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Carole Speaking At The Women's Missionary NGO Conference At The United Nations
Carole returns to the United Nations in New York City where the Women's Missionary Society (WMS) of the African Methodist Episcopal Church hold their annual Leadership Conference.
The WMS is a recognized NGO (Non-governmental organization) of the UN, and has members and member churches throughout the United States, Africa, Central and South America and The United Kingdom. India recently joined the AME ranks, with 42 new churches formed in the past five years.
Carole is speaking at the conference for a second time, and will interview the WMS-NGO representatives, Lorraine Dickerson and Carolyn Scavella.
Carole also provides a final commentary for the upcoming October 27th Multicultural Conference to be held at the University of Massachusetts Boston campus.
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organisation created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations (UN), and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are not conventional for-profit business. In the cases in which NGOs are funded totally or partially by governments, the NGO maintains its non-governmental status by excluding government representatives from membership in the organization (Source: Wikipedia)
The African Methodist Episcopal Church has a unique and glorious history. It was unique in that it is the first major religious denomination in the Western World that had its origin over sociological and theological beliefs and differences. It rejected the negative theological interpretations which rendered persons of African descent second class citizens. Theirs was a theological declaration that God is God all the time and for every body. The church was born in protest against slavery - against dehumanization of African people, brought to the American continent as labor.
The word African means that the church was organized by people of African descent and heritage. It does not mean that the church was founded in Africa, or that it was for persons of African descent only.
The church's roots are of the family of Methodist churches. Methodism provides an orderly system of rules and regulations and places emphasis on a plain and simple gospel.
Episcopal refers to the form of government under which the church operates. The chief executive and administrative officers of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination are the Bishops of the church. (Source: Official AME Website)
For more information about the AME Church, visit www.ame-church.com.
For more information about the Multicultural Conference visit her website, www.mssconnect.com.
Complete information about Carole can be found at this website, www.tellcarole.com.
Sex, Slavery & Human Trafficking: AAUW Speaks Out with Liz Fragola
Learn the FACTS about Human Trafficking from AAUW-MA State President Liz Fragola. Her organization (formerly known as the American Association of University Women) holds it day long conference on human trafficking explores the impact of this horrific industry on women and girls in the world. It's not just about girls sold into the sex trades from developing nations. Human trafficking is an AMERICAN PROBLEM, too.
Learn more about the upcoming October 29th conference and what YOU can do to end this nightmarish dilemma for thousands of women and girls throughout the world.
The American Association of University Women-Massachusetts will collaborate with the United Nations Association of Greater Boston on Saturday October 29th. The conference will be held at the Wylie Conference Center at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts.
For more information, visit their website at www.aauw-ma.org.
The direct link for the conference is:
http://aauw-ma.org/2011FallConference/Conference_flyer.htm
Facts About Human Trafficking
Source: Global Initiative To Fight Human Trafficking
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: THE FACTS
The headline facts
An estimated 2.5 million people are in forced labour (including sexual exploitation) at any given time
as a result of trafficking(1)
•1.4 million – 56% - are in Asia and the Pacific
•250,000 – 10% - are in Latin America and the Caribbean
•230,000 – 9.2% - are in the Middle East and Northern Africa
•130,000 – 5.2% - are in sub-Saharan countries
•270,000 – 10.8% - are in industrialized countries
•200,000 – 8% - are in countries in transition(2)
161 countries are reported to be affected by human trafficking by being a source, transit or destination count(3)
People are reported to be trafficked from 127 countries to be exploited in 137 countries, affecting every continent and every type of economy(4)
The majority of trafficking victims are between 18 and 24 years of age(5)
An estimated 1.2 million children are trafficked each year(6)
95% of victims experienced physical or sexual violence during trafficking (based on data from selected European countries) (7)
43% of victims are used for forced commercial sexual exploitation, of whom 98 per cent are women and girls (8)
32% of victims are used for forced economic exploitation, of whom 56 per cent are women and girls(9)
Many trafficking victims have at least middle-level education(10)
The Traffickers
52% of those recruiting victims are men, 42% are women and 6% are both men and women(11)
In 54% of cases the recruiter was a stranger to the victim, 46% of cases the recruiter was known to victim(12)
The majority of suspects involved in the trafficking process are nationals of the country where the trafficking process is occurring(13)
The Profits
Estimated global annual profits made from the exploitation of all trafficked forced labour are US $31.6 billion(14)
Of this:
•US $15.5 billion – 49% - is generated in industrialized economies
•US $9.7 billion – 30.6% is generated in Asia and the Pacific
•US $1.3 billion – 4.1% is generated in Latin America and the Caribbean
•US $1.6 billion – 5% is generated in sub-Saharan Africa
•US $1.5 billion – 4.7% is generated in the Middle East and North Africa(15)
In 2006 there were only 5,808 prosecutions and 3,160 convictions throughout the world(16)
This means that for every 800 people trafficked, only one person was convicted in 2006 (17)
International Labour Organization, Forced Labour Statistics Factsheet (2007)
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Trafficking in Persons: Global Patterns (Vienna, 2006)
International Organization for Migration, Counter-Trafficking Database, 78 Countries, 1999-2006 (1999)
UNICEF, UK Child Trafficking Information Sheet (January 2003)
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Stolen smiles: a summary report on the physical and
psychological health consequences of women and adolescents trafficked in Europe (London, 2006)
Patrick Besler, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking: Estimating the Profits, working paper (Geneva, International
Labour Office, 2005)
US State Department, Trafficking in Persons Report (2007) p.36
Human Trafficking Informational Reading List
Anne T. Gallagher, The International Law of Human Trafficking
Louise Shelley, Human Trafficking: A Global Perspective
Alexis A. Aronowitz, Human Trafficking, Human Misery: The Global Trade in Human Misery
Anthony DeStefano, The War on Human Trafficking: U.S. Policy Assessed
Journalistic/Anecdotal
E. Benjamin Skinner, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery
Siddharth Kara, Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery
Victor Malarek, The Natashas: Inside the New Global Sex Trade
Victor Malarek, The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It
Kathryn Bolkovac, The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman's Fight for Justice
Nicholas D. Kristof, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Oct 12th at 1pm Eastern: This Week's Webinar: Women, Work, and Community Activism
Talk To Women Who Know. Talk To Women Who Solve Problems. Talk To Women Who Lead.
Time: Wednesday October 12, 2011 - 60 Minutes
1pm Eastern • 12 Noon Central • 10am Pacific • 6pm UK
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This one hour webinar is designed to cover the REAL issues facing women today as they balance work and family issues, take on new leadership roles, and mange the challenges and issues facing professionals throughout the workplace. Our team of veteran leaders tackle the role of women in a globally connected workplace.
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Madison Park Celebration and Tributes To Steve Jobs & Dr. Wangari Maathai
It's been a whirlwind news week on the international front and domestic US. We'll first pay tribute to the community efforts of Madison Park Development Corporation, one of the nation's first community based, non-profit organizations that developed affordable housing for low and moderate income residents. KELLEY CHUNN, their public relations spokes person will tell us more about their upcoming 45th Anniversary festivities set for October 19th and November 4th. Kelley is also our closing KEYNOTE LUNCHEON SPEAKER at the October 27th Multicultural Conference at the University of Massachusetts-Boston Campus (www.mssconnect.com).
From celebration we'll turn to reflecting on the life and death of two giants of humanity, the environment and technology: Nobel Peace Prize Winner Dr. Wangari Maathai of the Green Belt Movement and Apple Computer visionary Steve Jobs. Both Maathai and Jobs impacted the world in deeply emotional ways. As a Mac user since 1984 I respect and applaud Steve Jobs for his brilliance and dedication to innovation for ALL people. As an American deeply connected to Kenya, I salute Dr. Wangari Maathai for cobbling together her band of women who planted trees all over the countryside to improve the environment for ALL.
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Here are 27 reasons why your $99 Registration will bring you closer to valuing multiculturalism, global diversity and inclusion. Introducing the distinguished speakers of the conference:
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Kelley Chunn, Award Winning Journalist & PR Professional Luncheon Keynote Speaker
Distinguished Panelists
Dr. Carole Cowan, President Middlesex Community College
Atty Michael Curry, President Boston Branch NAACP
Samson Lee, President Boston Chapter National Assn of Asian American Professionals
Dr. Barbara Addison Reid, Lesley University
Juliette Mayers, Blue Cross Blue Shield
Georgianna Melendez, Co-Director, Commonwealth Compact
Carole Copeland Thomas, Founder, Multicultural Symposium Series, Moderator
Robust and Respected Roundtable Speakers
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Eduardo Crespo, Hispanic Market Solutions
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Gary Morton, Liberty Mutual and Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Program NBMBAA
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Maria Palacios, Middlesex Community College
Prince Reid, Amtrak
Darryl Settles (invited), Darryl's Corner Bar, Boston
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Green Movement Loses A Champion: A Tribute To Dr. Wangari Maathai 1940-2011
L to R: Carole with Rev. Irma Thibodeaux, Dr. Wangari Maathai & Linda McKenzie, Spring 2006
See Video Clip of Wangari Maathia At The Bottom Of This Blog
One of the world's great environmental activists died last week, losing a hard fought battle against cancer. Her health ended her life, but her many victories and brutal struggles for women's rights, environmental rights, democracy and peace will live long into the annals of history.
Green Movement, Women's Rights, and Peace
Dr. Wangari Maathai, university professor turned Green Movement advocate was a champion for women and the people of Kenya. Life was not easy for her as she faced opposition from some of the most powerful men in Kenya. From the 1970s until her health failed her last week, her leadership in the National Council of Women of Kenya and the Green Belt Movement attracted the attention of civic engagement leaders around the world.
She succeeded by planting thousands of trees throughout the East African landscape.
Because of her stubborn determination, frequent arrests, and death threats, Dr. Wangari Maathai won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, the first African woman and first environmentalist to win this coveted award.
Struggles Made Her Stronger
When I first heard her name in 2004, I thought it odd that a woman who organized other women to plant trees to rejuvenate the hills and farmlands of Kenya would win this highly prized award. Then I read more about her life and admired and respected her courage and bravery. A bitter divorce as her accomplishments eclipsed her husband's. Financial struggles as money dried up when she wouldn't toe the line. Political and tribal conflict when this Kikuyu woman went up against the nation's president, Danial arap Moi, who happened to be a member of the Kalenjin tribe (they are frequent winners of marathons held around the world). Attacks and arrests when she opposed a multimillion dollar construction pet project of President Moi. She ultimately won when the international funding of the Uhuru Park construction project was cancelled by foreign investors.
Wangari Maathai said this about the fight to save this important strip of land inside the city of Nairobi:
"When I see Uhuru Park and contemplate its meaning, I feel compelled to fight for it so that my grandchildren may share that dream and that joy of freedom as they one day walk there."
Education Made Her Smarter
Timing was right for educating Wangari Maathai. After receiving her primary and secondary education in Kenya shortly before its independence, she was part of the educational enlightenment period of African history in 1959-1963 when American funding by celebrities and politicians including Harry Belefonte and John F. Kennedy provided university scholarships for gifted students to travel to America. Wangari Maathai's scholarship landed her at Mount St. Scholastica College (now Benedictine College) in Atchinson, Kansas. She was sent to Kansas. Fellow Kenyan Barack Obama, Sr. was sent to the University of Hawaii with his scholarship.
After graduating from college, she continued her education, and received her master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh. It was there that she studied the strategic tactics of local environmentalists fighting against air pollution. Maathai continued with her doctoral education at The University Giessen (Germany), The University of Munich (Germany). She completed her Ph.D. in Veterinary Anatomy in 1971 from the University College of Nairobi. (Know known as the University of Nairobi, where I was privileged to speak in 2007.) She became the first East African woman to receive a Ph.D.
All of her educational pursuits were accomplished while she was still a young married woman and mother of three.
Mixed Bag: Her Political Career
She ran for political office several times. Probably lost more times than she won. And sentiments throughout Kenya about her political career were mixed. Perhaps she felt that serving in the government was a way to bring her ideas and vision for a greener Kenya to light.
When I took my first trip to Kenya in 2005, met the people, learned about the 40+ tribes, ate the food, saw the rich farmland, learned more about their economic and political struggles, I began to understand more about the power of Dr. Maathai's human rights struggle. She beat the odds, took on the system, and cobbled together an army of women armed only with seedlings and a dream. Amazingly bold and audacious.
Meeting Wangari Maathai
The highlight for me was meeting Wangari Maathai in 2006 when she accepted the invitation of Ambassador Charles Stith to speak at Boston University's African Presidential Archives and Research Center. She was insightful, friendly and very approachable. Members of the Kenya Sistahs (www.kenyasistahs.org), the humanitarian group that I co-founded took photos with Dr. Maathai. Dozens of Africans jammed the hallway to meet her, touch her and become inspired by her presence. Her charisma was uncanny. Her commitment to the environment and humanity unmistakable.
Remembering Her Legacy
It's sad to realize that she is gone, only to be remembered by the great work she did for so many. Wangari Maathai was a focused fighter, a champion for the right causes that positively benefitted the significant and the voiceless alike. I pay tribute to her, and hold her up as an example of what can happen when ONE visionary person mixes determination and courage into a potent mixture that yields a net positive impact on our society.
God Bless Her Soul. May She Rest In Peace.
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G20 plays down trade differences with Trump
WASHINGTON — Recent tensions between the U.S. and other major economies over trade did not reemerge ..
By admin , in Money , at December 12, 2017
WASHINGTON — Recent tensions between the U.S. and other major economies over trade did not reemerge during Friday's meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, fueling hopes global policy makers can avert an open dispute with the Trump administration over globalization, top German officials said.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said there was wide agreement during the session about the importance of free trade.
"The general mood of the discussion was broad approval in the direction of free trade," Schäuble told reporters after the meeting. Germany currently holds the G20 presidency and chaired Friday's gathering, which was held on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund's and World Bank's spring meetings.
"Almost everybody underscored the importance of open markets and free market access," Weidmann added.
Trade has emerged as controversial topic between the U.S. and other major economies following President Donald Trump's threats to pursue a more protectionist approach, a move he believes would re-energize the American economy. Those tensions spilled into the open at the G20 finance ministers meeting in Germany last month after the U.S. insisted on dropping a pledge in the closing communiqué to support of free trade.
After meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin earlier in the day, Schäuble said he believed a "non-confrontational solution" could be reached with Washington over the trade question at the next G20 summit in July in Hamburg.
The influential German minister has previously rejected the Trump administration's ideas for a border tax, calling it "the opposite of mainstream." Yet on Friday, he struck a more conciliatory tone, stressing that he didn't want to say anything that "would increase difficulties."
Indeed, following the harsh rhetoric of recent months between the U.S. and Europe, in particular, officials took pains to highlight the G20's consensus on core issues.
"One very important message from this meeting is that member states want to work together to address this politically very important issue of how to make globalization better for everybody in their countries," Weidmann said.
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London Horror Comic 6 was sent to the printers this week and as a result I managed to have one of my best night's sleeps of the year.
A sound sleep is a great reward and comes when you have expended all your energies into making something happen that you believe in.
Making things or making things happen is different from talking about them, having meetings about them or writing a plan about you're going to do and is a rarity in most modern jobs.
Perhaps that's why a restless sleep comes to those who don't do. The anxiety of not delivering coupled with the passing of each day would drive me insane.
In a good sleep, the body doesn't feel tired or wretched in a way that might come with working long hours on something you don't enjoy but have to do anyway.
Rather, when you work on something that means something to you, the body feels well used. The body's state approximates what I imagine would be a blissful state of death.
Digressing into the realms of spiritualism, you feel as if you're doing the will of the universe, rather than what those around you expect you to do.
Assured calm, certainty and validation of what you set out to do having been done makes for a better nightcap than Night Nurse syrup.
Other times I sleep well are usually during when I'm done wrapping up a day exhibiting at a comic convention. The toll of travelling, lugging boxes and talking is all massaged out at the end of a twelve-hour day by a deep sleep of knowing I've done what I set out to do.
Of course, getting the book to the printers is by no means the end of the process. The real work of pimping issue 6 will begin over the next few weeks, conventions will be booked, stores approached and more.
Knowing that there's even more work ahead doesn't deter me though.
It just means I have more chances to expend my energies and earn those well-deserved sleeps.


IBM is one of the world's great companies. Its hundred-year history includes spearheading the mainframe computing revolution in the 1960s, building a machine that beat Kasparov at chess in the 1990s, and most recently Watson, the intelligent system that won Jeopardy!. But its past was holding it back, both financially (73% of its revenue came from legacy products like mainframes) and perceptually (Business Decision Makers used words like "old", "dated" and "boring" to describe IBM). IBM urgently needed to prove itself as a leader and innovator in today's IT.
73% of Millennials have risen into decision-making positions in their company and IBM projected they will represent most of its market opportunity by 2017. Qualitative research also showed they were less fearful than Qualitative research also showed they were less fearful than their seniors of adopting artificially intelligent technology suggesting that – if we could reach them – they would be prime early adopters of Watson.
The 2016 Met Gala's theme was Manus x Machina—hand vs. machine. The red carpet would be full of celebrities modelling tech-themed designs, like Taylor Swift in Louis Vuitton and Beyoncé in Givenchy. But to capture the imagination of millennials, we wanted to create a dress where technology wasn't just decoration, but integral to the creative process and the design itself. We partnered with haute couture fashion brand Marchesa to create a dress that thinks and learns—a dress that can understand and incorporate trends, interact with other people, and respond to online feedback in real time by changing colour.
A red-carpet appearance along with promotion across social platforms and a custom content piece featured on New York Magazine's, The Cut, gave the dress the platform it needed to surprise and delight the millennial audience. Once millennials were hooked, the landing page we created drove the user journey to completion by providing information on relevant Watson and IBM technology.


Paul E. Almand was born in 1915 to Groer C. Almand and Flora I.D. Sharp. A very bright young man, he graduated from the Georgia School of Technology, Macon, Georgia, with a major in Industrial Management. His siblings included Eugene and Louise. Trained as a pilot, he flew the C-46 two-engine transport, Tail # 41-5171, which departed Sookerating, India, enroute to Kunming, China (known as flying "the hump" over the Himalayan Mountains) in clear and calm weather with light ground fog. On 7 November 1943, at an unknown location and time, his aircraft crashed. Th crew was comprised of pilot 2nd.Lt. Joseph E. Parris, 0-185561, co-pilot 1stLt. Paul E. Almand, navigator 2nd.Lt. James S. Johnson, 0-800125, radio operator PFC William J. Flynn, 11098872, and crew chief Corporal Charles T. Montagna, 32434947. The report reads that the call sign of the aircraft, 13T was faintly heard but not contacted. 2nd.Lt. Johnson reported that the aircraft went down possibly near Miatyika, Burma, and all crew members were captured. While 1st.Lt. Almand died as a POW in Rangoon 31 March, 1945, on 21 May, 1945, the remainder of the crew were rescued, transferred to the 142nd General Hospital, India, then returned to the U.S. His remains were recovered from the POW Cantonment cemetery.


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You Should Follow – Day 4
#365greattweeps
Chances are you're already following George. If not, you really should be.
About four years ago, two of my Twitter friends, Alec Couros and Dean Shareski, started asking their followers to add Alec's younger brother, George to their networks. I admire Alec and Dean greatly, so I started following George. His enthusiasm and passion for education was immediately apparent and extremely contagious. George became an instant friend, and when we met face to face in Philadelphia the first time, it felt like we had already met. (This happens, by the way, with Twitter friends more than you might imagine!)
George is an amazing leader in his role as Division Principal in Parkland Schools in Edmonton. He leads by example and empowers the people he works with to learn and share their inspiring stories. He shares his own stories, both personal and professional, and is very open about his struggles and successes. Through his work, he shares the importance of connecting and relationships for educators. He also has initiated or has been involved in Connected Principals, School Admin Virtual Mentor Program #SAVMP (administrator mentors), ConnectEd Canada, and I'm sure more that I'm forgetting at the moment.
George started the #365greattweeps idea. He's always thinking of new ways to get people motivated and inspired to learn and share.
More than anything, George is an invaluable friend. On so many occasions, he has been there for me to give advice, lend an ear, or just make me laugh. I can't even begin to thank him for that.
Oh, and he can rock a microphone at karaoke like none other.
George tweets at @gcouros and blogs (a LOT!) at http://georgecouros.ca/blog/.
#365greattweeps, GeorgeCouros
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Philip Cummings
Hey Michelle, I just wanted you to know that I am loving this series! Keep it up.
Thanks, Philip! I'm SO behind, but trying to catch up. You should pay particular attention to day 6. 😀


Vince Wesney and the entire Erie Inspection Service team are a dedicated group of individuals that I'm recommending to anyone in need of home inspection services. They're educated, professional, priced competitively and walk you through from start to finish with a Q&A, dialogue environment. Upon completion of the inspection, you're not simply emailed a report. Your color-photo report is printed and bound in a 1-inch binder on site. You're walked through the report as if your future home is speaking directly to you, letting you know where it needs some TLC. If that's not enough, the team is available to support you after the inspection with any follow-up questions. A huge thank you to Vince and team for reducing the high-stress environment of purchasing a home!


Medina: Arthur F. Fousse, 81, died July 26, 2018 at Rochester General Hospital. He was born October 2, 1936 in Rochester, a son of the late Arthur and June (Gill) Fousse. Arthur enjoyed hunting, making his own ammunition, fishing and gardening. He was a Real Estate Agent for 30 years, lastly working for RE/MAX Results in Brockport.
He was predeceased by his loving wife of 42 years, Beverly; brothers, Francis Fousse and Allen Schroeder. He is survived by his children, Cynthia Bennett of Albion, Paul (Glenda) Fousse of TN., Richard (Lorri) Fousse of Penfield; brother, Herbert (Eleanor) Fousse of Rochester; sisters, Mary (William) Weber of Rochester and Maryann Fousse of Webster; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Arthur's Memorial Service will be held at Faith Alliance Church, 3305 Oak Orchard Rd. Albion, on Saturday July 28, at 11:00am. Private interment in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Memorials may be made to S.C.O.P.E of NY.


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The past she can't remember just won't let her go. . . Alexis Brown was thirteen when her parents were killed. The police labelled it a murder-suicide, but Alexis has grown up believing her loving father could never have hurt her mother. Seventeen years later, Alexis receives an anonymous note telling her the police were wrong and her parents were both murdered, she's determined to return to Blue Ridge and find out the truth. Mandy's brand of rural romance mixes sweet romance between characters connected by fate, set in the heart of the Australian countryside. Talking points:
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Mandy Magro lives in Cairns, with pristine aqua-blue coastline in one direction and sweeping rural landscapes in the other. A passionate woman and a romantic at heart, she loves writing about soul-deep love, the Australian rural way of life and all the wonderful characters that live there.


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Property prices continue to surge in 2016, report shows
Property prices have showed no signs of abating, with Sydney and Melbourne apartment and house prices surging over the latest quarter, data released on Friday shows.
In the three months to June, property prices surged 6.8 per cent in Sydney and 3.5 per cent in Melbourne, CoreLogic's monthly house price index recorded.
The renewed property market enthusiasm was likely a result of an interest rate cut in May and pre-election investment activity, CoreLogic head of research Tim Lawless said.
Property prices have continued to rise, CoreLogic data shows. Photo: Henry Zwartz
"A lot of the growth was fuelled through April and May, but Sydney's June growth was exceptional after a moderating trend until early-2016," Lawless said.
"We thought last year was the last hurrah, but there has been growth again. However, we're not back to the frothy times of halfway through [2015] and we're well below the peak of July last year," he said.
While both Sydney and Melbourne dwelling prices have increased by about 15 per cent over the year to June, Melbourne's property price growth had materially slowed.
Apartment prices increased 1.1 per cent over the quarter in Melbourne, while house prices were up 3.8 per cent. Sydney apartments and houses both increased more than 6.7 per cent.
"It's a fairly new phenomenon [to see Melbourne slowing faster than Sydney], particularly as affordability is better in Melbourne and there isn't the same barrier for home buyers," he said.
"We're probably seeing the effect of some uncertainty around oversupply conditions permeating into the Melbourne market."
Hobart was the only other capital city to record an increase overall, up 1.8 per cent over the month, with all other capital cities seeing property prices fall. Darwin was the weakest capital city over June, down 1.6 per cent.
The Sydney and Melbourne results were not surprising, particularly after a month of strong auction clearance rates, Domain Group chief economist Andrew Wilson said.
"Auction clearance rates increased in every capital city [in June] except for Melbourne, which was flat," Wilson said.
"We would expect to see house price growth following these results."
Sydney's auction clearance rate increased to 71.7 per cent over June, compared with 69.2 per cent in May, Domain Group data shows. One year ago, the auction clearance rate was above 80 per cent.
And the strong fundamentals of Sydney and Melbourne's property markets would ensure continued stable growth, St George senior economist Hans Kunnen said.
"In Sydney, there's population growth and a previous lack of supply that's still behind demand," Mr Kunnen said.
"Sydney's auction clearance rates are still right up there and have barely deviated from the low-70 per cent."
While Melbourne may be experiencing some overall oversupply, the city has "pockets that are undersupplied that are seeing growth," he said.
As seen on www.domain.com.au


HTC today announced that something great has happened for you since HTC is no longer holding its ROM updates behind an e-Club registration wall. As of Thursday, just like on HTC's US site, you will be able to visit the support section for any of HTC's unlocked Windows Mobile smartphone and UMPC models and see a link to downloads, including ROMs. For sure, these ROMs can be used with original HTC devices only and will not work with carrier branded versions (out of the box) but many of us has experienced the frustration of not being able to register a phone properly on the HTC e-Club, and therefore have been denied a ROM update. Actually HTC listened to all our complaints and opened the download to everybody.
Nevertheless, the HTC e-Club is not going away, but rather becoming a place where customers can come to get goodies to customize their phones. For instance, HTC is now offering 20 new ringtones for the launch and more content will be rolled out later.


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She has been featured in ABC, FOX, NBC, CBS & CW along with various other radio shows, podcasts, magazines and publications.


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Q: how to use CSS nth child? i have this unordered list

 test1

test2

test3

test4

what i want to do is to select the .current child and access the test2 from it. That means to select .current and go back one step back to test2
Same for test1 go back two steps to get test1 and associate different CSS to it.
Is it feasible ?

A: There is no previous sibling selector or parent selector, so no, it is not feasible with pure CSS.
If you used some javascript it would be quite easy, something like
document.getElementsByClassName('current')[0].previousSibling.style = /* Whatever you want here */;

Assuming that there is only one current class at a time

A: In future browsers CSS Level 4 Selectors will enable you to solve this problem more easily using something like the following (WIP) :
!li + .current {}

See: http://dev.w3.org/csswg/selectors4/#subject

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Susan Gonzalez is a nurse certified in plant-based nutrition, an award-winning blogger, owner of MOON Organics, a holistic skin-care company, and co-author of the popular book "100 Perks of Cancer plus 100 Health Tips for Surviving It".
Susan has been teaching the importance of health and wellness since she became a nurse over 25 years ago, but her perspective was changed from the other side of the hospital bed when she was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer in 2005. Since then she has made it her mission to educate so we can eradicate.


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BrMSX was an MSX emulator for DOS, written by Ricardo Bittencourt. It was first released in 1997, and at the time was regarded as the fastest, most accurate MSX emulator.

History
In 1997, MSX emulation was still preliminary. The only MSX emulators available were fMSX and CJS MSX. Neither were very accurate at the time, nor were they fast enough to run all MSX software at full speed, on computers of that era.

BrMSX aimed to solve these two problems. In order to improve accuracy, the Z80 core was tested using ZEXALL, emulating every aspect of the CPU, down to the undocumented flags. Fast emulation was achieved by coding the emulator entirely in Assembly, and by using a number of hacks, the most successful being a dirty rectangles implementation known as the video cache.

Development of BrMSX started in September 1997, and the first public release was in November of the same year. The name itself, BrMSX has a double meaning. The Br in the name is an allusion to Brazil, the country where it was coded, but the characters also are the initials of the author, Ricardo Bittencourt. The logo, created by Raul Tabajara, reflects both the MSX imagery (by using a font similar to the logo of the MSX game Aleste) and the Brazilian flag (by using the round shield with the Brazilian sky). The mouse icon used in the GUI was a rendition of the keyboard of Expert (one of the Brazilian MSX models).

Eventually, interest in BrMSX faded, as fewer people used DOS-compatible systems. A Windows port came out later, but the last release (v3.0.16) was in Dec of 2003, and included the source code is dated as Mar of 2005. The DOS version stopped at Feb of 2003 (v2.10).

In 2017, the author rescued some of the history of the project with release granularity and published it on a git repository.

A number of features now common in MSX emulation were first seen in BrMSX:

 Z80 core fully compliant with ZEXALL
 Support to MegaRAM
 Support to samples generated by the PSG, PPI, and Konami Majutsushi
 MSX2+ cross-lines animation
 Disk drive emulation through I/O ports
 Dir as Disk, mount directories in the host machine
 ADVRAM, a hardware prototype that was never released commercially
 Interactive debugger
 Multiplayer games (using a serial cable)
 Fast forward button, to skip game introductions
 Save states
 TV emulation (blur filters and scanlines)
 Green monitor emulation
 Emulation of the LEDs (Caps Lock, Kana and the Disk Drive)

References

External links
  The latest version of BrMSX (Yahoo Groups)

MSX emulators
DOS emulation software
1997 software

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UK's avant-garde heavy unit OHHMS stream new album « Exist » in full via Metal Hammer ; out this Friday on Holy Roar Records!
Progressive stoner unit MONOLITH GROWS! to release new LP « Black and Supersonic » on Burning Wax Productions.
British progressive metallers OHHMS release new video for « The World » exclusively on Terrorizer today!
UK sludge avant-gardists OHHMS stream debut album « The Fool » on Metal Hammer; out 31.03 on Holy Roar Records!


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L'Illusion perdue (titre original :  ) est un film américain réalisé par Gregory La Cava, produit par Famous Players-Lasky et sorti en 1925.

Une copie est conservée à la Bibliothèque du Congrès.

Fiche technique
 Titre original :
 Titre français : L'Illusion perdue
 Réalisation : Gregory La Cava
 Production : Famous Players-Lasky
 Distribution : Paramount Pictures
 Scénario : Arthur Stringer
 Photographie : Edward Cronjager
 Durée : 7 bobines ()
 Date de sortie :  ()

Distribution
Richard Dix : Bill Dana
Esther Ralston : Mollie
Cora Williams : tante Abby
 Margaret Morris
Olive Tell : Gwen
 : The Kid

Notes et références

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Film américain sorti en 1925
Film d'aventure américain
Comédie romantique américaine
Western américain
Film muet américain
Film américain en noir et blanc


Mahalo nui to all scholar-athletes, coaches and clubs for making this another very successful and competitive league. Also a big mahalo to all of the supporters that have created a very supportive and great environment for volleyball. It is your cheering that helps to create that atmosphere and conditions for some of the highest level of volleyball in the country. Mahalo to all of the officials and other support staff to keep us on time and honest and to continually help us to grow the game.
Best of luck to all teams as they continue upon their play for the remainder of the season here in Hawaii and continue to represent our Aloha Region and our Hawaiian Islands as we compete on the continent. It is your play that makes our islands a hotbed for some of the best volleyball around the country. Keep it up and play your best!
Mahalo nui again for the continued support of the Aloha Region Power League and we are looking forward to seeing you all in 2019.
The Power League Finals will be scheduled for Sunday, 4/8. Best of luck to all teams in their play this week.
Reminders that there are no food or drink allowed into our gym area. Also, the doors, hallway and restroom on the Waikiki side of the gym are off-limits.
Best of luck to all of you in your preparation for this weekendʻs play and mahalo for your continued support and participation in the Aloha Region Power League. Please contact us via email (aloharegionpowerleague@gmail.com) with any questions.


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· Posted on Dec 14, 2017
9 Reasons Why 2017 Was The Kardashians' Most Dramatic And Important Year Ever
A lot went down this year.
by Ellie Woodward
The Kardashians can always be relied upon to bring drama and emotional rollercoasters to our daily lives, but 2017 was a particularly crucial year.
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Over the course of the past 12 months, the family have navigated family sagas, negotiated television deals, imposed limits on social media, and orchestrated a global buzz around three pregnancies.
Not only has a lot of their 2017 behaviour been unprecedented, but they've also signalled that this drama is far from over. Here's how.
1. This was the year that Keeping Up With the Kardashians turned 10 – a pretty monumental milestone.
October 2017 marked an entire decade since KUWTK first appeared on our screens. In that time, they've shot 15 seasons and almost 200 episodes, meaning E! has now broadcast over 200,000 total minutes of KUWTK and has enough footage to air the show for 150 straight days. Kim Kardashian's wedding to Kris Humphries remains the most watched day in E!'s programming history, and KUWTK is now the longest-running reality TV show of all time. Not bad for a family who assumed their time would be up after one season.
2. And, as if to mark their permanence in the public eye, the family also signed a new deal with E! worth $150 million, extending the show for five more seasons.
Kris Jenner once revealed that the show is the central piece of the Kardashians' business model, providing them with a base from which to grow their other ventures. At the current rate of production, this new deal means that the family will be on our screens – and therefore very much in our lives – for at least another three years. Take that, haters.
3. The extended drama between the Kardashians and Caitlyn Jenner was very interesting.
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The rift between the family and Caitlyn officially started at the tail-end of 2016, but reached an apotheosis this year when the Kardashians severed all ties with her.
Things kicked off in April when Caitlyn released an autobiography containing many less-than-complimentary passages about both Kris Jenner and the Kardashians.
Among other claims about Kris, Caitlyn alleged that she had "known" about her desire to transition for their entire marriage, had hoarded the family's money, and was the reason for the breakdown in the relationships between Caitlyn and her four children from previous marriages. Caitlyn also claimed that she was the reason Keeping Up With the Kardashians was green-lit but believes she "sold out" by appearing on the show, and stated that she'd deliberately omitted any mention of the Kardashians from her coming out interview with Diane Sawyer.
What ensued was several months of back and forth between the two camps. Caitlyn defended and reiterated her claims during TV interviews to promote her book, while the Kardashians gave their side of the story on KUWTK.
But it seems the final straw was Kim learning that passages from Caitlyn's book had been omitted from the preview copy she'd been given.
These sections detailed Caitlyn's gender reassignment surgery – which she hadn't told her family about – and also a claim that the late Robert Kardashian "believed OJ Simpson was guilty" when he worked on his defence team. After hearing these claims, Kim declared that Caitlyn was a "liar" and a "bad person," and the family agreed they were "done" with her.
Now, all of this is important because this feud was completely unprecedented.
While the Kardashians have navigated familial spats in the past, they're usually resolved within the timespan of a 40-minute episode. They also have an unwritten rule that any rifts within the family will be resolved as privately as possible. Both of these traditions were flouted in the length of this feud and the fact it unfolded so publicly. This raises questions as we enter into 2018. Will the family continue to air their issues so publicly again, or was it a one-off? Will they attempt to resolve relations with Caitlyn next year? Or will she become the first and only family member to be disowned? Whatever happens, next year will be interesting as heck.
4. October marked the first anniversary of Kim's robbery in Paris – an incident that has radically altered her use of social media.
Prior to the robbery, Kim's social media usage was uninhibited, amassing her hundreds of millions of followers. However, court documents revealed that through tracking her social media, the robbers were able to plan their heist in its entirety. Not only could they see the jewellery she had with her in Paris, they were also able to monitor when she was physically vulnerable based on her Snapchat location. For example, she posted the above two photos from her apartment just hours before the robbery, announcing that her friends were going out and leaving her home alone.
Since then, Kim has changed both how and what she posts. Whereas she once shared countless photos of her expensive jewellery and possessions, her feed now predominantly consists of family photos and promotion for her businesses.
Furthermore, whereas she once posted in real time – that is to say, directly from whichever location she happened to be at the time – she now saves and shares her content later so that her whereabouts cannot be traced.
5. But the biggest and most important effect of the robbery was that it catalysed Kim's decision to have a third child.
After the robbery, Kim revealed that she felt an "urgent need" to expand her brood. Speaking during an episode of KUWTK, Kim explained: "After what I went through in Paris, the urgency to have more kids is even greater. It made me realise that if, for some reason, I left this earth sooner than I would have wanted to, then my kids would have a support system at home, and I'd know that they'd be OK."
6. Which leads us to the next important Kardashian moment of 2017 – Kim deciding to use a surrogate to have this child.
Many people inaccurately assumed that Kim's decision to hire a surrogate was born from vanity. But in actuality, she'd experienced two life-threatening conditions – pre-eclampsia and placenta acreta – during both of her pregnancies. Kim was told by several doctors that she risked death if she carried a third child herself. So, it seems fitting that a week before the anniversary of the Paris robbery, Kim announced her surrogacy news.
And she's allowed this process to be documented on KUWTK.
Kim has been open and honest about her fertility struggles in several seasons of KUWTK, and her decision to chart the experience of surrogacy is just as important. So far Kim has revealed that it took over a year to find a suitable surrogate, and that the whole experience has been much harder than she imagined.
The pregnancy and birth will likely be charted throughout Season 15 next year, and it's also pretty damn significant that Kim is so openly discussing and destigmatising fertility issues for countless other people.
7. Oh, and then came the news that Kylie Jenner is pregnant too!
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In perhaps the most unexpected Kardashian news of all time, it was revealed back in September that Kylie Jenner is pregnant with her first child, although she's yet to confirm the report. The news came as quite a shock considering her stratospheric rise this year. Not only had she scored her own spinoff reality show, Life of Kylie, but her cosmetics brand was announced as being on course to become a billion-dollar company by 2022. And, given that in the past she's admitted that she'll delete social media and retreat from the public eye entirely after having children, it'll be very interesting to see whether she follows that plan through in 2018.
8. AND THEN came the news that Khloé was also pregnant. This means that not one, not two, but THREE Kardashian/Jenner sisters are expecting babies at around the same time.
Khloé hasn't yet confirmed her news either, but I am willing to bet that having three sisters expecting babies at the same time will provide some of the most dramatic and compelling scenes we've ever seen on KUWTK.
9. And this staggered pregnancy news has been a masterclass in media manipulation and an example of precisely why they've been so successful for 10 years.
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Not only did Kylie, Kim, and Khloé's pregnancy news break just a week before the 10th anniversary of KUWTK, but since then not a single member of the family have commented to either conform or deny the reports. Instead, they've stoked months of speculation, with fans analysing any trace of social media postings for "evidence" of pregnancy, and people the world over discussing their antics.
And it appears from this teaser trailer for the second half of Season 14 that the pregnancies will be announced on KUWTK, as per the family's tradition of saving news for the screen to guarantee huge ratings.
But until the moment of confirmation comes, the buzz and anticipation surrounding the family has arguably never been more intense. It's proof, as they embark on their next decade in the public eye, that people just can't help but keep up with the Kardashians.
Here's to an even more eventful 2018.


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Harness Racing in Australia
December 26, 2016 by Jennie Martin
A Closer Look at Harness Racing Down Under
Harness racing is a derivative of the original form of horse racing that involves a Standardbred horse pulling a two-wheeled carriage, or sulky, in an oval ring. The race is run on an oval track instead of a regular racetrack. A great amount of skill is required by the driver to control the horse's speed and direction. Harness racing is kept at a trot or a gait known as a pace, and horses to do not progress into a canter.
In North America, most of the races are run at a pace whereas in Europe the trot seems to be more popular. The trotting and pacer gaits differ in the sense that the trotting horse moves opposite rear and front legs, pushing them forward at the same time. Pacing on the other hand involves the horse to move either legs on one side of its body, simultaneously.
Harness racing is very popular in Australia and is growing in popularity every year, gathering a huge following. Wagering on harness racing is common practice and has become a favourite amongst the equestrian sport lovers that is keen to wager and try their luck.
The History Of Harness Racing
Harness racing originated from the ancient Romans and Greeks and remained a popular pastime of their decedents. The sport is still called, hardrijen, which literally meaning hard driving. Harness racing spread all over Europe to North America, although there are slight differences in the way they conduct harness racing. Harness racing was especially popular with the Dutch, so much so, that they will often claim that they were the founders of the entire sport.
Standardbred Versus Thoroughbred
In America, the Standardbred horse is the only breed that is used in harness racing. The name Standardbred was derived from the practice of adding a horse's name to a book that trotted or paced a mile in standard time, making them eligible to race. A Standardbred is different from the stock standard thoroughbred that is used in conventional horse racing as they have longer bodies and shorter legs compared to their counterparts. Standardbreds have a slightly better disposition because they have been bred with more docile breeds, while the Thoroughbred is known to be feistier.
The History Of The Standardbred
A sire named Messenger is considered to be the founding sire of the Standardbred in America. Messenger was an impressive grey thoroughbred, which made his way to America in 1788 and was subsequently bought by Henry Astor. Messenger produced many successful offspring and some were even legendary, including a great grandson named Hambletonian. Hambletonian was very influential within the American harness racing scene and almost all Standardbred horses in America can be traced back to him. Hambletonian was better known for producing successful offspring than his racing abilities that are in themselves very impressive.
He remains one of the most well known sires with both thoroughbreds as well as Standardbreds his best known lines include the Blacklock line, as well as a horse called Fighting Charlie. Fighting Charlie won the Ascot cup twice, once in 1965 and again in 1966.
2017 looks set to be another interesting year for harness racing in Australia and it's certainly a sport to keep an eye on if you're an Equestian fan.
Marquez To Miss Start Of New MotoGP Season
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Multiple MotoGP World Championship title holder Marc Marquez could very well miss the start of the 2021 season following a third operation on his right arm. Marquez has not raced ….
Michael Rutter Awarded Macau Grand Prix Win
November 20, 2019 by Cameron Hollands
Michael Rutter has been given the ninth Macau Grand Prix victory based on a single lap after the event had received two red flags and was ultimately abandoned. Peter Hickman ….
Alvaro Bautista Wins Race Two
September 11, 2019 by Cameron Hollands
In the Portugal World Superbike Championship round, Series champion Jonathan Rea was refused a treble victory as Spanish competitor Alvaro Bautista won race two of the event. Having won the ….
Jonathan Rea Wins Final For World Superbikes
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Jonathan Rea has finished the Misano double and advanced to within 16 points of World Superbike leader Alvaro Bautista after winning the final race of the event. The reigning champion ….
Exploring Formula E in Mexico City
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Mexico City GP: a Formula E Future? With the Mexico City Grand Prix on March 3, the 2017-18 Formula E series ticks off its fifth race of 12 for the ….
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Bonny is a User Experience consultant at Rockpool Digital. She has worked with a wide range of clients including eBay, Expedia and The Samaritans. She works closely with client teams to help change their approach to digital, not just make cosmetic changes to their websites. By encouraging clients think of their service users differently, she believes digital services can be designed to better meet user needs. Bonny is known for making comics to help clients empathise with their audiences, and she regularly runs UX comic making workshops for peers.
When was the last time a document of yours was shared virally within a client organisation? Pinned to walls? Or even just read by all the client stakeholders?
Comics are a powerful communication tool that can have a role in boardrooms as well as playrooms. Words and pictures shown in sequence are easier and faster to understand compared to traditional documents. They can be used throughout projects to engage audiences and stakeholders. And people love reading them.
This session will explore why people like comics and how they can be used effectively within user experience tasks. We will focus on how journeys, events and scenarios can be shared using more than just words. We will look at how comics use non-verbal communication that helps readers to empathise with stories.
I will share examples of how comics have been used as a fast and easy way to explore ideas, share information and increase empathy with audiences and teams. You'll get to see real comics I have made for clients, as well as ones by other comic makers.
I'll also give you a crash course in how to get started making your own comics. This includes basic drawing skills (suitable for the terrified as well as the confident artist!).


I, like most people, eat on a fairly regular basis. And I, apparently UNlike most college students, like to eat good fresh food with lots of vegetables. I appreciate my free seminar pizza as much as the next guy, but given the choice I love my own food.
I find cooking therapeutic, creative, and a darn tasty hobby. Every so often I try new things – experimentation and curiosity are the foundations of an engineering approach to life, after all. This past week I found myself with a bunch of extra orange juice to use up, so I decided to try my first ever two-layer cake.
I borrowed two round cake pans from my friend (must have the right tools for the job, right? first rule of any project). Carefully I baked the cake layers for an Orange Marmalade Cake. But then as I went to assemble the cake, I realized the recipe didn't really have a frosting layer in the middle. Sure you are supposed to spoon some liquid between the layers, but really that's nothing special.
Pretty from the outside, but no gooey middle layer... sad.
I was miffed. What's the point of going through the hassle of making two layers, if you don't even get a decent frosting layer in the middle?
In fact, why not just make a cake pan in the shape of the wedding cake? So much easier!
Duh, Miss Outlier. I had the answer. It's basic heat transfer, of course! If you had a tall, deep cake pan, then the outside edges would cook and burn before the middle was done.
So what could you do about that? As I continued cleaning the dishes, I pondered. What if you took the cake pan, and cut a hole out of the middle, so that you wouldn't have a uncooked center?
But of course. The Bundt pan.
Okay, fine. So I reinvented the Bundt pan. But it was kind of cool to independently reach an engineering conclusion about daily life. As it turns out, although you may think the baking process could be simply modeled with the basic diffusion equation, there are a few complicating factors. In particular, the heat diffusivity does not remain constant over the baking time. And, you should take into account radiation and convection as well as conduction.
Sound like a journal paper? Indeed it does (and there are probably more than one, as the science of cooking is a well-established area).
Do you find yourself looking at everyday things with an engineering lens?
Properly engineered cake. Quickly devoured by labmates, which I think displayed success in both form and function.
http://www.cookingforengineers.com/ is a wonderful website. The Kitchen Notes section is full of fun little tidbits. They also have my go-to creme brulee recipe.
Cooking for engineers is one of my favorite sites! I've been meaning to try the truffle recipe on there.
I totally agree with you that cooking can be therapeutic. I don't do any baking but cooking and grilling are great for relieving stress.


Whenever I talk about the Philippines, I always say that our country feels like Summer all throughout the year. But the real Summer is no joke. People who were born, raised and aged in the Philippines still complain about the weather when it hits.
That's why beaches and resorts get jam packed in March, in April and in May because people want to get in fresh and cool water.
This weekend was so fun! I went to 9 Waves resort located in San Mateo, Rizal.
The place is about 1 hour away from the metro by car.
The place is not so big compared to other famous resorts in the Philippines. But the place is good enough to enjoy with your family and friends!
There are three pools in 9 Waves.
The first one is the Wave pool, which you will see upon entrance.
We went too early (8am) so the pool didn't have waves just yet.
There's also a kiddie pool with a cute whale slide for children.
And the regular pool with a slide. Which I didn't try because I didn't want to land in 6 foot deep water!
The cottages were also cute. You can either choose to stay under a simple mini cottage like in the photo..
Or in a wide and secured pavilion like this. We chose to stay here. It was Php 2,700 or about $64.
Henna tattoos are also in style while relaxing by the pool or at the beach. 9 Waves also offers henna tattooing.
Swimming will make you tired, and hungry. That's why we brought packed lunch with us.
However, if you don't have the time to prepare food, there are some stalls inside the resort where you can buy some snacks and beverage.
Now, it's time to go swimming!
This is me before changing into proper swimming attire and getting in the water.
Now, I am properly dressed for the place.
I went with my friend, Arrienne. Here are some photos of us.
We swam from 9am until 3pm so I got really dark.
But the darkness of my skin is okay because I really liked the place and I really had fun!
My favorite has got to be the wave pool!
There is a water fall above the wave pool where people could go up to. I did go up and took some more shots.
I really liked this place and I really had a good weekend.
I recommend this place to people who want to relax and feel refreshed especially this very hot summer.


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Our Faith Our Vote: Blog
Will you Vote Faithfully?
by Sandy Sorensen |	published on Oct 24, 2016
Election Day is fast approaching. We know that our democracy is stronger when all the members of our communities, informed by their passions and life experiences, cast their ballot. Now, more than ever, I believe that every vote – and voice – does matter. So when my friends and family ask me why I'm voting, here's what I tell them –
As a person of faith, I believe I am called to love my neighbor, and one way to put that love in action is to advocate for public policy outcomes that promote the common good for all. Voting is one important way to do that.
There is more at stake in this election than the presidential race. And even Congress. State and local races can be critical in shaping the life of our communities. They impact everything from schools, transportation, the quality of our drinking water and who enforces our criminal justice system.
In many states, there are important ballot initiatives before the voters, on issues like gun violence and campaign finance reform. These are rare opportunities for us as voters to shape our laws directly.
Most of all, I want the children in my life to know I cared enough about their future to vote.
In a time when our country needs faithful voices to advance a vision of justice and peace, I opt for voting, and for working for change and positive dialogue long after the polls close on November 8th.
I hope you will join me and encourage others in your congregation and community to let their voice be heard. Here are some nonpartisan ways you can have a positive impact on the electoral process:
Observe Vote Faithfully Sunday –
We've teamed up with ecumenical partners to claim the Sunday before Election Day as Vote Faithfully Sunday. This is a great opportunity to reflection on our commitment to the common good, provide our members with the information they need to cast their ballots and prepare to vote as a community.
Use the resources in the #VoteFaithfully toolkit, a nonpartisan, resource from the United Church of Christ, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church. The toolkit contains worship resources for the Sunday before the elections, a bulletin insert with information on Election Protection, and a voter commitment card that can be collected as part of your Sunday offering.
Help your Congregation Get Out The Vote
Check out the UCC Our Faith Our Vote campaign for ideas on how to mobilize voters in your congregation and community. Make sure they have all the information they need to cast their ballots.
Start Planning for the Future
Begin to think about ways you can engage your congregation and community in thoughtful, respectful dialogue after the elections through education forums and community dialogues.
Help ensure that every voice in your community is heard! Help us get out the vote!
See you at the polls!
P.S. Share your GOTV efforts on social media using the #OurFaithOurVote and #VoteFaithfully hashtags! We want to show the world what faith in action looks like!
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The Wells Gallery is the premiere gallery at The Sanctuary Resort on Kiawah Island, dedicated to providing contemporary art works focused on the Lowcountry and Southern experience. This innovative and unique gallery has been carefully designed to enthrall its visitors with its collection of original oil paintings, watercolors, and artisan jewelry produced by some of the nation's most sought after artists. We strive to foster an appreciation of the visual arts, and to support the development of our established and emerging artists by presenting their works in our gallery and through our website.
Presenting the works of local and national artists who have proven to embrace the barrier islands for all their splendor and natural beauty, the gallery is the region's only to feature works of art that celebrate Kiawah Island. The Wells Gallery hosts exhibitions and workshops from our roster of over 20 artists including: Curt Butler, Russell Gordon, Gary Gowans, Glenn Harrington, E.B. Lewis, George Pate, and Karen Larson Turner.
We hope you enjoy your tour of our artists' work. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. We would love to hear from you.


What is Part P of the Building Regulations?.
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Part P is a section of the current building regulations concerned with electrical installation in domestic dwellings. The law was introduced by UK government in 2005, and affects most electrical installations in domestic properties located in England and Wales. The law was introduced to protect homeowners and tenants from the risk of dangerous accidents and occurrences caused by faulty electrical work.
The new law brought electrical work carried out in the home under statutory control. This is normally carried out by the building control departments of local authorities.
How to comply with Part P and who is Responsible?
Electrical Installations must meet Part P and the homeowner or Landlords must notify the relevant department. If work does not meet the requirement as stated in the regulation, the local authority can make the homeowner or landlord alter or remove work until the breach is rectified.
When should I notify the Local Authority for Part P work?
NICEIC have produced the following document outlining when notification is needed.
If you require a PART P certified electrician in Cardiff or South Wales please contact us.


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Eugene Holtsinger (July 7, 1868 - Dec 14, 1916)  was a real estate developer in Tampa, Florida. He helped create Bayshore Boulevard and its first subdivision: Suburb Beautiful. A bridge over the Hillsborough River is named after him.

Holtsinger moved to Tampa in 1905 from Dandridge, Tennessee and joined fellow Tennessean Alfred Swann in the land-development business, constructing homes in Hyde Park, Tampa, Suburb Beautiful, Ridgewood Park, Tampa, Ybor City and West Tampa. He also developed the area now known as Sparkman Wharf formerly known as Channelside. He owned the Tampa-Sulphur Springs Traction Co. and was the builder of the Garcia Avenue Bridge for streetcars running between Ybor City and West Tampa (replaced in 1959 by the bridge that bears his name).[1] To fill in the low lands along the waterfront, Mr Holtsinger had a dredge constructed in Tampa and organized the Hillsborough Dredging Company.[2] Later Holtsinger acquired other dredges and the company handled many dredging contracts in the Tampa Bay region. One of the dredges, the Holtsinger, was used in the development of the waterfront at Sarasota.

Mr. Holtsinger was born in 1868 in Dandridge, Tennessee, the son of George W. Holtsinger and Loretta A. E. Dobson Holtsinger. He was educated at Maury Academy, in Dandridge, and when 18 years old taught school in Shady Grove, Tenn. Holtsinger then studied law, at the University of Virginia, and was admitted to the Tennessee bar before he was 21. Before he became of age he also served as clerk of the chancery court of Dandridge during the illness of his grandfather who was then the clerk.
After being admitted to the bar, Mr. Holtsinger practiced law in Dandridge in the office of the law firm of Pickle, Turner and Holtsinger who had their main offices in Knoxville. Eugene Holtsinger was the attorney for the Southern Railroad for many years.

Shortly after the turn of the century Mr Holtsinger acquired large tracts of timber lands in southern Georgia and Florida and in 1904 moved to Wachula, Florida where he established a turpentine still and large mill and organized the Wachula Manufacturing Company for making citrus and vegetable crates. Retaining his interests in Wachula, Mr Holtsinger came to Tampa in 1905 and for a short time was a law partner of John P. Wall, Jr. Thereafter he devoted almost all of his time to the real estate and investment business.

In 1906 Mr Holtsinger entered into partnerships with A. R. Swann, of Dandridge, whom he had persuaded to come to Tampa, and they formed the firm of Swann & Holtsinger. The firm purchased the Morrison Grove property in the Hyde Park section and 52 acres adjoining, along the waterfront, and proceeded to develop Suburb Beautiful, converting mud flats into the finest residential district of the city. Bayshore Drive, the forerunner of the Bayshore Boulevard, was created during the development work. Mr Holtsinger was active in all operations.

Mr. Holtsinger was the founder of the Cosmopolitan Bank & Trust Company which later was sold to the Bank of Ybor City. He also took a leading part in the development of Sulphur Springs and was one of the principal backers of the Tampa & Sulpher Springs Traction Company. Foreseeing Tampa's future harbor development, he purchased a large tract in 1909 which now is the main section of the estuary. Becoming one of Tampa's most active builders, he constructed hundreds of homes on Suburb Beautiful, West Tampa and Ybor City.

During the business recession of 1915, at a time when the activities of Swann & Holtsinger were greatly extended, the firm suffered severe financial reverses and was thrown into the hands of a receiver. Mr Holtsinger, one of the most far sighted developers in Tampa's history, lost heavily. Weakened by diabetes, only a few years before insulin treatment became available, he died December 14, 1916.

Mr. Holtsinger was survived by his widow, the former Miss Mary E. Meek, of Strawberry Plain, Tenn., whom he had married on July 14, 1892, and survived by three sons: Edgar, George and Clarence.

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Recently, I have been working on a portable altar in the style of the one found at Jarrow and a reproduction of which can be seen at Bede's World. That got me thinking about religion in the middle ages. The original notes it is to the honor of Saint Peter; mine is to the honor of St. Olwyn, the patron saint of Micel Folcland. Matters in several books read lately, including a list of tithe days in Larsom's Canute the Great, combined with the matter and set me scribbling…
The importance of the Church in the middle ages cannot be minimized. The Middle Ages was defined by the Christian Church. So many aspects of medieval life—from the royalty, to the taxes, to some of the actual kit being worn—was defined and regulated by the Church. Any attempt to engage in an historical recreation while not incorporating or disregarding ecclesiastical thought and life is entirely specious and inadequate if not fantasy. What some folk call a medieval reenactment or, indeed, the more ambiguous re-creation but which ignore the Church is doing nothing but having a fancy-dress party. By that, we do not mean just having people walk around in formal ecclesiastical garments but that certain rituals, certain rites, certain practices, the illusion of certain beliefs are presented and in fact required and reenacted. This is, to a great extent, the difference that you will see between a fantasy organization ands serious living history society. At the most, you can only call such half-baked attempts medievaloid or perhaps medievalish.
However, the importance of religion in the culture of the middle ages is not restricted to Christianity. For example, in heathen times the common people of England respected their kings when they were responsible for a good interaction with the deity but not when there apparently was not. As Laurence Larson notes in Canute the Great, "They were to secure the favor of the gods. A failure of crops meant that a duty had been shirked. The feeling lingered for some time after the disappearance of heathendom." For several centuries afterwards you can still perceive heathen practices and beliefs within the so-called Christianized Europe. This is not to say that they were trying to perpetuate heathen practices. In fact, certain superstitions that we see yet today sprang out of the heathen beliefs ad practices!
In fact, if we look at the battle that was taking place in northern Europe around the time of the Millennium when Christianity tried to assert itself over the prevalent heathenism, one is left with a certain feeling that the people who were to be converted were being succored into the Christian faith by the acceptance of certain heathen beliefs, which were incorporate into Christian thoughts and practices. This is seen as far back as the conversion of th Anglo-Saxons in the seventh century, when Pope Gregory said,
"The temples of the idols in that nation ought not to be destroyed; but let the idols that are in them be destroyed; let holy water be made and sprinkled in the said temples, let altars be erected, and relics placed. For if those temples are well built, it is requisite that they be converted from the worship of devils to the service of the true God …. And because they have been used to slaughter many oxen in the sacrifices to devils, some solemnity must be exchanged for them on this account…. but kill cattle to the praise of God…. For there is no doubt that it is impossible to efface everything at once from their obdurate minds; because he who endeavours to ascend to the highest place, rises by degrees or steps, and not by leaps."
This quote is, the way, recounted by Bede in Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, quoting a letter to Mellitus in June 601. (We shall not mention the importance of Bede, a cleric, in our understanding of what went on in early medieval English culture…)
Returning to the importance of Christianity during the period, we might mention the reason for Crusades, or the various pogroms that massacred Jewish populations or the brutality seen in the conquest of Jerusalem from Muslims, where an eyewitness, Fulcher of Chartres, who noted in Gesta Francorum Jerusalem Expugnantium that, "In this [non-Christian] temple 10,000 were killed. Indeed, if you had been there you would have seen our feet coloured to our ankles with the blood of the slain. But what more shall I relate? None of them were left alive; neither women nor children were spared."
However, the importance of religion in the eleventh century in England can be seen much closer than Jerusalem. The sheer requirement of tithes was essential to the conduct of business during the middle ages as can be seen by the list of customary ecclesiastical fees that Larson notes in his biography of Cnut that Church Lights were gathered at the Feast of the Purification (Candlemas, 2 February), Easter Eve and All Saints Day (1 November); the Church Scot on Martinmas (11 November); Peter Pence on Saint Peter's Day (1 August); Plough Alms on Fortnight after Easter; the Tithe if the Harvested Crops on All Saints Day (1 November); and the Tithe of the Young Beasts on Pentecost.
To ignore these as so many "reenactors" do—or perhaps they have no idea of their existence at all—is to create a fallacious concept of life in the time. In fact, we look at the conflict between the ecclesiastical and the secular cultures during this time, it becomes very important! And its portrayal is essential to an honest portrayal of the culture of the time!
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Sèvres: The Louis XVI Service
Louis XVI commissioned a huge service counting 445 pieces from Sèvres in 1783 but only about half was finished when the King was executed ten years later. From the start it was estimated that the service would take 23 years to complete. Sèvres used their most experienced workers for this service but still a decorative plate would take 12-15 months to finish.
Combined, the service was the most expensive ever created at Sèvres with each plate costing 480 livres! In comparison the service of Catherine II of Russia cost 242 livres per plate while the service delivered to the Comte d'Artois cost a "mere" 60 livres per plate. In total the cost was estimated at 164.390 livres where just 7000 would be paid off annually! No wonder it took such a long time.
The final payment was registered on 13 January 1792 when the royal family was still in captivity.
The overall theme of the decorations are mythological scenes which were carried out by various artists including Claude-Charles Gérard (Head of paintings at Sèvres), Claude-Antoine Didier and Charles-Nicholas Dodin. Despite the huge sums spent on the service, no new shapes were created for it. Actually, the shapes for the wine coolers and such was 40 years old.
The service includes two kinds of plates: those you eat off and those you show off. The plates with detailed "paintings" were not used for eating since the knives would destroy the precious painting. Instead, plates with a completely clear centre was used and to compensate the edges were adorned with elaborate, golden foliage.
This was a decorative plate and was not used to eat from
In 1811 it was bought by George IV and remains in the English royal collection.
The collection of HM Queen Elizabeth II
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Michelle Stanley 11 February 2016 at 19:31
Beautiful pieces.
Louis, the Grand Dauphin
Philippe I, Duc d'Orlèans
The Carousel of 1662
BONUS: The Ministers' Housing
BONUS: The South Wing of Louis XIV (1. floor)
BONUS: South Wing - Ground Floor
BONUS: North Wing of Louis XIV's Time - First floor
The Fall of Fouquet
Madame du Barry's Bedchamber
Look-Book: Louis XVI - Gentlemen
Look-Book: Louis XVI - Ladies
Look-Book: Louis XV - Gentlemen
Look-Book: Louis XV - Ladies
Look-Book: Louis XIV - Gentlemen
Look-Book: Louis XIV - Ladies
Look-Book: Louis XVI
Look-Book: Louis XV
Look-Book: Louis XIV
Sèvres: The Rohan Service
Sèvres: The Essex Service
A Present for the King of Denmark
Sèvres: Madame du Barry's Service of 1774
Sèvres: Madame de Pompadour's Bowl
Toiletries: A German Necessaire
A Guide
What Might Have Been: The Kings That Never Were
Pompous Pomades: A Greasy Necessity
Portraits: The Royal Family
Portraits: Louis, Comte de Provence
Portraits: Marie Josèphine of Savoy
Portraits: Madame Louise
Portraits: Madame Sophie
Portraits: Philippe I, Duc d'Orlèans
Portraits: Henrietta of England
Portraits: Madame Clothilde
Portraits: Charles, Comte d'Artois
Portraits: Élisabeth de France
Portraits: Madame du Barry
Portraits: Madame de Pompadour
Portraits: Marie Josèphe of Saxony
Portraits: Louis, le Grand Dauphin
Portraits: Madame de Montespan
Portraits: Madame Henriette
Portraits: Madame Louise Élisabeth
Portraits: Louis XVI
Portraits: Marie Antoinette
Portraits: Louise de La Vallière
Portraits: Marie Thérèse


Roberta Warshaw Art and Design: Ghostly ghost prints!
Have fun @ class!!! Love this print!
I do like your ghosts. Coincidentally, I am off to a one day printing workshop too: printmaking without a press, which I think will be woodblock, or perhaps lino. I hope the former.
How lovely Roberta! Sounds like you have so much on its good to see you re finding time to keep pushing your ideas further and come up with such lovely results!
So lovely! Have fun in your class!
Love those ghost prints too...they seem to have a more subtle appearance than the first prints, don't they?


After my visit to the dentist, I came to know about #TheRedDare an ongoing campaign by Dabur to promote oral hygiene. I understand there is nothing more painful like tooth pain so, I accepted to promote this noble cause of oral hygiene.
My mother says you should brush your teeth twice a day but Dabur says you can brush your teeth anywhere, anytime and at anyplace. I obey my mother and agree to Dabur as well. I accepted the challenge of brushing teeth in public place. I got my RED PACKET from Dabur which gave me choice to take up dare at various public locations. Seven options for seven days and I choose first one which is "At a mall/shopping complex" so I went to flea market place to take up the challenge.
Here is my video where I take up the #TheRedDare.
If you want to be a part of this campaign and contribute to noble cause of oral hygiene then just WhatsApp your address on number +91-9910818814 to get your #TheRedDare box and carry out the challenge. #TheRedBox contains Dabur red toothpaste and details of the dare.
So guys go ahead and take up this exciting challenge. Trust me its FUN!
Haha such a fun challenge! Great job!


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The book introduces the principles of Cognitive Therapy, which teach us that by changing the way we think we can alter our moods, deal with emotional problems, and get rid of depression without the use of drugs. Studies have shown that treating depression this way is superior to most other approaches.
Key to this therapy is that thoughts create emotion, so to improve the latter, improve the former. Much of the way one cures oneself of negative thoughts and emotions is the same as in the self-talk books by various people, especially Shad Helmstetter, and the self-parenting books of John Pollard.
He discusses the meaning of "passive-aggressive" behavior, a well-substantiated phenomenon that's very common in our society, and is mostly due to the mistakes people make in child-raising. He seems to think that psychologists characterize this character disorder as always being about people intentionally "wanting" to frustrate others because of their internalized anger, but in truth, people often have repressed any anger or need to frustrate and there's no intentionality about it. Other passive-aggressives do feel the anger or need to frustrate and intend to disappoint people. The passive-aggressive character disorder, in the thinking of the therapists who know it best, includes both intentionality and non-intentionality.
Burns feels that the theory of passive-aggressive is incorrect as it applies to depressives because depressed people who display passive-aggressive behavior do not "feel" particularly angry. But if they've repressed the anger and the desire to frustrate they of course wouldn't feel it so the theory of passive-aggressive for depressives works fine—there isn't necessarily intentionality or conscious anger. He needs to reread Freud's works relating to the unconscious and repression. The best psychologists do not feel that passive-aggressives necessarily feel angry and consciously intend to frustrate, although some do.
The best expert on the passive-aggressive disorder we've encountered is Leon F. Seltzer, Ph.D. In his depiction of any of us who have the disorder, we're afraid of showing our needs, since our parents' responses to them are negative and anything but need-filling, so "we keep them tucked away. . . . frequently, we go from suppressing the expression of these needs to repressing them entirely. Because experiencing these wants and needs can itself get connected in our minds with parental disapproval or rejection, we may well feel obliged to obliterate even the awareness that they exist. . . . we may forfeit all consciousness of our most basic needs just to avoid the anxiety linked to them."
To reiterate, often the needs and anger are unconscious—repressed. Other times, we feel these things and we seriously disappoint the parents as a way to express anger which we are very aware of. We don't dare risk overt aggression, so we opt for passive aggression: disappointing them rather than hitting them, screaming at them, or throwing things at them. And of course, this behavior pattern carries into adult life where it gets targeted at authority figures and/or those who care about us.
This Feeling Good book is a great book to empower the treating of depression as well as ridding oneself of negative thoughts and emotions resulting mostly from parenting errors. Few people would fail to profit from reading and applying this gem to their lives, since we ALL have negative thoughts and emotions. Highly recommended as an adjunct to therapy or even when used in self therapy. Above all, one thing is sure: this stuff works!


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Five and a Half Things You Can Probably Expect from the Return of "Two and a Half Men."
Published Sep 19, 2011 at 10:33 AM | Updated at 2:45 PM EDT on May 30, 2012
It's been one of the most popular shows on TV for eight seasons, but who would have thought that on the eve of its ninth, it would be one of the most controversial? And yet here we are - a few months removed from Charlie Sheen's public meltdown, his fire-spewing tit-for-tat with "Men" creator Chuck Lorre, and the eventual nationwide live tour. The dust has settled, Sheen has been replaced by actor Ashton Kutcher, and the world awaits to see whether Sheen was the real draw of the show or if the adventures of one and a half Harpers can go on regardless of who's in the middle.
We've heard the rumors, we've watched as the stars have made the talk show rounds teasing the new season, but here's what we think will go down while Comedy Central is busy roasting Sheen as a novel bit of counter-programming.
5. The show will open with Charlie's funeral
This is a "no duh," of course, since this has been the worst kept secret of all time. Sheen himself has even casually talked about it, mentioning that "there is no urn" when asked by "Today" host Matt Lauer if her could ever return for a guest appearance. The buzz is that Sheen dies when he falls (is pushed?) onto metro train tracks while vacationing in Paris…and the term "meat explosion" has been tossed around. There's always a chance for a last minute, pre-premiere tweak as far as the death details, but you can absolutely bank on the fact that this wacky featherweight comedy will open with…a funeral. Yay!
4. There will be a cliffhanger
Kutcher's character, lonely internet billionaire Walden Schmidt, will be introduced in the premiere, but the show is going to be coy about how and when he actually moves in with Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones. Maybe…he WON'T! It could happen, you know, if you ignore the thousands of dollars they are paying Kutcher per episode, the ad campaigns, the new show opening….but, hey, it'll be suspenseful. Kinda.
3. Two and a Half Men 2.0: The Rise of Angus
The old "Men" dynamic was Underachieving Kid/Nebbish Dad/Horndog Uncle. With Schmidt being described as handsome but awkward around women, the much-needed "irrepressibly randy creep" element is missing. Or is it? Angus T. Jones, this is your moment. You're no longer the cherubic little porker - You are, what, 35 now? You've thinned out, you have grown up less awkwardly than Haley Joel Osment. Time to let your inner Sex Panther roar. Someone has to keep the parade of model-turned-actress hopefuls coming through the door.
2. Twitter will be a running joke
Not sure if you know this, but Ashton Kutcher is the King of Twitter (self-proclaimed). He was into that, like, waaaaay back in Halcyon Days of 2006, when tweets were burned into wood pieces and floated down rivers until people (called "Followers") plucked them from the water and giggled at their wit. Seeing as he's playing a character who made his billionaires on the internet (never mind how - it's the internet), the stage is set for Kutcher to indulge in his two greatest loves: Self promotion and re-tweeting that self promotion.
1. Before Schmidt, it will be cameo-central
Chuck Lorre wouldn't possibly pass up a chance for even more publicity, so perhaps he'll make Walden just one of many possible suitors for the Harper household. And who better to make up the suitor roster than every actor who has been rumored to replace Sheen since Sheen flamed out? We're talking….<deep breath>….John Stamos, Richard Greico, Scott Baio, David Arquette, Bob Saget, Woody Harrelson, Jeremy Piven, Gary Busey, Emilio Estevez, and, erm, David Hasselhoff. It would make the first episode of season nine the best episode of "House Hunters" ever.
Teen Heartthrobs: Then and Now
1/2. Demi Moore will cameo
We give it half a season before she shows up. Book it.
"Two and a Half Men" season nine premieres tonight at 9 PM ET
Charlie Sheen's Highs and Lows