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Jack Kemp, former Republican Congressman from New York and who also served as first President Bush's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and the GOP vice presidential nominee in 1996, died over the weekend at the age of 73. Before serving in the Congress, Kemp was a top pro football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills.
A few days before Kemp's death, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, also a Republican, left the GOP and declared himself a Democrat. While Specter's loss to the GOP was headline news across the country, Kemp's passing barely rated notice among the national media. Yet, Kemp's loss is more revealing of the state of the national Republican Party than is Specter's symbolic defection.
Jack Kemp's passing signals the loss of one of the best of the young, energetic conservative leaders who cut their teeth on the Goldwater-Reagan movement that truly was the birth of what had been, until the presidency of Bush II, the modern Republican Party – a movement that culminated in the Reagan presidency of 1980-88. Whether one liked or disliked Kemp as a candidate or Republican leader, it is undisputed that he conveyed a sense of energy, charisma, and strong conservstism that was both broadly based and clear. His was a brand of politics rarely seen or heard in the Republican Party of this early 21st Century. Precious few Republican leaders on the national scene today are able to match those qualities as exhibited by Kemp during and after his congressional career.
Instead, the Republican Party today is administered by tired functionaries, most of who, like Specter, cannot bear to give up their hold on power no matter how unworthy they might be in terms of exercising that power. The messages they deliver are vague, garbled and inconsistent. Specter, one of the GOP's more tired and long-serving members, left his party with a meaningless statement that the "Republican philosophy" was less to his liking than that of the Democratic Party. Even now, Specter obviously fails to grasp the reality that the Republican Party arguably no longer even has a "philosophy," and is little different in the size and power of government it champions than is the party Specter now embraces. It has all been reduced to the lowest of the lowest common denominators — which of the two major political parties that jointly enjoy a virtual monopoly on power offers the best chance for one's electoral win. "Philosophy" has precious little to do with it.
Although he never won the hignest office to which he aspired, Jack Kemp's years in politics were characterized by developing and implementing a broad conservative philosophy of governance that allowed also for significant diversity. The fact that the GOP eschewed that philosophy and energy in favor of what they have today, explains in large measure what they are today.
May 4th, 2009
8:17 am
A very well written article sir.
May 4th, 2009
8:40 am
May 4th, 2009
8:54 am
Never play cute with words in an eulogy. You really don't know any better do you?
"Kemps passing signals the loss…." Shame, sir.
Worse, Barr tries to link the passing of old guard Republicanism to Kemp's death. Not even Newt would hand off a statue of liberty play like that. Kemp deserves his own obituary.
Conservatism was never defined. It was never more than a refuge for scoundrels and trolls like you, Mr Barr. The hippies who burned flags in the sixties honored liberty more than anything you've ever written, Mr Barr.
Now, if you apologize to Kemp's family, like I know you're going to, maybe I can convince the lurkers that you really didn't mean it. Imagine someone so insensitive to other's pain that he would try to capitalize on a second-rate play on words in a fumbled dirge of self serving Gator tears. Is this your Barr Code? Run your pieces by me before you publish them, cause I donts be expectin to be respectin no man what don'ts lives by the code. (The code of decency).
Condolences to Jack Kemp's family, and I will light a candle for his Republican Soul.
May 4th, 2009
9:13 am
"Jack Kemp's passing signals the loss of one of the best of the young, energetic conservative leaders …"
Jack Kemp was 73. Only the twisted logic of the deluded withering GOP would eulogize him as young. Too bad Kemp did not leave a better legacy at the helm of the GOP. The current leadership is laughable.
May 4th, 2009
9:23 am
"The current (GOP)leadership is laughable."
I guess Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi are pillars of liberal world.
What does that tell you about your "leaders" Brad?
May 4th, 2009
9:40 am
[...] Jack Kemp has died. Bob Barr eulogizes. [...]
May 4th, 2009
10:00 am
Brad Steel (or BS),
Had you read (and quoted) the next sentence in the story, you would understand the context.
May 4th, 2009
10:05 am
Jack Kemp was a rock of a man. He represented the city of Buffalo and the state of New York with honor, dignity and a passion that does not exist on the football field or in government today. His legacy does not compare to some in the statistical catagory but he was a winner in every aspect of his life.
Jack Kemp to me was and is the reason so many of us are proud to be both Buffalo Bills fans and loyal to the city were we were born and raised Buffalo, NY.
May 4th, 2009
10:07 am
Don't forget to mention Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, and Al Gore
May 4th, 2009
10:24 am
The GOP "leaders" are on a listening tour, which is code word for we have no idea what our principles are, and the Bush's are telling the people it's time to leave Reagan. Now, last time I checked, Reagan brought conservatism to the main stream in his 1980 landslide victory over Carter. Bush 1 and 2 helped destroy that which Reagan built. No wonder the GOP is in huge trouble. Too many RINOS running the party.
Brad Steal aka Barney Frank, shouldn't you be over at Bookmans blog? I mean you two do enjoy stroking Obamas ego.
May 4th, 2009
11:25 am
Yea, the only problem the GOP has is that it has abandoned conservative principles.
And with geniuses like Limbaugh, Rove, the Bushes, Hannity, Palin, Jindal, Cheney, Steele…, the GOP will certainly be back in the drivers seat soon.
With the entrenched tired conservative dogma and the monumental blunders of the Bush/Cheney regime, the GOP is where it deserves to be. Too bad the only interesting leadership the GOP had was at the helm a quarter century ago.
May 4th, 2009
11:47 am
Please forgive me for being a prat but I must say this:
It's the loss of Jack Kemp, not jack Kemp's loss;
It's the loss of Specter, not Specter's loss.
If I lose my keys they are lost but it is my loss. As an attorney Bob, I'm sure you appreciate the significance of semantics. Other than these minor violations of grammar I think this is an excellent article and completely agree with your assessment; although, Goldwater was a nasty bit of goods and even he admitted to such in the end.
May 4th, 2009
11:49 am
While trying not to read too much into your article. Any political party of an honorable caliber can usually back-down the fist-fighting word-play when a respectable opponent has fallen/or passed..
Much of what he did, can be looked over and criticized or just serve as memories. It depends on the person. You took his death, and give it more press than 'The Press' did. While you are no obit writer, I do agree you're not here to do that. But to acknowledge not the passing of an abstract idea, but the passing of what was a very real man.
And that, is what is truly anyone wants, when they die. To be remembered, not only for what they did, but for who they were because of it. Frankly, it's what keeps his memory alive.
Great article Barr.
May 4th, 2009
12:16 pm
Chris Broe, obviously you have reading comprehension issues. Bob only stated that Kemp personified what the Republican party may have been at one time and should be today, instead of the bigoted noninclusive party of terrified and angry people that it is today.
May 4th, 2009
12:34 pm
Really well written, hits the nail on the head.. Please oh please run for the US Senate, Johnny the Socialist is a waste.
May 4th, 2009
12:45 pm
I disagree with Barr's article comparing Kemp to Spector! It is like comparing a patriot to a traitor.
The conservatives have lost their lead because liberals like Spector ran as a Republican and somehow got elected. I am ready for the others to meander toward their homebase, the liberal party.
Who cares if the liberals get a veto proof senate because King Obama will soon load the supreme court with justices that will make law that is the liberal party's agenda. No one wins!
May 4th, 2009
12:58 pm
While Kemp was fairly solid economically (via his laissez-faire approach), he was ultimately a Globalist "RINO" who was a member of the CFR, a 33rd degree Mason & support Leftist items such as (Marxist spawned) affirmative action & empowerment of illegal immigrants (via is opposition of CA's Prop 187, etc.). He was NOT a true (paleo)conservative like patriot Dr.Ron Paul.
May 4th, 2009
1:09 pm
I agrew with your point that ". . . the Republican Party arguably no longer even has a 'philosophy'. . . ." It is obvious, therefore, why the Libertarians, who have even less philosophy than Republicans, claim to have burst forth full blown from the forehead of Reagan — Reagan never possessed a "philosohy," either.
May 4th, 2009
2:24 pm
I beg to differ Democritus, the Libertarians have quite a strong philosophy. It is basically that less government is most conducive to personal freedom and independence and that with freedom comes responsibility. I must also point out Libertarians have never claimed to be "full blown from the forehead of Reagan". What is obvious is that you know very little about the Libertarian party.
May 4th, 2009
2:33 pm
I concur with Mr. Barr's assertion. Jack's passing signifies much more to me than Sen. Specter rush to the exit and the abandonement of what
GOP principles and values he had left. It's like the time worn cliche, a
montain versus a molehill.
Jack represents the end of an era and frankly, the end of much chance that the party of Lincoln will return to its mantra as the fountain of
liberty and the gateway to freedom. We not only lost our message, we have lost our most fervent messenger. As I recall several Kemp
stories, I will long remember his version of how he and others like him called "black republicans" thanks to the actions of then Cong. Lincoln (IL). He wore it as a badge of honor. The only sadder thought that I have this day is that of the oxymoronic efforts of some to mint a Lincoln-Obama coin and suggest that there is a cent of similarity between the two men.
May 4th, 2009
3:38 pm
Lincoln/Obama parallels: Lincoln was prez when Picket's charge was thought to first have 15K rebels in it. Then it was 12K, then 7K, then back to 10 or 12K, and now we realize it was about 5K.. With Obama, the tea bagger party in Atlanta was first thought to have 15K rebels in it. Then it was 12K, then 7K, then back to 10 or 12K, and now we realize it was about 5K morons, all threatening to secede from the union.
Georgia seceded from the union once………………Once.
May 4th, 2009
3:40 pm
And the sign-carrying tea baggers are generically called pickets
May 4th, 2009
3:41 pm
I rest my case.
May 4th, 2009
3:48 pm
Mrs. Norris. That's not a philosophy; that's a delusion.
May 4th, 2009
5:53 pm
yes, Democritus, because believing in personal freedoms and liberties is a delusion. Believing in the principle of self-determination is a delusion. *rolls eyes*
Just because you do not agree with a philosophy doesn't make it delusional. There is a reason why multiple philosophies exist, because they all have flaws, but none can be proved entirely wrong or right.
May 4th, 2009
6:16 pm
In other media outlets, Specter blamed Kemp's passing on the GOP. He said it was their lack of pushing forward cancer research funding that killed Kemp. Just how many other people in this country think that humans can become immortal? Thinking like that tells me it is time for the 79 year old, now Democrat to retire. He is delusional. And, yes, BS, Mr Barr was referring to the term of Kemp when he entered the political arena, in the age of Reagan. He was a young, conservative when he entered the fray. Sheesh……is that called spot-reading? RIP, Jack Kemp.
May 4th, 2009
6:41 pm
A well written aticle about a true American Patriot. Kemp believed in the free market and supply side ecomomics and he witnessed his philosphy in action from 1980-1988 with the election of President Reagan and roughly 20 years of ecomomic growth for all- yes the rich got richer but that did not bother Jack Kemp because everyone benefited. The GOP has the blue print to return this country to the foundation of principles it was founded on and in my opinion the current administration will help them greatly in reminding Americans what the liberal agenda really is. RIP Jack Kemp.
May 4th, 2009
6:57 pm
Conservatism remains undefined, unrefined, and obsolete. All the GOP needs is a face. Mine's available. I look like a president should. Not one of you pudwits would dare try to define conservatism in my presence. Go head. Make me a Thomas Paine.
May 4th, 2009
7:15 pm
Almost all of the members of Congress, the majority being Democrats, are loathe to indicate any position which could lead to an election defeat and the loss of the political power held. Most back track if an expressed opinion is viewed negatively and offer a lame excuse. We need to establish term limits and get rid of these people who have no real philoshiphy except to remain in power.
May 5th, 2009
9:04 am
Mrs. Norris,do not waste your time with the likes of lazy lefties. Libs do not want a free society because they cannot compete on a level playing field. Have you ever seen a liberal campaign on the platform of self help or prsonal resposibility ? No, libs/dems campaign on what they can take from resposible people and gave to the leeches.
May 5th, 2009
9:21 am
[...] Bob Barr says Jack Kemp's loss hurts worse than the GOP loss of Arlen Specter. [...]
May 5th, 2009
11:33 am
Kemp, unlike the vast majority of GOPers, refused to appeal to the racists, xenophobes, and fundies that form the GOP core constituency. He was pro-Civil Rights, and pro-Affirmative Action. He worked hard for housing and economic opportunity for the poor.
Unlike some people (like, say, one former US Representative that was a leader of the partisan and priggish impeachment of Clinton for having consensual sex, and also sponsored the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act), Kemp was totally true to improving America's economic opportunities.
He made no appeals to the mean and the stupid, so very un-Republican.
Jack Kemp was a decent man, an optimist about people. So rare in our country, doubly especially from the right…
May 5th, 2009
12:24 pm
For all of you Fox News haters who claimed W only watched Fox. At least Fox has terrific ratings unlike President Teleprompters favorite news channel.
Obama official Kareem Dale confirms White House's love for MSNBC
For some inexplicable reason having to do with who knows what, a widespread impression has grown among many politics fans that MSNBC and its crowd of talkers — including Chris "Thrill Up My Leg" Matthews, Norah "The GOP Is Doomed to Die" O'Donnell and Ed "It's Time to Grind Them Into the Ground" Schultz — are somewhat in favor of President Obama.
Well, actually in complete love with the Great Change Agent.
Now, thanks to the ubiquitous cameras of C-SPAN, comes official videoed word from Kareem Dale, special assistant to the president for arts and culture and a key White House advisor on disability policy.
At the 1:51 mark of this video, Dale candidly reveals the new administration's reciprocal feelings. Hint: Apparently the new White House has a popular internal saying involving the words "love" and "MSNBC."
May 5th, 2009
7:54 pm
To Chris Broe: WTF man? I'm new to this area (Atlanta) and just happened across the AJC site. I am having trouble getting what you are saying, you're a bit incoherent. What is the relationship between defining a conservative and being Thomas Paine? Isn't it a bit arrogant to defy someone to do something in your presence?
Now, you can give me a straight answer, because I really didn't get your post and and am trying to get what you are saying, or you can blow me off and be flippant about it.
Of course, how you handle the criticism will say a lot about you, too.
May 5th, 2009
9:36 pm
I just read the column by Mary Grabar and I feel bad about what I said about Goldwater. I take it back. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all. I guess I'm just catty.
May 7th, 2009
3:51 am
I love how liberals like to make it seem as if "nice" people had beliefs that weren't aligned with those of the Republican Party.
Also, call it "old" and "undefined", but conservatism doesn't change. Conservative ideals are just that: Conservative. These ideals were never closer to perfection than when the Constitution of the United States was signed. Would you like to know why? Those men had a profound belief in God, and their principles were rooted in the Bible. What they created was VERY good, drew upon previous experience (freedom to worship GOD, whom they considered to be the god found in the King James Bible, in a person's own way was the very reason the men who shaped America up until it's independence came to America; they realized the failures of the European monarchies), and casted a wary eye towards the future (Why do you think they made it a point to write that a set of rights (religiously- inspired, might I add) was not to be infringed upon.
I don't understand how people continue to cite the "failures" of true conservatism. Where has it failed when put into action properly, and when it was TRUE conservatism? I won't spout off and say that the Republicans support TRUE conservatism. They don't. And do not make it seem as if we need to become less "conservative". Do not bring up Reagan in the light of being too conservative. Reagan was VERY good. But guess what? He wasn't as conservative as he could have, and should have been. That's right, I want "Ultra"- conservatism. Don't "Republicans" realize being un- politically "correct" will put them back in the driver's seat? "Oh, we shouldn't be as hard- hearted as Reagan, we should listen to the other side more, we should be tolerant of different beliefs". What?! That isn't conservatism and it won't work. Conservatism is a back- bone you either stick with, or you don't. It works best when fully intact. People want to hear that when they work hard, they will get just due. People want to hear that people who don't make efforts to better themselves won't be seeing the aforementioned people's tax money. I know I want to hear it. That's why I like people like Alan Keyes, Ron Paul, Bob Barr, and the like.
I find it funny how this new- age (Last forty- fifty years, a "healthy" dose with FDR early in the twentieth century) "tolerance" psycho- babble encourages the acceptance of many things traditionally seen as wrong, yet bashes the people who continue to look at ideas through Biblical perspective. I think I will just stick with my "frigid", "out- dated" Bible teachings. That way I will have the satisfaction, that at least I, will be a moral- driven person.
Alright, I'm done bitching, but don't give me any of that nonsense about Libertarians not having a philosophy. Just think a little bit. Did Hitler have a clear philosophy? Yes. Was it right? In my opinion, no. I am in no means implying that Libertarians are evil, I'm just making the point that EVERYBODY and every belief has a philosophy. And don't say that Libertarians don't have a clear philosophy. They straight- up tell you what they have done, what they want to do, and what they plan to do if given power MUCH BETTER than either the "Republican" party or the Democrat Party.
May 20th, 2009
10:56 am
The key thing about Jack Kemp was that he was INCLUSIVE in his ideology! He knew that it took ALL kinds of people to make a team!! Because of his football background, he was open to experience the commonalities AND differences of people so that his position of quarterback/team leader was a greater influence towards achieving success!! Kemp was the one of a few Republicans that I, as an ethnic minority, would have found myself voting for if he'd run as the PRESIDENTIAL candidate.
May the angels receive your spirit, Jack; you were a GOOD man!!


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Current season highlights include Orfeo ed Euridice with Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble under Marc Minkowski, Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and a role debut in Daphne at the Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse. In concert this season Camilla Tilling will perform Vier letzte Lieder with the Wiener Symphoniker under David Zinman, Berg's Seven Early Songs with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Lionel Bringuier, St Matthew Passion and St John Passion with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle and Waisenhausmesse with the Orchestre de Paris under Giovanni Antonini.
"Camilla Tilling presented a Susanna to be reckoned with, who was obviously going to keep Figaro in his place. Her 'Deh vieni' was beautifully and meaningfully sung." (Michael Kennedy, Opera, July 2014)
"The Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling is a sparky and vocally secure Susanna, with a beautifully floated Deh vieni non tadar." (Michael Church, The Independent, May 2014)
"The radiant Camilla Tilling shows a more natural approach to the text: She triumphs effortlessly with imaginative ornaments and a clear, bell-like top. After the interval her cool elegance turns into intimate flirtation and exultation about the wondrous world; and not without irony." (Süddeutsche.de, December 2013)
"... singing with tonal refinement, musical intelligence, and that more elusive generosity of spirit that Mahler's so-called Wunderhorn symphonies ask of their vocal soloists." (Boston Globe, April 2013)
"Each register of Tilling's vocal range had colour and character...Berg's Seven Early songs also showed great refinement, but it was in the songs of Grieg that Tilling seemed to radiate a particular warmth. The last one in the group deservedly brought the audience to their feet." (Belfast Telegraph, October 2012)
"Camilla Tilling's desperate Fiordiligi, her rondo "Per pieta, ben mio" is one of the evening's most poignant moments." (Cosi fan tutte - Fiordiligi - Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Telerama, June 2012)
"The Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling succeeded in her great arias, such as the highly-anticipated "Come scoglio" with grace and lightness." (Cosi fan tutte - Fiordiligi - Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Webthea, June 2012)
"Soprano Camilla Tilling masterfully sang the enigmatic Mélisande, imbuing bright, shimmering tones with the skating lilt and sag of ennui." (Pelléas et Mélisande - Mélisande - Teatro Real, Madrid - Wall Street Journal, November 2011)
"Camilla Tilling - playing both roles and making the transformation from seductive sphinx to pampered princess with effortless ease. Her soprano grows ever rounder and juicier." (L'enfant et les sortilèges / Der Zwerg - Bayerische Staatsoper - Opera Magazine, October 2011)
"Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling was an ideal interpreter of the Angel. Her voice and her singing were literally angelical. Angels should sound like her." (Seen and Heard International, July 2011)
"The Trojan princess, Ilia, was sung by the Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling, and hers was a matchless performance. Mozart had been itching to write this opera seria, outmoded as the form was in his day — and the entry he gives to Ilia propels the drama in one of the most compelling openings in all opera. Tilling seized it, focusing lament and inner passion within a thrillingly concentrated presence." (The Times, June 2011)
"Of the outstanding line-up of vocal soloists, the strongest contributions came from the soprano Camilla Tilling and mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena. Tilling, in radiant voice, sang with a magically repressed fervour, especially when exploring the theme of betrayal and denial in a heartbreaking account of 'Blute nur'." (The Independent, March 2010)
"Camilla Tilling struck me as outstanding. She gave what I would be inclined to describe as a perfect performance of Ilia, launching the opera in full and flawless voice with a most heartfelt "Padre, germani" and repeating the experience at the start of Act III was a no less exquisite "Zeffiretti, lusinghieri." (Opera Britannia, May 2011)
"The delightful Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling reveals herself as an outstanding interpret of Strauss's songs...Tilling takes her place among the leading Strauss sopranos of the day" (The Sunday Times, April 2009)
"The sense of simple purity and wide-eyed awe that Tilling projects seemingly so effortlessly can be spellbinding. It's a beautifully judged recital this, from beginning to end... in a recording that does nothing to rub the shine off this beautifully projected instrument, or the immediacy of the piano playing" (BBC Radio 3 CD Review, April 2009)
"The choice in Strauss lieder is big voice or perfectly formed. Myself, I prefer the exquisite phrasing of Swedish soprano Camilla Tilling (Recently Gretel to Alice Coote's Hansel at Covent Garden) over many a big belter" (Norman Lebrecht, March 2009)
"If you're choosing an Angel, you can't improve on the lightness and charm of the soprano Camilla Tilling. Without pushing her technique in our faces she dazzled us with her opening aria, gaily and crisply articulated..." (The Times, April 2009)
Camilla Tilling sings Vier letzte Lieder at the Salzburger Festspiele
Camilla Tilling stars in Le nozze di Figaro at the Royal Opera House
Sakari Oramo to conduct Last Night of the Proms, which also stars Proms Featured Artist Janine Jansen
Camilla Tilling sings Berg with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Camilla Tilling returns to Berliner Philharmoniker in Matthäus-Passion
Camilla Tilling performs with Berliner Philharmoniker and Sir Simon Rattle
Camilla Tilling sings Berg with the SWR Sinfonieorchester and Roth
Camilla Tilling opens Grafenegg Festival
Camilla Tilling performs with Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Dudamel
Camilla Tilling sings in Cosi fan tutte at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées
Camilla Tilling makes her debut with Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Camilla Tilling performs Mahler with Berliner Philharmoniker
Camilla Tilling tours with Le Concert d'Astrée and Emmanuelle Haïm
Camilla Tilling sings Mélisande at Teatro Real, Madrid


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This year's UC Merced United Way campaign was very successful, as the campus raised more than $33,000 — a 15% increase over last year. Below are highlights of the campaign.
On March 22, 2012, the UC Merced United Way committee held a luncheon for department representatives and board members as a way of saying thank you for their participation. The following individuals won iPod shuffles for their particularization and contribution to the campaign:
Valentine Brownie Grams proved to be popular once again. More than 1,765 brownies were purchased, raising more than $1,800.
On Jan. 12, 2012, more than 25 employees participated in the Chili Cook-Off and Bread Bake-Off contest [1]. More than 250 employees sampled the entries, raising more than $800 for the United Way campaign.
[1] http://www.ucmerced.edu/community/united-way/2011-2012-campaign/cook-off-gallery


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Time: May 16, 2013 from 7:30pm to 9pm
Location: Glen Arbor Art Association
Street: 6023 S. Lake Street
City/Town: Glen Arbor
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Phone: 231 334 6112
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Janice Dumas, a plein air watercolor painter from Milford, Michigan, will reflect on her artist-residency with the Glen Arbor Art Association. Dumas will show work created during the two-week residency and talk about her experiences and adventures painting at a range of iconic Leelanau County sites, from the sand dunes to the Big Lake. GAAA's long-standing Artist in Residence program offers artists the unique opportunity for two weeks of concentrated time to focus on artistic
development. This year 21 visual artists and writers applied for nine available residencies.


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, Monday, September 22, 2014
Some of the best photos in the news.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond poses with Yes campaigners. Polls opened in a referendum to decide whether the country leaves its 307-year-old union with England to become an independent state. (AP/Scott Heppell)
Phoenix Mercury's DeWanna Bonner (24) celebrating with Diana Taurasi and Penny Taylor (13) as the team wins the WNBA championship with an 87-82 win over the Chicago Sky in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals basketball series, Friday, Sept. 12, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski)
Swans are silhouetted by the setting sun in the Black Sea town of Mangalia, Romania, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Romania is enjoying warmer than usual weather for this time of the year with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Centigrade (86 Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Oscar Pistorius cries in the dock in Pretoria, South Africa, Thursday Sept. 11, 2014 as Judge Thokozile Masipa reads notes as she delivers her verdict in Pistorius' murder trial. The South African judge in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial said Thursday that prosecutors have not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the double-amputee Olympic athlete is guilty of premeditated murder. (AP Photo/Phil Magakoe, Pool)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry looks out from a helicopter over Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014. Kerry is traveling to the mideast this week to discuss ways to bolster the stability of the new Iraqi government and combat the Islamic State militant group that has taken over large swaths of Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool)
A truck creates a wake as its driver tries to navigate a severely flooded street as heavy rains pour down Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, in Phoenix. Storms that flooded several Phoenix-area freeways and numerous local streets during the Monday morning commute set an all-time record for rainfall in Phoenix in a single day. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett forces Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers to fumble in the second half of an NFL football game, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, in Seattle. A Packers player recovered the ball in the end zone, but was tackled for a safety on the play. (AP Photo/Scott Eklund)
In this aerial view, fountains of lava, up to 60 meters high, spurt from a fissure in the ground on the north side of the Bardarbunga volcano in Iceland, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. The alert warning for the area surrounding Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano remained at orange on Tuesday, indicating that it is showing increased unrest with greater potential for an explosive eruption. (AP Photo/Stefano Di Nicolo)
A rainbow appears over Marine One minutes before President Barack Obama landing at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Bryce Harper #34 of the Washington Nationals rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the fourth inning against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on August 31, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND - Yes and Better Together supporters exchange views with one another as Jim Murphy Shadow Secretary of State for International Development (not seen), speaks on his soapbox during his '100 Towns in 100 Days' tour on August 27 in Dundee, Scotland. Mr. Murphy, Labour MP, is touring Scotland on behalf of the Better Together, spreading his message about the benefits of Scotland remaining part of the union and informing the public of the risks that independence poses for the country. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
In this July 14, 1969 file photo, banners of appreciation from the Vietnamese decorate the dock at Danang, Vietnam, where a farewell ceremony was held by the Vietnamese Government for departing Marines of the 1st Battalion/9th Regiment. The Marine Corps is holding a deactivation ceremony on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, for the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, a battalion nicknamed the "Walking Dead." (AP Photo/File)
A child plays in front of a 50ft (15m) inflatable whale that has been erected on the beach on August 27, 2014 in Weston-Super-Mare, England. The Bible Society is using the whale to allow the Circo Rum Ba Ba circus troupe to perform the Biblical story of Jonah and the Whale. The whale was brought to Weston after it was banned from London's Hyde Park for being too 'religious'. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
A man lays in a puddle of squashed tomatoes, during the annual "tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, 50 kilometers outside Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. The streets of an eastern Spanish town are awash with red pulp as thousands of people pelt each other with tomatoes in the annual "Tomatina" battle that has become a major tourist attraction. At the annual fiesta in Bunol on Wednesday, trucks dumped 125 tons of ripe tomatoes for some 22,000 participants, many from abroad to throw during the hour-long morning festivities. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
Juan Malizia Gatti and Manuela Rossi, from Argentina, compete during the 2014 Tango World Championship Stage category final, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Gatti and Rossi won the championship. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
People look at the work-in-progress ceramic poppy art installation by artist Paul Cummins entitled 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red' in the dry moat of the Tower of London in London, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. The finished installation will be made up of 888,246 ceramic poppies, with the final poppy being placed on Armistice Day on November 11. Each poppy represents a British and Commonwealth military fatality from World War I. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Washington Nationals' Anthony Rendon, right, douses teammate Denard Span after Span scored the winning run on a throwing error by Arizona Diamondback third baseman Jordan Pacheco during the ninth inning of a baseball game on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in Washington. The Nationals defeated the Diamondbacks 1-0. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Small scale fishermen gather on their boats early in the morning at Ancon's harbor in Lima Peru, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. Ancon is an old town that was known as the "Fishermen's Town of Lancon" during the Spanish Colonial period, and continues to be an active cove for local fishermen after the town became popular with beach goers. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Type-89 armored combat vehicles flare up a smoke screen during an annual live firing exercise at Higashi Fuji range in Gotemba, southwest of Tokyo, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (10) runs away from Cleveland Browns defensive end Armonty Bryant (95) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Baltimore Ravens running back Kyle Juszczyk (44) goes flying after colliding with Baltimore Ravens defensive back Deji Olatoye (32) during the first half of an NFL preseason football game Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, background left, looks on. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
Spanish bullfighter Rafael Cerro performs with an El Torero ranch fighting bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring, in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Aug. 15. Bullfighting is an ancient tradition in Spain.(AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
Members of the U.S. Army's Old Guard carry the casket of Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene during a burial service at Arlington National Cemetery, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Arlington, Va. Greene was killed when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on ISAF troops, wounding about 15 including a German general and two Afghan generals. He is the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be killed in America's post-9/11 wars. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Army 1st Lt. Matthew Greene, left, reaches out for his mother, retired Col. Susan Myers, as she places a rose on the casket of her husband, Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene during a burial service at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. Greene was killed when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on ISAF troops, wounding about 15 including a German general and two Afghan generals. He is the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be killed in America's post-9/11 wars. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Retired Col. Susan Myers, right, is comforted by her children, 1st Lt. Matthew Greene, second from right, and Amelia Greene, during a burial service for her husband, Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene, at Arlington National Cemetery, on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Arlington, Va. Greene was killed when a gunman dressed as an Afghan soldier turned on ISAF troops, wounding about 15 including a German general and two Afghan generals. He is the highest-ranking U.S. military officer to be killed in either of America's post-9/11 wars. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
People take photographs in the main tank of the Oceanarium of Lisbon, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. The oceanarium, opened in 1998 during the World Fair, displays different aquatic fauna species from the five oceans in the world. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A woman rests on the seaside as she looks at the landscape while a kite flies on the sky, in Laredo, northern Spain, Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
A truck sits at the edge of a flooded section of Interstate 695 in Baltimore, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, after heavy rains fell across the Mid-Atlantic region. Officials shut down the Baltimore beltway in both directions at Quarantine Road due to heavy flooding. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
In this photo taken with a fisheye lens, athletes clear an obstacle in the men's 3000m steeplechase qualification during the European Athletics Championships in Zurich, Switzerland, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
The full moon peeks through trees in a wood near Rasing, Austria, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. The phenomenon, which scientists call a "perigee moon," occurs when the moon is near the horizon and appears larger and brighter than other full moons. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
Romanian Roma girl smiles while waiting to perform in an anti-discrimination play during a solidarity event in Bucharest, Romania. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Clouds hang over Honolulu, seen from the top of Tanalus Drive on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. With Iselle, Hawaii is expected to take its first direct hurricane hit in 22 years. Tracking close behind it is Hurricane Julio. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
Mogli lifts a paw to touch the palm of his owner Eva Kullmann as facility residents, who both suffer from dementia, look on during the cat's weekly visit at the Lutherstift senior care facility on August 6, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Mrs. Kullmann says the weekly visits are vital therapy and spark the curiosity, communication and delight of the facility residents. Friday, August 8, is World Cat Day. (Getty Images/Sean Gallup)
This aerial view shows a house cut-off by monsoon floods in Kendrapara district of eastern Orissa state, India, Wednesday, Aug.6, 2014.The annual monsoon season, which runs from June through September, is vital for the largely agrarian economies of South Asia but every year also brings floods and landslides that kill thousands and submerge hundreds of villages. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)
A sample glass of Lake Erie water is photographed near the City of Toledo water intake crib, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014, in Lake Erie, about 2.5 miles off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. More tests are needed to ensure that toxins are out of Toledo's water supply, the mayor said Sunday, instructing the 400,000 people in the region to avoid drinking tap water for a second day. Toledo officials issued the warning early Saturday after tests at one treatment plant showed two sample readings for microsystin above the standard for consumption, possibly because of algae on Lake Erie. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
This aerial photo shows buildings toppled down by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake at the quake's epicenter in the town of Longtoushan in Ludian County of Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Rescuers dug through shattered homes Monday looking for survivors of the strong earthquake in southern China as the death toll rose to hundreds of people, with more than 1,800 injured. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Xue Yubin) NO SALES
Moira Cameron the first female to join the Yeoman Warder guards, commonly known as a Beefeaters, walks past as ceramic poppies are placed as part of an art installation in the dry moat of the Tower of London in London, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014. The installation of 888,246 ceramic poppies by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, not pictured, entitled "Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Read" will be unveiled on August 5 to mark the centenary of World War I, with the final one being planted on Armistice Day on November 11. Each poppy represents a British military fatality from World War I. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
On Saturday, football fans came out in droves to meet the 2014 Washington Redskins, which held a Fan Appreciation Day in Richmond, Virginia. (WTOP/Dick Uliano)
Gold medal winner Steven Lewis of England jumps during the pole vault final at Hampden Park Stadium during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A jumper raises sand during the women's long jump final at Hampden Park Stadium during the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday July 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A worker begins the task of cleaning up at least an inch of water covering the playing floor at Pauley Pavilion, home of UCLA basketball, after a broken 30-inch water main under nearby Sunset Boulevard caused flooding that inundated several areas of the UCLA campus in the Westwood section of Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)
A South Korean student displays a message during a rally against the Israeli military operations in Gaza and the West Bank and wishes for peace near the Israeli Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Clowns gather for a group picture during the sixth annual Latin American Clown Congress in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Clowns from Central America and North America have gathered for four days in the capital city to exchange ideas and attend workshops. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Cape and Cowel created by Buff Monster at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment's Cape/Cowl/Create' event in downtown San Diego - a celebration of the iconic character's 75th anniversary and the upcoming release of "Batman: Arkham Knight", during Comic-Con International 2014 at Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on July 24, 2014 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for Warner Brothers/AP Images)
Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams was signing autographs for kids at the Tenley-Friendship Library in D.C. on Saturday, June 19.
Participants play in a mud pool during the Boryeong Mud Festival at Daecheon Beach in Boryeong, South Korea, Friday, July 18. The 17th annual mud festival features mud wrestling and mud sliding.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
A man walks past a scaled down model of the new "Godzilla," at Tokyo Midtown in Tokyo Thursday, July 17, 2014. The model is being displayed to mark Hollywood's "Godzilla" remake and the 60th anniversary of the first "Godzilla" movie. "Godzilla," directed by Gareth Edwards, opens in Japan on July 25. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A man jumps into the ocean as part of the religious celebration of the Virgen del Carmen, in the town of San Juan del Sur, on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Nicaragua's fishing community celebrates the feast day of the Virgen del Carmen, who is worshipped by Catholics as the patron saint of fishermen and sailors. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
In this Friday, July 11, 2014 photo, a child plays with a bucket while standing next to a raft that sits on the Mexican shore of the Suchiate river, that separates Tecun Uman, Guatemala, and Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. These improvised rafts made of truck inner tubes lashed to wooden boards are in constant use ferrying Central American migrants across the border, on their way to the Unites States. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Members of the German soccer squad wave to fans after the arrival of the German national soccer team in Berlin Tuesday, July 15, 2014. Germany's World Cup-winning team has returned home from Brazil to celebrate the country's fourth title with huge crowds of fans. The team's Boeing 747 touched down at Berlin's Tegel airport midmorning Tuesday after flying a lap of honor over the "fan mile" in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
In this Sunday July 13, 2014, photo released by the Oregon Dept. of Forestry, the Moccasin Hill fire burns north of Sprague River and northeast of Klamath Falls, Ore. Lightning struck Oregon more than 6,000 times Sunday and Monday, touching off small fires by the dozens. Such a barrage can be expected to cause numerous "sleeper" or holdover fires in coming days. (AP Photo/Oregon Dept. of Forestry, Dennis Lee)
Bastille Day fireworks explode over the Seine river next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris Monday night, July 14, 2014. Bastille Day commemorates the storming by Parisians of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, setting off the French Revolution that toppled King Louis XVI and put an end to monarchy.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
Germany's Mario Goetze celebrates after scoring the opening goal during the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Germany team celebrate after winning the World Cup final soccer match between Germany and Argentina at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Mario Goetze volleyed in the winning goal in extra time to give Germany its fourth World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Argentina on Sunday. (AP Photo/Fabrizio Bensch, Pool)
Stage winner France's Blel Kadri grimaces as he strains during the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 161 kilometers (100 miles) with start in Tomblaine and finish in Gerardmer, France, Saturday, July 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
The pack passes a field with sunflowers during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 234.5 kilometers (145.7 miles) with start in Epernay and finish in Nancy, France, Friday, July 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
A woman adjusts her hair as she poses for a photo next to a public fountain at Lisbon's Rossio square, Thursday, July 10, 2014. The square located in the city centre is an important tourist point surrounded by shops and coffee bar terraces. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A downed tree lies atop a crushed car Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Philadelphia. About 228,000 homes and businesses across Pennsylvania remain without power after severe thunderstorms raced across the state. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Lightning strikes in the background during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and the San Diego Padres on Monday, July 7, 2014, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)
A night view of the Redipuglia monument to WWI dead, northeastern Italy, during Verdi's Requiem Mass conducted by Italian Maestro Riccardo Muti (not shown) to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I's outbreak in Europe and honor its millions of war dead, Italy, Sunday, July 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Paolo Giovannini)
Revelers hold up traditional red neckties during the launch of the "Chupinazo" rocket, to celebrate the official opening of the 2014 San Fermin fiestas in Pamplona, Spain, Sunday, July 6, 2014. Revelers from around the world turned out here to kick off the festival with a messy party in the Pamplona town square, one day before the first of eight days of the running of the bulls glorified by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises." (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Fireworks illuminate the sky over the U.S. Capitol building and the Washington Monument during Fourth of July celebrations. (AP/Evan Vucci)
Doc Rutstein, of Braintree, Mass., waits for the start of a concert at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, Thursday, July 3, 2014. The annual Boston Pops Fourth of July concert was moved up a day because of potential heavy rain ahead of Hurricane Arthur. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
This photo taken on Monday, June 30, 2014, shows a Lou Gehrig signed baseball mitt and autographed picture given to Howard Henderson, who played catch with Gehrig as a boy, at Henderson's Greenwich, Conn., home Monday, June 30, 2104. Gehrig, a Yankee first baseman and a friend of Henderson's songwriter father, visited his home and Henderson visited him when he had ALS. The mitt that was autographed by Gehrig with a hot instrument, will be auctioned in July, expecting to fetch $200,000 to $300,000. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Andy Murray of Britain walks back to his chair during a game break in their men's singles quarterfinal match against Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Wednesday July 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Toby Melville, Pool)
Blake Lewis, 13, of Roseburg, Ore., leaps from the diving board at the Myrtle Creek Swimming Pool in Myrtle Creek, Ore. Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Temperatures in the area reached the mid 90's. (AP Photos/The News-Review, Michael Sullivan)
Demonstrator react to hearing the Supreme Court's decision on the Hobby Lobby case outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, June 30, 2014. The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
The hands and numbers on the clock at the legislative palace move in reverse in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. In the latest symbolic gesture by President Evo Morales government asserting its revolutionary, ëíanti-colonialî nature, Bolivian officials have redone the clock atop Congress. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Two women share a kiss below the Ribbon Tower in The Park at Worthy Farm in Pilton on the eve of the first day of the 2014 Glastonbury Festival on June 24 in Glastonbury, England. Gates opened today at the Somerset dairy farm that plays host to one of the largest music festivals in the world. Tickets to the event, which is now in its 44th year, sold out in minutes even before any of the headline acts had been confirmed. The festival, which started in 1970 when several hundred hippies paid £1, now attracts more than 175,000 people. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 24: BBC staff and colleagues from other news organisations take part in a one-minute silent protest outside New Broadcasting House against the seven-year jail terms given to three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt on June 24, 2014 in London, England. A court in Cairo found al-Jazeera's Cairo bureau chief, Mohamed Fahmy, who is Canadian-Egyptian, Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed and Australian correspondent Peter Greste guilty of spreading false news. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)
In this 2008 file photo, "Gus," a pedigree Chinese Crested from St. Petersburg, Fla, competes in the 2008 World's Ugliest Dog Contest held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, Calif. Gus won top pedigree to take home the grand prize. The 25th running of the World's Ugliest Dog contest takes place Friday, June 20, 2014, at the Sonoma County Fair in Petaluma, Calif. (AP Photo/The Press Democrat, Crista Jeremiason)
An unidentified young spectator attempts to catch a foul ball hit to the stands during the second inning of an NCAA baseball College World Series game between Virginia and Mississippi, Sunday, June 15, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Eric Francis)
Stallions fight for their position in the herd in Aschau in the Austrian province of Tyrol. To avoid fights and injuries on the alp, the horses fight their leadership of the herd in a paddock. (AP/Kerstin Joensson)
Soccer fans cheer as they watch Chile's Alexis Sanchez score the first goal of the World Cup match between Chile and Australia in Santiago, Chile. (AP/Luis Hidalgo)
A Brazil soccer fan covered in flowers and his nation's flag cheers inside the FIFA Fan fest area before the start of the World Cup openes between Brazil and Croatia on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014. After taking the early lead in the opening match of the international soccer tournament, Croatia fell 3-1 to the five-time champion Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
A Brazil soccer fan watches a screen broadcasting the World Cup opening match between Brazil and Croatia inside the FIFA Fan Fest area on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 12, 2014. After taking the early lead in the opening match of the international soccer tournament, Croatia fell 3-1 to the five-time champion Brazil. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Tourists stand below the Christ the Redeemer statue while it is covered by heavy fog, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, June 11, 2014. The World Cup soccer tournament starts Thursday with Brazil facing Croatia in the opening game. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
A street performer dressed as a Brazilian national soccer team player, balances a ball on his head during his presentation in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 10, 2014. The 2014 World Cup is set to begin Thursday, with Brazil and Croatia competing in the opening match in Sao Paulo. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
In this Saturday, June 7, 2014, photo, a man looks at a wooden sculpture that was set on fire during Israel's first Midburn Festival, modeled after the popular Burning Man Festival held annually in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, near the Israeli kibbutz of Sde Boker. Some 3,000 people set up a colorful encampment in the dusty moonscape, swinging from hoops by day and burning giant wooden sculptures by night. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Posters supporting California Chrome's bid for the Triple Crown litter the ground at the conclusion of the 2014 Belmont Stakes. (AP)
Tens of thousands of people attend a candlelight vigil at Victoria Park in Hong Kong Wednesday June 4, 2014, to mark the 25th anniversary of the June 4th Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Women protest with mouths painted on them, demanding better salaries and labor conditions in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. The protest was against the money being spent on the upcoming World Cup, which demonstrators say would have been better used on education. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Supporters of Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, the nation's former military chief, let off fire works during a celebrations at Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. El-Sissi was officially declared the next president Tuesday, winning elections to replace the Islamist leader he removed from the post last year. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
General view of the the Brazilian National Congress building, decorated with green and yellow light, the colors of Brazil, in honor of FIFA World Cup, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, June 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Spain's Rafael Nadal shakes the sweat off his head after winning his fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia's Dusan Lajovic at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Monday, June 2, 2014. Nadal won in three sets 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
Couples dance during the XII Viennese Ball in the Gostinyi Dvor (Merchant Yard) in Moscow, Russia, late Saturday, May 31, 2014. The Viennese Ball has been held in Moscow since 2003 and starts every year with an opening dance ceremony by over 100 debutantes. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
A shadow of a protester is seen in front of a mock tank as the protester symbolizes the man blocking a line of tanks at the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing as thousands of Hong Kong people march on a downtown street in Hong Kong Sunday, June 1, 2014, to mark the 25th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on Tiananmen Square on June 4, ahead of a much larger annual candlelight vigil. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
A supporter of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party wears a head-dress made of oranges, the party's color, as she attends a rally to welcome Odinga back to the country, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, May 31, 2014. Odinga, who narrowly lost the last election to current President Uhuru Kenyatta, returned to Kenya Saturday following a three month sabbatical in the United States, and his arrival was greeted by tens of thousands of his supporters at a rally in downtown Nairobi. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A sub-Saharan migrant sits on top of a pole set in a metallic fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla, early in the morning on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. Several hundred African migrants have charged a barbed-wire border fence in Spain's North African enclave of Melilla with many managing to get across while dozens of others were beaten back by Moroccan and Spanish police. During the pre-dawn border storming Wednesday, cries of pain and noises of people being hit could be heard as police from both sides tried to prevent dozens of the sub-Saharan migrants from entering the city from Morocco. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios)
A bolt of lightning strikes during a delayed start of a baseball game between Washington Nationals and the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Arizona Diamondbacks' A.J. Pollock gets gum thrown on him after hitting a two-run walk off home run in the ninth inning during a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Monday, May 26, 2014, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Driver Jimmie Johnson, center, celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Sunday, May 25, 2014, in Concord, N.C. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
France's Kevin Staut on For Joy Van'T Zorgvliet Hdc takes part in the Nation Cup at the Grand Prix competition at Rome's Piazza di Siena International Horse Show, Friday, May 23. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Army Col. Matthew Rasmussen, of the Army Military District of Washington, wipes tears from his eyes while visiting the grave of Army Staff Sgt. Richard Tieman, 28, of Waynesboro, Pa., as he and members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also known as The Old Guard, places flags at grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day, Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the cemetery in Arlington, Va. Tieman died May 18, 2010, in Kabul, Afghanistan of wounds suffered in a suicide car bombing. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
A boy plays on a street decorated for the upcoming World Cup in Manaus, Brazil, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Manaus is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
President Barack Obama stops to greet tourists during his surprise walk across the ellipse in Washington as they head towards the Dept. of Interior, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Obama decided to walk to the Department of the Interior to sign a proclamation regarding the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
A small monkey sits atop the head of a woman in the Tatuyo indigenous community near Manaus, Brazil, Monday, May 19. Manaus is one of the host cities for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
A couple sticks their heads out of holes while taking a photograph at a public park in Tokyo, Monday, May 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
George E.C. Hayes, left, Thurgood Marshall, center, and James M. Nabrit pose outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 1954. The three lawyers led the fight for abolition of segregation in public schools before the Supreme Court, which ruled today that segregation is unconstitutional. (AP Photo)
Spectators watch the 528-foot, $165 million Nova Star ferry leave Portland, Maine on its maiden voyage to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, Thursday night, May 15, 2014. (Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A wildfire burns near a home on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in San Marcos, Calif. Flames engulfed suburban homes and shot up along canyon ridges in one of the worst of several blazes that broke out Wednesday in Southern California during a second day of a sweltering heat wave, taxing fire crews who fear the scattered fires mark only the beginning of a long wildfire season. (AP Photo)
President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Army Sgt. Kyle J. White during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. White is a former Army sergeant who saved a fellow soldier's life and helped secure the evacuation of other wounded Americans while under persistent fire during a 2007 ambush in Afghanistan. White is the seventh living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. (AP Photo)
A freshman midshipman, known as a "plebe," crawls through a muddy trench underneath barbed wire during Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges that caps off the freshman year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Iraqi policemen stand near burning vehicles moments after one in a series of bombs hit the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 13, 2014. A wave of car bombings in mainly Shiite areas of Baghdad killed tens on Tuesday, officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Visitors line up for tickets which are distributed on a first-come basis at the Washington Monument in Washington, Monday, May 12, 2014, ahead of a ceremony to celebrate its re-opening. The monument, which sustained damage from an earthquake in August 2011, is reopening to the public today. (AP Photo)
Snow covers spring flowers in Denver on Monday, May 12, 2014. A spring storm that has brought over a foot of snow to parts of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska and thunderstorms and tornadoes to the Midwest was slowing down travelers and left some without power Monday morning. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
A participant sits in his self-made aircraft flying in front of the International Commerce Centre (ICC) at the Red Bull Flugtag (flight day) competition in Hong Kong, Sunday, May 11, 2014. Participants went into the air with home-made human-powered flying machines. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
Senior class president Nicole A. Tinson takes a selfie with first lady Michelle Obama during Dillard University's commencement ceremony in New Orleans, Saturday, May 10. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)
Poodle Farinelli gives back a kiss to its owner Anja Trinks before the contest at the dog show in Dortmund, Germany, Friday, May 9. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
An athlete dives from Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series platform during a training session in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, May 8, 2014. The first competition of the 2014 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series Championship will be on Saturday May 10, when the world's best cliff divers will jump from the 27-metre platform positioned on the historic Morro Castle in Havana. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Thousands of spider webs stretch across fields of grass at sunset on a farm in Nugee in the Victorian High Country, 91 miles southeast of Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, May 8, 2014.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
A graffiti is painted on a fence around the construction site of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The ECB is supposed to move into the building by the end of 2014. The Governing Council of the ECB will meet on Thursday. The graffiti was created by German street artist 'Case'. He painted a repetition of 16 Pinocchio's puppets on the wood panels surrounding the construction site of the new headquarters of the European Central Bank. The bank allowed artists to spray graffitis on the fence around the ECB during the construction period. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A bouquet of flowers is placed atop the burnt out shell of a car at a location where clashes between pro Russia gunmen and the Ukrainian army took place, four kilometers (2.5 miles) north of Slovyansk, Ukraine, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)
A tactical missile launcher 'Tochka' travels past the State Hermitage museum after a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, is Russia's most important secular holiday celebrated on May 9. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
An Indian election worker walks with a voting machine on his way to a nearby polling station on the eve of the eighth phase of voting of the Indian parliamentary elections in Leh, India, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The multiphase voting across the country runs until May 12, with results for the 543-seat lower house of parliament expected on May 16. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
The Space Needle and downtown Seattle are viewed from a waist gunner window of a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber Monday, May 5, 2014, as it flies over Seattle. The recreated model of the "Memphis Belle" World War II airplane will be available for paid rides and donation-based ground tours on May 10-11, 2014 at the Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Colorful carp streamers flutter in the air over the Sagami River in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, Monday, May 5, 2014 to mark Children's Day national holiday. It is a tradition in Japan to fly carp streamers on the Children's Day. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A supporter wearing a hat covered with stickers cheers at a final African National Congress (ANC) election rally in the Soweto township of Johannesburg, South Africa Sunday May 4, 2014. South African political parties held final campaign rallies Sunday ahead of elections on Wednesday, May 7, 2014 that are likely to see the ruling ANC return to power with a smaller majority due to voters disaffected by corruption in government and economic inequality. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Victor Espinoza celebrates after riding California Chrome to victory during the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race at Churchill Downs Saturday, May 3, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Kentucky Derby entrant Uncle Sigh grazes after a morning workout at Churchill Downs Friday, May 2, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
A pair of fighters from Denmark, right, and the U.S. left, compete during a Medieval Combat World Championship tournament in Belmonte, Spain, Thursday, May 1, 2014. The Championship recreates the medieval culture and it takes place from May 1 till May 4 in the Castle of Belmonte. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Jiang Tianyi of Hong Kong watches the ball during his round robin match of the World Team Table Tennis Championships against Andrej Gacina of Croatia in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
Two men stand in front of a destroyed house in Mayflower, Ark., Monday, April 28, 2014, after a tornado struck the town late Sunday. A tornado system ripped through several states in the central U.S. and left at least 17 dead in a violent start to this year's storm season, officials said. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
Christ the Redeemer statue seen from Santa Marta slum as surrounded by clouds, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, April 27, 2014. The Christ the Redeemer statue was considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world from 1931 until 2010, when it was topped by the Christ the King statue in Poland. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Over one thousand residents of Venice participate in composing this living rosebud in St. Mark square in Venice, on occasion of the "Festa del Bocolo", a tradition dating back to the Middle Age. (AP/Sebastiano Casellati)
President Barack Obama and ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative MObility, bow to each other during a youth science event at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, known as the Miraikan, in Tokyo, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Showing solidarity with Japan, Obama affirmed Thursday that the U.S. would be obligated to defend Tokyo in a confrontation with Beijing over a set of disputed islands, but urged all sides to resolve the long-running dispute peacefully. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Ukrainian troops take position next to burning tires at a pro Russian checkpoint following an attack by Ukrainian troops outside in Slovyansk, Ukraine, Thursday, April 24, 2014. Ukrainian government troops moved against pro-Russia forces in the east of the country on Thursday and killed at least two of them in clashes at checkpoints manned by the insurgents, the government and insurgents said. Russian President Vladimir Putin decried what he described as a "punitive operation." Read more about the latest developments from Ukraine.(AP Photo/Mika Velikovskiy)
Marion Lotout, of France, competes during the pole vault at the Drake Relays athletics meet, Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in West Des Moines, Iowa. The event was held in the Jordan Creek Town Center shopping mall. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Tulips bloom in front of the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. The annual burst of color around the Nation's Capital is a sure sign that spring has finally arrived. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)
Washington Wizards guard John Wall, left, and Bradley Beal celebrate the Wizards' 101-99 win as Chicago Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich walks off the court after missing two free throws during the overtime period of Game 2 in an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
President Barack Obama makes a face as he reads "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak, during the White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House is Washington, Monday, April 21, 2014. Thousands of children are gathered at the White House for the annual Easter Egg Roll. This year's event features live music, cooking stations, storytelling, and of course, some Easter egg rolling. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Boston Marathon bombing hero Carlos Arredondo waves to the crowd as he walks onto the field at Fenway Park during ceremonies marking the one-year anniversary of the bombing before a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles in Boston, Sunday, April 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Traditionally Catholic Poles bring baskets containing mainly an egg, bread, salt, pepper, sausage, horseradish and butter to churches to be blessed on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Actor Kevin Spacey, left, performs with singers James Taylor and Sting, right, at the 25th Anniversary Rainforest Fund benefit concert at Carnegie Hall on Thursday, April 17, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
A girl poses in a sea of tulips at Keukenhof , in Lisse, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Thursday, April 17, 2014. Keukenhof, one of the best known international attractions, is a showcase of the Dutch floricultural industry, with a special emphasis on flowering bulbs. Keukenhof is open from March 20 till May 18 2014, and is expected to attract over 800,000 visitors, admiring over 7 millions flowers. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Air Force One with President Barack Obama aboard arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Wednesday, April 16, 2014, after returning from a trip to Pennsylvania. Emphasizing skills training as key to a growing middle class, Obama on Wednesday announced $600 million in competitive grants to spur creation of targeted training and apprenticeship programs to help people land good-paying jobs. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
The family of 2013 Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, from left, mother Denise, brother Henry, and father Bill Richard, place their hands over their hearts as they stand with former Boston Mayor Tom Menino, right, during a tribute in honor of the one year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in Boston. At left is a Mass. State Trooper. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
A WWII veteran sits at a table during a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Simferopol, Crimea, Sunday, April 13, 2014. On Sunday, residents of Simferopol mark the 70th anniversary of liberation of Simferopol from German troops during World War II. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)
An out of control forest fire destroys homes in the city of Valparaiso, Chile, Sunday April 13, 2014. Authorities say the forest fire has destroyed at least 150 homes and is forcing evacuations. ( AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)
Soldiers bow their heads during a memorial ceremony for shooting victims, Wednesday, April 9, 2014, at Fort Hood, Texas. The shooting rampage left four dead and more than a dozen injured. President Barack Obama is reprising his role as chief comforter as he returns once again to a grief-stricken corner of America to mourn with the families of those killed last week at Fort Hood and offer solace to the nation. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Communist lawmakers scuffle with right-wing Svoboda (Freedom) Party lawmakers during a parliament session of Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Vladimir Strumkovsky)
Connecticut players celebrate after their 60-54 victory over Kentucky in the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game Monday, April 7, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Visitors to the Holi Festival of Colours throw special colored powders in the air in Barcelona, Spain, Sunday, April 6, 2014. The festival is fashioned after the Hindu spring festival Holi, which is mainly celebrated in the north and east of India. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
A robot of a German team, left, plays the ball besides a British team robot in the Kids League at the RoboCup German Open 2014 in Magdeburg, Germany, Thursday, April 3, 2014. 44 international RoboCup Major League teams from 12 countries demonstrate the state-of-the-art competitions in soccer, rescue and service robots. The RoboCup German Open takes place from April 3 to April 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)
Washington Wizards guards John Wall, left, and Bradley Beal celebrate after an NBA basketball game against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Washington. The Wizards won 118-92, and clinched a playoff berth. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
George Uhl of Sterling Heights, Mich., is made up to look like a baseball before a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals in Detroit, Monday, March 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws in the first inning of an baseball game against the New York Mets on opening day at Citi Field, Monday, March 31, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
The New Zealand rugby team dance after winning the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament against England in Hong Kong, Sunday, March 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Thai anti-government protesters fill the street during a mass rally in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday, March 29, 2014. (Apichart Weerawong/Associated Press )
US President Barack Obama meets with Pope Francis, Thursday, March 27, 2014 at the Vatican. Obama called himself a "great admirer" of Pope Francis as he sat down at the Vatican Thursday with the pontiff he considers a kindred spirit on issues of economic inequality. Their historic first meeting comes as Obama's administration and the church remain deeply split on issues of abortion and contraception. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Wind-driven waves come ashore in Scituate, Mass., Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Cape Cod and the islands were expected to bear the brunt of the spring storm that struck full force Wednesday. The storm could drop up to 10 inches of snow. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
A searcher uses a small boat to look through debris from a deadly mudslide Tuesday, March 25, 2014, in Oso, Wash. At least 14 people were killed in the 1-square-mile slide that hit in a rural area about 55 miles northeast of Seattle on Saturday. Several people also were critically injured, and homes were destroyed. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
This combination of images provided by NASA shows the Oso, Wash. area on Jan. 18, 2014, top, and the same area on March 23, 2014, bottom, after a March 22 landslide sent muddy debris spilling across the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River. The debris engulfed numerous homes, resulting in the deaths of at least 14 people. (AP Photo/NASA)
A search dog roams and sniffs through the debris field caused by a massive mudslide on Saturday, above the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River onto Highway 530, as recovery efforts continue near Oso, Wash., on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. A scientist working for the government had warned 15 years ago about the potential for a catastrophic landslide in the community where the collapse of a rain-soaked hillside over the weekend killed at least 14 people and left scores missing. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Marcus Yam)
A damaged home sits in the debris field caused by Saturday's massive mudslide above the North Fork of the Stillaguamish River onto Highway 530, as recovery efforts continue near Oso, Wash., on Tuesday, March 25, 2014. A scientist working for the government had warned 15 years ago about the potential for a catastrophic landslide in the community where the collapse of a rain-soaked hillside over the weekend killed at least 14 people and left scores missing. (AP Photo/The Seattle Times, Marcus Yam)
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