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Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address

   Alarmingly similar as 160 yeas ago, the Jan 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol is the closest we've come to 1861, the one instance of a real failure of what you would call a smooth peaceful transfer of power !  What the chaos around Lincolns' First Inauguration can tell us about today

Toon vs Ailanthus (Toona Sinensis vs Tree of Heaven)
Toon vs  Ailanthus

(Toon on the left, Ailanthus on the right)

When I tried to find out ways to control spotted latenfly, I found out the ways to distinguish Toon and Ailanthus :

A Brief History of Videoconferencing

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many educators, nonessential workers, and corporations have turned to communicating via applications such as Zoom.

The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl

One day a year

the Cowherd is near

to reaching his love

the Weaver

 

She sits and waits

and weaves her silks

In the cold void of space

 

One day a year

the Weaver is near

to seeing the Cowherd's face

What's the Fatality Rate of COVID-19 vs the Common Flu ?

What's the Fatality Rate of COVID-19 ?
We take raw data from CDC web site and calculated the age-specific fatality rates (see the graph).

Two Weeks Fight Against COVID-19 - A Doctor's Own Experience

Two Weeks Battle - A Doctor’s Own Experience of Fighting COVID-19

Source https://datatech.beyondphr.com/covid-19/screen

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Self Screening Tool
Google Relay of Appeal

After reading news that the test kits are not sufficient in the US and many people struggle to get tested, I quickly made the “Coronavirus Screening” app I submitted to both Apple AppStore and Google PlayStore as a free app, but got rejected due to “Sensitivity Policy” violation

Ibuprofen Can Make Coronavirus Worse ?

On Mar 14, France’s health minister Olivier Veran tweeted “Taking anti-inflammatory drugs [ibuprofen, cortisone, etc.] could be a factor in worsening the [COVID-19] infection. If you have a fever, take paracetamol.

Coronavirus Notes

Coronavirus has been a great concern for the whole world for a few months now. This morning when I brief read news on the development of the fast spreading virus, I noticed two unique comments, that made me think differently !

New dog Donut

Recently, my family decided to adopt this new doggo. After many years of begging, my mother finally caved... Donut is a miniature schnauzer.

The photo we got before we met him.
On Balanced Diet and Health

Recently I have become curious to find out the pros and cons of being a vegan.
After doing some research, and combined with my personal observations, I’ve put together what I thought and what I learned.

Seems like the main concerns that turn people to vegans are:

"The unexamined life is not worth living" --- John Reberts' Commencement Address

[The unexamined life is not worth living]

The Windmill

Behold! a giant am I!

  Aloft here in my tower,

  With my granite jaws I devour

The maize, and the wheat, and the rye,

  And grind them into flour. 

A Fair Fee Model for Fund Managers
Robert Shiller's plot of the S&P Composite Real Price Index, Earnings, Dividends, and Interest Rates, from "Irrational Exuberance"

When Warren Buffett formed Buffett Partnership, Ltd in 1956, he charged 0% of management fees until returns exceeded 6% cumulatively, which means that if he came up short of 6% in one year, he wouldn't change fees the next year until his investment recovered the loss, and he took 25% o

Philip Fisher’s 15 Points --- A Qualitative Guide
  1. Does the company have products or services with sufficient market potential to make possible a sizable increase in sales for at least several years?
Irrational Exuberance

"Once a bubble emerges, it is difficult to do anything to stop it that won’t have a major negative impact on the economy. The best thing to do is to let it run its course and address the consequences when they occur."

Election Day, November, 1884

If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest
scene and show,
'Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, ye limitless prairies—nor
your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado,
Nor you, Yosemite—nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic geyser-

Some Tax Facts for Donald Trump
Warren Buffett's home in Omaha

"I have paid federal income tax every year since 1944, when I was 13.
(Though, being a slow starter, I owed only $7 in tax that year.) I have copies of all
72 of my returns and none uses a carryforward."

Warren Buffett (10-10-2016)

Victory Through Retreat --- The Battle of Brooklyn
Franz Xaver Habermann

The Battle of Brooklyn, or The Battle of Long Island, was the first major battle in the American Revolutionary War, with 9000 Continental Army soldiers against 34000 British troops.

Who is swimming naked, Carl Icahn or Bill Ackman ?
Swimming Naked -  "Ruby, Gold and Malachite"

Ackman considers that Herbalife (NYSE:HLF, a company makes nutritional products) is running a pyramid scheme, and he started to short Herbalife in late 2012. But Icahn bought a position around January 2013 and going long with Heabalife.

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