Right now it is up to the women of the world to initiate the change this world desperately needs to restore peace, balance and harmony to our beloved Earth. Why women? Women are the care-givers, the nurturers. We naturally give unconditional love. That is why the world needs us. Women’s wisdom and healing is what can change everything and here’s how:

We all know the power of group prayer or group consciousness, if you prefer. With focused attention, miracles happen. So imagine if all women of the world took a minute of their time everyday at 3pm EST, 2pm CST, or 8:00pm GMT to pray, or, for non-religious women, just focus positively on peace, and bringing healing and balance to the world?

We can do it. We must. What say you?

I love sharing things of beauty with my readers. This is a video I found today that instantly transformed my mood to peaceful and serene. It’s a perfect video to watch after a stressful day. What do you think?

Paul Newman, one of my favorite actors of all time, passed away yesterday quietly at the age of 83. I really admired him. Not only was he a great actor, with gorgeous eyes, I might add, but he was a caring man who stayed married to Joanne Woodward for 50 years. He appeared in around 60 theatrical motion pictures, and was nominated for Best Actor nine times. As the founder of Newman’s Own, he raised over 100 million dollars for his charitable foundation.
Goodbye, Paul Newman. You will be missed.

Another musician who I have been listening to lately is Justin R. Durban, a cinematic composer, who creates awesome soundtracks for film and games. I stumbled upon some of his material recently, and thought, “this music sounds very familiar”. Sure enough, this is the guy who’s music is featured in some very well known movie trailers. Justin’s other site, which he calls his “alter ego”, is at Edgen Animations, where his other talents as an artist and web designer are evident as well. But in my opinion, I love his music more than anything. There are lots of free personal-use downloads available at both his sites.

Here’s a sample of Justin’s music in the trailer of A Path in Time. The piece is called “Kings and Kingdoms - Dragons & Creatures”.

Attention all web designers with good CSS skills: OpenDesigns.org is hosting a new contest , a “garden” themes contest. Each contestant must use the same XHTML code but submit their own unique CSS, similar to CSS Zen Garden.

The contest begins October 1, 2008 and ends November 27, 2008 - GMT. The winners will be announced on December 3, 2008, when The Open Design Community begins it’s third year! What a great way to kick it off!

There will be 3 cash prizes awarded: $150 for the first place contestant, $100 and $50 to the second and third place entries.

To get the XHTML code and update information regarding this contest, please visit the OpenDesigns Forum..