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The American Civil War has been commemorated with a great variety of monuments, memorials, and markers. These monuments were erected for a variety of reasons, beginning with memorialization of the fallen and later to honor aging veterans, commemoration of significant anniversaries associated with the conflict, memorialization of sites of conflict, and celebration of the actions of military leaders. Sources reveal that during both the Jim Crow and Civil Rights eras, many monuments were erected as part of an organized propaganda campaign to terrorize African American communities and distort the past by promoting a “Lost Cause” narrative. Through subsequent decades, to this day, complex and emotional narratives have surrounded interpretive legacies of the Civil War. Instruments of commemoration, through both physical and digital intervention approaches, can be provocative and instructive, as the country deals with a slavery legacy and the commemorated objects and spaces surrounding Confederate inheritances. Today, all of these potential factors and outcomes, with internationally relevance, are surrounded by swirls of social and political contention and controversy, including the remembering/forgetting dichotomies of cultural heritage. In this article, drawing from the testimony of scholars and artists, I address the conceptual landscape of approaches to the presentation and evolving participatory narratives of Confederate monuments that range from absolute expungement and removal to more restrained ideas such as in situ re-contextualization, removal to museums, and preservation-in-place. I stress not so much the academic debate but how the American public is informed about and reacts to the various issues related to Confederate memorialization. My main point, where my premise stands out in the literature, is that, for the sake of posterity, and our ability to connect and engage with a tangible in situ artifact, not all Confederate statues should be taken down. Some of them, or remnants of them, should be preserved as sites of conscience and reflection, with their social and political meanings ongoing and yet to be determined in the future. The modern dilemma turns on the question: In today’s new era of social justice, are these monuments primarily symbols of oppression, or can we see them, in select cases, alternatively as sites of conscience and reflection encompassing more inclusive conversations about commemoration? What we conserve and assign as the ultimate public value of these monuments rests with how we answer this question.

Known widely in Europe as interpretive narrative archaeology, the practice of using creative methods to interpret and present current knowledge of the past is gaining popularity in North America. This book is the first compilation of international case studies of the various artistic methods used in this new form of education—one that makes archaeology come alive for the nonprofessional. Plays, opera, visual art, stories, poetry, performance dance, music, sculpture, digital imagery—all can effectively communicate archaeological processes and cultural values to public audiences. The 23 contributors to this volume are a diverse group of archaeologists, educators, and artisans who have direct experience in schools, museums, and at archaeological sites. Citing specific examples, such as the film The English Patient , science fiction mysteries, and hypertext environments, they explain how creative imagination and the power of visual and audio media can personalize, contextualize, and demystify the research process. A 16-page color section illuminates their examples, and an accompanying CD includes relevant videos, music, web sites, and additional color images. In their Introduction, the editors invoke the ancient muses to inspire the modern presenters and interpreters of archaeological research. They aptly quote George Santayana, from his poem The Power of Art: . . . may our hands immortalize the day When life was sweet, and save from utter death The sacred past that should not pass away. John H. Jameson Jr. is an archaeologist and John E. Ehrenhard is Director at the National Park Service's Southeast Archeological Center in Tallahassee, Florida. Christine A. Finn is research associate at the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Oxford in England.

Establish an appropriate production goal. Do this with intention, not randomly. Analyze your financial and overhead situation and/or meet with an accountant about the monthly costs of running your practice. Your monthly costs along with your required/desired personal salary and compensation, plus a margin of profit to be placed into an emergency savings account, will be added together to give you an estimated production goal. Your collection benchmark is to deposit a minimum of 97% to 98% of all dollars produced. From the beginning, do not carry accounts on your books. Internal and external marketing will be a critical factor of your business. Social networking is also a part of today's marketing. The first step to gaining high levels of case acceptance is to gain the trust and confidence of patients. Everyone on the team can make or break a relationship with a patient. Every person on your team will be a reflection of the quality of the practice.

Steps to approach when hiring a new dental professional include: 1. inviting your favorite candidates to the practice for an interview, 2. asking candidates to complete a formal application, 3. holding an uninterrupted interview, 4. as an interviewer, do no more than 30% of the talking, 5. reviewing the position and the responsibilities, 6. having a team meeting to discuss each candidate, 7. calling all references and documenting their insights, 8. inviting the top candidate back for a second interview, 9. inviting the candidates out to lunch without the doctor, 10. agreeing on a candidate and making an offer, 11. beginning orientation and training after offer has been made and accepted.,

Computerization eliminates much of the manual, time-consuming, and laborious tasks that can slow a team down on a daily basis. One of the greatest benefits of computer integration is that it gives the entire team one point of access for information. This lends itself to accuracy and consistency in communication. Another significant benefit to computer integration within the dental practice is the ability to measure and monitor performance. Most software applications include reporting and measurement functions. With a simple click of the mouse, practices are able to get accurate reports on their performance in a variety of areas. The Internet gives dentists the opportunity to have a technologically advanced practice. Imagine patients being able to view - via computer from a remote location - their oral health, treatment plans, and next-phase recommendations via a practice's Web site. Imagine your patients asking questions when it's convenient for them. Patients can take online educational courses on cosmetic procedures, or automatically receive communications from the practice on appointment reminders as well as other patient education topics. The possibilities seem endless. However, one thing is certain. As computers continue to get faster, smaller, and more intelligent, dentists must learn how to leverage this informational business tool to the benefit of patients, their practices, and themselves.