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mitchelltsai: The 46,000-Pound X-Wing: How LEGO Built The World’s Biggest Star Wars Toy ( 5.3 million LEGO bricks in Times Square)
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mitchelltsai: Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning [Mario Vittone - 5/3/10] http://t.co/VItdAyVdFo Not violent, splashing, call for help people expect. - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: long $GOOG 861.13 855.89, $TNA 47.77 #MyStock - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Barely made it to Sausalito Sweat Your Prayers after UA BOS-SFO luggage was delayed for 1/2 hr. Deciding between museums or BAH hoop jam. - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: SFMOMA building closing for construction after today (Free) http://t.co/5gUfRL8pkw - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Last day for "Girl with a Pearl Earring" & "Rembrandt's Century" (de Young museum, $25) http://t.co/sC0FOa9Pzq - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Hope my bad food poisoning disappears before my 6 am UA BOS-SFO flight. http://t.co/jJke7CPWp6 Past 6 hrs have been painful. - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Good Pho (@ Le's) [pic]: http://t.co/HB5PYm3kdh - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: 25th reunion talk about "Giving Back" is disappointingly empty, (@ Harvard Science Center) [pic]: http://t.co/F4o0ha6oz2 - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Wednesday I tried this new place (opened in January). The daily special "pan seared cod" was the best fish that I'... http://t.co/wydqyiIM36 - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Chicken Tikka, Saag Paneer, Lamb for dinner (@ Chutney's) http://t.co/H3O2xPxPKw - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Cream Cheese and Ham & Cheese Croissants for lunch (@ Au Bon Pain) http://t.co/r2ecp0BNlk - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
President Faust's talk, class of 1988 survey, & faculty "TED" talks boring. Most interesting was reading "Poor Economics" & "The Truly Disadvantaged" at the Coop. https://twitter.com/mitchel...
Drew Faust (president), Michael Smith (Dean FAS), & John Smith (Professor Engineering) talked about the recent Harvard cheating scandal, subsequent e-mail search scandal (Why did Harvard administration not "ask" the deans for permission to look at their e-mails? duh...), rising cost of college (Harvard's $40,000 "financial aid" initiative & the 2007 "middle class" initiative - where families under $200,000/yr income pay less), and collaborative education. http://nytimes.com/2007...
- Mitchell Tsai
Pres. Faust said the 2007 "middle class" initiative scared other schools into similar financial aid packages. An audience member started this line of questioning - he felt that Harvard maybe should lead other colleges in reducing the cost of undergraduate education, and Pres. Faust response was that Harvard was doing it with innovative financial aid packages.
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Diversitas? Take a Closer Look [Justin Lanning, Crimson - 1/26/12] http://thecrimson.com/article... ~45.6% Harvard undergraduates come from families with $200,000+ incomes. Only ~4% of Harvard undergraduates come from the bottom quintile of U.S. incomes, and a mere 17.8% come from the bottom three quintiles of U.S. incomes. (Justin's logic...
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Former Harvard President Larry H. Summers, who launched the Financial Aid Initiative, declared in 2004, “We need to recognize that the most serious domestic problem in the United States today is the widening gap between the children of the rich and the children of the poor. Education is the most powerful weapon we have to address that problem.” Aid Isn’t Enough [Sandra Korn, Crimson - 9/27/12] http://thecrimson.com/column...
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Sandra Korn writes: If Harvard’s administrators are committed to increasing the number of working-class and middle-class students at Harvard, they must address the structural roots of educational inequality. ... Harvard’s tuition continues to rise at a much higher rate than inflation each year, and Harvard seems unlikely to take the lead in moving towards inexpensive higher education.
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Collaborative Education - In a world of interconnection, are individual grades still useful?
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Class of 1988 Survey. (1) Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" was supported more by women in $500,000+ income bracket than women in <$150,000 income bracket (Median income $200,000-350,000). http://newsfeed.time.com/2013... (2) $150,000/yr income was "tipping point" between people have midlife crises & being satisfied with their lives & careers. (3) 49%...
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mitchelltsai: President Faust's talk, class of 1988 survey, & faculty "TED" talks boring. Read "Poor Economics" & "The Truly Disadvantaged" at the Coop. - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Saw Red McClaren MP4-12C parked outside Strega (Italian restaurant). Gorgeous! http://t.co/Cm54Yxm8WU http://t.co/3K02W2BA0T - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Life is full of contrasts & choosing. Determine for yourself what truth, beauty, & goodness look, act, & feel like. http://t.co/QtR2nrNocw - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: I'm at Anthony's Pier 4 (140 Northern Ave, Boston) [pic]: http://t.co/hn5Idthmmn - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: View from ICA Observatory. Nicely air-conditioned on a humid 87 degree day in Boston. [pic]: http://t.co/Y1YuyQsmJD - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: I was at Hostelling International Boston (19 Stuart St, Boston) http://t.co/fvLHcGvVGp - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Sautéed Shrimp & House Special Prime Beef... only a few blocks from new HI-Hostel (@ Jade Garden) [pic]: http://t.co/XE8dMNx3Tw - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: 2 slices pizza for dinner (@ Pinocchio's Pizza & Subs) http://t.co/RvcVXBL40C - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Slept in (Commencement at H). Next are Boston MFA http://t.co/CUpXwqMh9F ($25, pricier) & ICA http://t.co/JBuxtUnVps (Free Thu 5-9 pm). - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: "Triumphs of Experience: The Men of the Harvard Grant Study" by George Vaillant (2012) http://t.co/twqow403f8 checked out at Widener. :-( - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Harvard 50th reunion talks boring. But they led to a Widener Alumni card for "Aging Well" by George Vaillant (2002) http://t.co/WArLAfy3tj - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Harvard 50th reunion talks begin Tue 9 am in Science Center B. http://t.co/COfGsBmDzV - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: SFO-BOS arrived 43 min early, so caught last Silver Line 12:47 am. Walked to new Hi-Boston hostel http://t.co/vN9Fk0b8io & had dumplings. - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Flying SFO-BOS to hear Harvard 25th/35th/50th reunion talks. UA 444 Mon 4:17 pm - 1:14 am http://t.co/WyZjKB8u3m - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: Every mathematician has experienced the state of lucid exaltation in which one thought miraculously succeeds another http://t.co/TYj4vS1mfp - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
mitchelltsai: long $TNA 47.44, $UCO 28.51, $GOOG 872.56 #MyStock - http://twitter.com/mitchel...
Harvard 50th reunion schedule (Tue 5/28, Wed 5/29): pp.13-16 describe this year's symposia/discussions . https://twitter.com/mitchel...
INTERSECTIONS: OUR FUTURE LIVES AND PUBLIC POLICY (Tue May 28 9:00–10:30 am, Science Center B) A panel discussion and audience dialogue will look at how public programs, especially Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, as well as social and technological changes, have affected and will affect our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren.
- Mitchell Tsai
HOW ARE YOU HAPPY—AGING AND SOURCES OF SATISFACTION (Tue May 28 1:45–3:15 pm, Sanders Theatre) A moderated class dialogue on sources of happiness and satisfaction while aging—in relationship to retirement, second careers, and play. The scene will be set by Robert Waldinger of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, based on the Harvard Study of Adult Development (a 75-year longitudinal study of Harvard graduates).
- Mitchell Tsai
QUINTESSENCE ’63: PART I (Tue May 28 10:45 am - noon, SC B) (1) The Difficulty of Being Good: The Indian Concept of Dharma and the Search for a More Meaningful Life (2) Moral Injury: What Is It and Why Does It Matter? (3) Electoral Dysfunction
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(4) Against the Odds: Empowering Low-Income Young People to Rebuild Their Communities and Their Lives; and Persuading the Federal Government to Invest in Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Injustice in America (5) My Brush with Obstruction of Justice as White House Counsel (6) Strategic Charity: What We 70-somethings Can Best Do to Put It All Together Before It All Falls Apart!
- Mitchell Tsai
QUINTESSENCE ’63: PART III (Wed May 29 3:00–4:00 pm, Sanders) (2) Is Money Obsolete?—How to Think About Inflation, Debt, and Federal Policy (3) What Does Environmental Protection Protect?—Defining ‘Environment’ in Environmental Politics and Policy (4) The Future of Medicine: Integrative Medicine and the Healing of the Whole Person
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