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Many people believe the presidential inauguration will mark the beginning of an American apocalypse. I disagree. Let me give you 3 specific reasons. 1. The coronavirus pandemic situation will get better. It is almost impossible for it to be worse than it has been — the…

On the eve of the 2020 presidential election (2020–11–02), the US’ coronavirus mortality rate is among the top 5% in the world. Yes, China was responsible for the initial spread of the virus — possible accidental lab leak of the virus, suppression of early infection…

Heating can be completely stopped by middle April in Easter Massachusetts reducing a two-floor home's electricity bill to less than $70 (< 500 KWH) in April through September. This requires good insulation, smart management of energy-efficient windows, skylights to allow radiation during the day and…

Suppose you have a property in a foreign country and you want to authorize someone to manage or sell it without you going to the country at all. You can write an authorization letter and make it legally acceptable in the foreign country as following:…

Most effective: Terbinafine Effective Equate Athlete's Foot liquid spray (Tolnaftate 1%), unknown manufacturing location. Moderately Effective Lottrimin (miconazle) made in Spain. Signature Care Athlete's Foot Cream (Clotrimazole) made in Korea. Equate Athlete's Foot Powder Spray (Micronazole Nitrate 2%), unknown manufacturing location.

Young multiple-language learners develop the same Broca's area and left inferior frontal lobe of the brain for all their languages. Those learning their second language after the critical period that ends between 5 and puberty develop their second language region in a different location of…

Any developer of real-life apps would agree that .Net Native is a disaster after looking at its deficiencies by design. Real-life experience of app development shows that more than 90% of app problems are related to .Net Native. Since each build takes about 15 minutes,…

Dentists: Daniel Whiteman Primary Care: Stephen P Beaudoin William C Ingram Alon Sitzer Mark Su

Universal face covering is the most effective mitigation to control the coronavirus infection. Unfortunately, its significance has been either exaggerated or dismissed by many. Here is a brief explanation of why it works. There are mountains of evidence from either lab studies and empirical data…

One can make paychecks with QuickBooks. ACH deposit usually incurs fees. Services such as Venmo, TransferWise, Popmoney have daily or monthly limits. 

It was a virtual conference this year. It would be great if every presenter of a technology to speak briefly upfront why a developer should be interested in it and what they can do with it.

Silverlight is by far the best tool to build Rich Internet Application (RIA), but Microsoft is killing it, and all browsers have ended or are ending the support for Silverlight. A good alternative is JavaScript-based web app. The most productive environment is Visual Studio +…

Good first two chapters This is a simul-post of an Amazon book review. I hate to give such a low rating to a book of a good topic that the author seems to have tried hard to write, but to help potential readers I have…

This is a simul-post of a review on Amazon. This is more of some comments from my personal perspective than a comprehensive book review. I started to have renewed interest in the Boxer movement recently because a good friend of mine has been gathering materials mainly…

This is a simul-post of a review on Amazon. The Boxer Rebellion as Witnessed by Americans and Brits should be a more accurate title for this book. The book is essentially based on English literature survey, and the author makes this clear. Her visits to…

The eduction in a free country has many advantages over the education under a totalitarian regime.

Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic is a man-made crisis by the CCP's suppression of free speech and dishonesty. The CDC's testing fiasco resulted in the loss of at least 1 month's time. Every successful country encourages its citizens to wear masks - Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, S.

Faith is the like an unshakable rock for one to anchor. A person with strong faith wil always do things and treat people with principles and joy. The diverse, complex and changing world constantly has all sorts of things tempting people to do things hurting…

President FDR famously explained the 4 essential freedoms: Mr. Feng Shenping recently pointed out that P.R.China is the freest country with 10 freedoms: 1.Eat (吃) 2.Drink (喝) 3.Prostitution(嫖) 4.Gamble (赌) 5.Smoke (抽) 6.Defraud (坑) 7.Scam (蒙) 8.Abduct (拐) 9.Cheat (骗) 10.Steal (偷)