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In 2.5 months, I'll enter my 91st year of existence on this earth. Thus the past week we pre-celebrated my 90th birthcay and birth year when a number of Sophia's family was here for for their parents' weekend visiting their children at the local Tufts University. Then during the c ...
Given the special place of the stature of Nobel Prize in the minds of the public, particulary in China, it may be interesting to read the in person interview of seven scholars at Harvard University who enjoy that distinction. See https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/09/we-asked-7-lau ...
I am never ceased to be surprised by the detialed attention to the design of our living condition in this retirement community. This place is equiped with large swimming pool next to the exercise facility. Unlike the usual swimming pool which has a deep and shallow end, instead it has deep and sha ...
People all over the world committ suicide for a varied of reasons. The means for carrying this out are often brutal, desparate, and most probably very painful. Thus, a practice had developed when the end of a life is clear due to terminal illness, physicians can step in to help so that the de ...
We, the denizens of the modern world, live in the 1 percent, where all our art, our books, our economic value, our money, and our languages reside. The rest 99% never made it, did not survive, and/or were forgotten. See https://www.aier.org/article/the-one-percent-principle/ A ...
Asian Hate, The AI intelligence revolution, my grand children’s future, The US system of government. This is a diverse set of topics and observations based on my 70+ years of living in the US. While they are interrelated, it is difficult to weave them into a coherent and smooth e ...
As an animal species, human being need to sleep about 1/3 of every day. Sleep deprevation lowers productivity asmong hourly-paid workers. Recently, I heard of a large scale experiemnt on public radio concerning: Sleept efficiency - the % of time you actually sleep while in bed Does naps actua ...
By chance I learned something new on National Public Radio yesterday about finance on the subject of Private Equity Fund (PEF). This is my takeaway: PEF are pool of money assembled by a small group of people that manage and invest this pool of money for the participant (or share holders). In th ...