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- Another example of inflation over the last 3/4 of a century
- When I first arrived in the US on 9/1950, the cost of mailing a simple letter is 3 cents. Over the years, the cost of a letter gradually rises to over half a dollar however the speed of letter delivery also increased in the US. Even though not guaranteed, a letter mailed in the morning will general ...
- Best State to Live in and other useful information
- A recent study ranks Massachusetts as the best state to live in the US as measured b y education, helath care and low crime rate. Having live here for 71 of my 74 years in the US, I definitely agree. My wife and I am glad to have ohosen to remain here in our retirement years with familiar environme ...
- Report of the 2024 control workshop and birthday celebration
- As accounted in my previous blog article here is the official report of the conference.celebration. It consist of : 1. Event report :. It is made by Prof. Hui Yang (from Penn State University, Editor-in-Chief, IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering ). This is attached below as ...
- 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 ...
