Oaklee Sidwell Remembered for Her Loving Spirit

(Southern Utah girl Oaklee Sidwell passed away after a wind gust picked up the backyard trampoline she was sitting on and sent it flying more than 150 feet.) By Sidwell Family Our sweet Oaklee Lynn Sidwell, 9, left us on August 14, 2013 in Salt Lake City, after a tragic accident. She was surrounded by… Continue reading Oaklee Sidwell Remembered for Her Loving Spirit

Dr. Tso-Cheng Chang, a Pioneer in Organic Farming

Tso-Cheng Chang is a small-scale farmer in Amherst, Massachusetts. His popular restaurant, Amherst Chinese Food, attracts people from all over the Pioneer Valley to its fresh, organic, delicious Chinese food. Dr. Chang is a strong believer in soil re-mineralization; he has been using rock dust on his organic farm since 1995 in his determined quest… Continue reading Dr. Tso-Cheng Chang, a Pioneer in Organic Farming

Book Review: The Smartest Kids in the World

By Stand for Children The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way is a gripping new book by Amanda Ripley addressing the question, ‘what exactly is happening in classrooms in the countries that out-perform the U.S. academically?’ Ripley investigates this question by spending time where the action is: in classrooms abroad, specifically in Poland, South… Continue reading Book Review: The Smartest Kids in the World

Reflections on an Active Retirement

By Yu-Chi Ho, written in 2001, updated in 2007 ( from blog.sciencenet.cn/blog-1565-3498.html ) Four years ago, much to the surprise of my dean, I told him that I planned to retire in 2001 after 40 years on the faculty of Harvard University (Note added 2007. Currently in the US there is no mandatory retirement age… Continue reading Reflections on an Active Retirement

Petition Drive Started Urging IOC Not to Select Tokyo to Host the 2020 Summer Olympics

By Don Tow During WWII, more than 200,000 women and girls were forced into sexual slavery (so-called “comfort women”) by the Japanese Imperial Army. During approximately a six-week period starting on December 13, 1937, about 300,000 Chinese (including many women and children) were slaughtered and about 20,000 women and girls were raped in the city… Continue reading Petition Drive Started Urging IOC Not to Select Tokyo to Host the 2020 Summer Olympics

“When There’s a Will, There’s a Way” Speech at Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest

By Franklin A. Eneh, Clark University, Chinese teacher: Ya-chen Chen (Franklin A. Eneh is a contestant of the Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest in New England Area. He gave this speech in Chinese on March 23 at UMass Boston.) Before studying abroad in China I was full of expectations. Through studying… Continue reading “When There’s a Will, There’s a Way” Speech at Third Annual “Chinese Bridge” University Student Chinese Speech Contest