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Toy-Joy In A Box
There is something very joyous about discovering a box of toys. And by discovery, I mean randomly finding a box filled with goodies, as opposed to the other overt joy of collecting: receiving a box filled with toys from the postman (to wit). And while there IS a difference between receiving a paid load of toys, as opposed to a box of freebies - the absolute silent smile that comes with randomly discovering a box of toys, is pretty much priceless, IMHO.
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For most of my adult life (or rather, the past 5 years), I have been surrounded by carton boxes of toys - a good amount of which were from my earlier whirlwind purchases (in those oh-so-heady years of wanton-excess), and an even selection of goodness from folks who had supported my blog (aka "free-toys" - don't be hating). The irony of which was, I had nil display shelves to which to showcase my favorite figurines.
The only way I could enjoy my toys, were to de-box them, take pictures of them and upload them online for all to see. I actually had a "Toy-Pix-A-Day" daily project on the blog in the early days (but never actually lasted a full year - unfortunately, the pass five years of toy-photos are no longer with me, besides being online). Then tis back to the box the toys go, and back into a mark-less carton box, stacked high ceiling-up amongst other mark-less cartons.
For sure I had envied everyone else who had display space, especially folks who have converted their entire rooms into a museum of plastic joy! But that is the world I am living in, and all I could was imagine that one day, when I am able to have a display arena of my very own … (I just need to find a possible wife who will be able to take my drivel and all-consuming toy-hobby, innit? And yes, money - money would be nice indeed, make no mistake).
I do not think I had ever been a responsible toy collector, or even toy-blogger. For sure, I enjoy my toys and toy-time, but I never seem to spend enough time on toys - on playing them, or even admiring them, in the later years (beyond needing to do so for a toy review on the blog). And as a sole person who blogs about toys, I reckon my actions were even deplorable! Sure there were basic reviews to cater to my readers, which were a simple "thank you" to the folks who spend the time and money to send me their goods … but the irony of which was, I still had a slew of toy-photography projects in development stage, that never really saw the light of cyber-day. And with all these unpromised anticipation (I like surprises, to receive and to give), no doubt had left loads of folks feeling burnt and disappointed. No one to blame but my own ambition and dreams, and unfortunately, something that may not be completed, for a while from now. I had only a pair of hands, and sadly now, not as effective a pair of legs …
In late-October in 2010, I suffered a "mild" Stroke. (Yes, I have blogged about it before, and will continue to, simply because I am still living the result of the condition). And in the two months that I had spent lying in hospital bed, the Heng Family underwent a massive change at home. Stacks of my carton boxes were moved, as were the furniture at home - with the very simple notion of preparing more space for me to be freely mobile in, when I returned home "eventually". And by "mobile", I meant with a 4-legged assisted "Walker", which took up a wider space than an average person. I had opted to not go on wheelchair at home, because that would have been ultimately devastating (and thank gods I needn't, considering the state I ended up being in, when I moved home on Christmas Eve 2010).
The basic re-boxing of all my possessions, was part of the planned move, in this instance. With this exercise, my former bedroom had become the new store-room for all said-possessions (above). The smaller space that was my sister's former bedroom had been cleared out and became my "new" bedroom to live in, when I stepped home (the entrance of which, is shown "guarded" below by Mao the cat, not). All this is fine and required, but the reality is, most of my toys had been repacked by then, and since made unavailable in the grotto of my former bedroom, the closest image of it, is aptly shown partially in a trading card image from The Art Hustle 2; a twilight of blogging-days past...
What is currently available to me, ironically were spill-overs in the storage, that made it's willful way to my new bedroom. A box of goodies from NYCC 2010, an unopened Underverse-box of Popbots, a selection of packages of freebies sent to me while I was hospitalized, and a sole shelf of random figures, including a WWR Bertie, A CNY Tomorrow Queen (still boxed), a 400% BE@RBRICK, armless vinyls and retro action figures. Sally from Nightmare Before Xmas lies alone in her baggie, and Gozilla stands alone with a silent scream, and that's about it folks. (And yes, let's not forget the small but swell selection of recent STGCC toys-bounty).
That's just the way it has become, and that's just the way it will be for a while, before I can regain my balance, and back on my feets, and actually de-pack the mountain of boxes filled with toys, DVDs, comics, trading cards and books, in my former-bedroom-turned-storeroom.
And as I mentioned earlier, there is something very joyous about discovering a box of toys - which was the image posted on the very top of this post. Sitting between boxes filled with medical items (from my stay in Changi General Hospital and St, Andrews) was a random box I had not recognized earlier, but not ripped into.
Yesterday I finally hobbled my way to the box, and opened it to discover the figurines contained within - the bounty from my week-long shopping (and only time) I had ventured to Hong Kong, in 2004! What I found inside were three boxes of Michaal Lau GARDENER vinyls (from my visit to SIX Gallery - no I did not manage to meet ML), two boxes of FIREDRAKE HIGHSCHOOL 1/6-figures, and a Heineken x Eric Knot 1/6 fashion figure. There was also a lone Kaneda action figure from McFarlane (that left me thinking - "Wah?") bought at a Taka-sale, also yonks ago.
That was such a joyous find though! In a barely barren accessible collection, the contents of this box was a real boon and delicious find - which had left me with a saddened smile, that this was one box of a few I had left, after all these yearsof collecting and being online (and yes, of course after the Stroke).
Someday soon we will be able to see more of the toys in that box, as would the other few in my current collection (which is not a whole lot, but gimme some time, yeh?). The plans of yesteryears remain a dream still for now, but will eventually be materialized, when I am able to. I don't really give up on my dreams, regardless of the situation, actually LOL.
Meanwhile, I casually glance back at collections of my past online, and make an effort to spend some time actually "playing" with my toys, and still snap pics of them to share, of course!
When was the last time you (re)discovered a box of toys?


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A FOTF Guild Wars 2 PVP review
I had the great fortune of beta testing Guild Wars 2 this weekend with several current and former Fight on the Flag members. Unfortunately I did not seriously venture into the world PVP area until the last day of beta. This post is about the Eternal Battleground.
In short, three sides are fighting for dominance of resource points. Each side is represented by a single server.
Click to embiggen. The red pillar is a keep owned by an enemy team. A trebuchet fires a boulder behind me.
Here is a pic of a keep fight, but this does not do it justice. Smoke and fire were everywhere. Occasionally instead of flaming rocks, catapults throw dead cows (I tried to get a screenshot of it but failed). I laughed so hard I died several times to either dead cow juice (a big, green cloud) or to players taking advantage of me taking screenshots.

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Collaborators Awarded NSF Grant for More Efficient Wireless Networks
Dr. Yingying Chen and Dr. Yi Guo of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate consensus-based cooperative spectrum sensing for efficient allocation of wireless spectrum. The collaborators are leveraging technology called cognitive radio that scans wireless spectrum dynamically for the clearest bands and switches seamlessly, establishing intelligent and efficient utilization of radio spectrum while deterring abuse and malicious attacks.
Dr. Yingying Chen
The volume of radio communications traveling over the air has seen accelerated growth in recent years in order to accommodate traditional and emergent technologies. With billions and perhaps trillions of dollars in industry in the form of mobile devices, television, radio, and GPS that now depend on access to dedicated radio frequency, the wireless spectrum has become an increasingly scarce and precious resource. Though the vast majority of the spectrum has now been licensed by the Federal Communications Commission for a particular use, the reality is that much of the spectrum is not being used at any given time.
"Experts and leaders in industry, government and academia have marked the expansion and more effective allotment of wireless spectrum as national priorities," says Dr. Michael Bruno, Dean of the Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science. "Dr. Chen and Dr. Guo's research will aid in efforts to more efficiently utilize the wireless spectrum which is a critical billion-dollar resource for industry and technologies that are deeply embedded in modern society."
Dr. Yi Guo
Cognitive radio networks (CRNs) have emerged as a promising technology to mitigate the increasing spectrum-scarcity problem. CRNs use dynamic spectrum access to allow "secondary users" to operate on a portion of spectrum that has been reserved by "primary users" for another use, but is not being utilized at that time.
Future CRNs will consist of heterogeneous devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops moving continually in a geographic area. In order to maintain efficiency in future radio systems, CRNs need accurate and robust sensors that seek out vacant spectrum, allowing nodes to dynamically and seamlessly switch the channel of transmission. Additionally, CRNs need effective authentication to identify unauthorized spectrum usage.
Dr. Chen and Dr. Guo aim to utilize consensus-based cooperation featuring self-organizable and scalable network structure to capture the swarming behaviors of spectrum users and provide cooperative spectrum sensing in a fully distributed manner. By using a combination of control theory and machine learning techniques, the project designs secure weighted average consensus for cooperative spectrum sensing. It not only captures the swarming behaviors in CRNs with heterogeneous devices, but takes into account practical channel conditions. The collaborators are using dynamic signal strength mapping to develop robust localization approaches with the ability to localize multiple malicious users who might be occupying spectrum without authorization, thus preventing access by legitimate users. The new techniques will be validated using a testbed which is to be deployed on campus, enabling system demonstrations to industrial collaborators such as AT&T Labs.
According to Dr. Yu-Dong Yao, Director of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, "This project capitalizes on multi-disciplinary knowledge in control systems and machine learning techniques to revolutionize spectrum efficiency in cognitive radio networks, potentially alleviating the crowdedness of spectrum occupancy and supporting the co-existence of heterogeneous devices."
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Indra Grusaite Born in 1964 in Skuodas. In 1989 he graduated from Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts (Chap. prof. Vlad Karatajus). From 1990 to actively participate in creative activities, organizes personal exhibitions, works exhibited in Lithuania and in many foreign countries. Lives and works in Vilnius.


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The concept of life is a reality to me. If there is no baby, there is no woman and if there is no woman, there wouldn't be a baby. They all come from the mother's womb. Woman's creation is therefore seen as a symbol of crown, dignity, honour and beauty. Women are therefore special. I believe women see themselves in the same way too, that's the reason all over the world they are fighting against disrespect, discrimination, sexual harassment, abuse, and violence because the importance of women has been marred for centuries.
Unfortunately, the fight against factors affecting or degrading women in the circles of life, is far from victory, because the same women (Some celebrities) and porn stars are spoiling the essence of the dignity of woman, by flooding the internet with pornographic materials and naked pictures for everyone to see. A woman's body is meant to be sacred, secretive etc, but today all you see is woman's vagina staring at you on the internet.
Some celebrities now prefer to attend functions, parties, fashion shows and entertainments without underwear. It sounds strange but it's a reality. They deliberately set to expose their hairy or shaved vagina, while others pose by lifting up their dresses for photographers and everyone around to see them nude in public. What a world are we living in? It saddens me, as women meant to be decent mothers and industrious, yet they do this to themselves.
I am not a celebrity, therefore I don't know how one feels to be one, but if being a celebrity triggers mental instability, I wouldn't like to be one for even a second. In the African society; women are held in high esteem, despite their domination by some religious sects. In some clans and tribes, because of the importance of a woman in the society, during a marriage ceremony, the man is prevented from seeing the woman, until the ceremony is over.
It may take weeks or months to see the nude legs of your wife, let alone her thighs or the golden box. This is not the case in Europe and America. It seems when a celebrity doesn't appear online nude she isn't classified as a human being among the human race, while in the African culture, a woman who doesn't wear pant is considered a lunatic.
In another development, a Kenyan pastor has told his female congregation to feel free in their mind and body and stop wearing underwear and bras to church on Sundays. Reverend Njohi of Nairobi's Lord's Propeller Redemption Church further warned there would be grave consequences if the female members did not adhere to the rules. Hearing of such things reminds me of the fulfilling of the scriptures. "Many false prophets will rise, and will deceive many," said Jesus. Matthew 24:11.
Why do some women do such things in public knowing that the dignity of a woman lies in moral and physical purity? The thirst for fame, publicity and the challenge of doing something (stupid) they think it's extraordinary, for the press to write something about it, is all that they are looking for. Media attention and cheap publicity have blinded them to the extent that they don't know what shame is.
Adults that need to educate the children from such immorality are now exposing their naked parts on television and in the public for the children to follow. No wonder teenage pregnancy and rape have significantly increased. It is disgusting and an eyesore to see the precious and sacred body of a woman advertised for public view. It takes a million people to build a good reputation but one stupid fool to destroy everything they had done. These celebrities are tainting the dignity of women and dragging their faces in the mud.
The range of female influence and experience in the society has slowly been brought to the fore: from politics, powerful leaders, model women to the social and religious power of female priests. Is it necessary for women to fight against disrespect in the society when they continue disrespecting themselves? The hardest problems have solutions. The restoration of women's dignity should be a priority to every woman. They can fight to make the internet clean by discouraging nudity on the internet, to make the internet safer for the children.


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Who else loves them and who are some of your favorite composers? What are some of your favorite soundtracks?
Here are some of my favorite composers.
- Brian Tyler
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Hans Zimmer
- Randy Edelman
- Henry Jackman
- Patrick Doyle
- Steve Jablonsky
- Howard Shore
- Harry Gregson-Williams
- James Horner
- Trevor Rabin
- David Arnold
I don't think I'll even attempt to list my favorite soundtracks cause the list would be too long. XD


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posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 12:36 pm
I would like to run a path analysis of a model in which the final dependent variable is nomimal in nature; however, the dv has four categories and it is not ordinal in nature. Would this be possible to do with MPlus?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 2:40 pm
The only thing I can think of is turning the nominal variable into three binary variables. Categorical outcomes in this version of Mplus must be binary or ordered polytomous.
Peggy Tonkin
posted on Friday, March 25, 2005 - 11:18 am
I am running a path model (mediating) with one ultimate dichotomous dependent variable (drug use/no use), a mediating variable (intentions to use) using a likert scale with six categories that has a ceiling effect, and several exogenous variables measured on a likert scale. I am treating the skewed mediating dependent variable as censored (I attended the MPlus seminar in Baltimore last week and realized I needed to do this). Can you direct me to an article or reading that tells me how the censored variable is being treated and why?
Peggy Tonkin
posted on Friday, March 25, 2005 - 3:51 pm
When you use ML, the censored variable can be considered as arising from an underlying continuous latent response variable that is normal given the exogeneous variables. When censored from above, all people above the censoring point are at the censoring point with a probability derived from this normal distribution. You have a linear regression of the latent response variable on the covariates. To read about how this translates to the observed censored variable, you may want to look at my 1989 (?) factor analysis article in BJMSP and/or in G.S. Maddala's econometrics text from 1983, "Limited-dependent and qual vbles in econometrics". Perhaps Dan Nagin's articles has some pedagogical writings on this as well.
posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 1:27 pm
In MPLUS, for a nominal dependent variable u1 (NOMINAL=u1) with 4 categories (u1#1, u1#2, u1#3, u1#4), is the default comparison baseline the highest category (i.e., u1#4; MODEL u1#1 u1#2 u1#3 ON x1 x2)? Can I change the comparison baseline to another category (e.g., u1#2; MODEL u1#1 u1#3 u1#4 ON x1 x2)?
posted on Thursday, June 09, 2005 - 6:41 pm
Your 2 questions have the answers Yes and No. Regarding question 2, it would be good to print out all comparisons, and we should add that. But you can always give rescore the variable.
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Project Status: License Withdrawn by Applicant, May 29, 2015
Committee Overseeing This Case:
Karen Douglas, Commissioner, Presiding Member
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Hearing Officer: Kenneth Celli
Key Dates
- 8/5/2011 - Application for Certification (AFC) filed
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- 5/25/12 - Commission staff releases Preliminary Staff Analysis.
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- 5/29/2015 - License Withdrawn by Applicant
The Hidden Hills Solar Electric Generating System (HHSEGS) is being developed by Hidden Hills Solar I, LLC, and Hidden Hills Solar II, LLC (the Applicant), wholly owned subsidiaries of Hidden Hills Solar Holdings, LLC, (their sole member) which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of BrightSource Energy, Inc. (BrightSource) (its sole member), a Delaware corporation.
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Scanner reports this morning indicated that the child pushed out a dryer vent and fell through the window, which police said was not locked and had no screen.
Police said the mother rushed to the driveway to help her child and called 911.
Neighbors also called 911, according to Heather Williamson, who lives in the first floor apartment and was home with her children and some other children. She did not hear the fall.
"What got me was the screaming of the mother," Ms. Williamson said.
She said she found her upstairs neighbor holding her 2-year-old daughter, Sasha, on the side of the three-decker and screaming hysterically. Ms. Williamson said the mother scooped up her baby and ran into the hallway, still screaming.
Ms. Williamson has four children, and she said she completed an American Red Cross nurse assistant class some time ago.
"Being a mother, I just wanted to make sure she was OK," Ms. Williamson said. "Well, she wasn't moving at all, but she was breathing."
The injured child's mother placed her daughter on a bed.
"I did breathe into her mouth once. It was scary. I just tried to do what I could do."
Firetrucks, police, ambulances and paramedics pulled up to the apartment almost at the same time, she said.
"They were relieved to hear her breathe," Ms. Williamson said.
She said paramedics put a brace on the 2-year-old before taking her to an area hospital.
"She's a tough little girl," Ms. Williamson said.
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- In a small pot, bring 2 ingredients together and whisk until well mixed.
- Heat on low heat and stir constantly. Cook until the paste is thicken and swirl pattern appears on the surface.
- Turn the heat off, cover the surface with a piece of baking paper to prevent it from drying off. Or transfer to a bowl and cover with cling wrap.
- Cool completely then chill for 4-5 hours before use. It can be kept in the fridge for 3-5 days, discard if its colour has changed.
Chocolate Sweet Buns [Water Roux Method]
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- Mark @ Cafe Campana said... on
- 03 April, 2010 12:29
Great buns! Is that ice cream in the first photo?
- Quinn said... on
- 04 April, 2010 14:57
Lydia, what did you sandwich in between for the first photo? Looks really good!
- Lydia said... on
- 04 April, 2010 21:37
Mark & Quinn,
It's ice cream, my boy's favourite now.
- tigerfish said... on
- 05 April, 2010 14:48
I have been seeing this "tang zhong method" recently in blogs :) ...what a good method for soft bread.
- Blessed Homemaker said... on
- 07 April, 2010 16:59
I haven't got much luck iwth this water roux bread dough. Your's look soft and fluffy.
- Sophie said... on
- 08 April, 2010 17:10
Waw,...these chocolate buns look indeed grand & so tasty too!
MMMMM,...lovely food!
- limpepsi said... on
- 09 April, 2010 21:32
I always like to eat bread made from water roux method!!
- Unknown said... on
- 01 May, 2010 20:11
May i know how much water roux you need to make the chocolate buns? Thanks. From Jenny.
- Lydia said... on
- 06 May, 2010 16:21
Total weight of the plain bun recipe is about 450g, I used 100g water roux which is bewteen 20%-25% of total weight.
All the best.
- Jo Liaw said... on
- 08 October, 2010 16:27
Can you please advise how can I use tang zhong recipe in other bread recipe? Is the percentage always 25% of flour? Should I minus the flour and water used in making tang zhong from the original bread recipe or I just add on to the original recipe? thank you.
- Lydia said... on
- 08 October, 2010 19:39
Jo Liaw,
The weight of water roux is 20-25% of total weight of the recipe (water+flour+sugar+butter/oil+etc).
For example:
Total weight = 600g
20% (for easy calculation) = 120g
So, measure all ingredients as usual. Take 20g flour + 100g water (1 part flour : 5 parts water) to make water roux. After that, make bread as usual.
Hope this helps.
- Anonymous said... on
- 14 October, 2010 22:38
u take the 20g flour & 100g water to make water roux how u make? i really dun understand
- Lydia said... on
- 18 October, 2010 13:39
water roux
Microwave method:
Mix flour (1 part) with water (5 parts), micro for few seconds. Take out and stir, then micro for another few seconds. When you stir, you can see swirl patterns on the surface. Otherwise, use a thermo to measure the temperature - 60C.
Stove method:
Mix flour (1 part) with water (5 parts). Cook on stove with lowest heat, keep stirring till swirl patterns appear on the surface. Or, measure the temperature with thermo - 60C.
- Anonymous said... on
- 11 November, 2010 01:09
Hi Lydia,
Can you tell me when you should mix the water roux to the dough? Is it right before first kneading when you combine all of the regular bun ingredients with?
Thank you.
- Lydia said... on
- 15 November, 2010 00:02
Hi Sari,
Some ppl add water roux together with water,I mean mixing with water then add in. I added just like another wet ingredient usually water roux first then water, no special reason just to use the remaining water to rinse the spoon/container used for water roux. :-)


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Gypsum. It's not just for Twinkies. The mineral, a semi hydrous form of calcium sulfate, with many uses from Plaster of Paris to Chinese Medicine and even Twinkies, is mined all over the world. It's most popular use is in the most prevalent of the building materials, sheetrock, or drywall. Invented in 1917, when energy was cheap, sheetrock is like other energy-intense concoctions of its time, a miracle invention that revolutionized home-building, making it much easier than prevailing practices. But its manufacture owes a full 25% to 50% of its costs to energy. It joins its sister materials glass, steel, and cement in being a major part of the problem of greenhouse gases. To make sheetrock, gypsum is heated in large natural gas kilns to about 300°F (coughing lots of C02 into the sky), and then dried (again, using natural gas). Additives are mixed in such as fiberglass and mold repellants, and then paper backing is placed on one side of the dry plaster, as well as the manufacturer's stamp. Considering its prevalence in the building industries, and the building industries' prevalence in worldwide energy consumption, the evolution of drywall could play a major role ...
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Old Herrero was a trout specialist and a great spinning fisherman.I enjoyed fishing with him and learning from him about trout behaviour...he knew a lot and enabled me to catch big ones at the time there were some left on the lower section of the Lergue.As he had no car I picked him up at home...He put his gear in the boot and got into the car wearing his checked slippers I haven't got any pic of him but I wrote
I met Jean-Marc when I ran a fishing school, he was one of my first students.If I had to caracterize him with one word I would say helpful.He's the kind of guy you can trust and rely on.He lives only 10 km from home so we meet and fish together very often.He's a quiet guy and although he's a very experienced fisherman he always asks for advice and often underestimates himself.He's always in good mood so he's a great fishing buddy.We went to Austria several times together and had a good
I was asked to interview Jan for a french magazine in the early nineties.At that time he had already been France champion twice and bronze medal in the World Championship.So when I met him first and fished with him all afternoon before the interview I was a bit intimidated but I discovered a kind guy and we had a good time together.Since then we've become friends and even if we don't meet very often ,we always keep in touch and go fishing together a few times a year.When he stopped taking
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Last week when I picked up my 3.5 year old son Julian from preschool, his teacher Miss G mentioned that she'd like to take the four children in the program on a field trip to the zoo or children's museum the following week to celebrate the last day of school. I was immediately taken aback. My baby riding in a car on the expressway to a destination nearly an hour away with someone other than my husband or me? My heart skipped a beat.
I tried to play it cool because logically I knew that Julian would probably be just fine. Also it's not like I don't trust this teacher. She was Ava's preschool teacher since Ava was three and became Julian's teacher this year as well. She's an amazing person and I have no doubt that she would take great care to protect my child on the field trip. Yet, I couldn't shake the feeling that this just didn't feel right. (It didn't help that I'd recently watched a 7 minute video of horrific car wrecks that someone posted on Facebook. Why do I do this to myself?)
I emailed a friend who also has children at the preschool to see how she felt about it (and confirm whether or not I was an overreacting freak). She said she'd let the teacher take her kids on other outings before and she was OK with it. But she said she understood how I felt and encouraged me to tell Miss G if I was uncomfortable with it.
I thought about it some more and figured I'd just muscle through it. "Julian would be fine," I kept telling myself. "I completely trust Miss G with him."
I saw Miss G at the May Pole Celebration this Sunday and we were talking more about the impending field trip. I must have seemed a bit reluctant because she suddenly said, "I'm sorry, I should have asked you if you were OK with this. Are you?" I confessed. I told her I wanted to be OK with it, but the truth was that I wasn't completely OK. She offered to let me go along with them, but due to prior commitments that day, I just couldn't do it. I told her I would be OK and that the field trip was fine. Apparently I lied.
The next day my anxiety disorder – that has been for the most part under control for almost a year – kicked into high gear. My throat felt tight, like it was closing up. It's a feeling I'm all too familiar with, as it was one of my many anxiety systems when I was in the thick of the illness. I knew better than to get freaked out about it, even though it's a very unpleasant feeling, and instead tried to figure out what could be causing it. Surprisingly, the field trip was not the first thing that came to mind. As you may know, we are in the process of selling our house and buying a new one – both of which are causing my stress level to be higher than normal. So I figured it was the house stuff getting to me even though nothing in particular had happened in the last few days.
I tried not to dwell on the anxiety, but the field trip must have been in the back of my mind because out of the blue I decided to ask Twitter (my favorite sounding board) at what age they let their child ride with another person (outside of family) for the first time and if they were nervous about it. I got a lot of feedback. Most responded that it was very hard the first time. Others said they hadn't let their child ride with another person yet. Others said they do it and it's fine.
It made me realize that even when my 5 year old was scheduled to go on a field trip with her kindergarten class (also to a destination nearly an hour away), my husband and I were OK with her going, but he was going to chaperone, thus ride on the bus with her and the class and be there for the whole trip. She ended up coming down with the flu and didn't go anyway, but it made me think, "If I'm not OK with my 5-year-old going on a trip an hour away from me without one of her parents, why would I be OK with my 3-year-old doing it?"
I decided to talk it over with Jody Monday evening and we came to the conclusion that it was totally OK for us to NOT be OK with Julian going on a field trip an hour away when he's 3 years old. If it doesn't feel right and is giving me severe anxiety, then it's not worth it, even if it does make me *that* overprotective parent.
I emailed Miss G and explained how I felt and even filled her in a bit on my anxiety disorder. I apologized for ruining the field trip, but said that I hoped they could still go somewhere nearby to celebrate the last day. She graciously responded and said they could walk to the nearby park instead and that she'd do the zoo trip the following day (on a day Julian doesn't go to school). I was relieved.
I know there will come a day when I have to let my kids go, but for now I'm OK with the fact that this wasn't the right time. I'm actively working on my issues again (I found a new therapist) and in time I will be able to continue to work through some of my fears. If right now my mental well-being is more important than a field trip to the zoo, so be it. I have to trust myself and do what works for me and my family. I am thankful I'm now at a point in my life where I can recognize where my fears are coming from and address them. I will get there, eventually.
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JPA doesn't define support for persisting fields of type interface, but DataNucleus provides an extension whereby the implementations of the interface are persistable objects. It follows the same general process as for java.lang.Object since both interfaces and java.lang.Object are basically references to some persistable object.
To demonstrate interface handling let's introduce some classes. Let's suppose you have an interface with a selection of classes implementing the interface something like this
You then have a class that contains an object of this interface type
public class ShapeHolder { protected Shape shape=null; ... }
DataNucleus allows the following strategies for mapping this field
The user controls which one of these is to be used by specifying the extension mapping-strategy on the field containing the interface. The default is "per-implementation"
In terms of the implementations of the interface, you can either leave the field to accept any known about implementation, or you can restrict it to only accept some implementations (see "implementation-classes" metadata extension). If you are leaving it to accept any persistable implementation class, then you need to be careful that such implementations are known to DataNucleus at the point of encountering the interface field. By this we mean, DataNucleus has to have encountered the metadata for the implementation so that it can allow for the implementation when handling the field. You can force DataNucleus to know about a persistable class by using an autostart mechanism, or using persistence.xml, or by placement of the package.jdo file so that when the owning class for the interface field is encountered so is the metadata for the implementations.
To allow persistence of this interface field with DataNucleus you have 2 levels of control. The first level is global control. Since all of our Square, Circle, Rectangle classes implement Shape then we just define them in the MetaData as we would normally.
public class Square implement Shape { ... } public class Circle implement Shape { ... } public class Rectangle implement Shape { ... }
The global way means that when mapping that field DataNucleus will look at all Entities it knows about that implement the specified interface.
DataNucleus also allows users to specify a list of classes implementing the interface on a field-by-field basis, defining which of these implementations are accepted for a particular interface field. To do this you define the Meta-Data like this
@Entity public class ShapeHolder { @OneToOne @Extension(key="implementation-classes", value="mydomain.Circle,mydomain.Rectangle,mydomain.Square") Shape shape; ... }
That is, for any interface object in a class to be persisted, you define the possible implementation classes that can be stored there. DataNucleus interprets this information and will map the above example classes to the following in the database
So DataNucleus adds foreign keys from the containers table to all of the possible implementation tables for the shape field.
If we use mapping-strategy of "identity" then we get a different datastore schema.
@Entity public class ShapeHolder { @OneToOne @Extensions( @Extension(key="implementation-classes", value="mydomain.Circle,mydomain.Rectangle,mydomain.Square"), @Extension(key="mapping-strategy", value="identity")}) Shape shape; ... }
and the datastore schema becomes
and the column "SHAPE" will contain strings such as mydomain.Circle:1 allowing retrieval of the related implementation object.
You can have a Collection/Map containing elements of an interface type. You specify this in the same way as you would any Collection/Map. You can have a Collection of interfaces as long as you use a join table relation and it is unidirectional. The "unidirectional" restriction is that the interface is not persistent on its own and so cannot store the reference back to the owner object. Use the 1-N relationship guides for the metadata definition to use.
You need to use a DataNucleus extension tag "implementation-classes" if you want to restrict the collection to only contain particular implementations of an interface. For example
@Entity public class ShapeHolder { @OneToMany @JoinTable @Extensions( @Extension(key="implementation-classes", value="mydomain.Circle,mydomain.Rectangle,mydomain.Square"), @Extension(key="mapping-strategy", value="identity")}) Collection<Shape> shapes; ... }
So the shapes field is a Collection of mydomain.Shape and it will accept the implementations of type Circle, Rectangle, Square and Triangle. If you omit the implementation-classes tag then you have to give DataNucleus a way of finding the metadata for the implementations prior to encountering this field.
The default mapping strategy for interface fields and collections of interfaces is to have separate FK column(s) for each possible implementation of the interface. Obviously if you have an application where new implementations are added over time the schema will need new FK column(s) adding to match. This is possible if you enable the persistence property datanucleus.rdbms.dynamicSchemaUpdates, setting it to true. With this set, any insert/update operation of an interface related field will do a check if the implementation being stored is known about in the schema and, if not, will update the schema accordingly.


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The national shortage of highly qualified math and science teachers points to a need to focus more attention and resources on teacher preparation. However, physics faculty often have little time to spare for activities outside of traditional research and teaching. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has strongly supported teacher preparation efforts, primarily through the Directorate of Education and Human Resources. What may be lesser known is that the NSF "broader impacts" criterion opens the door for more conventional research proposals to include teacher preparation activities as well.
Proposals submitted to the NSF are evaluated based on two criteria, intellectual merit and broader impacts. The broader impacts criterion is intended to promote education, outreach and benefits to society. According to an NSF memo, one way to satisfy this criterion is to "participate in the recruitment, training and/or professional development of K-12 math and science teachers" [1]. While most proposals that mention teachers in broader impacts focus on in-service teachers, a review of abstracts turned up a number of current awards that include pre-service teachers.
At Louisiana State University, physicist Mette Gaarde has an NSF CAREER award to support theoretical work on attosecond pulse generation. For the education component, Gaarde is developing "a concept and inquiry based course on atomic and optical physics specifically directed toward physics majors with a secondary education concentration, which will meet objectives correlated with the National Science Education Standards" [2]. The course addresses a need at LSU for more content-based courses that help prepare and certify physics teachers, and satisfies the NSF broader impacts criterion.
The University of Texas at Austin is a research-intensive institution and home of UTEACH, a nationally recognized math and science teacher preparation program. Physicist Michael Marder, co-Director of UTEACH, has developed a course on research methods for UTEACH students. Marder has an NSF award that supports research on nonlinear dynamics, and to meet the broader impacts criterion "material encountered in this research is employed in creating materials for teacher preparation" [3]. A Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) award to another group at UT Austin also includes a collaboration with UTEACH [4].
"Teacher preparation is a very viable broader impact," according to Kathy McCloud, Program Director for Education and Interdisciplinary Research in Physics at the NSF. The broader impacts component can vary depending on what an individual investigator is willing, interested and has an opportunity to do, according to McCloud. She emphasized that it is important to develop a plan with specifics. Evidence of contacts, for example with existing programs, school districts, and experts in teacher preparation, is viewed positively.
In general, broader impacts activities "should be based on good scholarship, and be designed to achieve clearly stated goals and metrics, while possessing the appropriate expertise and resources available for implementation" [5]. Building partnerships with established teacher preparation programs can be a good way to address these requirements, as long as the role of the investigator is specified. McCloud was supportive of the overall idea and said, "if we could get more people involved in this, it would definitely be a good thing."
[1] "Merit Review Broader Impacts Criterion: Representative Activities," July 2007.
[2] "CAREER: Theory of attosecond pulse generation," Award Abstract #044923.
[3] "Nonlinear Dynamics of Solids and Networks," Award Abstract #0701373.
[4] "NIRT: Functionalization of alloy metal nanoparticles for enhanced transport and catalysis in membranes," Award Abstract #0708779.
[5] "Dear Colleague Letter on Broader Impacts Proposal Requirements," April 7, 2008.
Monica Plisch (firstname.lastname@example.com) is the Assistant Director of Education at the American Physical Society (APS). She manages several initiatives within the Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) project including PTEC, a coalition of more than 100 institutions committed to improving the education of future physics and physics science teachers.


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It is listed as a road game but with Dunedin's Florida Auto Exchange Stadium being only three miles away, the pre-game route is the same as a home game.
Position players took BP at Bright House with the others at Ashburn Field. Busses left at 11:30 a.m. Minor Leaguers on the trip include OF Brent Clevlen, OF Derrick Mitchell, INF Miguel Abreu and C John Suomi.
Kyle Kendrick will pitch in a minor league game at Carpenter Complex in the afternoon.
Class A teams are hosting the Yankees, while the AAA and AA teams are in Tampa against the Yankees.
Big League Yankees come to Clearwater on Friday which means the eighth straight Bright House Field sellout.
Around Camp
**After BP, Thome spent time fielding ground balls on the half field from Perlozzo and Sandberg and Howard followed fielding grounders while sitting on a stool.
**Pence is doing a video shoot for EA Sports on Friday.
**Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association will have its annual spring training meeting with the Phillies at 9 a.m. on Friday.
**Mike Missanelli's 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. show on 97.5 The Fanatic is live from Bright House Field today and Friday.
Where Are They Now?
Paul Hagen's piece on Doug Glanville is currently at www.phillies.com/alumni.
Vintage photos and features are posted on this section. Alumni News & Notes is another present feature.
Coming soon, Alumni memories of opening day.
Spring Training Memories
Kyle Kendrick
"First spring training was 2004 and like all minor leaguers, I stayed at the Econ-O-Lodge. My roomie was Matt Linder and my uniform number was 88. What do I remember about that first day? Nervous, excited, lost and in awe."


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Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Exploring my Purpose and Impact
I think that it's so important for all of us to somehow carve out time in our busy lives to ponder the question - "Why am I doing what I do?" And to take things a step further, we can think about "Who cares about what I do?" Having a strong sense of PURPOSE and searching out our IMPACT here and there can really add to our satisfaction with our lives - and spur us forward on the things that we really care about - while helping us marginalize or drop some of the things we realize aren't really central to our purpose and don't seem to be having much of an impact.
My education and career path has been somewhat schizophrenic - I've dashed off in different directions towards lofty and seemingly very altruistic desires to change the the world in a variety of ways. In looking back, at first glance, all my efforts seem to have amounted to very little. I haven't done anything that made a big spash. But small drops of good things can result in ripple effects that do change the world - one kid, one mom, one family, one classroom at a time.
Sometimes it's hard to see where we're making a difference. But if we look for evidence of our impact, we'll find it.
I know I've made a big difference to my husband and children and eight younger siblings - the things they say, the choices they make, their hugs, the whisperings in my heart confirm this for me.
I know I've made at least a little difference to the kids in my kids' classes who hug me whenever they see me and to the girls my young women's class at church who told me they wanted me to be at their weddings some day.
I made a difference to quite a few women who touched my lives as I touched theirs when I was Relief Society President back in San Jose and to some moms who've written great comments on my blog or on The Power of Moms.
I made a difference to some neighbors who've told me how grateful they are to feel connected now thanks to the pool party I put together last month and an older lady I helped across the parking lot the other day.... And I'm sure there are many more lives I've touched that I don't know about.
Just writing these things fills my heart with joy. It's the individuals you help and learn from that really make you feel you're fulfilling a purpose that matters. And sometimes it's important to go ahead and list out evidence of where you've made a difference - we all need to feel validated and to see ourselves fulfilling our purpose - even if it's just in drips here and there - they all add up.
What is your purpose in this particular season of your life? Maybe you know your overall purpose - but how does what you're doing now fit into your overall purpose? Are there things you can uniquely do now in your life that you won't be able to do later? Are there things you're trying to do now that maybe don't make sense for this season of your life? Are there things that feel pointless that can be dropped? I answered some of these questions in my post on Dare to Dream and it was a good journey for me to really think about this stuff. I wanted to offer you the same sort of journey through these questions - and I challenge you to find a few minutes to start this journey - it's hard but it's worth it. And if you answer some of these questions and end up writing something you'd like to share - please submit it to The Power of Moms!
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- Mary Croxford said...
Oh Saren, what a wonderful post and some great questions to ponder and ask myself. I met your parents at a parenting fireside they were doing a few months ago. I am a mother of 7 childre with 4 of them 3 and under! Your parents mentioned you to me thinking that you would be able to relate to some of my feelings I have in mothering so many young people at once! Boy I thought I had so much more figured out on being a mother since I had already raised 3 older children (two are married now) but now rearing so many young ones has definately reinforced the idea in my mind that I have much to learn! I wouldn't trade places with anyone and absolutely love each of my children to pieces however, I do feel like much of the time I am barely treading water and struggling to keep up with the never ending demands of babyhood/toddlerhood! Thank goodness those demands come with rewards that keep me buoyed when I feel certain I am about to sink!
- Grandmotheringbook.com said...
Oh, I just asked for pictures because I couldn't get online to see the blogs. I see that Eliza doesn't look quite as "injured" as I thought! What a week!
- Grandmotheringbook.com said...
I was almost out of minutes when I posted this last comment and thought I was posting on the "injuries" blog. This entry is terrific. We all need to take stock more often and think about our long term goals and purpose. You got me thinking. thanks!
- April Perry said...
I hope you know you have truly made a difference in MY life! I look up to you in so many ways, and I catch myself several times each week doing something nicer for my family because "I bet Saren does it this way." You are a great example, a thoughtful friend, and an amazing mother. I'm excited to read your post on Dare to Dream!


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$\newcommand{\lax}{\operatorname{lax}}$ Liouville's theorem is well known and it asserts that:
The antiderivatives of certain elementary functions cannot themselves be expressed as elementary functions.
The problem I got from this is what is an elementary function? Who defines them? How do we define them?
Someone can, for example, say that there is a function which is called $\lax(\cdot)$ which is defined as:
$$ \lax\left(x\right)=\int_{0}^{x}\exp(-t^2)\mathrm{d}t. $$
Then, we can say that $\lax(\cdot)$ is a new elementary function much like $\exp(\cdot)$ and $\log(\cdot)$, $\cdots$.
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