Nelson Mandela and Race Relations

热度 2 何毓琦 2013-12-7 06:01

(For new reader and those who request 好友 请求 , please read my 公告 栏 first) The passing of Mandela started a world wide praise of his accomplishments and nonstop reporting in the media. The US gave him an unheard of honor (in my memory) of lowering the National flag for ...

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Money Talks

热度 10 何毓琦 2013-11-30 21:45

(For new reader and those who request 好友 请求 , please read my 公告 栏 first) The 14 th amendment to the US Constitution says that anyone born in the US has automatic US citizenship and is entitled to all the citizenship benefits. This has given rise to the so-called ...

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System Engineering for Dummies

热度 2 何毓琦 2013-11-26 23:00

(For new reader and those who request 好友 请求 , please read my 公告 栏 first) There is a best selling series of how-to books with the title “XXX for Dummies”. The idea is to simplify useful knowledge and tools to easily digestible level and instruct o ...

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The Joy of DIY

热度 6 何毓琦 2013-11-24 21:08

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) Americans are great “do-it-yourselfer (DIYer). This starts from regular household maintenance and repair to large project such as built your own boat or house. The annual $ ...

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Academic Ethics and the Entrepreneur Spirit

热度 5 何毓琦 2013-11-18 00:27

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) The 11/17/2013 Sunday NY Times carried a page one article in its business section about a Georgia Tech professor fired for violating university regulations on the titl ...

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The 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address

热度 5 何毓琦 2013-11-15 21:34

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) On November 19, 1863, 150 years ago, U.S. President Lincoln was asked as a matter of courtesy to say a few words after the main keynote speaker have spoken dedicating the civil ...

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World baseball championship came to Boston

热度 2 何毓琦 2013-10-31 10:16

(For new reader and those who request 好友请求, please read my 公告栏 first) The World Series Baseball Championship Came To Boston.Sport is a metaphor for life from the ecstasy of wining to the agony of defeat. Duke Wellington of England famously said that “The bat ...

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