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- Scams and Fraud Targeting Senior citizens
- There are a large number of fraudulent activities on the Internet. Many are specifically aimed at senior citizens since this group is most susceptible to be fooled and often has largest financial assets. Just to show how sophisticated and clever such activities have become, I’ll give my own exam ...
- The 100 year certificate of deposit (CDs)
- Recently a US Bank is selling 100 year CDs with ~4.00% annual interest. The CD take 100 years to mature. The minimum amount is US$1,000. which in 100 years when it matures will become US$10,000+ (approximate 10 times due to compound interest.) Now the question here is: Is this a good investment ...
- The 80/20 Principle:
- The 80/20 Principle: 1. Health : 80% eating, 20% exercising 2. Wealth : 80% habit, 20% math 3. Talking : 80% listening, 20%speaking 4. Learning : 80% understandi ...
- Olympic Opening Ceremonies
- The opening ceremony of the summer Olympic games is always a big deal for the host country. It traditionally takes place in the Olympic stadium where the delegates from hundreds of national teams march in one-by-one followed by entertainers performing different acts and ending with the lightening ...
- A NEVER list if you are taking care of someone in dementia
- A NEVER list if you are taking care of someone in mental decline Everyone of us may have the occasion/responsibility of taking care of some loved ones in cognitive decline. Here is a list of NEVER do . . . Instead of do …. Provided by East Central Floride Mental clinic of west Melbour ...
- Benefit of physical exercises
- I love all kinds of food, never followed a diet, or did exercise since getting married and becoming a working adult instead of a student in graduate school from 1960. As a result my body weight slowly but surely increased over a period of 65 years from 130 lbs to 182 lbs. Two and hal ...
- On behalf of my wife and myself in thanking CAAL
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- The Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL) recently had a small ceremony honorrng various Chuinese American resident of the town for their services and contributions to the civil life and public services for the town. My wife and I were among the recipients of certificates. At the risk of ...
- Pros and Cons of an Academic Life
- Pros and Cons of an Academic Life (For academic scholars only not for academic administrators) · To achieve success is difficult in any field but the academic lane has some special advantages · &nb ...
- Getting there is all the fun!
- Last night I received a phone call from a former Tsinghua student who was a student in my class when I lectured there in 2004. Since then he has come to the US received his graduate degree and started his academic career. He called to inform me that he has just received word from the Dean at Harvar ...
