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Composites and components are CAD designed and fabricated in England. The chassis is engineered and manufactured by Prodrive - a leading developer of motorsport chassis and race cars that have earned five British Touring Car Championships and six World Rally titles. Designed to be lightweight and responsive, the TSO inspires confidence and is communicative up to and beyond the limit.
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The Thaumaturgy Department
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The official blog of the Dramaturgy Department at Baltimore's CENTERSTAGE. For posts related to our current and upcoming shows, click the links to the right. Alternatively, you could begin at the beginning, and explore our posts in chronological order.
Sigh. First it was Disney's balloon ("not in the book" as they declaim in Eason's deliciously self-aware and faithful adaptation); then it was the CGI-driven departure from Verne's original chronicled in this interesting, fairly technical blog post. Variations on this liberty-seizing pattern (most of them wanting to get the story airborne) are by now a well-entrenched part of the tradition of this poor book, which nevertheless endures. When the program material for our production goes online, read Drew's ruminations on the subject in his extended profile of the many sides of Verne himself; from the very first, his writing, and 80 Days in particular, have proven prone to each new generation inscribing its own "take." -ghw


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27 February – 5 March, 2011
Jenny Mackewn and Toni Spencer
This course is open for bookings.
A change in direction is what's needed, and at the core of this course is the urgent question of culture change. Whether you are an experienced facilitator seeking a fresh approach or improved ecological awareness, or new to this field but wanting skills to lead and facilitate change in others – this course brings together the radical thinking that will enable you to be part of leading this transition.
This new kind of leadership requires questioning, reflection and adaptation. This practical and evocative course will enable students to better facilitate and lead groups to address the complex challenges of creating a sustainable future brings.
We invite individuals from community, business or educational settings to come together as a group where you will be encouraged and guided to find new and creative answers to questions like:
Together we will create a vibrant learning community, providing opportunities for you to practice and explore your own skills and qualities as an ecological facilitator. You will leave resourced and ready to make a difference.
Drawing from the fields of complexity theory, deep ecology, and participative democracy, we start with the assumption that our current ecological and social crisis stems from deeply embedded cultural habits and that we need new kinds of leadership and facilitation that is courageous in catalysing change: individual and collective.
Working with the real-life professional issues of participants, we will hold a collective inquiry into the practice of ecological facilitation and leadership.
Key themes to be explored are: working with uncertainty and the unknown, relational practice, working with / within nature, the unfolding of the sensuous field, and facilitation as leadership.
The programme will be practical, challenging and fun.
Areas covered will include:
We will work with our 'many ways of knowing' and engage our intellectual, somatic, emotional and indigenous intelligences.
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The course will include some on-line engagement and reading before the start date and the opportunity to continue learning afterwards.
The course is intended for: Facilitators, leaders, educators, organisational consultants, artists, community leaders, change agents, activists, all those working with change within organisations and all those working with groups engaged with questions of sustainability. We welcome those with little experience alongside highly experienced practitioners wishing to refresh and advance their work. From this dynamic mix we will create a strong learning community.
Our contributors tell us in their own words…
Jenny Mackewn: Ecological facilitation takes facilitator leaders beyond the individualistic and organisation-centred concerns which have come to dominate the 20 and 21 centuries, to attend to the wider and fundamental socio-ecological and cultural concerns which are now urgent.
Toni Spencer: The emerging field of 'ecological facilitation' looks to healthy, dynamic ecosystems for guidance in approaching change. It provides a logical and instinctive starting point for new leadership towards a sustainable world. In this work, we engage with participatory approaches that allow for the emergent wisdom of a group, and invite an interest in all aspects of the whole. We also engage with the idea of an ecological self as leader, bringing new experience and new insight to the process of change. This is wonderfully creative and deeply challenging work.
Jenny Mackewn regularly leads, facilitates and catalyses sustainable change in corporate, community and academic settings. She is a creative-catalyst in limitednowhere and is a visiting fellow at the Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP) where she was director of a unique programme in facilitation as a form of action research. She has written a chapter in the Sage Handbook of Action Research on facilitation and leadership as forms of action inquiry , and is a national trainer for the Transition Towns and Cities movement. She is currently co-creating a programme about developing resilience in organisations.
Toni Spencer is on the Faculty at Schumacher College and has been leading on the innovative Schumacher Certificate in Education For Sustainability, designing, facilitating and teaching on the course using a wide variety of facilitation techniques and approaches. She has also co-designed and run a number of Schumacher Short Courses. Alongside this she is a freelance facilitator elsewhere including Embercombe and Transition Town Totnes. She is also engaged in a re-emerging art practice and a growing practice as a wild food forager and teacher.
She holds a BA in Fine Art and a MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice. Previous professional work has been with organisations including Goldsmiths, as a Lecturer in Eco Design, Forum For the Future, the Social Venture Network, Attainable Utopias, Wallpaper* Magazine as one of the founding editorial team, and Wink Media.
Toni's facilitation and coaching practice is fed by both professional and personal experience in the fields of Art and Eco Design, embodiment practices, The Work That Reconnects, Deep Ecology, Permaculture and new social ventures.
An experience of working with a group of peers who facilitate on ecological issues from a place of deep self-awareness.
It was a very full week – intense – I was saturated by the end but theis is exactly what I wanted.
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NFL Pick 'Em, Week 3: Make your picks for this week's games, which start tonight with Tampa Bay at Atlanta. Mattwalshvideo leads with 300 points after going 10-6 in week 2, putting him 50 points over the 1wurster in second. Here's how scoring works in the contest: 10 points for every winner you pick, plus a bonus of 10 if you get five right, 30 if you get 10 right and 50 if you get all 16 that week.
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
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Bryan Cranston performs one-man show about the MLB playoffs:
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CFL Pick 'Em, Week 13: Howard_T and owlhouse remain in lockstep at the top of the standings, like two voyageurs fighting over the same pair of long underwear. Speaking of blood spilt between countrymen, it's all east versus west this week. Will you take the easy route or go where no one has gone before? Find your nerve and make your picks inside.
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SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
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Gus Johnson Booted as Fox Soccer Announcer: Gus Johnson has stepped down as Fox's No. 1 soccer broadcaster. When Fox Sports president Eric Shanks was asked whether Johnson being widely reviled calling the sport was a reason for the move, he said no but added, "I am not going to lie and say we were unaware of it."
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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
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Vikings' Adrian Peterson Indicted for Child Injury: Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been indicted on charges of child injury in Texas for "reckless or negligent injury to a child." The team is keeping him out of Sunday's game. Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reported that Peterson has been cooperating with investigators. The charges involve Peterson using a switch to whip his four-year-old child as punishment and leaving lacerations and bruises on his thighs, lower back and buttocks. The sports blog Deadspin gathers press reports with more details, including a text message reportedly from Peterson to the child's mother in which he wrote, "Never do I go overboard! But all my kids will know, hey daddy has the biggie heart but don't play no games when it comes to acting right."
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NHL Bans the Spin-o-Rama Move from Shootouts: Among the rule changes the NHL has added for the coming season: A ban on the "spin-o-rama" move in NHL penalty shots and shootouts an increasing scale of fines for diving.
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Giancarlo Stanton Hit in Face with 88-Mph Pitch: Miami Marlins star Giancarlo Stanton was struck in the face with an 88-mph pitch by Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Mike Fiers Thursday night and suffered multiple facial fractures and dental damage. Stanton had to be carted off the field and taken to a nearby hospital. Brewers manager Ron Roenicke kept a visibly distraught Fiers in the game and he hit the batter who replaced Stanton with the next pitch.
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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
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CFL Pick 'Em, Week 12: It's snowing in Calgary, which means it's time for the revered Canadian tradition of... feeling really bummed out that summer's over. But as the saying goes: when summer is done, the Grey Cup's nearly won! That's right, only a scant nine weeks until we crown a Pick 'Em champion. Grab your toques and make your picks inside.
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NFL Pick 'Em, Week 2: Make your picks for this week's NFL games, beginning with tonight's matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. Five players are tied for first after week 1 with 12-4 records: 1wurster, aeonmcallister, cixelsyd, mattwalshvideo and me. No one on NFL.Com went 16-0, but five players went 15-1. Four of them missed Buffalo over Chicago and one missed Miami over New England.
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Former NY Mets VP sues baseball team for discrimination.:
According to the lawsuit, Wilpon "became fixated on the idea that Castergine would have a child without being married. He frequently humiliated Castergine in front of others by, among other things, pretending to see if she had an engagement ring on her finger and openly stating in a meeting of the team's all-male senior executives that he is 'morally opposed' to Castergine 'having this baby without being married,' " the lawsuit said.
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FCC chairman: Sack the NFL's blackout rule: "With the first weekend of professional football in the books, two things should be abundantly clear: The NFL is king; and the Federal Communications Commission's sports blackout rules are obsolete and have to go. ... The bottom line is the NFL no longer needs the government's help to remain viable. And we at the FCC shouldn't be complicit in preventing sports fans from watching their favorite teams on TV. It's time to sack the sports blackout rules for good." -- Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
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Area Man Buys Bills for $1B: The trust that inherited the Buffalo Bills from Ralph Wilson has apparently agreed to sell the team to Terry Pegula, the owner of the Buffalo Sabres. The amount is being reported as slightly above $1 billion, which would be a record for a team that does not own its own stadium. Pegula had become a favorite due to his large wallet and his roots in Western New York. The other team owners still need to agree to the sale at their next meeting in October.
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Sea of 49ers Red at Cowboys Stadium: I listened to the Dallas/San Francisco game on the radio broadcast, and when Tony Romo threw one interception near the end zone the roar of the crowd made me check whether the game was really in Dallas. Photos show a massive sea of fans for the visiting 49ers, which local reporters estimated to be 40 to 50 percent of the entire crowd.
SportsFilter: The Tuesday Huddle
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Robert Mathis Tears Achilles in Workout, Out for Season: Indianapolis Colts pass rusher Robert Mathis, serving a four-game suspension for a PED violation, tore his Achilles tendon during a workout last week and will miss the entire season. Mathis was suspended for Clomid, a fertility drug that also can be used to mask PEDs. He had 19.5 sacks last season for the Colts, a franchise record. Mathis and his wife had twins in 2012 and are expecting another child this year.
Video of Ray Rice Elevator Punch on Partner Released: Remember the theory that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell's soft punishment of Ray Rice was justified by something he saw on the in-elevator video? Not so much. Video obtained by TMZ shows Rice hits Janay Palmer, she hits back, then he hits her again and knocks her out.
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SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle
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Atlanta Hawks to be sold after owner reveals racist email:
I wrote an e-mail two years ago that was inappropriate and offensive. I trivialized our fans by making clichéd assumptions about their interests (i.e. hip hop vs. country, white vs. black cheerleaders, etc.) and by stereotyping their perceptions of one another (i.e. that white fans might be afraid of our black fans). By focusing on race, I also sent the unintentional and hurtful message that our white fans are more valuable than our black fans.
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SportsFilter: The Sunday Huddle
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SportsFilter: The Saturday Huddle
Ron Washington Resigns as Texas Rangers Manager: "Ron Washington informed us today that he has chosen to resign as Rangers manager in order to turn his full attention to addressing an off-the-field personal matter," general manager Jon Daniels said. "Out of respect for Ron's privacy, the Rangers will leave any comment on the details to him." Washington leaves after eight seasons as the skipper with the most wins in team history with a .521 winning percentage that trails only Billy Hunter. He twice led Rangers teams that won the American League, losing the World Series in 2010 and 2011. His expletive-laden, secretly leaked locker room speech before game 7 in the latter series has become a part of MLB lore.
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SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle
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CFL Pick 'Em, Week 11: Labour Day proves entertaining as the home teams all find their way into the win column. Now that we're over the hump, the race to the top is on—or if you're in the East, the race to the not-bottom. Calibrate your altimeter and make your picks inside.
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SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle
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Colts Owner Irsay Suspended 6 Games for DUI: The NFL has suspended billionaire Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay for six games and fined him $500,000 following his guilty plea in an Indiana court to operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a misdemeanor. Irsay admitted to having hydrocodone, oxycodone and alprazolam (Xanax) in his system March 16 when arrested in Carmel. He was originally facing four counts of felony possession of a controlled substance. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement that said owners, coaches and team executives "must be held to a higher standard than players."
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SportsFilter NFL Pick 'Em, 2014 Edition: I've set up an NFL Weekly Pick 'Em group for SportsFilter on NFL.Com for the season, which begins Thursday night with Green Bay at Seattle. It's a straight-up league with no point spreads. The password to join is kickoff. This will be the first contest in the SportsFilter Cup, a year-long competition to find the best fantasy sports player in this site.
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SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle
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Dallas Cowboys to Sign Michael Sam After Physical: Michael Sam, the first openly gay athlete to be drafted in the NFL, is flying to Dallas Tuesday night to take a physical for the Dallas Cowboys. If he passes, the team plans to sign him to its practice squad, ESPN reports. ESPN football writer Kevin Seifert wasn't surprised Sam didn't make an NFL roster but was surprised he didn't isn't already on a practice team. "He'll now get a second chance to impress another organization, albeit after a longer-than-usual wait and with a franchise whose owner craves attention like no other," Seifert writes.
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Q: Apple's Find My Friends app asks me to sign in with my Apple ID each time I use it, which makes it a real pain to use when I'm in a hurry. Is there any way to shut this off? I thought this irritating behaviour was normal until I noticed that one of my friends doesn't get this sign-in prompt when they start up Find My Friends. What's the setting I'm missing to turn this off?
- Kathryn
A: The short answer is that you need to set a passcode on your device. Presumably to protect your privacy (and that of your friends), if you do not have a passcode lock set on your device itself, Find My Friends will prompt you for your Apple ID password each time you start the app. This way, if somebody else gets their hands on your iPhone, they can't locate your other friends or tamper with your own Find My Friends settings (such as enabling it or adding themselves to your list). The sign-on screen in the latest version of the Find My Friends app actually notes this near the bottom, although it's easy to miss as it will be obscured as soon as the keyboard comes up.
You can set a passcode on your iOS device simply by going into the Settings app and choosing General, Passcode Lock and selecting the option to Turn Passcode On.
The Require Passcode option on this screen allows you to set the interval after which the passcode will be required, ranging from "immediately" up to one hour, based on when your device goes into sleep mode via either the auto-lock timeout or pressing the Sleep/Wake button on the top of the device. You can set any interval you like here, and if device security isn't a huge priority for you, the maximum—one hour—will still allow a good tradeoff between security and convenience; Find My Friends only cares that you have a passcode set—any other passcode-related settings are ignored.
Once you've set a passcode on your device, you will need to sign into Find My Friends one more time when you return to the app, after which you should be able to continue accessing it again without having to enter your Apple ID password.
Note that you can still sign out of the Find My Friends app manually by tapping the "Sign Out" button. In addition to requiring you to sign in with your Apple ID and password again next time, however, this will also disable any location reporting from your device until you specifically sign in again.
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Heatstroke is the leading cause of non-crash, car related deaths for children. More than 30 kids died in 2012 as a result of heatstroke from being left in a hot car.
And this year alone 20 children have died. Meteorologist John Lynn tells us how to keep our kids safe from heatstroke.
The summertime heat can be dangerous, even if the outside temperature is lower than 90 degrees.
Parents are sometimes unaware of how dangerous a car can become for a small child in just a few minutes. On an 85 degree day, the interior of a car can reach over 100 degrees in less than half an hour.
(Small children, because of their size, their temp can rise much higher than that of an adult)
Over the past 2 years over 40 kids have died due to heatstroke from being left alone in a hot car, in May of this year, 2 toddlers in Virginia died from heatstroke where the inside temperature of the car reached over 100 degrees while the outside temperature was a mild 76 degrees. Children should never be left alone in a car or be allowed to play in an unattended car and cracking a window does not help keep the inside of a car cool or a child.
( One of the suggestions that we have is to make sure that you place an object that you need in the rear seat next to your child so you'll be reminded that your child is in the back seat)
Other reminders include keeping your vehicle locked at all times so kids won't look to play in them. Keys and remote openers should never be left were children can play with them. If you see a child alone in a car that you think be hot or seem sick, call 911.
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A dream come true. Read this special story in the Signature section, starting on page lO. Tuesday, November 13, 1984 Weber State College Vol. 45 No. 13 1 5- i Service Benefits WSC Veterans by Rae Dawn Olbert Managing Editor Thousands of veterans across the nation were honored yesterday during Veteran's Day ceremonies. Included among the nation's veterans are about 1,400 WSC students. According to Luecille C. Marquardt, coordinator for the Veteran's Affairs Office on campus, only 700 of the estimated 1,400 veterans enrolled at Weber are receiving help from the Veteran's Affairs Office. "This number is quite a drop from recent quarters, as the Vietnam veterans have already used their entitlement or reached their ten-year date," she said. Veterans are allowed ten years from the date of their discharge in which to use their entitlement. Marquardt said that "a lot of people have 'misconceptions about the goals of veterans." She said she was impressed with the veterans attending WSC as most of them are older, married, have families and part-time jobs, while still managing to keep up with the academic side of school. Marquardt cited statistics compiled by her office showing that 75 percent of veterans who attend Weber State graduate with a four-year degree. According to Marquardt, two veterans graduated sum-ma cum laude last year, while three graduated magna cum laude and 11 cum laude. Fifty-nine percent of veterans attending Weber State maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above. Of that figure, 19 percent maintain a GPA of 3.5 to 4.0. Jim Kopecky, a graduate student of WSC with bachelor degrees in history and English, served 20 years in the intelligence division of the Air Force, including five years in Vietnam. He worked as a peer counselor for the Veteran's Affairs Office for three years. He said that many Vietnam veterans will not talk about their wartime experiences. "It was so weird. It was like a dream, a nightmare. Believing it's not real keeps you sane." Kopecky feels that, as a whole, veterans are at an advantage over others, as they have had four extra years in which to decide what they want to do with their lives, as opposed to students coming fresh out of high school. He said that veterans came to him to learn "what they could get (benefits) and how to go about getting it." They didn't want to waste time in school, wanting to get in and get out. Kopecky has two sons attending WSC. He said that his attendance at school produced a healthy competition between him and his sons. "If I can do it, you can do it," he told them. He said it was a great experience taking a class with one of his sons, as it was "a once in a lifetime opportunity." According to Marquardt, the Veteran's Affairs Office offers many services to veterans attending school. These services include peer counseling, where vets are helped to use their benefits wisely. Marquardt emphasized that peer counseling in no way tries to detract from the counseling center on campus. Veterans who need help in their studies are provided with a tutorial assistant, and the workstudy program at the Veteran's Affairs Office is open only to veterans. The Veteran's Affairs Office is open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays. The office is located in the Administration Building, room 102. ' " - :- J Signposl photoJeff Bybee Taking a break from the rigors of schoolwork, touching the ground once it is in motion. Left to right students engage in the popular game hackysack. The ob- are; Dave Moncago, Mike Martinez, Dan Cook, Jay ject of this fast-moving game is to keep the ball from LaFontaine, Victor Stiefel and Carl Alexander. Students Find Library Hours Too Short by David B. Oswald Staff Reporter Weber State students have been voicing complaints that the Stewart Library does not meet their needs as the library is not open when they need it most. While this complaint is not new, it has been gaining momentum recently. Scott Birkinshaw, a staff member of the Stewart Library, has confirmed the complaint that groups of students have been waiting to get in to the library as early as 7 a.m. According to Birkinshaw, the library cannot open any earlier than 7 a.m. because funds are limited. He also indicated that the need to open earlier has not been strong enough to merit the expense. He said, "We have a complex situation here with no easy answers. The present schedule (for library hours) was made a year ago as a result of budget cutbacks. The money remaining after cut-backs goes see "Library" on page 2 CBS Correspondent To Speak At Weber Fred Graham, legal correspondent for CBS, will be at Weber State College Nov. 15 for a convocation lecture that is open to the public. Graham's lecture is part of a series sponsored by ASWSC and will be held in the Austad Auditorim of the Browning Center at 12:30 p.m. His topic will be the "Sights and Sounds of Justice." Graham is expected to speak on media coverage of the DeLorean, John Hinckley and Watergate trials. Graham covered the Watergate trial and the trials of Daniel Ellsberg, John Connolly and Daniel Flood. For his coverage he won a Peabody award. In 1973 he won three Emmys for television coverage of the Watergate and Agnew resignation stories. Graham appears regularly in the "Law" segment of "The CBS Morning News" with Bill Kurtis and Diane Sawyer and anchors the feature "The Law and You" each weekend on the CBS Radio Network. Before joining CBS he worked as a Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times. Graham regularly serves as substitute moderator of the CBS news broadcast, "Face The Nation." Graham attended Oxford University on a Fulbright Scholarship and graduated in 1960 with a law diploma. For three years after his graduation, he practiced law in Nashville, Tenn. 1 1' A Fred Graham
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|Weber's current student newspaper, the Signpost, first appeared on September 29, 1937. For two years prior to that time, campus news was disseminated via announcements posted on a bulletin board known as the "Signpost". As a result, the masthead of the first issue of the paper itself featured a rudimentary wooden sign with the title spelled out in rustic-looking letters. Over the years the paper has been published continuously, though the look, size and style has changed several times.
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Downtown / Loop
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ItalianPrice: $31 to $50
- Dining Style: Fine Dining
- Website: http://www.italianvillage-chicago.com/vivere/
- Phone: 3123324040
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday thru Friday: 11:30am - 2:30pm; Dinner: Monday thru Thursday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm, Friday & Saturday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Continental, Italian, Mediterranean
- Executive Chef: Robert Reynaud
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Chef's Table, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
- Private Party Facilities: Vivere offers several different dining options for private parties. Cocktail gatherings and sit down dinners for up to 60 guests are available in the balcony overlooking the main dining room. Parties of 75 can reserve the main dining room for dinner or buffet service. The entire restaurant can accommodate seating for 135 guests, or a buffet gathering for 175 with cocktails and appetizers in the intimate lounge. Themed parties can be arranged, as well as audio/visual capabilities, bands, O.K.'s , and special guest lecturers. The Wine Director is also available to hold seminars on the introduction, selection and trends in the Wine Industry. The talented chef and pastry chef can design any menu or item you are looking to serve and pair with that special vintage of wine.
- Private Party Contact: Lucy or Gina 3123324040
- Special Events: We have a special 3 course Prix Fixe Menu for $23.00 per person ( excluding tax and tip) for Lunch only.
We have several Wine Dinners during the year. Please refer to our website for details.
A word from Vivere
Vivere continues to be a Chicago landmark of contemporary Italian cuisine. Operated by the Capitanini family , Vivere has won numerous awards ranging from "Best New Restaurant" Esquire Magazine, DiRona Award , Wine Spectator and Ultimate Distinction by Wine Enthusiast. The Chef incorporates innovative dishes from his yearly travels to the various regions of Italy. A unique tasting menu in addition to the seasonal menu displays the skill and progressive nature of the restaurant. Vivere's swank design, conceptualized by acclaimed designer Jordan Mozer, applies contemporary twists to Baroque designs that are draped in plush velvets and warmed by rich gold tones. Interior Design Magazine has given Vivere its highest honor for restaurant design. Vivere's immense cellar, complete with 45,000 bottles, affords the guest with endless options with the assistance of its Wine Director. The intimate bar makes a great place to enjoy a glass of champagne or a signature drink and antipasti.Continued
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58 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.3Service4.4
- Ambiance4.1Noise LevelModerate
romantic (28)special occasion (25)notable wine list (25)fit for foodies (21)neighborhood gem (10)great for lunch (9)good for groups (8)late-night find (5)vibrant bar scene (3)hot spot (1)great for outdoor dining (1)great for brunch (1)Show More
- Vivre business lunchLawrenceADined on 9/24/2014This is a good place for a business lunch in the Loop. Good location, good food, good service and the tables are spaced far enough apart to have a conversation.Special Features:
- Good food great wineiwuproDined on 9/13/2014We had a lovely meal. All of our items were delicious and carefully prepared. The wine list is one of the largest in Chicago, and the selection of Italian wines across regions is tremendous. These include some great values.Special Features:
- ExcellentjacksonDined on 8/30/2014Food and service were ten star. Great wine list. Rack of lamb was perfect. Apps were good. Good service. Friendly. Wines were good match. A top Italian choiceSpecial Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/26/2014I frequently dine at the Italian Village/Vivere Room. I've been doing so for about 40 years. I enjoy the place, the food, and the staff. I would recommend the "Village" to anyone who's looking for a good place to eat in the central Loop area.Special Features:
- LouthelistenerrDined on 8/19/2014Greeted at the door with a smile and by name. Service followed same standards and food was top quality. It was a lunch with a favorite relative but would have been just as perfect if would have been my best client! Soups and salads sound trivial but the savory tomato soup made us our tongues say "hooray" and a house salad cam from a very "special" house, dresses appropriately, and the spinach salad would have pleased even Popeye! Will be back soon for dinner!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FavoriteCarolDined on 8/13/2014Vivere never disappoints us. We always eat there when in Chicago. The food is wonderful and the service is exceptional. We always ask for Dane to be our server...he is soooooo great. Also, the decor is so fun.Special Features:
- TiredTiredDined on 8/6/2014The service and people working at the restaurant were very nice and friendly. The food was average. The decor is somewhat dated and it was interesting they sat us in the upper level when the bottom area was not full. It smelled a little old and musty in the upper area.
- Perfect in every wayIndydinerVIPDined on 7/12/2014In all my years of fine dining the pheasant ravioli was one of the top 10 meals I have ever eaten. The 1988 Dominus was incredible as well. Awesome restaurant.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great location for theatereasytopleaseDined on 7/12/2014This restaurant is part of Italian Village. Small selection of entrees. Food was just OK for Chicago's great dinning selections, but the location can't be beat for Bank of American theater.
- Theater Goers Beware!!!FoodieGirlDined on 7/11/2014I rarely write reviews, but need to write one tonight. Vivere is NOT the restaurant to go if you have a theater engagement, which is ironic as it is in the theater district. We arrived for our 6:00 pm reservation, making sure the waiter knew we had a 7:30 pm show, which was a 2- minute walk away. We ordered wine (from an excellent list), then a salad to share & 2 entrees. The salad (while it was uniquely good) took 20 minutes to arrive. When the entrees finally arrived after 20-30 minutes more, it was after 7:10 pm (7:12 by my watch), so we had to inhale our food, barely having the chance to taste what could have been a delicious meal. We paid, rushed out, having never eaten such an expensive meal in 8 minutes flat. Not a good experience.
- Never go wrong hereConnieVIPDined on 7/9/2014We've been to Vivere many times and never been disappointed. No wonder they are the longest running Italian restaurant in Chicago!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- VivereNickiDined on 7/8/2014For pre-theater dining, I would recommend Vivere. They all seemed programmed to give us a nice dining experience while getting us to our show on time. Valet staff was efficient and fast (and $12 seemed like a good price to me). Our food was good and we had a funny, helpful and efficient waiter. Wish I could remember his name! He actually gently talked me out of ordering dessert because he said we probably wouldn't get to the theater on time. He suggested ordering biscotti to take with us. He was absolutely right and I was so grateful!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great for Pasta and WineEagle779VIPDined on 7/5/2014We had the tagliatelle bolognese and agnolottini. The pastas were superb, perfectly al dente and lightly sauced. The otherwise excellent Caesar salad lacked anchovies. The outstanding wine list had many American and international choices as well as a huge selection of Italian wines, all at generally reasonable prices. Service was efficient and prompt, if not particularly friendly. The menu offers a limited selection of meat, fish and poultry dishes, although they offer several specials in these categories. The decor is a bit dated, but pleasant. Conversation-friendly.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 7/5/2014The experience was nothing special---decor seems dated, pasta entrees were okay. One exception was the Caprese Salad!! One of the best I have ever had---ripe flavorful tomatoes, fresh basil, lightly roasted onions, perfectly balanced balsamic vinegar and oil!! I'm reliving the experience as I write!! that salad was superb. The seafood with pasta was passable---not very flavorful---tiny scallops, flavorless shrimp. Not one of my favorites, but I would take that salad home any day!!
- Great food experiencewewillllbebackVIPDined on 7/1/2014Early dining here for pre-theater. Our meals, and the service, were very good. Caesar salad was very nice, the in-house dressing made it delicious. Sea scallop's in chili sauce was a bit on the spicy side, but good enough to finish, and if its too spicy the sauce is on the side. The risotto with lump crab and morel mushrooms was also great; full-flavored and filling, very satisfying. The goat cheese and blueberry cheesecake dessert was wonderful; very smooth and flavorful, big enough to split.Special Features:
- Great ExperienceArkieFoodieVIPDined on 6/28/2014We liked Vivere at the Italian Village so well that we would have returned to one of their other restaurants in the same building during our three night stay, but I couldn't get a reservation at a time that worked with our theater tickets. The food was delicious, and our server was polished, experienced, and knowledgable. I did feel that he was a bit rushed/over-busy, which was somewhat distracting. The restaurant is beautifully decorated and romantic. Incredible and well-balanced wine list, with good choices at every price point. Would definitely return. Total bill for one salad (large enough to split), two entrees, and a bottle of wine was $122.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Elegant Italian in LoopengprofVIPDined on 6/27/2014This is one of Chicago's best restaurants, and has been so for a long while. Seriously underestimated by the foodie crowd-- probably because of association with Italian Village. Elegant decor. Very carefully prepared and tasty traditional northern Italian food (NOT tomato-sauce oriented). Excellent courses throughout meal, from anti-pasti to secondi. Best Italian wine list in city-- by far. And not overpriced.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/27/2014I've been to the Italian Village (particularly, Vivere) many times. It seldom disappoints.Special Features:
- Excellent!lgrizzleDined on 6/21/2014We got the chef's tasting menu with wine pairings and both the food and pairings were amazing! We will definitely go again next time we are in Chicago. It was a great experience and we have already sent some friends there.Special Features:
- outstanding service!winendineDined on 6/21/2014Fabulous attentive service! Celebrated our anniversary and staff was very attentive and friendly. Definately would return for special occasions again. Food was wonderful, loved the risotto and fish!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- My Favorite Restaurant.CarolDined on 6/21/2014My husband and I never miss dinning at Vivere when we are in Chicago. The food is great as is the service. Dane is the best server ever. We just love everything .Special Features:
- Nice to be back...bobbDined on 6/21/2014We hadn't been back to Vivere for quite a while and were looking forward to the evening. We moved our departure from home ahead due to a fearsome forecast for highway construction en route and ah approaching severe thunderstorm moving in, and as a result were forty five minutes ahead of our reservation. Not to worry, we were welcomed with customary hospitality and service was paced quite leisurely. The food was just as good as we remembered and our server seemed exceptionally knowledgeable and eager to please. By the time we had completed a very nice meal and dessert, the storm had passed by leaving us dry and mellow. This was the standard we have come to expect from Vivere.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Pre-Theatre Must eat hereSeasonedDinerDined on 6/19/2014We ate hear before attending MOTOWN, which was only a short walk away. We arrived early (5pm) so we had plenty of time to enjoy each course. Nicholas was extremely attentive without hovering.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2008VIPDined on 6/17/2014Despite the hype, Mediocre food in a great setting. The service was decent but i can get better Italian food at Olive Garden. How do you ruin Bolognese sauce at an Italian restaurant?
- won't be backMargeVIPDined on 6/9/2014Three of the four of us had lamb cooked "the way the chef suggested" it was raw, not the medium rare described. One of the plates had lamb that was not even seared just gray. I ordered the pheasant stuffed ravioli - it was smaller than a postage stamp, so there could have been anything stuffed inside, and it was vey dry, think they forgot the sauce. Waiter was sorry about the lamb, that didn't make the meal any better. Won't be going back.
- Special In Every WayDonPVIPDined on 6/7/2014Vivere, under the watchful eye of the third generation of Capitinin's to own and operate the Italian Village complex, has never disappointed us. A Chicago treasure, it is neither pretentious nor ordinary just a wonderful venue for a special evening. We brought sophisticated guests from California this past weekend who could not have been more impressed and we could not have been more pleased. For starters, Geraldo casually answered the guest's question regarding the "wine list" by providing a catalog of the 40,000 bottle collection they house in their "celler"! The chosen wines arrived promptly as did our extraordinary meals customized to the particular taste of each of the diners. A special evening in every way.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Amazing mealj2x73Dined on 6/7/2014Had the reasonably-priced chef's tasting menu, with wine pairing, and it was out of this world. Far exceeded expectations. The wine list is extensive, the service top-notch. A great meal. Can't wait to go back next time I'm in Chicago.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 958 reviews are from the Vivere reviews archive.
- Great tasting menuTheWolfsVIPDined on 5/24/2014We dined here after a broadway show and really enjoyed our meal. We had the tasting menu and the menu was created for us by the chef. He came out and talked with us about our preferences. Four people dined and 2 people got the same dish and the other 2 a different dish so we could sample a few things. We were pleasantly surprised about the meal--would definitely go back here. The wine pairings were also great.Special Features:
- Just Keeps Getting Better!AndyDined on 5/23/2014Been coming here for years and it just keeps getting better. They never slack off - food and service are always top notch!!Special Features:
- Convenient to Chase AuditoriumLSFChicGoDined on 5/22/2014The food here was good, but the place just didn't do it for me. Perhaps it was the overdone decor in need of updating. My veal chop, which was very expensive, was tough and bland, despite the mushroom sauce. The salad was conventional. Nothing said this place is great, except that it's convenient for "Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me" tapings.
- Romantic anniversary outingOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 5/19/2014We had a nice evening of dining and walking down to millenium park. My wife loved her salad that they were able to add chicken to making it very delicious. My steak was less appealing, but was good. I think I didn't like the way it was prepared, but it was acceptable. I am more of a NY strip traditionalist in that regardSpecial Features:
- excelentenriqueDined on 5/17/2014one of the best restaurants ever visited...everything was remarcable...congratulations..!!!Special Features:
- Terribly understaffedfoodisloveDined on 5/17/2014The food is great (albeit fairly small portions) however the service is so terrible that it is in no way worth paying the hefty prices. We waited over an hour to get our food and 20 minutes afterwards to bring the check. With so many good italian options in the city, there's no reason to come here.
- Very upscaleNoodlesDined on 5/14/2014I've been to the Italian Village many times, at all three levels. Vivere is upscale and great for lunch for special occasions.Special Features:
- Business entertainingcitylunchDined on 5/13/2014Excellent atmosphere for business entertaining, delicious food, fast and efficient serviceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SuperbMarieVIPDined on 5/12/2014The food is superb, the wine list is extensive and quite interesting, the service is attentive in the European style, and the setting is stunning. Absolutely top notch!Special Features:
- Top Notch all the wayChiBeriaVIPDined on 5/12/2014Always the perfect spot for business lunch. You can depend on it on its excellenceSpecial Features:
- Superior ServiceMuzik1002Dined on 5/10/2014Great delicious food and varied menu. Warm and relaxed atmosphere. Excellent and timely service. Will definitely return.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- DisappointedOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 5/7/2014My husband and I had lunch there to celebrate closing our home. I had a selection from their Prixe Fixe menu. Awful.. small portion, would have been ok if salmon and cod had been delicious! The salmon was hard and the cod was completely bland and hard. No flavor. The salad was much better, it didn't redeem meal though.Special Features:
- Don't go with a vegan...LoneVeganVIPDined on 5/3/2014The menu is very heavy on cheese and butter so is not vegan friendly. I was told to order one of the meat/fish entrées and they would take out the meat product, but the prices were very high for any suitable options and I was concerned because cheese was a major component of all the suitable dishes. I asked for just pasta and vegetables, but was given only one option - a veggie risotto. It tasted fine, but the price was $29 - one of the highest prices on the menu. It definitely was not worth more than the chicken dish of my companion, which was $22.Special Features:


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What can Brown do for you? Well, it might sue you if you use its distinctive color. That's because UPS has trademarked its shade of brown.
Numerous brands have trademarked colors:
- Tiffany & Co.'s blue
- The Home Depot's orange
- Caterpillar's yellow
- Owens Corning's pink
- Coca-Cola's red
- Cadbury's purple
- Post-It's yellow
- John Deer's green
- Fiskars' orange
- Target's red
Another is designer Christian Louboutin's red, used as a brand identifier on the soles of its women's shoes, made popular by Sex and the City's Sarah Jessica Parker.
Louboutin registered its shade of red with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2008, and is now trying to prevent competitor Yves Saint Laurent from selling scarlet-soled shoes of its own. The fashion house says YSL's copycat soles "threaten to mislead the public."
At issue is whether Louboutin's use of red is functional. Colors can only be trademarked in the U.S. if intended to identify the brand. If color is employed in a functional way, such as using green to denote earth-friendly products, competitors cannot be prevented from doing the same. Otherwise, it is unfair competition.
The district court judge in the Louboutin case reasoned that, in the fashion industry, color is always functional. Doesn't color, in the context of fashion, enhance beauty? Isn't that the role of color? And in the fashion industry, is it even right for a brand to own a color?
So, does Louboutin's red enhance the attractiveness of its shoes or simply identify them?
It's a gray area.


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Bereavement Services
In Loving Memory of Tabitha Rose Markle
This is Tabitha's story:
Tabitha was born on April 25th, 2012 at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, MN. She was baptized on June 24, 2012 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Hastings, MN with her cousins, Jacqueline and Gabriella.
Tabitha's first month at home was spent sleeping a lot. Isabelle loved spending time with Tabitha and gave lots of kisses.
During Tabitha's second month, Isabelle continued to show her affection. Tabitha continued to sleep a lot... She made her first visit to the Mall of America.
Tabitha had many new experiences in her third month... She was awake more. She played with toys on the play mat and found herself in the mirror. It was also during this month that we celebrated the 4th of July and Daddy's birthday.
In Tabitha's fourth month of life, she found her fingers and rolled over. She loved to spend time with her sister. We celebrated Mommy and Isabelle's birthdays during this month.
Tabitha practiced rolling, holding toys and sitting during her fifth month. She was on the boat, played at Maple Maze and tried to hold a cup.
During her sixth month, she had fruits and veggies, played with toys, tried scooting & cheered on the Vikings.
We celebrated Thanksgiving and Halloween during Tabitha's seventh month. We visited Santa twice. We decorated the house for Christmas. Tabitha brushed her teeth. And, she showed much love to her sister.
During Tabitha's eighth month, Tabitha enjoyed the Christmas decorations, loved playing with her sister, jumped in the jumper and got even better at crawling.
In her ninth month, there were some really good memories. Tabitha was really good at crawling and playing. She tried to stand on her own. This month we celebrated Christmas.
On January 18th, 2013, a tragic accident happened when the family car broke through the ice on Lake Minnetonka. The entire family was transported to Ridgeview Medical Center. Tabitha went by helicopter to Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. There, the medical staff worked hard to revive Tabitha. On January 21st, 2013, they decided the efforts were not working, discontinued life support and pronounced Tabitha dead. The funeral was on January 25th, 2013 at St Peter's Church in Richfield, MN.
Twinkle, twinkle little star.
Brandon Patrick Elias was born on July 19th, 2006. He weighed 4 lbs and 8 oz and was 18 inches long. From the very beginning, we knew Brandon would change our lives forever. He was the most amazing baby we have ever held in our arms.
Brandon's life started out pretty crazy. He was born via C-section and had some troubles breathing but the doctors got that going right away. After the C-section, Brandon was rushed to the NICU for observation. When mom was out of recovery from her C-section, she was able to go see him but was not able to hold him until the next day.
The doctors were concerned from the beginning about Brandon's tone. He was not as responsive as most babies. As days passed, we worked on getting him to feed from a bottle. He was able to maintain some of his feeding, but was not able to finish a bottle.
On August 5th, 17 days after Brandon was born, we finally received a diagnosis for Brandon's condition. It was not a diagnosis the doctors had hoped to give us. We were told our son had a terminal illness and did not have much time. We met with the geneticist who let us know Brandon had a condition known as Zellweger's Syndrome. The condition is a genetic condition that affects 1 in 50,000 to 200,000 babies. This means only 1 baby born each year in MN has this syndrome.
All of this being said, we looked forward to taking Brandon home and enjoying our time with him. We celebrated his birth and were very proud parents. In the time Brandon was alive, he touched so many lives and we know he was here with us for a reason. He was the most amazing little boy.
Brandon died on Oct. 2nd at 6:30 a.m. He was in our arms as he took his last breath. He was so beautiful and his time here on earth was much too short. Since we knew our son had a terminal illness, we thanked God for him every day. We are so truly blessed for the time we had with our son. We wish we had had more time; but we know we will get to see him again some day. The pain of him being gone is very strong but we also feel glad that he no longer suffers. We will always miss our Brandon.
In loving memory of Gaven Lee Baldry
Date of birth April 14, 2009
Date of death April 15, 2009
This is Gaven's story.
From the moment we were pregnant with you, we knew you would be our precious miracle. We loved you with all of our heart. You touched so many people in the short time you were here with us.
When God took you home to be with him, you took a piece of our heart with you.
You will forever be our son, your sister and brother will always have a brother. You will never be forgotten. You will always be with us in our hearts and thoughts. God and the angels will hold and sing to you until we can hold you again.
We love and miss you, our precious Gaven.
With all our love,
Your Mommy and Daddy
In loving memory of Cameron David Allen
Cameron struggled with brain cancer from his date of diagnosis, November 26, 2006 until his death at age 13 on September 14, 2008.
Cameron enjoyed being read to and had acute listening skills. He could tell you every detail about several stories being read to him at once. He enjoyed playing UNO, Legos, Clue and Wii.
I hope people remember Cameron for his contagious sense of humor and fighting spirit. Cameron never showed self-pity nor did he question why he was chosen to go out this way. Instead, he showed tremendous courage and grace and set a beautiful example by living life fully. Cameron was and still is an inspiration to those of us who had the honor of caring for him. He had this amazing spirit and sense of who he was and knew instinctively the example he was setting for other kids going through cancer treatment. His one wish for the world was that everyone be truly happy. He had a way of slowing people down and teaching us to live life in the moment. I'd like to think he accomplished that.
Cameron died peacefully on September 14th and I was honored to be by his side as he took his last breath. Although the pain of missing him is intense, I feel relieved that he no longer suffers and is no longer a prisoner of his failing body. I am extremely grateful to Krista, his Hospice nurse, who so elegantly helped us through the most difficult time in our lives.
With love for my son,
Paula Allen (mama)
Words of Remembrance for Heather Halling
By Kristin Gee
June 15, 2006
Phil and Leah wish to extend their deepest thanks to all who supported them this long year. Many people, even strangers, helped them by giving of themselves and their resources. This support is part of the answer to the question asked so often of Phil and Leah, "How do you do it?" The care and support of others makes them strong. But they also found in themselves an inner strength that is a gift from God. They had no choice but to keep putting one foot in front of the other and to keep dealing with each new challenge.
They wish to extend their appreciation to their employers, Innovent and Rainbow Foods, and especially to their bosses, who have been very flexible and good to them. Thank you also to the friends who offered natural cures and miracle medicines and far-away treatments, anything to make her better! Phil and Leah wanted to keep Heather surrounded by family. Leah said, "Heather knows she gets a lot of attention here, so she hangs out around here."
Through this process, Leah learned to see and appreciate the good in people and all around. "Heather showed us the beautiful things in life and how to be strong." Leah learned to see what is most important in life and she found in Phil a very attentive, affectionate, and understanding husband and father. "He is a good daddy." Phil had it in him and so did Leah and Kendra. They have been strong; and, in part, that is because of you. Thank you!
It seemed to Phil and Leah a long wait for their second child. When they were finally expecting, it was a rough pregnancy. Leah was in and out of the hospital and on bed rest for months. When their baby girl arrived, she was 5 weeks early but weighted almost 7 pounds. Heather Danielle Halling was born on August 11, 2003; the very day that her Great-Grandma Edna Halling left us for heaven at almost 99 years of age. Heather's middle name, Danielle, is for her uncle, Dan, who never got to see his precious nieces.
Of course, little Heather was well worth the wait. She was a bundle of joy and was very outgoing. She was always fond of music and Leah's family noticed Heather humming to herself at only 3 months old. By singing, she was able to put herself to sleep. She progressed normally for her first year and a half. She was a good eater before she got sick and some of her favorites were chicken, rice, fish, and cookies. She got people's attention everywhere she went and attached to people easily. Heather loved to go visiting and like to go to the mall. Phil joked that Heather was like her mother. Heather loved her hair to be braided and she liked lots of accessories. She loved to be pretty.
The girls often slept overnight with Grandpa Bart and Rosie, who became kind of second parents to Heather. When she was at their house, she liked to watch the singing and dancing on the Philippine channel. Sometimes she only wanted Rosie and would say, "I want naney (nah-nai)." And to Bart, she would say, "Lolo, I want cape." What they gave her was basically coffee-mate, but she thought she was having coffee.
When Heather started limping and saying, "Owie" about a year ago, it was just the start of much uncertainly, lots of tests, bad news, many hospital stays, lots of medications, chemo treatments, and radiation. The mental, emotional, and physical strain on Phil and Leah was at times almost too much to bear; but they never gave up and they never lost hope for their little girl. We all wanted a miracle for Heather; but she herself was a miracle. During this life we may always wonder "why?" but we can hang on to the hope of seeing Heather again. Jesus said, "Let the little children come unto me." Jesus is holding Heather right now and she wouldn't come back if she could.
During her treatments, Heather was cooperative and remembered the routine at the clinic. She would raise her arm, open her mouth, and offer both ears. During radiation, Heather did not give Phil and Leah a hard time, even though she would wake up every day after radiation distressed. Heather did want to be asked if her vitals were to be taken somewhere different, such as on her leg, so she could give her OK or not. And she was known to tell a few nurses and others, "No way!"
Heather was promised a treat or other reward after each radiation treatment. One nurse, who became attached to Heather, gave Heather a bottle of her daughter's nail polish. She even did Heather's nails a few times. Toward the end of the treatments, Heather would get 2 bottles of nail polish, one for each hand. If she saw 3 or 4, she wanted all of them. Pretty soon she wanted the whole bag. She got it, of course, and Leah had to bring the bag back so the nurse had it to give again.
Heather decided that her favorite color was yellow, which is her grandma's favorite color, too. She never wavered on this and noticed yellow things everywhere. She wanted to wear yellow all the time. When her parents needed to change her clothes and she was mad about it, as long as the outfit was another yellow one, it was OK.
Heather loved to collect things and she like coins. Last month, at Grandpa Chuck's funeral visitation, Heather was giving kisses for money for her trip to Florida. When they counted all the coins, she had collected about $30.
Wishes And More sent the family to Florida where they enjoyed the Magic Kingdom and Sea World. Kendra and Heather loved playing in the sand and collecting shells at the beach. At the village' "Give Kids the World'" they experienced caves, waterfalls, and a big gingerbread house. Heather was happy on the carousel and entered the fantasy world of everlasting ice cream. At Universal Studios, they saw Fear Factor and a tornado storm with thunder and fire and buildings blowing up. Heather wasn't scared. In the 3-D movie, it was very loud and the chairs were really moving. Kendra was scared, but not Heather; she seemed to enjoy it all.
Grandma Cely and Kendra stayed in the adjoining room at the hotel. The last night before they flew home, the air conditioner was making Grandma Cely sneeze. She sneezed many, many times during the night; and each time it made Heather giggle. Every time she saw Grandma Cely after that, Heather teased her by saying, "Naney achoo! Naney achoo!"
Heather had a zest for life even when she was physically wiped out. A couple of weeks ago, Grandma Nancy and Aunt Emilie took her to the Como Zoo. When Heather heard they were going to the zoo, she quickly added things to her purses, including coins of course, animals, probably nail polish, and even cars. She clutched her two purses tightly and wouldn't let them go. At the zoo, as soon as she saw each animal, she got so excited and immediately looked for Grandma Nancy and motioned her over to make sure she saw it, too. Heather was more excited to share the experience than in seeing the animal herself.
Heather shared many experiences with her big sister, Kendra. Heather adored "ate." They played a lot of pretend together and Kendra was always teaching heather new games. Kendra helped to take good care of baby Heather and was the best sister a little girl could ask for. I have Kendra's Barbie "Fun 4 Friends" activity book. She did some of these activities with Heather and, on the back cover, Kendra filled in the blanks of "A Take of Friendship!" It reads: "My best friend is Heather. I like her because she is nice and clever. One of her favorite things is egg toys. We really like to play together. Sometimes we go to McDonald's. We had so much fun together. We're good friends because she is my sister.
Just a couple of days before she passed away, Heather had a car ride at the mall on a quarter machine. She was holding tight to the steering wheel and it was rocking and very jerky. She wasn't scared at all. She just wasn't scared, right up to the end. And she didn't want others feeling sorry for her. When Phil and Leah were feeling bad and staring sadly at her, Heather got mad and said, "No!" and covered her face. She wanted people to always be happy.
She did make so many people happy. I know that you realize what a very special girl Heather was. She was loved deeply by so many. Even complete strangers seemed to notice how special she was. Many of you have fond memories of a charming girl. I treasure the times I had with her. What a sense of humor she had! My boys loved to play with her. Our collection of pretend food doesn't get played with much anymore. But, when Heather was over, they all did silly things like putting fried eggs on their heads.
Heather said, "owie" here and there; but, most of the time, she never showed that she had had enough. She was brave and tough. She was always smiling, even when she was sick. She had a winning personality.
She lived her life to the fullest; and, when she left this earth, Heather flew to heaven as fast as she could go. She is there now, singing and dancing in her new body. Maybe she's singing "The Butterfly Song." She can run around now without anything attached to her. No more tumor and no more g-tube. I know that Heather is looking down on us right now and blowing kisses and saying to us, "just believe like a little child. Trust in Jesus. I'll be here waiting for you."


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"The condition that an operational leader present an 'imminent' threat of violent attack against the United States does not require the United States to have clear evidence that a specific attack on U.S. persons and interests will take place in the immediate future," the memo states.
Instead, it says, an "informed, high-level" official of the U.S. government may determine that the targeted American has been "recently" involved in "activities" posing a threat of a violent attack and "there is no evidence suggesting that he has renounced or abandoned such activities." The memo does not define "recently" or "activities."
Washington: Seattle police had bought two drones with a Homeland Security grant, ostensibly for hostage situations and search-and-rescue operations. Amid protests, the mayor cancelled the program.
Florida: Police have expressed interest in using drones for crowd control, since they would be more cost effective than helicopters. The state legislature rejected this reasoning, and has banned using drones for crowd control…but they can still be used for "certain emergencies, suspected terrorism and surveillance that's been approved by a judge."
North Dakota: Last year, North Dakota became the first state to arrest a U.S. citizen with the help of drone surveillance. A few months later, a court upheld authorities' use of the drone.
Texas: The Department of Safety has used drones in the past, but a state lawmaker has introduced a bill to limit their use (though not ban them).
California: The sheriff of Alameda County was scheduled to make his case for using drones to local lawmakers this week. Like Seattle, it appears he will play the hostage-situation-search-and-rescue card.


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Matthew Hiltzik on How to Pitch Yourself at an Interview, and Other PR Trends
In part three of our interview with Hiltzik Strategies founder Matthew Hiltzik, we talk about agency vs. in house PR, Hiltzik's biggest PR mentors, and how PR professionals should pitch themselves during interviews.
"Don't look at your resume as very linear…it's more about in terms of the type of skills and the type of experiences and the type of capabilities you have as a result, where then it's almost secondary about where you did them, it's more about what you did," he said.
Part I: Hiltzik talks about representing some of the biggest names in media, including Katie Couric, Glenn Beck, Don Imus and Alec Baldwin.
Part II: Hiltzik discusses Toyota's crisis communications strategy, media polarization and more
Media Beat is mediabistro.com's interview series with the movers and shakers of the media world. View all past episodes at MediaBeat.com.
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