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...Reed Army Medical Center [March 19]. I recently retired from the Army Medical Corps after 20 years, most of which were spent as a staff cardiologist at Walter Reed. No doubt, the notorious Building 18 has deficiencies, but Walter Reed is an acute-care hospital that has had to reinvent itself into a rehabilitation facility to care for soldiers with wounds that they never would have survived in previous wars. By and large it has done an excellent job. Failing to identify the excellence at this fine institution will no doubt have a negative impact on morale, and that...
...project, the cardboard covers took on a new purpose: to eliminate student apprehension about reading by presenting books as a simple object and an essential part of life. While the covers are still artistically decorated reused pieces of cardboard, the project goes a step further in asking students to reinvent the stories they read. Teenagers are challenged to rewrite tales under the assumption that the narrator lied or from the perspective of a single character. “Every time you read you are reinterpreting as a reader,” Saldarriaga said. “Reading is already interpretation...
...music in the Gap. Satellite service is embraced as the future of radio because it is new technology, and new technology seems like the only way to save old-fashioned broadcast radio. But in placing itself in direct competition with broadcast radio, satellite radio only offers to reinvent the wheel, and does so poorly.In many cases, it offers the same programming that listeners can get on regular radio stations, most notably on the nine stations owned by ClearChannel.What new technology should add to radio is not just a commercial-free listening experience, but a way to give listeners more innovative...
...instance, produce a Web site with GPS maps of shuttle locations (see http://www.yale.transloc-inc.com for a rare pang of New Haven-safety-school jealousy) or a more intuitive course selection tool. Unless FAS IT suddenly supports a student-run portal, we can only hope that the powers that be reinvent my.harvard before it turns eight...
...from the permanent collection, and designing exhibitions. Molesworth said she hopes that her installation of the permanent collection will “offer a rich and complex narrative about development and competing ideas of living artists.” In February 2006, the Art Museums released a plan to reinvent their renowned collection with an eye toward the expansion in Allston. Molesworth said that the proposed Allston-Brighton Art Center would provide additional space for works of modern and contemporary art, which are often larger than pieces from other genres and which the Fogg Museum cannot accommodate. Houghton said...