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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Some changes..

I always say that I want to update this blog more frequently, and now I feel I should. I want to stay in touch, and if possible, I would like to journal some of the things I think about regularly as an artist, to, hopefully, reach out to others that may feel the same way. Hopefully it will also be somewhat encouraging, because being an artist is really scary when you think you're out there by yourself! My other goal is to offer some insight to the artist's way of living (and thinking) to those who aren't artists (photos of my studio, noted thoughts from First Thursdays). I find more and more every day that most people don't really understand what we do, and some don't really care. While I can't make people care about what I do, I would like to talk to those who are, at least, curious. Call it an early New Years resolution. So, that's it. I'll post some stuff shortly. I have a notebook full of ramblings and observations, and you can bet I'll also be posting some more works in progress (because I never post enough of those). P.S. If this sounds at all interesting, I recommend signing up to receive my blog updates in your mailbox. It's the easiest way to keep up with me and what's going on.

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Friday, November 4, 2011

While daddy was away

Daddy was away for biz trip for a total of 13 days. Thank God he is coming back tonight :P

We've been telling Clement that daddy will be back today. Early morning when he awakes, and it was still dark, he sat up on the bed and turn around looking on our King size bed. No sign of daddy. Only the sleepy "pretend sleeping" mom.

"Mama, 爸爸。。。没有。。。回来。。。（daddy did not come back)." That was his first sentence of the day. Gosh. Did he feel cheated??

"爸爸... aeroplane...没有。。。回来。。。（he actually mean Papa is still on biz trip, not home yet, in case you think that he says daddy fly kite, that's why not home yet)" Guess that is the most logical reason for him why he did not see papa on the bed when everyone tells him that daddy will be back TODAY!!

Haha... Guess that time I should set 'precise' expectation for him -> Papa is coming back TOMORROW NIGHT instead of TOMORROW.

Feeling so relieved that daddy is finally coming home, though 'home alone' with Clement is still bearable for this heavily pregnant lady, with help from my in-laws. Only thing I regreted was that I dare not remind him of "Sunday School" on weekends. Because if I talk about it, he will start looking forward and I'm not sure if I'm able to handle him alone outside with the big belly and slight lower backache coming on and off.

Anyway, glad that he was happy with the weekend activities we been through together while daddy was away - walking to and fro the beach nearby, playing Play-Doh, drawing with fingers using washable paints and so on. Besides, am more pro in blowing bubbles through Clement's fist during bath time. I used to be so bad in this skill that everytime Clement gives me a disappointed face :(

Daddy, you need to work harder to bond back to Clement lo. He is very sticky to mommy now since you were away.... :)

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Sharing on Parenting

Saw this in friend's blog, which she referred to from other blogs. Nice.

實施獎勵制度，也有助於養成早睡的習慣。家有兩個小學生的楊玟莉會準備月曆，讓孩子每天記錄自己睡覺和起床時間，發零用錢時順便檢討，很快就能看出成效 如果孩子的起床問題仍沒改善，應設法找出原因：是否太晚睡？睡眠量夠不夠？每個人所需的睡眠時間不同，除了滿足孩子的睡眠需求，父母也要先以身作則，養成規律的作息。

您真的是很關心孩子的母親，不過目前孩子可以接收到您的關心嗎？我相信若您能從自主的角度來關心，將教育工作交給「實際的自然經驗」，讓孩子從經驗中學習。在孩子有成功經驗時，多鼓勵孩子「已經做到」及「具體的好行為」，陪孩子享受成就的喜悅；若結果不如孩子所想，陪伴孩子的失望，讓她了解自己正處於嘗試及學習的過程，沒有成功不代表她做錯了或是她不好。這能讓孩子真切感受到您的關心，進而成為孩子繼續接受成長挑戰的泉源！（黃美淇 友緣基金會專任諮商心理師）

Thursday, September 29, 2011

My dear toddler (22months)

It's been a wonderful journey witnessing the growth of my lil toddler. He has turned from a child who loves seeing you dance, listening you sing, following your story tellings, to an active bubbly boy who will dance, sing and even tell you stories to cheer you up :) How amazing! I still remember he loves the song "拔萝卜" where you have to keep thinking of which additional person to called to come help you pull the giant raddish. This was his favourite for many months till later on he liked "old Mac Donald" until now. This is a normal song that we sang till bored and decided to add new 'features' in the song, changing new lyrics, but still, everytime you repeat the song, it's different animals/sounds or theme. Challenging har. But lately he will tell you ahead what animal he wants. Even funnier, he'll tell you horses don't go "neigh neigh", but "tik tok tik tok"... haha. And he insist you to sing his version. Occasionally we will ask him to sing, he might or might not. But if he does, it's really very cute and entertaining.

Story time has also been a good bonding time for us, especially before bedtime and while we travel in the car. "Noah's Ark" is still his favourite, besides "Daniel in the Lions Den", "David and Goliath" and also "God called little Samuel". When we asked him to tell us Noah's story, his version will sounds like this: Noah - good man - God - build big big boat - rain... (and then we will remind him that he forgot the animals, and he will recap as follows) two elephants - 2 giraffes - 2 birds - 2 bear bear - 2 moo moo cows - 2 eagles (until he run out of animals) - rain - dove - olive leave - rainbow. If you interrupt and ask how long it rained? He will tell you "forty days". And you ask forty days and...? He will continue "forty nights". Cute!

As he likes stickers a lot and we found this at the Baptist Bookstore. It was his BIGGEST sticker project (8 A4 size).

However, this sticker project is different from his previous sticker project, which we bought with RM10 from Daiso:

This one is re-attachable stickers which you can stick on flat surfaces like wood or wall. When it is less sticky, you can wash it and it is sticky again. Clement is so used to this re-attachable version that he thought that his Noah's project works the same way. He started peeling off some of the stickers. We tried explaining the differences but he couldn't understand. No choice, am currently keeping it at a safe place. Will have to gather at least 6 pcs of similar sizes poster to laminate them since the min cost the shop will charge me is RM16. Guess it is related to their machine set up cost. Therefore, we'll wait to see if any parents having the similar Mega Sticker project as this and would like to combine with us to meet the MOQ 6pcs, or we'll buy more Mega Poster Sized Sticker Projects for Clement (I think he will smile ear to ear if he hears this). haha.....

Recently I had my first online shopping at Fabulous Mom. Got this RM10 Little Bat bag for the little boy, and also a pink Little Angel one for his mei mei. His first reaction was - he can now fly like angel! Haha....

Check out his favourite expressions lately when you take out the camera phone to take his photo:

This was after he feed himself daddy's ice cream 'cake' (actually we bought daddy a tub of Nestle Ice Cream, lit some candles on it as replacement of a real cake). happy birthday daddy!

Drawing has no boundary, even on your face. Haha....

That's my little boy, 2 years old to be in less than 2 months time...

Monday, September 19, 2011

Getting more expressive

Clement is growing up so fast day after day. Am so happy that God blessed me with a job that require no travelling at all, and can have more time with Clement after work and during weekends.

Occasionally when we were rushing off to work in the morning, Clement would want to help carry my tumbler and handbag. Good that he has not attempt to carry daddy's heavy laptop bag. There were two occasions where he actually shouted at us when we were approaching the car. He ran into the house and showed up holding a food carrier at the gate later on, trying to remind us to take it to work as we've forgotten to. What a nice gesture and attentive boy. He really take notes of details, which surprised both YS and me. The caring character really touches our heart.

On Sunday, I went to have a haircut, after almost half a year of messy hair. To cut short the time, I prewashed my hair before I went there. Since there was not many customers in the shop, the hairdresser told me that it's going to be my turn in few minutes and my family member can just wait for a while. As Clement is in the stage of 'stranger anxiety' recently, he cried refusing to leave the car nor to enter the shop. Thus daddy and him stayed in the car while I went in for a 'quick' cut.

When done, I only realised that it was raining outside. Since it was not raining when I left the car, I did not bring an umbrella with me. After I entered the car with the hairdresser and her umbrella, Clement welcomed me with a big smile and hug.

On the way back, he said, "Mama forgot...."

He repeated that several times as I couldn't catch it the first two times. When finally it rings the bell, I asked him, "Mama forgot what?"

"Mama forgot um-bre-la... raining... Noah's ark..."

I asked if it has been raining for some time. YS said yes. And I asked if he mentioned umbrella to Clement in the car before I came in. YS said no, which he was also surprised at Clement's ability to express himself in words he knows.

At night when Clement was tossing in the bed trying to sleep, he hugged his Mickey Mouse. Recently he is very buddy with Mickey. (He even play wrestling with Mickey. He would free fall on Mickey and then tell us sympatically that Mickey stomach pain-pain, while rubbing on Mickey's tummy and say sorry to Mickey.....) Then we heard him saying, "Thank you, Mickey Mou... Mickey Mou, 谢谢你..." before he went to sleep. May God continue to nurture the loving and caring character in you, as gentle and merciful as what Clement means...

Thanks God for teaching us to love, through this little boy. May mei mei be as loving and kind as her ko ko too.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

The Visit to Logos Hope Ship

Yong Sheng, Clement and I visited the Logos Hope ship on 3 Sept, at Port Swettenham, Penang. On Friday night, we told Clement that we will be visiting the ship the next day. He happily sang "baa baa black sheep.... wooooo...." in response. Oh, how to explain that both "ship" and "sheep" are different thing though they sound similar?

So I started using "big big boat" instead of "ship", but on and off will keep repeating that "big big boat = ship". We had great time fellowshiping with some friends and their kids during the ship tour, followed by the book fair. I was happy to grab some kids bibles with CDs which are so cheap and nice! The songs are so lovely too. There were many other kids books and we bought some for Clement, not forgetting his latest favourites - the sticker books and some "Bob The Builder" fridge magnets :)

After a long day, Clement had a 4hours afternoon nap on that day. When grandpa asked how him how was his day when he finally woke up for dinner, he stretched out his hands wide saying, "Big big ship"! Haha.... Kids learns fast. Why was I so paranoid? :p He can now differentiate the "ship" and "sheep". Good boy!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Missing in action for more than half a year...

Well, looks like I've disappeared for pretty long time. 8 long months without any post!!! Aiyo. Actually I composed a long one 2 months ago, but when I return to continue, only 10% of the entire draft was saved! Demotivated till now...

Probably have been really tied up with my 3M job as lots of traveling was required especially when I'm required to cover Ipoh as well since Jan. It was really consuming much of my time and energy travelling on plane or car EVERY WEEK for a total of five long months. Then, remaining time will be for a lot a lot a lot of rest to rejuvenate. Excuses... :p

Jan - it was my first 3M Sales Convention and Annual Dinner. Both took place in KL, Sime Darby Convention Centre and Le Meredien Hotel respectively. Nice. Thye actually hired event planner (The Jungle People if I remember correctly) which was not too bad. So glad am able to fit into the Cheong Sam I bought for the annual dinner. People told me that KL people will really dress up for events, and indeed I witnessed it, a huge difference compared to those few in Penang which I attended before. Imagine that, even guys also spent to rent costumes which suits the theme - Shanghai Night. There were few Malay colleagues who dress up as Monkey King （孙悟空）, Na Za （吶咤）, Huan Zhu Ge Ge （还珠格格）and so on (which not really matching the theme, but they were sporting enough to wear those costumes through the night!!)

My lucky draw prize, woth RM280 if not mistaken... They told me that usually the new hires will SURE win lucky draw prizes and I didn't really believe it. But it did happened to 60% of my dept new hires...

I think I have the most mother's chat with her...

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Feb - Chinese New Year, Wedding 3rd anniversary (wah so fast!!), and Valentines. Clement gets to wear several chinese costumes which were given by relatives. He looks so cute in those outfit - little chinese boy...

Apr - It was really rare to have a senior manager to organise trainings to the staffs. But in 3M, we were so blessed to have one who was willing to allocate his time to teach us how to use Microsoft Movie Maker as it seems useful to impress customers with the information, photos and videos we have. Nowadays power point is not sufficient or impressive enough. Short quality video speaks more than a thousand words in a short and interactive way, don't you think so? He is really up-to-date and techy though he's not from IT or engineering background. All he taught us was what he self learned during his free time. Salute! Well, free trainings don't come free. Our 'homework' was to submit a 2 minutes movie of any topic in 3 days time. Sweat... But it was a good practice. This is my first movie....

June - This is a special month. As it marks my last month in 3M. Till today I did not regret joining this great company with wonderful and talented people. However, the job was not really suitable for me for long run as it requires tonnes of outstation travelling, driving, flying (which majority are ad-hoc), and also the consistent fear of the need to stay overnight out of Penang for unresolved issues (again, adhoc). If I were not married, with no children, or if I am a guy, probably it would really fit me well :) Anyway, I do really enjoy all the friendships built within this 1 year.

The pantry room which turned into my lactation room for <1 hour daily. The mini bar was specially arrange for milk and food storage since the other existing refrigerator has some chemical stored inside.

The team of people whom I work most closely while I was in 3M. My 'travel' partners.

This was also the month where little brother graduates as a medical student. And also Clement's first flight experience. We went to Langkawi for a family retreat :)

July - This is another important month which I joined Altera, back to the company which paid for my tertiary education. Haha, the old scholars said, "Welcome back!" In fact, all UTM ex-scholars are now back with Altera, except for CCL. Everyone was 'waiting' for the Reunion Day if she does come back someday, and if all of us are still here. I really thank God for blessing me with this job, in this comapny which does not discreminate, at the right and perfect timing.

Below is a video I like. I'm not a crab person as I'm timid in heart one. Haha... When I introduced the little crab to Clement, I was also afraid that it might bite him. Thus I did not really let him touch it, just in case. As a result, he was also a little fearful at first. Then brave MIL teach him how to play with the crab...

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Wrapping up for 2010

Gosh. My last blog was in early Nov. And worse still, it was a copy and paste material, not pure TCM works.... The REAL last blog dated 13Sept. Imagine that...

What have I done these many many months? Hmmm... Since Malaysia Day, I've been restarting my baking engine, which target was to bake Clement's birthday cake. Those few weekends in Sept through Nov was pretty busy as once Clement sleep around 8+ or 9pm, my baking task will resume. YS called it midnight baking. Tried several items like carrot cake, steamed pumpkin cake (supposed to be pumpkin cake but oven was on Emergency Medical Leave for 1 week), custard cream puff, almond mango cake, banana bread, and finally New York Cheese Cake and banana muffin for Clement's birthday. After that I got a little slack since I have to deplete all the cakes since my in-laws are not cake lovers, and the cakes may not meet their expectation. Too much carbo-loading. Let's take a short break for now till I'm motivated to restart the baking engine again, maybe sometime next year.

This is one of the giant cream puff I baked. This was room delivered to YS who was babysitting upstairs in the midnight, fresh from the oven. It tasted so good that night, but in the morning it's not as good as this, when it was hot and fresh.

During the baking season, there were always few hundred of minutes where you stay idle doing nothing in the midnight waiting for the oven to "ting". One of those days I was introduced to PPStream. And my short term hobby started. Hahah... Covered 2 famous Taiwanese movies: 幸福下一站 and 命中注定我爱你. These 2 dramas I really like them. You may watch if you have free time. Anyway, as I don't wish to turn into a potato who quit doing anything but staying in front of the laptop every night, I stopped downloading movies and went back to my normal cow routine.

Talking about cow routine, am pretty relieved that I am able to fully breastfeed Clement till he turns one. Wanted to quit when he turns one to resume to normal human lifestyle without counting the hours daily, choosing selected 'suitable' oversized blouse to wear, carrying 2 backpack to office and business trips during weekdays, popping in multivitamins and calcium pills everyday..... But felt it's a waste since my breastfeeding process is so smooth and supply is still sufficient. In fact, turning back to 6 months ago, I was so worried my new job will affect my milk supply. But HE has provided, and more than enough for Clement. And my routines, HE has taken care, all of them. I always tell Yong Sheng that things always changed to be favouable to me, which I really thanks God HE continue to test and build my faith. Well, after all 1-2 years of cow years for now, is still very short compared to number of years I've lived. Besides, till today I still enjoy the bonding time we have during nursing, really. It is a rewarding journey and sacrifice.

This year is a precious year, some may not understand. Haha... If you guessed it correctly, BINGO!! Yeah, this is the final birthday which my age starts with a number 2. It's as if I have not celebrated my birthday for long long time. 2008 I was in Shanghai alone during my birthday, last year was just after my confinement and all focus was on baby Clement. This year am glad we went back to Malacca, had a birthday cake with candles on to blow :) Really felt very warm and no regret travelling back there despite the tiring journey.

Updates on Clement? He has now 8 teeth, 4 upper and 4 lower. Able to walk on his own just before his birthday. Now he likes to walk without people supporting him. We don't really mind him 'running' around on carperted floor but when on cemented ground, our heart pumps faster. He can do relevant actions when you ask him, "Where is your ear?", "high-5", "bye bye", "friend kiss", "one-two-tali-zom", and lately I teach him "gong-xi gong-xi" which will be pretty useful in 1 month+ time.

Does Clement looks like older than his age in this picture? haha... It's just illusion coz I strap him with adult seat belt on normal seat.

We are trying to instill in him the habit of brushing teeth in the morning and night before bed. These was his 1-year old official present from daddy and mummy. Cheap but practical leh? :p

My sister flew in all the way from Singapore for his first birthday and bought him this lego set for bath time. He really likes this and insist of playing it everytime he have his bath. Good buy!

How bout YS? He has been a fabulous dad. In this 6 months, I've been to Spore twice, 1 week each, and KL or Seremban (3 days 2 nights) trips almost every month or every other month. Daddy has been coping well and really proud of him. Good job!! Previously pacifier was daddy's "saviour" to put Clement to sleep but recent months he could just pat and sing Clement to dreamland. Really thank God for loving and caring husband.


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Thursday, September 24, 2009

a sickly week in review

In order to play catch up since I have been out sick...I am going to combine a few fun, and not-so-fun moments all-in-one post!  I am sure you won't mind!

UPDATE:  I started to write this blog on the 16th, but a lot happened since then so, let me tell you about a few weekends ago...just keep that in mind when you are reading...
This past weekend we went to San Antonio for multiple reasons.  First and foremost, it was my nephew, Ethan's, 1st middle school football team scrimmage game!  And of course it was Grandparents Day too!  And I was able to meet Mr. Brayden for the 1st time and see a couple of my great friends!

Let's begin on Saturday was a drizzly, cloudy morning and the roadways were slick with oil and rain.  I was already driving cautiously because I do not have great faith in my tires as they have had too many near collision experiences.  Well, if you are familiar with the Loop 1604 and I-35 connection in San Antonio, you know how tight of a loop it is...

...long, scary story short.  I was driving.  About 30 mph.  Layla and Richard in the back seat.  When my wheel locks up on me.  My tires begin to slide off the roadway.  And then we begin to spin out.

Ya know.  It is true what they say.  Your life really does flash before your eyes.

Very bizarre.  Cannot explain it.  But, in those short few seconds, as our lives spun out of control, literally.  I thought about so much.  I thought that this couldn't be happening right now.  Not like this.

I have always had this really morbid thought about me passing away in a car accident.  I don't know why?  It started in college.  When I would endure a 4 and a half hour car rdie in one direction just to go back and forth from San Antonio to Nacogdoches.  That was on repeat mode for about 5 years!  That is when this morbid thought implanted itself in my mind.

But, I was terrified on Saturday when Layla and Richard were in the car with me!  I was thinking to myself, "NO!  This can't be it!  This isn't it!  They are with me.  Please, God, don't let this be it!"

And all I can remember hearing (and are still hearing) is the mud hitting the windows and car...

And my life flashed before my eyes!  I don't want that to happen again!

Most importantly, we are all okay!  Thank our good Lord!  I had to gather myself.  And Layla said, "What happened?"  And I didn't have a good answer.  And when Layla saw the outside of our Camry, she said, "Mommy did that!?!?"  Yes I did.

On to Ethan's football game we went.  Not broken.  Not bruised.  But, shaken, for sure.  But, I deal well with shaken, not stirred, thank you very much!

And for the record - I could have used a nice dirty, make that extra dirty, martini after that fiasco!

Ethan was so cute, and we were and still are so proud of him!  He is on 1st team offense.

He is # 82...can you spot the cutie?  And below is his cutie sister and my sweet niece, Paige.

Then myself and Layla headed to Alamo Cafe, yummy, to meet Mr. Brayden for the 1st he is.  Such a sweet baby doll!

How excited does my baby girl look?

And we also were able to see Nicole and Mr. Wade too!  What a wonderful, but too short, visit!?!

I am so happy for my two friends here.  Nicole and Kristen are great friends to me and it is so nice to see them as mommys now too!  I just wish we lived in the same city...

And then we were off to visit Honey, which deserves her own post so tune in tomorrow...please.  Thank you!

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Saturday, Mendon - The town will be celebrating its 350th anniversary in the Clough Elementary School cafeteria. There will be enough enough cake to feed 1,000 people, proclamations from federal, state and local officials and a performance from the the Claflin Hill Symphony Brass Ensemble. The event starts at 2 p.m. at the school, 10 North Ave. It is free and open to the public.

Saturday, Medway - The Friends of the Medway Library are holding a book sale, featuring over 200 collectible books about trains and railways. The Medway Community Farm will also be on hand to sell seedlings and the Medway Garden Club will be selling baked goods. The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Medway Public Library, 26 High St.

Saturday, Upton - The George L. Wood Post 5594 will be holding a flea market and craft sale at the Post grounds. Tables will feature handmade crafts and other new and used items at low prices. Dealer spaces are available for $10 and tables are $5 each. Dealer reservations are not required and public admission is free. Coffee and doughnuts will be available early as the event opens at 7 a.m. Hot dogs will be available after 10 a.m. Proceeds from the flea market will be used for Post improvements. The Post is located at 15 Milford St.

Sunday, Holliston - The Jasper Hill Cafe and Bistro will be holding a Mother’s Day brunch, featuring award-winning Boston blues artist Racky Thomas. Treat your mother to a meal, drinks, and a day "filled with the inspiring gospel, country blues side of Racky's repertoire as well his blues, boogie-woogie roots." Music is from 1 to 4 p.m. Reservations are recommended. Call 774-233-0853. 770 Washington St.

Tuesday, Medway - The Medway Special Education Parent Advisory Council is hosting the Brain Fit Academy to present an overview on childhood brain development. A workshop will detail the beginning stages of brain development and how it sets up the nervous system for lifelong learning. The event begins at 7 p.m. in the Medway High School library, 88 Summer St.


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Friday, 1 December 2006

For those of you here in the United States who have not seen the news and do not live in the Midwest, we had a massive snowstorm here overnight. I left work early last night with two co-workers and it took a half hour for us to make what is usually a ten minute drive. This morning I awakened to around 15 inches of snow. Keep in mind that here in Missouri we rarely have any significant snowfall before January and we have gone entire winters without any significant snows at all.

As for myself, I called work and told them I would not be coming in today. My best friend there did the same and I have no doubt many others did as well. All of the schools cancelled classes today and, for what is I believe only the third time in its history, the University of Missouri even cancelled classes. Many businesses simply did not open. In St. Louis the Gateway Arch was closed because of ice covering the ground around it. Flights were delayed at numerous airports because of the snow, including Lambert in St. Louis and O'Hare in Chicago. Power outages in both eastern Missouri and western Illinois left millions without power. I think it is safe to say this is one snowstorm that won't be soon forgotten.

With all of the problems associated with snowstorms such as this one, it probably seems odd to many that in Anglo-American pop culture there is a certain romance associated with snow. Indeed, there are even songs about the subject. The classic "Winter Wonderland" is often thought of as a Christmas song, but it makes no mention of the holiday whatsoever. Instead, it is about two lovers taking a leisurely walk through the snow. Like "Winter Wonderland," "Let It Snow" is also thought of as a Christmas song, even though it makes no mention of the holiday. And "Let It Snow" is also about two lovers, although in this case it is two lovers who are snuggled up safe and sound inside. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" also makes no mention of Christmas, even though it is sometimes associated with the holiday as well. While "Winter Wonderland" describes two lovers taking a leisurely walk outside and "Let It Snow" describes two snuggled together inside, "Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a plea from one lover to another not to leave because, well, it's cold outside... From these songs one would think that snowstorms are a time of romance when there is nothing better than snuggling up with one's beloved. I have to admit, I really can't argue with that logic...

Snow isn't just romanticised in music, however, as it is also somewhat romanticised in the movies as well. There is no better example of this than It's a Wonderful Life. As the movie moves towards its climax, in which George Bailey suffers through the biggest crisis of his life, it is snowing in Bedford Falls. In the dark, depressing, alternate reality in which George Bailey was never born, however, it seems significant that, while there is snow on the ground in Potterville, it is not snowing. Indeed, when George returns to his own reality, one of the first things he notices is that it is snowing again! Quite simply, in It's a Wonderful Life snow seems representative of George Bailey's symbolic death and rebirth.

Of course, snow usually doesn't appear in movies as a part of a symbolic death and rebirth. More often than not it is simply a setting for romance. I can think of a number of movies in which love has bloomed in wintry settings: The Man Who Came to Dinner, Serendipity, When Harry Met Sally, The Apartment (well, I can't recall any snow in that one, but it was cold nonetheless...), and so on. It seems that in the movies snow and wintry weather can make for romance.

As I said earlier, given the problems snowstorms can cause, it might seem curious that there is a certain romance associated with snow in Anglo-American pop culture. I think much of this may well be due to its association with the Yuletide. Indeed, many people, perhaps the majority of people, hope for snow on the holidays, feeling that it makes the season feel more like, well, the season. Since snow is associated with the holidays, it is then also associated with the feelings of home, hearth, and family that are also associated with the holidays.

On a deeper level, even in this industrialised age, people might unconsciously realise that good snows in the winter are necessary to a good growing season in the spring. Winter snows provide much of the moisture necessary for growing crops in the spring. I rather suspect that in ancient times, then, the largely rural populations associated good snows with the prosperity that comes with good harvests. Quite simply, although they might cause problems in the present, good snowfalls are actually a good thing when it comes to agriculture.

Of course, I guess I don't have to point out that heavy snow and cold weather provide the perfect excuse for snuggling up with one's significant other beside a nice, warm fire. It is little wonder that this has been the subject of so many songs, and that so many movies have portrayed winter as a time for romance. I must admit that I can think of nothing better than snuggling on a cold, winter day....

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themarina said...

Our snow fall in the West two weeks ago brought the city to a halt. It was one of the worse we've had in years and it really played some nasty tricks on transit and drivers. Walking around downtown today it's like it never happened but at my house, out in the burbs, there's still snow well past my ankles.


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Sport and Recreation 5M5146

This is a one year full-time course for students who are interested in a career in the Leisure industry.  It is structured to prepare students for work in the different areas of this fast growing industry.

Entry requirements:

Leaving Cert or Leaving Cert Applied standard with an interview and.  Mature students are welcome.

Arrangements For New Student Grant Applications for 2013/2014

A new ONLINE ONLY student grant application system has been introduced
for the 2012/2013 academic year. All NEW applications will be made online
to a single awarding authority, SUSI (Student Universal Support Ireland), a
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Students pay a fee which covers registration, examination fees, course materials, administration, and additional certification. Precise details available on request.

Course certification:

F.E.T.A.C. Level 5, recognised First Aid Certificate, Soccer, Basketball and Gaelic Coaching Certificates

Course content:
  • Sport and Recreation
  • Leisure Facility Operations
  • Basketball Coaching
  • Gaelic Coaching
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  • Exercise and Fitness
  • Tag Rugby
  • Communications
  • Work Experience
  • Customer Services
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Thursday, December 31, 2009

No fair.

So I totally thought I was going into labor last night and then.... it went away. Lame.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Wow! Choo-choo!

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from the Karolys!

Monday, December 21, 2009

Yesterday was a hard day for me. I'll spare you the details, but just know that it was rough, and I might cry again if I think too much about it (although crying seems to be normal for me these days, so that doesn't mean much).

It's funny because people keep asking me if I'm just ready for my baby to be here already, if I'm "making it" or "pulling through" or whatever else you're expected to be feeling two weeks before your baby is due and you are hugely pregnant.

Truth is, this baby isn't giving me any trouble. He never cries. I never have to change his diaper. I carry him and my hands are still free. I'm definitely making it and pulling through and all the rest because honestly, being pregnant seems like a piece of cake compared to what I am anticipating as a mother of two.

And although if you've talked to me lately you probably know that I have it all planned for my next little boy to be a perfect angel who does exactly what I say, immediately sleeps through the night, never cries, and lets me cuddle him whenever I want to-- I think things are going to get pretty crazy around here.

What's really been hard, and what will continue to be hard, is being a mommy to my sweet 20-month old, jr. At our worst moments, I think to myself, "Am I really ready to do this all over again? Will I be able to survive two crying babies?" Maybe I just don't have the patience all you other mothers out there have. Maybe I just wasn't cut out to be a supermom.

But really, how does anyone survive having more than one child???

P.S. And then I see jr.'s cute, smiling face and I think, "Yeah, I can do this. I think."

P.P.S. Yes, I know that so many people have way harder situations than I ever will, so I should be grateful and not complain.

P.P.P.S. Yes, those are packing peanuts, and yes, they are everywhere now.

P.P.P.P.S. Thanks to the Karolys for the gifts that came with the packing peanuts! I'm sure we will love them!

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Classified: North Pole File #0406-08

because of jr.'s exceptional acting skills...

uh... do i know you?

mom, is this guy for real?

oh, uh... a present for me?

well... i guess it can't hurt to accept a gift...
(that's just a wrapped-up box of crayons, not a secret elf mission assignment from Santa or anything)

...his secret connection with Santa Claus is still safe.

(that is, unless you read this post. oops.)

Sunday, December 6, 2009

Since lately I'm looking like this,

I'm glad at least someone is getting some use out of my favorite heels.

P.S. Josh Sr., please don't cry.

Friday, December 4, 2009

A little miracle

I just wanted to share a little miracle in my life. You might think I'm silly.

My sister had her baby, Dinah Villette, about a month before Thanksgiving. The plan was to drive down to their house in Arizona for the holiday to meet the baby and attend the blessing.

Around the time that Dinah was born, everyone around us started getting sick. Pretty much every person I knew.... except me! And my boys! We just kept on being healthy. But I knew that it was inevitable that we'd get sick unless we quarantined ourselves, which just isn't feasible or fair for a healthy little boy. And I also knew that if we were sick, staying for almost a week in the same home as a newborn baby would be out of the question.

So I started praying that if we got sick, it would be either before or after Thanksgiving, but not during Thanksgiving week. It was a pretty specific thing to pray for.

As November went on, and we were still 100% healthy, I started getting more and more worried. Would we be able to go see my little niece? Would we get sick the day we were going to leave? I know, I worry too much. But it was a big deal to me. And I kept praying.

Two weeks before Thanksgiving, jr. suddenly got a nasty cold. A few days later, Josh came down with a bad sore throat that kept him home from work for a couple of days. Then I got suuuper congested.

A day or two after the sicknesses had run their courses, we were all perfectly healthy again, just in time to get in the car and drive down to Arizona.

A coincidence? You could try to say it was. But I know it wasn't. It's little things like these that consistently show me, over and over again, that there is a God, and that He listens to my prayers. I never cease to be amazed.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009


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DAM Deutsches Architektur Museum - LAb[au]

architecture and computer games
Panel discussion in the context of the exhibition:
Visions and Utopias

organised by: DAM_Deutsches Architektur Museum
at: the Kunsthalle Schirm, Frankfurt

panel with:
Lucien King / Game On, Rockstar Games (London)
Tom Barker / box consultants(London)
Manuel Abendroth / LAb[au] (Brussels)

Ingeborg Flagge, Director of DAM
Peter Cachola Schmal, Curator DAM

LAb[au] presenting its projects:
space navigable music

The most highly developed virtual visualizations of space are to be found in the world of computer games. Supposedly this business has even surpassed both film and music industries in terms of revenue. Computer games are now considered as an independent art form. That is the theme of first the exhibition of this type: „Game On". The relevance of this technology for architecture and the use of it in the realm of research between animation and built architecture, installation and urban planning will be the issue to be addressed.

Lucien King, born 1971 in Nairobi Kenya, Development Manager at Rockstar Games London and organizer of the exhibition: " Game On. The Culture and History of Videogames". The exhibition started at the Barbican Gallery in London in summer 2002, at the end of 2002 it went to the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh and will soon be shown at the Dutch Faxx Tilburg, from 28 May until 24 August 2003. The show will then move to Helsinki in autumn 2003.

Tom Barker, born 1965 in London, studied hat Engineering an Cambridge University, Imperial College London und Edinburgh University, was responsible at Arup for structures such as the Kansai Airport (Renzo Piano), teaches at the Architectural Association London Design Research Lab, founder of the multidisciplinary agency box consultants in London, that works in the field of research, design and application of new materials and developed the materials for the pavilions inside the Millennium Dome. In 2002 they won the Innovation Company of the Year Award. His company Curvatex Ltd is on the market selling hybrid materials.

Manuel Abendroth, born 1969 in Wels Austria, studied Architecture and Urbanism at the ISACF- La Cambre in Brussels, 1996 co-founder of LAb[au], a trans-disciplinary agency of architects, musicians and programmers, that work not only in the field of theoretical research, but also in the development of new interfaces between architecture, information technology, software programming and space. The group took part in multiple music and dance performances, lectures, conferences and exhibitions all over the realm of new media art.

This program is realized with the support of the museum cooperation pool of the City of Frankfurt am Main.

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The Mother’s Day Edition:  So Your Employee is Going to be a Mom – Now What?

The Mother’s Day Edition: So Your Employee is Going to be a Mom – Now What?

By:  Rhonda Armstrong – 5/8/14

Happy Mother’s Day! With Mother’s Day upon us, it’s a good time to recap what Michigan employers’ responsibilities are with respect to non-discrimination, handling leave, and light-duty requests for expectant mother employees.

The most common pregnancy-related discrimination claims are brought pursuant to the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (which prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related conditions), and laws prohibiting sex discrimination (e.g., Title VII and Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act). The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), largely known for its leave provisions, also prohibits retaliation against employees.

Clearly, firing or disciplining someone solely because they are pregnant would be a clear violation of the no-discrimination laws. But, here are a few examples which would likewise land an employer in hot water quick:

  • Terminating an unwed female employee because she got pregnant out of wedlock (likely also marital status discrimination under Michigan law);
  • Treating an employee who had an abortion differently;
  • Not offering the same types of leave/benefits to pregnant employees as that offered to others with short-term disabilities;
  • Not permitting an employee to use a breast pump at work;
  • Not allowing employees to come back to work until you feel they are safe or prohibiting employees from working because you feel it is unsafe for their unborn child.

 To date, courts have generally found leave or accommodation needs related to childcare (e.g., different or part-time schedules after a child is born) to be outside the purview of non-discrimination laws. And, while some employers have succeeded in treating pregnant employees differently for certain reasons (e.g., flight attendants who must be ready to help with passengers in emergency situations), this defense has not gained much court support (particularly with respect to across-the-board policies).

How much pregnancy/related leave must you provide?

If you are an employer with 50 or more employees, the answer is fairly clear-cut. You are covered by the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and it requires employers to provide eligible employees with up to 12-weeks of unpaid leave in a 12-month period (which is measured a variety of ways, per the FMLA and depending on your written policy). Eligible employees include those who have worked for the employer for 12 months, have worked 1,250 hours in the prior 12 months, and work at a covered employer’s worksite where at least 49 other employees are employed within a 75-mile radius. Employers must be careful when navigating their responsibilities with respect to pregnant employees under the FMLA, as there are many rules regarding when certification may be requested, appropriately designating the leave, etc.

If you are a Michigan employer who is not covered by the FMLA and/or an employee does not meet the FMLA eligibility requirements, the answer is not so clear-cut. The only laws now in place to protect this group of employees are the non-discrimination laws which do not provide any clear answers. However, terminating an employee for missing work because of the standard 6 week inability to perform due to pregnancy and childbirth would be extremely risky. Our firm’s experience has been that courts are less inclined to dismiss pregnancy discrimination cases than most other discrimination cases.

Do you need to accommodate pregnant employees (beyond leave obligations)?

As set forth above, state and federal law requires employers to treat pregnant employees similar to how they treat others with short-term disabilities. Therefore, if an employer has provided light-duty assignments to workers with short-term disabilities, then it should do the same for pregnant employees. Prior to 2009, Michigan case law permitted employers to favor employees with respect to workers-comp/light-duty assignments, but Michigan amended its statute to specifically prohibit employers from treating pregnant employees different than those in other categories (in an apparent effort to override a court decision on the issue).

For employers covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act, while cases have held that pregnancy alone is not a “disability,” other cases have held that certain conditions may bring an employee within the ADA’s protections (e.g., employees with pregnancy complications such as back pain, spotting, dizziness, etc.). Once within the ADA’s protection, an employer has the duty to accommodate the employee’s disability unless to do so would pose an undue hardship.

Employers should be on the lookout, however! Some states have enacted laws that require employers to accommodate pregnant employees, but to date Michigan has not joined these ranks.

Employer Take Aways

Obviously, when the FMLA is implicated, employers must offer FMLA leave. But, even beyond that, employers need to offer at least SOME leave time. While no law now dictates a minimum amount for Michigan employers, we generally recommend at least 4-6 weeks. This is likely adequate to demonstrate that the employee has sufficiently healed from childbirth (to defend claims that the actions were related to childbirth-related conditions) and is probably what most would consider the bare minimum for a new mom. If employers have safety or other concerns, it is wise to involve counsel to evaluate what, if any, options the employer has under the circumstances. In our experience, we have found it increasingly difficult to defend pregnancy-based claims due to, among other things, juror sympathies. Jurors tend to empathize with the new mom who just got fired and now can’t support her newborn, even when the employer’s actions are legally defensible and justified.

There is No Room for a Donald Sterling in Your Organization

There is No Room for a Donald Sterling in Your Organization

By:  La Toya Palmer – 5/6/14

As we all know from recent news, Los Angeles Clippers’ suspended-for-life owner made outrageously bigoted and racist remarks that have been widely and continuously broadcast in the news media. Employers and human resource departments should learn two lessons from this debacle.

First, this should be a lesson to any company or organization harboring their own internal “Donald Sterlings” in their midst. I’m talking about those rogue executives or managers known for their “off-color,” racist, sexist or other disparaging remarks, who get a pass because of their title, or because they have such a unique or rare skill set that others within the organization don’t want to deal with the problem they present. The Sterling incident shows how an organization can be impacted when such conduct is exposed, and could be used as a “teaching moment” to remind those individuals to keep their thoughts to themselves.

The second lesson revolves around the NBA’s inability to expel Sterling at its will. Rather, the league can only remove him from the league upon a three-fourths vote by the owners, who may or may not expel him because they too may have behind the scenes vulnerability in the form of young mistresses, impolitic statements or conduct that would bring scorn upon them if exposed. A mere employer would assert its at-will clause and excise Sterling, solving an image problem and solidifying a legal defense against any racial harassment claims. The NBA cannot. The Michigan Supreme Court has spoken to the situation where a harasser cannot be removed from the organization in a case known as Radtke v Everett: In such circumstances, the employer is stripped of the defense that it remedied the problem through prompt remedial action, up to and including discharge. Dr. Everett was a 50% shareholder of a veterinarian practice and owners cannot be “fired.” His practice thus did not have the “we fired the harasser” defense. Other organizations cannot “fire” the harasser, including public employers when the harasser is an elected official. The only way to prevent lawsuits in those situations is preventing comments that could be perceived as harassment.

Should Sterling’s behavior come as a surprise? As the media frenzy continues to swarm around Sterling’s most recent comments, others are coming forward with equally disturbing and not so secret stories. As defense attorneys, we might have taken the first red flag with a grain of salt. Sterling was sued by and settled with the U.S. Justice Department and a non-profit human rights group alleging housing discrimination. However, because many housing discrimination cases are based on “testers” who then receive damages recovered, we fear that the system can be manipulated to ensure such recoveries. But testimony in that case claimed that Sterling said the blacks living in his building smelled and were unclean, so the allegations qualify as a red flag. Sterling was also sued by former Clippers’ executive Elgin Baylor, who alleged he was underpaid as a general manager and fired after 22 seasons because he was African-American. Several disturbing stories came out of the lawsuit. Baylor alleged that Sterling would bring women in the locker room to “look at those beautiful black bodies.” However, a jury rejected Baylor’s case. In that light, the litigation is no more of a red flag than the high percentage of cases that P&C gets dismissed for our clients.

With all of these “smoking guns” surfacing during Sterling’s tenure, the NBA should have taken steps to address what was glaringly obvious. They had a serious problem in their group of owners. If the NBA had taken a “where there is smoke, there is fire” approach, it might have avoided its current PR disaster or even reformed Sterling’s behavior.

Still the lesson to be learned is that Sterling’s current comments and past transgressions are a plaintiff attorney’s dream and a management labor and employment lawyer’s and HR professional’s nightmare. Racist comments in the workplace are often cited as evidence of a hostile work environment and can turn a jury against the employer. Not to mention, the negative effects such comments can have on employee morale, customer and public perception, to name a few.

Business owners can protect themselves from this type of unpopular scrutiny and ridicule by having robust policies and procedures in place that deal with negative behaviors as soon as they surface. Business owners should:

  • Have a complaint process in effect with an in-house process where reports of discrimination are made to an identifiable person that acts as the gatekeeper and who responds to each and every complaint.
  • Ensure that all aspects of the investigation are well documented. In the event of a lawsuit, you want to make sure that you have all your documentation in order.
  • Have a written discipline policy in place-Employees should know what to expect when an investigation occurs. Sometimes this may include suspending a person with or without pay pending the conclusion of an investigation. The investigation may even end up with the termination of the employee who made the offensive remarks, although lesser measures are possible for initial transgressions.
  • Have an anti-retaliation provision, where those making complaints or participating in the investigation will not have their complaint or participation held against them.

If you have any “Donald Sterlings” peppered throughout your organization, there is no better time than now to address the problem head on. Better now than later, when a former employee sues you with a “slam dunk” case of racial discrimination or harassment.

Yet Another Liberal Pol Wises Up Late In Life – After Starting a Business – Too Late Smart

Yet Another Liberal Pol Wises Up Late In Life – After Starting a Business – Too Late Smart

By:  Bill Pilchak – 05/01/14

     Bob Talbert, a Free Press columnist until the 1990’s, often wrote about “things learned en-route to looking up other things.” Attorneys, too, come across interesting information. Recently, I stumbled upon a Washington Post Blog by Thomas Heath about David Bonior, “the former Michigan Democratic congressman, liberal pit bull…and labor-union BFF.”

      Heath reports that Bonior has recently undergone an epiphany. His change of heart occurred after he opened two restaurants in Washington D.C. Now 68 years old, Bonior is quoted as saying, “Small-business people work very hard.” This apparently comes as a surprise to Bonior, who spent most of his life in “in governmental service” or “at the public trough” (pick your own end to that sentence). He contrasted his new-found private sector perspective to what he found in government: “If you are a small-business guy, you are out there and not as protected as a government employee. They [business owners] struggle every day. [On] a snow day, a government worker is off. A restaurant person takes a hit from that snow day,” because of the loss of business. The fact that a former Congressman considers that observation sufficiently astute to say it out loud to a reporter should be alarming. Many on the left –dictating how businesses must be run – have absolutely no idea what it takes to run a business.

      Now that he is on the other side of the fence, Bonior said if he had the power, he would lighten up on regulations. Heath quotes him as saying: “It took us a ridiculous amount of time to get our permits. I understand regulations and. . . the necessity for it. But we lost six months of business because of that. It’s very frustrating.” One wonders what Bonior would think if he were in an industry more highly regulated than the hospitality trade.

     “The biggest surprise is how you have to hustle,” Bonior said to Heath in another shocking disclosure of his naiveté. “It was an eye-opener. I always heard this when I was in Congress. ‘You should try and own a business someday, Bonior.’” So now that he does own a business, he finds, “It’s tough to make it, in terms of profit margins. But somehow you get by and you figure it out.”

     The co-author of the Bonior-Kennedy bill which sought to increase the minimum wage in 2000, pays his non-union employees “the tip wage,” $2.36 an hour. Oddly, the person who tried to force others to pay their employees more, chooses to pay his personnel the absolute minimum. It’s understandable, because restaurants, like retail and other industries, operate on a razor thin margin. But Bonior’s about-face is not merely hypocrisy, but reflects the realities of running a business in 2014. Bonior’s comments should be hand-delivered to every one of his former colleagues who are trying to raise wages in 2014. The pie has been sliced too thinly already. They should be told that even a left-wing warrior who spent a career trying to increase wages cannot do so “in real life” without ruining the venture into which he has poured his savings.

     To be fair on the hypocrisy point, Bonior reports that his employees get paid vacations of at least two weeks a year. Heath’s blog article did not report if that vacation pay is paid at $2.36 per hour, or whether Bonior somehow provides the missing “tip income” to them while on vacation. The article does note that “most employees who were on the restaurants’ health plans have signed up for coverage via the Affordable Care Act,” but does not indicate whether Bonior required a steep co-pay or whether Bonior will eliminate the company plan now that his employees are on Obamacare. Tellingly, however, Bonior’s restaurants do not have retirement plans, though a 401-k plan is easily provided to employees at little cost to an employer.

     As the title of this article suggests, Bonior is not the first liberal Dem to wake up and smell the coffee. Senator and 1972 Presidential candidate, George McGovern, similarly came to his senses late in life. He authored two widely disseminated articles repudiating his earlier liberal views. The first was an Op-Ed in The Wall Street Journal in 1992, titled A Politician’s Dream Is a Businessman’s Nightmare.” Here are some excerpts from that article:

      In 1988, I invested most of the earnings from th[e] lecture circuit acquiring the leasehold on Connecticut’s Stratford Inn… The Stratford Inn promised the realization of a longtime dream to own a combination hotel, restaurant and public conference facility — complete with an experienced manager and staff. In retrospect, I wish I had known more about the hazards and difficulties of such a business, especially during a recession of the kind that hit New England [in 1988] just as I was acquiring the inn’s 43-year leasehold. I also wish that during the years I was in public office, I had had this firsthand experience about the difficulties business people face every day. That knowledge would have made me a better U.S. senator and a more understanding presidential contender. (emphasis added.)

     McGovern’s OpEd then speaks of regulations that may have appeared to make sense to the politicians passing them, but which were actually creating a huge headache for businesses:

     In short, “one-size-fits-all” rules for business ignore the reality of the marketplace. And setting thresholds for regulatory guidelines at artificial levels — e.g., 50 employees or more, $500,000 in sales — takes no account of other realities, such as profit margins, labor intensive vs. capital intensive businesses, and local market economics. The problem we face as legislators is: Where do we set the bar so that it is not too high to clear? I don’t have the answer. I do know that we need to start raising these questions more often.

     Fran Tarkenton, the former NFL quarterback and founder and CEO of OneMoreCustomer.com, a resource for Small Business Advocacy, wrote about McGovern at the time of his passing in 2012. Tarkenton reported that McGovern’s business went bankrupt within two years and closed by 1991. He quotes McGovern as saying, “The concept that most often eludes legislators is: ‘Can we make consumers pay the higher prices for the increased operating costs that accompany public regulations and government reporting requirements with reams of red tape.’” McGovern eventually concluded what anyone in business knows: “consumers do have a choice when faced with higher prices. . . Every such decision eventually results in job losses for someone.”

     Certainly, Michiganians can attest to that. We all watched the foreign automakers land on our shores, but avoid Michigan with its gold-plated sue-the-employer statutes and union mindset, and set up shop in states where they could avoid litigation expenses and silly union work rules. Somewhat surprisingly, McGovern’s second published revelation speaks precisely to the union context. On May 22, 2006, McGovern’s letter to the editor appeared in many newspapers across the country, prominently referring to Michigan-based Delphi Corporation and the auto industry two years before Chrysler and GM were driven to bankruptcy. Here are some excerpts:

I have never wavered in my support for policies that relieve poverty and improve the standard of living of American workers. As a lifelong liberal, I supported Medicare and Medicaid, civil rights, Social Security and workplace safety requirements…And I have always been a supporter of the labor movement. Unions have a proud legacy of improving the lives of millions of workers over the last century…

But lately I have seen developments that have me worried…

Delphi Corp., the biggest auto parts supplier in the country and the employer of 34,000 hourly workers, is bankrupt. One big reason is that the company’s unionized workers earn $64 an hour in wages and benefits — more than twice what some of its competitors pay…

General Motors and Ford — the companies that have epitomized high-paying unionized jobs over the last several decades — have stated that they will lay off 30,000 workers each…Wall Street thinks these are just the first steps.

“More” has, unfortunately, become “too much” in a global and far more competitive economy.

Many of my friends will consider this view heretical. But it is based on stark reality. Not unlike members of Congress, union leaders are in the business of asking for more. That’s what their mentors and predecessors and heroes did. It’s very difficult to turn around and say that “more” is not always possible.

It can be galling to hear companies argue that they have to cut wages and benefits for hourly workers — even as they reward top executives with millions of dollars in stock options. The chief executive of Wal-Mart earns $27 million a year, while the company’s average worker takes home only about $10 an hour. But let’s assume that the chief executive got 27 cents instead of $27 million, and that Wal-Mart distributed the savings to its hourly workers. They would each receive a bonus of less than $20. It’s not executive pay that has created this new world.

 I understand the attraction of asking business — the perceived “deep pockets” — to shoulder more of the responsibility for social welfare. But there are plenty of businesses that don’t have deep pockets. And many large corporations operate with razor-thin profit margins as competitors, both foreign and domestic, strive to attract consumers by offering lower prices.

       A popular 2013 book based on an old Dutch proverb uses the term “Too Late Smart.” The epiphanies experienced by Bonior and McGovern should be required reading for those on the left who have no responsibility for America’s industrial and commercial enterprises. America, and especially Michigan, do not have time for Too Late Smart.


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In the past few weeks I've been thinking/writing about online identity. A few days ago, I posted on transparency and an excellent article in WIRED magazine on The See-Through CEO. In comments on that post, Christy Tucker shared an experience she had in a networking forum recently that I think deserves further discussion. She said:

I quoted both you and the Wired article in a discussion in an online networking group I'm in, and got some fairly nasty responses from the moderator. The moderator mentioned how she's advising college students doing job searches to not just clean up their Facebook profiles but to delete discussion board posts and contact Google to remove cached copies of unflattering content. I'd previously posted about the Wayback Machine and the fact that even if you can have something removed from the Google cache, it's potentially still out there somewhere. Besides the fact that I think trying to remove all unflattering content is a losing battle, I don't think it's really the right way to go. So you made mistakes--you're human. If you have enough good out there, the good outweighs the bad. It also gives people a chance to see you as a whole, complex person.

I was frankly shocked by the negative response, especially from someone who's all about online networking. Besides saying I was dogmatic for disagreeing with her approach, she argued that no one has an obligation to have an online identity. She says transparency is just a "goofy" philosophy based on "no data, but an ethereal presumption that people will like you more if they know more of your foibles -- and certainly no application of those free-floating impressions to the very specific and often brutal world of job-search." I think she really believes that transparency hurts people's chances in business.

Christy's question to me was have I experienced anything like this level of negativity and what do I make of it?

What I'm thinking is that it opens up a large and interesting can of worms. I see two issues here:

Do you have an obligation to have an online identity?

To what lengths should you go to maintain that identity? How transparent should you really be?

I think the answers to these questions may differ depending on whether you're talking about individuals or organizations. For example, I think organizations, particularly nonprofits, do have an obligation to be online as part of being visible in the community.

Individuals, on the other hand, may not have an obligation to be online, but I do think that, as Christy points out, they should seriously consider the overall benefit of having an online identity. It's the first place many employers are going and in Christy's organization they've discussed having a preference for applicants who blog. How quickly might that start to happen in other organizations?

The issue of transparency is also different for individuals vs. organizations. Again, I think that organizations do have the obligation to be as transparent as possible. It's the way to build trust and loyalty with your various constituents and is increasingly becoming the way a lot of places are doing business. In the case of nonprofits, I think that it's particularly important as part of the stewardship of donor and grant dollars coming into your organization.

For individuals, I think the issue is a difference between personal and professional transparency. I think it's very good to have an online professional presence in which you are authentic and present yourself as a multi-faceted human with strengths and weaknesses. I don't think it's a good idea to post on how wasted you were last weekend.

So getting back to Christy's example, it makes sense to be cleaning up your Facebook profile if all that you have are references to all the partying you're doing. But should you be trying to erase all digital traces of yourself as the woman in Christy's story seems to be suggesting?

There's a lot to digest here--I'd be curious to get your ideas on the issue:

  • Should we be crafting an online identity? Is it necessary? Do we have obligations to do it?
  • What should we do to maintain that identity?
  • Are our responsibilities different depending on whether or not we're talking about an individual vs. an organization?
  • What, exactly, should we be sharing and what should we be keeping to ourselves?
  • Does transparency hurt or help us?

BTW--the graphic is from a flickr photo I found by Marc Fonteijn and I think it's a kind of interesting way to consider our identities with the core and then the add-ons. Makes you realize that it becomes increasingly difficult to have any kind of on-line interaction without somehow revealing yourself. Are we really thinking that it would be better to have a nation of lurkers instead of people who are creating?

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When as a new teacher I looked at my colleagues, there was an older woman with a bouffant hairdo which even then seemed out of date. But of course, it was she who had the most wisdom and the kindness to share it with me, despite my initial expectations.

We have some control over our online identities, but we can't always control what others might conclude. The Gotcha Game seems awfully tired to me, but there's no question there's a bunch of players.

I don't have any insights really about this complicated issue of online identity, but I'm very glad you're posting about it. Mostly I'm a lurker, so let me say your blog is one of my must reads.

There was a recent article in the Boston Globe
that offers a good argument for institutional forgetting. I suspect that's as important as individuals trying to manage their online identities. I'm with Tucker in feeling it's just not possible to exert such fine-grained control.

Hi there, this is a very interesting question that I have been thinking about a lot recently, particularly in relation to my professional standing, and at a time when I am potentially looking for jobs. One example is this: I would really like to critique and comment on the state of the profession I work in which could be seen by some as being critical. This would probably be a very unwise thing to do as I am currently looking for jobs in that profession. So I am conscious all the time of how I present myself online. I think thats a bit of a shame, because I would really like to share the fun side of me, who can be quite silly at time.

I think there is something related to profession here also. Years ago when I was a professional activist, it was really important for me to be able to publicly declare my beliefs. I took strong, and not always popular stands on a wide range of topics.

Now that I am a facilitator and much of my work is in the diversity and inclusion arena, I find myself holding those beliefs much more privately. Not that I won't tell you if you ask, but my 'job' is to maintain neutrality. I think it is particularly important online, where someone is only seeing a small slice of who I am, and potentially making assessments about it.

Great questions. If I were in the market for a job today I would not want to work for a company that doesn't value transparency. Contrary to the woman you refer to in your post, some of the most desired attributes employers look for cannot be measured with typical markers and metrics. If we're going to create a brave new world (yup, still workin' on that) we need to stand up and say, yes, this is all of me; yes, I wrote that in 1992; yes, I have opinions about x controversy. In so many cases--Patagonia comes to mind--employers want boat rockers and rabble rousers, creative thinkers, dot connectors. Getting ahead no longer means sucking it up and making appearances. It means being utterly professional and authentic at the same time.

Well I don't think the key is to remove information but to educate our students in the appropriate use of the Internet. If it is not appropriate for others to view than don't put it on the Internet in the first place -- the problem is that our youth don't always realise that what they are sharing may be open to the public not just their friends. So if it is potentially embarrassing - don't post it online. And in forum behave and treat people with respect like you would in real life.

I totally disagree with her advice on deleting information -- if we want people to interact with us and we gain from social networking them -- people need to see us as real people -- no different from f2f interactions. People are always more willing to help you when they can connect with us as individuals not as a faceless unknown.

Just wanted to thank you, Michele and everyone else for your comments. I have been struggling for some time to get my head around my online identity. You have all made me see that I need to be reflective and courageous online. Thank you

Thanks to all of you for your great comments and thoughts on this topic. I think that the consensus for most of us is that we believe in transparency. I wonder f this is something that comes with being a blogger--like are people attracted to blogging in part because they already have a willingness to be transparent? I also wonder how this is all going to change the process of job searching.

I love the article that John referenced above--very interesting info on how we won't be able to "forget" anymore and maybe that's a bad thing. Definitely something to ponder even further.

As you know, I have struggled with this. However, I received some very wise advice from the members of BBB and I remain not as transparent as I would like. The bottom line for me is that I do not want my students to Google me and come to class with personal knowledge about my struggle with bipolar. A very timely post that poses some very good reflective questions!

Danielle, I think that you've made a good, thoughtful decision, which is many ways the real point of all of this. You need to be purposeful in thinking about the online reputation you want to have, rather than just letting it just sort of "happen." I think that you've carefully reflected on what it is you want to accomplish with your blog and how you want to present yourself to the world and then crafted a blogging strategy to support that. That's what we all need to do.

I think there is some room for individual difference, even within the realm of being generally transparent. As I recall, mental health discrimination is the second-most common area for ADA discrimination complaints in the US; transparency about mental health issues carries a very real possibility of discrimination. Religious and political views can be problematic in the workplace too. I want to be transparent, but I admit that I use a pseudonym on Beliefnet and have been fairly conscientious about keeping that part of my life separate from my work life. That's a strategic decision for me based on having previously been in a work environment where it was made clear to me that I was the "wrong kind" of Christian. Anything where discrimination is possible is something to think about before posting. Of course, what is someone who's black supposed to do--not post a picture? I can avoid talking about my religion and therefore "hide," but race is much harder to hide.

Then again, I wonder what would happen if I was more open about my religious or political views; not necessarily on my professional blog where it wouldn't fit the topic, but separately and under my real name. I suppose I could be eliminated from some job possibilities in the future, but those are probably work environments where I wouldn't be happy anyway.

Right now, I think I'm happy keeping some separation between my personal and professional lives and being intentional and reflective about what I share. I might change what I'm comfortable sharing in the future, but at the moment I think focusing on transparency in my professional learning is sufficient.

Interesting post. Thought provoking.

*Big Sigh* I have SO much to say about this. I just don't know where to begin. I have started a draft post but I'm afraid it is all over the map and will take me days to complete. By then the conversation will have moved on, but I really need some time to think about this.

I have a branding problem and I have a personal vs. professional problem.

My online identity needs MAJOR help. When you Google "Angela White" the number one hit is a porn star on Facebook. Number 2 is a musician. There are other artists with my same name (which can be confusing because of my photography sites). Then there are references to various unrelated sites of mine, including my blog. So, yes I have a branding issue.

Then there's the attempt to keep certain subject separate from this new "professional" presence I have online. I have entrapped myself in a logistical nightmare of maintaining two accounts for, at least three accounts for Wordpress, and now I'm considering a second avatar in Second Life! See, I'm very open in all of these places, but they seem disconnected and although I know all of this can be found and connected by someone doing the research, I'm not sure I want to prodcast it.

It's not that I have shame about anything I do socially on the web - I'm in lesbian social networking groups, I chat about gender discrimination in the workplace and on the streets, I belong to a butch-support group, I like erotic art, I go dancing in nightclubs in Second Life. In most cases I have used my real name or at least always told the truth about my (real) self. I don't have a problem with the people who I'm engaged with in these areas knowing a lot about (the real) me, but do I really want it all out there, visible and connected? Is that what it would mean to be transparent? I don't want to have to limit any part of me - I am all of those things. I have many interests and many of them are online. But I do think that before I started really blogging I never thought about these things, I have never consciously branded myself - and therefore I think it has, as you say, "just happened." And it's messy and all over the place.

Now I'm not sure what to do about it. More to come on this on my blog. I just had to get something out there. Composing a post about this has become a very difficult project. Thanks for listening.

I loved your comment, Angela--it shows me how messy all of this is and how much we all struggle with maintaining a balance between being honest about who we are and not freaking people out. I understand all of your concerns and confusions about this as I'm struggling with them myself. In some ways I feel like I'm a lot less transparent than I'd really like to be, but I also realize that people just can't handle all that we are sometimes. I think that this whole issue forces us to really think about all of our different faces and how we present them to the world in ways that are really difficult to grasp--it all seems so slipper, doesn't it? I'll look forward to reading your post. And I really appreciate your honesty and sharing here. Thank you.

In my professional experience, having an "online identity" is not only insignifcant but counterproductive for those who get significant positions. those positions are always--I emphasize, ALWAYS--filled by *personal* reputation and referral. and I don't mean "online" reputation.

This means that while those on the outside debate the use of the Web to promote themselves, the real world functions separately and largely ignores such stuff as "personal web identities." They're viewed as being for teens and narcissists.

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" My chosen work has brought suffering to our doorstep on two separate occasions, yet I continue along the same path. It's all I've ever known and it's my only means of providing for my family. I hold fast to the belief that time is the great healer-I pray that it can heal before all is lost...." Will Hogarth

Virginia Crowley has been dead for nine years. Her ex husband is convicted of throwing her off the 47th floor of her penthouse suite. Karl Dutton had every reason to kill her. She wasn't satisfied with her divorce settlement from him and threatened to expose his hidden millions. What better way to protect his money and get out of giving her another cent than by getting rid of her. What if he went to prison and wasn't guilty after all? What if he is guilty and willing to do whatever it takes to escape the death penalty? In four weeks he's scheduled to be executed unless he can change the course of his future and quickly.

Karl has hired a reluctant Will Hogarth, a former FBI agent. It is his last attempt to save himself. Can Will prove he's innocent? Is he? A past connection between the two doesn't make Will fond of Karl, or overly eager to prove him innocent. Being a firm believer in justice, Will is the kind of guy you can trust and the kind that Karl needs.

Will and his family are still dealing with the aftermath of an attack. A story from a previous book. Dealing with Karl is just one more thing Will doesn't want or need. Karl has something to trade though. If Will can help him he will track down the man who previously terrorized Will's family and put an end to the fear that still rules his home.  Someone from the past is actively plotting against Will and his family.  They may be on borrowed time. Can Will find the threat before it finds him?

Will goes after the truth. Everyone involved in the case to begin with, including Karl's family, are suspects. I like Will's character and his reasoning skills. The methodical way he goes after this case, putting personal feelings where he needs to, makes Will the guy you want to help you if you need it. With his wife's help Will is doing everything he can to find out who is responsible, even if it leads back to Karl.  The intensity picks up as Will puts the pieces in place. I couldn't wait for it play out and read way into the night so I could find out. It is not just Karl's situation at hand, but the threat against Will and his family as it comes to a head.

Was Karl the only one with "4 Weeks To Live?"...maybe not.

Very easy to get involved in this book right away. Some very interesting twists as you go along will keep you turning the pages. This is the third book in the Will Hogarth series. Since I've not read the others I found these teasers to be very intriguing and makes me want to go see what the rest are about. I enjoy a book that has the ability to unexpectedly grab your attention and hold you to the last page. As a matter of fact, it would also make an excellent movie.

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