overnight, we expanded from a four-person office center in monroe to a 65-per 211. we had additional support debt was outstanding -- that was outstanding from centers across america. there were hundreds of local volunteers that responded. as a result of that, in monroe, 211 responded to more than 111,000 calls in two months. the volume peaked at 7000, 358 -- seven dozen 358. after 2005, -- 7358 respondents. we were even more prepare for 2008. we have a partially it to credit telephony, a statewide disaster plan, a central disaster database, and 24 hours out reached -- average. -- outreach. we answered calls between the 21st and 16th of september, 2008. at peak of that, we were assisted by the 211 system in california, which was invaluable in expanding our capacity. in an eight-day window, the texas 211 answered 157,000 calls, an incredible response. inland, the aftermath of the hurricane caused unprecedented flooding and wind damage throughout the midwest. the 211 in missouri, indiana, and ohio played significant roles in recovery efforts. the 2009 effort is underwa

as a result of that in monroe, 211 responded to more than 111,000 calls in two monts. the call volume peaked at 7,358 the day that rita hit. after 2005 we were even better prepared for 2008. going into the hurricane season in 2008, we had a partially-integrated telephony, a statewide disaster plan, a centralized disaster database and 24 hour a day, 7 day a week coverage. 211 louisiana answered more than 117,000 calls between gustav hitting on august 31st and september 16th of 2008. in the peak of that, we were assisted by the 211 system in california which was invaluable in expanding our capacity. in an eight-day window when ike hit texas in september, the texas 211 answered 157,000 calls, an absolutely incredible response. inland the aftermath of hurricane ike caused unprecedented flooding, as you're well aware, and wind damage throughout the midwest. the 211s in missouri, iowa, indiana, and ohio played significant roles in their recovery efforts. the 2009 preparation is well underway, and i'm pleased to report to you that we have complete inte dpraited telephoneny th

>> we have a wonderful biography of james monroe by washington, d.c. writer marlo james r.cause he truly was one of the last founding fathers of the nation. >> why another biography on james monroe? >> this is more complete than the others. new information has been found through old archives and letters and records and we are finding there is a lot of patriotic interest out there so we want to be able to continue to feed the market >> what else do you have coming out? >> a biography of a amalia earmarks and there is a movie coming out with hilary swank and richard gere coming this fall that will be bringing the book to coincide with that. >> how old is that? >> several years at least a decade but we are giving a new cover and rolling it back out. >> who is dominique lapierre? >> book we are doing is called a rainbow in the night and it covers the apartheid period and the turmoil the country went through to become the nation it is today. >> what kind of books you look for at da capo? >> we focus on fiction primarily to readers. it's a lot of military history for collis, gene

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the other one that changed and died on july 4th was james monroe. he not only died on july 4th, no one talks about poor mr. munro, they just want jefferson and adams -- it is like red meat for the founders. [laughter] so mr. monroe died on the 50th anniversary of the signing. it's almost as if the wheels of their death. then let's go to the father of the constitution, james madison. a short man but had a big life. he died on the 60th anniversary, not on july 4th. unfortunately he slightly messed, we know he really tried it. but he died on june 28 and june 28th is when the declaration of independence was submitted to the committee on that day so that is the true anniversary on that one. so there are many other people by the way born or data on those days. george w. bush just listed on july 6th. at our lover of america also who would said the moment i heard the word america i loved her would be charles kuralt calvin coolidge was born on july 4th. neil simon, george steinbrenner, new york yankees, louis b. mayer who was born in russia but you basically

. >> we have a wonderful biography of james monroe harlow james unger and is called the last foundingather because he truly was one of the last founding fathers of our nation. >> why another bio on james monroe. >> this is more complete. new information has been found through old archives and letters and records and, you know, we're finding that there's still a lot of patriotic interest out there so we would to be able to continue to feed that market. >> what else do you have coming out? >> we have a wonderful biography of amelia earhart coming out. there's a movie with hillary swank and richard gere that's going to be coming out this fall. we'll be bringing the book out to coincide with that. >> how old is the book? >> it's several years old. it's at least a decade. but we're giving it a new cover and rolling it back out there with an update. >> who's dominique la-pierre. >> dominique is a very well-known author who has a author of new york bestsellers behind him and his book is the rainbow in the night. it covers the whole apartheid period and all the turmoil that that country went

james monroe had to move in with his daughter and her husband. he was so destitute. ulysses s.rant famously lost all his money in a swindle at one time. only had $80 in the bank. grant was saved from financial ruin by selling his memoirs to mark twain and the memoirs were commercial and critical success, although, they were published after his death. he finished writing them just shortly before he died. congress was loathe to grant pensions to presidents. they were a little more generous with widows. presidential widows got $5,000 a year. there were many bills introduced especially after grant's money problems to provide for presidential pensions, but inevitably, these bills died. and, i guess, there was a feeling just looking back at some of the newspaper clippings from the various bills that presidents -- it was undemocratic for presidents to receive pensions that they were just another citizen toiling in the service of their country and that -- when they were done, finished with their presidential service that they would return to being just ordinary citizens. it's really qu

>> we have a wonderful biography of james monroe coming up by a washington d.c. writer and is called the bill last founding father because he truly was one of the last xiaoning brothers emanation. >> what another biography of james monroe? >> this is one more complete than many of the others, new information has been found through all the archives and letters and records and we are finding that there is still a lot of patriotic interest out there so we want to give us to continue to feed that market. >> what else is coming out? >> a biography of a millionaire her coming out and actually there is something of a movie tie-in to it, with hillary swank and richard gary that is coming out this fall and will bring the book how to coincide with that. >> how old is the book? >> is at least a decade, but we're giving it a new cover and rolling it back out there with an update. >> to is domenic? >> a very well-known author who has a history of new york times bestsellers behind him and a but we're doing with them is call a rainbow in the night about south africa and cover a

the people of louisiana law used to hunt them, their local communities i was speaking in monroe, louisiana, they want to save the black bear. people are proud of their beer history. william faulkner famously wrote the short story about a man who was a bear hunter named collier. legendary beer people down there in the delta. i do the math agriculture, over hunting, harvesting, killing bears because they're considered predators. we almost destroyed them. here's where they are debilitating them. roosevelt spent time and wrote about that river region in great detail. in louisiana. but i need to ask them what's going on there today, what were the black bear populations like back then that the biological survey had and what they're like now. this is the place i had to come to check. >> how long do you spend your? what do you do while you're here? >> look at documents, look at books. one of the most helpful things is not in this room, but out there they have a library. a minute ago they gave me two things i did not know about for perhaps future writings. they collect everything here. i noticed a

host: irene is next from monroe, north carolina. good morning. caller: good morning.guest: good morning to you. caller: i enjoy your conversation this morning. and you're exactly on the nose, on the dime -- guest: thank you. caller: when it comes to the lebanese situation. now, i wanted to say something about the israelis. dth the israelis from the time of 1948 when they became a state, they were mostly ruleded -- ruled from the group that came from london and europe. they formed the state. they did a fine job. then the safartems came in and they had no vote. then the sabra who is a native-born israeli, has no say in the kinesit. i don't think there's one. and then you have -- host: i'm going to jump in. we don't have a lot of time. do you have a question? caller: yes. i just wanded to say that israel will never solve their problems until they stop the infighting. host: thank you. guest: well, i think that in the history of israel there certainly has been a demographic transformation of the jewish population. initially it was largely a european jews, actually, more fr

as a result of that in monroe, 211 responded to more than a hundred 11,000 calls in two months. mccaul volume peaked at 7,000 the day that rita hit. after 2005 we were even better prepared for 2008. going into the hurricane season of 2008, we have a partially integrated telephony, statewide disaster plan, centralized disaster database, and 24 hours a day seven day a week average. 211 louisiana answer more than 117,000 calls between hurricane gustav hitting on august 31st of september 16th of 2008. in the peak of that, we were assisted by the 211 system in california which was invaluable in expanding our capacity during it in a day window when hurricane ike hit texas in september the texas 211 insert 157,000 calls, absolutely incredible response. inland the aftermath of a hurricane ike caused flooding and wind damage throughout the midwest. and the 211 in the missouri, iowa, indiana and ohio played significant roles in their recovery efforts. the 2009 preparation as well under way and i am pleased to report to that we have complete integrated telephony the office to the louisiana

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united way, united we of northeast louisiana and monroe began taking all of the 211 calls directed from new orleans. overnight we expanded from a four person call center and mom wrote to a 65% to 11. we have additional support that was outstanding. from 211 call specialists of america 25 states send people to the community and there were hundreds of local volunteers that responded. as the result of that in lonrho, to 11 responded to more than 111,000 calls in two months. the call volume peaked at 7,358 the day that rita hit. after 2005 we were even better prepared for 2008. going into the hurricane season in 2008 we had a partially integrated telephony, statewide disaster plan, centralized the sastre database and 24 hour day 70 a week coverage. 211 louisiana answered more than 170,000 calls between gustav hitting august 31st and a december 16th 2008. in the peak of that we were assisted by the 211 system of california which was invaluable expanding capacity and a today window when ike hit texas and the timber texas 211 answered 157,000 calls an absolutely incredible response. inland, th