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There is a spiritual process at work in my life. God is in charge.
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An honorable human relationship-- that is, one in which two people have the right to use the word "love"-- is a process, delicate, violent, often terrifying to both persons involved, a process of refining the truths they can tell each other.It is important to do this because it breaks down human self-delusion and isolation.It is important to do this because in doing so we do justice to our own complexity.It is important to do this because we can count on so few people to go that hard way with us.
Adrienne Rich (1929 -)
Source: On Lies, Secrets, and Silence
Contributed by: sarah
It began with the Wisdom of Foolishness, a commitment to remain fluid, receptive, in process, part of the Membrane of Things as I struck out on that spiritual Route 66, the Experience Trail, determined to follow it to the end. It began with yours truly spontaneously ceasing to be myself and becoming someone else, assuming in the blink of an "I" the role of a drifter, a rolling stone, a wayward mariner lone and visionary on the High Seas of Chance and Possibility.
Sol Luckman
Source: Beginner's Luke: Book I of the Beginner's Luke Series, Pages: 27
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There is perfection in the process—and all life arises out of choice.
Neale Donald Walsch
Source: Conversations with God : An Uncommon Dialogue (Book 1)
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"(Martin) Heidegger notes that the origin of the word "technology" comes from the Greek word techne, and this word was applied not only to technology, but to art, and artistic technique as well. 'Once there was a time when the bringing-forth of the true into the beautiful was also called techne.' He found this to be a numinous correspondence, and considered that, in art, the 'saving power' capable of confronting the abyss of the technological enframing might be found.If art contains a saving power, it is not in the atomized artworks produced by individual subjects, but in a deeper collective vision that sees the world as a work of art, one that is already, as (Sri) Nisargadatta (Maharaj) and (Terrence) McKenna suggest, perfect in its 'satisfying all-at-onceness'.' Instead of envisioning an ultimately boring 'technological singularity,' we might be better served by considering an evolution of technique, of skillful means, aimed at this world, as it is now. Technology might find its proper place in our lives if we experienced such a shift in perspective–in a society oriented around technique, we might find that we desired far less gadgetry. We might start to prefer slowness to speed, subtlety and complexity to products aimed at standardized mind. Rather than projecting the spiritual quest and the search for the good life onto futuristic A.I.s, we could actually take the time to fulfill those goals, here and now, in the present company of our friends and lovers.Part of the problem seems embedded in the basic concept of a concrescence or singularity, which compacts our possibilities rather than expands them. The notion of a technological singularity reflects our culture's obsessive rationality, reducing qualitative aspects of being to quantifiable factors, and imposing abstract systems over complex variables. Instead of a technological singularity, we might reorient our thinking toward a more desirable multiplicity of technique. Technique is erotic in essence; it is what Glenn Gould or Thelonious Monk expresses through the piano–the interplay between learned skill and quantum improvisation that is the stuff of genius. Technique embraces the now-ness of our living world; technology throws us into endless insatiation."
Daniel Pinchbeck
Source: 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, Pages: 106-107
Contributed by: Darshan
Implementers don't care about the origins of ideas or the creative process; they are too busy with their own concerns, while idea people don't often value the necessary financial and business management skills necessary for execution.
Mitch Thrower
Source: "The Attention Deficit Workplace" by Mitch Thrower
Contributed by: Mitch
Spend the time to go the extra distance with your résumé, and in the process of getting your résumé to the right person.
If a culture treats a particular illness with compassion and enlightened understanding, then sickness can be seen as a challenge, as a healing crisis and opportunity. Being sick is then not a condemnation or a moral judgement, but a movement in a larger process of healing and restoration. When sickness is viewed positively and in supportive terms, then illness has a much better chance to heal, with the concomitant result that the entire person may grown and be enriched in the process. ~ Ken Wilber ~
Ken Wilber
Source: The Essential Ken Wilber: An Introductory Reader.
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By webmink on Jan 16, 2007
Now here's an interesting difference in corporate styles. I remember when I left IBM in 2000, the (extensive) mentions of me on IBM's web pages were gradually edited away until today, six years later, there seems to be only one or two left that date from my pre-Sun days (doubtless they will also get expunged now). This one's interesting - my job title has been changed to Sun even though I was still at IBM on the date I gave the talk (7 months before I gave my notice in fact).
When we started blogs.sun.com, we had a long discussion about what we should do when employees left. The conclusion we all reached, supported strongly by Jonathan Schwartz who attended the meeting, was that they should simply be left in place, merely closed for further changes. Our view was that, if the blog text had been acceptable when it was published, there was no reason a change of employment status should vary that. Not to mention the desire by Tim to preserve URIs. Interestingly, one of Jonathan's motivations for this was also so that people could pick up where they left off when they rejoined Sun! Going one step further, Sun now has a blog aggregator for alumni.
So it's with some surprise that I see IBM's former Fellow, "Father of Websphere" Don Ferguson, is already in the process of being airbrushed out of history. His blog already redirects to the home page for IBM's dW bloggers (he's still listed as I type this) despite the cached version showing no signs of being any less defensible than it was a month ago. You can see an older version in WayBackMachine. It seems that, now he works for Microsoft, his views are retrospectively unacceptable. Or is there another explanation?
Update: IBM has responded to this controversy by re-instating Don's blog, with the addition of a comment to say he no longer works at IBM. Jolly good, hope it's now a policy since URL-rot is a problem we all hate!

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If two functions defined on metric spaces $X$ and $Y$ are equal on a dense subset of $X$ and are continuous also, then are they equal on all of the metric space $X$?
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This is correct. Suppose $f$ and $g$ are continuous functions on a metric space $X$ and agree on a dense subset $Y$. For any $x\in X$, we have some sequence $(y_n)$ in $Y$ such that $y_n\to x$, so $f(y_n)\to f(x)$ and $g(y_n)\to g(x)$. Since $f(y_n)=g(y_n)$ for all $n$, this implies $f(x)=g(x)$.
Yes. The set of points where the functions $f,g\colon X\to Y$ agree is closed and contains a dense subset. The closure of a dense subset is $X$. (This does not require metric spaces, it is sufficient that $X$ is any topological space and $Y$ is Hausdorff)


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Area 51 Whistleblower Ron Garner & Washington D.C. UFO Lobbiest Stephen Bassett will be lecturing on Friday January 28th, 2011 7-9pm at Flying Saucers Caffeine & Art in Santa Monica.
Two weeks ago, Michael Horn gave a standing-room-only talk at this coffee shop and owner Ryan MacLeod Morris has decided to make this a series for respected UFOlogists to come and give listeners what they crave most: Caffeine and UFO information.
Garner and Bassett are two of the bigger names in the Disclosure movement. Garner is a big reason the Area 51 topic refuses to die out of memory and Bassett is the president of the Paradigm Research Group, a massive source of Disclosure information and a portal to numerous sites and projects.
Morris made a few suggestions via email: "Lecture begins at 7pm sharp, it could be standing room only (like last time), so if you need a chair come a little early. Be sure to take notes and fire off the hardest questions you can think of, these guys are smart and know exactly what they are talking about. There will be a lot of facts thrown out. I'm lucky to be able to host them... suggested donation of $5, no one will be turned away due to lack of funds."
Notes of importance:
There is plenty of free parking behind the cafe, you can enter the lot from Pico or from 3rd street. Feel free to park in the dirt lot if all spaces are full.
The cafe will be open for serving beverages only from 6pm until 5 minutes before the lecture begins, when all machines will be powered down and you're stuck drinking water!
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306 Pico Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405
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More boutique analog madness fm U.K. Had the Vostok II once which did not vit me soundwise but was solid build and great design. Steep price but that's what you get for non-mass produced instruments. Cans Solid States lay hands on one for a thorough test drive?
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13 Apr
Today Emma is writing about Potty training
Hey, you're new! I love new people, welcome.
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At the risk of exercising your patience, there is one last thing I must add to my potty-training series. And I promise you, this will be the very last post about potty training, because I can confidently say that we've made it. 4 months since we've started and Eric is managing his toilet needs just fine.
But here is a thing that I've done wrong and I hope you don't follow my footsteps - I bought him a Weeman toilet trainer, and it was an annoying mistake. At the first glance it looked great, and both I and my friend who's got a two-year-old fell for it, but we both regretted the purchase.
Weeman is a piece of plastic that clips onto the toilet, and the great idea was for the boy to wee standing up, unaided. Sounds great, ha? Any busy mum would appreciate it - if it worked, that is.
This is how it's supposed to work - clip it to the toilet, let your boy do his thing, fold the Weeman into the toilet bowl, flush, you're done.
This short video is showing it all in action, click below to play:
In reality there are quite a few bits that don't work.
First, the thing falls off the toilet. It will stay on if you clip it and leave it, but if you try to slide it to the side, so that you could sit on the toilet yourself, it will fall off.
Second, if your boy tries to empty it himself, everything will get spilled on the floor. Only an adult can manage to carefully lift the plastic pocket and place it above the toilet bowl before tilting it.
Third, when you leave the plastic pocket inside the toilet and flush, the plastic pocket is supposed to get flushed, but in reality this doesn't work well and disgusting yellow stains are left on the pocket, forcing you to remove it and wash it every time, just like a potty.
All in all, Weeman was a waste of money and time, and a disappointment.
The verdict: we like peeing under trees better :)
29 Mar
Today Emma is writing about Baby daily
Assuming that you already know why I am hesitating to get pregnant again, here is why I'd do it anyway:
A life-long family connection
I have a brother. I love him with all my heart and would trust him with my life. This says everything about our relationship. My husband, on the other hand, doesn't have any siblings, and says he always missed having a brother or a sister when he was a kid. How can I deprive my kid of having a sibling, a play-mate, a soul-mate, the closest family he'll have after Rob and I are gone from this world?
I've read an article about this actress, she was telling her life story and talked about a tragedy that she was unable to cope with - her 2 brothers died unexpectedly when they were in their 40s. Normally I am not that easily influenced or moved by the stuff that I read, but one thing she said I will never forget. She said "Most of us on different levels expect to lose our parents, but when a sibling dies, it comes as a huge shock because subconsciously we expect to share our whole life with our siblings". If that's not a reason to give Eric a brother or a sister, then I don't know what is.
My clock
My biological clock is ticking. Right now there is a window of choice and I can decide whether or not I want to have kids, but soon - maybe even sooner than I think, it will not be up to me any more. And the chances for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby are reducing with every passing year. There's a deadline on this decision and waiting too long to say "Yes" can mean that I said "No".
To live those moments again
When I got pregnant the first time, I had no idea what to expect. The pregnancy and the first months with the baby were quite stressful, because I simply didn't know whether or not I will be able to cope with it all. That's why I was too preoccupied to enjoy the moments with Eric. Rocking him, holding him, his first smile, first laugh, the first tooth. These moments will never return, and for some reason I can't bear the thought that I will never experience that again. Too sentimental? Maybe.
Because we make good parents
Before we had Eric I thought I'd be a hopeless mother. I imagined myself being negligent, ignorant and unfit to be raising a baby. Not kidding. Parenting was never something I was interested in - well, my feelings towards marriage were the same before it was my turn to become a wife :)
Now I can see that I do a pretty good job, being a mother and a wife. And I enjoy doing it, most of the time. So why not do even more of it? It might be fun!
What are your reasons to have or to not have another child?
28 Mar
Today Emma is writing about Baby daily
Wow. I can't believe I didn't write one line here in over a month!
My loyal readers, I apologize. A lot has happened. Eric got very sick and proved to me once again that I am capable of a lot, to help my baby get better. That I am a Mom first, a wife second, and a blogger third.
But now he's all better (in fact our whole family is a lot better) and I can 'blog happily ever after' - which I intend to do starting tomorrow! I've got so much to tell you, so many things to share - tough times are great learning opportunities.
See you all soon!
04 Feb
Today Emma is writing about Baby daily
This question has been on my mind a lot lately. Maybe Eric's second birthday triggered it all and maybe it's the endless questions of everybody we know (and don't know!) "So when are you having another child?".
It's funny how people feel completely free to ask you such a personal question - especially the perfect strangers. Hello, my dear cashier lady, thanks for putting my groceries into the nice plastic bags, can you please tell me why you're so interested in the number of children I will - or will not - have? I don't even know your name and might never see you again. Actually, from now on, I will make sure I never see you again - and if I do, I will go to another register.
But it's the question itself that is bothering me, not the people who ask it. I am pretty good at decision-making, yet this is a tough one, even for me. The outcome will affect my whole world - for better or for worse, and not only me but all the people I love will have to live with the consequences of this decision. Forever.
Why not to have?
1. The sacrifices.
For instance, Eric is 2 now. One more year and we can go travel together as a family, have fun, see new places, go skiing, hiking and camping. We've been waiting for this for 3 years already. The alternative? If I'm lucky, it will take me one more year to give birth to another baby and then another 2 until the baby's old enough for us to get out of the house. By then Eric will begin school and we won't be able to go anywhere except on school holidays. Bye-bye, our dream.
2. My time and love.
Another thing is my time - and my love. Well, love is funny - people say that you have enough love for whatever number of kids God gives you. Don't know - that might be true. But one thing I definitely know - God won't give me a 48 hourly day, just because I have 2 kids. Which means that every kid will only get one half of what they could've gotten. And my time with kids is the most important investment I will ever make into their upbringing. So basically instead of one great kid I might get two average ones. Hmmmm, I do not like the way this sounds.
3. The work.
Yet another thing is the amount of work. It is my suspicion that with the second child the amount of work doesn't double - it triples. I have hard time as it is, juggling work, raising Eric to the best of my abilities and managing the household. Can I handle more work? Or will it be the straw that broke the camel's back?
4. The money.
I am also thinking about the financial side of things. Raising another child will make things tougher - and the situation will only get worse. Statistically speaking, now at the age of 34 we are in the peak earning ability, which means that from now on things will only go downhill. The expenses, however, will only increase as the kids grow up, and something we could afford for one kid we might not be able to afford for two. So does it mean that one will have it and the other won't? Or do we deprive both of them?
5. The partner.
Lastly, this is not just up to me - Rob is not thrilled with the idea of having more children. He feels that life is not exciting any more, that we've forgot how to have fun. There is always Eric's routine we must follow or the alternative is to face the consequences, a cranky 2 year-old, who hadn't slept enough or was overstimulated and is NOT pleasant to be around.
But hey - don't go away thinking I have made up my mind. I will dive into the reasons to say "Yes" to another baby in my next post, stay tuned.
Our daughter turned two in December and we're expecting our second in late July. My wife had siblings older and younger than her and enjoyed it immensely. I have a sibling, but there is a rather large gap between the two of us, so we're not nearly as close as I would like. We wanted our daughter to have a sibling she could be close with and we are not really hoping to still be supporting children into retirement age, so it made sense for us to go ahead and have another now. Sometimes we wonder what we have done, but I imagine that after the initial growing pains, it will really turn out wonderfully. When we are able to take meaningful family trips there will be more fun for the kids as they can enjoy things together.
Comment by J — February 5, 2010 @ 8:09 am
I once had a dream of camping when the kids got older…then the kids got older and hated camping.LOL!!
Have fun with this, good luck!
Gerardine Baugh
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19 Jan
Today Emma is writing about Potty training
This will be the last post in the potty-training series, because guess what - we made it!
And when I say "we made it", I mean that one month after an intensive potty-training week Eric is 98% dry through the day, wearing diapers only for sleep time. We still get an odd accident here and there, if I don't remind him for too long that he needs to use the potty. But overall, he knows how to use the potty, can pull his pants down, sit on the potty, do his thing, get up and pull his pants back up, empty the potty into the toilet, wash it in a sink, put it back and even wipe it with toilet paper :) - all that without any help from me.
Even the child care center is not an obstacle any more. Once I figured what the problem was, it was pretty easy to solve. Apparently Eric didn't like the potty they were using there, because it was neither stable nor comfy, and just didn't feel right.
I spoke to the center director and asked her, how about I donate a potty of my choice and they use it with Eric, and she agreed. I got them the same potty we use at home (this awesome Baby-Bjorn), and that helped Eric to stop the accidents. His self-esteem improved too, because he wasn't having the awkward situations when he needs a grown-up to help him change the wet clothes, and because he could manage to go to the toilet on his own.
Eric has no problems now using toilets in the shopping centers / restaurants, or using other kid's potties (at his friends). He doesn't miss diapers - and neither do I.
My toilet-training series ends here, and the next post will be on a completely different topic - I know you can't wait :)
Great news! It all ends so fast. He looks so grown up sitting on the toilet reading the paper:-)
Gerardine Baugh
Comment by gerardine baugh — January 20, 2010 @ 11:21 pm
Thank you :) I am so proud of him!
Comment by Emma — January 21, 2010 @ 5:56 pm
30 Dec
Today Emma is writing about Baby daily
Wow. I can't believe today is the last day of 2009. It seems like only days ago we were celebrating it's beginning. And just in time, Simplemom.net posted some questions for me, as a parent, to think about, to look back and see how I measure up - and to make future plans.
Here's what she asks:
How do you think your children have experienced you as a parent in 2009 and how do you want them to experience you in 2010?
Well, compared to 2008 I was a much calmer, patient and fun-to-be-with mom. I put my kid first, before my work and other things, no matter how hard it was. I still think that I could have done better on the patience font, I recon my kids deserves better. He really tries to be a good boy and I need to try harder to be a better mom.
What aspects of parenting brought you the most joy in 2009 and what are you looking forward to in 2010?
I enjoyed helping my son to start talking. I enjoyed explaining things to him, teaching him about the world. I enjoyed the feeling of being friends with him and having fun as if I was 2 years old, too. I enjoyed dancing with him in the kitchen and singing "Twinkle, twinkle, little star", his favourite song. I am looking forward to our camping trips and taking him to ski next year.
What will you concentrate on in 2010?
I will devote more time to his development and will make a proper plan for it. I will help him to learn as many things as he can while still having fun.
Dear moms and dads, I wish you good health, much strength, even more patience and to enjoy your kids in 2010.
Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year!!
Comment by Gerardine Baugh — December 31, 2009 @ 6:47 pm
Happy New Year to you too, Gerardine!
Comment by Emma — December 31, 2009 @ 10:28 pm
Happy New Year to you all!
Comment by Mike — January 1, 2010 @ 8:32 am
What a thoughtful list of questions/responses. Wishing you a very happy and healthy 2010!
Thank you Elizabeth! And you, too, have a great start to 2010!
Comment by Emma — January 5, 2010 @ 5:04 am
happy new year 2010 too…:)
Comment by Pauline — January 6, 2010 @ 8:31 am
23 Dec
Today Emma is writing about Baby daily
My wonderful readers and fellow bloggers,
I wish you all a very Merry Christmas. May all of you spend it the way you like it - with tons of guests and visitors, or just the closest family, the important thing is that you make it special.
Enjoy your kids, the holidays, some fun days and come back, I will be waiting here for you!
Happy Holidays!
I found your blog through ICLW. Thanks for the holiday wishes. I wish you a beautiful holiday as well!
Wishing you a Merry Christmas! Hope you have a wonderful day.
I hope you had a very, Merry Christmas!
Comment by Gerrardine Baugh — December 26, 2009 @ 6:40 pm
Thank you! And you, too!
Comment by Emma — December 27, 2009 @ 8:11 am
Happy Holidays to you, too!!
Comment by C h i r l e e n — December 28, 2009 @ 12:29 pm
22 Dec
Today Emma is writing about Potty training
After a week of intensive potty training I was reasonably sure that Eric can demonstrate his new skills at the day care. Ha ha ha (laughing bitterly). What a joke.
When I discussed potty training with the staff at the day care center, they assured me that there is a special procedure they follow for all the kids in potty training. They are taken to the potty every 30 minutes and that leaves little room for accidents. Sounds logical, doesn't it? Well…
The number 1 mistake they made was to sit Eric on a toilet, not a potty. He must have felt uncomfortable or not safe or just wasn't used to it and refused to pee. They thought he didn't need to go, and 5 min later he peed his pants.
And then it repeated about 7 times (judging by the number of wet pants I got back).
A good thing was that the center director suggested I pack about 6 - 8 pairs of pants in his bag. A not-so-good thing was that I got back a very confused little boy and a huge bag of laundry, twice the size of the boy.
What makes me angry is that I specifically told them he was potty-trained, with emphasis on the "potty", and asked them to use it. But all the other kids were using the toilet and my guess is that the staff was trying to save the extra work of washing and drying the potty every time. Looking at how they do it, it was quite a bit of extra work - every time after he uses it, they put silicon gloves on, empty the potty, wash it, dry it, then spray it with disinfectant.
Well, I have only myself to kick for this - mess-ups are to be expected when you leave strangers in charge of your child. I just hope they didn't ruin the progress he's made so far.
I am SO going to make them use the potty next time!
Potty training is a tricky thing. Bubba would only go for me or my mom for a year. It was really hard when he needed to be with someone else.
i hope he is able to stay on his potty routine. ICLW hugs!
Comment by lily ashley — December 23, 2009 @ 4:57 am
Thanks Lily! that makes both of us.
Comment by Emma — December 23, 2009 @ 6:14 am
The main point being, I think, that day care centers - while probably doing a pretty respectable job of looking after our children while we're at work - are not parents. To them, a potty is a chore that comes with all of what you mentioned. To us, it's a milestone (and a pretty cute one, at that). It's all about efficiency at daycare; all about (in baby voice), "Oh, look at what the baby did. Did he go potty? Yes, he did go potty. He's a good little potty baby!" The poor kid is probably looking at the toilet like, "Uh, what's this thing and is it going to swallow me?" Oh, the daycare damage we must undo!
My sons will be 21 mos next week.
I started organically introducing the potty (not the toilet) at 19 mos.
They used it as a toy and now understand to sit on it.
Sometimes I know when they need to go, like after a bath, and they roll w/it.
Other times, well… let's just say the Pampers Overnights are stocked.
They can tell me when they feel like they need to go but can't make it in time.
For me, that tells me to back off. So, I gave up for now. I never force these kids, ever.
Good luck sweetie!
ICLW and blessings for the new year!
Comment by Half of a Duo, Raising a Duo — December 24, 2009 @ 6:14 am
Thanks, and I agree with you, at my last attempt I felt too that he's not ready and just left it at that. I hope he is ready now. We shall see :)
Comment by Emma — December 26, 2009 @ 12:24 am
Aww it can take a while for them to really get it. Especially when changing from a potty to a toilet. Mine always have some oops during that time as well.
10 Dec
Today Emma is writing about Potty training
Contrary to what you may think, our potty training is a long way from being over. What surprises me most is that all the books I've read are saying "bowel motions are easier for toddlers to get control of, compared to urinating". For Eric it's exactly the opposite. He will go dry for an hour (or even two) and will pee when I sit him on the potty, yet he will poop his pants.
It's like he doesn't feel when he needs to poop. He'll come to me right after such accident and will tell me that he did it, but never before. So now I find it more difficult to train him to poop in the potty than to wee in the potty, because I only get one attempt a day and it's hard to predict when, his bowel motions are not regular. When I see him going quiet and red, it's too late already, and if I try to anticipate it and sit him on the potty after meals, he's getting sick of sitting after 10 minutes and wants to run away.
For example, today we didn't have a single wet accident the whole day, when we were outside - he peed in the bushes and at home he peed on a potty. Then in the evening after I fed him a substantial meal, my plan was to wait for half an hour, then sit him on a potty and wait for a poo, 10 minutes after the meal was over we had a big oops which I didn't see coming - even though I was really watching.
The only thing left for me to try was to empty his "achievement" into the potty and explain to him that he's not supposed to do it in the underpants, the potty is the right place, and as a prize for every time he does it right he gets to flush the toilet and, of course, a star. He understood everything and every word, yet I am not convinced we will have a better progress tomorrow.
(Sigh)… I am missing diapers again….
I always heard that bowel movements are the most difficult. I can understand how he doesnt know when he needs to go. It is very common for adults who are put on catheters to "forget" what it feels like to need to pee. It seems from your reports that he is figuring that one out, but b.m.s are a whole other ball game.
Comment by Kristin — December 19, 2009 @ 2:07 am
Poo was the last thing that Bubba finally got a hold on. He was otherwise trained for a year before he would poop on the potty. I don't know what the deal was.
I had a friend with a son who at 5 still refuses to poo on the potty.
I wonder if it's a boy thing.
My son has a pooping problem. He's constantly constipated so potty training is really hard for us. But we're working on it and stuffing him full of fiber. :D Hopefully soon, I'll never have to wipe his but ever again!
Both of my children (girl and boy) took a little while to get the hang of pooping on the potty. I think it's perfectly natural. I waited for a couple months before they were both going poop on the potty every day. What I did in the meantime:
a) Praised them like crazy for all the potty successes.
b) Made up a silly potty song
c) Transfered the poo from the diaper to the potty most of the time. Gross but it worked.
Hello Emma
I found your blog via ICLW.
You probably get a lot of advice about potty training. For our twins, we really didn't worry too much about "making progress". It sort of happened on its own. One thing that worked for us was the "Once upon a potty" DVD, which my daughter really liked to watch and later imitate with her potty. When they began to show an interest in going to the potty, we clapped and made them feel special, but did not offer a reward.
Good luck and enjoy your Holidays!
Comment by TwinToddlersDad — December 21, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
Hi TwinToddlersDad,
thank you for the "no rewards" tip - for some reason I too don't like the idea of offering a treat in potty training :)
You've got a great blog, I am so impressed!
Comment by Emma — December 21, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
A silly potty song! Awesome idea!
Comment by Emma — December 21, 2009 @ 10:17 pm
Thanks for commenting on my blog!
I second the idea of a silly potty song. My daughter loved it when I sang one. Just be sure to remember what you sang because God help you if you try to substitute another song…or maybe that was just my wacky child. She also would not tell us when she had to go so we were basically potty trained instead of her. We were taking her to the potty once an hour (as was her childcare teacher) for months (!) until we realized that we were doing all the work. So we told her that it was her job to tell us when she had to go potty and it just clicked with her.
So no real advice, just sympathy!
I was lucky to find your blog via ICLW :) We're going through the same stage of doing all the work. Can't wait to put Eric in the driver's seat!
Comment by Emma — December 22, 2009 @ 4:50 am
I had to laugh - my son is having serious challenges - and he's a late bloomer so to speak, and a Google search on 'poo' issues brought up the photo with this post! LOL!
Our son has been doing the same thing as yours - he has advanced a step further and holds it till night time, and then falls asleep. As soon as he snoozes . . . well, he doesn't wake up for the changing. Next week we may let him fall asleep on the toilet.
Comment by Sandy Allen — February 9, 2010 @ 11:46 pm
09 Dec
Today Emma is writing about Potty training
Today some pretty unexpected things happened.
It all began as an ordinary potty training nightmare day - Eric woke up, we tried the potty, no luck, half an hour later we got ourselves another accident - well, what else is new.
But then I got sick of feeling like such a miserable failure and decided that we go to the beach. There are times in a mom's life when she needs some distraction, and it was one of those times. So I packed a plenty of pants and underwear for Eric, because accidents were only a matter of time (or at least I thought so) and we drove to the beach.
It felt so much better to be outside, the sandy beach, the light breeze, that I instantly felt calmer. Eric was happily playing with the sand, digging tunnels and making cookies. He was thoroughly enjoying himself and even agreed to go pee on the sand.
Next we decided to go eat some sushi, his all times favorite, in a shopping center nearby. And then it occurred to me, oh my, what have I done?! What if we're in the shopping center and he has an accident, with everybody watching?! But once the word "Sushi" was said, there was no taking it back and we simply had to go.
And then, it was one surprise after another. Eric agreed to go to the toilet in the shopping center. They have a small toilet bowl for kids there and it looks so cute. He climbed on the toilet seat as if he was doing it all day every day and peed. Woo-hoo!
From that moment on, we didn't have a single accident. Eric still needed to be reminded to go and sit on a potty every half an hour, but every time he went, we had one more accomplishment. And his training chart was filling up with golden stars.
I am so proud of my little boy!
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Montville Township Environmental Commission
June 16, 2010
Meeting began promptly at 7:35pm.
Roll Call. Absent with excuse, James Muhaw & Victor Canning
Absent without excuse, Angelo
Present: Michele Caron, Larry
Kornreich, Sergio Angione, Garry Annibal & Monica Mirnecki
Minutes of April Meeting
On a motion
made by Sergio Angione, seconded by Hugh Merritt the
April 21, 2010 minutes
were approved.
On a motion
made by Sergio Angione, seconded by Hugh Merritt the May 19,
2010 minutes
were approved with corrections.
New Business
Sub-Committees Reports
Board of Adjustment – Michele Caron, has no report.
Board of Education – Hugh Merritt
Mr. Merritt states that the Board
of Education meeting was last night. There are environmental programs being
Economic Development – James Muhaw absent, no report.
Health Department – Garry Annibal
Mr. Annibal reports that the
Health Dept meeting was cancelled.
Open Space Committee – Angelo Intile absent, no report
Planning Board – Victor Canning absent, no report
Township Committee – Tim Braden, no
Every Drop Counts Grant Letter –
On a motion made by Larry Kornreich and seconded by Hugh Merritt the Resolution
was adopted stating that the Environmental Commission supports the submission
of the Sustainable Jersey Grant funded by Walmart for the amount of $25,000 to
fund the Every Drop Counts Water Conservation Program.
Rails Steakhouse – Jim Stathis was
present. He is proposing 6 residences, 6
retail stores and Rails Steakhouse. His
plan includes using timber frame, recycled lumber or dead standing trees. Total
size is just under 20,000 sq. ft. The
plan is to go LEED Silver. Hugh Merritt
is concerned about traffic in that area, parking and outdoor music. Mr. Stathis
states that the parking lot has 84 parking spots. There will be additional parking spots on the
street and that there will not be outside music. Michele Caron states that her
concern is the odor that the restaurant will give off. She questioned how garbage will be contained. Mr. Stathis responded that the garbage
containers will be self contained outside of the building. One of the parking lots will be grass pavers. Tim Braden
questioned if brick pavers are mowed.
Hugh Merritt states that they can be mowed very easily. Michele Caron questioned when deliveries would
be made. Mr. Stathis states they would
not interfere with high traffic times. Michele
Caron states that the Environmental Commission will submit written
recommendation once all reports are reviewed.
Old Business
Library Rain Garden Project – Hugh Merritt states that it will take about two years to
fill in.
Other Business
ANJEC – Michele Caron reports that they can move Montville up on the list
if need be. Garry Annibal suggests the
town us GIS. He would like to approach Tony Barile
and Frank Bastone to see what the
Township already has.
Solid Waste Renewal Group – Sergio Angione attended this
seminar at Rutgers. New products on the market are composters for
schools and restaurants and the Vegawatt which turns used cooking oil into
electricity. Larry Kornreich questioned
if these are products that can be recommended to local businesses. Sergio Angione will check if these products
are worth LEED points.
On a motion made by Larry
Kornreich and seconded by Sergio Angione meeting Adjourned at 8:54pm
Respectfully Submitted.


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It seems Jane Fonda, the actress known as "Hanoi Jane" for her treasonous actions during the Vietnam War, has a big fan in the White House. On Monday, Newsbusters' Tim Graham reported that Michelle Obama considers the 76-year-old actress something of a role model.
Says Graham: "In their latest interview with Michelle Obama, People magazine asked if there were role models the First Lady looked at to think 'When I'm 70 or 80, I want to look and live like her?'"
Obama considered two actresses: Cicely Tyson, and then the "politically savvy, sharp woman" named Jane Fonda.
"I just went to see Cicely Tyson on Broadway. She is in her 80s [just turned 80 in December] and did a two-hour play with stamina and passion. I told her 'I want to be you when I grow up!'"
"There's Jane Fonda, a beautiful, engaged, politically savvy, sharp woman," she added.
While Obama thinks highly of Fonda, veterans will never forget her treachery during the Vietnam War.
"Only a die-hard liberal thinks Jane Fonda is anything less than a traitorous scumbag," said a post at the conservative blog Weasel Zippers.
"Oh gee, a communist being a 'big fan' of another communist, who'd have thunk it?" said one reader at Newsbusters.
Recently, veterans protested Fonda's role as Nancy Reagan in the movie "The Butler."
Fonda -- who once claimed she regrets sitting on that anti-aircraft gun in North Vietnam -- responded by telling veterans to "get a life."
"I figured it would tweak the right. Who cares?" Fonda said of her role at the time.
One veteran cared so much, he refused to show the movie in his theater.
As we reported in August, Ike Boutwell, a veteran of the Korean War who owns the MoviePalace and Showtime Cinemas in Elizabethtown, Ky., refused to show the movie because of her actions.
Boutwell called it "a slap in the face to have a person of treason portray a patriotic lady, Mrs. Reagan."
"I just think that is throwing gas on the fire," he added.
In addition to her anti-war activity, Fonda has called for taking Rush Limbaugh off the air, and celebrated the anti-capitalist Occupy Wall Street movement that was endorsed by the Chinese Communist Party, the Communist Party USA, Hezbollah, David Duke and a number of Democrats, including President Obama and DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
- Veteran refuses to show 'The Butler' in theater because of Jane Fonda
- Jane Fonda to veterans boycotting movie: 'Get a life'
- Jane Fonda wears 'Hanoi Jane' t-shirt to promote movie 'The Butler'
- Jane Fonda's new regret: 'Sitting on that gun in North Vietnam'
- Jane Fonda: Occupy Wall Street 'important, wonderful movement'
- Teddy Turner: Jane Fonda made father a liberal
- Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem: Time for FCC to take Limbaugh off the air
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|Irritants & Sensitizers
Styrax (Liquidambar orientalis)
Pine (Pinus spp.)
The following oils and absolutes are dangerous strong sensitizers. Given enough exposure, many people will become severely allergic to these oils and cross-sensitized to others. They're best left to the aroma lamp or avoided altogether. Now that new IFRA methyleugenol (ME)recommendations have been released, I've marked the unsafe ME containing oils with a strikethrough. If you don't see an oil you are looking for on this page, be sure and check the Dangerous Oils page for a listing before you assume it's safe!
Irritant and strongly sensitizing
Oils that are steam distilled from styrax resin (Liquidambar orientalis) are less sensitizing and are permitted by the IFRA at very low concentrations. However, I have found steam distillates to be rare and would request to see the GC of anything I might buy for skin use.
Old evergreen needle (Pinaceae family - confiers), tea tree, or expressed
citrus rind oils can become quite strong sensitizers because of the gradual
buildup of reactive epoxides and peroxides in the oil. Affected oils are
Abies, Picea, Pinus, and Tsuga spp., tea tree, and all expressed citrus
peel oils, inluding bergamot, orange, lemon, lime, grapefruit, clementine,
mandarin, and tangerine. Personally, I'm planning on replacing these oils
every 6 months on Martin Watt's recommendation. (5,7)
Storing evergreen oils in the dark and citrus oils in the refrigerator
helps keep them safe for skin use. You can also add Vitamin E T-50 at
a rate of 0.05% to help preserve the oils, or top them off with a nitrogen/argon
wine preservation gas.
Strong or moderate irritants - Oils which sensitize as well as irritate are marked as sensitizers. Many aromatherapists don't use this group of oils on the skin unless there is a compelling therapeutic reason. Some contain eugenol which can be a sensitizing agent. Oils marked STRONG should never be used on skin.
Milder sensitizers and irritants - Aromatherapists do use these oils on skin, but they are careful about how often and how much oil. It's best to dilute these oils well and test the dilution on a small area of skin before using them for a bath or massage. Avoid overuse of sensitizing oils.
Anise, Star (Illicium verum)- sensitizer
Allergens and occasional sensitizers - These safer oils can cause dermatitis, sensitization or allergic reactions in atopic people. People with cosmetic allergies may react as well. Remember to test the diluted oil on a small area first, before using it all over your body.
Arnica infusion (Arnica montana) - reactions are common
Phototoxic - do not use on skin exposed to the sun. Oils marked slight may be used in dilution, according to the IFRA. It can take as long as 24 hours for photosensitizing effects to wear off.
Ammi visnaga
Not adequately tested - These oils have not undergone formal, controlled testing. It is impossible to say how frequently people react or fail to react to them.
Amyris (Amyris balsamifera) - reports of contact sensitivity
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Now here's a twist. TCL Chinese Theatre/IMAX is sponsoring a first ever free yoga session in celebration of Earth Day with top practictioner Jahmelia Lindsay on April 22, 2014.
Don your yoga duds and join the fun at 7:30 p.m. on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the theatre where you can do your downward facing dog directly on Marilyn Monroe's hand-print, or any celeb of your choice.
Every level is welcome to the complimentary event where yoga mats will be provided by Lorna Jane. You must rsvp to RSVP: firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you're unfamiliar with her, Jahmelia Lindsay has had a successful yoga practice in Los Angeles for three years. She holds an extensive background of life experience and studies in Latin American and Africana and believes that we are all the master artists in our lives and in a constant creational process. As such, if we want to have new experiences we need to learn to move in the world in different ways and yoga is a strong, graceful way of moving.
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BYU basketball: Cougars work in some sight-seeing while in Big Easy for NCAA Tournament
NEW ORLEANS — For BYU's Charles Abouo, his first trip to New Orleans was all he could ask for, so far.
Of course, this visit to "The Big Easy" won't be complete without a Sweet 16 victory Thursday against Florida.
Tuesday night, Abouo and his teammates took a little stroll down world-famous Bourbon Street to take in the atmosphere.
"It was cool. We had a good time," Abouo told the Deseret News after a 50-minute shootaround at the New Orleans Arena. "We went to a seafood restaurant and we got some beignets on the way back. It was a good experience. We got a taste of New Orleans. It was exactly what I had hoped for."
"I've always thought New Orleans would be like Florida, with the humidity and you hear about the partying down here," said guard Jackson Emery. "We walked down Bourbon Street and got a feel for New Orleans. It's something different. It's like a mini-Vegas, not as big, more humid. We got some seafood. You always hear about the seafood and we had to try it out."
"I believe that our guys have been able to travel all over the country and win games this year. It's been terrific," said BYU coach Dave Rose. "We've been to Omaha. We've been to South Padre Island. We've been to Glens Falls. We've been to Buffalo. This group of guys has been resilient in their ability to travel. One told me th other day that outside of our building this year that we are 19-3. I don't know, you go to the teams that are left in the Sweet 16, how many teams have won 19 games outside their building? It's a real compliment to our players."
For senior forward Logan Magnusson, this is his first time in New Orleans, too.
"It's not what you expect it to be," he said. "It was interesting, to say the least. It was smaller than I thought. You picture it as a smaller Vegas. It's a back road with lots of lights. A lot of little shops and cafes. A lot of people wondering around taking pictures."
Abouo said a side benefit of advancing in the NCAA Tournament is the chance to do some sight-seeing.
"That's one of the best parts of traveling when you play basketball, to see different places and different settings," he said. "It relaxes you a little bit. It's good to get out."
The Cougars have played in a wide variety of locales this season, from South Padre Island to New York to San Diego, and a lot of places in between.
What's been Abouo's favorite trip this year?
"I like the warm places," he said, smiling. "Not Buffalo, Glens Falls or Wyoming."
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NCIS record creation reportThe above reports were generated by the Navajo County Information System.
The file room of Navajo County (Ariz.) Public Works. The county's two-year-old information system — based on enterprise information integration — provides a direct, electronic view into the data contained in this once-daunting back room.
The software also provides a set of rapid-development tools that helps users build applications of any type or design. This means my staff can run the system without calling on county information technology (IT) staff. Applications can be built quickly, and more complex applications can be built from simpler ones in building-block fashion.
The GENII/EII approach presented an implementation and methodology best described as backwards — build first — which caused substantial managerial concern until we understood how it worked. Typically, software development begins with Joint Application Development meetings where users list what they need. Then developers disappear behind closed doors to build the application. But GENII enables both the vendor and my staff to build applications quickly, so they can skip the rigorous planning needed with other software and jump ahead to building a prototype. Once built, the application and data can then be evolved to fit user needs, usually with the end-user watching.
Development follows the writer's adage: Write it — and then get it right. That's how we built 350 applications in 24 months: incrementally, with success measured by the number of interoperable datasets. Our assessor, for example, recently bought a new parcel management system built up from about 30 Oracle tables. Using GENII, my staff was able to connect to this new system to make its data fully available to our established 350 applications in less than 24 hours.
GENII uses methods considered unusual by most IT personnel. Rather than rely on relational database technology to relate data and on the World Wide Web for communications, GENII employs the Web for relationship management and relational database technology for common communications. Because our system models data relationships as a set of descriptions, an IT database administrator is not needed to wire up a data model. We build and maintain our own. This gives me a high degree of creative autonomy because I can directly implement my own IT needs.
Within public works, most everything is linked to either a piece of highway or to a parcel. The e911 database then relates parcels to roads through address. As data and relationships are added to the system, a physical map of the ensuing relationships may be drawn. Ours looks like a web spun by a spider on steroids, with 270 relationships and growing.
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The Washington Monthly rankings try to quantify the public good being done by America's college and universities, according to the magazine. The magazine rates schools based on three broad categories: Social Mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students), Research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and PhDs), and Service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).
Wagner's strong overall ranking is based, in large part, on two quantitative measures of its commitment to community service. Out of 682 master's universities nationwide:
- We rank #18 this year for the number of students participating in community service and a total number of service hours performed, relative to school size, and
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Today is National Pancake Day and at IHop, they're giving away free short stacks and asking for a donation to the Children�s Miracle Network.
Pretty soon we'll be seeing Girl Scouts everywhere with their little temptations.
I'm sure there are other promotions that happen frequently, like go to a certain restaurant and a percentage is donated to your local school. Spaghetti dinners for a victim of some health thing, school functions with popcorn and pizza, movie night, ice cream sundaes for a fundraiser!
It's all tempting, in the name of giving to the place that's asking for the donations. It's also a possibility to be part of those promotions if you put it in your tracker and figure out your limits for the day. I find that most of the things that are being promoted are high carb items that are also full of sugar or some other thing that we don't really need in our diet.
Last year, instead of buying Girl Scout cookies from the girls trying to sell them in front of WalMart, I simply gave them $10 for their troop. I did not need the cookies, I only like one flavor and even that one flavor doesn't taste as good as it used to.
The promotions for donations probably bring in a huge amount of money, but I have found the majority of them lacking in good food. I don't mind donating, in fact I give to the church my old clothes that are still in good condition, I've given money to good places, I volunteer my time to the school. I give what I can, but I don't want the extra calories when donating.
So, I'm not saying you shouldn't ever participate in these functions, but remember what you want to put in your mouth. It's not worth your health if it's going to throw you off for the week. Enjoy the small treats, but don't give into more than you wish to consume and be sure to track everything you eat, even if it's the full short stack or a whole box of Girl Scout cookies. If you feel bad about eating the food, then just give the donation and move on. We should never feel the need to eat what has been presented in the name of donations.
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Our booster club encourages people to give to the school directly. Most people don't realize that the organization they are donating to when they get those cookies, cookie dough ect. only receives less than 50% of what you pay out. Giving to the hospital, girl scout troop ect directly ensures they get 100% of what you donated. Great idea!
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Good blog... important message. You can still donate without eating the food.
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I would much rather give the donation directly. Good idea. I will pass that along to my husband for the people he buys cookies from at his work. I can easily eat a whole box of GS cookies in one sitting. Love those thin mints!
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IHOP often gave out Free Pancakes with a Survey on your Receipt. I don't want the Pancakes so I started giving my receipt to the waitress after I paid and asking her to give it to someone who could/would use it.
As you have discovered, you CAN participate in the Promotions WITHOUT wearing the Evidence!
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Good blog-I agree...most of these promotions are of course to make $$ so offering a cheap (not so healthy) meal or item is normally what you end up with. I think if you want to help it's awesome just to give to the foundation etc... and skip all the bad calories if possible.
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Bruce was born Jan. 6, 1956, in Castro Valley, Calif., to Lawrence and Harriet (Tillman) Henderson.
After high school, he went to work as a machinist for Paoletti Trucks, a position he held for 20 years.
Bruce retired to Brookings in 2001 where he enjoyed hiking the many trails with his dog "Scooby." He also enjoyed woodworking and was an avid San Francisco Giants and Oakland A's fan.
Survivors include his mother Harriet Henderson of Harbor; brother Steven Henderson, his wife Jill and their children Elizabeth, Valerie, Rachel and Hannah of Walnut Creek, Calif.; sister Gail Henderson and her son Dylan Habiger of Harbor; PaPa Bob Baillie. Also surviving are all of his cousins, in and out of the area.
Bruce was preceded in death by his father Lawrence; and twin brother Byron.
Memorial contributions may be made to the South Coast Humane Society, P.O. Box 7833, Brookings, OR 97415.
A celebration of Bruce's life will be announced later in the year.
Bruce wanted all of his trail friends to know that he's on the "upper trail" now and hopes to see all of you again.
Condolences may be expressed online at www.redwoodmemorial.net.
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I wrote this column last week about Rick Scott shaping up to be a one-term wonder, citing a Public Policy poll. I admitted it was a Democratic polling outfit but had proven reliable. Some readers jumped on this.
Well, Quinnipiac University just came out with a poll that mirrors the results of Public Policy. Basically, Scott has maintained his popularity with a third of voters, the hard-core conservatives. But his disapproval ratings are soaring as he is alienating moderates and galvanizing Democratic opposition. Twenty-five percent of Republicans disapprove of Scott, a stunning number, while only 58 percent approve. A third of Republicans disagree with how he is handling the state budget.
Quinnipiac is non-partisan. I know its pollster, Peter Brown, and he is very, very conservative. In fact, Brown went out of his way to spin the dismal numbers in a positive light, saying voter whims quickly change.
If you look at the poll results, you will see that Scott's numbers should not be this low. Voters generally think we should cut the budget instead of raising taxes. They favor his pension reforms for public employees. They even like his plans to drug test state employees.
But as I've written many times, Scott is alienating voters by going too far. While a majority of voters do not tax increases to balance the budget, they also don't want tax cuts that would increase budget slashing.
Scott has walled himself off and this is a huge mistake. He is not communicating with the public. He is operating like an arrogant CEO in a political arena. And he is paying for it. You have to sell public policy, even when it's good public policy. This has made the attacks against him increasingly effective.
More than half the people polled think Scott's budget is unfair to people like them, including 31 percent of Republicans.
Scott's approval among women is plunging, which will not be helped by the Legislature's obsession with abortion and forcing women to look at ultrasounds. There are much more urgent problems confronting Florida.
The Legislature fares no better in this poll. I think Scott's plunging numbers will cause those with political aspirations to distance themselves from Scott. This is particularly true of Senate President Mike Haridopolos, who now faces a challenge in his U.S. Senate campaign from George LeMieux.
The vast majority of the Republican agenda could easily pass in Florida with strong approval. But how you do things matters. Going too far matters. We are finding that out.
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Formality of classifying spaces
However, unlike Geordie's question, I will be working with torsion free coefficients (say the complex numbers). The `torsion' in the current question is going to be from a different source.
Let $G$ be a reductive linear algebraic group (over $\mathbb{C}$) say. Relatively general formal considerations show that the $G$-equivariant derived category of a point is equivalent to the dg-derived category of a dg-algebra (I am going to ignore finiteness issues).
For instance, if $G$ is connected (so that $BG$ is simply connected), the dg-algebra is the algebra associated to the De Rham complex of $BG$ (let's be friendly and ignore finiteness issues again). In this case the $G$-equivariant derived category of a point is the subcategory of $D(BG)$ generated by the constant sheaf. The latter is equivalent to the derived category of the De Rham complex. Further, since $H^*(BG)$ is a polynomial ring (I am still in the $G$ is connected case) generated in even degree, it is easy to see that this dg-algebra is formal (the point is that the De Rham complex is (super)commutative before even passing to cohomology, so you can very naively construct your quasi-isomorphism by hand).
Ok, that's pretty nice. Now let's look at $G$ not connected. Then the $G$-equivariant derived category of a point is still governed by a dg-algebra, but it's a bit nastier. Essentially we want the subcategory of $D(BG)$ generated by local systems, and since $BG$ isn't simply connected anymore we are going to have non-trivial local systems. The dg-algebra we are after is the $Ext$-algebra of the sum of all the irreducible local systems. Now we can certainly compute the cohomology of this dg-algebra: it is the $H^*(BG^0)$-twisted group algebra of $G/G^0 = \pi_1(BG)$. Added later: to see this, loop the fibration $BG^0\hookrightarrow BG \twoheadrightarrow B(G/G^0)$.
The question: is the dg-algebra governing $D(BG)$ (for $G$ not necessarily connected) formal? If so, is it possible to deduce this formality from the connected case?
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"How long do you intend to follow me around like a lost pup?" a feminine voice shot back from the shadows. There! He could see her outline, and he took a step forward.
"Until you come home," he answered gently. "Please."
"Can't," she answered abruptly. "I can't live up to that... those expectations. I'm... I'm sorry."
She fled and he gave chase. But she was fast and he suspected she would try to lead her into a crowd, where it would be easy for her to lose him. And thus, he stopped, standing aside and mourning the loss of the woman he loved.
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"Dad stood aside," one of the young men observed as they passed by their father. His brother laughed, and his younger sister scowled.
"Dad's a fool," she snapped. "If we don't catch her now, she'll fade away to the background of the galaxy and we'll never see her again."
"Mayla's right," the eldest of the three said. "Dad somehow thinks she'll come back. But we've seen the restless side of her. If she's gone, she's not coming back. Come on!"
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Aryn Vexxlin darted through the streets of the Undercity, occasionally chancing a backward glance. Frustration etched itself across her youthful face, and her eyes showed fear. With determination, she rounded a corner, chancing another backward glance, and then...
"Oof!" she found herself falling, tangled up with a young man who'd been running the other direction. And somehow, they twisted, and he fell on top of her. Pushing irritably on his chest, she hissed, "Get off me!"
Jack groaned before pushing himself of the young woman he'd slammed into. "Sorry, didn't look where I was going, have this bad ass corpse chasing me you see." He brushed himself off and looked where he had came from. He could no longer sense his prosecutor, not a good sign.
With a roll of her eyes, Aryn muttered, "Corpse... try three barely-out-of-their-teenage-years children..." Then, she scowled and scolded, "You would do well to watch where you're going as opposed to where you've been. Corpse or not, you run faster when you look ahead and can determine if there are any immediate obstacles you have to avoid... obstacles like me."
"Hey kid, you can blame me all for this, but you have to admit you weren't looking either or you would have seen me," Jack replied, not looking at her. Instead his eyes were scanning the area for any signs of danger, but searching was interrupted by another pulse of force energy. This one was very close, very close indeed... His eyes fixed on the young woman, who appeared to in the middle of her teens. "Hey kid, this may seem very weird me saying but, do you ever get strange dreams that feel almost real?"
Aryn frowned. "What sort of question is that?" she demanded irritably, glancing over her shoulder. Then, she glanced around him. "Scratch that. There's your corpse..." She glanced over her shoulder again. "... and there's my kids." She looked up at him. "Shall we continue this conversation elsewhere?"
Without waiting for an answer, she tugged on his hand, pulling him through a nearby doorway and into a bar.
Jack spotted the assassin before waving, "Sorry Bob, maybe next time." Jack told him before allowing the strange woman to pull him into the bar. He knew the undead assassin wouldn't follow him into a crowd place where witnesses could see him. Wasn't the assassins style.
"Right, so where were we?" Aryn said thoughtfully, guiding the man into a seat. The bartender took one look at Aryn and shook his head.
"We can't let you stay, young miss," he said, gesturing to the sign that stated the age limit. Aryn shot him a glare and fired back with, "Oh, buzz off."
Which he did. Then, she turned back to the man she'd collided with in the streets and extended her hand, and introduced herself, "Aryn Vexxlin."
"J.... Al," Jack said, deciding to go by an alias while he was still Order's most wanted, a simple easy to remember alias so he wouldn't forget in the heat of the moment. "Last names... erm Dente..."
Aryn arched a single eyebrow at his stammering over his own name. "Right..." She didn't sound convinced in the least and she wore such a skeptical expression, he couldn't help but wonder if she knew who he really was. But then, she smiled. "Nice to meet you, Al Dente. Now... you were asking about dreams?"
"Huh? Ohh yeah, dreams," Jack said before leading the woman to table and seat. After sitting her down, Jack asked her "Ever had strange dreams that feel real, then the next day or week, well come true?"
Aryn laughed. "What, you mean like precognition?"
"Yeah, like a precognition," Jack replied.
Aryn smiled faintly. "Do you begin all your conversations in this way?"
"Well, sometimes, I come from a very different environment from this, look I'll show you," Jack said before looking around. No one was looking. He then stared at a jug on the bar table, he concentrated on the jug and slowly lifted it a few centimeters of from the ground and dropped it in front of Aryn...
... or at least, that was his intention. What actually happened was that, when he dropped it, the jug landed in Aryn's right hand. She set it down in the center of the table and smiled faintly. "Really, that's fascinating."
"You see, if you haven't guessed, I'm... was a Jedi, and when we bumped I sensed something from you," Jack explained, though he was getting the feeling Aryn has hiding something from him.
"And you just had to ask," Aryn concluded. "Had to know if I was some Jedi brat they sent out looking for you... a Jedi brat so well trained that I could fool you."
She shook her head. "Go ahead. Probe me. You won't find any significant Force sensitivity."
"Ermm no ... I wasn't coming to that," Jack replied "I would have felt the Orders programming inside you if you were an agent working for them. I know youre hiding something, and at this moment I'm not bothered what this is. I just wanna know have you ever used the Force?"
A mysterious smile played across her lips. "That
be telling, wouldn't it?" She shook her head. "Like I said, not really Force sensitive. You're running into literal blocks built up in my mind. Stuff not even the Force can get through."
"If youre not force sensitive then what are you?"
Aryn laughed. "That's my secret." She winked. "Thought you didn't mind."
"In that case I've gotta go, I'm weaponless and being chased by a lethal corpse, I need to find myself a weapon," Jack said, standing up. "Good day ma'am, hope those teenagers don't cause you anymore trouble."
"I can assure you they will," Aryn said, rising with him. "And you seem like you could use an ally in your flight. Let me stay with you." She smiled disarmingly, as if to say, "I dare you to accept my offer."
Jack thought about the offer for a moment before telling her "My name's really Jack, and though I don't exactly trust you, I could always an extra pair of arms if I ever want to get out of this thing alive."
Aryn laughed softly. "I'd think you a royal fool if you truly trusted me, Jack. Let's get out of here."
They stood to leave the bar, but Jack held up his hand. "Just one moment. I'm in need of a weapon... and I've found one. Give me a second..."
He crossed the cantina to where a young girl sat, her bag set lightly beside her. Jack sensed a lightsaber in that bag, and he was determined to get it...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — If this were a story about the 2005 Hobey Baker winner, Marty Sertich of the Colorado College Tigers, you'd have all the ingredients of great cinema, all the potential of a legend in the making.
Sure, Sertich's numbers are impressive — 64 points with 27 goals and 37 assists in 43 games — but hardly dramatic. At 5-9, 163 pounds, Sertich — who as a freshman played on the same line as Peter Sejna, CC's 2003 Hobey Baker winner — is hardly imposing.
So Sertich's story is about much more than the standard stats.
First, there was the winner himself on the podium and after the ceremony, looking and sounding much younger than his 22 years with his head newly shorn of slightly longer playoff locks and face shaved clean for the first time in over a month.
"Thanks. Thanks again for everything. This is awesome."
In extending his gratitude, Sertich mentioned several people by name, including CC trainer Richard Quincy — whom he called "Mr. Quincy" — former governor of Ohio and current CC president Dick Celeste, and Rob Masters, "the best equipment manager in the country,"
In thanking his family, he said, "I love you guys more than anything. It's been great having you follow me around the country this last month here."
Then there's the buddy aspect to this year, with linemates Sertich and Brett Sterling vying for the award.
"It was a lot of fun," said Sertich. "I think we were pulling for each other. It's great to be nominated, to be part of this three, and it's even more special to have your linemate, your good buddy right there next to you."
Sterling was an affable presence in the post-ceremony press conference with the three Hobey finalists, which also included Cornell goaltender David McKee, giving the event an even greater charm.
"I guess we had a two-out-of-three chance of winning," said Sterling. "I feel I've won it too, with him, just watching him out there [during the ceremony] — either one of us just makes us happy. I'm real proud of him."
And of course, there's Sertich's hockey pedigree. His grandfather, Tony Frasca, was an All-American for the Tigers in the early 1950s and a Spencer Penrose Award winner as the CC coach in 1963. Sertich's father, Steve, was a Tiger in the 1970s and played for the 1976 U.S. Olympic team.
Sertich's uncle, Mike, coached at Minnesota-Duluth and Michigan Tech. His younger brother, Mike, is his teammate at CC, and his cousin — also the grandson of Tony Frasca — is Minnesota's Chris Harrington.
By now everyone knows of his mother's battle with cancer. Diagnosed nearly a year ago with a brain tumor, Patty Sertich — daughter of Tony Frasca, aunt of Chris Harrington — hasn't seen much improvement in her condition, in spite of a stay at the Mayo Clinic.
"It's been a tough 11 months for us," said Sertich. "My mom and my dad have handled it great, and sure this is real exciting for them as well."
And finally there's the Curse of the Hobey, which has five of the last nine Hobey winners playing for teams that made it to the Frozen Four without winning the tournament. Sertich is the second consecutive Hobey winner whose team bowed out in Frozen Four semifinal action. Junior Lessard of Minnesota-Duluth started the current streak last year.
But even in alluding to that — making it to Columbus but watching two other teams play for the national title — Sertich was pleasant and upbeat, again saying all the right things.
"You know, it's been quite a ride. I think we all wish were still playing, but it's fun just to make it this year."
Yes, if this were a story about Marty Sertich, the 2005 Hobey Baker winner, here is where the story would end. But this story doesn't belong to Sertich alone.
This story also belongs to Boston College's Sarah Carlson, who shot her first moose at 13 while perched on her father's shoulders, and who won this year's Hockey Humanitarian Award.
This story is about Denver head coach George Gwozdecky, whose Pioneers will defend their national championship tomorrow, and who said that this year's Frozen Four venue seems nice, but conceded that it's always pretty nice when you win that first game.
This story is about the Hobey Baker award ceremony itself, where the annual showing of a video about Hobey Baker has been mothballed because the sport of college hockey has grown to the point where fans themselves can tell you all about the man for whom the award has been named.
This story is about Columbus, Ohio, and the two state-of-the-art arenas that host the events of this year's Frozen Four, Nationwide Arena — home of the NHL's Blue Jackets and site of today's ceremonies — and Value City Arena at the Schottenstein Center, home to the Ohio State University Buckeye men's ice hockey team.
This story is about the two guys wearing Sioux gear — all the way from Grand Forks — at the check-in desk at the Hyatt on Capitol Square, who quipped, "They don't call it 'Cowlumbus' for nothing."
This story is about the photographer from Colorado Springs who said, "I'm pleasantly surprised. Columbus is a whole lot cooler than I thought it would be."
This story is about the local media giving more attention to college hockey in one week than it has all year — than it has, ever.
And this story is about the perfection of the weather — cloudy during the games, dazzlingly sunny on Wednesday and Friday — the boisterous crowds at the Schott even with the all-WCHA cast, the little girls clutching stuffed tigers and sporting tiger ears, the diminutive professional figure skaters staying loose "backstage" at the Hobey in anticipation of tonight's "Champions on Ice" at Nationwide, the faces of the fans as they blink — a reaction to that cooperative sun, or to the unexpected pleasure of Columbus' Arena District — and the buzz about the great game that North Dakota and Denver will undoubtedly provide Saturday night.
This story is about college hockey. And today, college hockey is just perfect.
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