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Infrastruicture Buildiing
何毓琦 2024-8-29 09:10
I arrive in the US on September 2nd 1950. I remember the first car ride I had from NYC to Boston took ten hours going through every town along the northeast coast. Nowadays the same drive takes only less than four hours. This is of course due to President Eisenhower's INTERSTATE HIGHWAY p ...
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Report of the 2024 control workshop and birthday celebration
何毓琦 2024-8-24 21:29
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 ...
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Good things to come
热度 3 何毓琦 2024-8-19 18:50
I have reported in the past of my good fortunes of having my 50 Ph.D students and my life time employer, Harvard University, helping celebrating my 60th birthday, my 67 year old retirement party, my 70th birthday, my 80th and just to be sure my 85th birthday (since no one can predict ones longevit ...
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Scams and Fraud Targeting Senior citizens
何毓琦 2024-8-13 09:49
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 ...
个人分类: 生活点滴|7124 次阅读|1 个评论
The 100 year certificate of deposit (CDs)
何毓琦 2024-8-6 21:43
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 ...
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The 80/20 Principle:
何毓琦 2024-7-31 23:20
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 ...
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Olympic Opening Ceremonies
何毓琦 2024-7-27 21:18
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 ...
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A NEVER list if you are taking care of someone in dementia
何毓琦 2024-7-25 03:44
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 ...
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Benefit of physical exercises
何毓琦 2024-7-19 02:23
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 ...
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On behalf of my wife and myself in thanking CAAL
热度 1 何毓琦 2024-7-11 23:01
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 ...
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