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Scientific Motherhood
A well-stocked and carefully curated medicine cabinet conveyed care and successful home management, while an overstuffed or unconsidered one ran afoul of received ideals of motherhood. Yet while women were responsible for the cabinet's care and contents, certain products essential to their own health and hygiene were long thought to be inimical to it.A feminist cultural history of the medicine cabinet, an interview with Dr. Deanna Day.
it's twice as hard to swallow when you know precisely what the pill is
Broadly takes a deep dive into the racist and sexist history of keeping birth control side effects secret. The Atlantic follows up with an examination of the different stakes of male and female birth control: "...it makes perfect sense that women would be willing to endure all kinds of side effects in exchange for, essentially, freedom. Being able to control whether and when they become pregnant has opened up so many opportunities for women, opportunities that men already had greater access to by virtue of being men. Men's careers, men's bodies, men's control over their own lives, have never been at stake in the same way."
the process by which we all eventually pass away
Taller Than the Trees [N/YT] by Megan Mylan - "Japanese men haven't traditionally been caregivers. But for Masami Hayata, it's a crucial part of raising his family." (via)
The Miscarriage Taboo
From The Atlantic: A culture of silence can make it even harder for women to make sense of losing a pregnancy.
Women's healthcare affected by growing number of Catholic hospitals
The Guardian reports on an accusation by a former Muskegon County, Michigan health official claiming that a Catholic healthcare provider forced five women between August 2009 and December 2010 to undergo dangerous miscarriages by giving them no other option. Catholic hospitals must follow the Ethical Health Directives issued by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, and with consolidation in health care providers, more and more Americans are affected. [more inside]
Menstrual Pain Is a Public Health Issue
Period pain can be "as bad as a heart attack." So why aren't we researching how to treat it? [Via.] [more inside]
These are my surprised wings.
The beverages are consumed regularly by thirty-one per cent of kids between the ages of twelve and seventeen, and by thirty-four per cent of those aged eighteen to twenty-four. U.S. sales for energy drinks and shots now total more than twelve and a half billion dollars—a number that the market-research firm Packaged Facts predicts will grow by another nine billion dollars by 2017. A new study [note: behind paywall] , published in the November issue of Health Psychology, suggests that appeals by energy-drink companies to the thrill-thirsty male id are coming at a psychological and physical cost, however. -- Rachel Giese, How Energy-Drink Companies Prey on Male Insecurities
The Next Frontier of Fertility
The role of sex and gender in autism
The Lost Girls: 'Misdiagnosed, misunderstood or missed altogether, many women with autism struggle to get the help they need.' Part of Spectrum's Sex/Gender in Autism special report. [more inside]
Breast Cancer awareness
The American Cancer Society released new guidelines today recommending that women start getting the tests later, at age 45, and only every other year. [more inside]
"I am healthy, and I have a plan to stay that way."
Dallas County district attorney Susan Hawk's life fell apart after she took office: divorce, depression and thoughts of suicide. After she fired some of her most experienced staff and amid allegations of erratic or unstable behavior, she vanished from public view in late July. Nine weeks later, she re-emerged to announce that she had undergone two months of treatment at a mental health facility for Major Depressive Disorder. She says she's ready once again to serve. Is she up to the job? (Some links in this post discuss suicide / suicidal ideation. Some readers may find linked content disturbing.) [more inside]
Three Months Without Breathing
I had trouble saying more than a few words at a time, my voice croaking and words slurred or over-pronounced. I stuttered and gasped. I started leaving out words that weren't essential, breaking my sentences down into telegrams, paid by the word or even the letter. Big words were a thing of the past. Or, as I would have said it then: Big. Words. Gone.
The "M" that must not be named.
"Why, if my neighbor sees me looking sad and asks me if I am okay, is it perfectly acceptable to tell her my aunt passed away, or I lost my job, or I had to put my dog down -- but if I tell her I experienced a miscarriage, I am somehow inappropriately oversharing?" (by Laura Benanti)
Warren Buffet wants to give you an IUD
Warren Buffett's Family Secretly Funded a Birth Control Revolution
Quietly, steadily, the Buffett family is funding the biggest shift in birth control in a generation. "For Warren, it's economic. He thinks that unless women can control their fertility—and that it's basically their right to control their fertility—that you are sort of wasting more than half of the brainpower in the United States," DeSarno said about Buffett's funding of reproductive health in the 2008 interview. "Well, not just the United States. Worldwide."
Male and female mice process pain differently, study finds
New research into the pain processing of mice has found male and female mice process pain differently, and the discovery may also apply to other species, including humans. Scientists are now questioning what this means for the future of medical research, which until now, has had a strong bias towards experimenting on male mice. [more inside]
New U.S. government research indicates that female military veterans commit suicide at nearly six times the rate of other women and at rates nearly equal to that of male veterans -- a finding that surprised researchers because women are generally are far less likely than men to commit suicide. The findings raise questions about the backgrounds and experiences of women who serve in the United States' armed forces. [more inside]
"Maybe they'll think of me differently. I hope they don't."
In some parts of America, the accessibility of abortion has remained unchanged, but not in great swaths of the country — not in places such as Texas, where more than half of the clinics have closed since 2013, or in South Dakota, where the single clinic has a mandatory 72-hour waiting period between appointment and procedure, or in Wyoming, where there is one private provider and no clinics in all the state's 98,000 square miles, and where the nearest facility Emily could find an appointment was six hours away.One woman's long drive to end a pregnancy. [more inside]
a man's home is his castle, a woman's body has never been wholly her own
"Trust Women" is a popular motto in the pro-choice movement. It sounds a little sentimental, doesn't it? Part of that old sisterhood-is-powerful feminism it is fashionable to mock today. But "Trust Women" doesn't mean that every woman is wise or good or has magical intuitive powers. It means that no one else can make a better decision, because no one else is living her life, and since she will have to live with that decision—not you, and not the state legislature or the Supreme Court—chances are she is doing her best in a tight spot.How Pro-Choicers Can Take Back the Moral High Ground: an excerpt from essayist and poet Katha Pollitt's latest book, Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights. [more inside]
What if You Just Hate Making Dinner?
Eating healthy food and eating together is important. But if you hate to cook, what's the best way to do that? (SLNYT)
Birth Culture
Since 2006, Alice Proujansky has photographed childbirths around the world for a project entitled 'Birth Culture.' Her intent is to highlight 'the universal aspects of childbirth, elements that are culturally-specific and the struggle to provide women with safe, respectful maternity care.' Images: Photographer's site. NYTimes Gallery. Agnostica. Slate. Some photos may be NSFW.
How lucky are we
Sorry You Were Tricked Into a C-Section What disapproving friends don't understand about cesarean births
Why Most Brazilian Women Get C-Sections
In many parts of the world, women are having more Cesarean sections than medically necessary. Recent abuses of pregnant women in Brazil have sparked a small, vocal movement of activists who want mothers to have more say in the delivery room. (SLATLANTIC)
You Can't POP Your Cherry (HYMEN 101)
Is the Contraceptive NuvaRing Killing Thousands?
"Danger in the Ring." According to Karen, a doctor in the emergency room asked her over the phone: "Was your daughter using birth control?" Karen said, "Yes, NuvaRing." He removed the device and said, "I thought so, because she's having a pulmonary embolism." [more inside]
It has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world
The Bicycle Craze of the 1890s had a significant impact upon women's lives. Leaders of the women's movement saw bike riding as a path to freedom. Many women cyclists enjoyed the freedoms and experiences bikes gave them. Although many health experts recommended biking to women for its health effects, other health experts and some moralists saw dangers in letting women venture off into the wild blue yonder with and without men, danger in potential physical damage to women's bodies, disaster in letting them adopt "unfeminine garb" - and of course, they might enjoy it TOO much. [more inside]
Abortion in America
The Geography of Abortion Access - Forty years ago Tuesday, the Supreme Court ushered in legal abortion for American women when it decided in Roe v. Wade. Today, states—particularly in the South and Midwest—are eroding that right by legislating hundreds of provisions intended to impede access with burdensome obstacles. To understand more fully the complex state of access to abortion services in America, The Daily Beast identified and confirmed the location of the country's remaining 724 clinics and calculated the distance from every part of the country to its closest clinic. (more)
Undue Burden
Jennie Linn McCormack "isn't the only woman in recent years to be prosecuted for ending her own pregnancy. But her case could change the trajectory of abortion law in the United States": The Rise of DIY Abortions. [more inside]
That's me in the corner
The findings for England and Wales from the 2011 British Census have now been released. The BBC provides a handy guide to changes by area while The Guardian has a neat infographic and a set of Top 10 Charts. [more inside]
This Week In 'What Is Wrong With Black Women'
Nichelle Gainer (whose Vintage Black Glamour blog was seen previously on MeFi) responds insightfully to a NY Times editorial by author Alice Randall called "Why Black Women Are Fat."
A Coordinated Assault on Women?
In the wake of so many recent controversies over women and their right to safe, affordable health care and the supposed desire of working women to be "put in their place" by aggressive men in the bedroom, Penny Red suggests that "Right now, we are in the middle of a sexual counter-revolution." [more inside]
Stag Party
The GOP's woman problem is that it has a serious problem with women. Frank Rich on George Stephanopoulos's unanswered question, how the Republicans have shifted to being the party of misogyny since the 70s, and why Mitt Romney would be just as bad as Rick Santorum.
"Attack me in the comments section -- GO."
Jane Pratt (formerly of Sassy Magazine and her eponymous Jane,) launched a website for women: xojane, earlier this year. Last week the site's Health and Beauty Director wrote a blog post explaining that she never uses condoms, birth control pills, or other contraception (for fear of becoming fat) and instead relies on the emergency contraceptive Plan B to prevent pregnancy. And a segment of the internet exploded. (Her responses to some of the comments seem a bit clueless for someone with her title.) Critics have noted that the post was filled with "ignorant" "inaccuracies and misconceptions" about womens' health, sex, Plan B and other forms of birth control. [more inside]
To help thousands of people in over 200 countries diagnose, treat and prevent common illnesses
Hesperian is a non-profit publisher of books and newsletters for community-based health care, mostly aimed at the third world. Their first book, Where There Is No Doctor, A Village Health Handbook, has been translated into 88 languages and is one of the most widely used training and work manuals for community health care in the world. They have now made 20 of their publications available for free download, many of which can now also be browsed online through their website using an "Ebrary" in-browser interface. [more inside]
Marie Claire keeps it "real"
Last year, Marie Claire magazine made headlines by employing a plus-sized fashion columnist, Ashley Falcon, whose blog "Big Girl In A Skinny World" was proudly advertised as "proof that fashionistas come in all shapes and sizes." Yesterday, a different Marie Claire blogger attacked the new CBS show "Mike & Molly" for featuring overweight characters. Her post received more than a thousand angry comments and the magazine reportedly received over 28,000 emails, prompting an apology from the blogger and a defensive response from the Editor in Chief. [more inside]
An Artificial Ovary
Using a 3-D petri dish, Researchers at Brown University and Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island have built a completely functional artificial human ovary that will allow doctors to harvest immature human egg cells (oocytes) and grow them into mature, ready-to-be-fertilized human eggs outside the body. (In vitro) The advance could eventually help preserve fertility for women facing chemotherapy or other medical treatments that may be destructive to ovarian folliculogenesis. Press Release. Article link. (paywall) [more inside]
One Laptop Per Bike
Armed with a netbook, medical supplies and a bicycle, Bangladesh's InfoLadies are giving millions of poor people access to crucial information on their doorsteps that will improve their chances in life
Abortion Not OK in OK
Provoking pro-choice advocates, Oklahoma passed two highly restrictive abortion laws on Tuesday. One (rtf file) requires doctors to show women an ultrasound of their fetus and point out its physical characteristics — even if the patient was impregnated through rape or incest. The second (rtf file) stipulates that doctors cannot be sued if they decide to lie to an expectant mother regarding her baby's birth defects. A third requires clinics to post signs telling patients they cannot be forced to have an abortion. The first law prompted an immediate lawsuit from Tulsa's only abortion clinic. [more inside]
"Tampon is not a dirty word, and neither is vagina."
After decades of selling tampons and "sanitary products" with ads containing nebulous, euphemistic images and language, Kotex launched a new product line, 'U by Kotex' and a 'Declaration of Real Talk Campaign' to encourage girls and women to speak about menstruation without embarrassment. Ironically, their ad was rejected by the major US television networks for mentioning the word 'vagina'. Here's the 'safe for the viewing public' version. / YT channel. [more inside]
MUM's the word: The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health
"May God close your horable museum." Because I can't believe this has never been the subject of a full post here before, although it keeps popping up in comments: The Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health. The inimitable Harry Finley has assembled a dizzying and oddly comprehensive site. It may be a bit much to take in one go (dilute, dilute, OK?), but you might dip in at: menstrual slapping; patent medicines; facts of life booklets; the Little Doozee; pre-twentieth century menstrual products and practices; Lysol douching, yay and nay; or the tour of the museum inside Harry's house (now closed). Also: cats, because Harry likes cats.
Where there is no doctor
"Where there is no doctor", a "village health-care handbook", was originally published by Mexican health activists in 1973 as a response to a critical lack of medical care among Mexico's poor. Now available for free download, the book covers such topics as "Family Planning" [pdf], Healing without Medicines [pdf], Common Medicines, their uses and doses [pdf], the right and wrong uses of modern medicines [pdf], and (in the midwives edition) DIY abortion [pdf]. [more inside]
What "overweight" looks like and why BMI is nuts.
Illustrated BMI Categories, a Flickr project where you can see what "underweight," "normal," "overweight," "obese," and "morbidly obese," BMI categories look like on real people (safe for work) (mostly women). I think that many people would be surprised by what 180lbs looks like. In addition to not looking what you might have expected fat to look like, it may also not mean what you thought it meant: [more inside]
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
New Justices, New Rules: How the Supreme Court's Validation of the Federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act Affects Women's Constitutional Liberty and Equality. A two-part FindLaw analysis of Gonzales v. Carhart.
Forever Pregnant II: Morality Boogaloo
The new lies about women's health (image slightly NSFW) according to Glamour. More on why every egg is sacred to the Bush administration. [via Wired's Sex Drive Daily]
A Handmaid's Tale?
Forever Pregnant. The CDC has released guidelines for improving the "preconception health" of all women of childbearing age whether they plan to have children or not. From the the WaPo article: "among other things, this means all women between first menstrual period and menopause should take folic acid supplements, refrain from smoking, maintain a healthy weight and keep chronic conditions such as asthma and diabetes under control." So ladies, don't even think of touching the litter box. You know, just in case.
obstetric fistula
Outcasts in Their Own Villages "More than one million young women with the condition are scattered throughout the so-called fistula belt that stretches across the southern hem of the Sahara from Eritrea to Mali. Because of their severe incontinence and smell, many have been ostracized by their families and villages and live by themselves or with fellow fistula sufferers. They are the lepers of the desert." [also see]
"I am the only woman in the room with shirt on at the VIP Strip Club"
Showing Off a Little (Inner) Cleavage. Author Geralyn Lucas wore bright, red lipstick to her mastectomy. "It was my way of saying I knew I would still be a woman when I woke up with a blood-soaked bandage where my breast used to be... women have sacrificed breasts and hair to try to save their lives. We have traded in our beauty for some kind of cure. But something strange often happens when we lose the bling — the big boobs and big hair — of womanhood. We're left with what I call 'inner cleavage,' and no plastic surgeon can sculpt it. It is the beauty that exists when everything else has been stripped away". Lauren Greenfield photographs here. More inside.
Should a doctor be able to refuse to help patients?
Conscience Clauses and Health Care --"Yes, we need to respect individual freedom of religion. But at what point does it cross the line of not providing essential medical care? At what point is it malpractice?" she asked. "If someone's beliefs interfere with practicing their profession, perhaps they should do something else." The Protection of Conscience Project feels differently: Protection of Conscience Laws are needed because powerful interests are inclined to force health care workers and others to participate, directly or indirectly, in morally controversial procedures, while NARAL says: ... Many of these clauses go far beyond respecting individuals' beliefs to the point of harming women by not providing them with full information or access to medical treatment. Medicine, not ideology, should determine medical decisions.
Don't worry your pretty little head about it.
White House "disappears" women's info. The Bush administration has quietly removed 25 reports from its Women's Bureau Web site, deleting or distorting crucial information on issues from pay equity to reproductive healthcare. There's a long article about it over at Salon, behind the premium wall.
Girls night out can save your life.
Girls night out can save your life. A landmark UCLA study suggests that women respond to stress with a cascade of brain chemicals that cause us to make and maintain friendships with other women. It's a stunning find that has turned five decades of stress research---most of it on men---upside down. Until this study was published, scientists generally believed that when people experience stress, they trigger a hormonal cascade that revs the body to either stand and fight or flee as fast as possible... (Old news, but I don't think it's been posted before.)
The male species has it easy.
The male species has it easy. Feminist magazine Amp meditates on whether women should hover or plonk when they go to the bathroom. "It's like learning how to whistle. You have to learn how to position your lips for the best results." This article isn't work safe. In fact I'm not sure if it's safe at all.
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Doris Nadine White, 76, of Amarillo died Thursday, March 8, 2012.
Celebration of life services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Snyder Cemetery in Snyder. Arrangements are by Bell-Cypert-Seale Funeral Home of Snyder.
Nadine, or Nana as her grandchildren knew her, was born Nov. 8, 1935, in Snyder. She moved to Amarillo in 1967 and devoted her life
to raising and loving her
three girls.
Nadine was a beautiful lady, and she enjoyed building relationships with others. Because of her love for others, she spent her working career in the sales industry. She cherished time with her family and loved playing games with anyone who dared to play.
Survivors include three daughters, Becky Robertson and husband Mike, Lisa Glick and husband Doug and Debbie Tovar, all of Amarillo and Canyon; nine grandchildren, Brandon Robertson and wife Tiffani, Brian Robertson and wife Meagan, Whitney Hodges and husband Ross, Larissa Newman and husband Charlie, Dustin Glick, Jeremy Seago, Tessa Riggen and husband Neil and beautiful twins, Diandra and Taryin Tovar; eight great-grandchildren, Landon, Gracie, Riley, Beau, Bryson, Brendon, Frankie and Jaxson; and a nephew, Jimmy Moore, and niece, Jeanie, both of Allen.
Amarillo Globe-News, March 10, 2012

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You use PerformancePoint Dashboard Designer to create and deploy a dashboard to a Windows SharePoint Services site. After you create your elements, such as scorecards and reports, and assemble them into your dashboard pages, you can publish the dashboard to PerformancePoint Monitoring Server. Then, you can export the dashboard to a SharePoint site where users can view it.
To deploy a dashboard to a SharePoint site, you must have the appropriate permissions in Dashboard Designerand on the SharePoint Services site that you want to use:
In Dashboard Designer You must have at least Editor permissions in a user security role, or have one of the following server security roles: Creator, Data Source Manager, or Admin.
In SharePoint Services You must have at least Contributor permissions on the SharePoint site that you want to use.
Finally, it is important to verify that dashboard users have the necessary permissions to view the dashboard pages in SharePoint Services. For more information about security roles in Dashboard Designer, see Understanding roles and permissions in Dashboard Designer.
Note: When you first install Dashboard Designer, you specify a SharePoint site to use to deploy your dashboards. During the installation process, Monitoring Server creates a master page on the SharePoint site named PerformancePointDefault.master. Monitoring Server uses that master page to set the layout of the dashboards that you deploy. If your organization plans to deploy dashboards to additional SharePoint sites or subsites (in addition to the primary SharePoint site), you must copy the master page into the Master Page gallery for each subsite.
To export a dashboard to a SharePoint site
On the Home tab, click Publish Item to save the dashboard to Monitoring Server.
On the Edit tab, click SharePoint Site to open the Deploy a Dashboard to a SharePoint Site wizard.
On the Select Dashboard page, select the dashboard that you want to deploy. If the dashboard is not listed in the Name column, click Refresh to update the list from the server. After you select the dashboard, click Next.
On the Specify Location page, locate the default SharePoint site address. You can deploy the dashboard to this default URL, or type the full path to a different SharePoint site. If you specify a different URL, Dashboard Designer automatically adds that URL to the Document Library drop-down list.
In the Document Library list, select the document library that you want to use to store the dashboard, and then click Next.
On the Select Layout page, use the drop-down list to select the master page that determines the layout for the dashboard when it is deployed.
Click Finish. A Web browser displays the exported dashboard to verify that you have exported the dashboard to the SharePoint site.
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5 Tips for How to Cook Grilled Vegetables Perfectly (Page 5)
4. Size Matters
How you prep your vegetables dictates how they will cook. Cut them into smaller pieces if you want your vegetables to cook more quickly (and use a skewer to keep the on the grill). Cut round vegetables like onions or eggplant into thin "rounds"—you'll get more surface area, which allows for a crispier outside, and because they're thin, they'll cook quickly.


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Comme des Garçons Shirt Fall 2012
Since the spring of 2011, The Generic Man has been honored to team up with the unparalleled Japanese fashion label, Comme des Garçons SHIRT, to produce an array of shoes that highlight the aesthetics and styles of both companies. For its fourth collaborative collection, the label has turned away from the bright and colorful mood of the previous offering, embracing instead a more reserved yet debonair and sophisticated look injected with pops of aquatic tones.
The three models included seamlessly merge high-end, tailored techniques and materials with casual wearability and functionality. First is the Wellington, an understated black suede lace-up plimsoll with grosgrain trimming that comes in both seafoam (for those who seek a little more flare) and a muted turquoise (for those requiring additional subtlety). Next is the Montreux, a slightly more traditional lace-up sneaker, also in black suede with a half moon tab at the front and a burst of the same muted turquoise on the suede heel patch. Finally, the Wingman ties everything up. The black leather and canvas upper makes it a versatile model while the seafoam vibram sole gives it an edgy twist that the label is known for.Available at select Comme des Garçons retailers internationally.See additional photos here


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11 travel agencies shut down before summer break: officials
By Joy Lee, The China Post
June 20, 2014, 12:01 am TWN
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Tourism Bureau yesterday said that a total of 11 travel agencies, including four that had operation certificates revoked, were shut down before the arrival of summer vacation.
According to the Tourism Bureau, of the 11 travel agencies that were shut down, three of them applied to cease operations temporarily while four of them were permanently closed down by their owners.
The Tourism Bureau said that a well-known travel agency, Skylark Travel Service Co., was among the four travel agencies that shut down after their operation certificates were revoked.
The operation certificate of Yi Hua travel agency, the company that was closed down after the owner allegedly disappeared with the firm's money, was also revoked by the Tourism Bureau.
According to the Tourism Bureau, Skylark Travel Service Co. was declared a rejected account by Taiwan Payments Clearing System Development Foundation due to bounced checks, and the agency's Travel Quality Assurance Association (TQAA) membership was also canceled.
The Tourism Bureau said that since Skylark Travel Service Co.'s TQAA membership was canceled, the travel agency has to pay a performance bond that is not refundable. However, the agency only paid NT$210,000 out of the NT$2.1 million that it was required to pay, so the Tourism Bureau decided to revoke its operation certificate.
According to the Tourism Bureau, Skylark Travel Service Co. and La Deluxe Travel Service Co. both belonged to that same owner, but La Deluxe Travel Service Co. is under regular operation so far.
The Tourism Bureau said that people who plan to sign up for guided tours should also sign a travel contract with the travel agency. Travelers should refer to the TQAA's website for the price of a travel package.
Another reminder of the Tourism Bureau is that people should ask for receipts after making payments to make sure that the travel agency purchases insurance before leaving the country.
According to the Tourism Bureau, the operation certificates of the two travel agencies that did not pay the performance bond, Yi Mei and Lien Chia Li International, were also revoked.
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Arthur Wesley Dow papers, circa 1826-1978, bulk 1879-1922
A Finding Aid to the Arthur Wesley Dow Papers,
circa 1826-1978
(bulk 1879-1922), in the Archives of American Art, by Kathleen Brown
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Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
Table of Contents:
- Biographical Information
- Overview of the Collection
- How to Use the Collection
- Detailed Description and Container Inventory
Biographical Information
Arthur Wesley Dow, landscape painter, printmaker, photographer, and influential art educator, was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts on April 6, 1857, the eldest son of Mary Patch and David Dow. As a young man, he showed interest in the colonial history of Ipswich and together with Reverend Augustine Caldwell, he produced the serial Antiquarian Papers from 1875 to 1880, which featured Dow's drawings of local colonial architecture. It was Caldwell who advised him to pursue formal art instruction and in 1880 Dow began studying in the Boston studio of James M. Stone.
Like many aspiring American artists of his generation, Dow traveled to Paris for further art instruction. Between 1884 and 1889, the artist alternated between spending time in Paris, where he had enrolled in the Acad�mie Julian, and in Brittany where he painted landscapes en plein air. During this period he produced landscape paintings that were accepted into the Paris Salon and exhibited to moderate success back in the United States.
Shortly after his return to Ipswich, Dow took a studio in Boston, where he hoped to attract students and began an extremely fertile and successful period as an art educator. He began studying Japanese art, particularly the compositional elements employed in Japanese prints, which he synthesized with Western art techniques and utilized in teaching composition and design. In addition to seeing students in his Boston studio, he began the Ipswich Summer School of Art, which continued into 1907. Pratt Institute hired Dow as an art instructor in 1895 and he remained there until 1904, when he was appointed the Director of Fine Arts of the Columbia University Teacher's College, a position he retained until his death in 1922. Between 1897 and 1903, he also taught at the Art Students League.
In 1899 his seminal book, Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers, was published. Composition illustrated Dow's teaching method, which focused on the compositional elements of line, notan (a Japanese word for the balance of light and dark in a composition) and color. The book underwent several printings and art schools across the United States adopted the Dow method. Max Weber, Georgia O'Keeffe and the photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn were among the artists who personally benefited from Dow's instruction. Through his teaching, publications, and public speeches, Arthur Wesley Dow played an important role in shaping modern American art.
Overview of the Collection
Scope and Contents
The papers of Arthur Wesley Dow measure 1.3 linear feet and date from 1826 to 1978, with the bulk of the materials dating from 1879 to 1922. Correspondence consists of two folders, which contain a few letters from Dow to his family during his stints painting in Brittany and to and from Columbia University's Teachers College, as well as letters from his wife (then fianc�e) Minnie Pearson Dow to her mother and friend while she, too, was studying painting abroad. There is also a folder of typescript and handwritten notes on Dow's correspondence, the majority of which is not in this collection, attributed to his biographer, Arthur Warren Johnson. Diaries include travel diaries kept by Dow and his brother Dana F. Dow during their "trip around the world" in 1903-1904. Publications, clippings, exhibition catalogs, announcements for Dow's Ipswich Summer School of Art and a new edition of his book Composition: A Series of Exercises in Art Structure for the Use of Students and Teachers are found within printed materials. Notes and writings include a substantial number of handwritten manuscripts and typescripts of Dow's lectures on art and art history during his tenure as the Dean of Fine Arts at the Teachers College of Columbia University. There are a few examples of works of art, including prints from the Ipswich Prints series, and a pencil sketch of a colonial home, similar to those that appeared in the serial Antiquarian Papers.
This collection is particularly rich in vintage prints of Dow portraits as well as family and group photographs, although it does not include any of the artist's landscape cyanotypes. Among the nineteen vintage prints are several platinum prints including a portrait by the renowned Pictorialist photographer Gertrude K�sebier and an atmospheric image of Dow taken at the Grand Canyon by Mrs. Fannie Coburn, the mother of another well-known Pictorialist photographer, Alvin Langdon Coburn. There are also three portraits by Herbert Hess and a photogravure of Dow by Kenneth Alexander that was used in the publication announcement for the second edition of Composition. Group photographs include an albumen print of fellow artist Henry R. Kenyon with Dow in his Ipswich studio, with classmates at the Acad�mie Julian in Paris, and with his own students during a crafts class at his Ipswich Summer Art School. There are also several modern copy prints of vintage photographs from other collections as well as photographs of artworks by Dow and his contemporaries.
Arrangement and Series Description
The collection is arranged into 6 series:
- Series 1: Correspondence, circa 1885-1934 (Box 1; 3 folders)
- Series 2: Diaries, 1861-1904 (Box 1; 6 folders)
- Series 3: Notes and Writings, circa 1904-1977 (Box 1; 0.4 linear feet)
- Series 4: Printed Materials, circa 1826-1978 (Boxes 1-2; 5 folders)
- Series 5: Photographs, circa 1880-1977 (Boxes 1-2; 0.6 linear feet)
- Series 6: Artwork, circa 1879-1906 (Box 1; 3 folders)
Subjects and Names
This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following index terms:
- Acad�mie Julian. -- Photographs
- Hess, Herbert A. (Herbert Arthur)
- Ipswich Summer Art School. -- Photographs
- Kenyon, Henry Rodman, 1861-1926 -- Photographs
- K�sebier, Gertrude, 1852-1934
- Art educators--Massachusetts
- Art--Study and teaching--Massachusetts
- Diaries
- Landscape Painters--Massachusetts
- Photographers--Massachusetts
- Photographs
- Printmakers--Massachusetts
- Works of art
A portion of the diaries, correspondence and photographs were donated to the Archives of American Art in 1976, by Mrs. George N. Wright, the grand-niece of Arthur Wesley Dow. The remaining diary, correspondence, lecture notes, writings, printed material, photographs, and artworks were donated by Frederick Moffatt in 1989, who had gathered them in the course of his research on the artist.
Separated and Related Materials
Additional photographs of Dow, members of his immediate family, group photographs taken at the Acad�mie Julian, Paris, as well as unidentified group photographs, were loaned to the Archives of American Art for microfilming after which they were returned to the lender, Mrs. George N. Wright, of Bernardsville, New Jersey. These photographs can be viewed on microfilm reel 1271.
Also found at the Archives of American Art are the William H. Elsner papers relating to Arthur Wesley Dow, which include color photographs of Dow's works of art and correspondence regarding Dow between Frederick Moffatt and Rudolph Schaeffer.
In 1975 the Ipswich Historical Society loaned biographical material, correspondence, manuscripts, printed material, and photographs for microfilming on reels 1027 and 1033-34. Additionally, the Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities loaned one diary in 1976 for microfilming on reel 1079.
How the Collection was Processed
The collection received preliminary processing after being donated in 1975 and 1989, and before portions of it were microfilmed on reels 1208-1209. The collection was fully processed, arranged, and described in accordance with archival standards by Kathleen Brown in 2008 as part of the Terra Foundation for American Art Digitization Grant.
How to Use the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The bulk of the collection has been digitized and is available online via the Archives of American Art's website. Use of material not digitized requires an appointment.
Ownership & Literary Rights
The Arthur Wesley Dow papers are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights as possessed by the donor have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Available Formats
The papers of
Arthur W. (Arthur Wesley) Dow in the Archives of American Art were digitized in
Materials that generally have not been scanned include duplicates, negatives, and modern copy prints of vintage photographs as well as photographs of works of art. For some publications, such as catalogs, only the cover and title pages have been scanned.
Location of Originals
Several photographs, including images of Dow, Dow family members, group photographs of classes, and landscapes, are copy prints. The original vintage prints for some of these copies, particularly group photographs of classes and landscapes, are available at the Ipswich Historical Society. The location of the other original vintage prints is unknown.
How to Cite this Collection
Arthur Wesley Dow papers, circa 1826-1978 (bulk 1879-1922). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Detailed Description and Container Inventory
Series 1:
Correspondence, circa 1885-1934
(Box 1; 3 folders)
Found in this series are two folders of letters sent to and from Arthur Wesley Dow and letters sent to Minnie Pearson, Dow's future wife. Arthur Wesley Dow's correspondence consists of letters from Dow to his family, primarily his younger brother Dana. Most of his letters were written during his stints painting in Pont Aven and they include references to his efforts to produce paintings for the Paris Salons. Four of these letters are photocopies and one is an original. Other letters include a letter from Dow to Dr. Russell, Dean of the Teacher's College at Columbia University. According to Dow's travel diary, he received a telegram from Russell, officially appointing him as the head of the Department of Fine Arts; this letter may be in response to this appointment. The correspondence of Minnie Pearson consists of a long letter from her mother and a friend named "Eva" that were sent to the future Mrs. Dow, while she was studying art in Brittany. Finally the file "Notes on Dow Letters" consists of an annotated chronology of Dow correspondence, which includes synopsis of letters that are no longer extant, compiled by the Dow biographer, Arthur Warren Johnson.
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
|Arthur Wesley Dow, circa 1885-1919
|Minnie Pearson (Dow), circa 1888
|Notes on Dow Letters (by Arthur Warren Johnson), circa 1925-1934
Series 2:
Diaries, 1861-1904
(Box 1; 6 folders)
This series is comprised of diaries by Dow and family members. The diary of Mary Patch Dow, Arthur Dow's mother, contains entries written between 1861 and 1865 noting visits and correspondence sent and received, particularly from her nephew Charles H. Dow, who died while fighting in the Civil War. There are few references to her son, although there are brief entries concerning his early education and childhood illnesses.
The remaining diaries record a world trip undertaken by Dow, accompanied by his wife and brother Dana Fitz Dow, among others. The party departed Boston in early September 1903 and headed westward through Canada to San Francisco where they sailed for Japan, which the party explored for three months before continuing on to China, India, Egypt, Greece and parts of Europe. Dow's travel diary provides an account of the early stages of the trip, most importantly the period spent in Japan, where he visited ancient temples, tea houses, museums, art schools, viewed private collections, and purchased prints. His brother's travel diaries, four in total, document the entire trip and record his impressions of the cities and sites that the party visited, paying particular interest to landscaped gardens and native plants. Sketches and plans of garden layouts can be found amidst his entries.
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
Series 3:
Notes and Writings, circa 1900-1977
(Box 1; 0.4 linear feet)
Found in this series are manuscripts and typescripts of Dow's lectures and writings about art, lecture notes, syllabi, price lists, as well as a handwritten fragment of his last will and testament. Most of the notes in this series document Dow's lectures on art appreciation, composition and art historical topics ranging from prehistoric art to Japanese art that he delivered to his classes at Teacher's College Columbia University. A folder of miscellaneous lectures also includes class syllabi and suggested arts curriculum. Writings attributed to others include research notes by Dow biographer Dr. Frederick Moffatt and handwritten copies of papers attributed to a Mr. Heatois on "The Spirit of the Later Renaissance" and "The Monumental Arts."
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
The Notes and Writings series is arranged into 2 subseries:
- 3.1: Notes and Writings by Arthur Wesley Dow, circa 1900-1922
- 3.2: Notes and Writings by Others, circa 1918-1977
3.1: Notes and Writings by Arthur Wesley Dow, circa 1900-1922
3.2: Notes and Writings by Others, circa 1918-1977
|Copy of Papers by Mr. Heatois, 1918-1919
|Frederick Moffatt Research Notes on Dow, circa 1970-1977
Series 4:
Printed Material, circa 1826-1978
(Boxes 1-2; 5 folders)
This series contains exhibition catalogs, clippings, ephemera, and pulications, including 50 volumes of Antiquarian Papers, a four page monthly serial published from 1879-1886, that focused on the history of Ipswich, Massachusetts. Dow published this serial with his mentor Augustine Caldwell and produced woodcuts of the town's historical buildings that were used as illustrations. They represent some of his earliest artistic efforts.
The bulk of the exhibition catalogs pertain to exhibitions of Dow's paintings and prints in solo and group exhibitions. However there is also a catalog of objects from the Freer Collection that were exhibited at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., in 1913. The sections "Oriental Paintings" and "Miscellaneous Oriental Objects" are heavily annotated in pencil. Ephemera incudes a postcard of Dow's summer studio in Ipswich, Massachusetts, announcements for the Ipswich Summer School of Art and publication of new editions of his book Composition, among other items.
This series has been scanned in its entirety. In most cases, only the cover and title page of exhibition catalogs have been scanned.
|Antiquarian Papers, 1879-1885
|Clippings, circa 1880-1930
|Ephemera, circa 1826-1977
|Exhibition Catalogs, 1895-1917, 1975
Oversize Publication,
The Visitor, 1890 May
(See box 2)
|2 (sol)
|Oversize Publication, The Visitor, 1890 May
Series 5:
Photographs, circa 1880-1977
(Boxes 1-2; 0.6 linear feet)
This series includes vintage photographs and copy prints of portraits and group shots, as well as color snapshots and photographs of works of art. Notable among the nineteen vintage photographs are a platinum print portrait by Gertrude K�sebier and another platinum print of Dow taken at the Grand Canyon by Mrs. Coburn (mother of the Pictorialist photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn). Additionally there are albumen prints of Dow in his Paris studio and with a class of students from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, a carte de visite of Dow and a cabinet card portrait of his wife Minnie Pearson Dow.
Copy prints include duplicate images of the vintage photographs of in this collection as well as additional photographs of landscapes, seascapes, Dow portraits and groups including family members and students. However the majority of the copy prints are reproductions of works of art. The copy prints originally were compiled by Frederick Moffatt as part of his research on Dow, which culminated in an exhibition and catalog, Arthur Wesley Dow (Smithsonian Press, 1977).
Copy prints have not been scanned.
Portraits of Arthur Wesley Dow, circa 1880-1900
(1 carte de visite and 2 vintage platinum prints)
Portrait of Arthur Wesley Dow by Gertrude K�sebier, circa 1900
(1 vintage platinum print; see box 2)
Portraits of Arthur Wesley Dow by Herbert Arthur Hess, circa 1900-1903
(3 vintage platinum prints)
Dow in Studio, circa 1900
(1 vintage print; see box 2)
Portrait of Arthur Wesley Dow by Kenneth Alexander used in announcement for the second edition of
Composition, circa 1905
(1 vintage photogravure; see box 2)
Dow at the Grand Canyon by Mrs. [Fannie] Coburn, 1911
(1 vintage platinum print)
Portrait of Arthur Wesley Dow attributed to James S. Radcliffe, 1913
(1 vintage platinum print; see box 2)
Portrait of Minnie Pearson Dow and Group Photographs with Dow and Others, circa 1894-1919
(4 vintage prints)
Acad�mie Julian, Paris, France, circa 1886
(1 vintage print)
Dow and Henry R. Kenyon in Dow's Ipswich Studio, circa 1890
(1 vintage albumen print; see box 2)
Dow with Class, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, circa 1899
(1 vintage print)
Dow and Craft Class at Ipswich Summer School of Art, 1902
(1 vintage print)
Copy Prints of Vintage Photographs from Collection, circa 1977
(Not scanned)
Copy Prints of Dow Family Members, circa 1970s
(Not scanned)
Copy Prints of Family Gatherings and Classes, circa 1970s
(Not scanned)
Copy Prints of Landscapes and Seascapes, circa 1970s
(Not scanned)
Copy Prints of Dow Publications, circa 1970s
(Not scanned)
Color Photographs of Works of Art, circa 1970
(Not scanned)
Black and White Photographs of Works of Art, circa 1971
(Not scanned)
Copy Prints of Works of Art, circa 1970s
(3 folders; not scanned)
Contact Sheets: Works of Art, circa 1970s
(Not scanned)
Negatives: Works of Art, circa 1970s
(Not scanned)
|2 (sol)
Portrait of Arthur Wesley Dow by Gertrude K�sebier, circa 1900
(1 vintage platinum print)
|2 (sol)
Portrait of Arthur Wesley Dow by Kenneth Alexander (used in announcement for the second edition of
Composition, circa 1905
(1 vintage photogravure)
|2 (sol)
Portrait of Arthur Wesley Dow by Radcliffe, 1913
(1 vintage platinum print)
|2 (sol)
Dow and Henry R. Kenyon in Dow's Ipswich Studio, circa 1890
(1 vintage albumen print)
Series 6:
Artwork, circa 1879-1906
(Boxes 1; 3 folders)
Found in this series are prints from Dow's Ipswich Prints series, a set of engraved facsimiles of his woodcuts, ink drawings, and watercolors, that were meant to be used as examples of color and composition for art students. There is also an unsigned and undated pencil drawing of a colonial house.
This series has been scanned in its entirety.
|Unsigned Pencil Drawing of Colonial House, circa 1879-1885
|Ipswich Prints (second set), 1902
|Loose Prints, circa 1901-1906


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Before we get to dreaming of a white Christmas, Darien Crago is looking forward to a home Thanksgiving.
The Westerville native is a cast member in the touring production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas, which plays the Ohio Theatre Tuesday through Sunday of Thanksgiving week.
Crago, who relocated to New York City in early 2012 to pursue a professional career in the theater, is appreciative of the coincidental development.
"To be home over Thanksgiving, that worked out well," Crago laughed.
"What will be nice is having access to a car, so maybe I'll have a chance to show some of the cast my favorite places around the city."
Crago said she also was pleased to have the opportunity to return home doing what she loves to do.
"I'm so lucky. I've got tons of friends and family who are coming to see the show – and I get to come to them. They have traveled to see me in Houston, Alabama and, of course, New York. My family has always been very supportive."
The return trip may have been maternally preordained, Crago added.
"My mom has always subscribed to the Broadway Across America series, so when she got an email with what would be coming to Columbus, she sent it to me with the note, 'Do your best to get into one of these,' " Crago said.
Crago's interest in performing was fostered early. She started taking dance lessons when she was 3 years old. She didn't begin to explore the theater until she was in her teens, but she took it very seriously, opting for an online high school so she could devote extra time to dance and theater classes. She attended Wright State University, graduating in 2011 with a bachelor of fine arts degree.
She worked regionally for the next few months before making the move to NYC.
"So much has happened (since the move) and I've been fortunate to have some success. I landed my first gig early (as the lead in a production of 42nd Street) which led to another job doing Dames at Sea in Annapolis, Md."
"That's not to say it isn't a lot of work. People thought I was crazy with my audition schedule, but I kept telling them that's why I came to the city."
When she landed the role in the White Christmas tour, "I was over-the-moon excited," she said.
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My parents introduced me to all those old musicals, and it definitely stuck."
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Rather than impose development guidelines as other frameworks do, Flask leaves the business of extensions up to you. If you have Python experience, this book shows you how to take advantage of that creative freedom.
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Women Mathematicians and NMAH CollectionsOlive C. Hazlett: Music and Puzzles
|Olive C. Hazlett. Photograph courtesy of LHM Institute. (AHB2012q06024)
Olive Clio Hazlett (1890-1974) was a leading American mathematician of the 1920s. She was the most prolific of the US-born women of her time who worked in pure mathematics and was recognized for her research accomplishments when, in 1927, she became the second US-born woman to be ranked as one of American's leading mathematicians by her peers, a distinction marked by a "star" in American Men of Science. In 1984, Hazlett was one of three mathematicians whose lives were celebrated in an exhibit NMAH.
Hazlett, who was awarded a PhD in mathematics from the University of Chicago in 1915, spent a postdoctoral year at Harvard University before she began her teaching career at Bryn Mawr. In 1918 she moved to Mount Holyoke and seven years later she moved to the University of Illinois.
As with most people, mathematicians have interests outside their profession. Among mathematicians, including Hazlett, these outside interests often relate to music and puzzles. Among objects in the collections that were displayed in 1984 are her tenor recorder, a set of dominoes with more spots than one sees on most domino sets, and twelve Japanese interlocking wooden puzzles called "Kumiki."
|"Commemorating American Mathematics," 1984 Exhibit at NMAH. (SI Neg #84-5347-2)
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Tenor Recorder
- Description
- Olive C. Hazlett (1890–1974), a leading American mathematician of the 1920s, received this wooden tenor recorder from the family of astronomer Harlow Shapley (1885–1972) . Hazlett gave the recorder to a mathematician, Grace Shover (1906–1998), whom she had befriended at national mathematics meetings. Grace Shover Quinn and her physicist husband, Robert B. Quinn (1907–1993), gave the instrument and its instruction book to the Smithsonian Institution in 1983.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- ID Number
- 1983.0873.01
- accession number
- 1983.0873
- catalog number
- 1983.0873.01
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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Oral history interview with Abraham Rattner, 1968 May-June
Rattner, Abraham
b. 1893
d. 1978
Painter, Muralist, Printmaker, Illustrator
Active in New York, N.Y.
Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel: 7 in.
Transcript: 53 p.
Format: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformated in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 34 min.
Collection Summary: An interview of Abraham Rattner conducted 1968 May-June, by Colette Roberts, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical/Historical Note: Abraham Rattner (1895-1978) was a painter of New York, N.Y.
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators.
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.


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Sex offenders and the riskAugust 01,2013Ms. Carbonell (Confronting risk re-offense) is right that in having an offender in a place where everyone knows him is better than having him in a place where he can operate incognito. Vermont Corrections made it pretty clear that this man will rape again when the opportunity arises.
It seems odd to me that when an animal kills a human, namely a bear or a shark, that animal is hunted down and killed. That animal did not kill with malice aforethought; it killed for food or to protect itself or its young. Yet its assumed that because they have killed a human once they will again.
I am in no way advocating killing these offenders. But it does seem odd that we allow the most dangerous of them to walk free, knowing that in the case of this man he will attack and rape children again given the chance.
There is the ongoing case of Michael Jacques who allegedly killed his niece after convincing a judge he was cured and released from probation. His statement to the judge was straight from a treatment manual.
There was the recent case in Wisconsin where a paroled offender unhooked his ankle bracelet and then quickly re-hooked it; leaving it behind. He then went out and kidnapped a mother and her 10-year-old daughter, killing the mother and raping the daughter.
It should be understood that there is no such thing as a low-risk offender. It should also be understood that there is no possible way to truly know what the recidivism rate really is with sex offenders regardless of what the experts want you to believe.
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Name: Christina Gregg-Cherry
Job: Admissions Recruiter
Age (and birth date): 25, 09/03/1979
Hometown: Magdalena, NM
What do you think of Portales?
"I love Portales, the community makes me feel right at home."
What's your idea of a perfect day?
"Sunny, about 80 degrees and NO wind!"
What is your fondest memory of Portales?
"Sitting on the couch, eating ice cream with my best friend, and watching the lightning storms around here."
What do you envision your life being like in 10 years?
"Still working in education and working to make a difference for the communities' youth."
What is your greatest hope?
"That all of our soldiers' overseas return home safely. "
What is your favorite smell?
"Baking banana bread. It reminds me of my Grandmother."
What would you like printed on your gravestone?
"Here lies a woman who made a difference in people's lives."
What is your favorite taste?
What do you like best about your job?
"Having the chance to work with the students and parents in the community."
Who would you want cast in the lead role in a movie about your life?
"Sandra Bullock. She's just cool!"
Tell us something about you that nobody would imagine:
"I LOVE big band music!"
Tell us about your pets:
"I have two dogs, one large and one small- I wouldn't know what to do without them, they are like my children."
If you could do one thing and money were no object, what would you do to make the world a better place?
"Feed the Hungry."
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By Clarence Plank: PNT staff writer
The Portales Police Department is producing a video to help kick off the Relay for Life fundraiser to fight cancer next Friday.
The department has been collecting photographs and information from people affected by cancer. Police Capt. Lonnie Berry, himself a cancer survivor, has been helping gather the information.
"We're going to show pictures with names, more than likely it will be different people than the one we did last time," Berry said, noting the department produce a video for the event in 2000.
The forms people have been filling out have a place for a person's name, date of birth and death and a space for comments by loved ones about the person. So far police have been working on contacting the people who were involved with the last video.
"We're going to play it at the beginning of the Relay for Life," Berry said. "We noticed there hasn't been a video done in a while. We thought it was time to do something to commemorate the people, especially for us since we have so many people here to be commended. There are so many people out in the community that play such a vital role."
The department has lost four officers to cancer, with the recent passing of Sgt. Preston Wilkerson. The other officers were retired Police Capt. Jack Sheffer, Sgt. Freeman Wesson, Sgt. Juan F. Pacheco and Clovis adult probation officer Fred Schunpert.


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Vinomio Wine Chiller On Sale With 30% Off
The Household Accessories Company Cucinatura Announces That Their Vinomio Wine Chiller Is On Sale At Amazon Through End February And Describes How Their Product works.
(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 09, 2014 ) Elkhart, Indiana -- (Elkhart, IN. February 9, 2014) Cucinatura has announced that their recently launched wine chiller VINOMIO is on sale exclusivley at Amazon with immediate effect. They have reduced the price by 30% and the sale will last only through end February and while stocks last.
Cucinatura presents its latest product release, the innovative VINOMIO stainless steel wine chiller
Cucinatura presents its latest product release, the innovative VINOMIO stainless steel wine chiller
Managing the serving temperatures of different types of wine can be quite a struggle. The VINOMIO wine chiller makes it easy for any person to serve wine at the correct temperature. Wine temperature is in fact a very underestimated and very important fact about wines: Discerning wine drinkers with high end labels will not be pleased when served their wine too cold or too warm. Up to now people have resorted to using ice buckets, cooling cuffs or even ice cubes to keep wine cold, but each of these methods have their draw-backs.
Ice buckets can be quite messy because of condensation drops that form on the outside of the bucket. On top of that the wine bottle is dripping wet when removed from the bucket to pour, making everyone at the table run for their umbrellas. Cooling cuffs on the other hand are for the most part not very nice to look at and ice cubes simply water down the wine - which is a terrible waste of the money that was spent on the bottle.
Cucinatura's VINOMIO wine chiller aims to do a better job of keeping wine at the appropriate serving temperature. It keeps the wine chilled from the inside by means of a stainless steel wine chiller stick that gets inserted snugly into the neck of the wine bottle. Its built-in aerator removes the need to decant the wine altogether and the drip-free pouring spout enables the user to pour the wine without removing the chiller from the bottle, which means no mess on the table.
The design of the VINOMIO wine chiller has been developed further and simplified; special attention has been given to good materials like FDA-approved food-grade stainless steel and acrylic for the rod and the aerator that compose the chiller. Sturdiness have been ensured through quality workmanship.
This wine chiller can be used as a white wine chiller to keep pre-chilled whites cold for an hour as well as cooling off room temperature reds to the appropriate serving temperature.
Wine enthusiast who have tried the VINOMIO are really very pleased with it. Deepali F. from Hamburg, Germany says that she found it very easy to assemble and convenient to store in the freezer which means that it is always ready for use whenever she needs it. She reckons it would make the perfect hostess wine gift for a dinner party or fun birthday present for a person who really loves wine.
About Cucinatura
Cucinatura is a home and lifestyle design company that specializes in designs that infuse art with practical applications, their latest product being a stainless steel wine chiller called VINOMIO. Cucinatura believes that useful, everyday products for the home should be simultaneously functional and beautiful.
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Kerala Model
Kerala Model - Total results - 3
Updated : Dec 03, 2013
By : FP Staff
Category : India
Gyan on Gujarat model: Kerala lawmakers make beeline to Surat
Chief Minister Oomen Chandy has often said that the state was looking for a "working model". Perhaps, Gujarat has some solution to offer. #HowThisWorks #Narendra Modi #Oomen Chandy #States #Gujarat Model #Kerala Model #KM Mani
Updated : Jun 19, 2013
By : R Jagannathan
Category : India
Not just Gujarat, Kerala model too has many warts
It's easy to pick holes in the Gujarat growth story, but once you look closely, the Kerala model too is ridden with serious problems #Good Reads #Gujarat Model #Kerala Model
Updated : Jan 02, 2013
By : R Jagannathan
Category : Economy
Kerala growth model is Gujarat model in disguise
The Gujarat model of private spending -led growth has been questioned by many, but it seems even the Kerala model is really about a modified Gujarat model, say economists Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya #Narendra Modi #Good Read #Gujarat Growth Model #Kerala Model