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Following the First World War, children's illustrated literature took off. In previous centuries, children's books were often written to impart adult interests and morality. Lewis Carroll and Edmund Lear endowed even their most whimsical and fantastic creations with political satire, literary references, and (in Carroll's case) mathematical conundrums. By the 1920s, authors and artists began to write and paint to appeal to children's unique sensibilities. Improvements to make color printing faster, more accurate, and cheaper combined with near universal literacy in the English-speaking world to enlarge the market for books. All these factors fostered the emergence of the picture book.
Wanda Gág probably is the first notable picture-book author, though her name and work are not well known today. Gág, a successful graphic designer and painter and a friend of Georgia O'Keeffe, wrote and illustrated one of the most successful picture books in the 1920s, Millions of Cats, published by Coward McCann in 1928. The book made the shortlist (a designation officially known as an "honor" book) for the Newbery Medal, which has been awarded since 1922 to the best children's book of the year. In 1938, the American Library Association began handing out the Caldecott Medal for the best illustrated children's book. For many years, collectors have paid premium prices for the winners of these awards.
Gág penned more than a dozen picture books, many of them based on her original stories and hand-lettered by her brother Howard. The most successful of these books, The ABC Bunny (1933), is considered her masterwork, a prototype for young readers that was educational and entertaining. It, too, was a Newbery honor book (two other Gág books were Caldecott honor books). Her books were much loved and well read, and now finding copies in dust jackets in nice condition is difficult. Two of Gág's books in their original pictorial jackets are Millions of Cats and The ABC. First editions may run as much as $1,500. Copies without the jacket or of later printings can be found for under $100. In general, first editions of children's books in anything close to fine condition are scarce and command significant premiums over average copies.
The career of the most popular and widely collected picture-book author began on an ocean-going steamboat. While returning from Europe in 1936, the young illustrator Theodore Geisel, who published cartoons as Dr. Seuss, wrestled with how to impart a child's imagination and point of view in a story. The rhythmic churning of the ship's engines gave him a unique poetic meter and the idea of writing in verse. Before Vanguard Press picked up and published Geisel's first picture book, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1937), two dozen publishers rejected it. Since then, no other author has had a wider influence on children's literature, literacy, and education.
Seuss's earliest books, printed in relatively small runs, are very scarce today. A first edition of Mulberry Street in very good condition will fetch at least several thousand dollars. Other early works include The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938) and Horton Hatches the Egg (1940). Cubbins, in the original dust jacket, may cost as much as $6,800. Many of Seuss's later books can be purchased in the three-figure range. The exception, of course, is The Cat in the Hat, which is pushing $10,000 in very good condition and twice that in truly fine shape. Moderately priced Seuss books, including a very good first of If I Ran the Circus (1956), sell for about $250.
After Seuss, arguably the most influential figure in children's picture books in the last half of the twentieth century is Maurice Sendak. For a living author, whose most seminal work was published only forty years ago, his books command interest, adulation, and prices that rival even first editions of the rarest antiquarian children's books. Jo Ann Reisler has a first edition, first issue of Where the Wild Things Are (1963), which won the Caldecott Medal in 1964. Reisler's copy—signed and in its original dust jacket—is priced at $20,000. Collectors just starting to gather Sendak's work (it's still not too late) might look for some of his earliest picture books illustrated for other authors, such as I'll Be You and You Be Me by Ruth Krauss (1954). Brundibar, published in 2003, is Tony award–winning playwright Tony Kushner's retelling of a children's opera that the young inmates at the Terezin concentration camp performed fifty-five times during the Holocaust.
One picture-book maker who is still under the radar is Eric Carle. If you've ever attended a baby shower or waded through a well-strewn nursery, then you've seen Carle's books. His art is instantly recognizable: collages of bold-colored tissue paper delicately pasted into familiar yet imaginatively rendered shapes, animals, and people. Like many great picture-book artists, Carle was trained as a professional graphic designer and illustrator. He began making books for children in the late 1960s, first collaborating with Bill Martin on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (1967) and then working on his own with The Very Hungry Caterpillar (1969) and dozens of other titles. Carle's early first editions can be hard to find but are not yet overly expensive. This might be due to the stigma attached to books printed on cardboard or reinforced paper, which give the impression of something that's cheap, even if the contents are dear. Although Carle's target audience can barely speak, he is one of the few book illustrators with his own museum, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts.
The trick with children's books is to start early. Prices tend to soar when collectors reach middle age and start looking back with nostalgia on the books they read as children. Prices for modern classics like Chris Van Allsburg's Jumanji (1981) or Jon Scieszka's The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales (1992) are already starting to rise. Get them, and the first editions being torn to shreds by the current generation, before the prices reach the stratosphere.
The Story of Ferdinand
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Leaf is said to have written The Story of Ferdinand on a whim, to provide his friend, Robert Lawson a means of showcasing his illustrative talents.
Curious George
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The first of seven Curious George books published by husband and wife team, Hans Augusto and Margaret Rey. George debuted in 1941.
The Poky Little Puppy
Janette Sebring Lowrey
Originally published in 1942, The Poky Little Puppy was one of the first books of the Little Golden Books series.
The Little Engine That Could
Watty Piper
The popular 1930 edition was written by Watty Piper, not a real person but rather a house name used by the publisher, Platt & Munk.
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Published in 1939, Madeline was named a Caldecott Honor Book and its following sequel, Madeline's Rescue won the award in 1954.


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We are about half-way to a generation since 9/11, meaning about twelve more years until the same level of undergraduate affection for al Qaeda as the Commmunists enjoyed in 1966 (a generation since the beginning of the Cold War. Presumably al Qaeda's command is trying to survive as a federated operational entity until this time.
Also presumably, al Qaeda should be looking at ways to stress the federal government while attempting to radicalize some percentage (10% 20%) of non-Muslim fellow travelers within the US. If they are smart about this, they would begin targeting TSA agents and attempt to align their rhetoric with the widespread revulsion the American literatti feels toward the TSA. For instance, our basic human rights to dignity in attempting to live our religion in peace is threatened by some elements of the US government, just as Americans' own basic human rights to dignity with respect to not being sexually assaulted during travel is also threatened by some elements of the US government.
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Thank you for stopping by the Weather Watch 12 blog! The weekend is almost here! After nearly a week of dry weather a much needed rain chance is in the forecast. The downside to the rain is it falls on the weekend. In today's blog we discuss the timing of possible showers and thunderstorms.
Let's start with the good news if you want to spend some time outside on Saturday. Most if not all of the daylight hours Saturday will be dry in Milwaukee. Breezy and warm temperatures will rule with highs around 80! The average high in Milwaukee is now 67 degrees.
As a cold front approaches on Saturday evening a band of showers and thunderstorms will push across southern Wisconsin. Futurecast below is valid at 9pm Saturday. This shows rain about to arrive in Milwaukee. Give or take an hour or so on either side of 9pm and that looks like a good timeframe for the start of any rain.
Rain showers will not last all that long, maybe 2-3 hours tops. That means when you wake up Sunday morning the sun is out and the rain is long gone.
The totals look to range between 0.10" and 0.50" across southeastern Wisconsin. Below are two different computer model forecasts.
Forecast #1(RPM) shows most areas picking up 0.25"-0.50" rain Saturday evening/night.
Forecast #2(NAM) shows lower rain totals generally in the 0.10"-0.34" range.
Any amount of rain is welcome, but it would be nice to see forecast #1 verify with totals closer to 0.50". Either way late Saturday into Saturday night may have a period of wet weather.
For the latest weather information watch WISN 12 News, and for updates throughout the day follow me on Twitter @jnelsonweather
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Only have 10 days? Take to the roads less travelled, skimming skyhigh cliffs and into buzzing towns and villages with our pick of the highlights along the way!
By Rick Le Vert and Lisa Gaughran.
A lush wilderness suddenly takes over a little south of Dublin's urban sprawl. County Wicklow, known as the 'Garden County of Ireland', has seen many people come to get lost in its sun-yellow gorse, deep purple heather, majestically green forests and the 20 hectares of eclectic botanical splendour at Powerscourt Estate in Enniskerry.
As you push south you can choose to beach hop along the Wicklow/Wexford coast, including Curracloe in Wexford, where Spielberg gathered an army of extras to film the beach landing of Saving Private Ryan. Or you can opt for lush river valleys by skirting Mount Leinster and the Blackstairs Mountains and heading for the River Barrow.
Whether by coast or river, find your way to Hook Head, before dashing back up the estuary for a short ferry crossing to Passage East and onward to the seaside town of Tramore.
Leave the bustle of Tramore behind for Waterford's amazing Copper Coast. Virtually unknown but to locals, the Copper Coast enjoys the status of a UNESCO Global Geopark, essentially an outdoor geological museum.
Built up an appetite? Do something about it in the harbour town of Dungarvan, where you can join the locals for lunch at the beloved Thursday Farmers' Market. Between Dungarvan and Youghal, the landscape presents more subtle pleasures, while the popular cliff walk around Ardmore Head and Ram's Head passes monastic ruins out towards Goat Island.
Unspoiled villages dot east Cork's countryside, which, thanks to Myrtle Allen and her family in Ballymaloe Cookery School, is the heartland of country cooking. Before pushing for Cork, stop off at the Jameson Experience in Midleton for a whiskey tour. Remember to designate a driver!
Get the day started by soaking up the atmosphere of Cork city, designated Europe's 2005 Capital of Culture, followed by a stop in the English Market, the Victorian landmark at the heart of Cork's culinary soul.
From here to Mizen Head, Ireland's most southerly point, a chain of meticulously kept villages lies strung along the coastline. First is medieval Kinsale, a favourite of seafood enthusiasts; then on to Clonakilty, the proud birthplace of Michael Collins. Glandore, Unionhall, Baltimore, Skibbereen, Schull… all the way to Mizen Head. Take time to beat a path north through Glengarriff and Garnish Island before it's up and over Healy Pass. Catch your breath in Kenmare then onto Moll's Gap, followed by a twisting descent through Killarney National Park and into Killarney.
Take the opportunity to detour around the famous Ring of Kerry. Decision time. One option is to follow the main Killarney to Limerick road through rolling farmland and the pretty village of Adare. In Limerick, gaze at the Shannon river from the walls of King John's Castle before crossing the river into County Clare via Bunratty Castle and Folk Park.
The alternative takes you through Tralee and north Kerry. A half an hour should do for a gentle walk around Nun's Beach, and then it's off to Tarbert for a ferry across the Shannon to Clare and a drive up the Atlantic coast. High or low, all roads lead to the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren's contorted limestone landscape. Follow the coast road around Galway Bay, stopping in Ballyvaughan or Kinvara for a late afternoon break before landing in Galway city.
Make your way out along the northern shore of Galway Bay. The landscape grows increasingly bleak until Rossaveal. Suddenly, an enormous expanse of watery bog unfolds, along with the moody shapes of the Twelve Pins. But don't let the apparent bleakness fool you. Intriguing pockets of life can be found tucked away. Deep in the heart of the Connemara Gaeltacht, the peninsula of Carraroe is a hotbed of Irish language and culture. The village of Roundstone surges with energy in summer, and the coast road from here to Clifden is speckled with pretty cottages.
Continue on to Letterfrack for Connemara National Park. Scenery hounds will follow the road to Leenaun, while culture vultures will aim for Kylemore Abbey. Everyone joins up at Killary Harbour – Ireland's only fjord – before crossing into Mayo and Clew Bay. From here to Westport skirts Croagh Patrick, where centuries of pilgrims have scrambled barefoot up its scree-covered slopes.
Instead of heading to Achill Island, a rugged gem glittering in the Atlantic, today's path heads inland to the town of Castlebar and the Museum of Country Life. Head north through Ballina back to the shoreline at Inishcrone. This is surf country, where the north Atlantic swell sweeps into Donegal Bay creating world-class surf breaks.
Follow the coast to Strandhill before heading into Sligo town, stopping for a short hike to the top of Knocknaree and enjoy the view. After pausing in Sligo to gaze at Jack B. Yeats' paintings at the Model Art Centre, you enter poet and Nobel laureate W.B. Yeats' country – his grave is at the foot of Benbulben in Drumcliff. The evening light bathes the coastal drive from here to Donegal town in shades of shimmering green.
May the sun linger above as you take the back road over remote bogland to Ardara, then just south to Maghera Beach. The route then heads north again, through Glenties and across the Gweebarra River to The Rosses. As you round Bloody Foreland, windswept Tory Island and the imposing bulk of Horn Head come into view.
Take a break in Ards Forest Park before crossing the bridge of upper Mulroy Bay to the Fanad Peninsula. Follow the Fanad drive for Malin Head – Ireland's most northerly point – until Rathmullan.
Whether you take the ferry to Lough Swilly (summers only) or drive round, stop in Burt. On the hill above, you'll find An Grianán Ailigh, an iron-age ring fort and views over nearby Derry~Londonderry.
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On a journey packed with highlights, it isn't easy to single out any as the pick of the litter. The Causeway Coast may just get the nod. Leave Derry~Londonderry's famous walls behind, following the Causeway Coastal Route to the chalky cliffs at Whiterocks. From here, it's just one superlative after another: cliff-top Dunluce Castle; Bushmills, Ireland's oldest working whiskey distillery (easy on the tasting!); the iconic Giant's Causeway and the headspinning Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge.
Pick your jaw back up and on to the Glens of Antrim, nine wonderfully unspoiled valleys, and the pretty villages of Cushendun and Cushendall. Venture to the head of Glenariff for a wander around the waterfalls, before returning to the shores of Belfast Lough and finally Belfast itself.
This gentle southerly glide along the Irish Sea will take you back to Dublin. As for highpoints, there are plenty, starting with the award-winning Ulster Museum and its collection of incredibly life-like and impeccably preserved Irish birds. To see them in the wild, head to the Castle Espie Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre on Strangford Lough. From there continue to the understated beauty of the Ards Peninsula. A short ferry journey takes you from Portaferry to Strangford.
On the far side of Dundrum Bay is Newcastle and gateway to the Mournes. Lose the wheels for a ramble up Slieve Donard, then spare a thought for the hardy souls who built the wall over its summit. Refuel in the emerging food centre of Warrenpoint before finishing up in the city of Newry.
For one last taste of Ireland's wilder side, make a beeline for the Cooley Peninsula, home to the Cooley Distillery. Avoid any urges to jump on the M1 at Dundalk, heading instead through the villages of Castlebellingham, Clogherhead and Termonfeckin. Leave plenty of time for County Meath's Boyne Valley and the richest assemblage of historical sites and monuments found anywhere in Ireland.
For early Christian folklore, pop over to the Hill of Slane where St Patrick supposedly lit his famous paschal fire, claiming Ireland for Christianity. From here, the entire Boyne River Valley opens up. Complete the arc by criss-crossing the hedgerow-lined laneways.
Return to Dublin via the coast road, taking in Malahide, Portmarnock, Howth , and the truly unique sanctuary of Bull Island.
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Chile is famous for the quality of its wines and the virtues of its grape vines, in a land privileged by nature and climate.
One of the most valuable vines in this fertile land is the family of artists, singers, poets and writers whose last name literally means "grape vine" in Spanish: the Parra family.
Nicanor Parra Alarcón and Clarisa del Carmen Sandoval were the founders of this prodigious family, starting their lives together in southern Chile in the beginning of the twentieth century. The couple taught each of their children the arts of music, literature and performance.
The most well-known of their offspring are Violeta Parra (1917 – 1967) – considered one of the best folk musicians in the history of Chile – and Nicanor Parra (1914 – ), famous poet and winner of Chile's National Prize for Literature. The soul and spirit of the lower classes, in both the countryside and the metropolis, are expressed in the authenticity of the siblings' verses. Violeta's songwriting – which was both experimental and deeply rooted in popular tradition – inspired a generation of new artists, including her children Ángel Parra and Isabel Parra, as well as Víctor Jara and Cuncumén.
In the early 1960's, Violeta Parra wrote the song La carta ("The Letter") for her brother Roberto, who had been the victim of police repression. Recorded by folk group Quilapayún, the song became the emblem of Chilean protest songs, and gave rise to the genre of music now called nueva canción chilena ("the new Chilean song").
Among her most beautiful compositions was the ode to life, Gracias a la vida, ("Thanks to life"), a universal song that has been interpreted by many artists in many languages, including Joan Baez, Elis Regina and Mercedes Sosa.
Roberto and Eduardo Parra devoted their efforts to revolutionizing Chile's national dance in a popular urban style known as cueca chora, marked by a sensual sexuality and fluid steps in comparison with the traditional cueca. The brothers experimented with different versions of fox trotl, inventing a style of music termed jazz guachaca. Roberto authored a play as well: the Décimas de la Negra Ester, ("Black Ester's Ten-Line Stanzas").
The siblings – but mostly Violeta – started a popular cultural center in the 1960's, named the Peña de los Parra, where Violeta and like-minded artists performed la nueva canción chilena. After Violeta's death in 1967 and the military coup in 1973, the Parra clan began to disband a little. Violeta's son Ángel was detained at the prisoner camp in Chacabuco, and Violeta's daughter Isabel went into exile, where she continued composing songs and started spreading Violeta's work to a wider international audience.
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With the return of democracy and the end of political exile during the 1990's, the Parras returned to the public spotlight. This time, it was Violeta's grandchildren – Ángel Parra Orrego and Javiera Parra Orrego – who conquered the stage. Javiera became famous as the singer of the pop group Javiera y Los Imposibles, while her jazz guitarist brother formed the band Los Tres – one of the most popular Chilean music groups in decades. Los Tres' repertoire includes aspects of jazz guachaca and the cuecas choras that were pioneered by Ángel's uncles, Roberto and Eduardo. Later, Ángel also went on to form his own jazz band, the Ángel Parra Trío.
Tita Parra, the daughter of Isabel, is also part of the contemporary Chilean music scene as a singer-songwriter, performing in duets with her mother and interpreting the music of her grandmother. Tita has incorporated elements of rhythmic jazz, bossa funk and pop-rock to her foundation of folk music. Meanwhile, Colombina Parra – daughter of the famous poet Nicanor Parra – has entered the music scene with a decided rock 'n roll influence, becoming one of the newest names for young audiences in the 21st century.
This diverse and prodigious family always returns at some point to the songs of Violeta Parra, bringing the rhythms of the moment to the enduring wisdom of Violeta's words. Nicanor, one of the foremost authors of Spanish literature and poetry, dedicated a poem to his famous sister, Defensa de Violeta Parra ("Violeta Parra's Defense"). In the first verses, he writes:
Sweet neighbor of the green jungle / Eternal host of flowering April / Sworn enemy of blackberry brambles / Violeta Parra. / Gardener / potter / seamstress / Ballerina of transparent water / Tree filled with singing birds / Violeta Parra.


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Thursday, January 13, 2011
What It Feels Like for a Guy
I'm not sure I am worthy of the title of Stay at Home Dad. I don't have my children all day long every day.
My role to take on more of the domestic responsibilities began in fall of 2008. There was a combination of factors for this decision, but it was largely based on improving the quality of life for our family. Our oldest child had just turned four years old and our youngest, two.
With both of us working beyond full time, we were watching our children grow up in daycare and were limited to an hour or two each evening with them during the weekdays and the weekends were spent catching up on laundry, lawn, grocery shopping and million other items on the must do list. Exhaustion discouraged healthy cooking and exercise, and we ended up eating out or ordering in most of the time. I could continue to list all the reasons, but the truth is we should have done it sooner for fewer reasons. I never thought I would have anything but a long career of continuous development, but my wife had more time and money invested in her career and she was the bread winner. Besides, I have way more patience with children, and all other non-cat related matters.
It has been two and a half years since we made that decision, and it was the best decision for our family. Quality of life for everyone has improved tremendously. Cindy Lou is in first grade now, and we decided that Bean would benefit from the social interaction and academic curriculum at he gets at preschool. I take the kids to school, I pick them up (much earlier than we used to). I cook the meals and clean the house, albeit poorly I am told (seriously, how does dust accumulate so fast?). I pay the bills, clean the pool, and mow the lawn. I also do general repairs, minor plumbing and electrical work and you should taste my stuffed tilapia with white wine lemon butter sauce. During varying times of the day and evening, I work (as needed) to run my unintentionally non-profitable small business with 6 employees. I did get to take a paycheck last January (2010) so that's good, right?
I now get a lot more quality time….err, snuggling/wrestling/tickling time with the kids which is unbelievably great.
I periodically get a little restless, and send my resume out to test the waters, but every time I get a bite I am forced to reconsider the consequences to my family if I return to the corporate world. Without fail, my decision is swift and clear as to what is best for our family, and that is to stay home. That is to say, stay available. Available for sick children and doctors appointments and field trips and household duties and whatever else needs to be done. My wife's job as an OB/GYN is stressful and demanding enough, and I cannot help with that or relieve those responsibilities in any way. What I can do is almost everything else, that's the goal anyway. In reality, she contributes a lot and always has a sense of when I need her help the most.
Anyway, I am unaware of any stigma and indifferent to prejudgments or misconceptions that others may try to attach to me. This works for our family and I am very proud and grateful for this arrangement. I used to think of it as me sacrificing my career for my family, but now I see clearly. We were sacrificing our family for our careers. We've both made the necessary changes to end that, and we are a happier family for it.
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Sounds terrific to me.ReplyDelete
Awesome. Thanks for the perspective.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 1:24 PM
That is very admirable of you. It takes balls to realize what your priorities are and to uncommon roles that will help you put those priorities in order.ReplyDelete
Also, this is only temporary. Kids grow up fast, and I'm sure that when they are more independent (grade school, middle school, etc) you will be free to work again and develop your career goals further. And, then maybe you can arrange for Dr. Whoo to work part-time or whatever else you two can agree on.
Sounds like you are an amazing partner to your wife and a wonderful dad. She is very lucky to have you.
Thanks a lot for sharing your situation! Really I sincerely appreciate.ReplyDelete
My future wife and I are looking into at a very similar situation, only at an early stage. We don't have kid yet, but already, I'm looking in probably putting my career aside, even though I'm finishing a master in engineering right now, since I clearly know that it will be for the best of our future family and that we won't need the extra money. I hope that I will have the same vision as you toward this situation.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience and good luck with the evil dust!
- AnonymousJanuary 14, 2011 at 8:59 PM
Thanks for posting. Its amazing how your perspective changes once there is a family to consider. It is a sacrifice... One that is worth it.ReplyDelete
- mamadocJanuary 15, 2011 at 7:06 PM
Ya'll made the right decision. In a few years the careers will be a memory but your family is forever.ReplyDelete
I love hearing about other stay at home dads! My dad was a stay at home dad for about twenty years to all five of us. My mom worked full-time during the school year as a teacher and dad worked full-time during the summer as a house painter. I think in those twenty years, between the five of us, we spent maybe a total of six months in day care or at babysitters and it has been for our benefit, as far as we can tell. None of us would trade the experience for the world!ReplyDelete
Dad, of course, speaks for himself, but he's always said it was a decision they deliberately considered and they knew it would be for the best. Mom had a college education, dad didn't. Mom got her masters while the oldest three of us were under seven and dad kept us out of her hair. Dad had his "nights off" by joining darts, cards, and softball teams. He plays guitar. It's been great for all of us and has left us with plenty of parenting experience, rather than daycare provider experience, to model ourselves on as we get older and think about families.
I know it's not for everyone, not everyone would benefit from it, and being a SAHM mom would make me nuts, but this was good for us and it sounds like you made a good decision as well.
- AnonymousJanuary 16, 2011 at 9:07 PM
I love these posts and am amazed by the strength of the men writing them. I would also love to hear from families on this website where the fathers are also in medicine. I know that I am not alone in being a mother in medicine who is married to another physician -- one who says he is not comfortable being a stay at home father. So how do you dual-physician couples do it and still raise your children?ReplyDelete
This is amazing! We are currently one of those families that has the 2-3 hours before bedtime to catch up on chores and quality time with the kids. It's stressful, for sure, but we're not at a place where one parent can or is willing to stay home, so we continue the daily grind.ReplyDelete
- ElizabethJanuary 17, 2011 at 2:23 PM
Well said. I am a female physician who has chosen to work only 2 days a week in order to stay home with our kids and manage the homefront. Your description of why you stay home is very similar to what led me to stay home (part-time at least)- interesting that the reasons can be the same whether it's a mother or father staying home. Although my husband was less enthusiastic initially, we have both found this arrangement to be much less stressful and more enjoyable than both of us working full-time.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 19, 2011 at 12:05 PM
I´m a single mother of three, work full time as an internist en a portuguese private hospital.ReplyDelete
I don+t even dream about a situation like yours, it seems paradise to me :)
Sometimes I am so burned out I can´t even stand the idea of making dinner. And ALWAYS exausted!!
Good for you!!
inês, lisboa
- AnonymousFebruary 6, 2011 at 3:30 PM
My wife is a physician and I am a full time stay-at-home dad. Our first year with this family arrangement was a little shaky, but it works beautifully for us now. My wife and I find that it works best to view this arrangement as a true role reversal: I handle ALL of the childcare, cooking, laundry, and housecleaning.ReplyDelete
I am enjoying reading these posts from other stay-at-home dads, and I even hope to post my own story here at some point! While I love my role as a full-time father, it does get lonely sometimes so it's nice to hear from others in this situation.


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SC Strikes Back
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How is that funny? It's just a bunch of tried stereotypes. At least the onepeat guys stick to truth supported by facts and results instead of libelous teenager humor. It goes to show that the LSU fans, as insecure as they are, are actually right. I'm surprised that a site I've come to enjoy as much as this one is so intent on defending USC when USC is indefensible.
- January 25, 2006 9:34 AM
Talk about inferiority complexes.
LSU fans put up a site with reasonable arguments about 2003. Encourage USC fans to participate.
USC fans create websites that insult LSU fans with tried stereotypes. Now they go on a "let's destroy onpeat.com" rampage.
Irrational attacks are the response of a fearful group.
- January 25, 2006 10:01 AM
"For the only time since the BCS was formed, there is a split national champion. LSU finishes atop the coaches' poll by beating Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl in a pairing of the top two teams in the BCS Standings. USC, ranked first in both polls on Bowl Selection Sunday, is left out of the BCS championship game when the Trojans finish third in the BCS standings. But USC wins the Associated Press' championship after beating Michigan in the Rose Bowl. Oklahoma, which spent the season as the top-ranked team in both polls, earns a spot in the Sugar Bowl by finishing first in the final BCS Standings even though the Sooners lose to Kansas State in the Big 12 championship game. LSU, the SEC champion, edges USC for second place in the final BCS Standings to advance to the Sugar Bowl."
This acknowledgement comes from the Bowl Championship Series and the university presidents, athletic directors and Division I-A conference coordinators who make up its governance board. The curious claim that LSU was the undisputed national champion in 2003 doesn't account for the BCS's response. They could have said, "Well we're the legitimate way of awarding the national title now. Sagarin gave USC the title in 2002 and that didn't change anything. We don't care what the AP says." But, they didn't. Why would the BCS to admit that 2003 was an utter failure for their system and that the season ended with a split championship? They would have loved to say, "Nope, sorry, that's not what everyone agreed to. We've got the signatures right here to prove it." Simply put, the idea that there was some collective agreement to invalidate the AP championship and make the BCS championship preeminent is a myth. If you don't win both the AP and the BCS (or Coaches' before 1998) titles, then you are not the undisputed champion. Thus, we have the concept of a "split title." That is how it has worked for years and, since the NCAA has not sanctioned a particular title, no furtive agreement has magically wiped away the received, established, and de facto method of crowning the national champion. The BCS had hoped to eliminate split titles by factoring in the AP's rankings when matching teams in its title game, but in 2003 that didn't happen for either the AP or Coaches' polls, so the AP opted out (evidently they didn't get the memo about the "agreement"). We know it's not ideal but don't bitch at us, take it up with your local division I-A university president. The moral of the story is this: everyone who doesn't piss purple and gold knows that if you win the AP title you get to raise a national championship banner and nobody can say jack about it.
- January 25, 2006 5:34 PM
As a UM fan, I'm still trying to figure out Yost's loyalties here. Yost, please take the Trojan d*ck out of your mouth and explain to us your obsession with defending USC.
- January 25, 2006 6:46 PM
- Yost said...
Thanks for the classy comment. Not defending SC. As a Michigan fan whose team has been beaten numerous times by SC in the Rose Bowl, I'm not a particularly big Trojan fan.
But, I do believe they won 1/2 the National Title in 2003. Period. And it amazes me how upset some folks get about that.
- January 25, 2006 6:49 PM
I agree man. Look at all the negative crap that he's put out against LSU. Take for example that billboard with their mascot in a dress. Yost claims that he knows it's only a few idiots doing that One-peat think down there, but degrades their entire fanbase by photoshopping that billboard. Loyalties? It's clear he has a bias against LSU, when it's clearly not their fault (but a few fans being stupid) and takes every opportunity to stand up for the "mighty" trojans. In a word...pathetic.
- January 25, 2006 6:52 PM
- Yost said...
Uh, guys, the Dresspeat billboard was a spoof on whole Onepeat guy's website. If you can't see that, well, you really need to lighten up.
- January 25, 2006 6:59 PM
Pretty obvious Yost is a closet USC fan. It is very strange a USC lover dressed as a Michigan fan.
Insults the entire fanbase of LSU and defends USC at every turn.
Yeah I read the LSU stuff. They are eccentric, but they don't revert taking cheap shots like USC has. They are reasoned and are bringing out all that is good in college football.
USC fans are acting like spoiled children. And you're supporting them.
- January 25, 2006 7:34 PM
- Yost said...
Tosu fan,
Let me get this straight: Are you, as a Buckeye fan, lecturing folks on what constitutes being a classy fan?!?!
Thanks for the laugh.
- January 26, 2006 12:07 AM
Onepeat guys stick to truth supported by facts?
LSU fans put up a site with reasonable arguments about 2003? Encourage USC fans to participate?
If I recall correctly, the website was designed to put an incindiary billboard near the USC campus; the only participation requested by USC fans was a donation to the cause. The "truth" put forth on onepeat is actually an opinion presented as fact, and as such was not substantiated by footnotes or source links. Onepeatbog, albeit satirically*, cites facts taken from the BCS website, as well as multiple sources and links them so one can verify the legitimacy of such claims.
As far as "reasonable arguments" go, the only exchanges I've seen on boards devolve into "We have the crystal football, and you don't, so there!" or something along similar lines. This obsures the issue: USC has the AP trophy, which is equally recognized and respected as the Coaches' trophy. Arguments are futile because you cannot argue with an unreasonable person.
*So you take offense at the stereotype. I've had to sift through posts about the "University of Spoiled Children" and I've learned to live with it. Lighten up and enjoy the humor, already.
- January 26, 2006 12:58 PM
- Yost said...
I'd say I agree w/ your post but then I'd be villified.
So I guess I'll say you...are... 100%... wrong... USC started this... by... not welcoming this billboard thing with open arms. It's all SC's fault. LSU people who support this are Noble Prize winning patron saints of college football.
There. The truth is now told.
- January 26, 2006 1:06 PM
I could really care less about LSU or USC, but USC did agree with the BCS at the start of the year. The intention of the BCS and those signing up with it was to get a game for the two best teams. That might have happened in 2003, or it might not. Either way there's no question 2 of the 3 best teams played in that game. Winner then is the champion. Same thing happened in 2004. Auburn got left out, but got no credit.
USC criticized the BCS in 2003 for not letting them play in the championship game. Then praised it in 2004 when Auburn, who had a better case than 2003 USC, was left out.
Something isn't adding up.
If I were the judge, LSU is champion.
- January 26, 2006 7:21 PM
Again, this argument is disingenuous. The schools did not sign any contract with the BCS to state that the BCS game was the be-all-end-all NC game. The BCS was formed to provide a way to get the #1 and #2 teams on the field at the end of the season in order to prevent split champions who end the season never playing each other.
The split championships remain a possibility because two organizations (The Associated Press and the Coaches polls) each award a universally recognized NC trophy, and the decisions are independent. The coaches are contractually bound to vote for the winner of the BCS championship game, but the AP can continue to vote its champion as it has done in the past.
At the end of the 2003 regular season, both AP and Coaches polls listed USC at #1. The computer algorithms used by the BCS ranked OU at #1 and LSU at #2. Therefore, the consensus #1 team in the nation was left out of the BCS NC game. However, the #1 team in the nation beat the #4 team in the Rose Bowl, and the AP, following precedent, maintained that the #1 team that won its bowl game retained its ranking and earned the AP NC title.
This is why we had a split championship in 2003. The situation was not unprecedented, nor was it agreed upon that one championship trumps the other.
The argument about Auburn in 2004 has many parallels to the 2003 controversy, but again the crucial details are the ones that set the situation apart.
1) Auburn, while undefeated, was ranked #3 by both the Coaches and AP at the end of the regular season.
2) The BCS (after, I might add, reworking their algorithms to prevent the obvious mistake of 2003) selected USC and OU to play in the championship game. Incidentally, USC and OU were ranked #1 and #2 in both polls respectively.
3) At the end of the game, both polls voted USC as the NC. Since USC won both the Coaches (BCS) trophy and the AP trophy, they were deemed the undisputed national champions.
I will be the first to admit that Auburn got a raw deal. That's a problem with the system, and a playoff would have negated that controversy (as it would have in 2003). There's no question in my mind that Auburn would've presented more of a challenge to USC than OU. But at the end of the season, both polls ranked the same team #1, and that was USC.
To sum up, it all comes down to who awarded what trophy to whom.
2003: LSU BCS champions
USC AP champions
2004: USC Undisputed champions
- January 27, 2006 10:04 AM
- Ron Walter said...
Hey guys, is anyone else noticing a trend?
I had a comment on my blog from an anonymous who said that he's an aggie fan and hates LSU but that damn they have a strong argument.
it just seems funny, lately i'm seeing it in other places where it's like 'i'm a fan of another school but' and then it's always the same argument.
i know, this is getting to be old news... sorry.
- January 28, 2006 2:12 AM
- Yost said...
If they left a link to some blog about it, it's the same guy. We just delete his spam here as soon as it's posted.
- January 28, 2006 2:37 AM


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During Ubisoft's financial earnings call today, CEO Yves Guillemot highlighted the importance of fitness games, suggesting that coming console price drops could drive the growing genre to even greater heights.
Responding to a question on growing trends in the games industry, Guillemot singled out both fitness games and lowered console prices before expertly tying the two points together.
"We will see a real growth of the high-end consoles because they will go down in price. We will also see more fitness products sold. It's a genre that is growing fast. And I think that the market will grow really if hardware machines are down in terms of price."
Guillemot's interest in the fitness genre isn't merely prurient, of course, with the CEO indicating that Ubisoft would have a new fitness product to show off in a few days. Nice to see a company saving some of their secrets for E3.


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Monday, January 27, 2014
Blog posting written by Lucy Yang, Journalism and Politics, '14, FLEFF blogger, Puyang, Henan, China.
I was born in a relatively small, slowly developing, and quite conservative city in central part of China called Puyang. About three and a half years ago, I came to Ithaca, N.Y., for college all by myself. That was my first...


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The Femtocell Forum has changed its name to the Small Cell Forum, reflecting how the tech is migrating upwards, but also how femtos haven't yet set the world alight.
The organisation has been successful in uniting femtocell manufacturers, and around the world there are a scattering of deployments – most of which conform to the standards developed by the forum. But it's bigger cells which have made the greatest use of the technology designed to fit into the home, and that's what's prompted the change of title.
Femtocells are tiny mobile-phone base stations with a range of just a few metres. Designed to drop into the home, they connect back to the operator's network over the public internet, and fit themselves into the macro network by finding an available frequency in which to operate.
The idea was to create cells which could be plugged in and left to their own devices, so anyone can get one up and running, and largely it works. That makes the technology very attractive to network operators used to paying radio engineers to meticulously configure base stations, and has led to many of the capabilities being adopted into pico and micro cells, if not (yet) fully-fledged base stations.
The term small cells covers micro cells, picocells, femtocells and Wi-Fi.
It's not just the radio sensing which has proved popular, the ability to backhaul over contended connections is also becoming more important – and that's going to increase as more networks get deployed. All these intelligent base stations need standard interfaces to the network operator, which the Small Cell Forum is happy to provide, so doesn't want to be burdened with the "Femto" label.
Femtocells themselves have had limited success, and still suffer from problems in handing connections back and forth with the macro network (which is addressed in the LTE standard) and requiring gateways from the public internet to the operator's secure infrastructure (which LTE does not address).
But base stations are getting more intelligent, and the Small Cell Forum wants the world to know it's ready to standardise them, no doubt changing its name to the "Intelligent Cell Forum" in a few years when the capabilities arrive in the macro network. ®


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HORTON - Receiver Module
Horton is a design concept by Philip Covington [1], N8VB.
Horton is looking for a project leader. If interested, please contact Phil Covington [2], N8VB.
Horton is the proposed name for a receiver module integrating the Janus ADC with a QSD on a board for a version of the HPSDR RX board.
Also under consideration for use in the HORTON is the Analog Devices AD7760 24 Bit 2.5 MSPS ADC [3] with DDC performed in a Cyclone II FPGA. Under consideration for use in a QSD is an Analog Devices RF ADG901 Analog Switch [4] in absorptive mode configured as a current mode I/Q mixer.


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New Projects Abroad Village Clinic opens in India
On March 1st Chinnasamy Rajendran, Director for India, along with a number of high level community officials and the head of the clinic Dr Mohideen witnessed the grand opening of the first ever Projects Abroad Village Clinic. The inaugural function went extremely well and saw more than 200 people including Projects Abroad volunteers and staff members attend the event. As such the Projects Abroad Village Clinic has quickly become the talk of the town with members of the local community expressing their sincere thanks to Projects Abroad director Rajendran.
The aim of the Projects Abroad Village Clinic is to provide the local community with affordable health care. Based in Rayagiri, the clinic is situated in a region that faces a number of challenges commonly seen in rural areas of the state of Tamil Nadu. Health is one of the key concerns with preventable problems regularly seen in the hospitals and clinics. The cases are wide and varied and often include malnutrition, skin diseases and worm infestation. In rural areas children are often the victims of these easily preventable illnesses and adults also have other problems too, including abscesses, burns and cardiovascular diseases.
With this in mind the new Projects Abroad Village Clinic aims to help prevent a number of these common cases and to treat others who previously may have gone untreated. Before the opening of the clinic these options perhaps would not have been available to some members of the community. Speaking at the grand opening Chinnasamy Rajendran, the Director for Projects Abroad was keen to express his views with regards to the benefit of this new health care programme for the local community.
"We choose this area because there is a great need for it. Rayagri, in addition to being my place of birth, is in real need for good quality health care. It has a population of ten thousand, but being away from the main road, it lacks development in all fields. For a small ailment like a fever, cough or head ache, villagers have had to travel over an hour to a nearby town if they wished to get treatment."
Projects Abroad already has a number of medical placements for volunteers in the Tamil Nadu District but this is the first time we are completely funding a clinic. As part of this new initiative the Projects Abroad Village Clinic doctor will be offering patients reduced rates on consultations, prices on treatment and medicines for the local people. The cost of check ups and treatment will only be a third of what it would cost in the Government Hospitals and will therefore be affordable for the local community.
Rajendran explained the great benefits that the clinic would offer. "By offering reduced affordable medical aid provides us with a real opportunity to give something back to the local community. This concession is possible as Projects Abroad is happily meeting out the deficit every month."
There is also an important role for Projects Abroad's own medical volunteers who will now begin providing valuable assistance at the village clinic. Here they will be required to take the blood pressure, temperature of patients, apply dressing to injured wounds, weigh the patients and give oral check ups. Those with more advanced medical experience will be able to give injections and other more advanced treatment. During this time they will be supervised and monitored by Dr Mohideen and Nurse Muthurani, who will assist, explain the various cases and help overcome the language barrier. In addition, the Lab Technician Mr. Arulraj will help to explain to volunteers the workings of the clinic laboratory.
Immediately after the opening ceremony the clinic began to receive patients. In the evening alone 40 patients were treated. The numbers are expected to increase over the next few weeks as news is spread about the new clinic. It will be something Projects Abroad and our volunteers are excited to be a part of.


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Manson smasher: Now, Bugliosi wants to prosecute Bush
Attorney and author Vincent Bugliosi, famous for putting Charles Manson behind bars and writing a book about it called Helter Skelter, will speak in Charlottesville on Thursday, October 16 at the Albemarle County Office Building at 7pm.
Bugliosi's new book, The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder, makes the case that President Bush should be charged and prosecuted for murder for the way his administration justified invading Iraq. In addition, Bugliosi argues that any state attorney general or county prosecutor could take up the case. As those familiar with the Manson case know, Bugliosi managed to convince a jury to convict Manson of murder even though Manson wasn't present at the crime scenes when the victims were murdered.
Bugliosi is also the author of Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder (1996), No Island of Sanity: Paula Jones v. Bill Clinton - The Supreme Court on Trial (1998), The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President (2001), and Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (2007)
The Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice is sponsoring the event. For more information, contact David Swanson at 434-296-4228.
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quote: "Bugliosi managed to convince a jury to convict Manson of murder even though Manson wasn't present at the crime scenes when the victims were murdered."
This isn't real hard to accomplish. Through the joint-responsibility rule of conspiracy, he was convicted of the murders themselves. I see it as no big deal.
A big deal is when you convict of murder without a body, like our own retired Commonwealth's Attoeny Richard Barrick did back in 1983. And of course the body still hasn't been found to this day.
He's got a good audience. A lot of people hate Bush and will gladly fill the pockets of someone who writes a bunch of nonsense against him. Maybe it will open the door for the prosecution of Congress who just voted to give their large contributors $700B. Everybody rides while people spend their time feeling vicious about somebody who's coming out of the WH in a few months. Good waste of time and money folks. How many contacted their representatives about their views on the big giveaway. Glad they've got that money to pay back in taxes.
We Americans do not look at killing outside our boarders the same as within our boarders. None of us alive have ever experienced a war within our boarders.
Killing is killing no matter where it happens and until we realize that, don't blame George Bush.
"A lot of people hate Bush and will gladly fill the pockets of someone who writes a bunch of nonsense against him."
I recently read Mr. Bugliosi's book and I have been tracking the (media and public) replies to his publication. So far I haven't found any debate about these allegations whatsoever, and until there is one, the ball remains on the Bush apologist side of the court. Mr. Bugliosi is a man of great professional integrity, and he has made a very serious allegation that demands a serious answer. Cville Eyes respons as quoted above, is no respons at all, it is an opinion, based on observations that he doesn't even bother to reference. If you want to call Mr.Bugliosi's allegations nonsensical I am sure you can point to some logical fallacies or factual errors in his evidence. As far as I have observed, no one has yet pointed to any such mistakes since the book was published in May this year. Neither has anyone pointed to any reason why Mr. Bugliosi's allegations should not be taken seriously, when his career clearly suggests that they should be taken very seriosly. As long as the american press and goverment ignores Mr. Bugliosis apperently meticulously researched case (only a proper investigation will show how meticulous it really is), it remains very clear that everyone is not equal under the law in the USA and that all of americas talk of justice is nothing more than empty words. The lack of response from the mainstream media further demonstrates that freedom of press in America exist only on paper. Let me ad that polling suggests that 39-45% of the american public is in favor of impeaching the president. That is significant and here is a reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_to_impeach_George_W._Bush
There are therefore very good reasons to impeach the Bush administration, and I think that -being a president/former president and all- he can feel confident that unless there is extreemly well documented and persuasive evidence againts him, he will be completely acquitted. So why doesn't he and those who defend him so eagerly, welcome the chance to set his reputation right? Some would suggest that attitudes on this subject is a matter of political left and right. But since when does the political right support criminal behaviour? That is not one of their talking points. One might as well argue that republicans should be even more outraged by the Bush-administration than the democrats and independents, due to the damage that they have caused the republican party. So if you americans mean this justice-business seriously, than you need to at least take a closer look at these allegations before you dismiss them as nonsense without any valid cause.
Why is this clown able to use a county office building to promote his book?
There is a guy frpm Chicago who claims he had gay sex with Obama, should he be able to book a room? Why not? They both have agendas.
"This isn't real hard to accomplish. Through the joint-responsibility rule of conspiracy, he was convicted of the murders themselves. I see it as no big deal."
Actually, it was a VERY big deal. It wasn't that he was able to convince jurors that Manson was involved, though that itself was no walk in the park (no physical evidence of Manson's involvement, truly fanatical followers who were willing to take the fall for him, a true circus of a trial, etc). The big deal was making them buy into the Helter Skelter motive.
And TJ, rather than sling the ol' mud, why not take a stab at refuting the claims Bugliosi makes in his book? Bugliosi is a pretty smart guy - is it possible - just possible - that he might make some sense?
Now, I know that would fly against the Rovian world "conservatives" live in these days: disregard the message, but do everything possible to slime whoever is delivering the message. Call them clowns, or libruls, or terrorist-loving welfare mothers, or whatever might happen to be on the list of derogatory labels for that news cycle, and then change the subject and hope nobody notices. If somebody notices, deny it. Lather, rinse, repeat.
i hate to say it, but most of america is stupid, they cant see past the first layer of any issue. the author's argument is nuanced and interesting, but to 80% of america, bush is a hero for going after those "muslims".
I'd settle for a public acceptance over time that he lied and was manipulated by cheney to enter a fabricated war in iraq.
afghanistan, different story. we need to be there and that is important work, if managed properly.


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These days, I spend most of my time thinking about microscopes and gene regulation and so forth, which makes it all the more of a surprising coincidence that on the eve of what looks to be a great math-bio symposium here at Penn tomorrow, I was doing some spring cleaning in the attic and happened across a bunch of old notebooks from my undergraduate and graduate school days in math and physics (and a bunch of random personal stuff that I'll save for another day—which is to say, never). I was fully planning to throw all those notebooks away, since of course the last time I really looked at it was probably well over 10 years ago, and I did indeed throw away a couple from some of my less memorable classes. But I was surprised that I actually wanted to keep a hold of most of them.
Why? I think partly that they serve as an (admittedly faint) reminder that I used to actually know how to do some math. It's actually pretty remarkable to me how much we all learn during our time in formal class training, and it is sort of sad how much we forget. I wonder to what degree it's all in there somewhere, and how long it would take me to get back up to speed if necessary. I may never know, but I can say that all that background has definitely shaped me and the way that I approach problems, and I think that's largely been for the best. I often joke in lab about how classes are a waste of time, but it's clear from looking these over that that's definitely not the case.
I also happened across a couple of notebooks that brought back some fond memories. One was Math 250(A?) at Berkeley, then taught by Robin Hartshorne. Now, Hartshorne was a genius. That much was clear on day one, when he looked around the room and precisely counted the number of students in the room (which was around 40 or so) in approximately 0.58 seconds. All the students looked at each other, wondering whether this was such a good idea after all. For those who stuck with it, they got exceptionally clear lectures on group theory, along with by far the hardest problem sets of any class I've taken (except for a differential geometry class I dropped, but that's another story). Of the ten problems assigned every week, I could do maybe one or two, after which I puzzled away, mostly in complete futility, until I went to his very well attended office hours, at which he would give hints to help solve the problems. I can't remember most of the details, but I remember that one of the hints was so incredibly arcane that I couldn't imagine how anyone, ever, could have come up with the answer. I think that Hartshorne knew just how hard all this was, because one time I came to his office hours after a midterm when a bunch of people were going over a particular problem, and I said "Oh yeah, I think I got that one!" and he looked at me with genuine incredulity, at which point I explained my solution. Hartshorne looked relieved, pointed out the flaw, and all went back to normal in the universe. :) Of course, there were a couple kids in that class for whom Hartshorne wouldn't have been surprised to see a solution from, but that wasn't me, for sure.
While rummaging around in that box of old notebooks, I also found some old lecture notes that I really wanted to keep. Many of these are from one of my PhD advisor's, Charlie Peskin, who had some wonderful notes on mathematical physiology, neuroscience, and probability. His ability to explain ideas to students with widely-varying backgrounds was truly incredible, and his notes are so clear and fresh. I also kept notes from a couple of my other undergrad classes that I really loved, notably Dan Roksar's quantum mechanics series, Hirosi Ooguri's statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, and Leo Harrington's set theory class (which was truly mind-bending).
It was also fun to look through a few of the problem sets and midterms that I had taken—particularly odd now to look at some old dusty blue books and imagine how much stress they had caused at the time. I don't remember many of the details, but I somehow still vaguely remembered two problems, one in undergrad, one in grad school as being particularly interesting. The undergrad one was some sort of superconducting sphere problem in my electricity and magnetism course that I can't fully recall, but it had something to do with spherical harmonics. It was a fun problem.
The other was from a homework in a linear algebra class I took in grad school from Sylvia Serfaty, and I did manage to find it hiding in the back of one of my notebooks. A simple-seeming problem: given an n×n matrix A, formulate necessary and sufficient conditions for the 2n×2n matrix B defined as
to be diagonalizable. I'll give you a hint that is perhaps what one might guess from the n=1 case: the condition is that A = 0. In that case, sufficiency is trivial (B = 0 is definitely diagonalizable), but showing necessity—i.e., show that if B is diagonalizable, then A=0—is not quite so straightforward. Or, well, there's a tricky way to get it, at least. Free beer to whoever figures it out first with a solution as tricky (or more tricky) than the one I'm thinking of! Will post an answer in a couple days.
Update, 5/25/2016: Here's the solution!
to be diagonalizable. I'll give you a hint that is perhaps what one might guess from the n=1 case: the condition is that A = 0. In that case, sufficiency is trivial (B = 0 is definitely diagonalizable), but showing necessity—i.e., show that if B is diagonalizable, then A=0—is not quite so straightforward. Or, well, there's a tricky way to get it, at least. Free beer to whoever figures it out first with a solution as tricky (or more tricky) than the one I'm thinking of! Will post an answer in a couple days.
Update, 5/25/2016: Here's the solution!


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Square Enix tech guru "encouraged", says Japan "hasn't lost"
Square Enix technical director Yoshihisa Hashimoto, the man behind the glorious Luminous engine, thinks Japanese development can climb back on top if developers put in the effort.
It's become fashionable for both Japanese and western developers to decry Japan's gaming output of the last decade, and while Hashimoto acknowledged this critique, he said local teams have the talent to get back on top.
"I believe Japan is capable of producing interesting games, but looking at the influence, we are being pushed around by western games without a doubt," Hashimoto told Japanese site 4Gamer, as reported by EDGE.
But the developer isn't all doom-and-gloom, seeing great hope for Japanese development in Konami's Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes Fox Engine demonstration.
"Honestly, I thought it was amazing. I also thought, 'We won't lose to this though!' It was quite motivational," he said.
"Recently, it feels like the Japanese game industry hasn't lost, and is gradually pushing back. For us not to lose, we really have to exert ourselves," he added, echoing the message of regular Japanese industry doomsayer Keiji Inafune.
"But, I feel encouraged."
That said, Hashimoto acknowledge the realities of an industry where Square Enix's traditional triple-A business model – huge, high budget, technically advanced games built on traditional RPG lines – aren't quite cutting it any more.
"Right now, triple-A development can feel like something of a fool's errand. While low-budget titles seem to be making massive profits, big-budget, triple-A titles aren't guaranteed to see a return in sales," he said.
The technical director said that from a business perspective it would make sense to focus on low and middle end development, but that's just not what the publisher does.
"From my perspective, I think Square Enix exists because of the high end. I would like for more lavishly made games to still be around," he said.
"For example, I think 20 or so years from now, we'll still have 2D card games, and casual puzzle games. The demand won't go away, so neither will the games. In the same way, the demand for triple-A games won't disappear either, though I feel we'll have to work hard to ensure their survival."


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The debate ended 2.5 years ago but the battle still wages on! SO much has changed in 2.5 years yet so much remains the same.
The world has embraced the knowledge that adult stem cells can treat almost anything with safety and success but nobody in the USA knows about it because they are not available here and considered "unapproved by the FDA."
Maybe we can enlist the "Occupy Wall Street" peeps to make some huge needed changes in our health care and available treatments. – David
Originally from: https://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/oprah-michael-j-fox-dr-mehmet-oz-the-stem-cell-debate-is-over/
The Wisdom of Oz
Visualize the surreal image of Oprah Winfrey, Michael J Fox and Dr. Mehmet Oz, wearing purple surgical gloves, sitting on stage around a human brain. Dr. Oz explains the absence of Nigro-Striatal Neurons in the brain of Parkinson's patients while lifting out partially dissected chunks of brain and placing them into Michael's shaking hand.
The camera zooms in as Dr. Oz steadies Michael's hand in his. Dr. Oz weaves an intimidating, steel needle between Michael's gloved and trembling fingers and illustrates the procedure for injecting stem cells into the brain by plunging it both into and through the quivering cerebellum. Michael's legs spasm and contort and my stomach clenches empathetically with what I sense is Michael's extreme discomfort, but is really a symptom of his condition.
And yet, NOTHING could have prepared me for what happened next as Dr. Oz, unbelievably and without prelude or warning, makes the stunning statement:
"I think, Oprah, the stem cell debate is dead."
"The problem with embryonic stem cells is that embryonic stem cells come from embryos, like all of us are made from embryos, and those cells can become any cell in the body, but it's very hard to control them and so they can become cancer."
While astonished by his public announcement, I soon began to wonder: "why did Dr Oz only briefly allude to the potential of iPS cells and the proven benefits of adult stem cell treatments?" And then it became clear.
Dr Oz recognizes that the average person on an American street is led to believe, "a stem cell is an embryo is a stem cell". Due to years of misleading media saturation, as far most Americans know, there are no other stem cells besides embryonic. Walk down the street and ask someone "what is an adult stem cell…what is an iPS cell", and your inquiries will surely be met by blank stares.
So in retrospect, what Oz DID do, was truly…amazing.
Shunning the history of the love/hate affair Americans have with Embryonic stem cell research and ignoring the majority of US media over the past 5 years, the decrees of President Obama's funding policies, the positions of the FDA and AMA and the fruitless decade long public pursuit of embryonic cures undertaken by Michael J Fox (with the benevolent and optimistic spirit of Christopher Reeve hovering over him) and before the bewildered eyes of Michael, Oprah and ~7.2 million viewers, Dr Mehmet Oz nailed the coffin shut on ESC treatments:
"I think, Oprah, the stem cell debate is dead."
With this one simple statement on national TV, Dr Oz has taken the first step towards educating the American public about the current insurmountable limitations of embryonic stem cells and cracked open the door to the American collective mind-set regarding the potential of iPS cells and the reality that Repair stem cells (RSC) have been treating diseases around the world successfully for a decade. Despite the fact that thousands of American doctors refer to RSC as "snake oil," more and more American patients are realizing that the US medical system is faltering, dated and just not working while the greatest medicine the world has ever seen is available just beyond the borders of their own country.
The seeds planted by Dr Oz will take a long time to find purchase in the collective American mind-set. There is too much embryonic momentum, media and drama, and America loves drama. Embryonic stem cells will not go away and like Romeo and Juliet, this love/hate affair may have to run its course for most, despite Dr Oz stealing the "distilled liquor" and Romeo's poison and dagger in an attempt to avoid all of the deaths at the end of this play.
To read more about this grim fairy tale: https://repairstemcell.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/a-grim-fairy-tale-americas-doomed-love-affair-with-embryonic-stem-cell-research-intro-the-romance-is-an-illusion/
One step at a time we will climb this mountain and slowly open American eyes to improve their knowledge of treatment options so all can intelligently exercise the freedom of choice in their individual medical care. One inch at a time, Oz wisely created a pathway to an amazing new world of available medical treatments for what were previously believed to be incurable diseases and are in fact treating patients successfully around the world.
Dr Oz took this first step and it was a HUGE first step!
So from where I am sitting, I would like to express my heartfelt and sincerest appreciation for Dr Oz's bravery, statements and actions. Thank you, Dr. Oz and thank you Oprah; for allowing this sage doctor the forum to break the walls restricting millions of Americans from the knowledge of the medical treatment options they so unquestionably deserve.
Here is the actual transcript based on my ears and fingers and a lot of patient rewinding:
"I think, Oprah, the stem cell debate is dead."
"The problem with embryonic stem cells is that embryonic stem cells come from embryos, like all of us are made from embryos, and those cells can become any cell in the body, but it's very hard to control them and so they can become cancer."
"I can take a little bit of your skin, take those cells, get them to go back in time so they are like they were when you were first made, and then they will start to make that dopamine & I think those cells, because they won't be as prone to cancer & because they're your genes will be the ones that are ultimately used to cure Parkinsons."
"I think we are single digit years away from making a big impact in the lives of Parkinson's disease but also diabetics, heart disease, people who have had a lot of problems."
To see the original video: http://www.oprah.com/media/20090319-tows-dr-oz-brain


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Here's an article on a young Egyptian revolutionary's visit to Boston. "This is our Tahrir Square," his host told him at the site of the 1770 massacre.
The whole premise raises some interesting issues about the nature of revolutions and historical memory, but mostly it makes me want to go history tripping in Boston again.