcells' mere presence, forged by Super Bowls and high-profile turnarounds, whacked the Dolphins in their earholes.
He has remained virtually silent while overseeing the greatest single-season upgrade in NFL history.
On Sunday, one year and one day after Parcells first emerged onto the Dolphins practice field, they defeated the New York Jets at the Meadowlands to claim the AFC East championship.
As unfathomable as it seemed when Parcells agreed to renovate the dilapidated franchise, the Dolphins will host a playoff game next Sunday when they meet the Baltimore Ravens.
Amid the recent revelations that Parcells has a walkout option in his contract if the Dolphins are sold -- real estate mogul Stephen Ross is buying 95 percent of the team and Dolphin Stadium from owner Wayne Huizenga -- it's interesting to reflect on the impact that Miracle Bill has had in just a year.
The Dolphins probably would not be in these playoffs had former Jets quarterback Chad Pennington signed elsewhere. But if Parcells weren't here, then Pennington wouldn't have considered the Dolphins worth his services.
While it doesn't take much effort to do it on a keyboard, moving a dash one place to the right in an NFL record is herculean, unprecedented until the Dolphins went from 1-15 to 11-5.
No team in league history had won a single game one year and gone to the playoffs the next, much less taken its division. Their 10-game improvement tied the 1999 Indianapolis Colts, who went from three victories to 13.
Dolphins owner Huizenga, desperate to revitalize his team even though he was about to sell it, reached out to Parcells to run his faltering front office.
Huizenga is a fan's dream. He recognizes when the organization isn't working, doesn't hesitate to spend whatever it takes and readily admits he doesn't know enough about football to meddle. Buffalo Bills fans who scanned that sentence just had pangs of wanderlust.
Huizenga, before selling off a large stake in his beloved Dolphins and their stadium, made what could be remembered as the greatest decision of his tenure when he convinced Parcells to come out of retirement. Huizenga gave Parcells a four-year, $12 million contract and carte blanche over football operations.
"It cost us $27 million to fire all the coaches," Huizenga noted after Sunday's victory at the Meadowlands.
The owner, who will retain only five percent of the Dolphins once the sale is finalized, had endured Dave Wannstedt, Jim Bates, Nick Saban and Cameron since Jimmy Johnson left in 1999.
The smile and bewildered expression on Huizenga's face indicated Sunday's accomplishment was worth the cost.
"I thought if we did 8-8 this year, we would have done well," Huizenga said. "I was trying to be realistic. This is unbelievable."
Parcells, who won two Super Bowls as head coach of the New York Giants, was the architect. As he had done in coaching stints with the New England Patriots, the Jets and the Dallas Cowboys, he pulled off a stunning reversal. As soon as the 2007 Dolphins' debacle was over, he decisively began to execute his plan -- but this time as an executive.
The reaper's sickle swung in the form of phone calls to agents and thanks-for-trying handshakes. Fired. Waived. Contract terminated. Traded. See you later.
General manager Randy Mueller, gone. Cameron, gone. Offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey and defensive coordinator Dom Capers, gone. The strength coaches, you better believe they were gone.
Parcells hired Jeff Ireland away from the Cowboys' scouting department to be his general manager. They named Cowboys offensive line assistant Tony Sparano the Dolphins' next head coach. Both were in their roles for the first time, beholden to Parcells.
Although Parcells has declined interview requests and insists he's a more passive adviser than superintendent, executives around the NFL insist Parcells is directing the operation.
A culture evolution was galvanized. An emphasis was placed on hard-core football fundamentals, the type of building blocks some buzz-cut drill sergeant with a whistle around his neck would yell about in the 1950s.
Power. Size. Commitment. Dedication. Consistency.
Nothing sexy about those attributes. Blocking, tackling and resourcefulness took precedence. Suffice to say the Dolphins' current regime would not have selected twinkle-toes receiver and return specialist Ted Ginn with the ninth overall draft pick in 2007.
Offseason conditioning was stressed, especially in the weight room, where Parcells would show up unannounced and prowl about. For those who don't know football, there was nothing formidable about the paunch, flabby chest or shorts hiked up over his bellybutton.
But his unspoken message intimidated the players: I'm watching you, and I won't hesitate to send you packing i
f you don't follow orders. Dolphins marveled at how difficult the program was. Many claimed it was the most difficult they'd been exposed to.
There was no room for excuses, whiners or prima donnas.
Injuries became unacceptable. Sparano, a true Parcells acolyte, rode any player who turned up in the trainer's room on a regular basis. A team that finished last season with 15 players on injured reserve suddenly didn't have many sprains or strains to report.
The captains were jettisoned. Quarterback Trent Green's contract was terminated. The outspoken Jay Feely was cut in training camp because the Dolphins' front office believes a kicker should be seen and not heard. Defensive and Jason Taylor and linebacker Zach Thomas were granted trades because they didn't want to go through a rebuilding process.
None of them reached the playoffs with their new teams.
The culture change also manifested itself in constant roster retooling. Even as they were winning, the Dolphins weren't afraid to work the bottom of their 53-man roster as ardently as they would the top. They have made 161 roster moves this year, not counting the practice squad.
Last year's Dolphins made 150 roster moves, 15 of which were necessary because of players landing on injured reserve. This year's team has only seven players on injured reserve, making the discrepancy in transactions even more remarkable.
Under Parcells' watch, the Dolphins aren't satisfied even when they're winning. Before he arrived, the Dolphins seemed less inclined to look for help when they were losing.
Ross, a New York real estate developer, will take over as majority owner within days of the Dolphins' last game, whenever that might be.
Parcells has a clause in his contract that would allow him to walk, with his remaining salary guaranteed, if there's an ownership change.
If Parcells were a mere adviser, there would be nothing to fear about his departure. After all, the GM and head coach are in place.
But the Dolphins know better. Huizenga hopes Parcells stays. Ross can't afford to let him get away.
As nervous as they were about Parcells arriving, the Dolphins would be every bit as worried about their future without him.


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At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in
October rose by Rs 95, or 0.34 per cent, to Rs 27,641 per 10
grams with a business turnover of 85 lots.
In a similar fashion, the metal for delivery in August
moved up by Rs 90, or 0.32 per cent, to Rs 27,554 per 10 grams with a trade volume of 4,113 lots.
Market analysts said the rise in gold futures was mainly
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factory orders fell more than expected, raising demand for
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Meanwhile, gold climbed 0.20 per cent to USD 1,321.89 an
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Columbus, OH — Friday afternoon, the Bochurim swarmed downtown Columbus, where they successfully met up with many Jews. At first, the people thought the Bochurim were Amish.
Following that, the Bochurim went to the community mikveh, where they had to make an appointment before, since they never had so many people using the mikveh before.
When the Bochurim arrived they were greeted by a unique site. The Shliach, Rabbi Aryeh Kaltman was standing outside his home, filling up a huge blue container for mikveh, Shabbos morning.
Friday night the Bochurim farbrenged with Rabbi Kaltman and the Mekuravim at his home. The Bochurim sang niggunim all through the wee hours of the morning.
The feedback of the event was amazing. The community was very excited that there is a local Chabad Yeshiva.
Shabbos morning the Bochurim went to the mikveh in the cold stream nearby and the big blue container.
Shabbos day, they Farbrenged all day until Mincha. Rabbi Kaltman spoke to the Bochurim concerning the importance of using time wisely and Kabbalos Ol.
Rabbi Kaltman thanked all the Bochurim for uplifting the shabbos experience.
The Bochurim thanked Rabbi Kaltman for giving them an opportunity to see what it means to be a Shliach.
The Talmidim Hasluchim are planning Shabossim with Shluchim, like Louisville Kentucky.
We would like to thank the following people who made this shabbos possible. Shluchim Rabbi Aryeh Kaltman, Rabbi Zalman Deitsch, Menahel Rabbi Gershon Avtzon, Shmuly Neuman, Eli Morrison, Hatomim Hashliach Mendel Katzman, Hatomim Hashliach Moshe Frank and Yisroel Neuman.