Apologies should be short and to the point. Sadly, my won’t be. There are times when anger gets the better of me. Anger is never useful. I see a future where my teeth will fall out because of neglect and radiation treatment. My course in life did not lead me to money. “The difference between […]
Archives for March 2014
“Considering the issue of death and value of life is a prudent way of investing my time.”
Grateful but absent I am writing to express my gratitude to Congregation Brit Shalom and Rabbi David Ostrich for the comfort you have given me during my recent cancer ordeal. In April, I was diagnosed with kidney cancer. Despite my age and health problems, Dr. Jennifer Simmons, the diagnosing urologist said, “You look better than […]
Today’s haircut and Abraham Lincoln
After ++++++++ The transition from March 4, 2014, the date of my haircut to Abraham Lincoln. On March 4, 1861 Abraham Lincoln, after taking the oath of office, became President of the United States. Following is the text of his first inaugural address: Fellow-Citizens of the United States: IN compliance with a custom as […]
Backround: Why the 2014 farm bill makes poor food and social policy: really bad policy
Stream of consciousness: No Choice But to Sell the Russians Grain at the same time as we were mining the Harbor at Haiphong. The war ended in 1976. I heard the news while I was reporting on a hearing before House subcommittee on Oil Seeds and Rice. It came as especially bad news to rice growers. 2014 Food policy update: […]
Cornering the wheat market in fiction and reality
Reconsideration: The Pit by Frank Norris “Norris, who easily grasped the drama of the sales on the floor of the pit, . , .had difficulty comprehending how a man could sell a thousand bushels of wheat when he did not own them,” Franklin Walker writes in the only full-length biography of Frank Norris. The reason […]
Chapter 5. Dr. Kumar’s thesis on virtual reality modeling
Chapter 5: CASE STUDY- HERSHEY CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL This chapter introduces the healthcare case study used for data collection, development and evaluation of the procedure for rapidly developing an Experience-based virtual prototype. The first part of the chapter introduces the case study, lays out the program requirements for the healthcare facility, the project description, status and […]