ANNA OLSON I met the real life Anna Olson only once although I was briefed extensively on her background and test results by my staff. There are some basic facts that my staff and I knew about the real Anna. She spent over 40 years in various institutions in Minnesota, she scored exactly 100 (normal) on two separate intelligence tests, and she was able to independently care for all her day to day self care needs. Apparently, somewhere […]
BACKGROUND After finishing my Masters degree in child clinical psychology (Drake University in Des Moines, 1974) I went to work in the field of what today is called developmental disabilities. In a relatively short period of time I worked as the Director of Professional Services at the Glacial Ridge Training Center in Willmar, Mn., the Director of Winnebago Handicapped Services in Forrest City Iowa, and the Director of the Greenbrier Center in Lewisburg, W.Va. All […]
I want Watson. You may know Watson, it is the super fast speed reading, odds setting, wiz of a computer that can understand complex questions and provide answers graded according to their probability of being correct, in mere seconds. Just ask the world champions at Jeopardy, they know all about Watson. As a health care consumer, I don’t care about answers to Jeopardy question, I want the information that IBM’s Watson can provide about rare […]
It was John Adams who was most vehemently encouraged America to continue to celebrate its birth. Here is what he wrote to his wife Abigail; “The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to […]
I am from Iowa so I can say this. Thank God their caucus’ are over tonight. The average Iowan has been subjected to more pounds of hot air per person than anywhere else in the United States. It is a wonder there is any air left in Iowa. And the rest of us have been forced into being witnesses to the prolific misuse of hot hot air. Regular folks in Iowa can’t even eat their lunch […]
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