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Quit Smoking Now! Series LC760-834-3798; call for information. Read MoreWomen and Heart Disease ACTU, Nov 26, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.Sunny Vendiola, MD, Family Medicine760-568-1234 Read More
Living with Cancer…How to Cope LCStress Management for Cancer Patients and Loved Ones2nd W each month, 2 to 3 p.m.Kathleen Lubanski, RN, NP760-834-3798 Read MoreOsteoporosis: Dietary Concerns ACM, Dec 2, 11 a.m. to noonMaureen McCarthy, RD, Clinical Dietitian760-568-1234; reservations by Nov 29. Read More
Top 10 Myths About Heart DiseaseGo Red for Women REDucate SeriesTU, Dec 3, 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.Philip Shaver, MD, CardiologyAmerican Heart Association's Tasty Topics luncheon is held at The Bellatrix at the Classic Club, Palm Desert. 11:15 a.m. registration.760-346-8109. Reservation required; $30 fee for heart-healthy luncheon and lecture. Read More
Great Living Starts Here Series LQW, 2 to 3 p.m.Dec 4: Party Planning for the Holidays, Eisenhower Chef demonstration Read MoreDec 11: Trimming Your Waistline While Trimming the Tree, Eisenhower Clinical Dietitian760-610-7205 Read More
Heart Disease and the Inflammation Connection LQArgyros Health and Wellness Lecture SeriesW, Dec 11, 5:30 to 7 p.m.K. Douglas Thrasher, DO, Family Medicine760-610-7205 Read MoreVertigo! ACHealthy Night OutW, Dec 18, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.Stuart Barton, MD, Otolaryngology760-568-1234. Includes heart hearty dinner; $8 payable by Dec 13. Read More
CALENDAR KEYMost classes and lectures are free and early registration is recommended. For a full listing of lectures, events, programs and support groups, visit emc.org/calendar. Online registration is available for most events.AC Annenberg Center for Health Sciences at EisenhowerLC Eisenhower Lucy Curci Cancer CenterLQ Eisenhower George and Julia Argyros Health Center, La Quinta
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"Cardiac rehab is all about wellness," explains Michelle Tinkham, RN, BSN, MS, PHN, CNOR, CLNC, RNFA, a cardiac pulmonary rehabilitation nurse at the Eisenhower Renker Wellness Center. "While the program includes medically supervised exercise to help patients improve their physical and cardiovascular strength and endurance, it also focuses on helping patients achieve individual lifestyle goals."
"Many people with heart disease have had to give up certain activities after they had surgery," says Tinkham. "Still others may have given up physical activities long before they underwent stent placement or bypass surgery because exertion brought on chest pain (angina). Or a sedentary lifestyle is what contributed to their heart problems to begin with. Regardless, these patients need to 'recondition' their cardiovascular fitness in order to resume — or start — activities they enjoy, prevent future heart issues and live as long and healthily as possible."
"The program also places a great deal of emphasis on education," says Tinkham. "We help individuals understand why they developed heart disease in the first place, and fix the reasons that contributed to the problem that are within their control, like diet and stress management."
How, exactly, does cardiac rehab work? "Each patient undergoes an evaluation, including a six-minute walking test, to determine their current fitness level," explains Tinkham. "We also set goals at this first visit, which we review at the end of the program."
"It's important for the individual to tell us what they want to achieve," she notes. "We can say what we'd like to see happen, but if it's not important to the patient, they won't embrace and commit to it. Here in the desert, getting back to playing golf is a frequent goal."
The cardiac rehab program includes eight-to-12 weeks of aerobic exercise and weight-training sessions held three times a week. This exercise component is individualized based on each participant's condition and goals. Specially trained nurses carefully monitor each participant's heart rate with a four-lead EKG during every session.
"No local gym or fitness center has this capability for monitoring each person's heart," says Tinkham.
Michael Appelhans, General Counsel, who has had open-heart surgery, agrees.
"The rehab nurses are just outstanding," says Appelhans. "They monitor you closely and also encourage you. They do a really good job."
Importantly, the program also includes bi-monthly educational sessions that address heart disease risk factors, medication management, nutrition and stress management.
"Cardiac rehab is much more than just working out," Tinkham stresses. "We're trying to help participants rehab their entire lifestyle and teach them to be healthier in all aspects of their lives, to heal from what happened and prevent further problems."
And it works. Research shows that patients who complete 36 sessions of cardiac rehab have a 47 percent reduction in the risk of death of any cause, and a 31 percent risk reduction for a heart attack in the subsequent four years, compared with those who complete just one session.
But that's not all. "Many patients, when they first come in, feel very depressed, afraid that they're going to die and there's nothing they can do about it," says Tinkham. "But when they go through the program and see how much better they feel and how their ability to function has improved, their confidence is so much higher."
More good news: cardiac rehab is covered by Medicare and private insurers. To be eligible for coverage, you must be diagnosed with coronary artery disease (CAD) and have had some sort of intervention to treat it (such as angioplasty and/or stent placement within the past six months or open-heart bypass surgery within the past year). Patients who have had a heart attack within the past year, have undergone a heart transplant, or who have a heart valve disorder also are eligible. A physician referral is required.
"The vast majority of our patients see improvement," notes Tinkham. "Mike was younger (61) to begin with, but he had risk factors like high blood pressure and a lot of stress that the program helped him get more under control."
"The most important thing is to just do it," adds Tinkham.

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Before Bob Bondurant piloted racing Cobras to record-setting wins, he cut his competition teeth on solid-axle Corvettes. That he did so well on the track, with such comparatively primitive equipment (at least by todays standards), is a testament to his driving skills and competitive spirit.
His first Corvette was a 57 model he raced in 1959. They made a potent combination, and he soon became known as one of the fastest and hardest-charging drivers running SCCA and CSCC events. He went on to win an astounding 18 of 20 events he entered in 1959, taking home the trophy for the West Coast SCCA B Production National Championship. Bondurants racing career gained a great deal of momentum after he won this championship and Corvette Driver of the Year award in 1959.
Just two years later, Shelly Washburn of Washburn Chevrolet in Santa Barbara hired him to man the wheel of the 59 No. 614 shown here, which now holds a place of honor at the Petersen Automotive Museum. During the Saturday race on Labor Day weekend in 1961, held at the Santa Barbara airport circuit, Bondurant captured First Place, beating both the Corvette driven by Paul Reinhart and the newly debuted Jaguar XKE driven by Bill Krause.
After CSCC officials protested the Corvettes aluminum flywheel, Bondurant was moved into the modified class for the Sunday race, in which he finished Fourth overall.
Bondurant went on to drive other Corvettes, and other drivers took their turns in No. 614 as well. Back then, the Washburn 59 Corvette was state of the art and featured all the trick parts, such as a fuel-injected engine and a chassis with big brakes and ducting. Also note the wider, 5.5-inch steel wheels.
By the 1950s, rollbars were being mandated by racing officials, and No. 614 had a very nice three-pointer mounted behind the driver. Some cars had bars that were downright scary (including ones made from plumbing pipe), but this one looks strong enough to actually save you if it went over. Full interiors were required, so all the trim is in place.
Other details reveal the competition grade of this car, such as how the body was filled in where the bumpers were removed in front. Although the ducts under the headlights on street versions were not functional, here they were opened up for brake cooling. Another difference from street models was the leather strap to hold down the hood, as body flex in hard cornering could otherwise pop the stock hood latch loose on 59-and-older models). While No. 614s windshield has been cut down, other Corvette racers removed the stock piece completely and replaced it with a small windscreen.
A look underneath the well-groomed bodywork (not all race Corvettes were as nicely manicured as this one) reveals the best go-fast parts of the day: stiffer shocks, springs, Positraction rearend, and T-10 four-speed transmission.
In hindsight, these upgrades seem minimal, as modern Corvettes are race winners right out of the box. After all, C6s are capable of taking home trophies at autocrosses, NASA, and SCCA events in stock or near-stock form.
But in the 50s the Corvette didnt take to competition without serious modification, such as those mentioned on No. 614. Leading up to development of this old warhorse, there were some significant Corvette milestones that set the stage for comp-quality C1s.
The early years of the C1 held little of interest for serious races. In 1956, though, Chevrolet launched a development program aimed at endurance races like Sebring. Rather than focus on that effort, well highlight how amateur racers transformed street Corvettes from sedate cruisers into killing machines. The first really tricked-out Vettes appeared that same year, when Chevy debuted a piping-hot optional engine with twin Carter WCFB carbs and 240 hp. This was enough power to be competitive, but the floats needed to be set precisely, or the carbs would run dry in hard corners.
The lumpy Duntov cam included in the 56 package improved performance, as did a close-ratio three-speed transmission. The Positraction limited-slip differential helped in carving through the corners, too.
The brakes were the weakest link in the program, and race rules prohibited changing the hard parts. But linings were free, and one successful car switched to sintered bronze blocks welded to the brake shoes. They were more fade resistant, but the drums had to be changed after virtually every race.
The suspension could be improved simply by checking the order-form box beside Regular Production Option (RPO) 581, a handling package that included stiffer springs (360-pound coils in front, 138-pound rear leafs), a ¾-inch front sway bar, and Delco racing shocks. Although the simple A-arm/live-axle suspension sounds crude now, competing Jags and Ferraris ran on similar hardware. The Mercedes 300SL had a swing axle in back, but it didnt handle much better.
The best way to get the Corvette to handle was to limit suspension travel and make it into a big go-kart. This was done by shortening the limiting straps in back and installing taller bump stops. This meant the fast way around the track was usually sideways, with all four tires slipping and drifting. Thats partly how Corvette-driving Dr. Dick Thompson won the 1956 SCCA C-Production Championship.
Throttle steering or power sliding, as they called it back then, was a necessity because the chassis designs were too flexible for hard cornering. But those old V-8 war chariots were loaded with weapons-grade torque, so it was easy to hang out the rear on a sharp turn by abruptly lifting the throttle and trail-braking, then gunning it to line up the car for the proper exit. Power is your friend was the drivers motto. It also made for some hairy action at the apexes.
That technique was one that Bondurant would later become well known fornot just in Corvettes, but also driving for Carroll Shelby. When I used to race Cobras, drifting was the only way you could drive the car, he later recalled. Every Cobra driver drifted.
Years later, when Bondurant added a drifting class to his driving school, he often referred back to the slip-and-slide era of racing, pointing out that hed been drifting decades before it became a tuner-car phenom.
Getting back to the performance benchmarks of the C1 era, if the 56 Corvette had potential, the 57 model fulfilled it. The 265 grew into a 283, and the hottest versions were upgraded from carbs to fuel injection. Injection had been a Mercedes bragging point, used on the companys Grand Prix cars, the 55 300SLR racers and the 300SL street models. It gave the Corvette racers what they needed to go after overall wins in production-car races.
01 Bob Bondurant puts Chevysponsored 59 Corvette through its paces at Riverside in 1961.02 Long before he became the doyen of U.S. driving schools, Bondurant enjoyed considerable success behind the wheel of the Washburn racer. 03 Once a Mercedes exclusive, FI became available on the Corvettes 283 engine in 1957.04 Period race rules mandated a full factory interior, so the Washburn cars cabin is minimally decontented.


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NEW DELHI: IBM has announced that Nakoda Limited, one of India's fastest growing companies located in the region of Gujarat, has implemented an integrated IBM Smarter Computing solution. The move, which displaced existing competitive server systems, was designed to help the company standardize and streamline business operations running on SAP and increase operational efficiencies while maintaining both high product quality and attractive pricing. After implementing the IBM solution, Nakoda was able to reduce its IT costs by up to 20% in one year.
The business of the BSE-listed Nakoda Limited is diverse – spanning from manufacturing of raw materials for the textile industry to wind farm equipment. Having grown its profit/revenues three fold in the last four years, Nakoda Limited found its existing infrastructure increasingly difficult to manage. It was too complex and costly, and not capable of meeting business needs. Equally, multiple applications needed separate user sign-on, and managing user authentication was major drains on IT help desk resources, as well as a security risk.
"We realize that to keep up with the changes in today's business environment we needed an integrated IT platform to make it easier for us to centrally plan, control and optimize workloads, while keeping data accuracy and integrity up-to date," said Devendra Jain, Joint Managing Director, Nakoda Limited. "IBM's performance and its market leadership in Power Systems convinced us to replace our existing servers.
The integrated smarter computing solution based on IBM Power Systems built with IBM BladeCenter servers, IBM System Storage DS5020 and Tivoli Storage Manager enables faster deployment of mission critical applications, while keeping operating costs under control. New SAP applications and consolidation of the infrastructure have contributed to significant savings. Also, as a result, raw materials price changes that took several days to reflect are now adjusted on the same day.
The implementation of the solution was done with the help of IBM's Advanced Business Partner Innovative Telecom and Software.
"Nakoda chose IBM's Power Systems as it offers better performance and support for the SAP implementation. The Power architecture coupled with the AIX operating system is the most robust solution for a mission critical application like SAP and with superior TCO benefits and RAS features that ensures round-the-clock operation with minimal downtime", said Viswanath Ramaswamy, Director – Power Systems, IBM India South Asia. "Interestingly, this win along with the recent IBM announcement of the most powerful enterprise Power Systems to date, a new high-end disk storage system and key software updates for IBM's newest mainframe computer may open several new opportunities within the textile sector in India".
As part of IBM's geographic expansion plans, which is one of IBM's core growth strategies, IBM is expanding into untapped markets around the world where there is a significant opportunity for growth. Gujarat is an important region for IBM where the company works with key clients such as Nakoda Limited, Nawanagar Co-op Bank, Amul, Surat District Co-operative Bank, Atul Limited and Micro Inks Limited. IBM is also present in Ahmedabad and Surat where it has been focused on meeting the growing needs of its clients, providing advanced integrated solutions, technologies and services to aid their business growth.
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Donning rocker chic looks with a hint of eccentricity, Cara Delevingne graces the pages of The Journal #32. Hugh Lippe photographs the British beauty with styling by Joanne Blades in a swankily furnished setting. In addition to the images, Lippe created some sketches of Cara for the issue, featuring the blonde in swimwear looks on the beach. Hair by Leonardo Manetti @ 2b Management, makeup by Maki H @ The Wall Group, retouching by Shane Lee Lyons.Sure, my childhood was unusual. […]
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Randy Simmons 11/18/2014
Allowing price to ration water may be a bitter political pill to swallow, but it makes economic and environmental sense. Writing at The Conversation, Randy Simmons lends insight into California's water crisis.
Gary Libecap, 10/24/2014
In the Wall Street Journal, Gary Libecap and Robert Glennon discuss the West's outdated water laws. A policy overhaul, they argue, would allow efficient water markets and reward conservation.
Thursday marks the 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act. No doubt, the billions spent on the act have improved overall water quality.
Reed Watson 01/28/2010
By Reed Watson
James G. Workman 11/25/2007
News-TribuneNovember 25, 2007
Jane Shaw 06/14/2004
Herald and NewsKlamath Falls, ORJune 14, 2004 Water trades work elsewhere:Why not in the Basin? By Jane S. Shaw
Orange County RegisterJuly 18, 1999 CLAY LANDRYCopyright 1999 The Orange County Register
Bruce Yandle 03/01/1999
Environmental Protection MagazineMarch 1999 Harnessing Markets to Improve Water Quality: Using a free-market approach can save money and reduce pollution
Terry Anderson 02/16/1998
The Orange County RegisterFebruary 16, 1998 By Terry L. Anderson
, Terry Anderson 05/19/1996
Savannah Morning NewsMay 19, 1996 Georgia's Groundwater: Own It or Lose It By Terry L. Andersonand Pamela S. Snyder


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The American Antiquarian Society is this nation's chief repository for early American newspapers, and a significant portion of research done at the Society draws upon the Society's collection. The primary goal for the collection is to acquire, preserve, and make available for research newspapers published in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in the United States, Canada, and the English-speaking West Indies. To this end, the Society adds, through gift and purchase, an average of 3,000 issues a year to its holdings. Building on Isaiah Thomas's gift in 1812 of 382 titles in 551 volumes, the Society has accumulated over 15,000 newspaper titles in 20,000 volumes. Today, AAS has more than two million issues on five miles of shelving. The collection is preserved in protective folders and boxes in a climate- controlled environment. In 1973, to assure the preservation and usefulness of its newspaper holdings, the Society established the position of curator of newspapers and serials.
The collection contains newspapers from all fifty states and the District of Columbia, the Canadian provinces, the West Indies, and Great Britain. British newspapers are retained through the Revolutionary War period.
The Newspaper Cataloging Manual of the Library of Congress defines a newspaper as a serial publication designed to be a primary source of written information on current events connected with public affairs, either local, national, or international, not limited to a specific subject matter. The Society, however, collects every kind of newspaper, those that fit the definition strictly, those that are really periodicals in newspaper format, such as college, literary, religious, or temperance newspapers, and those that do not seem to fit either category, including advertising, campaign, church fair, or price-current newspapers. Geographically the collection encompasses most areas on the North American continent and the nearby islands.
Wallpaper newspapers form an unusual group in the Society's holdings. (Le courrier des opelousas is pictured to the left.) These were newspapers printed on the obverse of wallpaper samples because of the paper shortage in the southern states during the Civil War. The Society has three copies, each on different wallpaper, of the most famous of these newspapers, the Daily Citizen from Vicksburg, Mississippi, for July 2 and 4, 1863. It holds twenty-two of the thirty-two titles listed by Clarence Brigham in his essay on the subject in Bibliographical Essays: A tribute to Wilberforce Eames (Cambridge, Mass., 1924).
The newspaper collection of the Society has grown and continues to grow through purchases, particularly of pre-1821 issues and of issues from the western states for which its holdings are weak, as well as through gifts from individuals and from institutions. Many of the Louisiana newspapers came from Edward Larocque Tinker, while Waldo Lincoln brought together the West Indian issues. The Society's Rowell collection was assembled over a number of years. G.P. Rowell, noted for his annual newspaper directories, organized an exhibition of all extant newspapers in the United States for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876. Discards from the exhibition found their way into the col- lections of the Chicago Historical Society. In 1915, that Society donated the issues from the eastern states to AAS, and in 1974 it completed the gift with all its Rowell newspapers except for those from Illinois and Indiana. After World War II, New England institutions sent hundreds of newspapers to the Society. Beginning in 1973, the Society has from time to time circulated to historical societies, public libraries, and academic institutions a request for those newspapers they could not maintain.
Providing bibliographical control of and access to its research materials has been a major activity of the Society throughout its history. This has been as true for newspapers as for any other group of materials, from Thomas's catalog of his gift to the participation by AAS in the United States Newspaper Program, underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Because the collections of the Society are shelved in areas closed to the public, researchers gain access to them through the card catalog, bibliographical tools, and terminals linked to national databases. The catalog provides holdings information rather than bibliographical descriptions. It is divided into pre- 1821 and post-1820 sections, with each section arranged alphabetically by state, town, and title. The first section contains issue-by-issue records of the Society's early holdings. A major project in process is the collating of the post-1820 newspapers to provide similar information for the second section of the catalog. Because of new acquisitions and cataloging, the card catalog will remain the most up-to-date guide to the Society's holdings.
As a participant in the United States Newspaper Program, the Society entered bibliographical and holdings records for 14,000 of its pre-1877 American titles into the national database, OCLC. With the completion of this project, AAS continues to have access to these records through RLIN.
The lack of indexes to early American newspapers often hampers research. Brigham's Bibliography contains a title index and is complemented by Edward Connery Lathem's Chronological Tables of American Newspapers, 1690-1820, (Worcester, 1972). Avis G. Clark's typescript "An Alphabetical Index to the Titles in American Newspapers, 1821-1936" is a useful tool for nineteenth-century research. The few subject indexes to eighteenth- and nineteenth- century newspapers include Lester Cappon's Virginia Gazette Index (Williamsburg, Virginia, 1930) and the WPA index to the Hampshire Gazette of Northampton, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass., 1939). In general, newspaper indexes are genealogical in nature, such as the Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers, 1704-1800, compiled by the Boston Athenaeum (Boston, 1968) and the "Index to Marriages and Deaths in the Columbian Centinel," a typescript at the Society. Indexes in the Society's own collections are listed in the "Checklist of Newspaper Indexes in the American Antiquarian Society."
Because the Society's primary interest is in original materials, it seldom purchases newspapers on microfilm, and films titles from its own collection only on request from a patron. As part of its cooperation with Readex Microprint Corporation, however, the Society has acquired a complete set of the Readex Early American Newspaper Series on microcard and microfilm. The small collection of microfilm accumulated through the years includes two Worcester titles, The Massachusetts Spy, 1821-1904, and The Aegis, 1801-97. To preserve originals, AAS has also acquired facsimile reprints of titles such as The Boston News- Letter, The Newport Mercury, and The New-York Gazette, among others.
Although the newspaper collection of the Society is heavily used, historians and researchers have yet to realize its full potential. As Clarence Brigham noted in his Bibliography and History of American Newspapers, "If all the printed sources of history for a certain century or decade had to be destroyed to save one, that which could be chosen with the greatest value to posterity would be a file of an important newspaper."


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The Gorge, Appledore
The broad, liquid strokes and vivid transparency of color in this image demonstrate the success with which Childe Hassam transposed his Impressionist style into the medium of watercolor. In 1912, in his full maturity as an artist, he painted a series of watercolors at his favorite coastal setting of Appledore (one of the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire). In these works his compositions are spare, reduced to a few dramatic elements, and his application of washes is intuitive and liberated.
- Artist: Frederick Childe Hassam, American, 1859-1935
- Medium: Transparent watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper
- Dates: 1912
- Dimensions: 13 13/16 x 19 7/8 in. (35.1 x 50.5 cm) Frame: 24 x 29 15/16 x 1 9/16 in. (61 x 76 x 4 cm) (show scale)
- Signature: Signed and dated left center: "Childe Hassam / 1912"
- Collections:American Art
- Museum Location: This item is not on view
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- Accession Number: 24.103
- Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund
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- Caption: Frederick Childe Hassam (American, 1859-1935). The Gorge, Appledore, 1912. Transparent watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper, 13 13/16 x 19 7/8 in. (35.1 x 50.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 24.103
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Saturday, January 11 @ 11am
The dogs are back in town! Elementary students and beginning readers are invited to join our volunteer therapy dogs for a barking good time. Read your favorite stories to these clever canines and become a member of the Read to Rover Frequent Reader Club. Don't miss this great experience.
Come visit with Maddie, Clifford, Cookie, or Oscar. Read them one of your favorite books or one of the many doggie tales we have at the library.


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The first of several carpet installations at Montpelier was laid on Friday, October 28. The Dining Room floorboards are once more covered with the installation of a Brussels weave carpet. In the nineteenth century, elegant carpets conveyed status, provided warmth during cool weather, protected floorboards, and enhanced the overall appearance of a room by thematically linking furnishings.
If you saw Richard Brookhiser's recent appearance on "The Daily Show," you might have been surprised to hear him say that James Madison was 5′6″. The height of America's fourth president is a recurring topic of interest to visitors and readers. So, how tall was Mr. Madison?
James Madison, like many of his peers, was a man dedicated to knowledge of geography and history. In an August 1822 letter to William Taylor Barry, Madison wrote: "A knowledge of the Globe & its various inhabitants, however slight, might moreover create a taste for Books of Travels and Voyages, out of which might grow a general taste for history, an inexhaustible fund of entertainment & instruction."
This fall, visitors to Montpelier will witness another significant change to the Madisons' Drawing Room. The curatorial team, with the expertise of historic textile consultant Natalie Larson, have identified and crafted historically appropriate red curtains—just as Dolley wished.
Throughout the Madisons' retirement years (1817-1836), visitors to Montpelier were often surprised "at seeing [Madison's] negroes go to church [on] Sunday. They were gaily dressed, the women in bright-coloured calicoes; and, when a sprinkling of rain came, up went a dozen umbrellas."1 This past Sunday, visitors to Montpelier also donned their much-needed umbrellas to pay homage to the generations of enslaved African Americans who lived and labored at Montpelier.
The summer has flown by and in the archaeology department we have made much progress in our excavations in the South Yard. We have completely uncovered the two southernmost slave quarters in the South Yard and have redefined our understanding of these buildings.
The seating furniture that populated Montpelier during James and Dolley Madison's retirement varied from high-style French chairs in the Drawing Room and painted fancy chairs in the Dining Room to the furniture of D. C. cabinetmaker William Worthington that Madison retained after his second presidential term.
In "Mr. Livingston, I presume?" Montpelier's curatorial team described the most recent additions to the Madisons' prized Montpelier interior—the initial installation of statuary in the Drawing Room and Library, including six life-sized busts and two reductions. According to expert sculpture consultant and art historian, Dr. Pamela Potter-Hennessey, the proper display of these sculptures is often as critical as the artwork itself.
The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Central Virginia and many parts of the Eastern United States on August 23, 2011 was not the first of its kind to tremble the area. James and Dolley Madison's historic Montpelier home lies squarely within the Central Virginia Seismic Zone, and while noticeable earthquakes are highly irregular, they are not uncommon.
As we reported in an earlier post, the construction crew delayed building the second smokehouse to allow our archaeologists time to confirm its precise location. The archaeology team sprang into action and found the evidence to confirm where the original smokehouse stood.
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In the past month, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams in the Bunyakiri region of Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu Province have vaccinated more than 65,000 children aged 6 months to 15 years against measles. The campaign had to be briefly suspended in the north of the region due to the volatile security situation in an area where several armed groups are present and fighting is frequent.
The operation in Bunyakiri was also complicated by the mountainous geography of the region and rivers swollen during the current rainy season. This latest outbreak of measles, which can be lethal in children also affected by malnutrition, was detected last October when the first cases arrived to area health centers. After completing an epidemiological analysis of the situation, MSF decided to launch the mass vaccination campaign.
More than 100 people participated in MSF's vaccination campaign and treatment program. Begun once it was possible to access the northern reaches of the region, the vaccination was carried out from December 26 to January 19.
Teams were based in different health centers and the population was called on to bring in their children. Mobile teams moved into the more inaccessible areas by motorbike. The campaign reached at least 75 percent of the children in the region despite the difficulties in access, the security issues, and the highly mobile nature of the population.
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In today's economic and regulatory climate, the financial services market is facing many challenges.
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This swing arm lamp features a patterned canvas drum shade and a sleek brushed steel finish.
The adjustable arm of this wall lamp, along with the dimmer switch on the base, offer practical convenience. A diffuser at the bottom of the drum shade prevents glare. Attach lamp to wall and plug into any standard outlet using provided cord. The shade is printed with a special giclee process which allows for the reproduction of rich color and intricate detail. The canvas shade features a striking pattern. U.S. Patent # 7,347,593.
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Or, you can think about how you can use that gift certificate once you win it. You might want to pick out a sculptural side table like the best selling Kasbah Camel or the classic Sultan's Elephant side table. Pick out classic wall decor such as the Paris Metro Wall Frieze and the unique Ancient Tree of Life Wall Sculpture. These quality wall decor items will breathe new life into any room and add a nice touch to the walls of any business. However, you can't win $200 to buy these and other quality decor from Design Toscano if you don't enter the contest, so send in a review today!
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To be accepted into a Guaranteed Admission Program, a student must be accepted by the university, by The Honors College and by the admissions committee of the program the student wishes to enter. A separate application for guaranteed admission is required. The admissions committee may require an interview. The application (postmark) deadline for the GA Program (all health sciences) is Nov. 15 of the year prior to the year the student is planning to enroll at VCU.
For additional information about The Honors College GA Program, see The Honors College Web site at www.honors.vcu.edu, or write or call Dr. Anne L. Chandler, Interim Dean, The Honors College, Virginia Commonwealth University, P.O. Box 843010, Richmond, VA 23284-3010, (804) 828-1803, firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Paula Marks, PhD
Professor of American Studies
Phone: 512-448-8702
- PhD in American Civilization at University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1987
- MA in English at University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1980
- BA in English at St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas, 1978
Why I Teach
My approach to teaching involves sharing my enthusiasm for learning with students but also learning from them — recognizing that they have their own stories and truths, perspectives and goals.
From my classroom, I want them to take a willingness to question, to weave together different viewpoints, to engage fully with the mysteries and paradoxes that cultivate knowledge.
I feel fortunate to be a part of an institution offering opportunities to learn about the world in so many ways and to make use of that knowledge in situations that challenge, sustain, humble and enrich us.