Recently I have some experience with Verizon when I changed our telephone (both local and long distance) service from at&t to Verizon. That experience dealing with Verizon’s service order process and more generally speaking their customer service process was a very painful experience. It was probably the worst customer service experience I have personally experienced […]
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The Physics of Martial Arts: Breaking Boards
June 2008
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This is the first of a series of articles on the physics of martial arts. This first article is on the physics of breaking boards (or bricks or ice blocks). On and off in future releases of this website there will be articles on the physics of other aspects of martial arts. In the movie […]
Cultural Reversal
June 2008
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When as a young boy I immigrated to the U.S. more than 50 years ago, I found that the Americans and the American society were very much different from the Chinese and the Chinese society in Mainland China and Hong Kong where I was brought up. Besides the language, there were differences in many areas, […]
Some Thoughts on the Youth Substance Abuse Issue
We are all concerned about the issue of substance abuse by our youths. By substance abuse, we are referring to drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes. According to the 2003 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)[1]: 11.6% of the U.S. population between 12 and 17 has engaged in illicit drug use 29.0% of the age […]