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Offered only by Hammacher Schlemmer, this is the only nail-grooming set that lights up for an easier view of detailed work during manicures and pedicures at home. The tip of the motorized wand is encircled with three LEDs that shine a bright light on your work area without casting shadows, enabling careful trimming, filing, and buffing without accidental nicks or chips. With the precision of a professional tool, the wand operates at six different speeds from 3,000 to 12,000 rpm, rotates clockwise and counterclockwise, and comes with nine detachable tips for a thorough salon-quality experience. Four abrasive tips clip and shape nails and slough away dry skin, three distinctively shaped diamond cutters tackle hardened areas on the feet and fingers, including the cuticles, a cleaning and polishing brush removes dust and dirt, and a felt polishing tip primes nails for polish and helps prevents breakage. Includes travel case. Plugs into AC. 6 1/4" L x 1 1/4" Diameter. (2 lbs.)
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The Only Illuminated Manicure/Pedicure Set comes with The Hammacher Schlemmer Lifetime Guarantee. If this product ever disappoints you, for any reason, you may return your Hammacher Schlemmer purchase for exchange, credit, or refund.
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(17 of 17 customers found this review helpful)
Good Product with skimpy instructions
By nailman
from Chapel Hill, NC
I have a couple of toenails, both on the 5th and last toes, that had become thick and painful. I basically needed something to reduce them, and this product did it. There is a piece that is supposed to fit inside the nut as a collar and hold the bits in place that is not mentioned in the diagram of the product or the instructions. The plastic was cracked inside the set's container, and the piece had fallen into the bottom of case. I almost gave up looking for it since I wasn't even sure what I was looking for. Second, the instructions have the nuts tightening in the wrong direction, something I'm surprised the German attention to detail would let slip through, and nothing tells you a whole lot about how to use the various drills. But the product has saved me a trip to the doctor to probably have two nails removed, and my feet are pain free. So although the product is pricey, it was worth every penny to me.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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(8 of 10 customers found this review helpful)
Great Product
By Hezzie
from Beaumont, CA
Easier to use and more effective than expected. Highly recommend the product.
(7 of 7 customers found this review helpful)
I love this product.
By Peg
from Napa, CA.
The illuminated manicure/pedicure set is wonderful with the light to see areas better. The diamond tips work very effectively. It is better to start at a slower speed because it can remove calluses very quickly. It cuts through thick calluses and leaves skin feeling smooth.
(5 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Good quality!
By runnercat
from Dallas, Tx
Happy I bought the product. As a marathon runner, I have thick calluses. The pedicure set did a nice job of trimming them. Read the directions carefully before using the tool. Directions are clear but should be read first.
Saves me trips to a salon!
By LDW
from Burbank, CA
I don't enjoy going to salons for manicures/pedicures as my time is valuable and I am somewhat impatient. I love being able to accomplish everything I need for my nails with this kit.
By Speedy
from Macon GA
Trim toenails as needed. Works great. Otherwise would have to go to pedicurist or podiatrist. Note: Cord is not at all too short for my use, despite what some have commented.
An excellent small electrical appliance
By DHC
from Wexford, PA
This is a beautifully designed high-quality small electrical appliance, non-battery powered. Much easier to use than clippers on hard to reach, tough toenails. The built-in illumination is especially helpful.Superbly effective.
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
I would buy this product again
By nycdalmh
from Ithaca, NY
I use this product to trim my parents toe nails and it worked great. They enjoyed getting them trimmed and felt no discomfort. It did a great job. They only negative thing that I can say is the cord is too short. If you could charge it and use without the cord it would be better or if the cord was much longer.
Looks like I was just at my Pediatrist!
By Deb
from York, PA
Saves money and time going to the foot doctor. Your feet look great!
I might buy it again
By Primus
from Minneapolis, MN
I will use it to trim toenails. The cord is too short.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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The Ronettes
- Veronica Spector
- Estelle Bennett
- Nedra Talley
Pair one of rock's greatest voices (Ronnie Spector, born Veronica Bennett) with one of its greatest producers (Phil Spector), and memorable music was bound to result.
That is exactly what happened when Veronica Bennett, along with her older sister Estelle and cousin Nedra Talley, signed to Spector's Philles label in 1963. From that point, the Ronettes quickly became the premier act of the girl-group era.
The three singers were from the Washington Heights area of Manhattan. They began singing together when the family would gather at their grandmother's house on weekends. In 1957, they formed their first group, the Darling Sisters. It also included two other cousins, Diane and Elaine, and they performed one show at the Apollo Theatre in New York. After that show, Diane and Elaine left the group, which then became Ronnie and the Relatives. In 1961, they signed with Colpix Records, and that June, they recorded four songs: "I Want a Boy," "What's So Sweet About Sweet Sixteen," "I'm Gonna Quit While I'm Ahead" and "My Guiding Angel."
None of those songs made the charts, and Ronnie and the Relatives began spending their time dancing at New York's Peppermint Lounge. It was the twist era, and Ronnie and the Relatives soon became a regular act at the club, singing and dancing. New York deejay Murray the K became enchanted with the group, and he had them perform at some of his shows at the Fox Theatre in Brooklyn. Then, in March 1963, Estelle Bennett contacted Spector. She managed to arrange an audition, and after the group, now called the Ronettes, performed "Why Do Fools Fall in Love," Spector signed them to his Philles label. Initially, he had only wanted to sign Ronnie, but her mother insisted that he sign the whole group, so he did.
At first, the Ronettes sang backup vocals on Spector's recordings for such acts as Darlene Love and Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans. Then Spector had the group record two songs, "Be My Baby" and "Baby I Love You." "Be My Baby" reached Number Two in the fall of 1963 and sold more than a million copies. "Baby I Love You" made it to Number 24. Those two singles made the Ronettes stars as 1963 dissolved into 1964, and, in England, the group toured with the Rolling Stones and befriended the Beatles.
For 16 golden months, from September 1963 through December 1964, the Ronettes placed five singles in the Top 40. In addition to "Be My Baby" and "Baby I Love You," these included the enduring girl-group classics "Walking in the Rain" (Number 23), "(The Best Part of) Breakin' Up" (Number 39) and "Do I Love You?" (Number 34). These records were among Phil Spector's most monumental productions, all of them built around Ronnie's tremulous, keening voice, which embodied the range of youthful, romantic yearnings from ecstasy to sadness. It didn't hurt that the Ronettes were exotic, multiracial beauties whose black, beehive hairdos and thick mascara appealed to teenagers here and abroad. Boys wanted to be with them, girls wanted to be like them, and record buyers of both genders devoured their Spector-produced mini-operas.
In June 1965, the Ronettes recorded a song called "I Can Hear Music," which was written by Spector and Ellie Greenwich and Jeff Barry. The song did not become a hit until the Beach Boys covered it four years later. And, in fact, one of the Ronettes' biggest fans was Beach Boy Brian Wilson, who listened obsessively and repeatedly to "Be My Baby," which he called "my all-time favorite song. . . . . It blew my mind." Not far behind it, in terms of employing innovative production to heighten emotional depth, was "Baby I Love You," which utilized a rousing chorus of overdubbed voices—including those of Cher and Darlene Love—to back up Ronnie's captivating, siren-like lead vocal.
The Ronettes continued to record for Spector, and more singles followed, but their popularity tailed off after the charmed year of 1964. The trio's final Spector-produced single—"Is This What I Get"/"Oh, I Love You"—missed the Top 40. After touring Germany in early 1967, the Ronettes decided to break up. Meanwhile, Ronnie and Spector had become involved romantically. According to music writer David Hinckley, "Their courtship provided the raw material and the emotional spark behind many of the Ronettes' recordings." The couple married in 1968. According to Ronnie's autobiography, Be My Baby, Spector virtually held her prisoner in his Los Angeles mansion until the couple separated in 1973. They were divorced the following year.
After the divorce, Ronnie began working on a solo career. Initially, she had tried to reassemble the Ronettes, but Nedra and Estelle were not interested. Ronnie subsequently cut some extraordinary tracks with the E Street Band ("Say Goodbye to Hollywood," a song Billy Joel wrote that he said was inspired by Ronnie), Eddie Money ("Take Me Home Tonight," a Top 10 hit) and the Bangles ("Dangerous"). She also released the solo albums Siren (1980), which was produced by Genya Ravan, and Unfinished Business (1987). In 1990, she published her autobiography, Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts and Madness, or My Life As a Fabulous Ronette, which documented her troubled union with Spector. She's remained an active performer, and, in 2006, she released her first album in 20 years, Last of the Rock Stars. It featured appearances by the Raconteurs, Keith Richards, Patti Smith and the Raveonettes. And in 2010, she released a Christmas EP called Ronnie Spector's Best Christmas Ever.
"Be My Baby" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998, and in 2004, the Ronettes were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.
Inductees: Veronica Bennett (Ronnie Spector) (vocals; born August 10, 1943), Estelle Bennett (vocals; born July 22, 1944, died February 11, 2009), Nedra Talley (vocals; born January 27, 1946)


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Telephones and Answering Machine Glossary
Ralph Graves is one of Crutchfield's blog editors, and part of the company's social media team. He writes about home audio/video gear, specializing in Apple-related and wireless technologies. Ralph holds a master's degree in music composition, and his works have been released on various labels. He's served as product manager for an independent classical and world music label, produced several recordings, and worked extensively in public broadcasting. Since 1984 he's hosted a weekly classical music program on WTJU, and is also active as a blogger and podcaster.
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2-line capability
Lets you connect two separate phone lines to the same phone.
1.9 GHz cordless
This frequency was designated as voice-only to protect telephone users from the interference commonly caused by wireless home networks. This means that 1.9 GHz phones operate on a less crowded frequency than 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz phones, and can provide superior sound quality and range. Most DECT phones use this frequency range exclusively.
2.4 GHz cordless
2.4 gigahertz (GHz) phones operate at a transmission frequency that gives them a clear signal and decent range. However, they have to compete with Wi-Fi® signals and other wireless devices.
5.8 GHz cordless
This frequency range is less crowded than the 2.4 GHz range, which is also shared by some wireless computer networking systems.
Announce-only mode
Delivers an outgoing message without accepting incoming ones. Businesses often use this feature after hours to give callers their hours of operation.
Answering machine
Answering machines store incoming messages for later review. Almost all built-in answering machines currently made are digital. Since the recordings are stored on chips rather than tape, a digital answering machine can be repeatedly erased and reused without any degradation of sound quality.
"Any-key" talk
Lets you answer a call by touching any key on your cordless handset, rather than searching for the "right" button. Great for phones located in the bedroom, where you might need to answer calls in the dark.
Auto disconnect
The auto disconnect feature ensures that the phone line won't remain tied up if the handset isn't properly placed on the cradle, or if someone neglects to hang up at all. If a set amount of time passes without any conversation, the telephone will automatically break the connection.
Auto scanning
Within any frequency band, there are many different "channels." If you were to make a call on the same channel a neighbor was using, you could hear static, or even part of his or her conversation. Auto scanning searches all the available cordless phone channels to find the clearest one — automatically — even before you pick up or dial out. This ensures the best possible reception and transmission from your cordless handset.
Base keypad
Some cordless speakerphones offer a keypad on the base, which lets you dial out without using the handset.
Base-to-handset paging
Sends a beep tone from the telephone base to your cordless handset. This lets you page a family member or co-worker in another room, or locate a missing handset. Some systems also allow the handset to send a beep tone to the base.
Base unit
Most cordless phones come with a base unit that serves a number of functions. Base units usually have built-in charging cradles for their cordless handset. They can also have a speakerphone function, answering machine, base keypad and other features.
A short-range wireless technology that allows devices to connect to one another and transfer information. Current Bluetooth-enabled devices operate in the 2.4 GHz radio frequency range, but future versions will operate in the 6-9 GHz range to avoid interference from other wireless devices. Some home phones and other after-market devices use Bluetooth to wirelessly connect your home phone system to a compatible cell phone.
Call Block List
Lets you store Caller ID information for unwanted callers, so that the next time they call they'll get a busy signal.
Call screening
Lets you listen to messages as they're being left, so you can decide whether or not to answer the call.
Caller ID
If you have a phone with Caller ID, and subscribe to the service through your local phone company, your phone will display the number (and sometimes name) of incoming callers. Models with Call Waiting Caller ID can also display information for incoming callers when you're already on the phone. Caller ID block (which prevents your name and/or number from appearing on someone else's caller ID) is also a service provided by your local phone company.
Lets you talk simultaneously with an outside party or two. Multiple-line telephones can achieve 3-way conferencing using two separate phone lines and a separate outside party. Multi-handset phones allow 3-way conferencing between one outside phone line and two handsets, or 4-way conferencing between an outside phone line and 3 handsets.
DECT technology
Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) technology lets you use multiple handsets with one base; uses the voice-dedicated 1.9 GHz frequency range for reduced interference; and gives you the ability to make internal (intercom) calls.
Digital spread spectrum
An advanced form of transmission, digital spread spectrum phones offer higher power output for greater range, and constantly switch channels for improved security.
Expandable multi-handset system
An expandable multi-handset system features a base station that can accommodate multiple handsets. Such systems only work with handsets compatible with the base station. Usually these are the same stand-alone handsets that initially come with the system.
Lets you answer a call on the other line (if you subscribe to Call Waiting through your phone company), or end a call and get a new dial tone without hanging up.
Handset speakerphone
Phones with this feature have a loudspeaker and microphone built into the handset, offering significant freedom of movement during conversations. It not only frees your hands while you talk, but provides some flexibility as well. You can keep the handset with you as you move about your home and use the speakerphone function anywhere within the phone's normal range.
Headsets allow for hands-free conversation. They generally have a single earpiece, and a small voice microphone on a flexible boom. While headsets for commercial businesses (such as phone banks) may have phone jacks, those for home use usually feature a minijack that plugs into the phone's handset.
Illuminated handset
Some phones feature lighted buttons in the keypads of their handsets, which makes dialing in the dark easier.
On cordless phones, the intercom allows you to have a conversation between the base and the handset. It's a handy feature when you need to speak with someone in another room of your home.
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen
Located on the handset and/or base, it can display useful information such as channel number, phone number dialed, speed-dial memory, incoming call information for Caller ID, and battery strength.
Memo recording
Allows you to record a message at the base unit of the answering machine, such as "Mom, call Patty at home tonight." It's handy when you can't find a pen or piece of paper, and provides a central location for everyone to pick up messages.
Message counter
Indicates how many new messages you've received.
Message transfer
If you're spending time at another location for an extended period, you may want to transfer your messages to that location's number. Each time you receive a new message, your answering machine at home will call you at the forwarding number. When the phone rings, an automated voice asks for your numeric PIN and then plays the new message. There's no extra charge from your telephone company for this feature.
Night mode
Allows you to turn off the ringer on one or more handsets. Most phones with this feature also come with a light-up indicator, so you'll still be able to see when a call comes through.
Out-of-range alert
On cordless models, it sounds a warning tone when you are approaching the phone's maximum range so you don't lose your conversation by wandering too far.
Privacy mode
A feature on multi-handset units that prevents people on other handsets from listening in on your call.
Dials the last telephone number called at the touch of a button.
Phones with this feature have a loudspeaker on their base unit, which lets you answer a call or wait on hold without using the handset. It's also great for group conversations. For even more flexibility, some phones offer a handset speakerphone.
Speed dialing
Lets you preset your most frequently dialed numbers under a specific speed dial button. It can save you time and prevents unwanted misdials.
Talking Caller ID
Talking Caller ID requires a Caller ID subscription from your phone company. If you have Caller ID, this feature will announce the name of the person or business calling, so you don't have to go to the phone to read the number on the display.
Most phones with this feature also have a Talking Battery Alert that tells you when it's time to recharge the handset. Some also let you program your appointments into your phone, and feature a Talking Alarm that announces when your appointment time comes up.
Time/day stamp
Records the time and day of the week for each incoming call, providing you with an accurate record of when your messages came in.
Variable speed playback
Allows you to choose how fast or how slow you want to listen to your messages without affecting the sound quality. Slower speeds are great for jotting down phone numbers or directions. Faster speeds let you zip through a part of a message you've already heard, or get to the end of a message.
Visual pager
Some cordless phones have a light built into their antenna to alert you when a call comes in. This can be helpful when the ringer's muted, or for those with hearing disabilities.
Voicemail boxes
Some answering machines offer multiple mailboxes, each of which can be assigned to a specific household member or members. This allows callers to leave a message for a specific person. And it ensures that your messages remain confidential by asking you to enter your ID number each time you open your box.


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TORRANCE, CA — Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corp. introduced two home jukeboxes at the recent International Billiard & Home Recreation Expo, held in Charlotte, NC.
The Q is a compact slimline tabletop model that joins Rock-Ola's popular Nostalgic Music Center line. The cabinet, crafted of rare wood and chrome-plated diecast metal, measures 26 ins. wide x 22 ins. high x 11 ins. deep. The side-pilaster illumination changes color, further enhancing the classic jukebox effect, and the user interface is a 15-in. touchscreen.
The companion Mystic is a compact, versatile wall-mount music center with metal cabinet and blue illumination to complement contemporary minimalist home decor. Fitted with a 19-in. touchscreen, it measures only 19 ins. high x 26 ins. wide x 7 ins. deep, and is designed to be hung from a wall with a standard television mount. The Mystic also can reside on a countertop, resting securely on two integral feet.
Both new machines feature digital amplifiers, and each is supplied with two speakers. Either model can be connected into an audio system, and can power outside speakers if desired. Both bring Qsonix technology to the home market.
Rock-Ola president John Schultz reported that the billiard and home recreation expo did not draw a tremendous crowd, but it did attract the right people. "The show was successful for Rock-Ola because we got to exhibit two truly new and exciting products, and take orders for delivery in September – just in time for the holiday season," he enthused.
"Since the first Music Centers caught on, the market has been waiting for a Music Center model for folks who may not have the space for a full-sized jukebox," said Rock-Ola chief executive officer Glenn Streeter.
All Rock-Ola Music Center home jukeboxes incorporate a hard drive that can store music equivalent to 2,800 compact audio discs. The proprietary touchscreen user interface, designed by home theater market leader Qsonix, permits browsing, sampling and playing selections with the touch of a fingertip. Playlists are easy to assemble manually, or can be generated automatically on the basis of genre, artist and year.
Rock-Ola Music Centers are designed to synchronize with portable MP3 players, record compact discs and interface with a home computer network for additional music-file sharing. Automatic updates during regular maintenance cycles keep the system current as new features are added.
The first Nostalgic Music Center was introduced by Rock-Ola late in 2006. Its combination of the revolutionary Qsonix touchscreen interface and classic hand-crafted "Bubbler" cabinet won it recognition by CE Pro magazine as 2007's High-Impact Product of the Year.
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(Columbus) - Gas prices in Ohio continue to rise.
The cost for a gallon of regular gas in Ohio was averaging $3.59 in Monday's survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and WEX Inc. That's 6 cents higher than last Monday - and 27 cents higher than this time last month.
Analysts say prices are up because seasonal maintenance is taking place at refineries, and crude oil prices have been rising as Russia's military advance into Ukraine raised fears of economic sanctions against one of the world's major energy producers.
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Are big banks still protected from the possibility of failure?
That's the question Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Sen. David Vitter, R-La., are asking the Government Accountability Office to answer with new research into whether institutions with more than $500 billion in assets are enjoying perks such as lower borrowing rates and inflated credit ratings.
While there are plenty of headlines that highlight an inability of Democrats and Republicans to work together in Washington, it looks like the two sides can agree on the need to look into the biggest members of the banking industry.
"There is broad bipartisan support for the position that we must end "too-big-to-fail" government policies, whereby the U.S. government provides financial support to large financial institutions to protect them from failures of their own making," Brown and Vitter wrote in a joint letter to Gene Dodaro, the U.S. comptroller general and head of the Government Accountability Office.
Lawmakers aren't the only ones who believe that big banks enjoy big benefits.
"Gaining much-needed information on the probable market distortion and risks that the largest megafinancial institutions pose by benefiting from government intervention will help taxpayers better understand how these institutions affect our financial system and economy," Cam Fine, ICBA president and CEO, said in a statement.
It's no secret the government propped up the banking industry during the financial crisis. In the joint letter from Brown and Vitter, the two cite a revealing figure from the Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP: The six largest banks received $1.27 trillion in government support. Yes, that is trillion with a "t."
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Conservative nationally syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker justified citing an International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, which found that the majority of Iraqis are optimistic about their country's future and its upcoming elections, by claiming that it was the only survey with the "capacity to poll nationally" in Iraq. However, the nonpartisan Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies (ICRSS) conducted a national poll of Iraqis during the same month as the IRI poll and found, as a Reuters article noted, that "overall enthusiasm for the elections was tainted by security fears and other concerns about the political process." Parker's erroneous claim occurred on the December 12 edition of the syndicated Chris Matthews Show; her inclusion on that program's panel marked the 22nd time in 2004 that the show's panel skewed to the right.
As the nonpartisan Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) noted in a November 2004 report on public opinion in Iraq, both the IRI and ICRSS polls were national in scope. Among the findings of the IRI poll, conducted September 24 to October 4, were that "[o]ver 58 percent of those polled believe that elections will, in fact, be held by the January 31st deadline," and that "[o]ver 85 percent of respondents say they are determined to cast their ballots in this historic election." But as CSIS noted in its November report, "the September 2004 poll by ICRSS contradicts this rosy assessment [by IRI]." The ICRSS survey, conducted September 15 to 22, indicated that "59 percent of Iraqis polled said they feared intimidation by armed groups could restrict access to polling stations," approximately 55 percent "had little faith that the Iraqi army could maintain security during the elections," and only 67 percent were "very likely" to vote in the election. The Washington Times reported on December 13 that a "U.S. official" noted that "fewer than 1 percent of eligible Iraqis have responded to a voter-registration drive, forcing authorities to look for other ways to build up voter lists."
The International Republican Institute describes itself as "a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing democracy worldwide." The Institute's Board of Directors is chaired by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and features several prominent Republicans, including current legislators (such as Senator Chuck Hagel and U.S. Representative David Dreier) and former high-ranking administration officials (such as former Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, and former national security adviser Brent Scowcroft).
Matthews's other panelists on the December 12 show were Gloria Borger, U.S. News & World Report contributing editor; David Gregory, NBC White House correspondent; and Katty Kay, BBC Washington correspondent. Placement of the conservative Parker with these non-aligned journalists skewed the panel to the right, an imbalance found in many of Matthews's panels this year, as Media Matters for America has documented.
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A scholar of contemporary Southern literature and culture has been selected to lead the Institute for Southern Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of South Carolina.
Robert Brinkmeyer, who joined USC's faculty in 2000 and is the Emily Brown Jefferies Professor of English and Claude Henry Neuffer Professor of Southern Studies, has been named director. Brinkmeyer succeeds Walter Edgar, who retired May 31 and led the institute since its founding in 1980.
A scholar of early-to-mid 20th century writers who include William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy and Eudora Welty, Brinkmeyer has spent much of his career helping to shape an international understanding of Southern studies by establishing university exchange programs and lecturing extensively throughout Europe and Russia.
"In the last decade or so, the field of Southern Studies has changed dramatically. Many scholars are now looking at the South through a lens that is simultaneously local and international," Brinkmeyer said. "Scholars often talk about 'the many Souths' rather than 'the South,' examining the many vibrant subcultures operating within operating within Southern culture. In other words, the South's diversity is now at front and center in scholarly research."
Building on the institute's strong foundation set by Edgar, Brinkmeyer said he wants to create a broad understanding of the South while offering faculty and students new ways of studying the region.
His plans call for joint projects with other disciplines, including programs in women's and gender studies, African, Latin American, Jewish and African studies; opportunities for interdisciplinary team-teaching of courses; yearly themes to guide speakers, colloquia and public events; and collaboration with other Southern studies-focused centers on research and symposia that would provide a comparative look at the South.
Brinkmeyer said students can expect more course offerings this year.
Rob Gilmer, a new faculty member whose research areas is Native American history and environmental history, will teach a new course this fall titled, "Native Americans in the Contemporary South: 'Indian Princesses,' Tribal Recognition and Gaming." Next spring, faculty from a variety of departments will teach a special topics course, including one on Piedmont music. Plans call for the hiring of two more faculty this year, one a research professor in Southern Studies and a joint hire in anthropology.
"These are exciting times for the Institute for Southern Studies," he said.
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences agrees.
"The work conducted by the scholars and students in the Institute demonstrates that the local has strong and powerful connections and implications for global understanding," Fitzpatrick said.
Before joining USC's faculty, Brinkmeyer was chairman of the English department at the University of Arkansas. He previously had taught at the University of Mississippi, Tulane University and North Carolina Central University. A native of Washington D.C., Brinkmeyer earned a bachelor's degree in English from Duke University and a doctoral degree in English from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.
An expert in modern and contemporary Southern literature and culture, Brinkmeyer is the author of five books, including his most recent, "The Fourth Ghost: White Southern Writers and European, 1930 – 1950,"which earned the 2010 PROSE Award by the Association of American Publishers for the best book published in literature, language and linguistics and the 2009 Warren-Brooks Award for Excellence in Literary Criticism.
His research, which has earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Fulbright appointment, includes the study of and writing on a wide variety of writers, which include Mark Twain, Erskine Caldwell, Bobbie Ann Mason, Jean Toomer, Katherine Anne Porter, Lillian Smith, Carson McCullers, Darcy Steinke, Frederick Barthelme, James Agee, V.S. Naipaul and Richard Ford, in addition to Faulker, O'Connor, Percy and Welty.
His editorial experience is extensive. He serves on the editorial boards of "The Mississippi Quarterly" and "The Flannery O'Connor Review" and is a board member of the USC Press. He is series editor for USC Press's new series, "Southern Revivals," which reprints contemporary Southern fiction, and is an editorial member of UNC Press's series, "New Directions in Southern Studies." He is a former longtime executive board member of the Society for the Study of Southern Literature.
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I met Ada Louise Huxtable only a handful of times, all of them toward the end of her life, and in each case she was encircled by a protective cordon of acolytes whose presence held supplicants at bay. She didn't need their help, really. Though diminutive in stature, her signature bouffant was still buoyant, though now steely gray, and she radiated the benign but severe authority of a monarch. If her contemporary, Jane Jacobs, was a Village bohemian, an approachable guardian of the stoop, Huxtable reigned New York like a queen, a Park Avenue standard of patrician propriety.
My conversations with her, in person, on the phone, and via email, pertained to her long and checkered relationship with Philip Johnson, subject of my own work. In the postwar years, he plucked her from NYU's Institute of Fine Arts to serve as his assistant at the Museum of Modern Art. Newly married and still in school, she worked just three days a week, but was there for the landmark Ludwig Mies van der Rohe exhibition, for Marcel Breuer's House in the Garden, and during the making of Johnson's own Glass House, in New Canaan, Conn. "A wonderful learning experience," was how she described that time to me. The museum in those postwar years was a kind of epicenter of architectural culture, a regular stop for distinguished practitioners and thinkers. She left when she received a Fulbright to study in Italy, but returned as a "research correspondent" when illness prompted a premature return from her studies abroad. As that title suggests, her interests were more journalistic than curatorial, and Johnson supported her in that path. Aline Saarinen, who preceded Huxtable at The New York Times, was a friend, and it was only natural to him that her successor would be as well.
As Huxtable's writing career blossomed, Johnson did his best to manage her. Rather cynically, he selected her husband, an industrial designer, to design table furnishings for the Four Seasons—she is credited as a collaborator—with the specific intention of insulating his work at the Seagram Building and elsewhere from her criticism. (The service bowls, which had small feet placed close together, were so unstable they were rarely used.) For a while, the ploy seemed to pay off. Huxtable regularly credited the Seagram Building as the finest work of postwar Modernism in New York. (Of course, it is.) Her review of Lincoln Center was mixed, but she let Johnson off without a mention. She was effusive in her praise of his Dumbarton Oaks museum in Washington, D.C. ("a jewel"), and of his Pennzoil Place in Houston (a "towering achievement"). Most critics would share those assessments, too.
If Johnson thought he had her in his pocket, he was mistaken. The break came with the AT&T (now Sony) Building. Her review of that most polarizing of buildings was restrained, balanced nearly (but not quite) to the point of ambivalence, and absent the ice-pick Huxtable wit and concision that sewed fear among architects, developers, and public officials. "It is impossible to write about this building with mixed feelings," she wrote, but clearly she gave it a good try. She described her old mentor as brilliant, sophisticated, and curious, a man of impeccable taste and intellectual energy. But the softening only made the hammer blows hurt all the more. The building was "a monumental demonstration of quixotic aesthetic intelligence rather than of art." It was "pastiche" and he was a "dilettante."
That criticism, coming from a source he championed and respected, was profoundly injuring—all the more because it hit at his deepest and most vulnerable insecurity: that he had no real gift for architecture. He never forgave her. He never quite understood the strength of her integrity.
Drawing this history out of Huxtable was unfortunately difficult. When I called she was busy, and my emails, with endless questions about details long past, were usually a distraction from what was in front of her at that moment: the book she was writing, the column that was due. I understood that she preferred to devote her limited time to her own work, and not mine. I wheedled what I could.
There is some satisfaction that her final column was a defense of the New York Public Library's main research building, one of her own favorite buildings, and one of mine as well. Among the most gratifying compliments I have received was a backchannel nod of approval from Huxtable for a protest piece I had written about the library's refusal to publicly display its renovation plans. Her frustration with the library's intransigence and delaying is all the more understandable now that she is gone. I can't imagine she would be too pleased with the transformation of the place by Norman Foster, an architect whose work she considered depressingly ubiquitous and "utterly predictable."
At least we have her words, which will be of lasting value, despite her own warnings to the contrary. "A critic writing for the daily press does not deal in immortality," she wrote. "Today's words are for wrapping tomorrow's fish." In her case, she couldn't be more wrong.


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Happy Friday. The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library brought together all of the living presidents and fun and endearing speeches; it was sort of a high school reunion for all the Bush officials to get back together. Ex-President Bill Clinton dropped the most interesting comment of the day, however, by joking that Bush should paint him naked. [DailyMail]
Topping the news: The LDS Church came out in full support of the Boy Scouts of America's plan to let gay kids join troops, while still banning gay leaders. [Trib] [DNews]
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Happy birthday: Today to state Sen. John Valentine and on Saturday to state Rep. Don Ipson.
A big thanks: To our wonderful intern this Spring, Emily Andrews, who has helped bring you Cornflakes each morning and tackled some fun stories this semester. Emily is headed back to Utah on Saturday and going directly to the U. to take the helm of the Chrony. We wish her well and fear for the U. administration.
In other news: Lt. Gov. Greg Bell says he'll just dole out a stern warning to lawmakers who broke campaign fundraising rules during the last legislative session. [Trib]
-> A freshman state legislator from Herriman is already preparing for next year's session, getting a head start on reviving a bill from the last session that would require schools to screen students for dyslexia and other learning disabilities. [Trib]
-> Provo's seven-member City Council voted unanimously to sell its municipal fiber-optic network to Google, which announced that it will expand its Google Fiber service to Provo earlier this month. [Trib] [Herald]
-> UTA's new Airport TRAX line is seeing better ridership numbers than planners had forecasted. [Trib]
-> The U.'s Hartland Parternship Center, which helps immigrants and refugees in the area, moved into its new space this week. [Trib]
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Nationally: All the living presidents and dignitaries from around the world flocked to Dallas on Thursday to dedicate former President George W. Bush's presidential library and museum. President Barack Obama called the 43rd president a "good man" and hailed his leadership in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks and his progressive stance on immigration reform. [WaPost] [NYTimes] [Politico]
-> The House Judiciary Committee proposed a series of immigration reform measures to fire up a debate, including starting a guest worker program for farm workers and requiring employers to electronically verify their employees' immigration status. [NYTimes]
-> House Democrats announced that they'll push a series of bills to help the Department of Veterans Affairs deal with backlogs in its system for disability claims. [WaPost]
-> From a bamboo bicycle from the Filipino ambassador to an Hermes golf bag from former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, here's a list of gifts given to President Barack Obama and his family. [Politico]
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Rep. Rob Bishop heads to a Readiness subcommittee hearing, a Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subcommittee hearing and a Tactical Air and Land Subcommittee hearing.
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz hits a briefing on North Korea and Syria.
Utah AG John Swallow flies back to Salt Lake City and attends an Annual Crime Victims Conference.
SL Co. Mayor Ben McAdams hosts a sustainability Cabinet meeting, delivers remarks at the Utah Bike Summit, speaks at a Stand Up Against Racism event, hits the "Do the Write Thing" luncheon at a West Jordan library, and meets with Japanese Consul General Ono and Rick Okabe.
SLC Mayor Ralph Becker sits down with U. President David Pershing and hits an Arbor Day event at Escalante Elementary School.
WVC Mayor Mike Winder meets with UTA's board of directors.
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GSA's FEDSIM MAIQ IT Contracts Log Outstanding First Year
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The U.S. General Services Administration announced today that first year returns on its Federal Systems Integration and Management (FEDSIM) Program Multiple Award Indefinite Quantity (MAIQ) contracts show they are a huge success.
"These highly regarded information technology contracts provide streamlined, responsive acquisition support across the full spectrum of federal IT requirements," according to Charles Self, acting assistant commissioner of the Federal Telecommunications Service, Office of Information Technology Integration. In the first year of operation, orders valued at more than $280 million were placed under these contracts.
Through the use of streamlined task ordering and award procedures, and innovative processes such as oral proposals and presentations, FEDSIM has significantly reduced the time and cost to award competitive task orders for complex information technology requirements, Self said. While FEDSIM has pioneered the use of MAIQ contracts for several years, FEDSIM officials worked closely with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) to ensure that the latest FEDSIM multiple award contracts would take full advantage of the innovations authorized under the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act (FASA).
During the first year, 20 task orders were awarded on a competitive basis with an estimated value of $280 million, Self said. The time to award averaged less than 30 calendar days with an average cost of less than $18,000. This is an 80 percent reduction from prior methods in cost and time to award. Private sector vendors had similar reductions in proposal costs.
A recent example of a successful award is FEDSIM's $52 million task order to support the communications environment at the U.S. Naval Shipyard, Puget Sound, WA. This project consists of installing 30 routers, 200 concentrators, 8 miles of fiber optic cable and 150 miles of copper cabling which will support over 6000 workstations and 200 servers. This equipment will be installed in a campus consisting of 93 buildings spread over 1,300 acres. Additionally, Wide Area Network services will be provided to multiple remote sites. This competitive task order was awarded in less than 40 calendar days.
The following are examples of procedures used under the contract to reduce the time and cost of making task order awards:
Streamlined (cost and technical presentations from each offeror)
Two Step (technical presentations from each offeror, cost proposal from highest technical offeror)
Oral presentations (typically one hour followed by a question and answer session)
Provide vendors with cost estimate (allows vendors to propose best technical solution within fiscal constraints)
Provide vendors with evaluation factor weights (the source selection plan; allows vendors to make more informed cost vs. technical skills trade-offs)
Reduced number of evaluation factors (in most cases key personnel qualifications and staffing profile are the only two factors)
FEDSIM awarded eight multiple award, indefinite quantity contracts in December 1995 to the following 8 Prime Contractors:
Advanced Technology Systems, Inc.
Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc.
Computer Sciences Corporation
Dynamics Research Corporation
Science Applications International Corporation
Systems Research and Applications Corporation
J.G. Van Dyke & Associates, Inc. (Small Business)
VGS, Inc. (Small Business)
These contracts cover one base year, plus four option years with a maximum order limitation of $840 million.
These MAIQ contracts provide services in the areas of software management, communications systems support (LAN/WAN), satellite communications systems, FIP acquisition support, business process reengineering, and systems integration for federal agencies worldwide.
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Being Arrested on Suspicion of a DUI
Can someone explain to me how this works, or how it is even possible?
Seems to me that this wouldn't hold up in court...Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
Re: Being Arrested on Suspicion of a DUI
Do you know someone this happened to?
I would think it would start with the cop smelling alcohol then having the person doing a field sobriety test etc.
If no breathalyzer is taken though, they can't prove anything. If the test is refused then you lose your license for a certain period of time depending on the state.We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. - Benjamin Franklin
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Re: Being Arrested on Suspicion of a DUI
No, I do not.
I just saw a PFT article about Erin Henderson getting arrested for suspicion of DUI.
I think I misread the article. As in, he was arrested days later or something.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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Re: Being Arrested on Suspicion of a DUI
The drinking and driving rules are pretty misunderstood and are very aggressive. Cops can slap you with a DWI, which is enough to take away your license, and cause you a headache at their digression even if you are below the legal limit.
The legal limit being about three beers for an average person.
Basically everything time you consume alcohol and drive to get home afterwards you're putting your license and freedom on the line.
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Re: Being Arrested on Suspicion of a DUI
Depends on the state.
In Texas, if a cop suspects you're impaired and you refuse the road side tests, the cop may arrest you for suspicion of DUI. The officer has to be able to articulate their observations -- glassy eyes, slurred speech, odor of alcohol, etc. -- before they can place the cuffs on you.
Once you do submit, voluntarily or involuntarily, and they see your BAC, they can then charge you with DUI or DWI, depending on what your BAC ends up being.
I suspect it's along those same lines elsewhere.
Remember, driving is a privilege, not a right. A state can and will cater the laws to their favor when it comes to drunk driving laws.
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Re: Being Arrested on Suspicion of a DUI
This side of the pond there is no such thing as a road side sobriety test. Well I've seen them on American TV but I never knew was that real or just TV
You can be pulled over for any reason or even without a reason. In the past they needed a cause like you were swerving or unsteady but that's gone now. If you ask for a reason they can say its a random check
If you fail the breathalyser you are taken to the station for a second test on a machine. If you fail that you are charged
You wouldn't get jail time. 2 year ban for a first offence and after one year you can petition the court to get it back. If you behaved you will no problem
Just chipping in :)
Re: Being Arrested on Suspicion of a DUI
I'm not a lawyer but I was walking down Main Street in Bel Air at 0100 after coming out of the Main Street Tower. A cop car followed me for over a block. He was looking to see if I was drunk. He waited til I put the key in the key hole and got in the car til he sped off. Had I been tipsey enough under the state law for alcohol level after getting a breathalizer test i would have been arrested on the the spot. Fortunately, I don't drink. Unfortunately, some of my friends that do drink went to jail after being stopped. A couple of guys went a couple of times. They got those cumbersome breathalizer machines installed in their car which prevents it from starting if they are under the influence.
Speaking of players, C-MACK was pulled over for suspicion of alcohol and dragged to jail in Virginia but beat the rap on a technicality.
The owner of the water hole I go to on Fri nights was in an accident after leaving his establishment and was definitely drunk. Furthermore, he left the scene of the accident. Not sure if anyone was injured but if someone was, he's getting 2-3 years in jail. The county liquor board is shutting his place down for 5 days on top of that.
BTW, the penalty for driving on a suspended license in MD is 60 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.
I'm pretty sure in Maryland you will be arrested if cop has enough suspicion of DUI and if you go before Judge Mimi in Bel Air, she will throw the book at any male arrested for DUI. You don't want to go into Judge Mimi's cou'rt. She gives the max sentence to all males.
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Re: Being Arrested on Suspicion of a DUI
Many defense lawyers advise that if you are pulled over and asked to submit to a field sobriety test, that you should refuse. Sure, you are then certainly arrested on suspicion of DUI, but I think I saw something like 95% of the time a police officer does a field sobriety test, he or she has made up their mind to arrest you anyway and is just collecting evidence...so you are basically testifying against yourself at that point. Defense lawyers advise that you - respectively and politely - refuse to do the test, the breathalyzer or give blood (without a warrant).
Maybe if you are really lucky, and the officer has doubts about whether you are truly impaired, he/she will just not want to go through the trouble of taking you to the hospital, getting a warrant, and gathering the only evidence they can via blood test. Of course, on the other hand, you could really tick them off by exercising your rights and they could bring out the drug-sniffing dog, which will certainly "alert", and then you would have the pleasure of watching them tear your car apart.
We could also get into the debate about are the DUI and DWI limits arbitrarily set too low? The fact that alcohol effects different people differently means that some people that blow a .08 will be stone cold sober and others will be blasted out of their minds.
When you realize the risk inherent in driving after drinking, in terms of the risk of safety to you and others if you truly are impaired, and in terms of the risk of your personal freedom and wealth if you are not and decide to protect your rights, the really best course of action (for you and the citizens you share the road with) is to not drink-and-drive at all and eliminate the risk entirely. (And point of admission, I certainly do not practice what I am preaching as much as I probably should)
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Preston native taking benefit dinners on the road
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:51 AM
From left Emily Torgrimson, Emily Rumsey and Rachel Buchberger prepare a community feast in Minneapolis, at a home near Lake Harriet. Eat for Equity meals are prepared by volunteers in homes throughout the Twin Cities area.
(Bluff Country Reader photo courtesy of Travis Anderson)
Last Thanksgiving Day many in the area were thrilled to see Emily Torgrimson, a 2002 Fillmore Central graduate, interviewed by Jenna Bush Hager on national television. NBC's The Today Show featured Torgrimson and the good works she is doing through her non-profit organization, Eat for Equity.
Eat for Equity, which she founded, hosts monthly benefit dinners for a variety of charitable causes. It is a simple idea, Torgrimson shared - eat, drink, do good and be merry.
Each month, Torgrimson and her team select a different charity or cause to benefit. This inspires a themed menu for a dinner, hosted in a private home.
This group brings people together around good food to raise money for the greater good. The meals are made from scratch using local organic foods as much as possible.
Attendees, mostly young 20-somethings, manage to do some small good for a community larger than themselves.
Since last Thanksgiving, interest in Eat for Equity has surged. Dinner attendance has risen and requests for information and aid to start up Eat for Equity groups have come in from all over the country.
Torgrimson is now working full-time to expand the reach of Eat for Equity.
Over the next months, Eat for Equity will be going on the road to spread its mission, aided by a trailer outfitted as a mobile kitchen and office space.
Depending on funding, Torgrimson explained, she and others will travel to over 20 cities starting in January. They will meet with local organizers for a week to lead them through the process of hosting a benefit dinner with the goal of organizing an Eat for Equity branch in their communities. The tour will build a framework of connection, support and shared knowledge across the nation.
Torgrimson brought an updated Eat for Equity message to the Seed Savers Exchange near Decorah when she spoke at the Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 13.
The "humble idea that could" has really grown. Just last month Torgrimson represented Eat for Equity at Harvard University's Igniting Innovation Conference in Boston, which focused on the creation of social entrepreneurs. The conference ended with an Eat for Equity dinner.
She also met with organizers in Stamford, Conn., where their first benefit dinner was held Oct. 20.
In New York City, Torgrimson worked on making connections with other non-profit groups.
Torgrimson is excited for the tour. The tentative list of cities to visit include Madison, Wis., Chicago, Springfield, Mo., New Orleans, Austin, Texas, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, Calif., San Francisco, Sonoma, Calif., Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wash., Denver, Colo., Atlanta, Ga., Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Penn., New York City, Stamford, Conn., Boston, Portland, Maine and Detroit, Mich.
If one has friends and family in these communities, let them know she is coming and encourage them to attend one of the events planned there.
In discussing the tour, Torgrimson shared there are several expected impacts this tour will make in terms of food, giving and community.
"It's going to serve thousands of plates of fresh, local food," she said. "Each event will have anywhere from 100 to 200 guests, and we plan on over 20 stops, so that's an average of 3,000 meals shared."
It's going to raise thousands of dollars for local causes. "We anticipate each event will raise at least $1,000," Torgrimson explained. "So that's a projected $20,000 raised for causes that address inequities in health, the environment, education and opportunity, and short term relief and long term sustainable development. Plus, we're setting up branches for sustained fundraising efforts, so the number is exponentially greater when you think of 20 branches organizing at least four events a year, but often more."
The tour will also build community, Torgrimson shared, by establishing and building up branches in each of these cities, and setting up branches for continued fundraising and community-building efforts.
There is need yet for donations to support the tour. The Eat for Equity crew is volunteer driven and support has come from many individuals and from grants. Efforts are continually being put forth into fundraising, including lobbying for corporate support.
Torgrimson and her team have acquired the mobile kitchen trailer but are still in need of a truck to tow the trailer. For more information see http://eatforequity.org/ or contact a local Bluff Country newspaper office.
Torgrimson earned a Masters in Public Health from the University of Minnesota - Minneapolis this past May. The University selected her and Eat for Equity this spring to use as an example in promotional materials of the excellence of its students and the impacts they are making in the world.
Earlier, Torgrimson received her Bachelor of Arts in journalism at Boston University. Six years ago, while at Boston University, she first came up with the idea for Eat for Equity, which started as a response to help Hurricane Katrina victims.
Local support for Eat for Equity has been strong. Individuals from Fillmore County have provided ingredients for the dinners. Pro-bono aid from local professionals has provided vital leadership and hands-on guidance, including the retrofitting of the trailer to be used as the mobile kitchen.
Another 2002 Fillmore Central graduate is also very involved in Eat for Equity. Laura Nethercut serves as vice-president of the Minneapolis Eat for Equity Board.
Eat for Equity is built on the idea that each individual has something to give - whether time, energy and ideas, or money.
It's mantra is "Come as you are, give what you can (and have fun while you are doing it!)" So if one learns of an Eat for Equity event being held in the area, join in the fun and help Torgrimson and her fellow volunteers do good.
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Early Patron—John Gellatly
John Gellatly (1852–1931) of New York City gave his extensive art collection to the Smithsonian Institution on June 13, 1929. It was moved from New York City to Washington, D.C., on April 30, 1933, and installed in space allotted to the National Gallery of Art in the Smithsonian, U.S. National Museum Building. The installation was formally opened on the evening of June 22, 1933. Unfortunately, Gellatly did not live to see this installation.
An advocate of American contemporaries, John Gellatly was the most important of the museum's early patrons. With his generous gift of 1929, Gellatly put his indelible stamp on the collection through the range and astuteness of his taste. Gellatly, for the most part, was buying with the knowledge that his collection would reside in a major museum. He also bought European, Asian, and ancient art, with the intention of demonstrating the high level of our native art by comparing it with work of other cultures and periods. The non-American art in his collection, however, was heavily weighted toward objets d'art, while paintings dominated the American portion.
Among Gellatly's gifts are the following:
John Gellatly was devoted to certain artists and purchased large numbers of their works. Both Abbott Thayer and Thomas Dewing were so favored, as were Childe Hassam and John Twachtman; but the palm went to Albert Pinkham Ryder, seventeen of whose haunting paintings came to the museum through the agency of Gellatly. These remarkable groupings remain among the unusual and important features of the collection today.
Pictured top: Irving R. Wiles, John Gellatly, 1930–32, oil, 79 1/8 x 38 1/2 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Irving R. Wiles
Among Gellatly's gifts:
Right: Albert Pinkham Ryder, With Sloping Mast and Dipping Prow, before 1906, oil, 12 x 12 in.
Middle: Winslow Homer, Bear Hunting, Prospect Rock, 1892, watercolor, 13 15/16 x 20 1/16 in.
Left: Abbott Handerson Thayer, Angel, about 1889, oil, 36 1/4 x 28 1/8 in.
Source: Adapted from William Kloss. Treasures from the National Museum of American Art, (Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985), p. 12. Copyright Smithsonian Institution.


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Lorton Cleanup Under Way as GSA Continues Prison Disposal
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. General Services Administration has hired contractors to perform environmental remediation at four locations on the 2,700-acre Lorton Correctional Facility in Fairfax County, Va.
Cleanup is under way at the three firing ranges and the closed landfill, which is situated north of Silverbrook Road. Fairfax County officials are working closely with GSA to insure that the remediation, expected to be complete by the end of 2001, fully protects human health and the environment.
At the same time, GSA also is completing its federal requirements under the National Environmental Policy Act and National Historic Preservation Act, with the ultimate goal of transferring the property to Fairfax County. In December, 1998, Congress directed GSA officials to clean up environmental contamination and transfer the bulk of the Lorton Correctional Facility consistent with a plan developed by Fairfax County. Under the county reuse plan, most of the property will be used for parks and recreation. GSA handles a large portion of federal property management and disposal.
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6 Hours of Silverstone
The entry list for the 6 Hours of Silverstone 2012 FIA World Endurance Championship on Sunday 26 August has an impressive 37 entries.
The #12 Toyota-powered Lotus-Rebellion driven by Nick Heidfeld, Neel Jani and Nicolas Prost, and #13 sister car driven by Andrea Belicchi, Harold Primat and Jeroen Bleekemolen will compete in LMP1.
Lotus LMP2 will race in the largest class (LMP2 has 16 entries), with drivers Thomas Holzer, Mirco Schult, Luca Moro in #31, and Kevin Weeda, James Rossiter and Renger van der Zand in #32.
Gerard Neveu, CEO of the FIA World Endurance Championship, said: "The 6 Hours of Silverstone is the final European round of the 2012 Championship and I am pleased to see an even larger grid than we had at Sebring and at Spa. British manufacturers have also played an important role in endurance racing over the years with Aston Martin, Lotus, Morgan, Lola and Zytek will be represented on the grid at Silverstone. We have six British teams and no less than sixteen British drivers for local fans to cheer for on the 26th August, with Allan McNish looking to add the FIA World Endurance Driver's Championship to his impressive CV at the end of the season. The 6 Hours of Silverstone will be a great family weekend, with the Spirit of Le Mans seen in every corner of the paddock and spectator areas."
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