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Enduring Vietnam
An American Generation and Its War
By James Wright
Praise for James Wright and Enduring Vietnam
"Broad in scope and as human a history as could be written of the 'enduring' impact of our nation's Vietnam experience, this is a beautiful piece of work. Richly informative and uncompromising, Jim Wright captures the tone of those tumultuous years, unflinchingly acknowledging the mistakes, courage and long-lasting effects on America through the lens of a generation that came of age in the sixties. With honesty and compassion for those who carried and still carry burdens from the war years, no book better captures the totality of that era."
--James N. Mattis, General (ret.) United States Marine Corps, Secretary of Defense
"There's something utterly revealing about the Vietnam War, something that speaks directly to the divisions we experience today. With Jim Wright's new book, we take a giant step closer to unlocking the mystery, and gain, at the same time, the intimate consequences of the conflict many of us would rather forget."
--Ken Burns, internationally acclaimed, award-winning documentary filmmaker
"James Wright's history of the Vietnam War captures the voices of the combat veterans who bore the brunt of their leaders' mistakes in the Vietnam War. Enduring Vietnam is an important addition to the literature of the Vietnam War."
—Peter S. Prichard, retired editor, USA Today, and Chairman, Newseum, who served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam in 1968-69
"After all of the conversations about origins and strategies and political consequences, wars are about combat, what in recent times is sometimes glibly called 'boots on the ground.' Most of the decision makers and debaters can only imagine that experience. And typically they describe it with numbers or reduce it to anecdotes, selective numbers and anecdotes that best support their intellectual or political position."
--James Wright in Enduring Vietnam
For eleven days in May 1969, American soldiers battled Vietnamese regulars for the control of Dong Ap Bia, now commonly known by those who fought there as "Hamburger Hill." According to a new book, that protracted fight was emblematic of a pivotal period in the Vietnam War. This war would have persisting consequences in terms of how Americans viewed war. And the young Americans who served in Vietnam would carry the burden of these consequences.
In ENDURING VIETNAM: An American Generation and Its War (Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, April 4, 2017, $29.99), James Wright reminds us of the human face of combat. He provides a full and critical overview of the steps that led to the war and how Americans' relationship to this conflict changed. Through the stories of those Americans who fought in Vietnam, he provides a close look at the combat experience, what drove the young men who served, how Washington-based policy affected them, and the cold welcome so many experienced when they came home.
"This book is about the generation that grew up in post-World War II America and about their war," Wright explains. "I tell the story of some of the men—and women—who died there, with a special focus on the spring of 1969. This was a time of intense combat activity that coincided with an explicit shift in the war's objectives."
The American war in Vietnam was a war largely without front lines, comprised of small-unit actions looking to surprise or ambush the enemy, and battles that were often temporarily concluded and not won. "These engagements sought to kill the opponents and the objective aimed at dissuading the enemy from continuing the war," says Wright. "Absent tangible military goals it was hard to produce tangible military results."
According to Wright, President Nixon's announcement in mid-May that the U.S. was not seeking a military victory in Vietnam and his proclamation of "Vietnamization" the following month put the troops in an even more difficult and isolated position. "At some level a sense of national need and noble purpose may be necessary conditions for anyone to volunteer or to accede to go to war. By 1969 the national narrative seemed to lose all pretense of grandeur."
So how did the U.S. arrive at this point? In the opening chapters of ENDURING VIETNAM, Wright describes the time of transition in the spring of 1969 in the United States and in Vietnam. Post-World War II Americans inculcated their children with patriotic duty. Writing about that Memorial Day, Wright describes how Americans grappled with the meaning of Vietnam while they tried to understand the purpose of young soldiers fighting and dying on Hamburger Hill.
"That battle encapsulated within an eleven-day window many of the elements of the American War," explains Wright: "Elusive tactical goals, surprising sustained resistance from enemy forces who seldom followed the American expectations, American troops who nonetheless fought with heroism, courage, and suffering (as did the North Vietnamese Army defenders), a growing uncertainty in the United States about the need for the battle."
He then steps back to discuss the political, cultural, and diplomatic assumptions that marked American life following WW II, assumptions that underlay the Vietnam War. Americans born in the 1940s and early 1950s were part of a generation that grew up in a nation where they had to be prepared to defend their country. Wright argues that some of the same assumptions that resulted in Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the moon in July 1969 had led young Americans to the top of Hamburger Hill two months earlier. In this book, Wright describes what it was like to serve in Vietnam in the early years of the American War, and how it did not meet the expectations of those who grew up in the shadow of WWII—which came to be remembered as the "good" war.
In the concluding chapters, Wright looks at the Nixon years in which politics, international and domestic, continued to shape tactical operations in Vietnam. It is a story that has clear relevance to American military engagements today. "In a complex global game, the military role was more to threaten or punish and less to gain and to secure," Wright observes. In the last years of the Vietnam War, "despite a real deterioration in traditional military discipline, the troops on the ground continued to serve well and to die in a war whose purpose on the ground was reduced to survival."
Finally, he summarizes the enduring experience of Vietnam for the generation who served there—and their country's enduring negative image and embarrassed memory of it. In this phase, "Enduring" shifts from a verb to an adjective.
But the memoirs and accounts that he consulted and the 160 interviews Wright conducted for this book are at the heart of what differentiates ENDURING VIETNAM from other books about the war. For some of these interviewees, it was the first time they had talked about their role.
Among the many personal stories in this book are those of
- The Army medic who remembered the "absolute confusion and mayhem" when carrying a fallen comrade down Hamburger Hill. And the dying soldier they carried singing "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."
- The mother who wrote to her son who had been fighting at Dong Ap Bia, "The news this week is all bad. They are constantly talking about the 3/187th taking horrible casualties attacking a hill. I certainly hope you had more sense than to go up there."
- The marine platoon leader who had been warned at his Vietnam orientation to never cry, dealing with the death of a friend on a patrol.
- The wife who had urged her husband to avoid the draft and move to Canada. He was killed in an ambush north of his base camp in Dak To. He and a fallen comrade were found in a foxhole dug too shallow due to the rocky terrain. His wife broke custom and demanded an open casket so friends could see him and know it was real.
- The young Irish-American marine, who with five friends dropped out of high school to enlist after the combat death of a friend in Vietnam. Months later, he and three other marines in his unit were killed in a rocket attack. In 2014, his hometown of Quincy, Massachusetts dedicated a square in his honor.
"This book is not a compendium of memories," Wright concludes. "It is a work of history. It is a work of history that seeks to understand why America in the 1960s sent its young to war, to remember who the Vietnam generation was, how they had grown up, to reflect on why this generation served and sacrificed in a war that drifted in purpose and declined in public support. Finally, in this book I seek to remind of the human face, the human cost, of war. It is a cost that by no means is paid in full when the shooting stops. ENDURING VIETNAM is a study of a generation and of those who served and sacrificed."
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About the author
James Wright is President Emeritus and Eleazar Wheelock Professor of History Emeritus at Dartmouth College. The son of a WW II veteran, he joined the Marine Corps in 1957, at age 17. He served for three years before entering Wisconsin State University-Platteville for his bachelor's degree, and a masters and doctoral degree in history from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He joined the Dartmouth College History Department in 1969 and from 1998 to 2009, served as the college's 16th president.
President Wright has worked with veterans since 2005 when he began visiting wounded Marines and soldiers in Washington, D.C. hospitals. In over thirty visits since then, he has encouraged the injured servicemen and women to continue their education. Wright was involved in the planning for the Yellow Ribbon Program that provided for private institutions to be included in the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, and he worked with the American Council on Education (ACE) to create a new educational counseling program for wounded U.S. veterans. This program still continues at Walter Reed Hospital.
An American historian, Wright is the author or editor of six published books, the most recent of which is Those Who Have Borne the Battle: A History of America's Wars and Those Who Fought Them. Enduring Vietnam: An American Generation and Its War, will be published on April 4, 2017.
He serves on the Board of the Semper Fi Fund/America's Fund, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the Advisory Board of the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, and the Campaign Leadership Committee for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Education Center.
For his work with veterans, Wright was featured as "Person of the Week" on ABC World News and was recognized as New Englander of the Year by the New England Council. In 2009 he received a special Daniel Webster Award from the Dartmouth Club of Washington and the Veterans of Foreign Wars honored him with the Commander-in-Chief's Gold Medal of Merit Award. The New England Board of Higher Education recognized him in 2010 for his leadership on behalf of higher education and the advancement of educational opportunity.
Wright and his wife Susan live in Hanover, NH.
An American Generation and Its War
By James Wright
Thomas Dunne Books
On Sale: April 4, 2017
464 pages
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Praise for ENDURING VIETNAM
"Broad in scope and as human a history as could be written of the "enduring" impact of our nation's Vietnam experience, this is a beautiful piece of work. Richly informative and uncompromising, Jim Wright captures the tone of those tumultuous years, unflinchingly acknowledging the mistakes, courage and long-lasting effects on America through the lens of a generation that came of age in the sixties. With honesty and compassion for those who carried and still carry burdens from the war years, no book better captures the totality of that era."
--James N. Mattis, General (ret.) United States Marine Corps, Secretary of Defense
"There's something utterly revealing about the Vietnam War, something that speaks directly to the divisions we experience today. With Jim Wright's new book, we take a giant step closer to unlocking the mystery, and gain, at the same time, the intimate consequences of the conflict many of us would rather forget."
--Ken Burns, internationally acclaimed, award-winning documentary filmmaker
"James Wright's history of the Vietnam War captures the voices of the combat veterans who bore the brunt of their leaders' mistakes in the Vietnam War. His pitch perfect account of what those men experienced reminds us again of so many lives lost too soon, of wounds both physical and psychological, of the losses that last for lifetimes, all for a cause that was never clear or compelling. Enduring Vietnam is an important addition to the literature of the Vietnam War."
--Peter S. Prichard, retired editor, USA Today, and Chairman, Newseum, who served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam, 1968-69
"This clear, concise, and highly readable book is a must read for anybody who wants to understand the Vietnam War. Its politics, critical decisions, effects on individuals who lives through it, and its reverberations in current American culture and foreign policy. Enduring Vietnam provides the reader with a greater understanding of the nature of war and personal experienced of those who served, and a feeling for the times usually only found in a novel. It is destined to become a standard reference for the history of the Vietnam War."
--Karl Mariantes, author of Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War and What It Is Like to Go to War, and Vietnam Veteran
"James Wright's Enduring Vietnam offers an intimate, moving, sometimes heartbreaking account of American soldiers who fought in Vietnam, focusing on 1969, a time when combat was still at a peak of intensity but when a majority of citizens – including many GIs – had turned against the war. Wright takes us from the harrowing bloodbath of Hamburger Hill to the troubled homecomings of veterans and never reduces the human complexity of his subject with sentimentality or broad brush polemics."
--Christian Appy, author of Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides
"The best books about conflict and combat weave into their narrative personal stories, vignettes that plumb the human landscapes of war. James Wright has written one of those best books. Anyone who wants a glimpse into the psyche of the Vietnam combat veteran should – must – read Enduring Vietnam."
--Bernie Edelman, Vietnam veteran and editor of Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam


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Monday, June 2, 2014
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Well, I'm in the middle of some commission work, so while I'm very busy, I haven't been able to post. I'm hoping to kick up production on the game again as well as revamp the website. Both are constantly on my mind, but time is always of the essence. And I sure don't have much of it. Currently, I'm working on a baseball themed video and thought I might share some rough animation. I really had to study some batting video to get this close to correct. I'm in the process of cleaning it up now. So, given permission, I'll have that up too.
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One of my favorite works of Christian literature is A Man For All Seasons. I think every Christian who appreciates excellence and beauty mixed with truth should obtain a copy of this play, based on the life and death of Thomas More. It's written by Robert Bolt. It's not a long read, and it's incredibly well written. I highly recommend it if you have yet to read it. There are many great moments of dialogue, but one of the most profound things More himself wrote actually never made it into the play. He said "I never intend, God being my good Lord, to pin my soul to another man's back, not even the best man that I know."
Christians talk a lot, and rightly so, about the idols of the world. We look around us and see people exalting all manner of things where Jesus Christ ought rightfully to be lifted up instead. And sometimes they are other people. We call them celebrities. But I think Christians can be guilty of the very same thing. I've seen a secular news outlet describe one pastor as being "like a rock star," and it disturbs me to think that perhaps many of his fans would not feel the slightest misgiving over that connotation. It is a tragic thing that many pastors in the Church today are deliberately cultivating a style of preaching and a style of "theology" designed to win over more and more such "fans."
But the point I'd like to make today is that idolatry doesn't have to be this obvious or this dangerous. In fact, it may start very innocently and naturally. We all have those favorite singers and preachers who seem to be strong men of God, whom we deeply respect and admire. We spend a lot of time listening to and thinking carefully about what they have to say, because we think we can just see God's light shining through and from them.
This is where Thomas More's words become applicable. The sad truth is that because man is fallen, we may try as hard as we can to place our trust somewhere secure, but we are not always borne out in our judgment. Does this mean we should suspect everybody and trust no one man more than another? Absolutely not. God gave us discernment and common sense for a reason, and it is a good thing to take wisdom from those leaders he has blessed. But, we must remember where our hope must ultimately lie, and it lies not with any mortal man, no, not the best man we know.
Paul Washer is a preacher I've been learning to respect very much lately, but he himself warns against this very kind of thing. The clip I'll share with you today contains a lot of wisdom on the topic, and I'd encourage you to watch it through. It's from an interview that was taped a couple years ago where he answered questions people had sent in. As a Christian, I feel convicted by the complete honesty and humility I see here. (Note: The last couple of minutes are related to a side question and aren't as pertinent as the rest of the video, although excellent for what they do address.)
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Language for two proposals to change the city charter is now available, thanks to the woman proposing them, Kanda Calef.
Calef has been active in Republican Party politics locally and has been watching closely Mayor Steve Bach's push to bag the coal-fired Martin Drake Power Plant to make room for lower downtown development. Last month, she spoke against the city cutting a deal with the Sierra Club that would have held off a lawsuit while the city studies retiring Drake. (The Utilities Board, aka City Council, rejected the club's deal.)
One measure would move the mayor to the sidelines in Colorado Springs Utilities business. Under the current City Charter, the mayor is an ex-officio (non-voting) member of the Utilities Board (comprised of City Council). Yet, the Charter ascribes authority to the mayor to sign all contracts, which the city's legal team, which reports directly to Bach, has interpreted as including Utilities contracts. So Bach has asserted his authority over Utilities contracts.
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Ballot Question: Should the City Council be held accountable for all contracts signed by Colorado Springs Utilities?
Notwithstanding any other provisions of the City Charter, City Council shall exercise authority over execution and approval of any contract involving Colorado Springs Utilities provided there is a majority vote.
"By giving the council the full authority, we're making sure the buck stops with them," Calef said in an interview after we caught up with her after she gave a TV interview today.
The second measure would require the city attorney to be elected, not appointed by the mayor and confirmed by City Council. If passed, this measure would mean that if Chris Melcher wants to keep his nearly $200,000-a-year job, he'd have to convince voters he's the man for the job in a June election. Then, he'd have to convince the Council to keep his pay the same. The ballot measure gives salary authority to the Council, which would have to set the pay above $90,000 and couldn't decrease pay during the tenure of a serving city attorney.
"It's about accountability," Calef says. "It removes him from political infighting. The city attorney is in an awkward and impossible position being pulled in two different directions," she adds, referring to the mayor and Council at times being at odds over legal interpretations. Since Melcher works for Bach, what Bach says typically goes.
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As a footnote, it's more than curious that Bach, during an interview with FOX 21 News on Thursday, said that "a lobbyist for the coal industry" was proposing the two measures.
That reference took Calef by surprise, triggering this response from her:
What's he talking about? I think he's confused. Who does he think I am? I'm just a mom who has gotten a lot of support on Facebook. I'm a grassroots person. Why is he doing that? Drake runs on coal, and I've been saying this is cheap energy we have, but it's kind of a dangerous move for him to base it on whatever he feels at the time. I thought, "Wow."
Bach also complained in the FOX 21 interview that Calef's measures (as well as a measure to increase pay for City Councilors, headed by Independent publisher John Weiss) are coming at "the last minute, literally, at the statutory deadline, without any public discussion. I find that very troubling, that there would be a rush at the last minute to jam through a piecemeal approach to changing our Charter."
Calef and Weiss plan to discuss their proposals at Monday's informal Council meeting. Council must vote on a first reading of any proposed ballot measures for the April 2 election no later than Jan. 22, says City Clerk Sarah Johnson. Second reading would follow two weeks later.
Calef doesn't see that schedule as last-minute. "I believe this is something that can be discussed for at least another month before it will have a final vote [by Council]," she says.
One final note: The FOX 21 interview is also notable for Bach's dismissal of the Independent's cover story from Dec. 12, "Misfire: How city leadership left residents — and their heroes — exposed during the Waldo Canyon tragedy." But that's a story for another day.
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On ABC's "World News": "This may be the event that helps to mobilize the entire international community to finally do something against this horrendous organization that's perpetrated such a terrible crime," Obama said.
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Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - One night after scoring a career-high 43 points in a nail-biter win over the Bucks, Anthony Davis had a much easier time against the Nets.
Davis finished with a pedestrian 15 points as New Orleans rolled to a 111-91 win over Brooklyn on Tuesday.
Quincy Pondexter and Alexis Ajinca netted 17 apiece to lead the Pelicans, while Eric Gordon and Norris Cole each had 16. Cole started in place of Tyreke Evans, who left Monday's win with an ankle injury.
Omer Asik added 12 points and 15 rebounds for the Pelicans, winners in nine of their last 11 games despite a number of key players missing games with injuries.
The Nets not only lost their fourth straight game, but lost a number of contributors to injuries as well. Alan Anderson didn't return after halftime with a bruised tailbone, Markel Brown left in the third quarter after turning his right ankle and Sergey Karasev departed in the fourth with a knee injury.
Jarrett Jack and Brook Lopez scored 15 apiece to lead Brooklyn.
"Every game at this point is a big game," Nets point guard Deron Williams said.
After a quiet start, New Orleans finished the second quarter on a 13-3 run to take a nine-point lead into halftime.
"They kind of got out to a fast start. We just stuck together and ended up coming up with the win," Davis said.
Davis and Asik both scored four points during an 8-0 flurry to open the third, and the Pelicans cruised the rest of the way.
Game Notes
The Nets had won four of five meetings at home against New Orleans ... Both teams had 41 rebounds ... New Orleans assisted on 31 of its 45 field goals and shot 51.7 percent from the field ... Brooklyn led by 14 in the first quarter.


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If there is one unambiguous trend in how the Internet is developing today, it's the drive toward the personalization of our online experience. Everything we click, read, search, and watch online is increasingly the result of some delicate optimization effort, whereby our previous clicks, searches, "likes," purchases, and interactions determine what appears in our browsers and apps.
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Located 5 miles from downtown Phoenix, this hotel is within 3 miles of Old Town Tempe and Arizona State University.
Buffet breakfast
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Each guestroom at Comfort Suites Airport is furnished with a microwave, compact refrigerator, and phone with voice mail.
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This three-story hotel is within five miles of Old Town Tempe, Arizona State University, and the Fiesta Bowl. The Phoenix airport is four miles away and downtown Phoenix is five miles away.
Comfort Suites Airport provides complimentary 24-hour airport transportation. A complimentary buffet breakfast is served in the breakfast area daily. Hotel-wide wireless Internet access is also complimentary. A manager's reception is offered Tuesday - Thursday.
Guests enjoy use of a fitness room and outdoor pool. Laundry facilities are on site. Coffee is available 24 hours each day in the lobby. The property has a complimentary airport shuttle (available 24 hours). Self-parking is complimentary for the length of the guest's stay. This is a smoke-free property.
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|As originally installed in the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
As exhibited in November 2000 at The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK.
Currently: Front Lobby, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Installed: Tuesday, 14 March – Friday, 17 March 1994 in the Barnhorn / Alice and Harris Weston Gallery (303) of the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Represented by: Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, New York, USA
Elger, Dietmar. Catalogue Raisonné. Ostfildern bei Stuttgart, Germany: Cantz, 1997. 131.
Gonzalez-Torres, Felix and Robert Storr. "Interview mit Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Teil II – 13. December 1994." In Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Ed. Roni Horn. Munich, Germany: Sammlung Goetz, 1995. 24.
Kwon, Miwon. "The Becoming of a Work of Art: FGT and a Possibility of Renewal, a Chance to Share, a Fragile Truce." In Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Ed. Julie Ault. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2006. 314.
Robinson, Deborah. "in memoriam." In in memoriam: 22 November 2000 – 21 January 2001. Walsall, UK: The New Art Gallery Walsall, 2000. 13.
Spector, Nancy. "Travel as Metaphor." In Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Ed. Julie Ault. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl, 2006. 267.
in memoriam. The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK. 22 November 2000 – 21 January 2001.
From the Certificate of Authenticity/Ownership:
A portrait consisting of words and numbers (events and their dates)… Ideal installation: this text is to be painted directly on a wall(s) just below the point where the wall meets the ceiling, in metallic silver paint on a background color to the owner's liking, in Trump Medieval Bold Italic typeface. If necessary, the size of the text may be altered to fit the available wall space each time this work is re-installed.
The current installation of the work in the front lobby has the list of events and dates arranged in two rows of text that completely circle the lobby in a band just below the ceiling and just above a decorative molding near the top of the walls.
Although the certificate of ownership stipulates that dates can be added and removed as the museum sees fit, the current installation matches the original list faxed by the artist to the museum during the commissioning process. That list is as follows:
Though this list presents the possibility of a "correct order" in which the dates should be read, the installation forms a continuous circle with no clear beginning point and no clear end. As the dates are not in chronological order (or, indeed, any apparent order), the assumption is that the viewer may begin reading at any point.
Biographical Sketch
Felix Gonzalez-Torres was born 26 November 1957 in Güaimaro, Cuba but moved to Puerto Rico at age 13. He studied art at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, where he won a fellowship to study at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York in 1979. After receiving a B.F.A. from the Pratt Institute in 1983, he attended the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. It was also this year that the artist met Ross Laycock, who would become his partner and an influential figure in his work. Gonzalez-Torres began collaborating with a collective of artists called Group Material in 1987, the same year he received his M.F.A. from the International Center for Photography at New York University. Receiving fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts in 1989 and 1993, his work appeared in several high-profile exhibitions during his brief career, including those at Andrea Rosen Gallery in 1990 (which continues to represent his work), the Whitney Biennial (1991), the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1992), and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (1994). Ross Laycock died of AIDS in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1991, a tragedy that would fuel much of Gonzalez-Torres' work after this period. In 1995, a retrospective of his ouvre was mounted at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. On 9 January 1996, Felix Gonzalez-Torres died of AIDS in Miami, Florida.
"Untitled" (Portrait of the Cincinnati Art Museum), commissioned in 1995 by the museum upon the recommendation of then-curator Jean Feinberg, is typical of the artist's other word portrait or dateline pieces, and yet remains a singular work of conceptual art. Like the others, this work consists of a series of dates and events arranged in no apparent order; however, this list is unique to the museum and to the artist. Born of a collaborative process between the two, the list combines suggestions specifically made by and related to the museum with dates chosen by the artist. The result is a mixture of events that places the history of the Cincinnati Art Museum within a larger cultural milieu. Also intersected here is the life of Gonzalez-Torres, as well as the lives of museum-goers as they read the events and recognize those of significance to them personally. What appears as a simple list of words and numbers is truly a complex conceptual piece that subtly interacts with the museum visitor.
The current physical presentation of the list is largely arbitrary; the paint on the walls of the museum is not the "art" of the work. In fact, the artist was not present during the installation of the piece and only made provision for an "ideal situation" as to how the work should be installed in his contract with the museum. A commercial sign company, Brushworks, was commissioned by the museum to install the piece originally in one of the contemporary galleries. As text, the list of events could be endlessly reproduced in any setting, thus negating the idea of the piece as unique, valuable art object. As stated in the Certificate of Ownership/Authenticity accompanying the work in the museum's curatorial files, it may be exhibited off-site while simultaneously installed in its "authentic" museum setting. "Untitled" (Portrait of the Cincinnati Art Museum) was exhibited as such in November 2000 by The New Art Gallery Walsall in Walsall, England. Here, the list of dates was reproduced using vinyl lettering on a wall in the gallery, ranged in a single register of text. This second concurrent copy of the text did nothing to diminish the uniqueness of the Cincinnati Art Museum's "original." The ownership of the concept, transferred from the artist to the institution, constitutes the "original work."
In effect, though, we are all owners of this piece. While we read through the list of dates, certainly many will have little or no meaning for us; however, most can identify with some of the pop culture references or political references which serve to stitch us collectively as a culture into the work. Our individual memories and collective history become necessary operational devices in the functioning of the word portrait. It does not come to life until it is read and filtered through a viewer's rational processes. Therefore, although we are confronted with the physical presence of the arrangement of letters and numbers painted on a wall, they are arbitrary in and of themselves. It is not until they are decoded and recognized as significant in some way by an individual that the art truly exists. The list is not simply a portrait of the museum, as the parenthetical title denotes, but a portrait of everyone who takes the time to read through its dates and events. As long as museum-goers continue to do so, it will remain an engaging and significant piece in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
This is the artist's signature as it appears on the Certificate of Authenticity/Ownership.
His signature does not actually appear with the installation itself.


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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – The former two-term President of Haiti, Rene Gracia Preval, passed away Friday morning at his home in Laboule.
President Preval was elected president in 1995 and completed his term in 2000. He was reelected for a second term in 2006 and complete that term in 2011.
Preval lacked in colorful charisma as his predecessor, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and his successor, Michel Joseph Martelly, but accomplished more during his terms as president than the two combine.
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He also was president for the first and only time a minimum wage law was enacted in Haiti and has among legislative accomplishments, legalizing dual-citizenship and creating a 1/3 quota of women in public office.


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This certification workshop includes two follow-up, information packed, telecourses on best practices of how to utilize the EQI 2.0 assessment in coaching and leadership development programs. These telecourses will also be provided to you in a recorded format for your convenience.
This is an official EQi-2.0 and EQI 360 certification course endorsed by the EQI 2.0 publisher, MHS.
Provide four EQ-i 2.0 assessments with 3 phone-based telephone coaching sessions to your clients for $1,000 each and you will cover the cost of attending this certification plus have a $2,000 profit.
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He was born in Siklós, Hungary, in 1972. He began composing music when he was 9 years old. From 1987 to 1991 he went to the Specialized Section School of Arts in Pécs. He was enrolled to Liszt Ferenc Music Academy in 1991, first for the fields of secondary school music teacher and choir leader, then in 1992 he gained admission to the department of music composer, too. His masters were György Orbán and József Soproni. He graduated from both departments in 1997 at the same time. In 2010 he earned his doctorate degree, in composition.
From 1997 till 2010 he taught music theory at Bartók Béla Specialized Section School of Arts in Budapest. From 1998 he got opportunity to teach transponing and score-reading at Liszt Ferenc Music Academy, and from 2002 music theory.In 2000-2001 he got a scholarship at Internationales Künstlerhaus in Bamberg.
→ Pécsi képek
→ A visszhang neve (The name of echo)
→ Te Deum
→ String Quintet
→ Ének zongorára és orgonára


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Banner Assistance
At 7:15 a.m./12:15 p.m. start assembling banners and poles in the Southeast and Southwest hallways. The banner poles should be delivered to the hallways by ARC staff. If you are unable to locate the poles, please ask your team leader to radio Francesca. The banners need to be assembled and on Hutchison Field by 8 a.m./1 p.m. for the student line-up. Please note major groups are NOT in alphabetical order. Please make sure the lines are in the correct order as outlined on the main floor seating chart and major assignments.
<staff person TBD> will check with team leader to verify the number of banners we will have and make sure the appropriate number of banner boxes are set up on stage. Please note that the number of banner boxes needed for each ceremony will change.
Volunteers will need to help carry the banners outside and hold them until you can identify one student per major to carry their major banner. Instruct them to hold the banner in an upright position so other candidates will see where to assemble.
Lines should start near the sidewalk and extend on the field away from the pavilion. Candidates need to be encouraged to assemble behind their major banner.
Banner Assistance inside the Pavilion
<staff person TBD> go to the front of the isles nearest the stage at 9 a.m./2 p.m. to be ready to meet the floor volunteers down the main isle and place the banners in the banner boxes on the side of the walls. Please note that the banners will come quickly so everyone will need to hustle to make sure the banners do not get backed up on the main floor.
During the processional, <staff person TBD> will meet the student banner carriers down the center aisle and deliver them to the side wall volunteers who will be at the edge of the sides walls. You will form an assembly line to get the banners to the volunteers on the side walls. The volunteers on sides will place the banners in the banner boxes on side walls. Please note that the banners will come quickly in the afternoon ceremony so everyone will need to hustle to make sure the banners do not get backed up on the main floor.


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While this Pesto Smothered Chicken may not look so pretty, the amazing pesto flavor is beautiful in this incredibly flavorful chicken recipe. Keeping all the traditional flavors of pesto, but cutting down a lot of the fat and calories by using less oil and cheese, the chicken retains a wonderful taste and boasts just 5 Points per serving. Serve this chicken over pasta, in a salad, or pair it with some roasted vegetables. It's so easy to prepare and cooks quickly. Definitely a great, healthy weeknight dinner recipe idea that is delicious and Weight Watchers friendly. Enjoy!
Pesto Smothered Chicken
This is an incredibly flavorful chicken dish that cooks quickly and easily. Serve over high fiber pasta or with roasted vegetables. And this healthier version has just 5 Points per serving.
- 4, 4oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 1 small onion, roughly chopped
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves, whole
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 2 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 cup fat free chicken broth
- 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Place the basil, broth, garlic, onion, Parmesan, olive oil and lemon juice in a food processor and process until combined. Reserve about 1/4th of the marinade in a separate bowl. Cover and refrigerate – this will be used later while cooking.
- Place chicken breasts in a bowl and coat with the pesto, cover and place in the refrigerator and let sit overnight.
- When ready to cook, set a large, nonstick skillet over medium high heat and spray with non-fat cooking spray.
- Cover pan, and cook until chicken is cooked through all the way through, and is no longer pink in the middle, about 5-6 minutes on each side. Continue to brush with the reserved marinade while cooking.
Preparation time: 10 minute(s)
Cooking time: 10 minute(s)
Diet tags: Low calorie, Reduced fat, Reduced carbohydrate, High protein
Number of servings (yield): 4
Culinary tradition: Italian
Entire recipe makes 4 servings
Serving size is 1 chicken breast
Each serving = 5 Points
PER SERVING: 198 calories; 8g fat; 2g carbohydrates; 25g protein; 0g fiber


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Students in Community High School District 99 in Downers Grove can expect similar daily schedules when they start the 2013-14 school year.
The school board voted unanimously on Jan. 28 to leave the current eight-period day as is for the upcoming year. The school day committee, which had been working since July to try to modify the schedule, had explored block scheduling but determined that it would not work for the district.


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Top 7 Best Online Colleges for 2010
January 26, 2010
After receiving and reviewing more than 2000 reviews of online schools, OnlineDegreeReviews.org presents the best online colleges and universities for 2010. Our list reflects the input of current and former online college students - not university marketing departments. OnlineDegreeReviews.org is designed to provide prospective students with online program reviews that are free of corporate biases.
How was our list determined? Since 2006, experienced online learners have been submitting program reviews to OnlineDegreeReviews.org. These reviews address a range of online program features such as professor quality, educational technology, and student support. Once a school has received twenty student ratings -- and more than one program from that school is represented -- it becomes eligible for the website's list of best online colleges. The schools on our list of best online colleges for 2010 have received a minimum of 30 evaluations each.
What are the results? Students' top-rated selections represent schools from across the United States. Each school on the list is nationally or regionally accredited.[1] Some online institutions, such as Seton Hall University, have rich histories as brick-and-mortar schools. Others, such as Henley-Putnam University, are devoted exclusively to online learners.
Read on for details about our seven best online colleges, plus one that deserves an honorable mention.
1. Norwich University
Our visitor's top-ranked online college is Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. Norwich University, a private school, was founded in 1819 as a military academy. Today it is regionally accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
Norwich offers a number of accredited online master's degree programs. Some programs, such as the Master of Arts in Diplomacy and the Master of Arts in Military History, especially reflect the school's military tradition. The university also offers graduate training in business, civil engineering, and nursing.
Seven of Norwich University's online programs were reviewed by our contributors, and all received between four and five stars on average.[2] Most of the positive reviewers described Norwich University's programs as very rigorous, and detractors agreed: from their perspective, Norwich's workloads were too demanding. Satisfied students also mentioned a highly engaged faculty and networking opportunities. Many observed that Norwich University's online programs are relatively expensive, but those who could invest enough time in schoolwork concluded that they received their money's worth.
2. Seton Hall University
The second choice for best online school is Seton Hall University. Founded in 1856, Seton Hall is America's oldest Roman Catholic university. The New Jersey school is regionally accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
Seton Hall's online offerings include: an RN to BSN program; master's degree programs in communication, counseling, educational leadership, and nursing; and several certificate programs.
A number of Seton Hall's online master's programs received an average of 4.5 out of 5 possible stars. The university's online M.A. program in Strategic Communication and Leadership has received especially high praise for its academic rigor, its residencies, and for promoting meaningful dialogue among students and lecturers. One reviewer wrote, "This program transforms students into skilled communicators and leaders. If you are looking to stand out and/or move up in your career, this program will be the catalyst." Former students also reported that Seton Hall's online learning environment is truly immersive; they considered themselves part of a true classroom and developed close relationships with their fellow students.
3. Henley-Putnam University
Our contributors' third best online college is Henley-Putnam University. Henley-Putnam University was founded in 2001 as the California University of Protection and Intelligence Management. The school is nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council, and all of its students are distance learners.
As the school's original name suggests, Henley-Putnam University is devoted to training professionals in the fields of counter-terrorism, intelligence, and security. Three of their bachelor's degree programs - those in terrorism and counterterrorism studies, intelligence management, and management of personal protection - received an average of 4.5 or 5 stars. Henley-Putnam's master's program in terrorism and counter-terrorism studies also received a high rating, but at the time of publication, this reflected only one contributor's experiences.
Henley-Putnam University's satisfied students consistently referred to top-notch faculty members, engaging materials, and an easy-to-navigate online program. Students also noted that Henley-Putnam understood the flexible needs of military members and provided great customer care.
4. Columbia Southern University
Our reviewers' fourth choice -- Columbia Southern University of Orange Beach, Alabama -- is an online-only school that's accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council. Columbia Southern was founded in 1993 and established its first online degree programs by 1994. Today the school awards dozens of degrees at the associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels.
Current and former Columbia Southern University students have assigned high marks to a wide variety of CSU programs such as the bachelor's degree program in occupational safety and two MBA programs. Reviewers made reference to the school's rigorous but reasonable assignments, its free textbooks, and a convenient open-enrollment course format. The university's relatively low cost was also emphasized.
A few detractors expressed concern that credits from this nationally accredited school would not be accepted by regionally-accredited four-year colleges.
5. TUI University
TUI University, formerly Touro University International, is our contributors' fifth choice for best online college of 2010. California-based TUI University is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and has additional accreditations for its programs in pharmacy education, osteopathic medicine, and public health. TUI awards bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees for work completed online.
Reviewers assigned an average of 3.5 to 5 stars to TUI's online degree programs. Common themes of reviews include the school's affordability, its commitment to members of the military, and its emphasis on helping students to improve their writing skills.
Some students expressed concern over an inefficient financial aid office and lack of academic rigor in some courses.
6. Grand Canyon University
Our sixth choice, Grand Canyon University, is a private non-denominational Christian school in Phoenix, Arizona. This brick-and-mortar university was founded as a non-profit liberal arts college in 1949, but in response to financial hardships it became a for-profit institution in 2004. It's regionally accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
Reviewers consider GCU to be among the best online colleges primarily because of its master's programs. Graduate programs in education received especially strong reviews. One student commented, "Overall, the instructors were wonderful, technical support was good, and the office staff was helpful." Another wrote, "I am extremely happy with my education at GCU. It has done essentially three very big things for me: made me a better teacher, advanced my salary, and allowed me to teach on the college level..."
7. American Military University
Our reviewers' seventh top online college is American Military University in Charles Town, West Virginia. AMU is regionally accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and is nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council. The school offers more than 100 online degree programs and certificate programs, and all are designed for professionals in national security and public service.
American Military University's undergraduate and graduate programs received equally strong reviews, and program ratings averaged between four and five stars. In a representative review, one student wrote, "Overall, it is a solid school. The professors work with you well if you communicate with them. The material covered is up-to-date and relevant. The 8 week course format is perfect for me because I have a full-time job and I can focus on 3 credit hours at a time."
Prospective students should note that ratings for AMU professors are highly variable.
Finally, one more school - Andrew Jackson University - is distinguished by overwhelmingly positive reviews, although it didn't receive enough reviews in 2009 to make our official list. Andrew Jackson University is an online-only university based in Birmingham, Alabama and accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council. The school focuses on career-oriented degree programs in business, communications, and criminal justice. Reviews suggest that AJU's online degree programs are rigorous but reasonable, and students especially appreciate the ability to take proctored exams in their own homes.
For more information about these online schools and many others, visit our homepage at www.OnlineDegreeReviews.org. There you can search for online degree programs, find thousands of reviews, and communicate with other students about online learning.
1. What is accreditation? As described by the U.S. federal government, the goal of accreditation is "to ensure that education provided by institutions of higher education meets acceptable levels of quality." The government does not directly evaluate colleges and universities, but it awards financial aid to students at schools that certain accrediting agencies have judged to meet educational standards.
There are six major regional accrediting agencies in the United States. Online-only schools may become nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council and other agencies, and they may also earn regional accreditation. Regional accreditation is generally considered more rigorous than national accreditation. Specialized accreditation is also available for particular academic programs.
2. Here we've used a five-star scale to describe evaluation averages. The ten-point rankings can be found alongside each program listed at OnlineDegreeReviews.org.


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In this Acer Predator AG6-710-70001 review, we are going to look at this new gaming desktop from Acer. This gaming PC comes loaded with really good specs, and the price is also not that bad considering it is a premium desktop computer.
If you are searching for a high-end gaming machine, this one should be in your shortlist. With the hardware inside, this desktop will be relevant for the next few years. How good is it for you? Well, let's find that out in the rest of this review.
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The desktop comes with a rugged-looking design. The power button is at the top which is kind of not that easy to figure out. There are a couple of ports in the front with a pair of jacks as well. You can also find the media card reader on the front face too. The back side is the home for the remaining ports and jacks.
The keyboard and the mouse that come along are regular wired ones. The keys on the keyboard have good travel and are pretty neat to use. The mouse, on the other hand, is a normal gaming one and there a many gaming mice that are better than this one. Design wise, this desktop is refreshing and brings a new look to the table.
Acer Predator AG6-710-70001 Specs
The first thing we would like you to know is that there is no display here. This is only the desktop, and you will have to buy the monitor separately. So go for a nice full HD or a QHD gaming monitor that suits your budget.
The processor that powers the Acer Predator AG6-710-70001 is an Intel Core 6th gen Skylake processor. This i7 6700K processor is a high-end chip that comes with a clocking frequency of 4GHz. It has a cache memory of 8MB which can be very useful. This is a quad-core processor and is a pretty good choice for a superior gaming machine.
This processor is perfect for running all the games available on the market right now. This model also comes with a button that can help in overclocking the processor. This will provide you with a burst of power when you need it the most.
The memory in this desktop goes hand in hand with the processor. There are 16 gigs in the slot, and that is an excellent RAM for a gaming machine. It will help in running even the most resource hungry games without any problems. You can also upgrade this memory in the future which can make things only better.
Let's talk about the juiciest part of a gaming desktop, the graphics card. Here, we have the Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 with 4GB of dedicated video memory. This GPU can play anything you throw at it. The best part here is that you can play with high settings and that too with impressive frame rates. Some of the games that run great with the graphics card are GTA V, Battlefield Hardline, Evolve, Far Cry 4, and many more.
In a gaming desktop like the Acer Predator AG6-710-70001, you would expect a lot of space for storing your games. You get a 1TB SATA hard drive with a speed of 7200RPM, and that is supported by a 128GB solid state drive. This is a very good combination as it helps you save some money and also get a decent balance in space and speed.
Windows 10 is the operating system here, and it comes pre-installed in the SSD. The version you have is the home edition and is 64-bit. You will like this OS as it has good support for games and also a bunch of cool features.
Regarding connectivity, the desktop has both the 802.11a/c and Bluetooth 4.0 LE connectivity. There are 6 USB 3.0 ports in total, 2 USB 2.0 ports, 2 mini-display ports, 1 DVI port, and 1 HDMI port. This should be enough ports for anyone.
Acer Predator AG6-710-70001 Review: Verdict
This Acer Predator AG6-710-70001 review should have given a clear idea about the power of this gaming desktop. It is full of excellent specs, and the price is also good for what it offers. If you are on the hunt for a neat high-end gaming desktop, this one is recommended.


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The Double Standards Against Superman
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5000 people died during fight between Superman and Zod.
How can you watch a movie that ends with a little kid stands proud with red flapping cape....when you have just witnessed murder and mayhem twice as significant as Sept 11 succeed? No reflection from Clark, Lois..anybody after that....think of what life would be like in a city like that. Snyder doesn't get it. Goyer should be ashamed of himself.
Dude you missed the point of all the previous posts, and you haven't done the Maths. Yes, 5000 people died, but 6,999,995,000 people LIVED !!!!
Yes there was murder and mayhem, at the hands of the Kryptonian invaders who were casually redesigning Earth's atmosphere to make the human race
EXTINCT ! In fact, your use of the word "succeed " seems incorrect, as clearly the Kryptonians plan failed, with the human race being mostly intact at the end of the film.
As for the one-on-one with Zod.
Zod's original plan was to wipe out the human race, and he was incredibly casual about it. What was his Plan B, when plan A failed ?
Kill as many humans as possible until killed himself.
You must have hated Star Wars, because the death star had a crew of thousands, (probably a lot of whom were non-combatants, like janitors, mechanics, and support staff), BOOM ! all gone, and Luke Skywalker's a hero.
Did you hang your head in horror at the senseless loss of life ? Did you
decry George Lucas' barbarity ?
If you don't like mayhem and murder, you might be reading the wrong genre, as comic books often have a lot of both -sometimes even at the hands of the hero.
Here's a link to a forum you might enjoy more if the above material offends your sensibilities
No murder or mayhem there, just the dastardly machinations of Mr Bingley !
That little kid standing proud, was probably one of the best moments in the film - that he was always going to do something that made a difference (and ended up making a difference to over 6.9 billion people).
MOS isn't a perfect film, (I loved it, but apparently many didn't) anyway, there are lots of reasons to attack it, but the body count is not one that's logically defensible.
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Los Angeles --A group of doctors and nurses from Southern California arrived in Haiti Saturday night to help with the relief effort. Nine doctors and about a dozen registered nurses said their goodbye's Saturday morning in LA.
They packed their bags full of food, water, sleeping bags and medical supplies -- preparing themselves for a daunting task.
"From here we've got a pretty good experience to what the trauma management is. So from that standpoint, I think we're all set. But from a mental standpoint I'm not sure we can get ready for this until we get there.
More than 7,000 American nurses have volunteered to go to Haiti and hundreds of doctors are there to help out.
But most of the country's medical facilities are rubble and the medical workers who are there now are struggling to find places to work.