Curt Vendel vient d'annoncer sur le forum d'Atari Age, la sortie de deux livres sur l'histoire d'ATARI.
Le Vol.1 cet été et le Vol.2 fin 2012.
December 21, 2011 – Video game industry historians Martin Goldberg and Curt Vendel have publicly announced the targeted release of their book on the history of Atari Inc., the seminal video game company that dominated the early industry. Over 7 years in the making, poring over thousands of original documents and internal resources as well as conducting hundreds of interviews with former Atari employees, the duo are now in the home stretch and spending time in the final leg of interviews and research.
Atari Inc., originally started as an engineering partnership between Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in 1969 called Syzygy Co., became the foundation of the early video game industry. The company and the brand were synonymous with « video games » in the 1970's and 80's, dominating both the arcade and consumer industries during those periods while making inroads in to computing and other little publicly known advanced research, even bringing legendary Xerox/Parc researcher Alan Kay on board to lead an advanced research division. However due to corporate mismanagement and driven to extraordinary growth by it's parent company Warner Communications, in 1984 it imploded spectacularly taking most of the US video game industry with it.
In an age where Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft now dominate the consumer industry and the video arcade industry has all but disappeared, Gen-Xers and those old enough to have grown up during the « Age of Atari » still cling fondly to the memories of this period. The passion and loyalty for the brand still sounds loudly in the hearts of fans as evidenced by the large collectors market for Atari arcade games, hardware, and paraphernalia. Goldberg and Vendel began the book as a testament to the unsung heroes who created the legacy of Atari, and had just as much fun creating it as the people who played it. Tentatively titled « Silicon Hot Tub: Atari Inc. How innovative leisure created the video game industry, and how excess almost destroyed it, » the book is targeted for a release in conjunction with the Atari brand's 40th anniversary this June.
Commodore présenta le C64 en janvier 1982, mais sa distribution commença réellement en août 1982 au prix de 595$. C'est la plus belle réussite pour un micro-ordinateur 8-Bit. Ses ventes sont généralement estimées autour des 17 millions, certains chiffres allant jusqu'à 25 millions d'unités vendues. Sachant que Commodore dans les années fastes en vendait environ 2 million par an, le chiffre de 17 million parait beaucoup plus certain. Commodore fit faillite en 1994. La suite des nombreux rachats de la marque allant de déception en déception. La logithèque du Commodore 64 est très certainement la plus large du monde 8-bit, avec plus de 10 000 logiciels et jeux publiés.
Bonne Année 2012, à tous !


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Colorado Mom's Facebook Post About Asking for Help Goes Viral
Kimberly Adams decided not to suffer in silence, and the result was powerful.
By Diana Bruk
Northern Colorado Moms Blog/Facebook
We've all had days when our to-do list seems not only insurmountable, but suffocating—when the pressures of day-to-day life (getting to work, getting our kids where they need to be, cleaning the house, etc.) feel like they're too much to bear. Usually in these times, we suffer in silence, but a Colorado woman named Kimberly Adams is encouraging people to lean on their friends and ask for help instead of keeping it all to themselves. In a now-viral Facebook post, she's showing the world what the true meaning of friendship is.
In mid-October, Adams put up a post on the Northern Colorado Moms Blog Facebook page about how she was going through a difficult time and was trying to manage on her own. "As mamas we feel like we've always gotta put on our big girl pants and just muscle through," she wrote. "Never let 'em see you sweat, right?"
But, on one particular day, she was finding it impossible to do that. She called up a friend, thinking that all she needed to do was "cry about what was happening." Then her friend asked her a very important question, the one that we should all ask when someone we love is struggling. "She asked me to just say what I needed and wanted most," Adams wrote. "I told her that I didn't want to be alone."
How did her friend respond? She said, "I'm on my way."
Adams tried to talk her out of making the long drive between their two distant Colorado towns. She told her the "house was a disaster" and that she didn't want to be a "burden." But her friend didn't care about any of that. All she cared about was being there for Adams when she didn't want to be by herself.
She picked up another friend along the way to Adams' house and, once they arrived, they gave her the "the biggest hugs" and asked the second question we should all ask when someone we love is struggling: "What can we do?"
"My disaster of a house? They helped me clean it, and assured me it wasn't that bad," she wrote. "They let me cry, they made me laugh, we listened to music, and most importantly…I. Wasn't. Alone."
Adams encouraged people to show up for a friend who they know is having a tough time, even if that person is too uncomfortable to ask. "Just tell her you're coming," she wrote. "Because I guarantee she wants that more than anything, and she's having a hard time being able to say it."
And she ended the touching post by urging other moms to realize that they don't have to suffer in silence and solitude, which applies not just to mothers, but to everyone.
"You don't even have to know what you need—just start by asking to not be alone," she wrote. "I know there is someone in your life who will say to you 'I'm on my way,' if only you'd ask."
The beautiful tribute to friendship quickly went viral, gaining more than 114,000 shares since it was posted on Oct. 17.
"I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love this and how relatable it is to my life right now," one Facebook user wrote. "You put into words what I have not been able to myself and for that I thank you."
The responses were so overwhelming that Adams—who did not reveal her identity in the original post—put up a follow-up post with pictures of herself and her #onthewayfriends, including the two who helped her that fateful day: Samantha Franzen and Emilie Casseday.
She revealed that she met most of them through the Northern Colorado Moms Blog and that, while she's only known them for just over a year, they are "the ones getting me through, and often times carrying me down this rough road."
She also had some practical advice for anyone who might be feeling alone and who doesn't know who to turn to.
"Check out your local City Mom Collective page! If your city doesn't have one, do what I did and look into bringing one to your community! If that's not an option, search local Facebook event happenings and choose one to go to," Adams wrote. "Get plugged into community. Whether a moms group, bible study, recreational sports league, or anything of the like…community is happening all around you."ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb
And whatever you do don't be afraid to ask for help. It might be hard at first, but, once you get the words out, you'll be surprised to find how many people are eager to be there for you.
And for another inspiring post about thriving instead of just surviving, check out: Mom's Viral Facebook Post Reveals the Struggles of Postpartum Anxiety.
Diana Bruk
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Experts recommend getting rid of it right away if you notice it in your yard.
If You See This Plant, Pull It Out
This species can pose dangers to your other plants—and to your health.
If You Have This Tree in Your Yard, Kill It
It threatens surrounding wildlife and even the foundation of your home.

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We have measured flux-noise correlations in a tunable superconducting flux qubit. The device consists of two loops that independently control the qubit's energy splitting and tunnel coupling. Low-frequency flux noise in the loops causes fluctuations of the qubit frequency and leads to dephasing. Since the noises in the two loops couple to different terms of the qubit Hamiltonian, a measurement of the dephasing rate at different bias points provides a way to extract both the amplitude and the sign of the noise correlations. We find that the flux fluctuations in the two loops are anticorrelated, consistent with a model where the flux noise is generated by randomly oriented unpaired spins on the metal surface. © 2011 American Physical Society.


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UC Davis pediatric orthopaedic surgeon gives teen another ...
NEWS | May 13, 2020
UC Davis pediatric orthopaedic surgeon gives teen another chance at sports...and a future
Emma Voorhies' looks forward to being sidelined no more.
The Voorhies family had tried everything. Physical therapy. Cortisone shots. Multiple X-rays and MRIs to determine the extent of Emma Voorhies' knee injury. The teen was in so much pain, coupled with the anxiety of what the future would hold. Emma's mom, Sherie Voorhies, was desperate to help her child.
Pediatric orthopaedic patient, Emma Voorhies, in the UC Davis Children's Surgery Center.
"Emma wasn't just sore, she was in absolute agony," Voorhies said. "Her pain kept getting worse. I knew we were missing something."
The Voorhies family was not giving up. A dedicated athlete at Oakridge High School in El Dorado Hills, Emma saw the handwriting on the wall. How could she continue to play sports if she could barely walk? What would this mean for her future?
A referral to UC Davis Health and Brian Haus, a highly recommended pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, was an "awesome blessing."
"Within the span of three minutes, Dr. Haus knew exactly what Emma was dealing with," Voorhies said. "We finally had a place to start."
Emma Voorhies was full of questions and Haus answered each and every one of them. "Dr. Haus was insanely patient and even thanked Emma for being so prepared," Voorhies said. "It took Emma eight months of varied failed treatments and incorrect diagnoses before she hit the doctor lottery jackpot!"
UC Davis Children's Hospital ranked 8th nationally in pediatric orthopedics in the 2019-2020 US News & World Report "Best Children's Hospitals" rankings
The initial diagnosis, patella plica syndrome, required arthroscopic surgery. The procedure date was set but it meant more waiting. A cancellation paved the way for Emma Voorhies to finally have her pain addressed. Or so the family thought.
"Emma's injured knee was finally getting the help it needed," Voorhies said. "But then during scoping, Dr. Haus found something else. Something that required more that just a scope and two-week recovery."
Haus was incredibly thorough in examining Emma's knee beyond her plica repair, said Voorhies. It was then that he discovered that Emma had an osteochondral fracture. The repair of an injury like this was more complicated than a scope. Emma was about to get an overhaul of her 14-year-old left knee.
One of the most unique attributes to Emma's treatment plan was that her very own cartilage was grafted to a porcine (pig) membrane for implantation six weeks after harvest. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
"I knew how detrimental it would be to Emma's well-being if they put the surgery off. She was already struggling with the pain and it had taken an emotional toll," Voorhies said. "We were thrilled when Dr. Haus said that Emma wouldn't and shouldn't have to wait."
The operation proceeded as scheduled. The UC Davis Children's Surgery Center was exactly where the Voorhies wanted to be, even amid the health crisis. "The hospital is the most sterile place to be during something like this," Voorhies said. "The staff was very professional and there was no lack of passion."
Emma Voorhies is on the long road to recovery. Rigorous physical therapy and icing each day will eventually alleviate her pain and lead Emma back to her beloved sports. For that, she's willing to wait.
UC Davis Children's Hospital is the Sacramento region's only nationally ranked, comprehensive hospital providing care for infants, children, adolescents and young adults with primary, subspecialty and critical care. It includes the Central Valley's only pediatric emergency department and level I pediatric trauma center, which offers the highest level of care for its critically ill patients, as well as a level I children's surgery center. The 129-bed children's hospital includes the state-of-the-art 49-bed neonatal and 24-bed pediatric intensive care and pediatric cardiac intensive care units. For more information, visit children.ucdavis.edu.
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any further thought on the topic.
python and numpy data types and the options for converting from one pandas type to another.
needs to understand that you can add two numbers together like 5 + 10 to get 15.
to explicitly force the pandas type to a corresponding to NumPy type.
or in your own analysis.
should check once you load a new data into pandas for further analysis.
notebook is up on github.
a string in pandas so it performs a string operation instead of a mathematical one.
function shows even more useful info.
additional analysis on this data.
numbers. In the sales columns, the data includes a currency symbol as well as a comma in each value.
columnm the last value is "Closed" which is not a number; so we get the exception.
At first glance, this looks ok but upon closer inspection, there is a big problem.
so this does not seem right.
for the type change to work correctly.
function that we apply to each value and convert to the appropriate data type.
the values to integers as well but I'm choosing to use floating point in this case.
This is not a native data type in pandas so I am purposely sticking with the float approach.
or upcast to a larger byte size unless you really know why you need to do it.
reason is that it includes comments and can be broken down into a couple of steps.
functions are a little more difficult for the new user to grasp.
not to duplicate the long lambda function.
I will cover usage at the end of the article.
I think the function approach is preferrable.
the active column to a boolean. There are several possible ways to solve this specific problem.
are very flexible and can be customized for your own unique data needs.
configurable but also pretty smart by default.
to the same column, then the dtype will be skipped.
can help improve your data processing pipeline.
data type, feel free to comment below.


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Emmas film är en svensk kortfilm (romantisk komedi) från 2009 i regi av Anders Habenicht. I rollerna ses bland andra Claudia Galli, Victor Ström och Astrid Schöldström.

Handling
Emma närmar sig 30 och hennes perfekta lillasyster ska ha bröllop. Emma lovar att ta med sin nye pojkvän till bröllopet, problemet är bara att hon är evig singel.

Rollista

 Claudia Galli – Emma
 Victor Ström – Samuel
 Astrid Schöldström – Emma 8 år
 Sebastian Kjellkvist – Samuel 8 år
 Lilian Johansson – Emmas mamma
 Tore Davidsson – Emmas pappa
 Frida Beckman	– Rakel
 Christian de Flon – Rakels man
 Sofia Axelsson Lekare	– Karin
 Robin Lyngstam – Karins man
 Max Legros Selander – Philip
 Davood Tafvizian – greken
 Fanny Strömberg – Anni
 Lisa Nordström – Marinella
 Sofia Brattwall – Ulrika
 Richard Ulfsäter – Kasper
 Simon Berglund – Jeppe
 Ulf Stenberg – killen
 Fredrik Wagner – wizardking
 Joel Burman – matvraket
 Linus Rosenqvist – Limpan
 Anders Habenicht – Alexander
 Frida Dahlberg – Sofia
 Mikael Almqvist – TV-producent 1
 Anna Roos – TV-producent 2
 Elvira Kierkegaard – daydreamkund 1
 Tove Bengtsson – daydreamkund 2

Om filmen
Emmas film producerades av Joel Burman och spelades in efter ett manus av Björn Paqualin och Habenicht. Den spelades in i Stockholm med omnejd med Linus Rosenqvist som fotograf. Den klipptes senare av Joakim Tessert-Ekström och premiärvisades den 23 januari 2009 på Göteborgs filmfestival.

Referenser

Svenska kortfilmer
Svenska romantiska komedifilmer
Svenska filmer 2009
Stockholm på film
Kortfilmer 2009
Svenskspråkiga filmer

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Category: Philosophy
If you believe that poor people are the problem – Vote!
If you believe that immigrants are ruining this country – Vote!
If you believe that the government is evil and must be destroyed – Vote!
If you believe that America is a Christian country, and white means smarter, more powerful, richer – Vote!
If you believe that businesses can choose to not serve people they hate – Vote!
If you believe that countries that are our partners are idiots and countries run by totalitarian dictators are our new friends – Vote!
If you believe that women are less than men – Vote!
If you believe that woman's health care is a pre-existing condition that murders babies – Vote!
If you believe it's okay to say whatever you need to say to win and then do whatever you want afterwards – Vote!
If you believe corporations are people too – Vote!
If you believe that the Bible is the absolute word of god (even if you choose to ignore some bits) – Vote!
If you believe any relationship that's not one man, one woman is evil and should be killed – Vote!
If you believe that healthcare is not a right – Vote!
If you believe that spending money you don't have is okay so long as taxes are low – Vote!
If you believe it's okay to make working peoples lives harder while you make the rich, richer – Vote!
If you believe it's okay for politicians to profit from their decisions – Vote!
If you believe it's okay to take from others, as long as it doesn't effect you – Vote!
If you believe that the press are liars and politicians are honest – Vote!
If you believe global warming is a lie – Vote!
If you believe guns are a right but any gun control is wrong – Vote!
If you believe that black people are scary – Vote!
If you believe unions are bad, but weak employment laws are good – Vote!
If you believe its okay to pay a fortune for for-profit education – Vote!
And of course if you happen to think any or all the above is abhorrent – Vote!
If you are a citizen and you don't vote, then you are the problem!
Where I want to Live
In the past I've been pretty confident in my view that both parties in the US held some good ideas.
I've always thought that the best places to live allowed individuals almost unfettered personal freedom, with the only limits being that since everyone is equal, no one can tell you what to do. So, if your ideas demanded someone else change their way of living, then you couldn't do that.
I've always thought that if didn't matter what color you are or what sex you decided you'd like to participate in, that was entirely up to you.
I don't like to wear my trousers below my underwear, so I don't. I don't really like seeing anyone else do that, but quite simply it's up to them, not me and I don't have the right to change their clothes.
If men want to dress as women, or women want to dress as men, to me it's really no different as any other configuration. I don't have any issue with men marrying men, women marrying women, or any other permutation of the wide and varied spectrum of sexual modes that exist. Actually, I think it's great for everyone to be whatever they desire, either my nature or nurture.
I never really realized how much prejudice people of color suffer. I guess being white I inherently have white privilege, as racists don't pay me any attention.
I know I'm conflating race and sex, but that's the point, we're all the same and I just don't get why anyone gets treated differently based on anything.
I've never seen a difference in the workplace based on people's ability based on sex. Man or Woman really makes no difference, except for the pretty obvious ones, that women generally have to do a lot more in life than men. A job is hard enough, but women also have to look incredible every day (Men's clothing is much simpler and the whole makeup thing bamboozles me, I couldn't do it) and have to deal with being the factory to create other people. Frankly I can't imagine how hard it must be to be a woman, and I'm in awe of how women don't let the extra pressures of social expectations and biological processes hold them back. It seems very reasonable that a woman doing the same job as a man should be paid more, in the same way that people who work in expensive cities get paid more, a weighting for the extra work and costs that are incurred. Seriously why don't women get paid more than men for the same work?
How can it be that people with darker skins go to different schools, have less money and get treated worse? I get the history, if your parents had less opportunity, then you will have less opportunity, it's a very simple and calculatable model. But it's also very obvious and fixable. The law can be used to straighten out these issues, but instead we continue to use the law to exacerbate these issues. And with inequality everyone loses, no one wins.
No one want's to pay taxes, obviously, everyone wants to keep more of what they earned themselves. So how can we build a society where we get everything that is needed to create and maintain a prosperous society without massive taxation? Obviously, there is a cost to creating and maintaining society, but it seems nuts to expect cuts in tax to solve the issues. We need infrastructure, schools, laws, protection, and that costs a lot. I believe that today (partly because of the excessive costs of healthcare) we in the US pay more overall than anyone else. The tax rates vary country by country, but so does what they include. Federal, state, social security and local taxes plus health, car and house insurance, plus payments for retirement, purchase taxes, fuel taxes, licenses and approvals, educational costs all are bundled to some extent in most countries. When you add all these up I think we pay MORE than pretty much everyone else. But any tax cuts that happen here, really only impact the people who don't pay any of these taxes.
I love the idea of running a surplus as opposed to a deficit, and year by year paying off debt, so that taxes can eventually be lower. It will take a long time, but just like balancing a personal account, that's the only way to solve long term debt issues. There are many things that need to be improved, but often the answer is not to spend more, it's to pay less for the services and good that are needed. But we have a model whereby business pays politicians to spend top $ on products and services, in no-bid contracts at multiples of the prices paid by others.
We have shitty roads, not just because of a lack of investment, there are national deals with industries that mandate what types of roads are built. We have concrete roads, when we know that concrete roads don't work as well as more modern materials, but it's the deal that lead to a bunch of politicians getting a lot of money fifty years ago, and every politician since still drinks from the same trough.
We pay more for the same drugs as people in other countries, because politicians were paid to sign laws saying the government can't negotiate drug deals but will pay list price. Seriously how can that every be right. The drugs are American, designed and often built here, and yet we pay the highest prices anywhere in the world, because politicians were paid to agree to the deal, and politicians from all parties fill their pockets the same way every day.
This practice has been made illegal all over the western world, where politicians regularly swap their pin stripe business suites for black and white arrows when then break these laws, but in America it's all legal. Politicians are supposed to be servants of the people, not the other way around.
The issue has become worse year by year, as we have learnt to hate "the other" and allow the flaws of the ones closest to our own team.
We're at a point now where the most extreme, corrupt, sexist, racist, xenophobic, flawed president and vice president fiction could ever have imagined became the leaders of the free world, supported by the machinations of the crumbling remains of our cold war enemy who moved the wealth of an empire into the arms of the men who ran their secret police.
And it was in response to a black man being president and supporting a woman as his successor.
I still believe that there are good ideas that can come from both sides of the political divide, but until the right stands up to the crazies they have given power, I don't think it will matter what the left does.
How to automate the process of building an entire city
It makes little sense to send people to Mars to build a city, as people need a level of infrastructure that makes living there impractical until you build the infrastructure needed to survive.
It makes a lot more sense to send machines to build the environment and send people later.
What if robots could mine raw materials, build the factories to process the raw material, build the infrastructure to build more robots that could then build everything needed to sustain life.
There is no reason why this cannot be done!
Phase 1 – Robots investigate available raw materials (survey)
Phase 2 – Robots mine raw materials (mine)
Phase 3 – Robots use the initial raw material to build refineries to produce building materials and factories (Build)
Phase 4 – Robots build more robots out of refined material (replicate)
Phase 5 – Robots now build everything needed to sustain life (buildings, machines, infrastructure) (Implement)
Phase 6 – People arrive (Immigrate)
How long would it take? 50 years, 500 years? Probably somewhere in between.
I believe phases 1 and 2 are almost practical today. While phase 3 is partially possible today.
It could be started on Earth right now. Build the technology to build cities from nothing, anywhere on the planet, and potentially beyond.
A few square miles of barren land, a lot of smart minds, enough investment to make it happen.
This is the project that is needed!
Economics, Politics, Society and War
There is a clarity of mind that the Republicans bring, that cannot be replicated by any other political party.
Republicans understand that money is truly a fictional construct. All that matters is that the people who have more, create space between themselves and those who have less. This is the fundamental truth of every society.
"Those who have least serve those who have most."
You must create huge gaps between us and them, and to do this you need to create categories of "them", while creating power for the "us"
There is power in clarity of purpose. While everyone has their own personal concerns, the Republicans have focused on bigger, longer-term, more direct power.
Finding every way possible to separate people with a genetic predisposition to have more melanin in their skin from those with little, has become a primary method of creating an us vs them. And if you don't agree then you're clearly an evil liberal socialist who should be derided and insulted in every way possible. This model wasn't invented in America, but it is being perfected by the Republican party of President Donald Trump.
Germany in the 1920's and early 30's was the most advanced culture in Europe (and probably the world), their symbolism when looked at without the hindsight of the terrible atrocities that came slightly later, were impressively modern. Art, science and design were centered globally in Germany. And then came a very focused extremely polarizing us vs them concept.
All you need to do is define the "them" and make sure they have less, and automatically you have more.
Take out morality, allow any means to justify an end, insult, imprison and totally destroy anyone who is unlike yourself.
Find a loud and controversial figurehead to take center stage, say whatever he likes, create controversy that takes the focus of the real power, allowing the real power to make real changes to social, economic, political, legal frameworks that destroy the "other"
When eventually the fake figurehead is stopped, it's too late the real changes that were desired by the "us" are already done.
Read "the rise and fall of the Roman Empire" (or at least find a comic book version to scan). Read up on the history of the Byzantine empire, the British empire, the Spanish empire, the Third Reich, The Muslim empires. And then read the art of war, and learn how power uses strategy and tactics to win.
The United States has quickly tripped to the right, but it hasn't fallen over fully, quite yet. But it's still toppling slowly.
Lack of empathy is a political tool
I've held and postulated the theory that many people have no empathy.
And in case you don't understand the concept of empathy it is simply the ability to understand the feelings of others.
There is a group of people who exhibit a total lack of empathy. Here are some of the exhibited behaviors:
They think being gay is wrong and should be illegal.
They think that being dark skinned is an indication of wrongness and should be seen as less.
They often think that their sex is better than the "other" sex, is smarter, stronger, more powerful etc.
They think their religion the only religion and is perfect, others being wrong and evil.
Some people may call people with this deficiency of empathy – bigots, sexists, racists or fundamentalists.
With the recent ridiculous separation of parents and children, being endorsed by the president and his followers, I'd suggest that Republican is a better name for this lack of empathy.
It now seems to be the single defining, unifying force behind republicans.
The only time that republicans seems to understand the issues with their ideas is when they find out that a member of their kith or kin are gay, changed religion or married someone unlike themselves. If it doesn't impact them directly they don't see the issue. That's the definition of a fundamental lack of empathy.
Please or Annoy the President?
How to please Trump
"I'm impressed by your businesses"
"I'm impressed by your golfing ability"
"I'm impressed by how attractive, beautiful women find you"
"I really like the way you wear your hair and the length of your tie"
"I love the way you insult anyone and everyone"
How to annoy Trump
"I need you to think about something that doesn't directly impact you"
"I need you to make a decision and stick to it"
"I need you to say sorry for any/all of your terrible comments/behaviors"
"I need you to stop being a racist/sexist/xenophobe"
"I need you to act with decorum befitting the role of the President"
"I need you to read and understand the papers you are asked to sign before you either sign them or not sign them"
"I need you to understand and abide by the US constitution."
Today If I had the chance to speak with President Trump, I suspect he'd by rather annoyed….
Politics is for the Crazy
I think anyone who wants to be a politician must be crazy. The question is what type of crazy do you prefer?
Evil Crazy
Egotistical Crazy
Delusional Crazy
Paranoid Crazy
Hippy Crazy
Religious Crazy
Power Crazy
Money Mad
Or a combination of the above
Finding Out You Are Wrong, Should Be the Best Feeling.
The human mind is a complex device, but it is not perfect. Everything we learn, we learn through a combination of comparison to previous experiences and then using learned logic techniques to extrapolate new information, which we then can use to compare to already learned information. This is not a simple process, and much of the information we learn is interpreted by filters before being made available to the comparative engines of the brain.
I'm simplifying everything of course, because this is a short blog and I'm an opinion that is based on my own experiences, comparisons and logic.
But simply this process is fraught with potential errors. It's very easy to learn things which make no sense outside the framework you have already learned.
When you were a child you were taught many subtle things that were only designed to make your parents lives easier. They may well have not been true. Some of these you will encounter as a child and will cause you to question your earliest beliefs, but some will pass through your experience untested and will become true to you as an adult. If these are then proved to be wrong later in your life, you will have a very hard time deciding what is true.
If you believed Santa Claus was real through to your late teens, it's very likely you would have a very hard time ever considering that he was not real. Imagine if you had received presents under the tree every year until you were 20, and had absolutely no reason to question where they came from, because no one had ever had that conversation with you. What would it take to then persuade you that it was just a story made up my marketing companies to sell more coke.
We all have our versions of Santa Claus; some believe people of a different skin color are a difference species; some believe that socialism in the form of social security or government run healthcare are inherently evil; some believe that their particular variant of religion is the only one that is "true" and everyone else is going to hell; some believe that their family and friends are superior because they all came from the same country in Europe and all became rich due to their grandparents work. And some beliefs are very subtle, but no less damaging to our ability to learn new ideas.
The basic issue is one of trying to change a "core belief", something that was learned at a young age and has never been tested by your personal experience.
The way the brain works creates fixed pathways for specific situations that become impossible for you to think outside of.
As a species, we must continuously test core beliefs, and where we see evidence that contradicts what we inherently know to be true, we must be willing to look deeply at the evidence and question our own reticence. It's hard, but it's how we become better people.
Here are some statements that cause this form of cognitive dissonance for some people:
The earth is round.
The earth revolves around the sun.
The moon is not a source of light, and revolves around the earth.
Evolution is the name of the process of random mutations providing variety that make some variants more likely to survive changing environmental conditions than others, and over very large timescales explains the variety of all life on earth.
Skin color is just a simple environmentally preferential variance in a subcutaneous dye found at a lower level in the skin and is not an indicator or any other attribute.
The universe was not created for the pleasure of one single species on one single planet out of billions, but is most probably one universe of billions in a much larger system than we can perceive.
Guns are dangerous, and their use should be carefully controlled.
Trickle-down economics doesn't work.
At this point a lot of people's brains may have exploded (of course since those people are unlikely to read my rant or care about my views, It's not so much of an issue, but maybe some exploding brains (metaphorically speaking) would do the world some good)
When you challenge a core-belief and break its hold on you, you open a world of personal possibilities.
Why Is A Politician Doing Exactly What They Promised So Terrible?
Democracy is not a perfect political system; it is just the best political system of all those that are known.
America is not a pure democracy, but a fragile psedo-democracy model that relies of the goodness of people to adhere to the spirit of a constitution written hundreds of years ago by a group of amazing people whose shared experiences lead them to a stunning series of ideals around freedom, equality and happiness (happiness, was never a political consideration before 1776, Anywhere in the world, what a truly amazing ideal!).
The process in the US is one of sharing aspirations aimed at like-minded voters during the primary cycle, which is then attenuated during the election cycle to try and draw more votes and then the winner again attenuates their ideas with those of all sides during their time in a role. The result is that everyone is mildly dissatisfied with government, but most people are not furious. It's not a perfect system, just one that balances experience and power with need and desire.
What happens when a candidate points out that it's a stupid system, sticks a finger in the air and decides to go all in to win and then do exactly what they said they would do?
What happens is the balance changes, the fragility of the conventions that allow for happiness, equality and freedom are put to the test.
It's quite amazing that no one thought of it before. It's a very high risk strategy, "all or nothing". And we are living it today.
Global history indicates that it's a bad idea, that the balance shifting in such dramatic ways will lead to hyper-changes to security, economics, the environment and society; not just in the USA but globally.
The security of the world is finely balanced. With borders maintained by a mix of weapons, physical barriers and most importantly economic interests.
The global economy is not based on natural resources, but promises. Currencies are no longer underwritten by gold and silver, but by a mesh of interconnected promises, treaties and subtle winks between national banks. If the largest economy decides to change these rules, every single nation will be looking to garner an advantage from the change, and it's not clear who would win that battle.
Saying "fuck you" to the world may feel good (really good), but when you play a strategic game, it's important to know how players will respond to your moves, and it's not clear that's the way it's currently working.
The good thing is, that since no one thought the presidential election would go the way it went, it's likely that no one built the brain trust to plan a response. So, it's not just the USA running with scissors, the world is now doing it.
Donald Trump is either the smartest president that every existed in the history of history itself, or he is starting something he will quickly lose control of.
I'm rooting for the Donald to be everything he says he is, but as a scientist I like to see evidence, peer reviewed before agreeing with such a situation. I have seen the evidence of the last two weeks, I've listened to the peer reviews, and I'm beyond worried.
As a very smart comic character once said "with great power comes great responsibility"
Lower regulation doesn't naturally translate to "better", it can, but why would a business freed from a regulation do the right thing. It takes something else.
Lowering federal taxes, just increases state, local and hidden taxes.
Things that are likely to happen (not guaranteed, but more likely every day)
Hyper debt
Hyper inflation
Hyper unemployment
Less human rights
Shorter life span, and a lowering of the quality of life overall
A worse environment (air quality, water quality, farm land quality)
Less equality
Less government oversight
Less investment in happiness (the arts)
A greater gap between rich and poor
Higher overall taxes for the average person (fed, state, local, privatization and deregulation costs*)
Less global trade
Higher fuel prices and dirtier fuel processes
Lower wages
A less educated population
*Privatization and deregulation costs
Higher Healthcare costs
Higher drug costs
Higher food costs
Higher Road tolls
Higher safe water costs
Higher heating and cooling energy costs
Higher internet costs
Import taxes
Higher school costs
Higher local policing and fire safety costs
Uplifts of travel to pay for private security
Higher fuel prices
Higher train travel costs
Higher banking costs
We have become used to all politicians lying, and we know it is wrong.
But maybe a politician telling the truth may be a hell of a lot worse.
Bury Bad News.
Political press officers have been using the technique of "burying bad news" for decades. It's a powerful technique, you wait until something powerful and newsworthy happens and you release your bad news at the same time in a less powerful way. Most of the time your bad news will then get a lot less coverage.
The time journalists can spend on any single story continually get shorter, as the demand to fill airwaves and column inches increase. There are a lot less journalists each year, being paid a lot less and being asked to do a lot more. The result is exactly what we see, large volumes of lower quality content.
It is much easier to interview a "man on the street" or an "expert in her field" on their opinion on an event or the views of another pundit, than it is to deeply investigate a story.
In today's climate, every single contentious comment from a politician is jumped upon with gusto. A moronic tweet at 3am can fill hours of TV and radio and many column inches on websites.
I subscribe to the New York Times, get a copy seven days a week, and this gives my access to their online content as well. Why do I subscribe? Well to be honest for two main reasons; One, my wife loves to do the crossword every day on the subway and two, I have a dog and so need a regular supply of paper. Oh, I read the paper online every day, but it's one of many news sources I go to try and get a perspective of the world. Sure, the New York Times does seem to be one of the better news sources, and they clearly do continue in the tradition of in-depth journalism, but with thousands of news sources available everyone feels the need to check numerous ones to get a fuller perspective.
I've given up on TV as a news source. Fox news and MSNBC spend all their time discussing what they think, and not reporting news. CNN is too careful to show that they are not biased and so present all sides if each inane argument without ever making a journalistic assessment. The BBC world news still seems quite good though (but I may have a built-in bias there)
The Huffington post, the drudge report et al clearly have a bias, but their bias is around trying to attract a specific demographic and punch them in the face with as much advertising as they can, they clealy see news content as a means to an end, and not an end unto itself.
There are a bunch of sites that started as aggregators of content as a method of generating ad based revenue, and have since started to try and become valid news sources. But this is hard to do and their failures are becoming legendary (e.g. buzzfeed)
What these competing ad-funded news sources have in common, is that they will pounce of anything that brings in an audience. And contentious quotes are always going to be newsworthy.
Burying bad news has never been easier.
Politicians pass a law that will increase the national debt by billions. Oh, look over there, the president elect just insulted a transgender woman and is tweeting about it.
Voting rights are taken away from people who have the same name as other people in prison. Oh, look over here, a pundit just said we should nuke japan.
It takes a lot of effort to fully investigate and report on a story, and the organizations that are doing this good work must wait days, weeks or months to get all their facts in place, write the story and get comments from all relevant parties. But a pundit can spout an opinion and have it communicated in seconds.
We must slow down the process of news, to the speed of integrity and completeness. We can't allow critical news to die just because someone let a nip slip or tweeted something stupid.
We need to hold everyone accountable, and this needs high integrity journalists working for long periods of time on each story.
Choose your news source(s) based on their integrity and their tenacity, and not their ability to reaffirm your pre-existing position. A great news source will look at every attempt to bury bad news, see it for what it is and look for what exactly they are trying to bury. When someone shows you a bright shiny new thing for no reason, ask why.
Yes I started getting the New York Times daily for spousal fun and canine sanitary reasons, but I've come to really enjoy it as an excellent news source, one of the best I've found anywhere in the world.


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They didn't make them like that then either: Simon Gray back on screen
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Every generation is inclined to moan that they don't make them like they used to. It's a favourite refrain of television dramatists. It scarcely seems credible now that a theatre animal like Simon Gray could regularly write single plays for television and attract audiences of millions.
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Dissent is no longer patriotic
Posted by Richard on August 6, 2009
Lanny Davis thinks the spontaneous chants of "Read the bill!" that have erupted at town hall meetings are "fascist" tactics, and he wants such dissidents photographed and investigated.
The White House has a dedicated email address for turning in people who say something "fishy" about its health care plan. As Sen. Cornyn observed, this looks like they're compiling an "enemies list" (emphasis added):
I am not aware of any precedent for a President asking American citizens to report their fellow citizens to the White House for pure political speech that is deemed "fishy" or otherwise inimical to the White House's political interests.
By requesting that citizens send "fishy" emails to the White House, it is inevitable that the names, email addresses, IP addresses, and private speech of U.S. citizens will be reported to the White House. You should not be surprised that these actions taken by your White House staff raise the specter of a data collection program. As Congress debates health care reform and other critical policy matters, citizen engagement must not be chilled by fear of government monitoring the exercise of free speech rights.
I can only imagine the level of justifiable outrage had your predecessor asked Americans to forward emails critical of his policies to the White House. I suspect that you would have been leading the charge in condemning such a program–and I would have been at your side denouncing such heavy-handed government action.
The people who, with funding from George Soros, invented Astroturfing are trying to portray the ordinary citizens who attend Tea Parties and show up at town hall meetings as shills for the insurance industry. Barbara Boxer said she can tell they're not genuine because they're too well-dressed. I guess to be a genuine concerned citizen, you have to look like part of a Code Pink or MoveOn.org freak show.
Meanwhile, the Prez himself is directing the troops to create a real top-down, manufactured, Astroturf response. No indication of how the mobilized army of volunteers will be dressed.
Count on Nancy Pelosi to jump in with a shark-jumping comment reminding us that Godwin's Law still operates (emphasis added):
Interviewer: Do you think there's legitimate grassroot opposition going on here?
Pelosi: "I think they're Astroturf… You be the judge. "They're carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on healthcare."
Remember when dissent was the highest form of patriotism? When swastikas at protest rallies were all the rage? Don Surber remembers.
UPDATE: Robert Gibbs, the White House Press Secretary who's made Scott McClellan appear competent, has assured us that Sen. Cornyn's concerns about those "fishy" emails are completely unfounded. Well, sort of …
"Nobody is collecting names," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said at today's the White House press briefing. "Nobody's keeping anybody's email."
Asked later by THE WEEKLY STANDARD if the White House is required by law to save all correspondence it receives, Gibbs acknowledged, "Obviously, the National Archives documents correspondence with the White House." Gibbs also said he didn't know how many emails the White House has yet received yet.
So remember: "Nobody is keeping anybody's email," except the federal government at the U.S. National Archives.
What a relief.
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One Response to "Dissent is no longer patriotic"
frank said
Fishy….its ridiculous…welcome to the United States of Socialism…
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/06/hot-button-62632044/?FORM=ZZNR6">fishy?


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Q: Is this correct? If so, can it be proved? I am studying fractions in school, and I need a bit of help.
Is this theory correct?:
$$\frac{1}{x} = \frac{1}{y} + \frac{1}{z}$$
Rule: $w$ is a factor of $x$ or $y$,
$$y = x+w$$
$$z = \frac{1}{w}xy  $$
For example, if
$$x=12, \qquad y=16, \qquad w=4  $$
then $z=48$
because:
$$\frac{1}{12} = \frac{1}{16} + \frac{1}{48}$$
as $16 = 12 + 4$, and
$$z= \frac{1}{4} \times 12 \times 16$$
Is it true that $w$ must be a factor of $x$ or $y$ for this to work?

A: I'm confused by what exactly you are asking, but here we go.
Suppose $y=x+w$. Then $$\frac{1}{x}=\frac{1}{y}+\frac{1}{z}$$ implies $$\frac{1}{x}-\frac{1}{x+w}=\frac{w}{x(x+w)}=\frac{1}{z}.$$
Thus $z=\frac{x(x+w)}{w}=\frac{xy}{w}$.
I only used that $y=x+w$, you don't have to assume $w$ is a factor of anything.
Examples: pick any $x$ and $w$ such that $w$ is not a factor of $x$ and not a factor of $x+w$ (in fact the latter is a redundant statement).

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Massive sinkholes are opening across the country - each larger and deeper than the previous one. First the family pets go missing, and anyone living near one of the pits, is reporting strange phenomena - the vibrations, sulphurous odours and strange sounds rising up from the stygian depths. Then come the reports of horrifying 'things' rising from the darkness. When the people start disappearing the government is forced to act. A team is sent in to explore one of the holes – and all hell breaks loose - the Old Ones are rising up again. From the war zones of the Syrian Desert, to the fabled Library of Alexandria, and then to Hades itself, join Professor Matt Kearns, as he searches for the fabled Al Azif, known as the Book of the Dead. He must unravel an age-old prophecy, and stop Beings from a time even before the primordial ooze, which seek once again to claim the planet as their own. Time is running out, for Matt, and all life on Earth. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Mangan. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/boli/002381/bk_boli_002381_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Even in small towns, restless spirits and malevolent forces walk the streets. Oscar Mendoza knows this from personal experience. Mendoza can´t remember a time when he couldn´t see the spirits all around him. He does remember, however, when he first became unsettled by the experience. The year was 1980, and he was only four years old. He had been warned by his parents to never go down a certain alley in their town, but Mendoza decided to ignore their warning. When he walked down the street, he saw a crooked man slithering out from under an abandoned house. Mendoza escaped from the haunting´s malevolent grasp but came away from the experience respecting the intense power of spirits. Mendoza inherited his remarkable abilities from his parents, and in this collection, he includes stories about their supernatural experiences as well as his own. Mendoza´s father tells a story of encountering a baby-stealing witch in his house one dark night. His mother describes a hate-filled intruder fascinated with her brother. The Book of the Dead is the first of a series on Mendoza´s supernatural experiences. Listeners can look forward to the next volume about the spirits he encountered later in his life. 1. Language: English. Narrator: John Alan Martinson Jr.. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/081207/bk_acx0_081207_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
When outlaw biker Cole Austin sees a young woman handcuffed and being dragged across the yard of the Dead Souls Motorcycle Club´s remote clubhouse, he´s stunned by the realization of just how dark his world has become. This scene is even more than his twisted soul can stomach. Compelled to intercede and save her, he has no idea his whole world is about to change. He believes he´s doing the right thing until a secret she´s hiding makes him question if saving her may be the biggest mistake of his life. The two strike a deal - a deal they may both come to regret. Is there anything he won´t do for her, or are there some things he just can´t? This is part of The Evil Dead MC Series, but each book can be read as a stand-alone. Check out other books in the Evil Dead MC Series... Outlaw - Book 1 Crash - Book 2 Shades - Book 3 Wolf - Book 4 Ghost - Book 5 Red Dog - Book 6 Blood - Book 7 1. Language: English. Narrator: Aaron Shedlock. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/103955/bk_acx0_103955_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Book Two in the Dead End zombie novel series.Jenny Duncan is alone in a zombie-infested UK. She has no weapons, supplies, or transport.She hopes to reunite with her group of friends who think she is dead, but the odds are highly stacked against her survival.Almost immediately she finds herself facing a zombie horde and must run for her life - a theme that will continue as the long days of survival begin. And as her journey progresses, she soon realises that it´s not only the dead and infected she has to outwit. Can Jenny survive to reunite with her group, or will the task ahead be too much? This is not a stand-alone novel. Book Two follows on from events in the previous novel, Dead End. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Jacqueline Nym. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/138194/bk_acx0_138194_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
For fans of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane and A Discovery of Witches comes a brilliantly imagined debut novel brimming with rich history, suspense, and magic. Revelation ´´Reve´´ Dyer grew up with her grandmother's family stories, stretching back centuries to Reve's ancestors, who founded the town of Hawley Five Corners, Massachusetts. Their history is steeped in secrets, for few outsiders know that an ancient magic runs in the Dyer women's blood, and that Reve is a magician whose powers are all too real. Reve and her husband are world-famous Las Vegas illusionists. They have three lovely young daughters, a beautiful home, and what seems like a charmed life. But Reve's world is shattered when an intruder alters her trick pistol and she accidentally shoots and kills her beloved husband onstage. Fearing for her daughters' lives, Reve flees with them to the place she has always felt safest - an antiquated farmhouse in the forest of Hawley Five Corners, where the magic of her ancestors reigns, and her oldest friend - and first love - is the town's chief of police. Here, in the forest, with its undeniable air of enchantment, Reve hopes she and her girls will be protected. Delving into the past for answers, Reve is drawn deeper into her family's legends. What she discovers is The Hawley Book of the Dead, an ancient leather-bound journal holding mysterious mythic power. As she pieces together the truth behind the book, Reve will have to shield herself and her daughters against an uncertain, increasingly dangerous fate. For soon it becomes clear that the stranger who upended Reve's life in Las Vegas has followed her to Hawley - and that she has something he desperately wants. Brimming with rich history, suspense, and magic, The Hawley Book of the Dead is a brilliantly imagined debut novel from a riveting new voice. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Cassandra Campbell. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/009814/bk_adbl_009814_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Everything hangs by the thinnest of threads. In a Dead world, nothing is certain and nobody is safe. Friends have fallen; some enemies have been defeated only to be replaced by yet another. As the first year of the zombie apocalypse ends and a new year begins, can a person hope that the coming of spring can be a starting point for re-birth? If not... then what is the point of trying to survive? Fates will be sealed and destinies decided as winter finally fades, the darkness recedes and gives way to... Dead: Spring. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew McFerrin. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/032028/bk_acx0_032028_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Salisteen, a very powerful colleague of McGowan´s, suspects a demon is loose in her city, the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Something has murdered and possessed the souls of a string of young girls. At her request, McGowan brings Paul down to see if his special necromantic powers might be of help in hunting down the demon. McGowan also brings Colleen and Katherine. But Salisteen´s hidden agenda is for her and another senior practitioner to have a look at Paul, and he finds himself under their microscope.From Anogh Paul gets hints that Suzanna´s death was not an accident. But Anogh´s insinuations are vague and frustratingly obtuse, and Paul begins to suspect that Anogh murdered Suzanna, or at least had something to do with her death. It´s then that Paul starts to realize the dead, and maybe a few Sidhe, still aren´t quite dead enough, and that they probably just need a little helping hand to get there. 1. Language: English. Narrator: J. L. Doty. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/097180/bk_acx0_097180_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Years have passed since the dead rose and wiped out most of the living. Many survivors have gathered in pockets around the world. Some are bent on trying to restore what once was, others have a mind to create something new and better from the ashes of civilization, and then there are those who thrive in the hellish chaos of lawlessness. While the undead currently roam the world in herds that can often stretch for miles and number in the millions, the zombies are no longer the biggest threat to humanity´s continued existence. That distinction has returned to mankind. Those who are immune to the zombie infection are now either reviled or revered. Some have become human biological weapons while others are seen as the last hope for the continued existence of the human race. They are a symbol of hope to some...fear to others. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew McFerrin. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/036146/bk_acx0_036146_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.


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I heard an astounding statistic the other day about how much T.V. the average American watches, which was somewhere in the ball park of 35 hours per week not including other screen time, so the fact that this collection opened with two poems about T.V. seemed to me equal parts awesome and American.
What are your thoughts on "The Day We Caught a Bird?" This is a poem about children who catch a bird and decide to keep it as a pet. The line, "The truth is, it's hard to save anything/ so slight without destroying it" was one that was simply so beautiful I wish I'd written it first. In fact, it was this line that made the poem a favorite for me. Did you sense the amount of loss in the narrator's voice? Isn't there something sad about growing up and realizing that some of your greatest childhood memories, such as catching a bird at the beach, teach you lessons about the ugly truths of adulthood. That taking away freedom isn't a way to save something, but rather take away its wonder.
"The Day We Caught a Bird" is also one of my favorite poems of this collection. I also enjoyed the lines you highlighted, but the remainder of the poem struck me as well. The idea of teaching the bird to show gratitude for feeling caught was an interesting concept. Can we sometimes feel gratitude for feeling caught? Does being caught sometimes provide a sense of safety? This seems like almost a Buddhist idea: to honor every feeling we have. I feel like one of the strengths of this book is just that: the honoring and cherishing of life.
What do you think about this poem in contrast to "Inside the Room?" A poem about a child's first birthday in which the narrator contrasts a dying grandfather with the baby celebrating its first year of life. In this poem the grandfather is given a windowless room and a piece of birthday cake much like the bird in the previous poem is put in a cage and taught, "all the words for gratitude." Did you think of the bird when you read about the grandfather? I couldn't help but put the two together. In my mind I could see them living out their caged days together waiting for death, the ultimate freedom. Did you read this poem differently? For you, was it more of a live in contrast to death poem rather than a freedom vs. imprisonment poem?
As you already pointed out, there was such a sense of yearning and emotion in this book. Like in the title poem, "Splattervision" the opening lines are: "Years ago,/I was a teenager but still longed/for my father's arms." That line really struck me. I wonder if this is the grandfather we see later in the poem "Inside the Room" that you mentioned. You're right about the parallels between the bird in "The Day We Caught a Bird" and the grandfather, but mostly, when I read "Inside the Room," I thought about mortality and the human condition, which this book definitely discusses.
The sense of being trapped is a theme throughout these poems, even the T.V. ones. What did you think of this? Was there a poem that seemed to emphasize this theme for you more than the ones that I mentioned? Did you pick up on any other themes in this collection?
This book had undertones of melancholy and the fleeting nature of life. I too found it interesting that the book opened with the television and its many scenes. Was this book its own television show for us, the viewers of such engaging passages, directed by a skillful poet?
As for the themes in the book, I noticed that many of the poems features animals, not just the poem we already talked about "The Day We Caught a Bird." Other creatures besides humans, and the vastness of the universe, the smallness of life was also referred to throughout the book. Splattervision seems to ask us what animals have to teach us. We are reminded that we as humans, are animals as well, all of us "splattered" across the universe to interpret what we see and envision through human eyes.
For me, one of the many strong points of Splattervision lies in the poet's ability to establish a strong central character, the "I" that is present throughout the text. This character is an ever-present force, guiding us throughout the book, and its many beautiful metaphors, similes, turns of phrase, and stories. I knew I was hooked with the opening lines; the personification of the rain as a stray cat hanging around the porch, and the cleverness of the idea that we can feed attention to the rain, (or anything, for that matter. I enjoyed how the narrator interpreted his world.
This was definitely one of my favorite collections so far. I highly recommend it.
Splattervision is also one of my favorite collections from ELJ Publications. Kudos to Peter Florek for writing such a beautiful book.


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The artists will be present during opening hours to give sound sessions with the instrument BAUM.
Adzuki & Dallard began collaborating as SymbioLab in 2008. Touring Sweden and France with their mobile greenhouse, a platform for experiential ecology, aquaponics and human planting through performance and workshops.
In 2015 they began making instruments for experiencing sound as vibration. Resonant Bodies, developed in collaboration with Sindri Runnude and Teresia Lindberg, is currently touring Sweden as part of Kännbart exhibition (kannbart.nu).


Playbill Travel's Broadway on the High Seas 6 sailed the warm waters of the Caribbean, roundtrip from San Juan, Puerto Rico, from February 12-19, 2016.
Broadway on the High Seas 6 sailed the Caribbean February 12-19, 2016. It was Playbill Travel's first winter getaway and sixth voyage. Guests escaped the coldest month of winter and explored idyllic isles to chase the winter blues away.
Broadway on the High Seas 6 boasted the innumerable talents of Tony Yazbeck, Laura Osnes, Karen Mason, Bryan Batt, and returning members of the Playbill Travel family, Christine Ebersole, Liz Callaway, Lewis Black, and Christine Pedi. For the first time, the great John McDaniel served as musical director and accompanist.
Silversea Cruises' 294-guest Silver Wind served as a Broadway oasis for this seven night cruise. The spa onboard offered a wide range of invigorating therapies, including facials, body wraps, salon treatments, and massages. Guests had the opportunity to enjoy a round of roulette or blackjack in the ship's casino or take their camera to the ship's observation lounge for pristine panoramic ocean views, ideal for photography of spectacular Caribbean sunsets. There was more fun to be had on dry land, as well.
Beginning in San Juan and visiting the islands of St. Barts, Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua & Barbuda, and Tortola, the magnificent Silver Wind took guests on a tour of some of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean.
Broadway on the High Seas 6 sailed roundtrip from beautiful San Juan, Puerto Rico.
This French West Indies island had a variety of scuba and snorkeling options (for scuba-certified divers) that allowed us to check out the remarkable ocean wildlife.
Roseau is Dominica's compact, noisy, chaotic but vibrant capital, situated on the southwest coast along the Roseau River.
Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados, is a port city on the island's southwest coast known for its British colonial architecture.
The main city of St Lucia's best feature is the soaring Morne Fortune, which serves as the town's scenic backdrop.
Tours through scenic Antigua brought us closer to the island's history, including Nelson's Dockyard and the ruins of a fort at Shirley Heights.
Tortola is the largest of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. It features several white-sand beaches, including Cane Garden Bay and Smuggler's Cove.


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Budget fear over Wirral's 'biggest ever consultation'
A MASSIVE consultation exercise by Wirral Council to seek public views on its priorities could derail the authority's budget process, according to the opposition Labour group.
Liam Murphy
The consultation is the key policy of the new administration which says it wants to radically change the way the authority works by engaging people in its decision-making.
But Labour leader Steve Foulkes said he had spoken with the District Auditor to express his concerns over the timetable which will not see the consulting process completed until the end of the year.
Cllr Foulkes also said he believed the consultation "is flawed" and added: "Wirral is very diverse – what may be a priority for the well-heeled parts where people may engage with the consultation might not be a priority elsewhere."
However, Ian Lewis, cabinet member responsible for the consultation, said they would be using many different approaches to reach people across the borough.
Four task groups have been set up by the ruling coalition looking at services for young people, adult social services, the economy and "living in Wirral". They are currently in the process of holding meetings which will result in "options papers" in early September to be presented to the public during a six week period.
The council plans a massive campaign using social media, doorstep visits in the six most deprived wards, and even approaching people as they shop in supermarkets, as well as posters and publicity in council buildings and roadshows.
The results of this will then go back to the task groups before reports are presented to cabinet – which will make the final decisions – at the end of November.
But Labour fear this will delay the budget-setting process. As revealed earlier this week Wirral Council could see its budget deficit grow from £80m to more than £100m over the next three years.
Cllr Lewis said the Conservative Lib-Dem coalition "would be sensible" about setting the budget and added: "Whatever options come forward we as a cabinet will decide which are implemented straight away. If it's something easy to do which will save money we will do it – possibly not even waiting for the budget. But the process does not finish when the options are submitted to cabinet."
He described the consultation as a "culture shock" for the council which would continue into future years. He also pledged that everyone who submits ideas would receive feedback.
He said: "It's not enough any more to say to people 'you're involved every four years when you vote' – people want an input into making decisions about these services."
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C.M. Newton, SEC legend and former Vanderbilt coach, dies at 88
C.M. Newton is a legendary SEC icon. During his long career, he spent nearly a decade coaching Vanderbilt basketball.
C.M. Newton, SEC legend and former Vanderbilt coach, dies at 88 C.M. Newton is a legendary SEC icon. During his long career, he spent nearly a decade coaching Vanderbilt basketball. Check out this story on Tennessean.com: https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/vanderbilt/2018/06/04/c-m-newton-sec-legend-and-former-vanderbilt-coach-dies-88/671958002/
Adam Sparks, USA TODAY NETWORK – Tennessee Published 10:49 p.m. CT June 4, 2018 | Updated 6:13 p.m. CT June 5, 2018
Kentucky legend C.M. Newton through the years
C.M. Newton, center, at the first event on an 18-stop tour around Kentucky to meet alumni and supporters of University of Kentucky in 1989, the year he was named athletics director. Todd Buchanan/Courier Journal
Alabama coach C.M. Newton gave advice to player Leon Douglas. 1974 photo Ken Weaver/Special to Courier Journal
C.M. Newton received a UK pin from University of Kentucky President David Roselle when Newton was announced as Kentucky's athletics director in 1989. Michael Hayman/Courier Journal
C.M. Newton when he was a member of University of Kentucky's basketball team. 1951 photo Courier Journal archives
Alabama coach C.M. Newton brought his team to Lexington to play Kentucky in 1975. Ken Weaver/Special to Courier Journal
Vanderbilt University head coach C.M. Newton yelled instructions to his players during a first-round SEC Tournament game against Florida in Lexington. 1982 photo Joe Holloway Jr./AP
Coach C.M. Newton posed with his Transylvania University players Jennis Stidham, left and Phil Stewart in 1959. Courier Journal archives
Transylvania head coach C.M. Newton used television instant replay to teach players Richard Skaggs, left and Virgil Hutchinson in 1967. Billy Reed/Courier Journal
In 1975, Alabama's C.M. Newton and player Charles Cleveland watch during a 74-69 loss to Kentucky in Lexington. Ken Weaver/Special to Courier Journal
Vandy head coach C.M. Newton celebrated a win over University of Kentucky in 1988. Steve Lowry/AP
Transylvania University coach C.M. Newton on the sidelines in 1952. Gean A. Baron/Courier Journal
Agreeing to a six-year football series were, from left U of L's Bill Olsen and Howard Schnellenberger, and UK's Bill Curry and C.M. Newton. , Stewart Bowman/Courier Journal
Charles "C.M." Newton speaks as he is inducted into the 2000 Basketball Hall of Fame during enshrinement ceremonies at the Springfield, Massachusetts, Civic Center 13 October, 2000. Newton has spent 40 years in basketball as a player, coach and administrator. , John Mottern/AFP-Getty Images
Kentucky athletics director C.M. Newton, right, greeted Louisville coach and former Wildcats player Howard Schnellenberger during yesterday's UK Kick-Off Luncheon. Aug 21 1992 , Keith Williams/Courier Journal
UK Athletics Director, C.M. Newton, left listened as UK Football coach Bill Curry responded to Newton's announcement that Curry would return next season as coach of the Wildcats, 11-20-95 BOWMAN STEWART, Stewart Bowman/Courier Journal
University of Kentucky Athletics Director C.M. Newton talks with Tim Couch and his mother, Janice, after arriving prior to the Kentucky-Louisville basketball game Saturday, Dec. 23, 1995, in Lexington, Ky. Couch announced that he will play football for Kentucky during a news conference earlier on Saturday. , Breck Smither/AP
UK Athletics Director C.M. Newton announces Curry's fired during a press conference in Lexington. , Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal
Hal Mumme and his wife, June, sat while he was being introduced as the new Kentucky coach to the board of trustees by athletics director C. M. Newton, left, and school President Charles Wethington. , Stewart Bowman/Courier Journal
UK coach Hal Mumme won over fans, radio host Wayne Perkey, center, and athletics director C.M. Newton with his humor and optimism.- , Sam Upshaw Jr./Courier Journal
UK athletics director C.M. Newton and Donna Smith enjoyed her husband's attempt to explain how he got the name 'Tubby.' 5/12/97 , James Wallace/Courier Journal
C. M. Newton, UK athletics director, was surrounded by TV cameras as he spoke to the press after his radio call-in show at WVLK radio station in Lexington about Pitino. 5-5-97 , Stewart Bowman/Courier Journal
UK athletics director, C.M. Newton, left responded to a caller's question as he talked about the prospects of Rick Pitino's possible departure as head coach at UK; at right is the radio show's host, Dick Gabriel at WVLK radio station studios in Lexington. 5-5-97 , Stewart Bowman/Courier Journal
UK athletics director, C.M. Newton spoke to the press after Pitino's news conference at UK today. 5-6-97 , Durell Hall Jr./Courier Journal
Kentucky athletics director C.M. Newton speaks to the media during a news conference Sunday, Nov. 15, 1998 in Lexington, Ky. about an early morning car crash that occurred near Somerset, Ky. The crash involved two Kentucky football players. Arthur Steimetz, 19, a transfer from Michigan State, was killed in the accident. Starting center Jason Watts, also in the wreck, is listed in stable condition at University of Kentucky hospital. A third student, Christopher Brock, also died in the crash. , John Sommers II/Special to Courier Journal
UK Athletics Director C.M. Newton talks to the media as he announces a new policy governing alcohol use and student athletes at UK. , Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal
A somber UK athletics director C.M. Newton ponders a reporter's question at a press conference Tuesday at Wildcat Lodge at UK. The A.D. announced a much stricter alcohol policy in place for athletes at the university. , Michael Clevenger/Courier Journal
Morgan Wootten, left, C. M. Newton, Bob McAdoo, Pat Summitt and Isiah Thomas posed at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass., where they were inducted last night along with the late Danny Biasone. AP file photo
Outgoing UK Athletics Director C.M. Newton at a UK Athletic Board meeting. , David R. Lutman /Special to Courier Journal
C.M. Newton considered retiring in 1996 but wanted to boost the UK football program. He hired Hal Mumme, who has led the team to bowl games in consecutive years. 12/22/99 , Stewart Bowman/Courier Journal
Kentucky athletics director C.M. Newton speaks about his induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame at a press conference at Memorial Coliseum at the University of Kentucky on Wednesday, May 24, 2000 in Lexington. Newton retires in June as athletic director at Kentucky where he also was a member of the 1951 National Championship basketball team. He also served as coach at Transylvania University, the University of Alabama, Vanderbilt University and was president of USA Basketball from 1992 to 1996. , James Crisp/AP
Outgoing UK Athletic Director C.M. Newton at a UK Athletic Board meeting. , David R. Lutman/Special to Courier Journal
Retiring UK athletics director C.M. Newton, center, shared a laugh with football coach Hal Mumme, left, and former Wildcats basketball coach Rick Pitino at last night's tribute dinner in Rupp Arena. Stewart Bowman/Courier Journal
C.M. Newton, UK's previous athletics director, watches from the stands. , Stewart Bowman/Courier Journal
Remembering C.M. Newton. Marc Murphy for Courier Journal
Vanderbilt coach C.M. Newton celebrates a win over Kentucky in 1988.(Photo: Steve Lowry/AP)
C.M. Newton touched every school in the SEC during his legendary career, but few as closely as Vanderbilt. He died Monday at age 88.
Newton, a native of Rockwood, Tenn., played on Adolph Rupp's 1951 Kentucky national title team, coached three straight SEC championship teams at Alabama and served as Kentucky's athletic director for 11 years during a career that earned enshrinement into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and College Basketball Hall of Fame.
C.M. Newton impacted sports by his integration of the basketball teams he coached. Mary Ann Gerth, Louisville Courier Journal
And amid more than a half-century in college athletics, Newton was Vanderbilt's basketball coach from 1981-89. He led the Commodores to NCAA tournament appearances in his final two seasons, including a Sweet 16 run in 1988.
"(Newton) was my coach at Vanderbilt, but he also was so much more," said Will Perdue, a former All-American player at Vanderbilt. "He was my father away from home, a role model for me to look up to, a motivator and a truly patient individual. He taught me basketball, but he also taught me what's expected of a man. The basketball community has lost its best friend."
Newton coached some of Vanderbilt's best
Vanderbilt greats like Perdue, Jeff Turner, Barry Goheen, Phil Cox, Frank Kornet and Barry Booker played under Newton, who earned two SEC Coach of the Year awards with the Commodores.
We lost a great Commodore today. Coach C.M. Newton passed away at age 88 and our thoughts are with the Newton family. Rest In Peace Coach.https://t.co/SpzmOPRUH1pic.twitter.com/P1tuC95XGT
— Vandy MBB (@VandyMBB) June 5, 2018
"C.M. Newton: Excellence and class," Booker said. "Excellence as evidenced by his accomplishments as an athlete, coach and administrator. Class as evidenced by the fact that he is admired and respected by everyone in the SEC and he is one of ours for three schools: Kentucky, Alabama and Vanderbilt. Unprecedented."
Newton was the subject of a recent ESPN Films production, "Courage Matters: The C.M. Newton Story." His life crossed paths with many of the SEC's all-time greats. At Alabama, Newton coached under then-Alabama athletic director Paul "Bear" Bryant.
While there, he signed Wendell Hudson, the first African-American scholarship student-athlete in Alabama history. And after playing for Rupp, Newton hired Rick Pitino, Tubby Smith, Bill Curry and others as Kentucky coaches.
Vanderbilt coach C.M. Newton, second from left, discusses strategy with players Barry Booker, left, Derrick Wilcox and Charles Mayes during practice in Pontiac, Mich., on March 24, 1988, for their Midwest Regional semifinals matchup with Kansas in the NCAA tournament. (Photo: Ricky Rogers / The Tennessean)
Newton also served as president of USA Basketball from 1992-96, helping pave the way for the "Dream Team," which won gold in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
"C.M. Newton has left behind an incredible legacy, including here at Vanderbilt," Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos said. "His accomplishments in the sports world are legendary – particularly on the issue of race and sports in the South. He was willing to make decisions, considered controversial at the time, to open up numerous opportunities for African-Americans in the SEC.
"We have lost a visionary leader and our hearts go out to Mr. Newton's family and friends during this difficult time."
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