tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72745862024-03-14T08:43:15.116-04:00Baruch AttaOK, this is one more blog in the uniblogosphere.BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-51242085627096206552016-06-22T16:36:00.001-04:002016-06-22T16:36:25.421-04:00Why "High Functioning" Autism Is So Challenging<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><br></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)">By </span><a href="http://autism.about.com/bio/Lisa-Jo-Rudy-117550.htm"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)">Lisa Jo Rudy</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119)"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">The autism spectrum is very large. If you think of it as a rainbow (or a bell curve), you'll note that there's an awful lot of the spectrum that is at neither one end nor the other -- but somewhere in the middle. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"></span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">Here are just a few of the issues that get between people on the high end of the autism spectrum (including those diagnosed with the now-outdated </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Asperger syndrome<span style="color:rgb(25,25,25)">) and personal success.</span></span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">1.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Sensory issues.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> People at the higher end of the spectrum are just as susceptible as people in the middle or lower end of the spectrum to </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">sensory dysfunctions<span style="color:rgb(25,25,25)">. These include mild, moderate, or extreme sensitivity to noise, crowds, bright lights, strong tastes, smells, and touch. This means that a person who is bright, verbal, and capable may be unable to walk into a crowded restaurant, attend a movie, or cope with the sensory assaults associated with malls, stadiums, or other venues.</span></span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">2.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:10pt"><a href="http://autism.about.com/od/whatisautism/a/Autism-Symptoms-Related-To-Social-Communication.htm"><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:windowtext;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">Social "cluelessness</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,153,204);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">."</span></strong></a></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> What's the difference between a civil greeting and a signal of romantic interest? How loud is too loud? When is okay to talk about your personal issues or interests? When is it important to stop doing what you enjoy in order to attend to another person's needs? These are tough questions for anyone, but for a person on the high end of the autism spectrum they can become overwhelming obstacles to social connections, employment, and romance.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">3.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Anxiety and depression. </span></strong><span class=""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">Anxiety, depression, and other mood disorder<span style="color:rgb(25,25,25)">s are more common among people with high functioning autism than they are among the general population. We don't know whether the autism causes the mood disorders, or whether the disorders are the result of social rejection and frustration - -but whatever their causes, mood disorders can be disabling in themselves.</span></span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">4.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Lack of executive planning skills. </span></strong><span class=""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">Executive functioning describes the skills we use to organize and plan our lives. They allow typical adults to plan schedules in advance, notice that the shampoo is running low, or create and follow a timeline in order to complete a long term project. Most people with high functioning autism have compromised executive functioning skills, making it very tough to plan and manage a household, cope with minor schedule changes at school or at work, and so forth.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">5.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Emotional dis-regulation. </span></strong><span class=""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">Contrary to popular opinion, people with autism have plenty of emotions. In fact, people with autism can become far too emotional in the wrong situations. Imagine a sixteen year old bursting into tears because of a change in plans, or a grown woman melting down completely because her car won't start. These are the types of issues that can arise for people with high functioning autism, who are capable of doing a great many things ONLY when the situation is predictable, and no obstacles arise.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">6.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Difficulty with transitions and change. </span></strong><span class=""><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">Lots of people have a hard time with change -- but people with high functioning autism take the issue to a whole new level. Once a pattern is established and comfortable, people with autism (by and large) want to maintain that pattern forever. If a group of friends goes out on Wednesdays for nachos, the idea of going out on Thursdays for chicken wings can throw an autistic adult into a state of anxiety or even anger.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">7.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Difficulty with following verbal instructions.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> A person with high functioning autism may be more than capable of doing a task -- but<span class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif">unable to follow the spoken instructions provided<span style="color:rgb(25,25,25)">. In other words, if a policeman says "stay in your car and give me your license and registration," the person with autism may process only "stay in your car," or only "give me your license." The same goes for instructions given, say, at a ballroom dance class, at the doctor's office, or by a manager in an office setting. As you can imagine, this can cause any number of issues, ranging from serious problems with the police to inadvertent mistakes at work.</span></span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">8.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Speech and Language Issues.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> A person with Asperger's often has a pronounced lisp, or stutters, or starts with hesitation (ehh, ahh), or speaks too fast to be understood, swallowing sounds. People with more severe Autism always have speech issues.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">9.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Hygiene issues.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> A person with Asperger's often ignores personal hygiene, dresses poorly, keeps a messy house or apartment, is a "pack rat", and so on. </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">10.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Attitude issues.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> A person with Asperger's may exhibit an attitude that he or she is "right" and everyone else is "wrong". They tend to see things in "black and white" and don't understand any "grey" areas of understanding a situation, and have difficulty in seeing the other person's POV. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">Many people who are not in the Autism spectrum can also have one or more of these traits. But usually, these "normal people" can easily overcome most any difficulty or issue, and can function successfully and normally in most of life's challenges without outside help. It is only when a person has multiple difficulties and issues with situations which are of relatively minor severity, and constantly requires help and supervision, that the Psychology profession suspects a case of Autism Spectrum. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">At this point in history, we don't have good information to tell us whether MOST people on the autism spectrum are "somewhere in the middle," but it is clear that the lion's share of media attention goes to folks at the high and the low ends of the spectrum -- that is, the profoundly disabled and the very high functioning.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"></span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">As you can see, the term "high functioning" does mean what it says. But high functioning autism is not an easy or simply diagnosis to live with. For those caring for, employing, teaching, or working with people on the higher end of the spectrum, it's important to remember that autism is autism.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">If the media is to believed, the high end of the autism spectrum is peopled largely by eccentric geniuses -- </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">Bill Gates and Albert Einstein are often mentioned, along with Dan Ackroyd and Daryl Hannah -- who by and large do very well indeed, though they march to the beat of their own drummer. The reality, however, is that "high functioning autistic" and "genius," "business tycoon," and "Hollywood star" rarely go together.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">In fact, people with high functioning autism may not have a higher IQ than their typical peers. They may have very little of the kind of intense motivation for public success that sends a Bill Gates to find funders or an Einstein to find a publisher. </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">They may also have significant challenges which stand in the way of living a comfortable life, succeeding in work or romance, or achieving a sense of self-worth. Those issues are made more challenging, in part, because they surprise and upset others who don't anticipate odd behaviors or reactions from people who "pass for normal" in many situations. </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">In addition, while people with more severe autism are not generally expected to just suck it up and get through difficult moments, people on the higher end of the spectrum are expected to do just that. Lastly, people with high functioning autism are, in general, very aware of their own difficulties and extremely sensitive to others' negative reactions.</span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(25,25,25)">Although there are many more males than females that are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum, it just may be that females exhibit fewer of the visible traits (hygiene, speech, cluelessness), but do exhibit the traits that require analysis to detect (sensory, anxiety, depression, planning, emotions, transitions and change, following instructions). If so, then it could be a fact that there would be equal numbers of males and females in the Autism Spectrum. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt"> </span></p><input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"expires":false,"isManaged":false},"attachments":{}}"></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-4306117853960548052016-04-27T08:33:00.001-04:002016-04-27T08:33:41.232-04:00Dear Tom and John<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="monospace, monospace"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px">Because to win the war against radical Islam - </span><em style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px">and let me tell you, it is absolutely a war, whether liberals admit it or not</em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px"> - </span><strong style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px">we need determined leaders like John McCain.</strong><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px"> </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px">In Service, </span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px"><span class="" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px">Tom</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px"> Cotton</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:26px">United States Senator </span><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="monospace, monospace">Dear Tom and John</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="monospace, monospace">Sorry, can't do that. First, I am not in John's district. But mostly, John has been so negative to the Donald. Why is John so negative to the Donald? I don't understand that. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="monospace, monospace">The Donald has at least one thing going for him. He tells the truths, at least as he sees it. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="monospace, monospace">The Donald has said the only true statement in the whole campaign. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="monospace, monospace">"I could have gotten a better deal (with the Iranians)." Absolutely. And he says it from the heart. And I believe him. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="monospace, monospace">So, Tom Cotton, I will not be donating to John McCain's campaign this year.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="monospace, monospace">Sincerely,</font></div><input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"expires":false,"isManaged":false},"attachments":{}}"></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-33860972111650889962016-02-18T09:16:00.001-05:002016-02-18T09:16:16.824-05:00For Emily D<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px">For a poet who never published, except for a few, </span><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px">and lived recluse, except for a two. </span><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px"><br></span></div><div><font color="#141823" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px">The poems sing and metaphor fine</span></font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px">She wrote for herself amusement, and not for mine. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px">Some do crosswords, some do puzzles, but she wrote poetry. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px">Here is my New York Times crossword - see how finely </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px">I filled it in!</span><br style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px"><span style="color:rgb(20,24,35);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px"><br></span></div><div><font color="#141823" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px;line-height:19.012px">So I find it awkward to peep and peek and voyeur in.</span></font><br><input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"expires":false},"attachments":{}}"></div></div></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-18613406298769088152016-01-29T16:13:00.001-05:002016-01-29T16:13:02.751-05:00"dangers" of an AI revolt.<div dir="ltr"><div> Finally, a little common sense and logical thinking on the "dangers" of an AI revolt. Thinking, as we know it, is not what computers do. Making computers act as humans - there is a word for that - anthropomorphism. As a human, you project your own thought process onto others and other things. We do that for animals too; dress up dogs in clothes and talk to them like people. Dogs have feelings, yes, but they are not people. Machines have voltage levels, that are arranged in useful configurations by smart programmers. </div><div>I have a blog post that predicts what computers and robots will be able to do, when properly programmed (by people). That is, robots will be able to build just about anything, and will be able to do all of the tasks involved, from mining the metal ore, fabricating the computer chips, assembling the finished product. And one step further, robots will build robots, and also build robot factories that build robots. Robots will reproduce themselves, (and still not be "alive" in the animal sense.....) But when this happens, and it will, then all goods will be essentially free. When that happens, and it will, how will we as a species react and accept? I propose legislation now that will declare such robots son of robots, after enough generations, as ownerless or owned by all humankind, sort of like a copyright that eventually expires. Otherwise, without this declaration, all of the wealth will be owned by Bill Gates and his like. </div><input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"expires":false},"attachments":{}}"></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-33165505280089126572015-10-20T14:00:00.001-04:002015-10-20T14:00:17.327-04:00Dental "cleanings"<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><div class="gmail_default">If you go to your dentist for a cleaning, be sure to get a prescription for antibiotics. Most dental cleanings push mouth bacteria under the gums, and into the bloodstream, causing abscess and blood infections. The abscess causes tooth loss. The bacteria in the blood causes heart problems. </div><div class="gmail_default">Baruch Atta</div></div> <input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"expires":false},"attachments":{}}"></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-54375424611102347962015-09-24T13:28:00.001-04:002015-09-24T13:28:07.780-04:00NINETY PERCENT OF HUMAN SUFFERING IS CAUSED BY MEN WITH GUNS<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:FranklinITCProLight,Helvetica-light,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">My opinion is that NINETY PERCENT OF HUMAN SUFFERING IS CAUSED BY MEN WITH GUNS. By "guns" I mean any weapons. But these men justify invasion, robbery, rape, and so on. Stop the violence and struggle, and much of the world's problems are resolved. Hitler viewed war as normal. ISIS views their battles as justified. Hamas and Hesbolah too. This is the world view that men may unite and invade others, beheading, burning, raping and expelling at will. There are 200,000 dead in Syria, and four million in exile. This is the REAL PROBLEM. </span><br style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:FranklinITCProLight,Helvetica-light,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px"><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:FranklinITCProLight,Helvetica-light,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px"> </span><br style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:FranklinITCProLight,Helvetica-light,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px"><span style="color:rgb(42,42,42);font-family:FranklinITCProLight,Helvetica-light,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22px">"... a goal to "end poverty in all its forms everywhere," they cover gender equality, food security, peace, health, clean water and sanitation..." are laudable, but all for naught, when men with guns look to get their way.</span><br><input name="virtru-metadata" type="hidden" value="{"email-policy":{"state":"closed","expirationUnit":"days","disableCopyPaste":false,"disablePrint":false,"disableForwarding":false,"expires":false},"attachments":{}}"></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-10071472495422942652015-09-01T08:49:00.001-04:002015-09-01T08:49:12.458-04:00brand loyalty<div dir="ltr"><div>My father always complained that when I left a light on "do you have stock in the Electric Company?" Which is the same as the trend that people who participate in surveys for a brand have better loyalty in that brand. </div><div>My "research" then points to a new "fact". If people DO OWN STOCK in a brand, then their brand loyalty is almost assured. </div><div>The conclusion is simply that the best advertising for a brand is TO SELL STOCK in the company to all the consumers. Here is a great suggestion: Instead of coupons, or airline miles, or other offers, a brand should offer STOCK in the company for brand loyalty. Wow. What a concept. You heard it here first, folks. I own stock in Ford, so of course I own one. Or two. </div></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-34972434153490376912015-07-23T08:59:00.001-04:002015-07-23T08:59:09.469-04:00Ninety percent of human misery is caused by men with guns<div dir="ltr">Ninety percent of human misery is caused by men with guns. (that is the dirty little secret) Men with space ships are not the problem. So, stopping the space ships will not help the cause of resolving human misery.</div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-12326488258290774652015-05-04T19:12:00.001-04:002015-05-04T19:12:57.946-04:00"...Break up government monopolies..."<div dir="ltr"><div>There is no proof to this. It is simply a convenient assumption of yours for your agenda. You bring no proof in your article, and there isn't any. </div><div>I believe that Medicare, Medicaid, VA, and Public Schools are vital and should be supported as we do. I believe that Obamacare is a mess. It should have been a VA style medical system for ALL, combined with an optional private care insurance system. I believe that free education should be supported through four years of college FOR ALL, with optional private college, in which no government guaranteed loans would be available for private college. </div><div><br></div><div>"...Break up government monopolies, such as Medicare, the Veterans Administration, and, most important public school systems. Introducing competition into these areas of the economy is vital to improving them, because competition, and competition alone, produces hard work and innovation. Monopolies—private and governmental—are always fat, dumb, lazy, and devoted to maintaining the monopoly...."</div><div><br></div></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-56189608648558302022015-04-24T10:42:00.001-04:002015-04-24T10:42:33.572-04:00Universal University ("UU")<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:16pt">O’ PAC<br> PO Box 468<br> Annapolis, MD 21404</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt"></span></font></font></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:18pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Hi Mr. O'Malley</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">I hope you read your emails from your fans!</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Good idea, making college more affordable. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">But how about making it FREE? </font></span></b></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">No excuses. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">I would pay for<b> Universal University ("UU") </b>with a one tenth of one percent tax of every stock market <u>transaction</u>, and a one tenth of one percent tax of stock and real estate <u>ownership</u>. These are new taxes, but justified, and would affect only the top half of the economy, and affect mostly just the one percenters. </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Thanks for thinking of me.</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000">Joe Cotton</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 9:34 AM, Martin O'Malley <</font><a href="mailto:info@martinomalley.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">info@martinomalley.com</span></a><font color="#000000">> wrote:</font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:10pt"><font color="#000000">Sounds like a pipe dream? It shouldn't be.<br> <br> When my dad returned home from flying a B-24 Liberator in WWII, the GI bill was what enabled him to go to school, open a law practice, and support a family.<br> <br> Today, our kids aren’t getting the same bargain that my dad did.<br> <br> The majority of students are graduating with significant debt. This is debt big enough for the down payment on a new house. And instead of buying a house or starting a business, recent graduates are struggling not to default on their student loans.<br> <br> It's outrageous that we can figure out a way to bail out big banks, but we can't figure out a way to make college affordable.<br> <br> </font></span><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Sent from my Dell Optiplex 780 at 3.0 GHz with 4 GB RAM, 2.0 TB Hard Drive, keyboard, mouse and double monitors.</div> </div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-36418772033416875032014-12-11T08:44:00.001-05:002014-12-11T08:44:40.329-05:00Temple Mount Dream<div dir="ltr"><div>Temple Mount Dream</div><div> </div><div>When I was in kindergarten, I was taught to "share" and that sharing was a good thing. When will the Arabs learn to share? </div><div> </div><div><br>I dreamt that I was up on the Temple Mount (Har Habayet). The mount was still under the control of the Arabs. But right there next to the mosk was a library with Jewish books, chumashim, gemorras, meforshim. I was on a tour led by a Muslim cleric. He was happy to point out the library. </div><p> </p><p>It would be a great "Confidence Building Measure", if the Muslim authorities would allow such a library on the Har Habayit. That would also show a willingness to share and share alike. </p></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-85026508146916704692014-07-01T10:56:00.001-04:002014-07-01T10:56:30.478-04:00The "to-do" list in Outlook<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,69,73)">I have a "Draft" message in Outlook. It has my daily tasks, my weekly and monthly tasks, my open projects, and my future projects. The email is addressed to my manager, but I never send it. </p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,69,73)">Every morning first thing, I "reply all" to the Draft, thus creating a new copy. </p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,69,73)">Then I go down the list of "to do" and work on tasks and projects according to pre-set priorities. I modify the list as necessary, noting status on my projects, and so on. I save it back to Drafts. </p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,69,73)">At the end of the day, I save the previous day's draft in a folder on my hard drive. (But I hardly ever look at the saved drafts. Just nice to know I am keeping track.) The current day's draft is saved in Outlook Drafts folder for use tomorrow. </p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,69,73)">One of my daily tasks is to read my email and respond to them. But this is one of the last daily tasks. Just keeps it in perspective. </p> </div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-25263226113076530442014-06-24T15:39:00.001-04:002014-06-24T15:39:07.508-04:00Ah, the secret of a successful restaurant.<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,69,73)">Ah, the secret of a successful restaurant. Sure, you need good food, good prices, and atmosphere. But the main reason people come back is emotional. The owner treats his customers as guests, as in his own home. Greets them, shmoozes them, thanks them. </p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,69,73)">In your own house, you wouldn't invite friends or relatives over, drop a meal on the table, and walk away...would you? </p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;line-height:19.600000381469727px;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',helvetica,arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(63,69,73)">That, my friends, is the secret to a successful restaurant. </p> </div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-71786979776230377272014-06-06T14:39:00.001-04:002014-06-06T14:39:47.315-04:00My outrageous idea is for students to organize their own college.<div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div>How much should college cost?</div><div>There are many college majors that need only textbooks, and teachers in a classroom, and now-a-days, laptop computers. Such subjects include English, History, Psychology, Math, Languages, Political Sci, Computer Science, and so on. </div> <div><br></div><div>How much should a college degree in these subjects cost? Let's do an analysis.</div><div><br></div><div>The professors should be paid by tuitions, I believe, but tuitions should not pay for anything else but professor's salaries. Tuitions should not pay for buildings, libraries, or research. Especially, undergrad tuitions should not pay for research. </div> <div><br></div><div>How much should college cost? </div><div>Making the math simple here: let's say one professor teaches five courses, each course has 20 students. Each student takes five courses per semester.</div> <div>Each student pays 1/20 of the professor. If the prof makes 80K/yr then tuition should be $2000 per semester. Or $16K for a four year degree. </div><div><br></div><div>Professor teaches 20 students per class, times five classes per semester, times two semesters per year; equals 200 student-courses. Professor makes $80,000 per year, divided by 200 student-courses, equals $400 per student-course. Student takes five courses per semester or ten courses per year, that equals $2000 per semester or $4000 per year or $16,000 per four-year degree. </div> <div><br></div><div>I understand this would be only for subjects where it is all classroom, such as Math, History, Literature, and the all important Liberal Arts. </div><div><br></div><div>I also understand that this does not include "overhead" such as classrooms, library, dorms, cafeteria, etc. I believe that donation should pay for buildings, not the students. And doing the math for classrooms and such, it comes to a relatively small amount, like $200/semester. </div> <div><br></div><div>Technical subject like the Sciences would cost more, due to lab costs. </div><div><br></div><div>Athletics pays for itself, through ticket sales. </div><div><br></div><div>Library should be paid for through donations from alumni. </div> <div><br></div><div>That is how much college should cost. But even in-state tuitions are triple this. Go figure. </div><div><br></div><div>So, with this in mind, what can a High School graduate do? A four-year college degree tuition would cost a minimum of $48,000 at a state college, to $200,000 or more at an elite Ivy League school. Granted, a person with a college degree earns more, even double over a lifetime, than a High School grad. So it is desirable to obtain that college sheepskin, even at those rates.</div> <div><br></div><div>Are there options? One option is to take college courses on-line from the many online colleges, schools like Phoenix and Strayer. But the cost is still very high for these schools too. It is just perhaps more convenient, but still costly. </div> <div><br></div><div>Here is an outrageous idea. </div><div><br></div><div>First let's review the college business model. Colleges are all businesses, some are not-for-profit, and many are for-profit. The business model is simple; colleges provide services (classes) and receive payment for the services. Unlike most businesses, colleges generally select their customers, instead of the usual practice of customers selecting the business that they want to use. </div> <div><br></div><div>A Co-op business, however, has a slightly business model. In a co-op business, the customers provide the services to themselves. For instance, in a buying co-op, the business model is for the customers themselves to purchase items at wholesale prices, and then distribute the items at the wholesale price.</div> <div><br></div><div>My outrageous idea is for students to organize their own college. In this business model the students would hire the teachers (hopefully qualified teachers), and rent classroom space. The teachers and professors would teach the students the classes and subjects that the students would need to complete a course of study that would be equivalent to the same four-year degree at an established college. </div> <div><br></div><div>For example, a four-year course in computer science would contain classes in programming, data structures, algorithms, compilers, data mining, computer security, machine learning, math courses, and so on. See the syllabus below. A student-led college would offer all the same courses or similar courses given by qualified professors. A student that completes the courses would be fully qualified for a career in computers. </div> <div><br></div><div>Issues would remain. The biggest issue is how would prospective employers accept these students who take such un-accredited courses? And how would an accredited college accept these students who took such un-accredited courses?</div> <div><br></div><div>One possible solution would be for the professors who give the courses to give the courses in association with one of many accredited institutions, so the students' course work would be accredited.</div> <div><br></div><div>Also, the courses could be offered in conjunction with companies that need graduates. For example, my company has many opening for people trained in computers. One opening received dozens of applicants. But unfortunately, none were "qualified". Students who take courses with intention for certain companies and openings would be more likely to step into good jobs from the start. </div> <div><br></div><div>Has there ever been a college that has been student led and run as a co-op business? </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>SAMPLE COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREE SYLLABUS</div> <div>(credits)</div><div><br></div><div>Year 1 Semester Fall</div><div>MATH 104 (3 credits) Statistics</div><div>MATH 140 (4) Calculus I</div><div>CMSC 131 (4) Object-Oriented Programming I </div><div>Engl 101 (3) Writing</div> <div>PhyE 101 (1) exercise</div><div><br></div><div>Year 1 Semester Spring</div><div>MATH 141 (4) Calculus II</div><div>CMSC 132 (4) Object-Oriented Programming II </div><div>CMSC 216 (4) Introduction to Computer Systems</div> <div>Engl 102 (3) English Literature</div><div><br></div><div>Year 2 Semester Fall</div><div>CMSC 250 (3) Discrete Structures</div><div>CMSC 330 (3) Organization of Programming Languages</div><div>Hist 101 (3) American History</div> <div>CHEM 101 (3) Chemistry and Biology</div><div><br></div><div>Year 2 Semester Spring</div><div>CMSC 351 (3) Algorithms</div><div>CMSC 420 (3) Data Structures</div><div>CMSC 406 (3) Systems Analysis</div><div>Hist 102 (3) World History and Government</div> <div><br></div><div>Year 3 Semester Fall</div><div>CMSC 412 (3) Operating Systems</div><div>CMSC 404 (3) Computer Architecture</div><div>CMSC 405 (3) Assembler language</div><div>PSYC 101 (3) Psychology </div><div>LANG 101 (3) Foreign Language TBD</div> <div><br></div><div>Year 3 Semester Spring</div><div>CMSC 417 (3) Computer Networks</div><div>CMSC 424 (3) Database Design</div><div>SOCH 101 (3) Sociology and Social Science</div><div>ARTS 101 (3) Painting, Sculpture, Music, Dance</div> <div>LANG 102 (3) Foreign Language TBD</div><div><br></div><div>Year 4 Semester Fall</div><div>CMSC 435 (3) Software Engineering</div><div>CMSC 436 (3) Hand Held Programming Devices</div><div>CMSC 505 (3) Software Capability Maturity Model</div> <div>PHYS 101 (3) Physics Mechanics</div><div>LANG 103 (3) Foreign Language TBD</div><div><br></div><div>Year 4 Semester Spring</div><div>CMSC 452 (3) Theory of Computation</div><div>CMSC 466 (3) Numerical Analysis</div><div> CMSC 506 (3) Software Project Management</div><div>PHYS 102 (3) Heat, Sound, Electronics</div><div>LANG 104 (3) Foreign Language TBD</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-18860908859481384412014-05-02T13:35:00.001-04:002014-05-02T13:35:57.974-04:00Fwd: Fw: Prohibited video: The San Remo mandate 25 April, 1920_ מנדט סאן רמו, 25 אפריל 1920<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto" bgcolor="#ffffff"><blockquote type="cite"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt">Very informative and every Jewish person should watch this video.<u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';COLOR:#1f497d;FONT-SIZE:11pt"></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY:'Calibri','sans-serif';FONT-SIZE:11pt" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <div> <div> <div> <div> <blockquote style="BORDER-BOTTOM:medium none;BORDER-LEFT:#cccccc 1pt solid;PADDING-BOTTOM:0cm;MARGIN:5pt 0cm 5pt 4.8pt;PADDING-LEFT:0cm;PADDING-RIGHT:0cm;BORDER-TOP:medium none;BORDER-RIGHT:medium none;PADDING-TOP:0cm"> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <div> <blockquote style="MARGIN-TOP:5pt;MARGIN-BOTTOM:5pt"> <div> <div align="right"> <table style="MARGIN-LEFT:13.2pt" dir="rtl" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="PADDING-BOTTOM:0cm;PADDING-LEFT:0cm;PADDING-RIGHT:0cm;PADDING-TOP:0cm"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:right;DIRECTION:rtl;MARGIN-BOTTOM:12pt" dir="rtl" class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p dir="ltr" class="MsoNormal"><b>> The San Remo mandate 25 April, 1920</b><br>> <br>> The video that they do not show us :<br>> <br>> The San Remo Mandate resolution gave the Jews all the land of Israel (Palestine - the name that the Romans called the land of Israel ) and the Arabs took Syria Lebanon Jordan and Iraq <br>> - the film (not an Israeli) proves that the Jewish settlements, on their historical land, has always been legal !!!<br>> <br><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BmMmJ46O-3Q?rel=0" target="_blank"><span style="BACKGROUND:#f5f8f0;FONT-SIZE:10.5pt">> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE:16pt">http://www.youtube.com/embed/BmMmJ46O-3Q?rel=0</span></a><br> > <span dir="rtl" lang="HE"><u></u><u></u></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN:left;DIRECTION:rtl" dir="rtl" class="MsoNormal" align="right"><u><span style="BACKGROUND:#f5f8f0;FONT-SIZE:10.5pt" lang="HE">> </span></u><b><u><span style="FONT-SIZE:18pt" lang="HE">חובה להפיץ לכל אנשי הקשר בארץ ובכל העולם</span></u></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiXm_OYnD6ia4WsduUeSiH2srLxIvscPaKV8DV2GcUdjUNpg8kRIlPEfzTOjm3-bo0xNMMUq5WV8IyowJ5FGm0EVcTTaZPKhwmWSrHmQbNJ-BVqsM5qyyI3UAyN5DFzLsAph-rA/s1600/image001-757974.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCiXm_OYnD6ia4WsduUeSiH2srLxIvscPaKV8DV2GcUdjUNpg8kRIlPEfzTOjm3-bo0xNMMUq5WV8IyowJ5FGm0EVcTTaZPKhwmWSrHmQbNJ-BVqsM5qyyI3UAyN5DFzLsAph-rA/s320/image001-757974.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6008883266049079778" /></a></div> </blockquote></div> </div><br></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-90691961304308343202014-03-11T19:39:00.001-04:002014-03-11T19:39:45.085-04:00D0 people believe - that everyone else is just like them?BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-16723838705180024332014-03-11T19:10:00.001-04:002014-03-11T19:10:33.638-04:00General rule: a cheater suspects everyone else...of cheating. A pure heart id pure and does not.BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-3647167399093292032014-03-11T16:44:00.001-04:002014-03-11T16:44:15.260-04:00Joining the 21st century and blogging from my cell phone. I'm sure that I have an audience of one.BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-83140964569252547572014-01-13T14:28:00.001-05:002014-01-13T14:28:32.545-05:00Global Warming or Climate Change<div dir="ltr"><div>Points to ponder. . . </div><div>1. Global Warming or Climate Change is hardly perceptible. It is Not really an important issue. The Facts are that the average global temperature has gone up (only!) one degree centigrade in the last 100 years, and the rate has been steady and linear. Likewise, ocean levels have risen inches in the last 100 years. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. Carbon monoxide is. Methane could go either way, depending on the source (cows or industry).</div> <div>2. However, energy conversation, and replacing fossil fuels with renewables should be a very high priority, for many reasons, including pollution, reliability, safety (think Chernobyl) and conservation of non-renewables. I would like to see solar electric panels on every house and building in the state and nation. There is no reason to waste sunlight energy that would end up as waste heat on these roofs. It is a fact that installing today's solar panel technology would repay itself in a few years. </div> <div></div></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-33279833040015123972013-12-25T17:17:00.001-05:002013-12-25T17:17:28.917-05:00Best of 2013: Moore’s Law and the Origin of Life | MIT Technology Review<a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/view/522866/best-of-2013-moores-law-and-the-origin-of-life/#.UrtZbsY79-s.blogger">Best of 2013: Moore’s Law and the Origin of Life | MIT Technology Review</a>BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-7962969881193264162013-08-30T11:14:00.001-04:002013-08-30T11:14:25.716-04:00Operating Systems - Windows, Vista, iOS and zOSNever upgrade an operating system. If it came with Vista, it stays
<br>Vista. If you want Windows 7 or 8, buy a new computer.
<br>BTW I use Vista and am very happy with it. Never a problem. Of
<br>course, I never tried to upgrade from XP and never tried to port
<br>software from XP to Vista. Don't do that.
<br>If you want upwards capability, then get a mainframe. IBM Mainframes
<br>are very good at compatability to previous versions. Some are still
<br>running code that was written in the 60's and 70's. Really.BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-13213367967825000592013-08-27T11:06:00.001-04:002013-08-27T11:06:42.597-04:00Letter to Sci Am on MOOGs and learning style<div dir="ltr"><div>Stuying works, and material is retained, when the material is presented in a manner that works for the student. </div><div>I am a perfect 10. That means that I need to be presented with a fact or other item ten times, before I retain and and can access easily. </div> <div>For example, take the Spanish word for grandfather - you could tell me once, and I will forget it in a minute. Ask me for it, and force me to try to recall it, and then when I can't, tell me again. Do this ten times. And it must be ten separate times, not ten time in a sequence. </div> <div>Everyone has a number, mine is ten. </div><div>Some lucky people have the number one. Some unfortunates have a much higher number. </div><div>And, with my number of ten, that is why Elementary and High School were so easy for me. Teachers teach and repeat routinely, and I was able to retain after my magic ten times repeated.</div> <div>But college professors present any fact or idea one time. The student is assumed to be responsible to retain the information, and study on his own. That is why college was hard for me. </div><div>My point, after all that introduction, is that these MOOG courses are mostly in the form of a college course, where the information is presented once. </div> <div>What about presenting the same information in a High School format, where the information is reviewed, and referred to repeatedly? </div><div>I understand that at elite colleges (MIT, Stanford) that they demand excellence. But why do the MOOG courses also?</div> <div>I took a course from Coursera by Andrew Ng, the Machine Learning course. Even though the course was well presented, and clear, and concise, I still needed to review and review and still do not really retain. Even according to Dr Ng, only 10% of the students that take his course ever "pass". I didn't. But I secretly downloaded all of the videos and other material, and will take the course again when reoffered. I am the type of learner that needs to learn all the material before taking the course. I am not stupid, I hold a technical position and deal with technology, and have a technical degree. Nevertheless, my learning style conflicts with the presentation at the university level, and most MOOG courses. Dr Ng and all courses would experience a higher success rate if the courses were presented in a slower, more repetitive manner. </div> <div>Thanks for looking.</div><div>Baruch Atta </div></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-39821361377655084352013-08-22T17:37:00.001-04:002013-08-22T17:37:03.027-04:00TheOnion.com<div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">(It's probably plagiarism to copy a work, verbatim, but Only Doing It Once.)</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">CAIRO—According to late-breaking reports emerging from Damascus, Gaza, Baghdad and elsewhere across the region, the deadly, generations-long conflict in the Middle East was not resolved today.</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">Reporters at Mideast bureau offices as well as scores of eyewitnesses on the ground are confirming that, as of press time, local militant groups, government forces, insurgents, and religious fundamentalists in multiple countries had neither reached a ceasefire agreement nor secured a peace deal, and as a result did not usher in a new era of tolerance and stability to the region Monday.</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">Additionally, 100 percent of accounts confirm that the situation is presently violent and unsettled.</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">"We can officially announce that lasting peace was not established across the Middle East today," said head of the United Nations Peacekeeping Department Hervé Lasdous in an afternoon press conference, confirming that the decades-old clashes that pervade nearly every country in the area had not been solved during the past 24 hours. "Ongoing political disputes, sectarian violence, and terrorist activity have not, as of yet, been brought to an end today, as no sides came together to seek a peaceful conclusion to the bloodshed and turmoil. A peace deal was not even considered, let alone drawn up or ratified."</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">"After years of bitter, bloody conflict, we can state that the atrocities and violence that were once synonymous with the Middle East are still very much synonymous with the Middle East," he added.</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">Lasdous' comments were corroborated by numerous Middle Eastern heads of state, leaders of terrorist organizations, and tribal warlords, all of whom separately confirmed that the most entrenched and divisive conflicts of the modern age, which have left millions dead and disaffected tens of millions more, have not been settled in any military, diplomatic, or humanitarian sense in the past few hours.</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">At the time this article went to print, the latest reports indicated that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the Syrian civil war; the Sunni-Shia conflict; the war in Afghanistan; the Iraqi insurgency; violent protests in Turkey and Egypt; fighting between Arabs and ethnic Kurds; the Sinai insurgency; internal unrest in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen; and dozens of other conflicts were, in fact, still ongoing. Moreover, dozens of sources confirmed that brutality and strife, and not peace and prosperity, continued to dominate daily life in the region as of 6 p.m. local time today.</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">According to high-level sources with knowledge of the situation, the conflict is likely to persist into tonight and may continue into tomorrow as well.</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">"Neither we, nor our enemies, set down our arms today in the spirit of building peace," said Abu Ubaida, a leader of the Palestinian resistance group al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, who stated that the idea of putting aside differences with his adversaries and working toward a mutually agreeable solution "really didn't cross [his] mind" either this morning or this afternoon. "We did not find any common ground with the other side. We did not develop a roadmap to peace. And we certainly didn't sit down in good faith with our historic enemies with the shared recognition that what both sides truly desire is a future for our children in which they are safe from harm. That definitely didn't happen."</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">"It's safe to say that, since we awoke today, we haven't taken any measurable step toward ending the persistent cycle of hatred and hostility that has defined our lives for generations," Ubaida continued. "In fact, our sworn enemies remain just that, and we're actually quite committed to going on killing them."</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">Hailing the day's developments as "pretty much the same" as those of any other day, sources throughout the region reported feeling not even the slightest bit hopeful about the prospect of a brighter future, citing no discernable change in the level of fighting and instability they experienced relative to the day before. Additionally, residents noted that the detonation of multiple car bombs, the massacre of innocent civilians, the perpetration of dozens of kidnappings, and the use of chemical weapons against a state's own citizens were all concrete realities that had occurred within the past several hours, suggesting that, if anything, their lives may have actually grown worse since yesterday.</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">In addition, the region's top diplomatic figures confirmed that they did not broker a historic peace accord Monday and therefore did not finally bring tranquility and a spirit of reconciliation to a people who had known nothing but war and hardship for generations.</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">"Didn't happen today," said President of the Syrian National Council George Sabra, speaking to reporters amid audible gunfire and occasional nearby explosions. "Nope. Not even close."</p> <p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)">Added Sabra, "We'll let you know if it does."</p><p style="color:rgb(26,26,26);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:28px;background-color:rgb(254,254,254)"> <i style>The Onion</i> will continue to follow this story as it develops. Readers are encouraged to continue checking this website for hourly updates on whether the Middle East conflict has been resolved.</p></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-84046313076382500492013-08-09T10:15:00.001-04:002013-08-09T10:15:08.203-04:00Emily Dickinson<div dir="ltr"><div>A well done analysis of rhyme and meter. Thank you.</div><div>I just recently re-discovered poetry after, say, 40 years since college and English 101. Actually, I recalled Frost's "the secret sits in the middle and knows" and thought it was Dickinson. I bought the Complete Dickinson and read all the poems, (mostly) and did not find that poem, but had a good time of reading Emily. </div> <div>I read a note about E. Dickinson (probably Wikipedia) which I liked and agree. "Emily did poetry like most women of the time did embroidery." That is, without thought of fame, or any other motives other than just something to keep busy. I feel that reading Emily is like reading her diary - with innermost thoughts, revealing her soul. It is, you know. Most of her writing probably was never shown to anyone, until after her death. Or so I am informed. </div> <div>Your last comment - my comment - "...Dickinson's refusal to be bound by form. She alters the rhyme, rhyme scheme and meter...". Well, if so, why the scholarly analysis of rhyme and meter here - Emily is not bound by it so why bother? Perhaps you can find others who color inside the lines and analyse them, perhaps?</div> </div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274586.post-6462076519897968892013-07-03T10:42:00.001-04:002013-07-03T10:42:37.306-04:00Pensions are good for companies<div dir="ltr"><div>mcnasty </div><div>Companies have a mercenary attitude, now they want mercenaries for employes, then they wonder why they can't keep the good talent, or how their competition knows too much about how they operate. Then they start loosing business to the european companies when they expand stateside. There was a reason why the business moguls of the early 20th century had pensions, it wasn't for humanitarian reasons, it was because loyal employees kept companies in business. Look at how many companies have gone under since 401ks came about and pensions disappeared. Look at how Asian and European companies have started to come to America and build factories while American companies disappear. This is just one part of the problem. But we did this to ourselves, and we are going to pay for it.</div> <div><br></div></div> BaruchAtttahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12317491930858222888noreply@blogger.com0