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By Catherine Coleman Brawer. Andrea Monfried Editions, dist. by ACC, May 2014. 240 p. ill. ISBN 9780991026302 (cl.), $60.00.
Reviewed June 2014
Lee Viverette, Director of Library, Special Collections and Publications, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, email@example.com
This monograph focuses much-deserved attention on a female artist active as a muralist in the early twentieth century in America whose achievements have been obscured over time, even as her work remains highly visible. Hildreth Meière executed over 100 commissions including the famous large scale roundel decorations on the exterior of Radio City Music Hall at Rockefeller Center in New York that depict art deco style personifications of Song, Dance, and Drama. Her work may also be seen in other well-known public spaces such as Nebraska's State Capitol, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, and numerous ecclesiastical buildings throughout the United States.
Biographical information details how Meière succeeded in transcending the boundaries ascribed to her gender in a profession dominated by men and boldly pursued every educational and artistic opportunity afforded her. It is fascinating and inspiring to learn how she cleverly navigated the complex logistical and aesthetic challenges posed by each unique architectural project. Her working relationship with prominent architects such as Bertram Goodhue are explored thoroughly.
A compelling aspect of this study of Meière's artistic achievement is the recognition of Meière's groundbreaking innovation and versatility in design technique and application.
The title of the book is slightly misleading in that the book is more comprehensive than the title suggests. The exploration of Meière's work in the final chapter "Beyond Art Deco," while informative, is a bit anticlimactic as the later representative work is decidedly less exciting than the art deco murals.
Authors Catherine Coleman Brawer and Kathleen Murphy Skolnik have produced the definitive book on Meière and the depth of their archival research is evident. They provide a wealth of scholarly documentation of her career, creative processes, and working methods with corresponding notes, index, and an appendix with a chronological list of commissions. The book is lavishly illustrated with documentary photographs and luscious new photography of Meière's work provided by Meière's granddaughter Hildreth Meière Dunn. In addition, Richard Guy Wilson, the renowned architectural historian from University of Virginia has contributed the foreword.
The title is essential for decorative arts or art and architectural libraries and appropriate for any comprehensive art reference collection or general library. Brawer also recently produced a catalogue entitled Walls Speak: The Narrative Art of Hildreth Meière to accompany the recent exhibition of the same name held at the Quick Center for the Arts in NY and the National Building Museum in Washington, DC in 2011 that will also be of interest to those interested in this topic.

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October 17th, 2015 by Soderstrom Skin Institute
One of the most incredible discoveries in health care over the past two decades has been the use of laser light for the effective treatment of skin diseases and skin rejuvenation. Laser beams have been created that penetrate the skin at different depths, different widths, and with different degrees of intensity. They have also been designed so the skin, or colors in the skin, absorbs different wavelengths of light. To create this multitude of possibilities, a large number of different colored laser beams had to be engineered scientifically and technologically.
Vein Therapy
Veins, blood vessels, and red birthmarks absorb laser light in the color of red, therefore, these laser beams can treat these types of lesions. The laser beam is directed into the skin and in all cases it passes harmlessly through the skin, but once it hits the red in the blood vessels it heats up the blood as the light is then absorbed causing the area to be treated.
Tattoo Removal
Blue, green, red, or yellow colors all have to be treated with different laser beams. Tattoo treatments and pigment in tattoos, therefore, over a period of time and multiple treatments, can be effectively diminished or completely eradicated. This is also true for ink stains, tar abrasions, and other forms of pigment in the skin, including birthmarks.
Scar Revision
One of the more intriguing uses of laser technology over the last few years is the treatment of burn victims from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. These severe scars can be treated with specific laser beams to help diminish and smooth them out, and in some cases, bring the skin back to normal texture and configuration. This is also possible for surgical scars — even hard, raised or discolored scars can be softened and flattened by laser treatments.
Skin Resurfacing
Laser beams that are absorbed by water have also been devised. Water in skin cells absorb certain laser light and therefore the textured skin of the face, lines and wrinkles in those areas can all be treated with laser beams. Fine lines and wrinkles are not only treated that way, but laser beams that break up the collagen that has been damaged and healed in a weblike fashion from sun damage can be broken up and as it heals, it heals back more towards normal. Therefore, lines, wrinkles, sun damage and furrows on the skin can all be smoothed and improved greatly. This is also true for acne scars and wide pores.
Pigmented Spots
Pigment on the skin is also treated well by lasers that are absorbed into the brownish color pigment. This can treat pigment spots on the face, chloasma, melasma, and lentigines up and down the backs of the hands and forearms in people who have had a lifetime of sun exposure.
Warts are interesting because the laser beam is absorbed through the wart and into the blood vessels that feed the wart, drying up the blood vessels and starving the warts to death.
Hair Reduction
The hair follicle is penetrated by laser light. Once the follicle is affected by the light and heat of the laser, it becomes thinner and lighter in color. In some cases it disappears completely. Repeated treatments are usually needed for optimal results.
Be An Informed Consumer
The Illinois Dermatology Society has worked hard with the Legislature over the past few years to define rules by which lasers are used in the State of Illinois on patients. Those rules require certain expertise, such as physicians to be available in some cases or present, if not doing the lasers themselves. In addition, it should be noted that there are risks with all treatments, including burns, scars, infections, increased and decreased pigment and others. Talk to your physician before beginning any laser treatment program. Make sure an experienced laser professional is treating your skin.
Soderstrom Skin Institute is celebrating 40 years in Central Illinois and is proud to announce the opening of their new office at 2100 Jacobssen Drive in Normal. For additional information on their laser treatment program, contact them toll free at 888-970-7546. To schedule a consultation with Board Certified Dermatologist Carl W. Soderstrom, MD at their new office in Normal, please call 309-268-9980. Before and after photos are available at SoderstromSkinInstitute.com.


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"I'm living proof of whatever you're born into, your tomorrow could be totally different..." - will.i.am
Los Angeles - July 9, 2013 - E! launches its new original series "Pop Innovators," which celebrates the lives and work of those unique individuals who are amongst the most influential names in pop culture, with the inspiring story of seven-time Grammy Award-winning musician and creative innovator will.i.am. This revealing one-hour special is told in the star's own words, along with those in will.i.am's trust circle including Fergie, apl.de.ap, Taboo, Red Foo, Jimmy Iovine, and friends from the old neighborhood as they share their thoughts, stories and recollections about the man who continues to grow and change with the world around him. While music was the spring board for this tremendous talent, see how will has taken his forward-thinking attitude into technology, politics, education, space travel and more when the one-hour special "Pop Innovators: will.i.am" premieres Sunday, July 14th at 8:00pm ET/PT only on E!
Born William Adams, will.i.am grew up impoverished in Boyle Heights, a tough neighborhood in L.A.'s east side. Surrounded by gangs and crime, will.i.am found strength from his family (especially his mother and grandmother) and a positive outlet in music. His mother bussed him to an affluent white high school so he could have a better education and more opportunities. Childhood friend Red Foo (LMFAO) also attended the school with him and talks about will.i.am's early fashion innovation that started there, born out of need.
From will.i.am's early group Atban Klan, which earned him his first $10,000 record contract, to his success with making "The Black Eyed Peas" into a world-wide phenomenon, will.i.am has been changing music for years. His desire for positive change in the world led him into wide-ranging areas including politics, where his influence was most obvious during Barak Obama's 2008 Presidential campaign. will.i.am also gives back to lower income communities with his "i.am angel foundation," and is breaking new ground in education for not only the arts and design, but also science and technology. His desire to inspire kids to become involved in tech led him to team up with NASA and create a song that became the first to be beamed to earth from Mars.
Notable quotes from the special include:
"The world doesn't need another opinion, they need another person taking action. So I take action because I see the call and respond." - will.i.am
"...when you're 12, 13, especially in the projects, you start developing a sense of where you're at. A lot of the kids our age started kind of transforming into the street life, and he was one of the few people that just kind of stood in his own style and his own way..." - Joshua "Mook" Alvarez (Childhood Friend)
"His family always gave him a voice. When someone doesn't hinder you from your ideas, doesn't tell you, you can't, that's really important growing up in the areas and the conditions that he knew." - Fatima Robinson (Friend/Famed Choreographer)
"Will had an impact in influencing what the next style of music is going to be. He made something that was tangible for the masses. I think that moved the needle a lot." - Taboo (Black Eyed Peas)
"He has a voice for popular culture and he can use that voice to make change for the better. And he takes that as a responsibility." - Polo Molina (Manager)
"Will.i.am is one of those rare artists that will speak out, in terms of social activism, in terms of his political beliefs." "And with the 'Yes We Can' video he was on a forefront of a wave of a big political change that maybe other people didn't see was coming in youth culture, and he saw it." - Lorraine Ali (Music Editor, LA Times)
"Will is like a student of life. And it's just amazing to watch him watching the world. He's like a sponge. And he's an innovator because he's constantly running on that edge of what's going to happen next." - Fergie (The Black Eyed Peas)
"He likes always thinking outside the box. Gutsy. He's not scared to try anything. He's just out of his mind. He's an alien man. We got to check his DNA." - apl.de.ap (The Black Eyed Peas)
"I was in the projects dreaming about doing music and now I've done music. When I had nothing to when I had something I still have this driving force that's fueling me every day and that's making ideas reality..." - will.i.am
"Will's interest is to move the needle of popular culture. And to move the needle of popular culture, you have to be an innovator, right? There's no limit to what he can do. He's always gonna shock people, 'cause people think they got him pigeonholed and figured out, he will shock you and turn around tomorrow and just move it on you. You won't know what hit you." - Jimmy Iovine (Chairman & CEO, Interscope Records)
Political activist, educator, musician, artist, fashion icon, technology fanatic and more, will.i.am continues to make a difference in the world, and is a true pop innovator. Don't miss this revealing one-hour look at his life and successes when "Pop Innovators: will.i.am" premieres Sunday, July 14that 8:00pm ET/PT.
Plus, don't miss "Pop Innovators Presents: Steve Jobs" premiering on August, 15that 10 PM.


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- James Avery(CBS SF/AP) - James Avery, the bulky character actor who laid down the law as the Honorable Philip Banks in "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," has died.
Avery's publicist, Cynthia Snyder, told The Associated Press that Avery died Tuesday. She did not immediately know the cause of death or where he died. He was 65.
Avery played Will Smith's uncle on the popular TV series. His movie credits included "Fletch," "The Prince of Egypt" and "8 Million Ways to Die."
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- Joseph RuskinLOS ANGELES (CBS SF/AP) - Film, television and stage actor Joseph Ruskin has died of natural causes at the age of 89. Ruskin garnered 124 television credits, including "Mission: Impossible" and "Star Trek," and appeared in 25 films, namely "The Magnificent Seven," "Prizzi's Honor" and "Smokin' Aces."
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Tuesday that Ruskin died at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital on Saturday, December 28th.
His last performance was on the stage this year in the Anteus Theatre Company's production of "The Crucible."
Ruskin was born in Haverhill, Mass. He studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University and began his professional acting career at Pittsburgh Playhouse and the Rochester Arena Stage before finding success in television.
He served as SAG's first national vice president for eight years and was the first western regional vice president of Actors Equity Association.
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- Bernard L. Shaw(CBS SF/AP) – Bernard L. Shaw, a San Francisco police officer who served as Patty Hearst's body guard and later married her, has died at the age of 68.
Shaw, Hearst Corp.'s vice president for corporate security, died on Tuesday in Garrison, N.Y. His death was confirmed on Wednesday in a statement by Hearst President and CEO Steven R. Swartz.
[ READ MORE: Husband of Patty Hearst Dies At 68 ]
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- Ray PriceDALLAS (CBS NEWS/AP) - Ray Price, one of country music's most popular and influential singers and bandleaders who had more than 100 hits and was one of the last living connections to Hank Williams, died Monday. He was 87.
Price died Monday afternoon, December 16th at his ranch outside Mount Pleasant, Texas, said Billy Mack Jr., who was acting as a family spokesman. Billie Perryman, the wife of family friend and spokesman Tom Perryman, a DJ with KKUS-FM in Tyler, also confirmed his death.
Price was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2011 and it had recently spread to his liver, intestines and lungs, according East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. He stopped aggressive treatments and left the hospital last Thursday to receive hospice care at home.
[ READ MORE: Influential country music singer Ray Price dies at 87 ]
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- Harold CampingOAKLAND (AP) — The California preacher who used his evangelical radio network and thousands of billboards to broadcast the end of the world has died at age 92.
Family Radio Network marketing manager Nina Romero said Harold Camping died at his home on Sunday, December 15th. She said he had been hospitalized after falling.
Camping was a retired civil engineer who first predicted the Rapture would happen in September 1994. When Judgment Day didn't come to pass, he blamed it on a mathematical error.
[ READ MORE: Judgment Day Arrives For Oakland End-Of-The-World Preacher ]
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- Joan FontaineCARMEL (CBS SF/AP) – Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine has died at the age of 96. Longtime friend Noel Beutel says she died in her sleep in her Carmel home Sunday morning, December 15th.
Fontaine, the sister of fellow actress Olivia de Havilland, won an Academy Award as a naive wife in Alfred Hitchcock's thriller "Suspicion" and also starred in Hitchcock's "Rebecca," which won the Oscar for best picture. Her other films included "The Women," `'Jane Eyre" and "Born to be Bad."
[ READ MORE: Joan Fontaine, Oscar-winner For 'Suspicion,' Dies ]
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- Peter O'TooleLONDON - Peter O'Toole, the charismatic actor who achieved instant stardom as Lawrence of Arabia and was nominated eight times for an Academy Award, has died, his agent said Sunday. He was 81.
O'Toole died Saturday, December 14th after a long illness, Steve Kenis said in a brief statement.
The family was overwhelmed "by the outpouring of real love and affection being expressed towards him, and to us, during this unhappy time. ... In due course there will be a memorial filled with song and good cheer, as he would have wished," O'Toole's daughter Kate said in the statement.
O'Toole got his first Oscar nomination for 1962's "Lawrence of Arabia," his last for "Venus" in 2006. With that he set the record for most nominations without ever winning, though he had accepted an honorary Oscar in 2003.
[ READ MORE: Peter O'Toole, Star of 'Lawrence of Arabia' Dead At 81 ]
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- Tom LaughlinNEW YORK (CBS NEWS/AP) - Actor-writer-director Tom Laughlin, whose production and marketing of "Billy Jack" set a standard for breaking the rules on and off screen, died.
Laughlin's daughter told The Associated Press that he died Thursday, December 12th at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif. Laughlin was 82 and Teresa Laughlin, who acted in the Billy Jack movies, said the cause of death was complications from pneumonia.
"Billy Jack" was released in 1971 after a long struggle by Laughlin to gain control of the low-budget, self-financed movie, a model for guerrilla filmmaking.
[ READ MORE: "Billy Jack" star Tom Laughlin dies at 82 ]
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- Nelson Mandela(CBS NEWS) - Nelson Mandela, who battled apartheid in South Africa before becoming its first democratic leader, died at his home in South Africa after several months of ongoing health problems. He was 95.
South African President Jacob Zuma made the announcement in an address to the nation on Thursday night. Mandela was, to many, the conscience of the world -- a man who emerged from the tiny South African village where he was born to become a defining figure of our time.
[ READ MORE: Nelson Mandela, former South African president and global icon, dies at age 95 ]
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- Paul WalkerSANTA CLARITA (CBSLA.com) — Actor Paul Walker, best known for starring in the "Fast and Furious" film franchise, was one of two people reportedly killed Saturday in a single-vehicle crash in Santa Clarita. Walker was 40.
Walker was a passenger in the red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT that crashed into a tree and then a light pole before bursting into flames. His movie career took off in 2001 when he was cast in the first "Fast and Furious" movie. He played Brian O'Conner. That same year, PEOPLE Magazine took note, naming the blond, blue-eyed 6'2" actor one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world.
The "Fast and Furious" franchise spawned six sequels with "Fast & Furious 7″ currently filming. (That movie is due out July 2014 (according to the imdb.com) and it is unclear if Walker had completed his work on the film.
[ READ MORE: 'Fast And Furious' Star Paul Walker Killed In Fiery Car Crash ]
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- Jane Kean(CBS NEWS) - Jane Kean, a diverse performer who got her start in musical theater but was best known as Trixie alongside Jackie Gleason on a TV revival of "The Honeymooners," has died. She was 90.
Kean, of Toluca Lake, died Tuesday, November 26th at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank where she was taken after a fall that led to a hemorrhagic stroke, her niece, Deirdre Wolpert, said Thursday.
Kean first started working with Jackie Gleason in the 1940s, when they were both on the vaudeville circuit.
Her big break, however, came in 1966 when Gleason and CBS revived the hit show "The Honeymooners" in Miami Beach, expanding it to an hour and adding musical numbers.
Kean, a talented singer with a belting voice, starred on the show for five years as Ed Norton's beleaguered wife Trixie.
She often spoke about those years and her chance to appear on such a well-known program with Gleason, Wolpert said.
"One day she picked up the phone and he said, 'Are you doing anything right now?' and she said 'No' and he said 'Come on down and be Trixie,'" Wolpert said of Gleason. "Two weeks later she was on the plane to Florida."
[ READ MORE: Jane Kean, Star of "The Honeymooners" TV Revival, Dies At 90 ]
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- Sylvia BrowneSAN JOSE (CBS SF) – Well known psychic, Sylvia Browne died Wednesday morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose. She was 77.
Browne was surrounded by family and friends. She is survived by her husband Micahel Ulery, her two sons and three grandchildren. Browne's son, Chris confirms her passing.
[ READ MORE: Famous Psychic, Sylvia Browne Dead At 77 ]
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- Diane Disney-MillerNAPA (CBS SF) – The eldest daughter to Walt Disney and organizer of the Walt Disney Museum at the Presidio, Diane Disney-Miller passed away Tuesday, November 19th at her home in Napa. She was 79. According to Variety, Disney-Miller suffered a fall that she did not fully recover from.
Born to Walt and Lillian Disney in 1933, Diane Disney was their only biological daughter. The Disney's adopted Sharon Mae Disney, after she was born in 1936.
As a philantropist, Disney-Miller help push forward the construction of downtown Los Angeles' Walt Disney Concert Hall. The hall eventually opened in 2004.
In 2009, The Walt Disney Family Museum, LLC opened at the Presidio of San Francisco inside three retrofitted and expanded historic buildings on the Main Post.
[ READ MORE: Walt Disney's Daughter Diane Passes Away At 79 ]
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- Thomas HowardOAKLAND (CBS SF) — Former Oakland Raider Thomas Howard was one of two people killed in a high-speed crash on Interstate Highway 880 in Oakland early Monday morning, November 18th, law enforcement officials confirmed to KPIX 5 Monday.
Witnesses said the driver of a gray BMW 750Li sedan – identified by law enforcement as Howard – was driving north on the highway at more than 100 mph when he lost control and collided with the rear of a semi-truck in the left lane, according to the CHP.
The BMW launched into the air and crossed the center median onto southbound Highway 880, Hill said.
The BMW then struck a Chevrolet Monte Carlo and crashed into a gray Honda CR-V, he said. Officers found the BMW overturned in the southbound right lane and the Honda CR-V blocking the two southbound left lanes, he said.
[ READ MORE: Ex-Raider Among 2 Dead In Oakland I-880 Crash ]
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- Todd ChristensenALPINE, Utah (CBS/AP) – Former Raiders tight end and five-time Pro Bowler Todd Christensen died from complications during liver transplant surgery. He was 57.
Christensen's son, Toby Christensen, said his father passed away Wednesday morning at Intermountain Medical Center near his home in Alpine, Utah.
[ READ MORE: Former Raider Star Todd Christensen Dies At 57 ]
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- Charlie TrotterCHICAGO (CBS) — Iconic Chicago chef Charlie Trotter has died, sources tell CBS 2 and WBBM Newsradio. Trotter, 54, was found unresponsive at his Chicago home in Lincoln Park on Tuesday morning. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital around 10:45am on November 5th, where he was pronounced dead.
The cause of death was not immediately known. Chicago police are conducting a death investigation.
[ READ MORE: Restaurant Icon Charlie Trotter Dead ]
- Lou ReedNEW YORK (CBSNewYorkAP) — Lou Reed, the punk-poet of rock n' roll who profoundly influenced generations of musicians as leader of the 1960s cult band Velvet Underground and remained a vital solo performer for decades after, died Sunday, October 27th.
Reed's literary agent Andrew Wylie said the legendary musician died Sunday morning in Southampton at age 71 of an ailment related to his recent liver transplant.
[ READ MORE: Lou Reed Dead At 71 ]
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- Marcia WallaceLOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Marcia Wallace, best known as the voice of Edna Krabappel on "The Simpsons," has died, according to TMZ.com.
The celebrity website and several other media outlets, including Variety and Entertainment Weekly, are reporting that Wallace past away Friday evening at her home in Los Angeles. She was 70.
The well-known actress and comedienne won an Emmy for her work on the long-running animated series in 1992. Wallace was also known for her role as receptionist Carol Kester on "The Bob Newhart Show" and appeared on "The Brady Bunch" and "Full House."
[ READ MORE: 'Bob Newhart Show' Star Marcia Wallace Dead At 70 ]
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- Hal NeedhamLOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Variety is reports the death of director Hal Needham on October 25th. The "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Cannonball Run" director was 82.
Variety reported Needham died in Los Angeles after a short battle with cancer.
Needham first came to Hollywood prominence as a fearless stuntman known for willing to break bones for a scene. Needham is credited with developing the air bag, something that has saved countless stuntmen from suffering similar broken bones.
[ READ MORE: 'Smokey And The Bandit' Director Hal Needham Dies At 82 ]
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- Kumar PallanaOAKLAND (CBS/AP) — Kumar Pallana, an Indian character actor with bit parts in movies such as "The Terminal" and "The Royal Tennenbaums," died. He was 94.
His son, Dipak Pallana, told the Los Angeles Times that Kumar Pallana collapsed October 10th at the Oakland home they shared while getting ready to play bridge with friends.
[ READ MORE: Indian Character Actor Kumar Pallana Dies In Oakland Home ]
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- Ed LauterVeteran character actor Ed Lauter, whose long, angular face and stern bearing made him an instantly recognizable figure in scores of movies and TV shows during a career that stretched across five decades, died Wednesday, October 16th. He was 74.
Lauter died of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer most commonly caused by asbestos exposure, said his publicist, Edward Lozzi.(credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
- Jan KuehnemundIn the 1980's, Jan Kuehnemund along with Janet Gardner lead the all-girl metal band, "Vixen" which produced two hit singles "Cryin'" and "Edge of a Broken Heart." has died. Kuehnemund died Thursday, October 10th after her bout with cancer. She was 51.
[MUSIC VIDEO: "Edge of a Broken Heart" - Vixen]
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- Tom ClancyBALTIMORE (WJZ) – Best-selling author Tom Clancy died Tuesday, October 1st at Johns Hopkins. His publisher has confirmed his death to several media outlets.
Clancy was the author of more than a dozen spy and military-related novels, including "The Hunt for Red October" and "Patriot Games."
He was a Maryland resident and part owner of the Baltimore Orioles. Clancy was 66.
[ READ MORE: Best-Selling Author Tom Clancy Dies In Baltimore ]
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- Ken NortonLAS VEGAS (CBS LAS VEGAS/AP) — Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who beat Muhammad Ali and then lost a controversial decision to him in Yankee Stadium, died Wednesday at a local care facility, his son said. He was 70.
Norton had been in poor health for the last several years after suffering a series of strokes, a friend of the fighter said.
"He's been fighting the battle for two years," said Gene Kilroy, Ali's former business manager. "I'm sure he's in heaven now with all the great fighters. I'd like to hear that conversation."
Norton broke Ali's jaw in their first bout, beating him by split decision in 1973 in a non-title fight in San Diego. They fought six months later, and Ali narrowly won a split decision.
[ READ MORE: Former Heavyweight Boxing Champ Ken Norton Dies At 70 ]
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- Ray Dolby(CBS SF/AP) - Ray Dolby, an American inventor and audio pioneer who founded Dolby Laboratories, has died at the age of 80.
The company said Thursday that Dolby died in his home at San Francisco. He had been living with Alzheimer's disease for several years and was diagnosed with acute leukemia this summer.
Dolby founded his namesake company in 1965 and grew it into an industry leader in audio technology. His work in noise reduction and surround sound led to the creation of a number of technologies that are still used in music, movies and entertainment today.
"Today we lost a friend, mentor and true visionary," Kevin Yeaman, President and CEO of Dolby Laboratories, said in a statement.
Yeaman said that Dolby invented an entire industry around being able to deliver a sound experience. His work spanned helping to reduce the hiss in cassette recordings to bringing "Star Wars" to life on the big screen in Dolby Stereo.
Dolby held 50 U.S. patents and won a number of notable awards for his life's work, including several Emmys, two Oscars and a Grammy.
[ READ MORE: Ray Dolby, Founder Of Dolby Laboratories, Dies ]
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- Cal WorthingtonLOS ANGELES (CBS) — Cal Worthington, who was best known for his prolific car sales commercials featuring his dog, Spot, has died at the age of 92.
The car sales tycoon died at his ranch in Orland, Calif., on Sunday. Foul play was not suspected.
At its peak, the Worthington Dealership Group owned 29 dealerships in California, Alaska, Nevada, Texas and Washington. The company later sold most of the businesses, but still has three locations, including its famed dealership in Long Beach.
[ READ MORE: Car Dealer Cal Worthington Dead At 92 ]
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- Sir David FrostLONDON, ENGLAND (CBS NEWS) – Veteran British journalist and broadcaster David Frost, who won fame around the world for his TV interviews with former President Richard Nixon, has died, his family told the BBC. He was 74.
Frost died of a suspected heart attack on Saturday night aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship, where he was due to give a speech, the family said. The cruise company Cunard said its vessel left the English port of Southampton on Saturday for a 10-day cruise in the Mediterranean.
Known for incisive interviews of leading public figures, Frost spent more than 50 years as a television star.
[ READ MORE: Sir David Frost, famed for Nixon interviews, dead at 74 ]
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- Lotfi Mansouri(CBS SF/AP) – Lotfi Mansouri, a former general director of the San Francisco Opera for 13 years, has died. He was 84.
In a press release, the San Francisco Opera said Mansouri died Friday after a brief illness with pancreatic cancer and was surrounded by his family.
[ READ MORE: Former SF Opera Director Lotfi Mansouri Dies At 84 ]
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- Julie HarrisWEST CHATHAM, Mass. (CBS SF/AP) - Broadway star Julie Harris, who won an unprecedented five Tony Awards for best actress, has died. She was 87.
Actress and family friend Francesca James says Harris died Saturday at her home in West Chatham, Mass. She had previously suffered two strokes.
Harris' Tony-winning roles ranged from the flamboyant Sally Bowles in "I Am a Camera" to the reclusive Emily Dickinson in "The Belle of Amherst," a one-woman show.
Television viewers knew her as the free-spirited Lilimae Clements in the 1980s series "Knots Landing."
Harris leaped to fame at age 24 playing a lonely 12-year-old tomboy in "The Member of the Wedding." She repeated the Broadway role in the 1952 film version. She was also James Dean's romantic co-star in "East of Eden."
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- Sid Bernstein(CBS NEWS) - Sid Bernstein, the misty-eyed music promoter who booked such top acts as Jimi Hendrix, Judy Garland and the Rolling Stones and hit the highest heights when he masterminded the Beatles' historic concerts at Shea Stadium and Carnegie Hall, died Wednesday, August 21st. He was 95.
His publicist confirmed Bernstein's death to CBS News. Bernstein's daughter, Casey Deutsch, said that he died in his sleep at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. She cited no specific illness, and said he died of natural causes.
[ READ MORE: Sid Bernstein, who brought Beatles to Shea Stadium, dies ]
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- Elmore LeonardDETROIT, MI (CBS NEWS) - Elmore Leonard, the beloved crime novelist whose acclaimed best-sellers and the movies made from them chronicled the violent deaths of many a thug and con man, has died. He was 87.
Leonard, winner of an honorary National Book Award in 2012, died Tuesday morning at his home in Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, from complications of a stroke, according to his researcher, Gregg Sutter. He was surrounded by family when he died, Sutter said.
His millions of fans, from bellhops to Saul Bellow, made all his books since "Glitz" (1985) best-sellers. When they flocked to watch John Travolta in the movie version of "Get Shorty" in 1995, its author became the darling of Hollywood's hippest directors. And book critics and literary lions, prone to dismiss crime novels as mere entertainments, competed for adjectives to praise him.
[ READ MORE: Elmore Leonard, "Get Shorty," "Out of Sight" novelist, dies at 87 ]
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- Lee Thompson YoungLos Angeles police say actor Lee Thompson Young was found dead Monday morning, August 19th. Young's manager, Jonathan Baruch, says Young took his life.
The actor started his career as a teenager in the TV series "The Famous Jett Jackson" and was co-starring in the series "Rizzoli & Isles."
[ READ MORE: Former Smallville Star, Lee Thompson Young Dead At 29 ]
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- Jane HarveyJane Harvey, the jazz vocalist who performed with the likes of Desi Arnaz, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, died. She was 88.
A spokesman for Harvey says the singer died Thursday, August 15th at her home in Los Angeles after a battle with cancer.
Harvey began her career as a performer at Cafe Society in New York. She went on to record such songs as "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me," "Close as Pages in a Book" and "Only Another Boy and Girl" with the Goodman orchestra. She also recorded "A Rainy Night in Rio" with Arnaz and "A Hundred Dreams From Now" with Ellington.
Harvey is survived by her husband, William King, her son Bob Thiele Jr., daughter-in-law Amy Kanter Thiele and a grandson, Owen Thiele.
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- August SchellenbergAugust Schellenberg, a Canadian actor who starred in the "Free Willy" films, has died at his Dallas home after a fight with lung cancer. He was 77.
The actor's agent, Jamie Levitt, says Schellenberg died Thursday, August 15th surrounded by his family.
Schellenberg appeared in numerous television roles and played the role of Randolph Johnson, a whale trainer in all three "Free Willy" movies movies -- "Free Willy" (1993), "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home" (1995) and "Free Willy 3: The Rescue" (1997). In 2007, he was nominated for an Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his role as Chief Sitting Bull in HBO's "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee."
Schellenberg's big-screen work also included appearing in the 2005 film, "The New World," alongside movie stars Christian Bale and Colin Farrell.
One of his last notable works was in 2012, when he played the lead role in an all Canadian cast of Shakespeare's "King Lear" at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, said his agent, Jamie Levitt.
[ READ MORE: "Free Willy" actor August Schellenberg dead at 77 ]
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- Lisa Robin KellyLisa Robin Kelly, who starred in "That '70s Show," has died. She was 43.
Her agent told ETonline in a statement that Kelly died Wednesday night, adding, "Lisa had voluntarily checked herself into a treatment facility early this week where she was battling the addiction problems that have plagued her these past few years. I spoke to her on Monday and she was hopeful and confident, looking forward to putting this part of her life behind her. Last night she lost the battle."
A cause of death has not been revealed yet.
Kelly has battled addiction over the years and was arrested in June in Southern California on suspicion of drunken driving. She and her husband, Robert Joseph Gilliam, were arrested in November 2012 in connection to a disturbance at their home in the Charlotte, N.C., suburb of Mooresville.
[ READ MORE: "That '70s Show" actress Lisa Robin Kelly dies at 43 ]
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- Gia AllemandGia Allemand, a model and reality TV star, died Wednesday, August 14th according to statement released by her family. She was 29.
According to that statement, Allemand was at her home in New Orleans on Monday when she was found by her boyfriend, New Orleans Pelicans player Ryan Anderson, following an apparent suicide attempt. Anderson called 911 and emergency medical crews arrived on the scene shortly afterward. She was taken to University Hospital and remained unconscious in critical condition and on life support.
The statement, released Wednesday, said, "Due to a critical loss of brain and organ function, life support was withdrawn today."
Allemand's mother, along with her boyfriend and friends, were at her bedside when she died.
Allemand started modeling at a young age, starring in Johnson & Johnson ads and appearing as a Gerber Baby. She later rose to fame as one of the contestants during the 2010-2011 seasons of "The Bachelor" and "Bachelor Pad." More recently, she worked as a Pure Barre instructor in New Orleans and worked on raising awareness about rescuing homeless pets.
[ READ MORE: Reality TV Star Gia Allemand Dies At Age 29 ]
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- Jon BrookesLONDON (CBS NEWS/AP) - Jon Brookes, drummer with British indie rock band The Charlatans, has died. He was 44 and had been treated for brain cancer.
The band said on its website that Brooks died in a hospital Tuesday, August 13th. Lead singer Tim Burgess tweeted that the band was "torn apart" by Brookes' death.
[ READ MORE: Charlatans Drummer Jon Brookes Dies At 44 ]
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- Eydie GormeLOS ANGELES (CBS NEWS) - Eydie Gorme, a popular nightclub and television singer as a solo act and as a team with her husband, Steve Lawrence, died. She was 84.
Gorme, who also had a huge solo hit in 1963 with "Blame it on the Bossa Nova," died Saturday, August 10th at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas following a brief, undisclosed illness, said her publicist, Howard Bragman.
Gorme was a successful band singer and nightclub entertainer when she was invited to join the cast of Steve Allen's local New York television show in 1953.
She sang solos and also did duets and comedy skits with Lawrence, a rising young singer who had joined the show a year earlier. When the program became NBC's "Tonight Show" in 1954, the young couple went with it.
They married in Las Vegas in 1957 and later performed for audiences there. Lawrence, the couple's son David and other loved ones were by her side when she died, Bragman said.
[ READ MORE: Singer Eydie Gorme Dies At 84 ]
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- Karen Black(CBS NEWS) Karen Black, who appeared in more than 100 movies and was featured in such counterculture favorites as "Easy Rider," "Five Easy Pieces" and "Nashville," died.
Black's husband, Stephen Eckelberry, says the actress died Thursday, August 8th from complications from cancer. She was 74.
[ READ MORE: Karen Black, "Five Easy Pieces" Star, Dead At 74 ]
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- Margaret PellegriniPHOENIX, AZ (CBS NEWS) - Margaret Pellegrini, one of the original Munchkins from the 1939 classic movie "The Wizard of Oz," has died. She was 89.
Pellegrini suffered a stroke Monday at her Glendale home and died Wednesday, August 7th at a Phoenix-area hospital, said Ted Bulthaup, a Woodbridge, Ill., resident who owns a Chicago theater where Pellegrini and other Munchkins have made special appearances. Bulthaup said he learned of Pellegrini's death from her relatives.
With her death, only two of the original 124 Munchkins in the movie are still alive.
[ READ MORE: "Wizard of Oz" Munchkin Margaret Pellegrini Dies At 89 ]
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- Sean Franklin SasserAIDS activist Sean Sasser, who rose to fame on season 3 of MTV's "The Real World," died. He was 44.
Sasser's partner, Michael Kaplan, followed up Wednesday with a post on Facebook: "With broken heart over the loss of my life mate -- I share the news that Sean Franklin Sasser passed away early this evening, August 7, 2013. Having lived for 25 years with HIV, at the age of 44, Sean died after a short but difficult battle with Mesothelioma."
[ READ MORE: 'Real World San Francisco' Star, Sean Sasser Dies At 44 ]
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- George Duke(CBS SF/AP) - A representative says the San Rafael-born, Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer George Duke, whose sound infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk, R&B and soul, died. He was 67.
The representative said Duke died Monday night, August 5th in Los Angeles. He was being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
During his 40-year-plus career, Duke appeared on a number of Frank Zappa's albums and played in the Don Ellis Orchestra and Cannonball Adderley's band. He played keyboard on Michael Jackson's multiplatinum 1979 album, "Off the Wall," and was a producer for Miles Davis, Smokey Robinson, Gladys Knight, Dionne Warwick and Natalie Cole.
[ READ MORE: Jazz Keyboardist George Duke Dies At 67 ]
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- Michael AnsaraCALABASAS, CA (CBS NEWS) - Michael Ansara, a television and movie actor whose roles included the Klingon Kang on "Star Trek," died.
A longtime friend and spokesman for Ansara told The Associated Press the actor died Wednesday, July 31st at his home in Calabasas, Calif., after a long illness. He was 91.
Besides the "Star Trek" role, Ansara appeared on dozens of TV shows, including "Broken Arrow," "Law of the Plainsman," "I Dream of Jeannie," "Hawaii Five-0" and "Murder, She Wrote."
But, as CBS' StarTrek.com notes, "Star Trek" fans "embraced" Ansara's portrayal of Kang the Klingon commander (pictured). He reprised his role in two of the series' spinoff shows, "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" in 1994 and "Star Trek: Voyager" in 1996, according to the site.
[ READ MORE: Michael Ansara, "Star Trek"'s Kang, dies at 91 ]
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- Eileen BrennanEileen Brennan, who played the captain in "Private Benjamin," died at 80.
Kim Vasilakis, an assistant to Brennan's managers, says Brennan died Sunday, July 28th in Burbank after a battle with bladder cancer.
Brennan got her first big role on the New York stage in the musical comedy "Little Mary Sunshine." It won her the 1960 Obie award for best actress.
She went on to win fans for her sharp-tongued roles on television and in movies, including gruff Army Capt. Doreen Lewis in 1980′s "Private Benjamin," aloof Mrs. Peacock in 1985′s "Clue," and mean orphanage superintendent Miss Bannister in 1988′s "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking."
[ READ MORE: Actress Eileen Brennan Dead At 80 ]
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- J.J. CaleCale, who wrote hit songs such as "After Midnight," "Cocaine" and "Call Me the Breeze," died on July 26th, at age 74.
If musicians were measured not by the number of records they sold but by the number of peers they influenced, JJ Cale would have been a towering figure in 1970s rock `n' roll.
His best songs like "After Midnight," "Cocaine" and "Call Me the Breeze" were towering hits — for other artists. Eric Clapton took "After Midnight" and "Cocaine" and turned them into the kind of hard-party anthems that defined rock for a long period of time. And Lynyrd Skynyrd took the easy-shuffling "Breeze" and supercharged it with a three-guitar attack that made it a hit.
[ READ MORE: Musician JJ Cale dies; wrote Clapton, Skynyrd hits ]
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- Dennis FarinaDennis Farina, a former Chicago cop who as a popular actor played a cop on "Law & Order," died.
Lori De Waal, his representative, says Farina died Monday morning in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital after suffering a blood clot in his lung. He was 69.
[ READ MORE: Actor Dennis Farina Dead at 69 ]
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- Helen ThomasWASHINGTON (CBS SF/AP) — Helen Thomas, the irrepressible White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill nine presidents and was not shy about sharing her opinions, died Saturday. She was 92.
Thomas, who died at her apartment in Washington, had been ill for a long time, and in and out of the hospital before coming home Thursday, according to a friend, Muriel Dobbin.
Thomas made her name as a bulldog for United Press International in the great wire-service rivalries of old, and as a pioneer for women in journalism.
She was persistent to the point of badgering. One White House press secretary described her questioning as "torture" — and he was one of her fans.
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- Cory MonteithVANCOUVER (CBSLA.com) — Police in Vancouver say actor and "Glee" star Cory Monteith was found dead in a hotel room on Saturday, July 13th. Monteith was 31.
The Canadian-born Monteith was open about his battles with drugs and entered rehab a few months ago.
Raised by a single mother, Monteith first started battling drugs and alcohol when he was 16. He credited an intervention three years later with turning his life around.
It was "Glee" – where he played kind and understanding football player turned choral singer Finn Hudson, that made him a big TV star.
[ READ MORE: 'Glee' Star Cory Monteith Found Dead ]
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- Joe ConleyTHOUSAND OAKS (CBS LA/AP) — Joe Conley, an actor best known as the small town storekeeper on the TV series "The Waltons," has died at age 85.
The Los Angeles Times reports Tuesday that according to wife Louise Conley, Joe Conley died at a care facility in Southern California on Sunday. She says he had suffered from dementia.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Conley had bit parts on 1960s series like "Green Acres" and "The Beverly Hillbillies" before he landed the role on CBS's "The Waltons" in 1972 that would last nearly a decade.
[ READ MORE: TV's 'Waltons' Storekeeper Joe Conley Dies At 85 ]
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- Bernie NolanBernadette Nolan, a member of singing sister act The Nolans, has died of cancer. She was 52.
The singer's management agency, Urban Associates, said in a statement that Nolan died Thursday surrounded by her family.
"Bernie passed away peacefully this morning with all of her family around her. The entire family are devastated to have lost beloved Bernie, a wonderful wife, adoring mother and loving sister; she is irreplaceable," a spokeswoman for the family said, according to the Telegraph. "They kindly ask people to respect their privacy at this difficult time."
[ READ MORE: Sister-group Singer Bernie Nolan Dies At 52 ]
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Last week, Associated Press and The New York Times rushed to post corrections to their widely reported and heavily emphasized upon claim that all 17 US intelligence agencies unanimously agreed that Russians in the 2016 presidential elections to help Donald Trump get into power.
Instead, what the news outlets failed to report, or rather realize, was that the information was published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which represents all 17 US intelligence agencies; but it was only collected by the CIA, FBI, NSA and not all 17 of them.
On June 30, the Associated Press posted a "clarification" about four different reports published earlier, all of which stated that all 17 agencies had come to a conclusion that Russians had played a role in helping Donald Trump become the president. With the "clarification," AP acknowledged that all the agencies were not involved in the assessment. AP's statement read:
"In stories published April 6, June 2, June 26 and June 29, The Associated Press reported that all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies have agreed that Russia tried to influence the 2016 election to benefit Donald Trump. That assessment was based on information collected by three agencies – the FBI, CIA and National Security Agency – and published by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which represents all U.S. intelligence agencies. Not all 17 intelligence agencies were involved in reaching the assessment."
The New York Times is reported to have published a similar statement at the end of the article titled "Trump's Deflections and Denials on Russia Frustrate Even His Allies" on June 29.
A White House Memo article on Monday about President Trump's deflections and denials about Russia referred incorrectly to the source of an intelligence assessment that said Russia orchestrated hacking attacks during last year's presidential election. The assessment was made by four intelligence agencies — the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency. The assessment was not approved by all 17 organizations in the American intelligence community.
The information about all US intelligence agencies being involved in the assessment of Russian interference in US election has been used constantly by the media and politicians to criticize President Trump and Republicans, James Clapper, the former Director of National Intelligence demystified the notion when he gave his testimony on Capitol Hill on May 08.
"The [intelligence community assessment] was a coordinated product from three agencies: CIA, NSA and the FBI, not all 17 components of the intelligence community. Those three, under the aegis of my former office," Clapper said. "Following extensive intelligence reporting about many Russian efforts to collect on and influence the outcome of the presidential election, President Obama asked us to do this in early December and have it completed before the end of his term.
"The two-dozen or so analysts for this task were hand-picked, seasoned experts from each of the contributing agencies. They were given complete, unfettered, mutual access to all sensitive, raw intelligence data, and importantly, complete independence to reach their findings. They found that the Russian government pursued a multifaceted influence campaign in the run-up to the election, including aggressive use of cyber capabilities.
"The Russians used cyber operations against both political parties, including hacking into servers used by the Democratic National Committee, and releasing stolen data to WikiLeaks and other media outlets."
During the hearing, Clapper responded to Senator Al Franken's (D – Minn) claim that "all 17" agencies of the US intelligence committee had agreed that Russia meddled with the elections.
Franken said, "The intelligence communities have concluded, all 17 of them that Russia interfered with this election. And we all know how that's right."
To this, Clapper replied, "Senator, as I pointed out in my statement, Senator Franken, it was—there were only three agencies that [were] directly involved in this assessment, plus my office."
Trying to prove himself right somehow, the senator emphasized on the number of agencies that acknowledged Russian interference, he asked Clapper, "But all 17 signed onto that?"
Clapper then clarified once again, "Well, we didn't go through that process. This was a special situation because of the time limits and my—what I knew to be who could really contribute to this and the sensitivity of the information, we decided—it was a conscious judgment—to restrict it to those three. I'm not aware of anyone who dissented, or disagreed when it came out."


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12 Days of YNPN: Thank you, YNPN National Board!
On the 5th day of #12daysofYNPN, we are thankful for our five, extraordinary board members who rolled off this year. This year, five of our stellar board members rolled off to continue tackling their ambitions and transforming the social sector with their own talents and skillsets. We are so grateful for the time they spent serving YNPN in these critical, formative years: helping us establish a sense of identity, direction and purpose that will truly enable us to build a diverse and empowered social sector. They have brainstromed with us, fundrasied with us and encouraged us throughout the way.
When we think of you leaving, we look like this:
Because we'll miss you so, so much... but we're also Lorde-esque proud of you and know you're about to go create awesome change in the sector and keep serving!
Thank you, Lydia McCoy, Justin Keller, Darrell Scott, Cat Beltmann, and Stephanie Lin Miller!
#ynpn10 Campaign Summary, Part 2
Earlier this week, we shared the results of our #ynpn10 fundraiser, celebrating our first decade as a network and preparing for the decade to come. Today, our leadership team was kind enough to share some of the process behind the campaign and lessons learned. Their answers shed light on how to: attract millennial donors, deal with unexpected changes in plan and motivate change through powerful messaging.
1. Do you feel like you learned anything new about millennial donors as a result of this campaign? If so, what?
While many of our donors were millennials, we were actually really proud of the age diversity among those who supported the campaign. In addition to the members and chapter leaders that supported the campaign (who fall solidly in the millennial age bracket), we also had YNPN alumni (more of the Gen X crowd) and the parents and family members of YNPN members who supported the campaign. It was really great to see people of all generations recognizing the value of supporting emerging leaders.
I did notice, however, that our younger supporters were more likely to share that they supported our campaign and encourage others to support the campaign via social media. We suspected that might be the case, which is why it was really important to us that we chose a platform that made social sharing really easy and accessible. We ended up using Fundly, which was a dream to work with and which looked a lot like Kickstarter, something we thought would be familiar and accessible to a lot of donors, particularly millennials.
2. What aspects of the campaign do you think resonated with donors and elicited such a strong response? Was it the message, the communication method, or something else?
I think it was a combination of things. First, I think people were intrigued by our ambitious goal. "Really? You're going to try to raise $10,000 in 10 days? Ok, I have to see this."
We found that people were really energized by match days. This is one of the main reasons that our campaign was such a success. People are really motivated by that beat-the-clock element and I think also really enjoyed feeling like their money was having twice the impact.
I also think having a genuine milestone--a 10 year anniversary--gave people a strong reason to pay attention. We wanted to make sure that people were aware of what we'd accomplished in the last ten years and how we planned to continue to build on that success. We also have very specific things that we're working on over the next year, like launching a national database, that gave people some concrete ways in which we're investing in our network that they can join us in.
3. What is something that didn't work as planned with this campaign, and what lessons did you take from that?
Well, it's funny that you ask. We actually thought for several weeks that a big celebrity (I mean, a household name) was going to be able to record a video for our campaign through a personal connection we had. But it was getting down to the wire in terms of planning out the content for all 10 days and whether or not we had this celebrity's video was going to affect the order of the entire content slate.
So we ended up planning two content slates: one with (celebrity) and one without.
The celebrity connection fell through, but our content and the campaign went so smoothly because of that advance planning. It was a great lesson in the importance of doing all of the work upfront and preparing for a variety of scenarios.
4. In planning the campaign, did you draw inspiration or ideas from previous campaigns or other organizations?
Yes! We were in the midst of planning the campaign when Trish went to the Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training (GIFT) conference in Baltimore. Before that conference we had been planning a pretty traditional campaign--a couple of emails spread out over 4-6 weeks with folks making individual appeals at the same time.
While at the conference, Trish heard a presentation from the Progressive Technology Project of Austin, Texas on a couple of sprint campaigns they had recently consulted on. Trish emailed us from the conference saying, "Ok, I know this isn't what we were planning, but hear me out…" When the rest of us on the planning committee heard the idea of doing a shorter, sprint campaign that would tie the 10 year anniversary to raising $10,000 in 10 days, we thought it was a great idea. We knew it would mean a lot more work upfront, but we loved the thought of how a sprint campaign could energize people.
5. Did YNPN's national reach and relatively young status (operating less than 15 years) negatively or positively impact the campaign elements? What lessons can be learned from organizations with similar operating characteristics?
I think our national reach only helped us. We're really fortunate (for many reasons) to have a fantastic network of chapters and chapter leaders who believe in the value of what YNPN does because they experience it every day. Nearly 20% of our donations were from chapter leaders and we had at least one person donate from 22 of our 40 chapters. Several of our chapters donated to the campaign as an organization.
Even though we're relatively young, we've served tens of thousands of young nonprofit professionals and many of those alumni still continue to support YNPN even as they've "outgrown" the network. More than 50% of our original $10,000 goal was raised from alumni of our National Board. I think similar network organizations and organizations that offer powerful experiences would agree that maintaining strong relationships with alumni can be a very effective fundraising strategy. I feel like "alumni engagement" is very hot right now and our experience on this campaign shows that there's an obvious financial reason why it's important.
But we also feel strongly that it's important because the young nonprofit professionals of today are the executive directors, board chairs, and funders of tomorrow. One of our hopes is that as members move on from our network and the designation of "young nonprofit professional," they don't lose sight of the importance of developing the emerging leaders they work with. A campaign like this can be a reminder as to the benefits they gained from the network and the great experience they had as a YNPN member and leader.
Thank you to all who so kindly donated, and helped us surpass our goal. You are the reason we can create a powerful and diverse social sector, and we can't wait to see where the next 10 years take us.
#ynpn10 Campaign Summary, Part 1
In the final week of our #ynpngiving conversation, we wanted to provide a two-part summary of our #ynpn10 campaign. We are so grateful to the many individuals, local chapters, and National Board volunteers who championed our cause and made this possible. We designed the campaign around the number 10 -- attempting to raise $10,000 in 10 days to celebrate 10 years.
We had a couple of goals for the campaign: First, we wanted to celebrate a milestone birthday. Ten years as a national network is a big deal! We wanted to let people know that we were proud to have finished our first decade and excited about what was ahead for our second.
We were specifically raising money for the infrastructure that's going to power that next decade of our work. Over the last three years, the number of YNPN chapters has grown by 60%! This year YNPN is making a big investment in people, data systems, and resources that are going to take our work to the next level.
What will the funds raised be used for?
YNPN is at a turning point in our development as a network. Over the last ten years, and particularly over the last three, we've experienced exponential growth. It's clear that there's a real demand for the services, resources, and connections that YNPN provides.
We want to make sure that we have the capacity to meet that demand, so this year we're focusing on adding the resources and infrastructure that will keep our network sustainable. In 2014, we increased our staff from one person to three staff members. We're also investing in a database that will be used by all of our chapters across the network. And we're making a big investment in upgrading the services and support that we offer our local chapters.
We're so excited about what these projects are going to enable us to do. We want to thank everyone who supported the campaign and we're looking forward to continuing to build a diverse and powerful nonprofit sector for the next ten years and beyond!
On Thursday, we'll be sharing #ynpn10 Campaign Summary, Part 2: Lessons Learned. Stay tuned!
Come work with YNPN!
We're looking for young professionals who are passionate about building a diverse and powerful social sector to serve as full-time staff, National Board members, and Launchpad Fellows.
Check out these opportunities, apply, and share!
Data Systems Manager
We're looking for our third full-time employee. Do you love data and have a passion for the nonprofit sector? Then check out our Data Systems Manager position. Applications are due Monday, August 18.
YNPN National Board
The YNPN National Board is a great opportunity to help shape the future of YNPN (and the sector!) while gaining experience in board service and working with a fantastic group of young leaders (pictured above). Apply for the YNPN National Board. Applications are due on Monday, September 15.
Launchpad Fellowships
Our Launchpad Fellowships are a great way for young professionals to gain (paid!) experience and valuable skills while helping increase the capacity of YNPN. This year we're seeking fellows in the areas of Fundraising, Conference Planning, Program Innovation, Chapter Support, and Communications. Learn more and apply for a Launchpad Fellowship. Applications are due Monday, August 25.
Announcing Employee #2
It is my absolute privilege to announce that today YNPN will be bringing on its second-ever staff member, Jamie Smith, to serve as our national Communications Manager.
Many of you have already had the chance to get to know Jamie via social media over the past few months in her role as our YNPN National LaunchPad Fellow for Communications. When we established the Fellows program two years ago, we saw it as a way to cultivate and channel top talent from our network into the wider sector. And we cannot be more proud that some of the best of that talent has been channeled right back into our own organization.
Reflecting on the significance of this moment for YNPN and about Jamie in particular got me thinking about a conversation I had a few months while I was flying across the country. I was working on the slide deck for some presentation and the guy flying next to me leaned over to ask what I did. We got to talking and at some point in the conversation he mentioned that he worked for a REALLY well-known online marketplace that shall remain nameless. (Although I kind of want to give them a shout-out for having their people fly economy.) Anyway, he also casually but pointedly mentioned that he'd been employee #2 at said company and handed me his card. Which actually listed that he was employee #2.
Then he paused and waited for me to react. I didn't. Because at the time I had no idea that I was supposed to be impressed with this fact.
Later as I relayed this story to friends, especially those who've worked in startups, and I've been able to gain a little more perspective on the weight of being "employee #2."
As a friend of mine who was around during the early days of YouTube put it, "Everyone on the outside knows the name of the founder. But if you're on the inside, every single person there knows that the company would've just remained a cool idea without employee #2. Everyone."
YNPN has been around as a network for 15 years, incorporated as a national org 10 years ago, but only became a staffed organization in 2011. So in many ways, especially in terms of our day to day functioning, it feels like we're in startup mode. During our national board retreat in February, we called this out. As we were laying out our strategic priorities for the year, most of them were extremely concrete: 1) Build out a robust data system; 2) Clarify our messaging, 3) Strengthen chapter knowledge sharing platforms...
But our final priority--create space for visionary leadership--was more of a vague recognition that we are in a dynamic, evolving time as an organization, working within an environment that is even more dynamic and evolving. We knew that in order to have the most realistic chance for significant impact, we needed to be intentional about making space to not only be responsive to obvious opportunities but to consistently scan the horizon for what might be coming down the road.
Creating that space for visionary leadership has meant that we prioritize learning and reflection and brainstorming during our meetings. It also meant that we had to increase our staff capacity so the day to day functions did not continue to be all we had space for. But we knew we didn't just need another employee, we needed employee #2.
Jamie Smith is that employee #2.
While her official title will be Communications Manager and her focus will be on the critical work of helping to strengthen and streamline our internal and national voice, her value is that she will add to our capacity for visionary leadership. Jamie is learner, a tester, a strategic thinker, a problem-solver, and someone who is as deeply passionate about the work, the members, and the potential of YNPN as I am, our board is, and our chapter leaders are. She is absolutely the sort of person that is necessary at this stage of growth to make sure our dreams become reality.
It's an exciting time for all of us here at YNPN and what we hope will lead to a stronger, more engaged network and stronger communities propelled this network.
Another new addition: YNPN Tucson!
We're thrilled to welcome our latest startup chapter, YNPN Tucson!
Tucson is home to saguaro cacti, the University of Arizona, and now the newest local chapter of YNPN. We're not only thrilled to welcome these YNPs to the network, we're also excited to have another local chapter in the Sun Belt. Winter retreat anyone?
If you're a young nonprofit professional in Tucson who wants to get involved with your up-and-coming local chapter, get in touch with firstname.lastname@example.com!
12 Days of YNPN: Ready for 2014!
In November, our National Board and Launchpad Fellows met in Baltimore at the Annie E. Casey Foundation to review the work of 2013 and get ready for 2014.
This year, YNPN National has invested in important infrastructure, like our improvements to the Wordpress platform used by National and many of our local chapters. We also refreshed our mission and vision statements to make sure that they expressed what we hope to accomplish across the network and the nation.
We also embarked on a Theory of Change process that will inform our next phase of growth and impact as an organization. Throughout 2013, we have been consulting with our National Board, local Chapter Leaders, and experts to identify how we can best support our chapters and partners. As we compile the final data and reports, this information will be used to create a strategic framework that will maximize our impact and help us reach our full potential.
Our National Board, staff, and Launchpad Fellows have been thinking big and bold about the future of YNPN. One of the biggest highlights of 2013 has been laying the groundwork for 2014 and beyond. We're looking forward to making next year and the years ahead even better than this one, and we hope you'll join us on the journey!
YNPN National Board during their November Retreat at the Annie E. Casey Foundation in Baltimore
12 Days of YNPN: New Chapters
To commemorate some of our favorite memories from 2013, we're celebrating 12 Days of YNPN between today and the end of the year.
This year our network grew at an incredible rate; in the latter part of 2013 we added a new chapter every month!
On this First Day of YNPN, we want to welcome our new chapters to the network:
We're so excited for all that you'll bring to the network and we can't wait to see you grow in 2014!
Chapter Blog Spotlight - Value of Cross-Sector, Cross-industry networking: Reflections from the Generation Now Leadership Visit
By Amanda Varley, cross-posted from YNPN Twin Cities.
At events, I often look around the room and recognize 75 percent of the attendees.
Each of us across sectors and industries work in our own cylinders of excellence (a phrase I first heard from researcher Kristie Kauerz). We promote impactful work, but often preach to our distinct choirs. Rarely there is a venue to genuinely engage with peers doing vastly different work. But when it happens, it turns out we have a lot in common.
The Generation Now Leadership Visit, modeled after the executive level InterCity Leadership Visit, was an opportunity to bring together 55 emerging leaders across sectors and industries on an intense three-day trip to Milwaukee.
Organized by the Citizens League, the trip was a whirlwind tour highlighting success in Milwaukee. We learned about redevelopment, young professional groups, community branding, education, water policy, green buildings, etc. (the agenda was ambitious!). The best part was when I boarded the bus to depart I only knew five people, but when I returned I knew 49 more who I may not have otherwise crossed paths professionally.
My work explicitly overlaps with only one of the delegates, but I've rarely had as engaging of professional conversations as I had on the trip. The conversations forced me to think about my work from new perspectives and consider the impact of my work on other fields. Plus, it was humbling to discuss the work of peers.
The benefits of cross-sector and industry collaboration were obvious on both small and large scales. At one point, I was a part of a conversation between an employee of a utility company and an employee of a nonprofit working to combat homelessness. They quickly realized bill-paying customers were a common goal of both organizations - to the utility company this met its need for profit as well as serving shareholders and to the nonprofit this met the goal of financial independence for clients.
On a large scale, the diversity of attendees allowed for overarching discussions about Minneapolis-Saint Paul as a region, it's challenges, and opportunities. Often when working in solely our own sector and industry it's challenging to take complete ownership of a daunting problem such as the achievement gap or poverty. However, when a diverse set of players is at the table, it becomes clear that everyone is impacted by the problem and we need to work together to find solutions.
The delegation came from diverse sectors, industries, demographics, and experiences, but at the end of the trip one delegate thoughtfully commented that he had no clue the political affiliation of most of the group. Despite the diversity of the group, we all left Milwaukee with an incredible sense of urgency to move MSP forward, together. Thanks to our diversity, I'm confident we can create skyways between our cylinders of excellence. Part of our skyway system will be working towards a common vision for MSP - more on this in an upcoming Part 2.
GNLV would not have been possible without the generous support of the Bush Foundation, Knight Foundation, Carlson, Comcast, Greater MSP, Saint Paul Port Authority, US Bank, Urban Land Institute, Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, Saint Paul Chamber of Commerce and MinnPost. Thank you!
In what ways do you network across sectors and industries?- See more at: http://www.ynpntwincities.org/blog/2013/10/10/value-of-cross-sector-cross-industry-networking-reflections.html#sthash.i66fMEMo.dpuf
Director's Dispatch - Small steps --> radical culture shifts: "The December Strategy"
by Trish Tchume, Director, YNPN National
Recently we here at YNPN have been discussing how important it is for us to model the way that we think the sector could be doing social change work so that the way we work and the amount we work is sustainable and leads to real transformation. This is one in a series of posts about the small steps we are making internally towards radical culture shifts that will facilitate just that.
By 2011, after years of being an all-volunteer organization, YNPN National managed to raise enough money to hire our first ED, who turned out to be yours truly. Not only was this role a first for the organization but it was a first for me, so I wanted to learn not only the practical basics of running an organization but also how people in my position personally handle the 'swirl' of nonstop to-do's.
I learned two basic things about being an ED from these conversations with other ED's:
1) Being an ED was apparently going to be really hard and overwhelming. And if it's not hard and overwhelming, you're probably doing it wrong.
2) It is very important to talk all the time - with other EDs, with your board, on panels, on Facebook, to toll booth operators (whoever has ears, really) - about how hard it is to be an ED.
Equipped with this information, I settled into my role and prepared for it to be hard and overwhelming. Not surprisingly - it was hard and overwhelming. Up until this point the network itself and the myriad of people and organizations interested in the network had been dreaming big about "what we could do if only we had more capacity..." This list ranged from the practical (i.e. finally upgrade that ugly website) to the revolutionary (i.e. become THE pipeline for moving diverse talent throughout the social sector) and everyone could not be more excited to finally have a person - an actual person! with a face! and an email address! - to share their big ideas for how to make these dreams real.
This translated into a lot of meetings. I mean A LOT of meetings. Notebooks filled with the ideas that people would very much like to see me move forward. Yesterday, please.
I said yes to everything and promised to do even more. I also felt completely overwhelmed and wasn't sleeping, but then I remembered from my conversations with the other EDs that horrible feeling meant that I was doing things right. I remember lying in bed thinking about how many meetings I had each day and how little I was looking forward to most of them. It took me awhile but finally, I started thinking about the one part of being an ED that no one had really said much about up to that point:
For the first time in my life, I was "the boss." Technically, I could decide to do whatever I want.
This, however, landed on me not as a realization of power but as a sense of responsibility. I wasn't just "the boss," I was the leader of an organization founded in part to counter the culture I was currently swept up in. (Apparently that point was lost on me in the swirl.) So I began to think very practically about how I would want to make more space for myself but also what I would want to model for both our members and the wider sector.
Thus the December Strategy was born.
Initially, I set the entire month of December aside as a time to regroup, reflect, and think big picture. I turned down all meetings, phone calls, and speaking engagements for the whole month of December in order to catch up on work and sleep and I just hoped that people would understand.
I still remember the first email that I sent in response to someone requesting a meeting in December. It was right before Thanksgiving and the thought of asking someone to hold their idea till January 2012 seemed both outrageous and rude. But I'd made a commitment to myself and I was determined to stick to it. So I agonized over the wording of the email for 45 minutes, read and re-read it, hit send, and waited for the reply. I expected a few things in return:
1) Pushback from the person letting me know that their issue was incredibly important and they couldn't possibly wait for 6 weeks to discuss it.
2) No response at all from the person, ever, and refusal to partner with YNPN whose Director was clearly a giant diva.
To my huge surprise, I didn't get either reaction. The person actually wrote back 10 minutes later to give me props! In her response, she let me know that of course the conversation could wait till January and she congratulated me for being so good about setting boundaries for myself. Of course, I didn't tell her that I was setting these boundaries now because I'd done such a bad job of setting them during my first two months that I no longer had a choice, but her encouragement built my confidence. Soon I found myself firing off "Talk to you in January!" emails without flinching.
And just like that, the December Strategy became a thing.
While technically, the December Strategy remains the space that I will set for myself for the third year in a row during the last month of 2013, it has come to mean much more to me than that.
- First, it has come to symbolize a resistance to the notion that all types of nonprofit work carry the same level of urgency. The work that YNPN National does is important. But we are not Doctors Without Borders.
- Second, it's a tribute to a Meg Wheatley quote I once heard during a speech given by Kim Klein: "If we want our world to be different, our first act has to be claiming time to think. We can't expect those who are well served by the current reality to give us time to think. If we want anything to change, we are the ones who have to reclaim time."
And she's right.
- Finally, it's a reminder that I and so many of my fellow YNPNers were drawn to this network and continue to be committed to it because it gave us the space to organize in a way that values both mission and the people working towards that mission - something that many of us were not seeing in the vast majority of the organizations where we were actually employed. In this way, the December Strategy feels like as much of an opportunity as it does a responsibility to model the way we believe the sector could be working more strategically towards social change.
Do you have a version of the December Strategy - a small but radical way that you or your organization is changing the way you work, in order to work better for change? Let us know in the comment box!


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Our kids have been in Awana for since our oldest was a Cubbie! And now we have the distinction of having one kid in each of the youngest levels of Awana. We have a Puggle, a Cubbie, a Spark, and a TNT!! All the leaders for the Awana program we go to demonstrate a dedication and love for these kids and the Lord every week. We are so thankful for them!
A few years ago we put together some sweet Awana leader Christmas gifts. I got to thinking about them the other day (because it is that time of year) and I looked back at this blog post and updated it. Here it is with recipe and printable gift bag toppers.


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I wanted to make a personal best nine of 2016 from my iPhone camera roll without relying on the instagram algorithm website everyone has been using in addition to the one I did post on my instagram as well. I spent about 20 minutes writing this out as a Facebook post, only to have Facebook say "oops! we can't post this right now" without saving it as a draft or anything. This served as a clear reminder that this is one of the many reasons I don't ever use what I consider to be the worst social networking site in existence. But, it also resulted in me capturing my thoughts in a blog post instead so that's the silver lining. Anyway, here are some of my favorite moments with explanations of why! Thanks to all of the people who made my year so wonderful<3
- Reunited with Melissa<3 I miss Mel so much since she's moved to Texas but I'm thankful that I get to "see" her at least once a month when we host our Spines with Wines book club with Cassie. We honestly have even more fun afterwards just sipping our wine and catching up on life stuff :-D I really hope we get to see each other in person much more this year but I'm thankful that the distance between us hasn't impacted our friendship at all. We're both here for each other no matter what happens and neither of us ever doubt the strength of our friendship.
- This photo was taken when Andrew and I went to Baltimore Comic Con. It was such a lovely trip and we had even more fun exploring Baltimore than we did at the convention! I've always wanted to go to the aquarium there and viewing the jellyfish was a dream come true since Princess Jellyfish has turned me into a little bit of a jellyfish otaku.
- This is one of my favorite photos ever taken of my mom and I! Even better that it's on my wedding day! It's such a lovely candid because it perfectly captures the immense amount of happiness we were all feeling that day. My mom is the strongest, most amazing woman I have ever met and I cannot even describe all the ways she inspires me. We talk every single day and my relationship with her (and my dad!) has been one of the most important in my life. I am so thankful for our bond and I'm praying for a healthier 2017 for my mom<3
- This photo was taken after my birthday brunch on the Lower East Side. I don't usually plan anything but I was so excited to get together with all of the incredible people in my life! My brother Bob, his amazing girlfriend Amanda, my bestie Cassie and my loving new family- Brittany, Molly, Kristin and Joe<3- all made my day into one of the best of the year!
- My first experience ever at the Renaissance Faire was even more magical than I ever could've imagined. Stepping into the faire is like being transported to another time period. I had so much fun drinking mead, watching acrobats and trying on floral crowns with Andrew, Kelly and Gil! I'm so thankful to have gotten much closer to Kelly and Gil this year. They're wonderful people who share my love of Harry Potter<3 Kelly took this photo of Andrew and I on the kissing bridge!
- This photo was taken at Andrew and I's combined bachelor / bachelorette party weekend. Amanda, Melissa, Greg and Joe worked so hard to give us the best weekend ever and I love that our bridal parties were able to meet and get to know each other before the big day. Some people have even remained friends and it's so much fun to see the mini-reunions at different events that we've gone to since our wedding!
- Cassie and I always have so much fun at the book launches for Melissa's Girl at Midnight series at Books of Wonder in NYC (and not just because there's always cupcakes and champagne!). It's been amazing to see such a wonderful person share her work with the world and I cannot wait to read / celebrate The Savage Dawn in 2017!
- This photo was also taken at my birthday brunch but I just had to include ice cream on here somewhere. It's from 10Below which is a place that was on my NYC bucket list so I'm thrilled we were able to try it out!
- And lastly (in this list, even though I struggled because there were SO many moments I wanted to include) is a photo of me in front of my pride and joy. Now that Andrew and I are settled in our space, there's nothing that makes me happier than being able to admire my bookshelves in a wide open space. And in this photo I'm reading one of my favorite books of the year and wearing my favorite sweater ever because foxes are the best.
And here's a little wedding collage to commemorate the most important day of my 2016<3 Do I win the award for most bridesmaids ever?


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Friday, February 1, 2013
A Unique Collaboration: SBH and the NPC-QIC
What a special day! Today...February 1, the official "Go Red" Day when we are all wearing Red to honor those affected by Heart Disease and Congenital Heart Defects, Sisters by Heart thought it was particularly fitting to announce a very special joint project we've been working on with the National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative (NPC-QIC)!
Several months ago, Sisters by Heart began discussions with the NPC-QIC team about developing a video for HLHS parents, to be viewed prior to discharge from the Norwood, to set their expectations for the interstage period (between the Norwood and Glenn/Hemi) and give them reassurances that they were not alone during that terrifying time. Sisters by Heart took on the project with so much excitement, knowing that we'd have loved to have had something like that when we were discharged with our special babes!
We kept things under wraps, "secretly" doing our filming while on our annual retreat in September...
The NPC-QIC premiered the film at its Learning Session last weekend - and officially "went public" with it today, posting it to their page.
Please go here to find out more about the Collaborative and how parents can become involved!
If you missed our blog post highlighting the Learning Session we attended last weekend, you can read it here.
We were so excited for the opportunity to collaborate in the creation and filming of this video and are proud to be able to finally show it to our families! Please share this and spread the word! Newly discharged families are not alone!


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Lefty challenge
A fun way to spend the holidays.
For those still not in the know, I have my right arm in a cast after an extreme karting accident. Broke a bone by ramming my kart into some other dude, if you know what I mean ;-). This means that for my left arm'd sake, I'm dictating most of what I type now, and it actually "translates" smiley-faces for me. Unfortunately, that also means it has trouble writing anything that sounds like "winky-face".
It truly is a joy though, having my arm wrapped up all cozy like this. And so I feel almost obligated to share it with you all. I hereby tag Mark, "Brian and Brendan" (thanks, dictation) and Nasreen to take part in the Lefty Challenge with me! Break something in your right arm, got it cast, and join in my suffering for the next six or so weeks! Of course, don't forget to tag three other people as well.
Of course, because this is the blogosphere (Holy shit, it actually recognize that!) failure to participate in a meaningful way will result in the immediate disapproval of thousands of blogonauts. In other words, a fate worse than death.
Now, if only I could figure out how to teach this dictation thing codewords…
~ Fang