.In my active research days, I supervise no more than five students at any one time. To teach research and explore new topics, you need working with students in one-on-one setting in hour long session at least once or twice a week. I have been retired since 2007 and wrote my last paper in 2009. I ...
TO: Young scholars wishing to establish communication relationship with me I receive request from young Chinese scholars exclusively almost daily/weekly via RESEARCH GATE or LINKEDIN who wish to establish communication and learn from me. I admire their desire to learn. Generalized que ...
Recently having living in this senior community for more than 2 years, I came to appreciate another advantage of such place - complete safety for the residents. For seniors living in their own home, whether alone or with their partner, you are completely at the mercy of home invasion and random att ...
As a result of climate change, wide fire in Westerm states became numerous. Many home owners find their home are no longer insurable (i.e. their poilicy was dropped by their insurance company and cannot find another company to insure them against fire damage). As a result they were force to join a ...
Often influenced by Kung-Fu novels where a person accidentally found a magic instruction book and overnight became a expert in martila arts, young scholars starting out in their career try to find the same magic pill or secret instruction which enable them to acquire wisdom instantly and achieve wo ...
The Peter Principle says people are always promoted to the level at which they are incompetent. The logic here is that employee are rewarded for good performance by being promoted to a higher level. For example, a good slaesman becomes a sales manager. However, different levels of management ...
Fame, Fortune, and Power It can be argued that once basic survival needs have been met all human beings in modern civilization have the selfish urge to achieve one or more of the goals in the title of this article. Among the three I’d also argue that FORTUNE ranks first among equals. Wealth is ...
I did my last serious research work in 2009 (age 75 at that time). Since then any technical writing I do are of the broadstorke/explanation kind rather than attempting breakthrough to new frontiers. I spend my time writing blogs to explain ST and life in these united States. Occasionaly I go to ...
In this connected and globalized world, anger and distrust prevail. Instead of civil discourse we end up with discord .Instead of listening without necessarily agreeing, we fight without finding common ground. Reiterating that famous line in the Rodney King incident - Can we just get along? &nb ...