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Feb. 12, 2012Mom objects to child being unsupervised while in dad's care; court and officials side with dad
Kara Alward expected authorities would take action after the father of her 7-yearold daughter left the girl alone at an Econo Lodge last summer while he was at work at a gas station.
When Alward's daughter told her she'd been repeatedly left unsupervised at the motel during an extended summer visit with her father, Alward said she was terrified. When she feared her daughter was alone again on Aug. 22, Alward drove to Gaylord, called the girl and then called police.
Officials investigated but determined what happened was not against the law. A police investigation did not result in any charges against the girl's father, Martin Jozwiak. A Children's Protective Service caseworker also investigated and determined Jozwiak was in the clear once he promised that, in the future, he would find chlid care.
And a court referee threatened to throw Kara Alward in jail when she used profane language to express frustration about her case at a hearing months later.Alward avoided jail, but she was ordered to pay Jozwiak's attorney fees for filing what the referee, Cynthia Conlon, deemed to be a frivolous motion to restrict Jozwiak's parenting time.
Alward and Jozwiak already had a terrible, contentious relationship when their daughter returned to Alward's home in Boyne City last summer after two weeks with her father in Gaylord.
Alward had worried about the living conditions Jozwiak provided in Gaylord, but when the 7-year-old reported that she'd been repeatedly left alone at the motel for hours at a time, Alward said, she was furious.
(The Express is not printing the name of the daughter out of consideration for her privacy).
The previous winter, Alward suspected Jozwiak was homeless after he gave court officials a false address. When Alward and her attorney, Richard Zerafa, investigated that address, they discovered Jozwiak never lived there. They had no idea where Jozwiak lived.
Jozwiak told court officials he lied about his address because he feared harassment from Alward. The dispute led Jozwiak to move into a room at the Econo Lodge in Gaylord.
Jozwiak lived in a section of the motel set aside for long-term renters. Alward said she checked the motel's address against the state sex offender registry.
"We looked it up – 14 registered sex offenders for children under the age of 13 in a one-mile radius," Alward said.
For Alward, there is no gray area. Her daughter, at age seven, was too young to be left alone at a motel.
David Akerly, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Human Services, the department that oversees Children's Protective Services, said the question of when a child can be left unattended is a murky one.
There is not an age, officially, when a child is old enough to be left unattended, though cases of unattended children age 10 and under are investigated.
"If they are 10 and under and it's brought to our attention, the investigation is automatic," Akerly said.
Akerly said he could not speak about a specific case but he could talk in general about how an investigation works.
He said a caseworker would look at a variety of factors to determine whether a child is safe.
In a case where a child was reported to have been left alone at a motel, caseworkers would look at how long the child is left alone, how well the child functions, what kind of support system is there for the child, and how easily the parent or guardian could return to the child if necessary.
He said the priority of caseworkers is to determine whether there is a threat to the safety of the child.
"It's a case-by-case situation," Akerly said.
That's what happened in the case of Alward's and Jozwiak's daughter, and caseworkers, adding up the variety of factors, determined the child had not been neglected.
This is what happened in this case when Alward's daughter told her she'd been left alone.
The girl had gone back to the Econo Lodge on Aug. 21 and the next morning Alward phoned her to find out if she was alone.
The girl told her mother she was alone in the motel room, watching Scooby Doo.
Alward called police. Alward met a police officer at the motel and soon her daughter emerged from her father's motel room, walking her dog. The police investigated.
The 7-year-old, though, apparently, didn't mind having been left at the motel. She told a CPS caseworker that she wanted to stay with her dad, according to a CPS report. She said that even though she was left alone at the motel "a lot," according to the report, she was left with food and the door to the room locked automatically.
The CPS caseworker asked Alward whether her daughter could stay. Alward said she was appalled by the request and refused.
In a CPS interview two weeks later, the girl told the investigator that when she was left alone she would often play with the motel manager's 9-year-old son and that the manager would watch her, sometimes through the motel's surveillance cameras.
The girl "stated that she is not afraid to be alone and if there was an emergency she would run across to the office and tell" the motel manager, the caseworker wrote in the report.
After the police arrived at the motel, it wasn't long before Martin Jozwiak appeared, wanting to convince officials that his daughter was well cared for.
According to police and CPS reports, Jozwiak's first attempt on that score was to lie.
"Martin Jozwiak came back to the Econo Lodge and initially claimed the manager ... was watching his daughter. Officer (Douglas) Hempenstall made contact with (the manager) who reported that he was watching over (the girl) but later admitted that he was not watching her this day and no arrangements had been made for him to do so," the CPS worker wrote. "Officer Hempenstall then questioned Mr. Jozwiak again and he admitted to lying."
The CPS caseworker noted that when the officer checked on the motel room, he found it was in disarray and smelled of dog feces.
The police report was turned over to an assistant prosecutor who declined to file charges.
A CPS worker wrote in the report: the manager "stated that his property is set up in a U shape and he watches the kids at all times although he may not be outside with them, he ensures they are within sight. (He) stated that his property is completely secure with video surveillance as well and the kids are always safe."
That does not satisfy Alward. "That is not acceptable, to me you don't watch a child, a 7-year-old child, through video camera," she said.
Ultimately, the CPS caseworker determined there was no cause to go forward with a child neglect case.
In doing so, they reached the conclusion that the motel manager typically watched the girl while her father was at work, though on the day in question, Aug. 22, it happened that he was not watching her.
In the last page of the report, the caseworker notes that Jozwiak was told he could no longer leave his daughter alone at the motel and he would have to find childcare.
The case was closed. "I had no idea that under Michigan law, you're not supposed to leave your child alone, but if you do, you're OK as long as they don't hurt themselves," Alward said.
If it seems like Kara Alward and Martin Jozwiak have a hopelessly awful relationship, that's because they never really had a relationship at all.
There was a time, for a few months around the time that their daughter was born, when they attempted to live together, but Alward said it was miserable.
"This was a one-night stand mistake that turned into a complete nightmare," Alward says.
Alward has since married, happily, and she has another child. Last August when all of this was going on her husband was in Afghanistan.
Alward and Jozwiak have joint legal custody of their daughter and Alward has primary physical custody.
Despite all of the animosity, both parents appear to really love and want the best for her.
Jozwiak and his attorney, Sierra Koch, both declined to comment for this story.
There are comments on Jozwiak's facebook page, though, that demonstrate how much he loves his daughter, who since last August has turned eight.
He wrote, about her eighth birthday:
"Eight years ago ... I became a Dad. When she cries my heart is sad. We she laughs, I laugh. When she talks I listen. The bests words Ive ever heard is I love you Daddy."
Then around Nov. 1, Jozwiak was celebratory after a court hearing over the allegations that Jozwiak had left her alone at the motel. Jozwiak had not been able to spend much time with his daughter since Aug. 22 and after the hearing, Jozwiak was reunited with the girl.
"Spendin time with my daughter first time in 10 wks thank god for my atty best money I ever spent," he wrote.
That hearing had not gone well for Alward. The Nov. 1 hearing saw the parties argue about an ex parte order that Zerafa, Alward's attorney, had sought and received on Aug. 31 that effectively suspended Jozwiak's parenting time until he could prove he could provide safe childcare.
Zerafa and Alward say they have no problem with Jozwiak having parenting time. They say they just want him to exercise it responsibly.
"We think that the child deserves to be with her father," Zerafa argued at the Nov. 1 hearing, according to a transcript. "But that requires the father to be with the child. And when you leave a child unattended at that age, we don't feel it's appropriate."
Koch, who Jozwiak hired after the Aug. 22 incident, argued the ex parte order was unfair and enabled Alward to punish Jozwiak. Koch argued in response to the ex parte motion that the child bearing left alone was a fluke and it didn't happen regularly.
She wrote: "The requirement to suspend parenting time until Plaintiff/Father can provide "˜reasonable housing and child care' is vague, arbitrary, unenforceable and essentially allows Defendant/Mother unfettered rights to unilaterally" decide what is reasonable.
Koch said at the hearing that the order had enabled Alward to keep Jozwiak from his daughter for all but a few hours since Aug. 22.
"He loves his daughter," Koch said. Early on in the hearing, it seemed, the case started to go against Alward and Zerafa, according to the transcript. It seemed that Conlon, the referee, considered the fact that Alward kept Jozwiak from his daughter, despite the order, was more of the same bad behavior she'd already seen in the case.
Conlon quoted an order she wrote from 2009:
"Historically this case has been noteworthy for the extremely high degree of animosity the parties have for each other and the complete lack of communication and cooperation each has shown toward the other."
Conlon said she was losing patience with back-and-forth allegations.
"I have heard it for the last six years," she said. "I know they hate each other."
Much of the testimony at the hearing involved what happened Aug. 22. Jozwiak said he would not leave his daughter alone again.
When Jozwiak said that, in the future, he would take his daughter to work if he needed to, Alward interrupted: "Why didn't you? Why didn't you on the 22nd?" That breach of decorum upset Conlon. "Ms. Johnson, you're going to be able to address the court when it's your time to address the court through testimony," Conlon said, according to the transcript. (In court proceedings, Alward is referred to by her maiden name, Johnson.)
"You're also not – you're not to address Mr. Jozwiak directly either."
Alward failed to stop: "I didn't address him.
I just – I was whispering to myself looking at paperwork over here. I never addressed him. I never looked up from my paperwork."
Conlon responded: "Well, you looked at him and said, "˜Why didn't you?'" Alward escalated the dispute: "I never looked at him. I was looking at paperwork."
Zerafa interjected: "Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop." But Alward didn't heed her attorney's advice.
She said to the referee: "You're lying. I never looked at him. I was looking right here at paperwork."
Conlon turned to Zerafa: "Well, and I think your client is dangerously close to being in contempt of court, Mr. Zerafa. In fact, I think that, if I had the power to send her to jail right now for that, I would."
Still Alward kept going: "Oh, but you're not. Because he – he can leave her alone? This is bullshit."
Zerafa had had enough: "All right. Go out in the hall, please," he said.
"She's in contempt, Mr. Zerafa," Conlon said. "I'm sure Judge Hayes – is he downstairs? I think she needs to go to jail."
Alward agrees she acted badly, but she believes Conlon overreacted.
"I agree, I shouldn't have spoke out loud," she said. "It was a complete accident."
Alward avoided jail that day, but Conlon continued the court hearing over Zerafa's objections after Alward left the courthouse.
Zerafa asked to have the hearing postponed, saying that Alward was under so much stress and that she was having a nervous breakdown, but Conlon said she didn't want to reward Alward by delaying a decision to reunite Jozwiak and his daughter.
In her findings, Conlon said she didn't see evidence that the daughter was neglected or put in danger.
"Am I also concerned that (the girl) was left alone at the motel room? Sure. She was 7 at the time. She's 8 now. She shouldn't be left unsupervised. And I think Mr. Jozwiak has learned that lesson the hard way now and is going to always have her supervised in the future, because he's going to have to," she said.
Then she addressed how Jozwiak had earlier lied about his address: "... while I appreciate Mr. Jozwiak's explanation for that, it's never right to lie under oath, Mr. Jozwiak. And, you know, it's not something the court would condone in any way. And further, you know, it's partly what led us to being here today. So see where it got you? So don't do it anymore."
Conlon also noted the matter had been investigated by CPS and Jozwiak was cleared.
She called it "an isolated incident, a very unfortunate isolated incident."
She ruled Jozwiak's parenting time should be restored.
Finally, Conlon found that the motion was frivolous.
"With regard to request for attorney's fees, I would note that this all started back – the current (inaudible) started back when Ms. Johnson filed a motion to modify parenting time basically because Mr. Jozwiak had lied," Conlon said, according to the transcript. "And, you know, I found on this record there was really no reason for that motion to be filed, because there's been no change in circumstances."
Conlon ordered Alward to pay $1,000 in attorney fees.
In January, Conlon's decision was reviewed and upheld by Antrim County Probate Judge Norman Hayes.


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EDITORIAL: Be careful what you ask for
Just weeks after a majority of the parties involved in the North Spreader Ecosystem Management Agreement process agreed water quality in Matlacha Pass and Charlotte Harbor could be better protected by replacing a barrier removed from the canal than by implementing a system-wide mitigation plan, the project remains at the starting gate.
Although the city, which favored the mitigation plan, came out on the losing end of the process, it applied to the state for permits to replace the barrier and boatlift in the North Spreader, a waterway in northwest Cape Coral.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection kicked it back, asking how reinstallation would address the primary issue: multiple breaches in the system that was constructed specifically to prevent water from Cape Coral canals from flowing directly into state waters.
Answer? It does not.
Which is why the city's Planning and Zoning Commission last week came out in support of a petition by the Northwest Neighborhood Association, which is opposed to the reinstallation of the barrier. The association is now contesting the position of the very groups that challenged the earlier city/state plan to NOT replace the structure.
Confused? Join the club, it has lots of members.
The North Spreader was built in the '70s after the state ordered a developer to stop building canals in the north Cape and to create a way to prevent fresh water from those man-made bodies from entering Matlacha Pass. The seven-mile "spreader" was constructed along the shore as part of a filtration system that would collect and then disburse — or "spread" — the water flowing from the areas then under development. As designed, the water would flow through mangroves and other natural areas to help filter it before it entered the pass and, ultimately, Charlotte Harbor estuaries. A barrier, with a boat lift to allow boaters a way out of the canal system, also was constructed at the south end of the spreader.
The system worked — for a while.
"Breaches" began to appear, most noticeably around the barrier with more than a dozen counted in 1993. The city first looked to "plug" those outflows in 1999, failing at the task in 2002.
As the breaches got larger, the erosion process accelerated, eventually sweeping around the barrier on its west side.
The city, in 2007, proposed to relocate the structure a little north. But with 13 major outflows documented in 2008 — including the one bypassing the barrier itself — the city and state agreed that it did not make good sense from an environmental standpoint to build another one.
It was determined the barrier would be removed and a plan to deliver a "net ecosystem benefit" would be drafted in its stead.
"Cape Coral agreed and FDEP agreed the relocation of the barrier and lift was unlikely to address the underlying problems with the spreader," an FDEP document on the North Spreader states.
Basically, it was determined that a new barrier would cause additional pressure on the system and so additional breaches.
The city and FDEP agreed to amend a consent order requiring the barrier and instead develop a plan that actually would protect and improve water quality and habitats in the pass and so began the ecosystem management agreement process.
The decision was immediately challenged — and not by developers — but by various and sundry environmental groups that were determined that the barrier be replaced.
The state agreed to gather input and various affected parties, including the city, Lee and Charlotte counties, and numerous environmental groups, came together to hammer out a North Spreader Ecosystem Management Agreement that would provide better water quality and improve natural habitat in Matlacha Pass and Charlotte Harbor.
Two years into what was intended as a one-year project, an agreement was drafted, one that called for numerous initiatives on the part of the city: a citywide fertilizer ordinance more restrictive than state recommendations, a revamp to the Cape Coral's seawall program to allow for natural filtration and habitat, a study that could lead to a septic tank maintenance program, and a tidal canal monitoring program.
The agreement also would have mandated a re-start of the city's utility expansion program by tying sewer installation to outlined "density" benchmarks — a ratio of developed properties compared to empty lots. Some of these density parameters have already been met.
All this was rejected by a majority of "stakeholders" who insisted on barrier replacement — a plan already deemed by the state as an ineffective method to achieve the goal everyone on both sides of the debate wants: better water quality
So here we sit, back where we started as environmentalists hunker down to hold their respective positions; government entities such as Lee County (which voted for reinstallation) posture; and property owners in the north Cape and Pine Island with values at stake wrangle while the issue goes unresolved.
As unresolved it will remain if anyone thinks resolution rests solely with putting the barrier back in at or near its original location.
Reinstallation will not — can not — address the issue of outflow from the other dozen or so breaches so it can not address the only issue on the table that matters — water quality. Let us quote the findings presented to the Lee County Commission:
• Even if the barrier were to be replaced, tidal water movement would still occur over and through the west bank.
• Replacing the barrier may result in renewed erosion and loss of mangroves and larger and more severe breaches.
This is why we supported, and continue to support, the North Spreader Ecosystem Management Agreement in lieu of replacement.
Meanwhile one more thing for consideration — the original agreement between the city of Cape Coral and the FDEP upon entering the North Spreader Ecosystem Management Agreement process states that if the city is required to rebuild, it will not have any obligation to fund the engineering, design or construction of any other work along the spreader canal.
If water quality improvement is, in fact, their goal, we would advise the anti-agreement/pro-replacement faction to be careful what they ask for.
— Reporter editorial


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On 20 and 21 February 2012, the London-based Wellcome Collection is the stage for the final workshop organised by the Information Knowledge Management Emergent (IKM-Emergent or 'IKM-E') programme. Ten IKM-E members are looking at the body of work completed in the past five years in this DGIS-funded research programme and trying to unpack four key themes that are interweaving the work of the three working groups which have been active in the programme:
- Linearity and predictability;
- Participation and engagement;
- Individual agency and organisational remit;
- Accountability
This very rich programme is also a tentative intermediary step towards a suggested extension for the programme.
In this post I'm summarising quite a few of the points mentioned during the first day of the workshop, covering the first two points on the list above.
On linearity and predictability:
Linear approaches to development – suggesting that planning is a useful exercise to map out and follow a predictable causal series of events – are delusional and ineffective and we have other perspectives that can help plan with a higher degree of realism, if not certainty.
Linearity and predictability strongly emphasise the current (and desired alternative) planning tools that we have at our disposal or are sometimes forced to use, and the relation that we entertain with the actors promoting these specific planning tools.
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MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Thousands of opposition supporters rallied in the tiny island nation of Bahrain on Friday to protest a proposal by the country's leadership for legislative, security and judicial reforms.
The rally by members of the Shiite opposition came a day after the crown prince, Sheik Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, issued a statement summarizing proposed changes that included redefining electoral districts, promises of judicial reform and new codes of conduct for security forces.
The statement follows on-and-off again talks between opposition members and the government aimed at bringing about a political solution to more than three years of unrest. Bahrain is a strategically important Western ally, which hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. An opposition movement dominated by the country's Shiite majority is demanding greater rights from the ruling Sunni monarchy.
The government moved to crush an Arab Spring-inspired uprising in 2011 with the help of security forces from Saudi Arabia and other neighboring Gulf Arab states. Dozens of protesters have been killed, as have some members of the security forces.
Protesters and opposition leaders on Friday dismissed the government's plan as offering too little toward their goal of greater power-sharing in the kingdom. "We consider this letter to be a unilateral approach," said Abdul-Jalil Khalil, a leading member of the main Shiite opposition bloc, al-Wefaq.


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Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez: Post-Split Hangout?
Justin Bieber drinks a bottle of water as he heads out from dinner with his friends at Nobu restaurant on Saturday night (February 2) in West Hollywood, Calif.
That same day, the 18-year-old singer grabbed some food with his pals Lil Twist and Tyga at Crustacean Restaurant in Beverly Hills.
According to a new report, Justin later hung out with ex-girlfriend Selena Gomez for the first time since their split, according to Us Weekly.
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World's Largest Crowdfunding Platform Launches New Currencies, Languages & Localized Experiences
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 05, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Indiegogo, the largest global crowdfunding platform, announces new offerings in key global markets — including local currencies, languages and localized search and discovery experiences. Some of these new capabilities launch immediately in the UK, Germany, France and Canada as part of Indiegogo's continued focus on improving the customer experience and providing relevant local market content for campaign owners and funders.
Indiegogo's open and global platform empowers anyone, anywhere to launch a crowdfunding campaign at any time, for any idea – creative, cause-related or entrepreneurial. The diversity of the platform has reached each of the world's 196 countries, through its campaigns.
The initial release of Indiegogo's international features includes:
— Currencies: In addition to the US Dollar, transactions are now available in Euros, Pounds Sterling and Canadian Dollars.
— Languages: French and German will be available in December.
— Localization: Indiegogo will be offering localized versions of the homepage and search and discovery experiences for British, French, German and Canadian users in early 2013, to highlight local campaigns.
"Indiegogo puts our customers first, which is why broadening our international offerings is a priority, enabling us to bring our unique experience and open and inclusive business model to more people than ever before," said Danae Ringelmann, Indiegogo co-founder. "We remain committed to localizing our international platform to empower campaign owners for success and give funders a satisfying discovery experience. We've laid a great foundation to continue global growth in the months ahead."
In August, Indiegogo announced a partnership with Google and Stiftung Entrepreneurship to foster entrepreneurship through the Grunder-Garage initiative – an online competition for German-speaking entrepreneurs to promote innovation and financing through the Internet. The competition garnered significant traction in the German market: 177 small business and entrepreneurial campaigns competed, raising more than 320.000EUR with Google's 10.000EUR in matching funds. This was Indiegogo's first focused international endeavor that rolled out de.indiegogo.com, a localized version of www.indiegogo.com in German and broadened funding and payments options in Euros for participants of the competition.
About Indiegogo
Indiegogo is the largest global crowdfunding platform, empowering anyone, anywhere, at any time, to raise funds for any idea. Since launching in January 2008, Indiegogo has enabled campaign owners to launch campaigns from every country around the world. With millions of dollars distributed globally each week across the site, Indiegogo is democratizing the way people raise funds for any project – creative, entrepreneurial or cause-related. Indiegogo is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in Los Angeles and New York. For more information, visit www.indiegogo.com and follow us at www.twitter.com/indiegogo and www.facebook.com/indiegogo .


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The battle against cancer, Shakespeare and Christianity, and a poet's affectionate look at small-town high school basketball will be among the topics featured during the annual Hope College Happening on Saturday, Jan. 19.
The battle against cancer, Shakespeare and Christianity, and a poet's affectionate look at small-town high school basketball will be among the topics featured during the annual Hope College Happening on Saturday, Jan. 19.
Winter Happening will feature multiple seminars in two blocks in the morning, a luncheon with musical entertainment and a home men's basketball game. The event is sponsored by the college's office of public and community relations, and is open to the general public.
The morning will feature six seminars, three at 9:30 a.m. and three at 11 a.m.
The 9:30 a.m. seminars are: "Shakespeare and Christianity," "Michigan's Tax System - SBT to MBT to CAT (confused accountants and taxpayers)" and "Can Students at Hope College Help Find a Cure for Cancer?" The 11 a.m. seminars are: "Photography: Past and Present Tense," "Hoosiers in SpoonRiver" and "Photoresponsive Materials - Using Light to Change Stuff."
"Shakespeare and Christianity" will reflect on ways to consider Shakespeare's plays in light of the Christian faith by considering both the playwright and his times. The seminar will be presented by Dr. John Cox, who is the DuMez Professor of English and author of the recently published book "Seeming Knowledge: Shakespeare and Skeptical Faith."
"Michigan's Tax System - SBT to MBT to CAT (confused accountants and taxpayers)" will review the substantial change to Michigan business taxation, including the state legislature's recent actions concerning the service tax and particularly the implications of the new Michigan Business Tax which replaces the Single Business Tax. The seminar will be presented by Herbert Martin, associate professor of management.
"Can Students at Hope College Help Find a Cure for Cancer?" will discuss on-going faculty-student collaborative research at Hope on vascular cells that explores genetic activity that plays a role in the development of cancer, and implications of the work for diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The seminar will be presented by Dr. Maria Burnatowska-Hledin, professor of biology and chemistry.
"Photography: Past and Present Tense" will provide an overview of the history of the medium of photography and its impact over the past 200 years throughout various cultures and across disciplines ranging from science to art. The seminar will be presented by Steve Nelson, associate professor of art and chairperson of the department, who will examine his personal fine art photography as well.
"Hoosiers in SpoonRiver" will feature a reading by poet Jack Ridl from his collection "Losing Season," scheduled to be published later this year. Through the lens of a high school basketball season, the book looks at life in a small town. A professor emeritus of English, Ridl was recently named one of the most influential sports educators in America, recognized as "sports poet," by the Institute for International Sport.
"Photoresponsive Materials - Using Light to Change Stuff" will consider the science behind everyday items like glasses that darken automatically in bright sunlight and implications of the technology for the future, including potentially high-capacity data storage applications. The seminar will be presented by Dr. Jason Gillmore, assistant professor of chemistry.
The luncheon begins at 12:30 p.m. at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center ballroom, and costs $12 per person. Highlights will include a musical presentation by the Luminescence women's a cappella group. Reservations for the luncheon are required.
The men's basketball team will host AdrianCollege at 3 p.m. at the DeVos Fieldhouse. Tickets are $6, and a limited number of general admission tickets will be available for persons attending other Winter Happening events.
Also during the day, the men's and women's swimming teams will host the Illinois-Michigan Quad Tournament at 1 p.m. at the Holland Aquatic Center. In addition to Hope, the colleges with teams competing are Kalamazoo College; Lake Forest College of Illinois; and Wheaton College of Illinois.
The gallery of the De Pree Art Center will be featuring the exhibition "Changing Identity: Recent Works by Women Artists from Vietnam." The exhibition runs Monday, Jan. 7, through Friday, Feb. 1. The gallery is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
In addition to being required for the luncheon, advance registration is recommended for the seminars. Additional information may be obtained by calling the college's office of public and community relations at (616) 395-7860 or online at www.hope.edu/pr/08WinterHappening.html
Registration during the morning of the event will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Haworth Inn and Conference Center, located facing College Avenue between Ninth and 10th streets.


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AI War 2 is out now! Get it on Steam today!
-Locked chests: It's all conditional buffs and consumables. Kinda boring. Could some rare equipment drops be added to their item pool? Would make spending keys on those chests worth it, even if you already have a consumable.
GravityWell energy weapon: Could a 1sec delay be added before the blackhole effect activates? If we had time to get out of the way, its usability would improve a lot.
-Could items like "-X hp/energy for +Y missile capacity" be added?
-Condemned Twin Sun: The biggest danger of this room is falling asleep (unfortunately I didn't). I think the hard mode Twin Sun should become the new Normal and then Hard mode be increased further. It still wouldn't be very dangerous, but it would be an improvement I think.
Probations stuff...
-SalvosUponSalvos item: +10% firerate, but enemies gain +20% movement and +20% firerate. Even if the movement part still use the old method (unintentionally increasing the player's movement too), the end result is still that you're giving the enemy a 10% firerate advantage. Why would you ever pick up that item?
"+4HP until you use a missile": No one would use that. If it was +10HP I would use it for specific situations, as long as it doesn't kill me when it stops.
-Could a +10% movement speed levelup perk be added? Would be useful for certain builds and give you a way to counter all those speed penalty items. Plus, some additional variety for the perks wouldn't hurt.
-Tiny Energy/Damage Boost: If their effects on gameplay are so close to non-existant, why are they even there? It's just a bummer to see spots for potentially useful items in the shop wasted with pointless junk like that.
-Were mana potion style consumables (for energy) planned or were those deemed too exploitable?
-Revenge module: What does it do? I checked the code and it supposedly increase your shot size by 20%. For how long? Where's the retaliation part? I don't get it. Could someone shed some light on what its intended effect is?
Quote-Could items like "-X hp/energy for +Y missile capacity" be added?Possible, aye. Got any specific numbers or a name in mind?
Quote from: Pepisolo on July 23, 2016, 05:40:27 PMQuote-Could items like "-X hp/energy for +Y missile capacity" be added?Possible, aye. Got any specific numbers or a name in mind?Haven't thought of that actually. Hm, for an advantageous small scale conversion item, probably 1 or 2HP and 5 or 10 energy for 2 or 3 missiles. As for names (I'm terrible at those): "Rocket Science" and the missile equivalent of "Ballistic Reconfiguration" would be the only ideas I can think of.
-Grenade Launcher: Seems extremely common considering how powerful it is. Maybe that one is just the RNG playing tricks on me though.
Just gonna leave a big thank you here for you Freaking Volunteers for still improving this game! You rock! [...]How about "Justice rains from above..."? ...Ok, ok, I'll see myself out... Seriously, though, I like Rocket Science and Ballistic Reconfiguration.
It seems awesome until you realize it actually has SELF DAMAGE. I never pick it up anymore. I have enough to do dodging enemy shots to have to dodge my own strays.
The one thing I DID do is take that maze one (and I think one other), and make all the walls implode when the thing goes down. So that if you have to go through that stupid room again you dont need to be slowed down there, that always irritated me. Yay for impatience!
Thanks to insomnia I had some unexpected free time last night, so I decided to play some SR and write my thoughts as I went along. Hopefully some of it can be useful feedback.
re: GravityWellPepisolo fixed?
re:Acidic MawThat's Pepisolo's I think. I'll look at it later.
re:Oribital StrikesThere are actually 2 orbital strike weapons. I'm not sure if they are set to seed.
For some reason I've been unable to view the forums here for a while
re: Tiny Energy/Damage BoostThey are actually cost effective and multiplicative.
The Cheap Item shop items are cheap, so we need to keep their prices down.
The Acid Maw damage boost is a 20% multiplier, which effectively removes 17% of total health of anything it hits. It costs 1 energy per use and lasts for 3 seconds. You can also think of it as a system that increases your damage by 20% for 3 seconds for 1 energy. It is probably the most powerful weapon in the game because of the 20% multiplier.


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It was the stomachache that lasted a week.
On a Monday morning in first grade, I told my mom I was sick, feeling gross, tummy hurts. Of course, she did her good mom thing. Take this Pepto Bismol. Drink this Coke. Eat these Saltines. With each passing day, the illness confused her a little more, the looks on her face more quizzical. We saw a doctor. Tongue depressors. Pushing on my abdomen. More quizzical looks.
The last thing I remember about that week was the end of it. Sitting at our kitchen table with my mother and father. By then, they knew I was a fraud. I was not sick. I was scared. But still I begged. Please don't make me go back to school.
What my mom and dad didn't know–what no one knew, really–was that I was not allowed on the school playground. The Kid made sure of it. At recess, the students at Clarksville Elementary flocked to the playground: a large expanse of matted dirt and gravel peppered with slides, swings and molecularly shaped climbing structures; a massive oak tree was the center attraction. But I never slid, swung or climbed. Acting as a bouncer, The Kid eyed me, ensuring I stayed on the nearby asphalt parking lot, away from friends and classmates, away from acceptance. His fists and elbows enforced the rules. I was the dog with a shock collar, and he installed the invisible electric fence. One recess, I tried to sneak on. I made it into the shade of the oak tree. That's where he found me. He socked me in the gut. Hard. Enough to provoke tears. That was the day I got the stomachache.
I got bullied. My son has been bullied. 13.1 million kids will be bullied this year. Lee Hirsch was bullied throughout his childhood and middle school. That's why he wrote and directed Bully, the new documentary about an epidemic that we are addressing in the public eye, but are letting off the hook in school hallways and on playgrounds. See the trailer here:
While he considered doing the movie for years, Hirsch didn't get serious until April 2009. That's when he heard about two 11-year-old boys: Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover of Massachusetts, and Jaheem Herrera of Georgia. They both took their own lives as a result of chronic bullying. On a Monday night, Carl's mother found him hanging by an extension cord on the second floor of their home. He was called gay on a daily basis at school.
Almost three years to the day after Carl and Jaheem took their lives, Bully will hit theaters (April 23). And Bully is no talking head film. It's not a series of interviews with principals in bad sweaters and psychologists in front of plastic ferns blathering on about the bully mentality. Bully takes you into the schools, into the cruelty, into the anxiety of those long walks down the locked-adorned hallways. In this film you'll see kids punched in the face and the stomach. Boys swarming like hornets on bus rides. You see a bespectacled boy getting choked, his face smashed into the bus seat in front of him. The boy's mother visits the school and pleads for help. "I've been on that bus," the school administrator says. "They are just as good as gold."
The film went viral earlier this week when the MPAA gave it an R rating, based on strong language. (Bullies aren't Pixar characters, you know.) That inspired a serious backlash from producer Harvey Weinstein. "As a father of four, I worry every day about bullying," Weinstein states in his press release. "It's a serious and ever-present concern for me and my family. I want every child, parent, and educator in America to see Bully, so it is imperative for us to gain a PG-13 rating."
You can't blame the MPAA for doing its job. F-bombs are f-bombs. So here's what we're going to do: We're going to say "f#@$ the f$#@ing MPAA." Let your underage child watch the movie. Sneak him into the movie theater in a backpack, or put him under your trench coat. Wait for the DVD and watch it together as a family. Granted, Bully isn't for little kids, but if your child can handle Spider Man 2 (which he did, with flying colors—admit it) and was within earshot when you stubbed your $#@$ing toe on the leg on the dining room table (which he was), he can handle this movie. The bullies in this documentary are no scarier than Dr. Octopus or Voldemort. But the school administrators, teachers, and bus drivers who aren't seeing the problem just might be.
An brutal R-rated eye-opener might be exactly what grown-ups and kids need. "For a 7th grader, it could mean standing up for a peer who is being bullied," says Hirsch. "As a teacher, it might mean standing in the hall between classes to look out for the more vulnerable kids in the building. Administrators might decide to put their paperwork aside… and take extra time to get to the bottom of a student conflict. And perhaps parents will see a need to spend more time asking their children about their day."
The day I went back to first grade, all the students in my class met my mother and I at the door. They smothered us with cheerful hellos. They helped me hang up my backpack, and put my lunchbox in my cubby. I learned years later that my teacher Mrs. Ritter and my mom had spoken during my weeklong hiatus. Mrs. Ritter had orchestrated it, asking the children to make sure I felt welcome. That moment marked the end of my short-lived bullying experience. The same cannot be said of Carl and Jaheem. I mean, I probably only missed twenty or so trips across the monkey bars, maybe a dozen attempts to scale that big oak tree. Even though I endured months of harassment and abuse, I was one of the lucky ones.


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WAMU has an online savings acct that is paying 3.5%, and an 8 month CD for 4.24%. No, it won't make you rich, but it's not a bad place to park your stash. I've staggered some CDs and have 4 months of cash in the online savings.
I agree, there's NEVER a good time not to save, it just doesn't make sense to me. I always sleep better knowing that if I were suddenly laid off, injured, or my car died, I have the funds to deal with it!


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A duo who used a software bug in video poker machines to milk thousands in unearned jackpots have been charged with computer hacking and conspiracy offences.
John Kane, 52, of Las Vegas, allegedly learned that a glitch in the software that meant it was possible to change the stake and multiplier of payouts after first obtaining a low-value winning hand on video poker machines, The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. A special button sequence on the Draw Poker machine manufactured by International Game Technology reportedly allowed access to previous winning hands and the payout of a jackpot.
It's unclear how Kane might have come across the ruse.
What is known is that Kane apparently passed on his find to a friend, Andre Nestor, 39, of western Pennsylvania, before the duo conspired to fleece Las Vegas casinos for hundreds of thousands in the spring of 2009. Nestor is separately accused of raking in $400K in ill-gotten funds after pulling the same trick at Pennsylvania casinos.
Kane and Nestor posed as high-rollers in Vegas, cajoling staff into enabling the "Double Up" option on targeted machines, a necessary prerequisite for the reported hack, Wired adds.
Nestor was about to stand trial on the Pennsylvania charges on Monday when he was indicted in the Nevada case. Nestor compared what he had done to counting cards in blackjack during a brief but compelling interview with WTAE-TV, obtained while he was in the process of being led away from court by the feds, presumably towards inter-state extradition.
"I'm being arrested for winning on a slot machine," Nestor said. ""Let everybody see the surveillance tapes. I pressed buttons on the machine on the casino. That's all I did."
"Now winning is apparently illegal."
Nestor had filed tax returns on 700 jackpots, admitting winning in excess of $200K. He admitting exploiting an edge against the house in his gambling, which he compared to card counting, and denied any wrongdoing, blaming instead casinos for running "machines not set up to take money". Nestor outlined his likely defence.
"If a casino puts a machine on the floor that pays out what is normally expected and a person figures it out and takes advantage of it as long as they don't use devices or counterfeit money of any kind then there is nothing illegal. It is a matter between the casino and the manufacturer of that machine.
"I had an advantage over the casino. It's just like card counting."
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ELDON - Residents living near Blue Springs Creek are concerned about a sewage system that may be built near it. The system would treat sewage water from the Lake of the Ozarks area before entering Blue Springs Creek.
Some residents said this could possibly contaminate the water. The group is worried because members said the Department of Natural Resources told them it can only guarantee an 85 percent clean rate for the water.
When KOMU 8 News reached out to DNR for comment, it said it was reviewing plans for the project.
One resident decided to take action in hopes of coming to a solution.
"I'd like to encourage both our local and state representatives to get on board with us. We can gather together as a community and find a resolution that works for everybody. It may just cost a little bit more. I am disappointed that they haven't gotten on board yet because they are paid by our tax dollars please remember. And please help us," said resident Janice Imler.
Imler said during the busy summer months at the Lake of the Ozarks, local people come to the creek to swim, fish, and boat. She also said Blue Springs Baptist Church baptizes its members in the creek.
A meeting will be held January 30 for members of the community to express their concerns and for the Department of Natural Resources to address those concerns.


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The rebound of the Dutch economy is expected to accelerate in 2015, with export growth accompanied by a recovery in private consumption, industrial production and investment.
The insolvency environment
Corporate insolvencies expected to decrease further in 2015
The economic slowdown in 2012 and 2013 triggered increases in business insolvencies of 20.7% and 9.7%, respectively, to around 9,500 cases in 2013. Due to the economic rebound, business failures decreased by 19.2% in 2014, and are expected to decline further in 2015, to about 6,500 cases. However, this figure is still very high when compared to 2008 (4,600 cases), the year the global credit crisis started.
Economic situation
Rebound expected in 2015, although uncertainties remain
Following a 0.7% contraction in 2013, the Dutch economy recorded modest growth of 0.8% in 2014. The rebound is expected to accelerate in 2015, by 1.7%, with export growth accompanied by a recovery in private consumption, industrial production and investment. The Dutch economy strongly benefits from lower oil prices, which offers relief to both consumers and businesses. At the same time the lower euro exchange rate should help to spur exports. Given that the economic rebound is still highly dependent on exports, the outlook for the Netherlands remains susceptible to repercussions from on-going geopolitical tensions and the fragile eurozone recovery.
Small rise in private consumption expected in 2015
Subdued consumer spending was one of the main reasons for poor economic performance in the last couple of years. Private consumption is expected to grow 1.1% in 2015 after three years of contraction/subdued growth, as households' purchasing power increases, inflation remains low and unemployment slightly decreases. Dutch households will remain cautious with their expenses though for the time being, given the slow recovery of the property market, the still high average debt ratio of households and the fact that unemployment, forecast at 8.0% in 2015, remains high by Dutch standards.
Investment growth set to accelerate
Business confidence is slowly improving and industrial production is expected to grow 1.8% in 2015 after a 2.8% contraction in 2014. Real fixed investment growth is also expected to accelerate to 3.8% after rising 2.4% in 2014. Business investment should increase on expectations of an improvement in both the domestic and international economy. Export growth is expected to accelerate to about 4.3% in 2015.
Austerity measures trim the budget deficit to below 3% of GDP
The Dutch government has passed a number of austerity measures to trim the budget deficit. These aim to cut expenses by reducing spending on healthcare and social security benefits as well as to increase government earnings.
It is expected that the budget deficit will remain below the 3% Maastricht threshold in 2015 and 2016. Government debt is expected to increase slightly to 71% of GDP.


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Shalom all,
I want to remind you that today is the Tweet4Shalit event. So please tweet for the release of Gilad Shalit and use the hashtag "#GiladShalit" in your tweets. Read all about it here.
After Gilad's capture, his family published a book with a short story he wrote when he was 11 years old. It's called (loosely translated) "When the shark and the fish first met". Ironically, it's a story about peace between enemies.
Here is a video clip of people reading the story in different languages:
If you liked the story, and have children, you can download a PDF file (Here) which has the story printed next to blank boxes for your children to draw in.
The finished product can be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com .
More info on Tweet4Shalit here .
More info on Gilad Shalit – English | Français | Español | Italiano | Deutsch | Русский | العربية .
Tweet4Shalit on Facebook.
Please share with your friends and tell them about Gilad Shalit and Tweet4Shalit.
אנחנו מחכים לך.


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Because the Earth's climate has changed in the past, it is a reasonable assumption that it will continue to change in the future.
The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has increased since the start of the industrial revolution and it is increasing rapidly now.
There is likely to be a greater proportion of CO2 in the atmosphere in the future.
Because of the interaction between the factors that control the Earth's climate it is difficult to predict how the temperature of the Earth might respond to changes in CO2, however it is widely believed that the temperature will rise.
What effects might this have?
Living organisms are likely to respond to changes in temperature and climate. They might adapt or migrate to experience more acceptable conditions. If species are unable to adapt or migrate and conditions become inhospitable they could become extinct.
Different crops demand different conditions to grow successfully. Even within a country like Britain, crops like apples are grown in some places and not in others.
This regional variation in agriculture is often down to different local conditions and this includes the climate.
If temperatures rise, then some crops may become harder to cultivate and may have to be replaced with different ones, more suited to the new environment.
As the Earth warms up, the oceans and atmosphere interact and can amplify the frequency and intensity of weather events. These include hurricanes, floods and droughts.
One response to climate change is a rise in sea level. This is caused both by melting of ice and the thermal expansion of sea water (as sea water becomes warmer it expands to occupy a greater volume).
If the sea level rises then land is lost with low-lying areas becoming prone to flooding.
These changes in sea level, flooding, and land claimed by the sea are nothing new, however, the big difference today is that humans very often live in the places that will be invaded by the sea if it rises by even a small amount.
The Earth's climate system is very complex but scientists want to be able to predict future changes in it.
To do this they use mathematical equations but because there are many complicated processes involved there are very many equations. These equations used together are called a mathematical model.
Adding to the complication is the fact that the equations don't work in isolation, they need to interact with each other.
Calculating all of the possible contributions to the climate accurately is very difficult, time-consuming and expensive so a computer models are constantly being refined to improve the accuracy of their predictions.


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Setback for Pacts That Delay Sale of Generics
A Supreme Court decision Monday could lead to more challenges of deals that drug makers strike to stave off the arrival of inexpensive generic competition.
The 5-3 ruling said federal regulators can scrutinize the deals on antitrust grounds, a decision that could affect the availability of generic versions of brand-name drugs with billions of dollars in sales, according to U.S. officials.
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We were surprised that Julio Lugo was still with the team after the trading deadline last year and we were surprised he was still with the team when players reported to spring training this year, and we will be surprised if he is still with the team this August, but we are glad he is with the team now. Lugo got off to a great start with an opposite field shot off the scoreboard in right field and finished the game 2-2 before leaving the game with an injury. More on that in a minute.
We can't help but be pleased to see that Johnny Gomes is picking up right where he left off last season, but we were a little dissapointed to see how calm Gomes was after hitting a no-doubter. While Gomes has gone too far in the past, with his behavior at the plate, we hate to see him go completely in the other direction. Gomes is an emotional player, and we beleive that emotion is something the rest of the team can feed off of.
While Aubrey Huff will never be Brooks Robinson or Mike Schmidt with the leather, he did make a fine play yesterday bare-handing a slow roller down the thirdbase line.
We are still on the fence about Carl Crawford using the bunt more this season. His first at bat of the season was a bunt attempt in which he was thrown out. We agree that the bunt can be an effective weapon for someone with Crawford's speed. The practice could easily produce 25-30 more hits in a season, which could be the difference between batting .280 or batting .330. However, Crawford is such a good hitter and in time we believe he will become a guy who can hit 25-30 homers. Lets just hope he picks the right time and place to lay down a bunt
Manager Joe Maddon made his first good managerial decision of the season before the game, when he decided to put away the retro glasses his wife picked out, and decided to go more chic with the sunglasses. We can only hope that the lights in the Trop this season are too bright and Maddon will always wear the sunglasses.
Scott Kazmir gave up 6 runs in 4+ innings of work, but that is not what is bad. We expect those type of outings from Kazmir. He is still only 22 years old. THE BAD is the fact that he once again threw an absurd number of pitches. 104 pitches in 4 innings is not going to get the job done. That was 104 pitches to 22 batters or almost 5 pitches per batter. Which means, if you count the pitches that were put in play, Kazmir was averaging 2 balls and 3 strikes per batter, and he only struck out 4.
Julio Lugo left the game in the third inning with what was called a pulled oblique. Now its been a while since we here at the Rays Index have taken an anatomy class, and while we have no idea what an oblique is, it doesnt sound good. However, Lugo did stay in after the game after the injury was sustained and was only subsequently taken out in the bottome half of the inning…presumably to get his oblique massaged by Don Zimmer.
Like many fans out there that followed the teams progress during spring training we were excited to see the performance of non-roster invitee Jason Childers, a journeyman 31 year old rookie. Childers threw 12 scoreless innings during the Cactus League. Manager Joe Maddon made his first questionable decision of the new year when he went with Childers with a man on first and nobody out in the fifth down 5-4, on opening day with his wife and family in the stands. Not the easiest way to make your major league debut.
Joey Gathright was thrown out by 20 feet at second base by Ramon Hernandez. Reminded us of the scene in Major League when Willie Mays Hayes slides head first into second base on a steal attempt and stops about 3 feet short and the shortstop waves at him to keep coming. Gathright, maybe the fastest player in baseball, looked more like Greg Luzinski or John Kruk.


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Series: Impossible Bachelors #4
Published by Macmillan Genres: Historical, Regency
Source: Publisher
Reviewed by Shayna
If life were a fairy tale, Daisy Montgomery's stepmother and two stepsisters would surely be cast in the wicked roles. For years, they've made life miserable for Daisy. But when she discovers she has a godmother, she's determined to ask her for help. Little did Daisy expect her godmother to play matchmaker with her very own grandson—who happens to be a viscount!A freewheeling playboy, Charles Thorpe, Viscount Lumley, is bored with his wealth-seeking female admirers. Not only that, he's been cut off from the family coffers. One day, on a bet, he rids himself of what little money he has left in his pockets and vows to solve problems using his wits alone. But when the Impossible Bachelor is confronted with Daisy's plan to save her castle, the payoff is more than he could have bargained for. Sometimes, if you give a girl a viscount, you just might find love….
Daisy Montgomery is a real life Cinderella. She's miserable and determined to save her family home from her wicked stepmother and stepsisters. When she discovers she has a godmother, Daisy thinks she's found a way to solve her problems. But instead of her godmother, it's her godmother's grandson, a rakish viscount, who answers Daisy's plea.
Charles Thorpe is the last remaining "Impossible Bachelor." With his closest friends happily wed, the playboy viscount decides to wager that he can get to Scotland and solve problems by his wits alone. But when faced with Daisy's problems, Charlie realizes he might be in over his head. What's more, his days as a bachelor might be coming to an end. For this Scottish Cinderella is fast capturing his Impossible Bachelor heart.
If you give a reviewer a romance with a fairytale plotline and a cute title, she's going to want to love it. At least, that's true if the reviewer is me. Sadly, If You Give a Girl a Viscount was a disappointing story. I couldn't connect with either Charlie or Daisy and didn't find Kieran Kramer's humor at all funny, which means the book dragged for me. Furthermore, it seemed like the author couldn't figure out what kind of "villains" she wanted the stepmother and stepsisters to be. I got whiplash from the number of inorganic personality changes that occurred in If You Give a Girl a Viscount.
If You Give a Girl a Viscount is the fourth Impossible Bachelors book but it can be read as a standalone. I own but haven't read When Harry Met Molly, Dukes to the Left of Me, Princes to the Right, and Cloudy with a Chance of Marriage, but perhaps I'll enjoy those books more than I did Charlie and Daisy's story.