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|Michael Quartermaine
|Chad Duell as Michael Quartermaine
|General Hospital
|Portrayed by
| Dylan and Blake Hopkins (1997-01)
Tiarnan Cunningham (2001-02)
Dylan Cash (2002-08)
Drew Garrett (2009-10)
Chad Duell (2010-present)
|Current status
|First appearance
|December 29, 1997
|Created by
|Robert Guza Jr.
|Introduced by
| Wendy Riche (1997)
Jill Farren Phelps (2009)
|Book appearances
|The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli
|Spin-off appearances
|GH: Night Shift
|Birth name
|Michael Morgan
|Previous legal name(s)
|Michael Corinthos III[1]
| Michael Corbin[2]
Edward "Eddie" Quartermaine[3] Michael Alan Quartermaine (2014–16)[4][5]
| Michael "Mike" Corbin
Michael "Sonny" Corinthos Jr.
Alan Quartermaine
Alan "AJ" Quartermaine Jr.
Michael Corinthos III Pediatric Head Trauma Center
| Mikey
Mike (by Sonny)
Young Mr. Sir (by Spinelli)
| December 29, 1997[6]
(Revised to 1995[7], then 1991[8][9], then 1989[10][11], then 1992[12], then back to 1991[13])
General Hospital
Port Charles, New York
| CEO of ELQ
Owns 18% of voting stock in ELQ
| Quartermaine Mansion
66 Harbor View Rd
Port Charles, New York
|Drew Garrett as Michael Corinthos
|Dylan Cash as Michael Corinthos
Michael Corinthos III[5] is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. He is the son of the late, A.J. Quartermaine and Carly Corinthos-Jacks, and the adoptive son of mob boss, Sonny Corinthos.
He is also the product of a one night stand between two people who hated each other.
He was born onscreen on December 29, 1997.
Dylan Cash portrayed the character as a child from 2002 to 2008.
When aged in 2009, Drew Garrett debuted in April, but was recast with Chad Duell, who debuted on April 20, 2010.[14] He was also de-aged in 2014 and then aged again in 2015. In 2016, his brother, Morgan was killed in a car bombing.
Born onscreen on December 29, 1997, the role was originated by twin actors Dylan and Blake Hopkins.
The twin actors were replaced by Tiarnan Cunningham in 2001, who stayed with the series until 2002.
On March 28, 2002, Dylan Cash made his first appearance as Michael, aging the character and revising his birth year to 1995. After three years with the series, Cash signed a contract in April 2005.
In March 2008, rumors began circulating that Cash's contract was about to expire and would not be renewed,[15] and by April several sources confirmed the fact.[16]
BuddyTV reported that Cash was blindsided by his firing, and confirmed the series was considering aging the character.
It was also rumored that ABC was considering As the World Turns's, Jesse Lee Soffer for the role.[17]
Cash made his last appearance as a contract cast member on May 16, 2008, briefly reprising the role for one episode on December 29, 2008.[18]
During his six years with General Hospital, Cash earned numerous awards, including a 2003 Young Artist Award in the Best Performance in a TV Series by a Young Actor Ten or Younger category.[19]
As the show decided to re-cast and age the character, Cash was fired and the character was put under a coma hoping to be re-casted by Jesse Lee Soffer who played Will Munson on As the World Turns. This was later turned down, seeing as Soffer was twice as old as Cash and the sudden recast would be too shocking for fans.[20]
As of January 2009, there was still no re-cast and Cash guest stared as a comatose Michael, but was seen in flashbacks up until March 2009.
In March 2009, after months of speculation, it was confirmed by TV Guide that soap newcomer, Drew Garrett had been cast in the role. Garrett made his debut on April 24, 2009.[21]
The casting of Garrett also confirmed the character's SORAS aging:[22][23]
- "Michael would now be seventeen, revising the character's birth year to 1991. Garrett revealed that he first auditioned for the role of with Laura Wright, who portrayed Michael's mother, Carly. After about three weeks of waiting, Garrett finally was asked to return for a session with the producers. At this time, Garrett was still unaware of the role he was auditioning for, knowing it only to be "Michael," and a week later his agent told him his follow up screen test was cancelled and that he was the new Michael Corinthos."
On March 22, 2010, several reports surfaced confirming that Drew Garrett had been let go from the series, and the role of Michael was to be recast.[24][25]
Garrett made his finale appearance in the role of Michael on April 19, 2010.[26]
During his time as Michael, Garrett was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor in 2010.
Garrett's Michael is very rebellious, and edgy. He is all about exploring, "stirring up trouble and crossing boundaries." The bad behavior is Michael's way of reclaiming the life he's lost. He wants to live a full life, without limitations and believes embracing danger is the way to do it. Michael is in complete denial about how much has changed. Michael is not in anyway thinking about his future.
He is just worried about how he can get the most excitement out of the life he currently has. Michael refuses to take no for an answer which often gets him into trouble. According to Garrett, Michael does not believe he has any other options in life which is why he is determined to work for his father. Michael stubbornly refuses to accept that working for Sonny is not an option. Things are further complicated when Michael cannot control emotions. What makes matters worse is that Michael does not know why he gets so angry; the not knowing perpetuates the anger.
On March 25, 2010, it was announced that Garrett was recast with Chad Duell, who made his first appearance in the role of Michael on April 20, 2010.[27][28][29]
In an interview with Crushable.com, Duell revealed that he auditioned around the same time as Garrett in 2009, but Garrett was awarded the role.[30] The producers had begun developing a new role for Michael's sister, Kristina Davis (Lexi Ainsworth)'s, love interest, which Duell also auditioned for.
His performance was so well received that at the expiration of Garrett's contract, Duell was cast as Michael, and the other character was scrapped.[31] "They had a certain feel about how they wanted [Michael] and now, I guess they're going in this direction," Duell told Soap Opera Digest.[32] In January 2012, a casting call for the character of Erik was released leading to speculation that Duell was about to be replaced as Michael. Duell later took to Twitter with a simple response to fans inquiry about him possibly being replaced, "I'm not."[33][34]
Duell was nominated for three Daytime Emmy's for Outstanding Younger Actor in 2011, 2012, and 2014 and brought home his first Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2015.
Duell described his character as being very multi-layered, having a lot of baggage, but also a great heart. He says that Michael loves his family, and wants to make his father proud, which in Duell's eyes, is what makes the character so interesting; "He's very complex. He's got so many things going on at once... He's an awesome kid but he's had it very rough."[35] According to Duell, Michael is a tough kid who angers easily, who is torn between being a good guy, but is afraid to feel weak. "I like showing more sides to him. I want (to show) his heart more than his anger. I don't want him to be one way."[30]
According to Duell, Michael is "never just one way. There's always something behind everything." Duell's ability to bring complexity to Michael is what he believes led to the recast.[36] Duell described Michael as being "a very strong kid.…He's strong for his father, above all. He has thick enough skin to get through a lot of things."[37]
Michael was conceived when his mother, Carly Benson had a one night stand with A.J. Quartermaine, while in a relationship with Dr. Tony Jones in March 1997.[38]
In December of 1997, Tony breaks up with Carly, fearing the two men would take her baby, she runs to her best friend and old flame Jason Morgan, who agrees to be the father of the child.
Michael was born 4 weeks early[39] on December 29, 1997,[40] after Carly starts bleeding and collapses. Jason finds her and rushes her to the hospital, where she has an emergency C-section. When his mother starts to show symptoms of PPD, she leaves him with Jason Morgan who names him, Michael after Sonny Corinthos (the man who would eventually become his father).[41] Tony later kidnaps Michael after finding out that Michael isn't his son but Michael is eventually rescued by Jason. When Tony was put trial for the kidnapping, Carly shoots him and Michael and Carly are once again separated.[42] When Carly returns, she discovers Robin Scorpio and Jason taking care of Michael and soon sets out to destroy the relationship which leads Robin to tell A.J. that he's Michael's biological father.[43] Carly marries A.J., who threatens to take Michael if she ever disobeys his orders.[44]
Carly sleeps with Sonny in November 1999 and becomes pregnant with his child and he manages to find evidence of wrongdoing to force A.J. to give Carly a divorce.[45] Carly moves in with Sonny, but loses the baby after a fall down the stairs during an argument with A.J. Carly and Sonny wed as a legal maneuver,[46] and Michael was primarily raised by Sonny, even though they constantly break up and eventually, Sonny adopts him.[47] When their parents dated other people, Michael fakes his kidnapped but this fails. On February 21, 2005, when his parents divorce for the third time, A.J. kidnaps Michael and his other siblings,[48] Morgan Corinthos and Kristina Davis but releases Morgan and Kristina and doctors evidence that he was murdered to sneak him out of the country.[49] Jason Morgan and Sam McCall rescue him and A.J. is soon murdered with Michael being a prime suspect, although this is later dismissed. Michael is traumatized by this abduction and his mother had a mental breakdown,[50] leading his aunt Emily and Sam to attend his psychiatrist sessions.[51] His parents re-marry, but this marriage ended in a divorce and his mother re-married Jasper Jacks,[52] who served as a model parent to Michael.[53]
In 2007, Michael's longtime nanny, Leticia, and Michael's close aunt, Emily Quartermaine are murdered. Michael asks Sonny to seek revenge.[54] Seeing as Sonny is busy with the mob, Michael purchases a gun and bullets and while disposing them, Michael accidentally shoots Kate Howard, Sonny's girlfriend. After weeks of being missing, Michael returns and Carly goes to meet him but is soon caught in an explosion, resulting in a miscarriage.[55] Soon after, Sonny decides to show a 12-year-old Michael a life without violence at his coffee warehouse in which a sniper, Ian Devlin, secretly hired by Claudia Zacchara, aims for Sonny, but Michael is shot and put in to a life-long coma.[56] Michael is SORASed and is shipped to an aftercare institute[57] in which his parents and Jax constantly visit him, as well as Claudia. Carly and Sonny celebrate Michael's 13th birthday.[58] As a way of organizing a fundraiser in his name, Carly hosts a gala[59] but is interrupted by a bio-toxin.
Learning that his mother had almost died, Michael starts to moving his hand showing[60][61] Carly that he is responsive. Claudia Zacchara, after discovering her pregnancy, confides in Michael about her responsability in his shooting. After his mother's decision to allow Patrick Drake operate an experimental surgery on him,[62] Michael awakes from his year-long coma,[63] only to find his life is now changed.[64] Sonny married Claudia Zacchara, who is pregnant and his mother, Carly is now having a baby. Michael is furious with Carly for not being there when he woke up and he quickly befriends his cousin, Lulu Spencer, sister Kristina Davis and then step-mother Claudia Zacchara while under the guidance of his uncle Jason Morgan. After having bursts of anger while living with his mother, Carly agrees to let Sonny parent Michael until her baby is born. Michael is soon spoiled rotten with a new sports car, a Blackberry Pearl and other luxuries.
After being held hostage by a Zacchara soldier, Carly fears for her son will be in danger and places him under the custody of the Quartermaines, his biological father's family. Michael, being granted a driver's licence thanks to Carly and Jax, begins driving around. A volatile Michael is initially indecisive about where he wants to live, and a stubborn Carly only relents to let him stay with Sonny when it is clear that her mothering is putting stress on a recovering Michael. When events soon convince Carly that Sonny's lifestyle still puts Michael in danger, she allows him instead to live with the Quartermaines. On July 21, 2009, Michael, along with Kristina and Claudia were driving and Michael thinks that he was responsible for Claudia's accident. He frantically called Jason for help and Jason returned Michael to the Quartermaine mansion, where Edward overheard Jason assure Michael he would take care of the accident. Michael denies the problem when Edward confronts him. Michael, believing he caused the crash, has run away with his sister Kristina to avoid juvenile detention. The siblings arrive in Cancun, Mexico. As Jerry Jacks poses a threat in Mexico, Jason and Sam arrive in Mexico and take the teens back to Port Charles.
After attending the town carnival in September 2009,[65] Michael begins to have more flashbacks during his comatose year, especially that of one very apologetic Claudia. Michael eventually puts the flashback sequences together, leading him to blame Claudia as the orchestrator of his shooting. On October 29, 2009, Michael attends Claudia's birthday bash which as organized by Sonny. Sonny confronts Claudia about her involvement in Michael's shooting and under pressure, Claudia takes a pregnant Carly hostage. Michael finds Claudia, Carly, and a new-born Josslyn Jacks in a cabin. Carly, weakened by childbirth, was unable to stop Claudia, who was on her way to leave with Josslyn. In an attempt to save his family, Michael bludgeons Claudia to death with an axe-handle. Jason thus covers the murder but later regrets it when Michael shows no sign of remorse.
With Michael clearly being affected by the death, starts to resent his family, to the point to where he begins to drink and drive. Michael is arrested for drunk driving and is escorted home by his cousin Lucky on December 29, 2009,[66] his birthday. When an artist, Franco, steals Claudia's body to blackmail Jason and Michael, Carly and Jax plan to relocate to Australia. During an argument with Carly, Michael breaks down due to his guilt in killing Claudia. Franco eventually leaves town after setting a bomb in a warehouse with Lulu, Michael's cousin, inside. Fortunately, Lulu is saved by Dominic, Sonny's henchman. Following Lulu's rescue, Sonny offers Dominic control over the organization if Sonny were to retire, causing Michael to be jealous. When the police are cleaning up the wreckage, they find Claudia's body. During a family outing, Michael has horrific flashbacks of the night he killed Claudia.
On January 21, 2010, Michael discovers that Dominic is actually an undercover cop, and reveals it Sonny soon after. Sonny originally doubts the statement, leading Michael to go to Jax. While Michael attends Josslyn's christening on January 29, 2010, Sonny shoots Dante.[67] After the shooting, it is revealed that Dominic (Dante) is Sonny and Olivia Falconeri's son. Michael, upset that Kristina is wrongfully blaming their dad for Claudia's murder, tells Morgan, Kristina and Molly that he killed Claudia.[68] Michael attempts to confess to killing Claudia, but the police commissioner considers it as a false statement, stating there is evidence that leads Sonny as the killer. Sam comes to the station and takes Michael back to Jason's apartment where he emphasizes the need to be quiet.
Sonny is arrested and put on trial for Claudia's murder. Michael goes to live with his father, under the supervision of Sonny's bodyguards, Max and Milo, so that he won't go and confess in the court that he killed Claudia. However, Dante shows up on March 11, 2010, getting into a fight with Michael about Sonny. Just as Michael is about to confess the truth to Dante, Sonny comes in and panics, telling Dante to get out of his house. Sonny realizes the risk that Michael poses to the trial and has Sam and Jason take him to the island until the trial is over despite Michael's protests. It's not easy, as Michael tries to escape numerous times. Jason and Sam leave to go back for Sonny's trial, and Max, Milo and Bernie, Sonny's accountant, are called to watch over Michael.
Michael tells Dante that he's the one who killed Claudia. Dante gets proof that confirms Michael killed Claudia, and tells the courts that Michael indeed killed Claudia. Michael is sentenced to five years in jail for killing Claudia in May 2010 soon after confessing which upsets everyone in the courtroom with Dante making a plea to the judge to reconsider his sentence and Sonny making his own plea to be punished intsead of Michael. Everyone then rails at Dante and blames him for sending Michael to prison. In the first weeks of jail, Michael is raped by Carter. Jason (so he can be with Michael) is sent to prison with him. After a few months, Michael and Jason get released due to Dante and because of this, he and Dante grow closer. Even though he's still on parole he's glad his life is getting back to normal.
Michael becomes uncomfortable when Kristina's friend, Ali, starts hitting on him. He later confides in Jason that he does not have much experience with women. Sam, overhearing the conversation, wants to help and calls her friend Abby to help Michael become more comfortable interacting with women. Their first meeting is a bit disastrous when things move too fast, but despite this they continue to run into each other around town. Michael and Abby start to meet up at Kelly's diner to discuss each others lives and future ambitions. After a few meetings they admit to liking one another and enjoying the time they have spent together. They later exchange phone numbers and decide to see one another.
On November 18, 2010, however, Claire arranges for the restrictions on Michael's release to be lifted, allowing Michael and Sonny to see each other at any time. They start to date, but their happiness is short lived because Michael's mother, Carly disapproves of their relationship because of the age difference between them. Michael opened up to Sam and told her about his feelings for Abby while Carly warned Abby to stay away from her son and even tried to pay her off. As a result of this, Abby at first turns Michael down when he asks her out, but after a long conversation with each other and a brief run in with Kiefer's best friend, during which Abby defended Michael, she came around and accepted Michael's offer to go on a date. Carly continues to disprove of their relationship and tries to keep them apart, but both Michael and Abby warn Carly to stay out of their relationship.
When Abby is attacked and almost raped by her ex-boyfriend Brandon Lowell, Michael rushes to help her. As he nears them he gets flashbacks of him and Carter in prison. He momentarily freezes during this recollection but when he breaks out of it, he begins to beat Brandon until Jason comes and pulls him off of him. Dante arrests Brandon and Abby is taken to the hospital. Michael and Jason sit down to have a talk and he finally breaks down and admits to Jason that Carter raped him in prison. Michael later tells Dante and Abby the truth about what happened to him in prison, and Abby remains supportive of him. Abby soon decides that she wants better for herself and that she no longer wants to be a stripper. Michael supported her and together they went to Johnny Zacchara, who is the owner of the club where she previously worked and quit her job as a stripper. While Abby searches for another job and Michael comes to terms with the events in his life, they continue to date, and soon decide to go on their first real date together at her apartment. On March 28, Michael and Abby make love for the first time.
A few months later, both Michael and Abby are given jobs at ELQ Enterprises by Michael's grandfather Edward Quartermaine. Michael becomes a junior executive, and Abby becomes an executive assistant. Even though Michael succeeds in his position, he decides that the business life isn't for him and leaves the company, but Abby had a passion for business and decided to continue working at ELQ. In late 2011, several of Abby's friends from Vaughn's are abused and put in the hospital. It soon became apparent that strippers (past or present) were being targeted and beaten by the attacker. Michael and Sam search for the guy doing the beatings and Michael convinces ELQ's CEO, Tracy Quartermaine-Spencer to send Abby out of town on business for her own protection.
Abby is excited to go out of town on her first business trip. While in Chicago, a load falls off a crane above Abby while she talks on the phone with Michael. She's hit and knocked unconscious and rushed to the hospital. When Michael and Sam arrive at the hospital, they are directed to the morgue where they find Abby's dead body. Michael blames himself for her death since he was the one who sent her away on the trip to get her away from the man abusing Abby's friends. When Michael returns to Port Charles, he then left for New Zealand to spread Abby's ashes because she and Michael had always talked about seeing New Zealand together.
On February 24, Starr Manning, Cole Thornhart, and Hope Manning-Thornhart were driving to Port Charles. There was an accident, and the car ended up hanging off the road. Michael and his brother Dante arrived at the scene. He promised Starr he would get Cole and Hope to safety. He failed to do so and the car exploded. Michael felt extremely guilty. Michael brought her to the hospital while she was unconscious. He talked to her but did not tell her that her family was dead. He comforted her when she did find out. He continued to stay in touch with her. Sonny came to Michael's apartment and told him that because of the trial he had to stay away from Starr. Soon after, Starr came to Michael's house, saying that she did not know where to go. He allowed her to spend the night in his apartment. The next day, Jason knocked on Michael's door. Starr hid in the back of the house but listened in on the conversation. Jason once again told Michael not to go anywhere near Starr. Sonny came, making sure he was doing as he told him. They both left eventually.
In middle of 2012, Michael starts dating Starr. They share their first romantic kiss on the fourth of July. In early November, they attempt to have an intimate night during Halloween. Michael learns about his uncle Jason's disappearance and being presumed dead. He tells his grandmother Monica about the incident at the Pier and possible death of Jason. Later, Michael meets his father A.J. at the Haunted Star. He learns information about his father from A.J., Carly and Sonny. In middle of November, Michael goes to support his biological father, A.J., whom was arrested for crimes from 2005 in the Port Charles Police Department. A.J. is released on bond twice. A.J. and Michael goes to the Quartmaines for the annual Thanksgiving celebration.
A.J. gives the PCPD information regarding Sonny and Monica's long time enemy Cesar Faison and the charges are dropped. In early December, Michael and Starr try again at making love, but Carly interrupts them. Later in December, Both of them discuss which place to go to Christmas dinner and Starr suggests they stay at the apartment. They end up having sex. Michael then goes to Haunted Star to check up on Starr and finds her unconscious. He learns that Connie (aka Kate) pushed Starr into the office desk. They go to GH for concussion testing on Starr. Starr is released and find Trey and Kristina in the parking garage. They follow Connie after Trey Mitchell and Kristina heard strange sounds from the trunk. Michael drives the car and heads up crashing on the same highway that Cole and Hope was killed on in February 2012. He wakes up after the crash and helps get the paramedics to the scene. He learns about Johnny's misdeeds through Starr. Kristina falls unconscious, but comes back from it.
Trey and Ellie Trout are the only two that need to be transported to the hospital. Trey later dies and Ellie was released, but needs physical therapy. Michael helps AJ get control of ELQ and says that his father Sonny leaked the information to Connie and the newspaper, however Tracy is the true culprit. Connie reveals that she lied and that Sonny didn't leak the information. He suggests that they go to the General Hospital lab to test the pickle relish that Duke Lavery stole from Tracy Quartermaine. A.J. says that Michael that he found Starr - a person whom is smart and beautiful, then Michael says that he A.J. should find someone smart and beautiful - then Elizabeth Webber comes and talks to them.
On March 20, Starr gets a phone call from Langston Wilde saying that Starr is needed in LA. Starr goes to LA and Michael is required to stay because AJ needs help with ELQ. On April 8, Michael is on the phone with Starr and they break up because Starr says that she is staying in LA (or Llanview eventually). After the Nurses Ball, he seen by her mother in the hotel bed of Brenda Barrett. It seems that Michael is as confused as Carly is. He sticks up for Brenda when Carly assumes the worst. Brenda later reveals that she didn't sleep with Michael; it was just a set up to get revenge on Carly. Michael is trying to help A.J. revitalize ELQ through Pickle-Lila, and the missing Quartermaine heir with the help of Michael and Damian Spinelli. Spinelli later tells them that the heir is Franco's daughter, Lauren, and he'll track her down. A.J. gets a chance to promote Pickle-Lila when he gets booked for the ABC daytime show The Chew. However, before Michael can leave, he finds out from Carly that Morgan is in trouble after getting into debt gambling online and disappearing to avoid the bookies he owes.
Michael stays behind to help with finding his brother. Sonny lets Carly & Michael know that Morgan's roommate believes he ran for help to a girl that he met online. Michael has Spinelli's friend download the chats between Morgan and the girl he met. When Carly leaves, Michael gets a call from Morgan, who says he's going to fix the mess he's in. Michael says he wants to help and asks Morgan to tell him where he is so they can figure it out together. Morgan agrees and tells Michael where he is. Michael locates Morgan and takes a beaten up Morgan to the hospital. Morgan is treated and ditches back to his girlfriend's place. Michael meets Morgan's new girlfriend, Kiki Jerome and they eventually head back to Port Charles after Sonny pays off Morgan's debt. Morgan and Kiki force Michael to allow Kiki to stay with them in Michael's apartment.
Michael recieves a text with Jason's face telling him to be at the Haunted Star. When he shows up there, Spinelli, Maxie, AJ, Elizabeth, Carly, Sonny and Sam are all there. Franco shows up and reveals he did not rape Sam and he is not responsible for Michael getting raped because he never told Carter to hurt Michael. Michael tells Kiki about the rape, but tells her not to tell Morgan. Michael and Kiki start becoming friendly, and eventually develop a closeness that results in a kiss. The two agree it was a mistake, and try to stay away for Morgan. Soon after, Michael finds out that Kiki is the daughter of Franco, making her his cousin. The two try to stay away, but the attraction between them remains.
It's later revealed that Kiki is not the daughter of Franco, but Dr. Silas Clay, an old flame of her mother, Ava Jerome. Morgan, knowing that Kiki will leave him for Michael if she found out the truth, proposes to her and Kiki accepts. Michael finds out and has a hard time accepting it. The relationship between Michael & Morgan also starts to deteriorate. When Kiki's paternity is revealed in the newspaper, Michael goes to find her, and ends up going to the courthouse where Morgan and Kiki were getting married. Michael shows up too late, though and Morgan proclaims that he & Kiki are already married.
Michael suspects that Morgan knew, and only married Kiki so she wouldn't find out the truth and leave him. Kiki expresses the same doubt, but Morgan writes them both off. Soon after, Connie is killed, and A.J. becomes a suspect, having lost ELQ when Kiki's paternity was revealed. Sonny, who was dating Connie, is devastated and spirals out of control. Michael tries to help A.J. out, though he's kept in holding for the duration of his trial. Michael gets a call from Morgan and finds out Sonny left a goodbye note and Morgan, Dante & Olivia all suspect that he's planning to commit suicide over losing Connie. They eventually find him and talk him down. Morgan & Michael start to repair their relationship as a result of these series of events.
Ava, as part of her criminal plans to take over the Corinthos organization, plans a wedding reception for Kiki and Morgan. She is able to persuade Sonny to co-host the event and have him decide that he shouldn't take his medication. At the wedding reception, Sonny reveals that Morgan knew that Michael and Kiki weren't cousins before the wedding and Kiki ends her marriage with Morgan once he confirms that Sonny is telling the truth. Michael and Kiki have a talk after Morgan leaves and both admit that they love each other. They decide to give their relationship a chance. The next day, Kiki decides to go and stay with Ava, having left Morgan and not wanting to make things worse by staying with Michael. However, when she goes to her mother's room, she finds Ava in bed with Morgan. Morgan is unapologetic and throws his relationship with Ava in Michael & Kiki's faces. He tells Michael that he's done with him and he's staying with Ava. Kiki also says that she's done with Morgan & Ava and walks out with Michael. When Kiki can't find a place, she agrees to stay with Michael. The two of them sleep together for the first time when she makes this decision.
Michael & Kiki both realize they have to find work. Michael goes to Sonny looking for work, and Sonny apologizes for letting Morgan convince him to keep the secret about Kiki from Michael. Michael forgives him, and asks him for a job. Sonny says he'll consider it. When Michael tells Sonny that Kiki is now with him, Sonny tells him he's suspicious of Ava. He thinks Ava is connected to the Jerome mob family, thought to be long gone. He also tells Michael that Morgan is now in a relationship with Ava and he thinks Ava is using him as leverage to keep tabs on Sonny & his business. Michael takes his warning into account, already distrustful of Ava. Kiki comes by, and reveals that she found out Ava has a brother she never mentioned. Sonny suspects she never mentioned him because he's Julian Jerome, former mob kingpin & head of the Jerome family.
Michael later tells Kiki about Morgan and Ava's relationship and both suspect that Morgan is in more trouble than he realizes, given the suspicion around Ava. Michael confronts Morgan after a bug is found in Sonny's office. The two get in a fight at pier 52 and Micheal hits Morgan a few times, but Morgan end up hitting Michael, who hits his head and falls into the harbor. Then, Franco ends up saving him. A few weeks later, Michael attends A.J's trial and was there for both of his fathers. When A.J. was acquitted Sonny promised Michael that he wouldn't touch A.J. When Carly goes missing Franco is the main suspect because Heather Webber was framing him. Michael believes that Franco is guilty but his girlfriend Kiki doesn't. Franco manages to save Carly but Micheal still blames Franco and Kiki. In April, Michael's father, A.J. dies from complications from a gunshot wound. After Michael finds out that Luke has been hitting on Kiki, he ousts Tracy at ELQ and becomes the new CEO to prevent Luke from getting his hands on ELQ.
During Michael's time as CEO, he decides to have Morgan and Kiki renovate the Brownstone in exchange for free room and board. He and Kiki also get closer, and she reassures him that just because she will be living in the place as Morgan, Michael is the only Corinthos brother for her. Michael and Tracy come to an agreement and she is welcomed back in the the company. In September, Michael kills Kobe. Michael also finds out that Carlos wasn't the one who killed AJ and suspects that it was Ava who did it. He tells Kiki and his mom that he is going to investigate but they both tell him not too but he does anyways.
On the day of his mom and Franco's wedding rolls around and Michael finally finds out that Sonny killed AJ and he blows up as his mom saying that she is dead to him. He goes looking for Sonny and finds him at the Brownstone where he holds a gun on him and threatens to kill him. Morgan and Dante show him right as Michael is about to kill Sonny. They eventually talk him out of it and Sonny is arrested. Afterwards, Kiki shows up and she confesses that she and Morgan knew that Sonny killed AJ and Michael is furious and disowns them as well. Michael heads to the Floating Rib for drinks, where he runs into Rosalie. The two start talking and Michael finds out about what Rosalie was suppose to do for Nina. They continue talking and end up kissing. The next morning they wake up in bed together. Later on, Kiki walks in and Michael breaks up with her.
Crimes Committed
- Faked his own kidnapping to try and get his parents back together [Apr 2004]
- Attempted to kill A.J. Quartermaine by smothering him with a pillow [Apr 2005]
- Locked his parents in the basement of their house to try and get them to stay together (along with Morgan's help) [Apr 6-9, 2007]
- Bought bullets and a gun [Feb 2008]
- Accidentally shot Kate Howard (aka Connie) [Feb 2008]
- Ran away from home [Feb 2008]
- Hit Jason [Jun 2009]
- Underage drinking [Jun 2009]
- Got into a bar fight with Kiefer Bauer [Jun 2009]
- Driving without a license [Jul 2009]
- Assaulted Kiefer after he provoked him [Jul 2009]
- Ran away to Cancún, Mexico with his sister Kristina when he thought he ran Claudia off the road [Jul-Aug 2009]
- Stole a guy's watch and then pawned it [Aug 27, 2009]
- Assaulted Kiefer [Oct 7, 2009]
- Killed Claudia Zacchara with an axe handle in defense of his newborn half-sister, Josslyn Jacks [Nov 4, 2009] (sentenced to 5 years in prison for manslaughter[69] on May 7, 2010 (went to prison on May 10, 2010) but was released on June 18, 2010 on parole and had to live with Dante; he is no longer on parole)
- Sent Max and Milo to threaten Kiefer Bauer [Nov 10, 2009]
- Went to Sonny's island to elude the police [Mar-May 2010]
- Accidentally choked Lulu [Jul 20, 2010]
- Got into a fight while on the road crew [Jul 2010]
- Assaulted Warren Bauer after he tried to hit his sister, Kristina [Jul 2010]
- Assaulted Bryce after he provoked him [Sep 15, 2010]
- Assaulted Brandon Lowell in defense of Abby (Brandon was trying to rape her) [Jan 2011]
- Stole his mother's car to destroy any evidence that may have implicated her in the hit and run death of Jake Spencer (it was later revealed that Luke Spencer had hit Jake) [Mar 2011]
- Held Brandon Lowell at gunpoint [Apr 2011]
- Found standing over Brandon Lowell's dead body with a gun in his hand (by Dante) [Apr 2011]
- Punched his brother, Dante [Apr 2011]
- Breaking and entering; broke into Johnny Zacchara's apartment [May 2011]
- Punched Bryce at his graduation ceremony [Jun 2011]
- Bought a gun off the street [Jan 2012]
- Threatened to put T.J. Ashford in the hospital if he ever hurt Molly again [Feb 22, 2012]
- Perjury; lied and said that he didn't see Starr try to kill Sonny when in fact he did [May 2012]
- Punched Trey Mitchel [Aug 2012]
- Got into a fist fight with his brother, Morgan [Nov 11, 2013]
- Shot and killed Kobe, one of Luke's henchmen while engaged in a struggle for a gun [Sep 30, 2014]
- Took the gun Max left behind after he was shot [Nov 5, 2014]
- Lied to his brother, Dante about knowing anything about the gun [Nov 5, 2014]
- Held his father, Sonny at gunpoint and almost killed him [Nov 6-11, 2014]
- Threatened and assaulted his brother, Morgan (he pushed him up against a wall) [Nov 19, 2014]
- Obstruction of justice; knew that Sonny's enemies Jerry Jacks and his men and women stole ELQ shares, but didn't report to police or WSB [Jan 2015]
- Got in to a fist fight with his brother, Morgan [Mar 23, 2015]
- Tried to punch Morgan [Apr 7, 2015; failed by falling on a table]
- Kicked Julian Jerome in the stomach [Sep 22, 2015]
- Fought Marcos for a gun [May 23, 2016]
- Unlawful imprisonment; grabbed and locked Dr. Liesl Obrecht in a closet [Jun 27, 2016]
Health and Vitals
- Born 4 weeks early via emergency C-section[70] [Dec 1997]
- Had a congenital heart condition that required surgery [as a baby]
- Kidnapped by Tony Jones as a baby [1998]
- Fell down a well and was rendered unconscious [Apr 2004]
- Suffered internal bleeding around his kidney from the fall [Apr 2004]
- Had to have surgery to remove a hematoma [Apr 2004]
- Hurt his wrist or arm [Oct 2004]
- Kidnapped (along with his siblings, Kristina and Morgan) by Faith Rosco [Feb 2005]
- Kidnapped by his father, A.J. Quartermaine right after being kidnapped by Faith (thought to be dead and was brainwashed) [2005]
- Went into shock after witnessing Asher Thomas "kill" his father, A.J. [Apr 2005]
- Fell through the ice into freezing water [Jan 6, 2006]
- Suffered minor injuries in an explosion on the docks; was treated for a cut on his forehead [Mar 2008]
- Rendered comatose after he was struck in the head by a bullet that was fired by Ian Devlin which was meant for his father, Sonny [Apr 7, 2008]
- Had surgery to remove the bullet from his head [Apr 2008]
- Had experimental brain surgery that would give him the chance to regain consciousness [May 7-12, 2009; regained consciousness on May 15]
- His heart stopped during surgery [May 2009]
- Held at gunpoint in the woods by Dante Falconeri, who was going by the alias Dominic Pirelli [Jun 23, 2009]
- Threatened by Jerry Jacks under the orders of Claudia Zacchara [Jul 30, 2009]
- Suffered a bloody lip after someone punched him [Aug 27-28, 2009]
- Raped by Carter while in prison [May 21, 2010]
- Burned his hand while on the road crew [Jul 2010]
- Assaulted by Warren Bauer, after he assaulted him [Jul 2010]
- Almost shot by Warren Bauer while trying to protect his sister, Kristina [Jul 2010]
- Suffered minor injuries in a bus crash [Jan 2011]
- Held at gunpoint by Anthony Zacchara [May 2011]
- Briefly knocked unconscious and suffered a cut to his hand after being struck by a motorcycle driven by Jason [Dec 30, 2011]
- Almost fell off a cliff [Feb 28, 2012]
- Held at gunpoint by Joe Scully, Jr. [Oct 2012]
- Rendered unconscious in a car accident [Jan 2013]
- Almost drowned after Morgan punched him causing him to hit his head and fall into the harbor [Nov 11, 2013]
- Refused medical treatment after being dragged out of freezing water by Franco and suffering a concussion [Nov 11, 2013]
- Threatened and almost killed by Kobe, one of Luke's henchmen [Sep 29, 2014]
- Held hostage at gunpoint by Kobe [Sep 30, 2014]
- Ran a bomb off The Haunted Star (Sonny took it and jumped in the water with it before it went off) [Feb 4, 2015]
- Suffered a bloody lip after Morgan punched him [Feb 26, 2015]
- Threatened by Sonny [Mar 10, 2015]
- Has really bad allergies [revealed Mar 2015]
- Unknowingly had his allergy medication switched by his brother, Morgan [revealed Mar 23-Apr 24, 2015]
- Slipped and fell onto a table after a failed attempt to punch Morgan [Apr 7, 2015]
- Jumped into freezing water to rescue Carlos Rivera [May 12, 2016]
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See also
- Michael Corinthos and Starr Manning
- Michael Quartermaine and Kiki Jerome
- Michael Quartermaine and Sabrina Santiago
- ↑ Though Quartermaine is his legal name, he refers to himself as Corinthos
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67EcJLMFaEc&index=15&list=PL09D8EA378FD3A8EE
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK8vZFUNnYA&list=UUGv8ZZb1G3I8UUcN2739CzA&index=324
- ↑ Shown on name change form on 11-25-14
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "How I Spent My Summer Vacation". Feature Interview. ABC Soaps In Depth (Bauer Media Group) 20 (39): 38–41. September 26, 2016.
- ↑ http://soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/1997/971229.php
- ↑ Michael was 9 years old all of 2005 which was a month before his 10th birthday.
- ↑ Michael was 17 years old all of 2009 which was a month before his 18th birthday. It was also stated on May 4, 2010, that Michael was 17 when he killed Claudia on November 4, 2009
- ↑ On February 8, 2011, Carly stated that he was 19 years old.
- ↑ In September of 2012, Michael's younger sister Kristina was aged to 21, making Michael about 22
- ↑ In April 2013, after Michael supposedly slept with Brenda, Carly stated that if Michael was 4 years younger that she could have Brenda arrested. However, that doesn't add up because the age of consent in New York is 17, and they made that very clear during the Kristina/Johnny storyline where they pretended to be seeing each other. So, if he was under age 4 years ago, he would be 20 now, which can't be right because he's older than Kristina who's 21, and he's been drinking, so he's at least 21.
- ↑ In November 2014, Michael's documents to change his name listed his birth year as 1992.
- ↑ Morgan had been seen drinking multiple times in 2015...legally. Since Morgan is being aged so is Michael because he is older then him. This is the last time this will be changed unless the writers stress it.
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/news/2010/0322-garrett.php
- ↑ SHOCKING RUMOR: Dylan Cash OUT???. Zap2it. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Dylan Cash ousted, Michael headed for recast. Soapcentral.com. Retrieved on December 2, 2012.
- ↑ General Hospital: Dylan Cash Fired?. David Niu, Andy Liu. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ About GH: Who's Who in Port Charles: Michael Corinthos III. Soapcentral.com. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/news/2008/0414-cash.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/news/2009/0316-garrett.php
- ↑ "GH" casts new Michael Corinthos!. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Long rumored, recast of Michael Corinthos now confirmed. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ GH's New Michael Corinthos. SoSource Media LLC. Retrieved on December 2, 2012.
- ↑ General Hospital Recasting the Role of Michael Corinthos. Atomic Online. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Drew Garrett out, GH recasts Michael. Soapcentral.com. Retrieved on December 3, 2012.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Tc2QtIyzA
- ↑ Chad Duell's debut as Michael Corinthos on today's GH!. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Chad Duell Debuts On 'General Hospital'. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5i0L0Pe-50
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Dude Diary: Chad Duell Opens Up About 'General Hospital,' Hating High School and Worshipping Tom Cruise. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ The Chad Duell Interview – General Hospital. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/meet-ghs-new-michael-chad-duell-0/
- ↑ Is GH Recasting Michael?. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Is GH recasting Michael Corinthos? According to Chad Duell, he is not being replaced!. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Meet GH's New Michael, Chad Duell. American Media, Inc.. Retrieved on November 30, 2012.
- ↑ Chad Duell Interview. ABC Daytime. Archived from the original on May 3, 2010. Retrieved on December 18, 2012.
- ↑ Chad Duell Interview. ABC Daytime. Archived from the original on May 8, 2010. Retrieved on December 18, 2012.
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/1997/970421.php
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r5gdpybRis&list=PL9DD97BAC2D3E85D6&index=94
- ↑ http://soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/1997/971229.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/1997/971229.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/1998/980330.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/1999/990118.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/1999/990510.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2000/000228.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2000/000918.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2001/010514.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2005/050221.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2005/050314.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2005/050606.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2005/050606.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2007/070423.php
- ↑ http://www.soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2007/070423.php
- ↑ General Hospital starting Friday, September 7, 2007, Monday, September 10, 2007 and Tuesday September 11, 2007)
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/4025/Ka_Boom/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/4172/Little_Victim__Big_Fallout/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/4433/A_Heartbreaking_Move/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/5776/Things_are_Looking_Up/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/6005/Theres_Something_in_the_Air/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/6238/Two_Mothers__Two_Babies_and_a_Spinelli_Fan_Club/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/6342/Is_Carly_Seeing_Things/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/6583/Now_Thats_a_Life_Line/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/6614/Michael_Wakes_Up/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/6623/Hollys_Back/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/7288/The_Aftermath/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/7861/Life_Lessons/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/8021/One_Last_Good_Day/
- ↑ http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/update/id/8042/Hi_Beautiful/
- ↑ "Michael: Technically, it was self-defense, but since I've already been to prison for manslaughter, my father thought it was best to just, you know, make the situation go away."...http://tvmegasite.net/transcripts/gh/older/2014/gh-trans-10-01-14.shtml
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r5gdpybRis&list=PL9DD97BAC2D3E85D6&index=94
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Would probably helped if I linked to the piece: Here.
That's a piece I wrote, as a response to a Guardian post which – to say the least – I didn't like. The piece claims campaigns like Everyday Sexism make hitting on women harder, because it makes all them "females" think confident flirtation is same as harassment.
Er, yeah. No.
I also commented directly on the piece itself, in the comment section, which got one… strange response.
Some readers can't locate my comment Guardian site. I'll reprint it here:
Since I've been following Everyday Sexism for a while, I find the author's characterisation of the project different to mine. I'd be interested to see where exactly the claims come from that indicate all men do this – considering the campaign has been encouraging and welcoming men's voices, too, who speak out and discourage this behaviour.
I'd also be interested where exactly the claim is made that mild flirtation is equated with street harassment. It seems to me if you can't distinguish between the two then maybe that's a serious problem and you should rethink what you mean by flirting – not what the woman you're flirting with is "doing wrong".
Of course, your intention could very well be one that truly is harmless and is non-threatening – but misinterpreted. And this I understand, to a small degree.
But considering, as you know, the environment in which women live and what some face everyday, that's just… well… TOO BAD. Yes, it sucks that it's harder to intitiate conversation and flirtation without being perceived as "yet another creep". Yes, it sucks that women have been so constantly bombarded with such idiocy they change their behaviour, time of day for jogging or walking or doing basically anything (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/02/apps-and-online-programs-offer-new-ways-to-report-street-harassment.html), – because victim-blaming also is this pernicious, see?
It's easy for us men to claim "but we're nice guys and never do that" – but again, I assume most people can distinguish between the two behaviours.
There will exist genuine mistakes and misinterpretation – as there is in everything we do. Except here it's compounded by the environment that so many women live in, everyday. The name of the project says it all.
In a world screaming for their attention, namecalling them when women refuse to give it, we shouldn't be wagging our fingers when our kinder voices go unnoticed. We should be empathetic, target the environment and other men doing this – and also respect women enough to, you know, be able to tell the difference between harassment and harmless flirtation. I don't see Everyday Sexism as ushering in the downfall of sexual freedom – I see it as protecting it, particularly women's, so that we can all live in a better world.
(Weirdly, Dawkins linked to this comment – even though his quotation indicates his support of the very article I was criticising in that comment.)
PS: Ophelia also has some important insight, as always.

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The Best 'Game Of Thrones' Characters
List Rules Characters who have appeared on the HBO TV series
List of the best, most interesting characters from HBO's Game of Thrones series. Though the complicated study of power dynamics in the fantasy kingdom of Westeros may not have too many identifiable or even sympathetic lead characters, it has nonetheless produced a wide variety of compelling, entertaining and outsized personalities, from the brutal boy king Joffrey Baratheon to his diminutive but ingenious cousin Tyrion Lannister to their rivals, the Stark family of Winterfell and the "Mother of Dragons," Daenerys Targaryen. But which characters are the true fan favorites, providing the most memorable moments and unexpected plot twists?
HBO's Game of Thrones show is based on the Song of Ice and Fire cycle of novels by fantasy author George R. R. Martin. That series - like the TV version - takes place in a medieval fantasy world, on two continents known as Westeros and Essos. The first novel in the series, also called Game of Thrones, was published in August of 1996. This book introduced the basic narrative which would unfold over the course of the rest of the series, concerning which family would claim the Iron Throne of Westeros following the death of King Robert Baratheon. (Prior to Robert's rule, the Targaryen family had controlled the throne - and united the Kingdom of Westeros - for several generations.)
Martin has said that the series was partially based on the real "War of the Roses" that engulfed England in civil war in the 15th Century. Those conflicts concerned a rivalry between the houses of Lancaster and York, whose names clearly provided inspiration for the rival families of Lannister and Stark in the GoT universe.
For your fill of Game of Thrones discussion, check out more lists like the fittest females in Game of Thrones, the hated characters in Game of Thrones, or vote on which Game of Thrones death was the most satisfying. If you're ready for something new, we also have a great round up of other shows like Game of Thrones.


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Truth Test: American Crossroads claims Nelson stole money from Fla.
WESH 2 News examines Super PAC American Crossroads' claim that Democrat Sen. Bill Nelson is stealing money from Florida.
Senator Bill Nelson is stealing money from Florida -- at least that's what one might think from the latest attack ad targeting "Farmer Bill."
"After 40 years in politics, Bill Nelson's learned how to milk the system," the ad states.
The attack on Nelson is not coming from his opponent, Connie Mack, but rather from a super political action committee called American Crossroads.
"He leased land that he owned for six cows, taking advantage of an agricultural tax loophole to dodge $43,000 dollars in taxes last year," the ad goes on to say.
As the ad plays, mythical creatures like Bigfoot and the Florida skunk ape can be seen in the background.
Did Bill Nelson take advantage of a tax loophole to avoid paying higher taxes? The truth meter rings true.
The land in question is along the Indian River just south of Melbourne. The area is where Nelson grew up and has been farm or pasture land since 1924.
According to property tax records, the market value off the 55-acre property is $2.76 million, but because of the agricultural exemption, the taxable value is just over $210,000.
It means Nelson's tax bill is not the more than $45,000 it would have been. Instead, it's just over $3,700.
If the exemption makes you mad, be mad at Florida lawmakers, most of them Republicans, who think there's no problem with that exemption.
"Then he sold the land for a home development, pocketing at least $1.4 million," the ad says.
Did Nelson make money selling the land for some homes? The truth meter again rings true.
However, the homes on the area number less than a handful. To call it a home development and implying it's a subdivision? The language in that claim rings false.
"Worse, Nelson twice voted for a massive tax hike that would devastate Florida farms and ranches," the ad continues.
Is it true Nelson voted for massive tax hikes? The meter will hover in the middle for now, because, it depends who is getting taxed.
It is true that Nelson voted for a tax reform measure during the summer that would increase taxes for those earning more than $200,000 a year, but would that same measure hurt middle- and lower-income families?
In July, Nelson voted for the controversial Senate Bill 3412, titled the "Middle Class Tax Cut."
According to the Joint Committee on Taxation, it would provide education and other tax relief but only a temporary extension of certain tax cuts, like the Alternative Minimum Tax. Small-business groups said that and the exclusion of the estate tax could devastate family farm operations.
According to On The Issues, Nelson has been flip-flopping for years on the estate tax, also known by its opponents as the death tax. He now said he supports repealing it.
In 2007, he voted no on a proposed amendment to the congressional budget that would have repealed the estate tax.
A couple of years ago, Nelson also voted no on the Tax Extenders Act, which would have given a five-year extension on depreciation of equipment for farming businesses.
"Bill Nelson. Tax breaks and big profits for him. Higher taxes than the rest of us," the ad finishes.
The ad also shows cartoon dialog boxes that appear to have cows talking. The claim is almost more believable than someone having two homestead exemptions, but Nelson's opponent, Mack, does have two homestead exemptions.
Mack and his wife, California U.S. Rep. Mary Mack, have homes they claim as homesteads in two different states to save tax money.


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Monday, November 18, 2019 - 7:00pm
Visit the City's online agenda management system to view the agenda, voting results, minutes and video links for this meeting as they become available.
Regular meetings are usually shown live on the City's cable television channel. Click here to view the BTV live stream.
When an archived webcast becomes available after a meeting, an "EVENT LINK" will be added immediately after this paragraph. Click that link for quick access to the archived webcast.


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- 6 very well organized PSD files and proper screenshots.
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I'm sure that your church was a welcome committee or team. . . A group of folks that keep an eye out for new visitors that walk in the door on Sunday mornings. Greeters, ushers, connection card collectors, etc.
Some churches just wait for people to come, relying upon the building to do all the work as people drive by and take note that the church exists.
But some churches do intentional work to attract new visitors. While that subject is large enough for a blog post series on its own, this post is about sharing the way(s) in which your church attracts new visitors . . . to your website.
What are some of the methods you use to get new people to visit your website?
. . .which paid resources are worth it?
. . .which were filled with hopes and promises but were a complete waste of money (not to mention time)?
. . .do you have any free / unpaid suggestions for churches to attract more church website visitors?


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A blog by Richard, Joe, Stuart, Simon and Lou of Mad Fish Dive Centre at Matava about the great scuba diving around the Fiji Islands. Some of the highlights of living and working in Fiji is the diving on the soft coral reefs with sharks, mantas and teeming life on the reefs.
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Hyperallergic reports that a prankster festooned a Guggenheim Museum toilet with gold yarn, an apparent response to the 2016 gold toilet installation at the same museum (above). Read the rest
Hyperallergic reports that a prankster festooned a Guggenheim Museum toilet with gold yarn, an apparent response to the 2016 gold toilet installation at the same museum (above). Read the rest
Choi + Shine Architects created these beautiful knitted sea urchin sculptures for an outdoor installation in Singapore. Read the rest
Indian conservation group Wildlife SOS has a team of knitters that could put your grandma's afghan-making skills to shame. They create these colorful knitted sweaters for elephants in their care. Read the rest
Ellinor Ericsson's X-Me Collection weaves colorful tubes of fabric into Nordic style furniture with latticed birch backs, adding a touch of whimsy to the clean design. Read the rest
This is how they yarn-bomb in Iowa City. (via Ellen Kushner) Read the rest
An unknown yarn-bomber has taken to the streets of Edinburgh with a political message, opposing the tramway expansion underway there. Yarnivore Rose says, "Actual political speech in yarnbomb form, rather than 'mere' decoration! BRING IT!"
More from The Scotsman:
Grant McKeenan, who owns the Copymade Shop on West Maitland Street and who has started his own anti-tram poster campaign, said he thought the protest was "excellent", adding: "Anything speaking out against the trams is good in my book, and clearly someone's gone to a lot of trouble."
Councillor Lesley Hinds, the city's transport leader confirmed that the council had removed the colourful protest.
"When unofficial banners are put up it's normally the process that they are removed, in case they come loose and flap into the face of a pedestrian or into the path of a cyclist.
"It did look like nice crochet work though, someone had clearly spent a lot of time on it."
The city council added that the blanket was still in their possession if the owner wished to claim it, no questions asked.
Mystery knitter vents Edinburgh trams fury in 'yarn-bombing' blanket protest
(Thanks, Rose!)
(Image: a downsized, cropped thumbnail of "The embroidered tram work protest which was attached to the fence on Princes Street," a photo by Mary Gordon) Read the rest
I spied this cozy crocheted cruiser on Balboa Street just outside Shanghai Dumpling King in San Francisco. Bundle up, winter's coming! Read the rest


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DANBURY, Conn., Jan. 18 (UPI) -- A small high-speed chemical threat detector for military and emergency response use has been introduced by Smiths Detection of Connecticut.
The detector is called Guardion. It is the size of a small carry-on suitcase and combines high-resolution gas chromatography and a miniaturized toroidal ion trap mass spectrometer to detect chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals in liquids, gases and vapors.
It is battery-operated, has a start-up time of only 5 minutes and can analyze 30 samples on a single battery charge.
"Guardion's combination of trusted GC/MS technology and ground-breaking portability makes it the go-to solution when rapid chemical identification is needed to save lives and limit exposure impact," said Smiths Detection President Mal Maginnis.
"It also greatly expands our portfolio of CBRNE detection technologies, allowing armed forces and emergency responders to turn situational awareness into situational certainty."
Smiths Detection said Guardion was developed in partnership with Torion Technologies of Utah.


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GEF/Contributor Guide
- 1 Development Environment (Committers and Contributors)
- 2 Checking out the code (Committers and Contributors)
- 3 Committing code (Committers Only)
- 4 Bug Handling Policy
- 5 Resolving Policy
- 6 Bug categorization
Development Environment (Committers and Contributors)
Java Version
Currently GEF is built against Java 1.4. It is possible that future versions of GEF will migrate to Java 1.5 or higher versions (see Bug #204605).
Eclipse Target Platform
A given version of GEF requires the exact same version of the Eclipse Platform SDK as target. For example, GEF 3.6.0M6 is built against Eclipse Platform SDK 3.6.0M6. The GEF EDiagram example furthermore relies on a compatible EMF version.
API Tooling
The GEF development team uses the preceding Eclipse Platform SDK and GEF SDK release version as an API baseline to maintain API compatibility, i.e. for the 3.6 development, the API baseline is formed by Eclipse Platform SDK 3.5.2 and GEF ALL 3.5.2. Checks for API breakages and evolutions are set per project and committed alongside them.
Code Style (Formatting)
The GEF project uses the default built-in Eclipse formatter. Java-Editor Save-Actions are defined for each Java-nature plug-in of the GEF project to preserve formatting as well as organization of imports upon code changes. This was adopted in GEF 3.6.0RC2 (see Bug #308372).
Checking out the code (Committers and Contributors)
Using Team Project Set File (PSF)
- Download the Team Project Set (.psf) file and save it on your computer.
- Open Eclipse and switch to the Java perspective.
- Through the File menu, select File => Import and in the Import popup, select Team => Team Project Set and hit "Next".
- Select the Team Project Set (psf) file you saved on your disk.
- Eclipse might prompt you to create the CVS repository. Do so by either choosing a pserver connection with "anonymous" as your user name and a blank password, or extssh connection with your respective credentials in case you are a commiter.
- Each plugin of the GEF project will now be checked out in your workspace.
Committing code (Committers Only)
CVS Comments
The GEF development team uses the following format for commit comments:
Format: [<bug-id>] <affected-branch> <contributor> <commit-date> <bug-summary>
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An examination of how virtue ethics can provide a framework for understanding and enhancing the practice of pastoral ministry.
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In the English-speaking Western world alone, thousands of men and women begin formal training for Christian ministry each year or informally seek to equip themselves for pastoral ministry. Over the past fifty years, the ancient world of virtue ethics has been re-imagined as a means of forming people of character and morality today. In Shaped for Service, this experience is used as the framework to understand what we are doing as we form Christian ministers now, and how we might strengthen that development by more consciously linking the practices of ministry with the person, spirituality, and wisdom of the practitioner.
Writing from the context of a lifetime of pastoral ministry and the oversight of ministers in the Baptist Union of Great Britain, Goodliff explores what pastors do and who they are called to be using a mixture of theological and pastoral enquiry, reflections upon art and personal story. This book will be of interest to those who are charged with forming the next generation of ministers, but anyone beginning that journey of formation for ministry themselves will also find this vision of ministry challenging and inspiring.
Introduction: Ministerial Formation and Virtue Ethics
Part One: Formation and Virtue Ethics
1. Formation for Ministry
2. History and Landscape
3. Virtue Ethics and Practitioners
4. Creation, Eschaton, and the Formation and the Practice of Ministry
Part Two: Models of Ministerial Formation
5. Formation and Wisdom
6. Focused Discipleship
7. Ministerial Formation as Apprenticeship
Part Three: Forming the Person
8. Intellectual Formation
9. Spiritual Formation
10. Character Formation
Part Four: Forming the Practices of Ministry
11. Formation of the Practitioner
12. Forming the Liturgist
13. The Formation of Pastoral Integrity
14. Ministry as Guidance
15. Ministry as Mission
16. Forming the Preacher
17. Forming the Administrator
18. Forming the Leader
General Index
Ancient Document Index
Paul W. Goodliff is Minister of Abingdon Baptist Church, Oxfordshire, and Associate Research Fellow at Spurgeon's College, London. He has been a pastor at a number of churches in London and Stevenage; been General Superintendent of the Baptist Union's Central Area and its Head of Ministry. He is a visiting lecturer in various colleges, teaching ecclesiology, pastoral and sacramental theology, and the author of books on pastoral care, shame, and ministry.
Paul W. Goodliff writes with the authority and wisdom of one who has served as a pastor, as a pastor of pastors, and as a denominational leader with responsibility for succeeding generations of ministers, their selection, training, deployment, and support. Add to this the aptitude for constant theological reflection on practice and you end up with someone worth listening to. Nigel G. Wright, Spurgeon's College, London
Marrying huge experience in managing ministers with a deeply incisive and well-informed mind, Goodliff offers us an essential reader for ministerial formation and continuing development. This is treasured reading for those who care for the instruction, supervision, and practice of Christian ministry. Jim Purves, The Baptist Union of Scotland
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Happy Birthday Sara! I think that everyday you are together is a wonderful reason to celebrate!
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My goodness, that was a fast 5 years. She'll be a teenager before you know it, HA HA. Happy birthday to Sara!!!!
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It's hard to believe she will be 5. I remember how stinking miserable I was and having scary bps 160-170/120-130. My ob was trying to get me to 36 weeks. She came at 35/5 when my awesome peri called it. Thank GOD I had a peri appt that day. Things can change on a dime. I had a NST the day before she was born and she passed with flying colors despite a bp resting on my left side of 146/109. My ob sent me home and told me to go to bed and do not move a muscle till my peri appt the next day. He wanted that US. The next day my peri took one look at me, said I looked like the most miserable pregnant woman alive and I was done. She was calling it. Sara had decels on the monitor and my bp was affecting her. Off to the hospital I went. Thank God for my very fast labors - 3 hours 8 mins induced. Otherwise, my ob was ready to do an emergency csection that night to get her born (found out later the team had been called in and was on standby). They had kept flipping me and I had O2 on. That I had on the entire labor.As I said on FB, some people think we overdo birthdays. Honestly, we celebrate the very fact that they are here and doing well despite premature delivery and severe pe (or in Sara's case, severe pih).
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Confident that Republicans would retain their majority in the House, Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told POLITICO that GOP lawmakers would reject any new taxes on households in the highest income tax bracket.
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Speaker John Boehner talks with reporters outside Ronald Reagan Lodge after voting, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in West Chester, Ohio.
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The fiscal cliff involves the expiration of the 2001 Bush tax cuts for all tax brackets and a two-year payroll tax cut, both of which are scheduled to sunset at the end of this year, barring action by Congress. Also set to take effect are the automatic spending cuts set forth in the 2011 debt ceiling deal, which were designed to be so distasteful that lawmakers would reach a compromise on how to best address mounting U.S. debt.
A standoff between the Obama administration, a Democratic Senate and a conservative Republican House of Representatives yielded no deal, leaving the fiscal cliff in its stead. Economists have warned that, if nothing happens to change those deadlines, any economic recovery would be imperiled. Moreover, the cuts fall heavily upon the defense budget, a cut which military leaders have warned could endanger American security.
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This gridlock might dissipate if voters elect Romney as president on Tuesday. But if Obama wins a second term and the Senate stays in Democratic hands, the stalemate that helped produce so much disillusionment and nastiness this election could rear its head again in the coming weeks.
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That rhetoric might sound familiar to any reader who has tracked the incessant bickering between the Obama administration and Congress over the past two years.
But amid the bluster that has begun to emerge from Capitol Hill, President Barack Obama's team seemed more upbeat.
Before the president made his way home to Chicago, he made one final campaign stop where his journey to the Oval Office began – in Iowa. Obama Senior Adviser Robert Gibbs discusses.
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:46 am
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Your best knives should only require a few strokes over a steel before each use to stay razor sharp forever. Electric sharpeners ruin knives, and if you allow your best knives to get so bad that you need major sharpening, at the risk of sounding condescending, you shouldn't own them.
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:59 am
Post subject: Ginsu knives
Not an engineer - but - How would you imagine that the serration would be different betwixt a cheap Ginsu knife/ForeverSharp type and a better quality serrated knife __________________?
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:25 am
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Serrated knives will cut (I didn't say stay sharp) until the concave areas of the scallops or points on the serrations wear down. A serrated knife is good for general use on glass plates, such as when eating dinner, but will never be a pleasure to use as they tend to tear food, rather than smoothly cut through it. On a serrated or scalloped knife, the part of the blade that actually cuts, never touches the plate. I have about 25 Henckels 4 Star and Professional and Wusthoff Classic knives in my collection, but NONE of their steak knives because I just don't want to sharpen them after each steak dinner. To me, there is no place in this world for fine, smooth bladed $60 steak knives that will be used on glass plates. Glass plates ruin knives, and even if I were to set a table with very fine steak knives, I know I would be the only one at the table using them like the fine instruments that they are. For steaks and the like, I use good quality scalloped, not serrated "steakhouse" knives ($15-30 for a set of eight knives available at Costco or BJ's) and throw them away when they no longer work to my satisfaction.
I wouldn't imagine much of a difference between the serrations on a Ginsu and a Forever Sharp knife despite the fact that each manufacturer seems to have created their own pattern in the serrations.
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 3:57 am
Post subject: Knife part and purpose
On some knives along the spline the blade has a beveled notch aproximately 3" in length. This is usually in the front half of the spline. What is the name of this notch and more importantly, what is the purpose?
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 3:31 pm
Post subject: Hammerstahl Knives
I cannot find any reviews on the Hammerstahl brand of knives. I recently saw them at a charity auction and they seemed to be an excellent knive. They are available on the
site, but no place else. Is anyone familiar with them?
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 3:54 pm
Post subject: finding that ideal knife
For any of you looking for a knife made to be the best possible in every way, I beg you to check out CUTCO Cutlery. Contact me at
, go to cutco.com to get a representative or more information, or get the show from the History channel: Modern Marvels-the world's sharpest.
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:25 pm
Post subject: Sharpening Knives
There are many different mechanisms for sharpening knives, but one of the easiest to use for maintaining an edge is the SharpMaker by Spyderco. All you have to do is to hold the knife blade vertical while running it on the pre-set 30° or 40° angled stones. It can be purchased for around $50-$60 from many online retailers.
If you want to remove more material (for example, if you want to make the edge angle more acute for better cutting), you need something coarser than the stones that the SharpMaker comes with. I use an EdgePro Apex for this task, which is an excellent system, but more spendy that many people want to go at around $250. You can, of course, use a variety of coarse sharpening stones (diamond stones, water stones, oil stones, etc) if you have the skill, but the Edge Pro takes much of that need out.
If you want to go for REALLY fast material removing, you can pick up a cheap 1x30 stationary belt sander from Harbor Freight for about $40 and get a selection of sharpening belts from Lee Valley. This will also give you a quick entry into the world of convex sharpening if you want to go that direction.
I would stay away from any of the dedicated electric "knife sharpening" devices as some of them use very rough carbide bits that tear the hell out of your edge.
Similarly, I would stay away from Cutco.. they are WAY overpriced for what you get, which is a cheap steel (440A, IIRC) coupled with an edge you can't sharpen yourself. For a European style knife, try Wusthof or Messermeister. I'm not familiar enough with the Japanese knives to recommend a brand, but for a nice fusion of Eastern and Western styles, I really like the Shun Classic series. If you want to go WAY fancy, check out the kitchen knives made by Bark River Knife and Tool, available from
DLT Trading, or a few other stocking distributors.
Finally, for a great community with in-depth discussion of all aspects of knives, from manufacture to selection to use, visit
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 4:19 pm
Post subject: knife
Physics Question:
Why does a Knife cut
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Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:39 pm
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becuz the cuttee does not resist
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Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:34 am
Post subject: RE: why does a knife cut (for finder)
The knife-blade edge has a very small cross-sectional area, which amplifies the amount of pressure felt by the material the knife is cutting.
The principle that is responsible for the amplification is essentially a force balance on the knife in the vertical direction:
Pressure*Area of knife edge on material = total vertical force pressed downward by user
As you can see, the knife edge with a small area results in a larger pressure transferred to the material and correspondingly, results in the fracture or splitting of the material.
There are also important considerations of the horizontal forces that occur from the tapered edges of the knife that push away the cut material so that the knife can continue cutting (dependent on angle of the blade edge).
Hope this helps.
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Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 2:20 pm
Post subject: rack
i am very satisfied with the knives, with one exception ; i need a rack or stand to keep them upright. i do not want knives this sharp laying loose in a drawer. can you please help me with location(s) , i may purchase one. thank you
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:02 am
Post subject: I.C.W MEISTERBACH KNIFE SET
can anyone help me on info about a knife set i have been offered its a 9 piece set with a swiss mark on it the bag says i.c .w on it,the make of knife i think is meisterbach can find no info on them ,any help would be off great help.many thanks
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 12:52 pm
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here's a 24 pc set priced at 85 Euros (123 USD)
never heard of the brand / name -
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:23 am
Post subject: which knife???
I'm just really confused when it comes down to knives my question is which knives would be. Appropriate. For an novice chef would start out with ..???
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Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:19 pm
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if your question is about the style / size of knife - as a 'starter' bunch I would recommend
8 inch chef
7 inch santuko
10 inch slicer
4 inch paring
if you're into artisan bread - 10 inch serrated bread knife
as for brand name - all of the 'top names' are good stuff - but they do have different handle styles and it is very important the knife "fit" your hand. if possible get to a kitchen store and pick them up, handle them, see how they fit. if it is not comfortable in your hand, you likely will not "grow into it."
the Japanese style knives are typically thinner, lighter weight and are most appreciated by folks who like to spend a lot of time sharpening and honing their knives to razor blade edges. this is impractical for the average home cook. they can also get quite pricey.
get a "storage device" - block, tray, whatever - a $20 or a $400 knife that is just tossed in the junk drawer is not going to be worth a hoot in terms of staying sharp.
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May 25th, 2010 • by mitch AMERICAN BANKING NEWS
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) announced Tuesday that in conjunction with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the Williams Institute – UCLA School of Law and The Principal Funds, it will host a private reception and investment symposium on wealth planning for domestic partners on Thursday, May 27, 2010.
The Wall Street bank said the symposium will focus on findings from two studies by the Williams Institute on challenges gay and lesbian individuals and their partners face under current retirement and real estate tax laws.
"We're pleased to facilitate this discussion with GLAAD and the Williams Institute, said Robert Perry, Managing Director, Los Angeles Metro Regional Director, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. "This event provides a forum for us to highlight our wealth planning expertise with a targeted focus on the individual needs of the LGBT community."
Morgan Stanley will have Alan Wolberg, Executive Director, Wealth Advisory Resources, Planning Director – Soundview Region, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney as its feature speaker.
"On behalf of GLAAD, we are pleased to partner again with our long-time friends at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney on this symposium," said GLAAD President Jarrett Barrios. "Wealth planning is critical to protect ourselves and our families, as well as to inspire and engage future generations in the work that is important to each of us."
The event will take place on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. at the Luxe Hotel Sunset Boulevard, 11461 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90049.


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