It’s lunchtime on Sunday. Sifang Beef Noodles, a little store tucked away in a gentrified corner of Pudong New Area, Shanghai, is full of hungry customers. Opened as a halal noodle store by an Indigenous Hui family, Sifang Beef Noodles has become a neighborhood staple.
Haronnae Wang, the owner, sits behind the counter, taking in the crowd. Now 40, he’s been running noodle stores in Shanghai for 19 years. His 6-year-old son plays video games next to him, and his wife and brothers work the kitchen in the back. They all migrated together, leaving the Hui Autonomous Region in Qinghai Province to earn money in the city. Whenever Mr. Wang sees a fellow Hui person walk into the store, his eyes light up with excitement. His Hui customers are happy to be there, too, saying, “It’s hard to find halal food in Shanghai, and this tastes like home.”
The following are excerpts from conversations with Mr. Wang, translated from Mandarin and edited for clarity.
After the busy lunch hours pass, Haronnae Wang takes a break outside his store.Credit…Stephanie Chen
How did you end up opening a restaurant in Shanghai?
My community back in Qinghai was largely agrarian. Everyone I knew farmed for a living, and I thought I was going to be a farmer, too. But then, by the time I was 17, 18, people started moving away. Everyone wants a better life, and there are just no opportunities in Qinghai. I had a friend who was already in Shanghai at that time. He helped me and my family move.
I opened a noodle shop the first year I came, and I’ve switched locations a couple of times, but I’ve never changed my business. I think most of the Hui people who come here run some sort of small business.
Is there a reason running a small business is such a popular option for Hui migrants?
I wouldn’t really call it an option, actually, because we don’t have many other choices. Few of us have much formal education, so white-collar work is out of the picture. It’s also hard for us to compete with local people for factory jobs, since we don’t have a hukou [A hukouis a registration system in China identifying a person’s “permanent residence.” For migrants like Mr. Wang, applying for a Shanghai hukou is often an impossibly difficult process. He, like many other migrants, still holds the hukou from his childhood home.]
But I also like running a noodle shop. It’s manageable, and it’s easier for our entire family. We can bring the kids to work. Our profits took a hit with the pandemic, but we’re still able to send money home each year.
So Qinghai is still home to you?
Qinghai will always be home for me. My parents still live there, and when my son grows older we’ll send him back for school. Without a hukou, he can’t receive a public education here, we can’t buy a house here and we can’t retire here. Qinghai is still home, no matter what. We try to go back every year, too, for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.
The vast majority of people living in Shanghai are atheist Han people. What is it like living as a Muslim here?
When I wear the taqiyahor my wife wears a hijab outside, we get stares sometimes. I don’t think it’s too noticeable, but it’s quite common. I would say people aren’t bigoted or judgmental as much as they are curious, however. Most Han people I’ve met know little about the Muslim religion or Hui culture. But no one has ever been directly malicious because of my religion.
I do think there’s a tight-knit Hui community in Shanghai, though. Even if I’ve never met them before, when a Hui person comes into my restaurant, they’ll use the Arabic greeting, “as-salaam-alaikum.” It means “peace be upon you.” When someone says that, I know that they are Hui as well, and I immediately feel like I’ve met a close friend. There’s a saying that goes “All Hui people under the sky are brothers.” We are an Indigenous minority group in a big country of over a billion people. Especially in a metropolis like Shanghai, every single Hui person is family.
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Science tries in-depth to explain the phenomena that occur on our planet. Many times, it takes years to master certain concepts, and this is the case in the study of the behavior of fluids.
If we talk about fluids, we can say that they have 8 specific properties:
– Fluid properties
– Density (ρ)
– Specific volume (Vs)
– Specific gravity (γ)
– Specific Gravity (d)
– Viscosity
– Compressibility
– Surface tension
But what happens when a singularity appears?
This same question has been unanswered for more than 250 years. And that is why science and technology work hard to answer this enigma.
For more than 250 years, the Euler equation has been one of the most popular for predicting the behavior of fluids. Still, it is no less true that the various singularities that can affect them make them unpredictable.
Mathematicians from all over the world are working on their theories to improve this equation in the presence of a singularity, without having positive results now. Currently, computers oversee this task, of course having great men of science behind them.
Two current trends
Currently, prominent mathematicians seek to prove their theories on this subject.
Hou and Luo
In 2013, a couple of mathematicians proposed that the dynamics of a full three-dimensional fluid flow can get incredibly complicated, Thomas Hou, a mathematician at the California Institute of Technology, and Guo Luo, now at Hang Seng University in Hong Kong, considered flows that obey a certain symmetry.
Hou and Luo’s approximate solution for a singularity has withstood all tests so far and has inspired a great deal of related work.
Now, another group has joined the investigation.
Buckmaster’s group.
Mathematician Tristan Buckmaster arrives on the scene almost by accident, he was studying the dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet and trying to infer the viscosity of the ice and predict its future flow, he based his approach on neural network physics. Unlike traditional neural networks, which are trained on a large amount of data to make predictions, a “physics-informed neural network” or PINN must also satisfy underlying physical constraints. These can include laws of motion, conservation of energy, thermodynamics, and whatever scientists need to code for the problem they’re trying to solve.
NASA Earth Observatory
Both groups compete to seek to complete 250 years of research.
And who was Euler?
Swiss mathematician and physicist Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) made discoveries in various fields, including geometry, infinitesimal calculus, trigonometry, algebra, number theory, continuum physics, lunar theory, and graph theory, to name a few.
If you want to know more about the Euler model and the research that precedes it, we leave you with more information:
In our effort as humans to understand the surrounding universe. There have been many studies and experiments that have been carried out, and without them, we would not be where we are today.
Without as many facilities and communications as we enjoyed today, our ancestors sought with great fervor to dominate the cosmos and use it to their benefit. A good example will be the interest to trace the seasons, to optimize harvests and prevent temperature changes, by using an easy-to-understand example.
Proof of this, is the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek cosmos, which was an astronomical computer used to predict the positions of heavenly bodies in the sky.
Wikipedia describes it as “the oldest example of an analogue computer used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. It could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games, which was like an Olympiad, the cycle of the ancient Olympic Games.
Learning the history behind:
According to the site Ars Technica “The Antikythera mechanism was likely built sometime between 200 BCE and 60 BCE. However, in February 2022, Freeth suggested that the famous Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes (sometimes referred to as the Leonardo da Vinci of antiquity) may have actually designed the mechanism, even if he didn’t personally build it. (Archimedes died in 212 BCE at the hands of a Roman soldier during the siege of Syracuse.) There are references in the writings of Cicero (106-43 BCE) to a device built by Archimedes for tracking the movement of the Sun, Moon, and five planets; it was a prized possession of the Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus. According to Freeth, that description is remarkably like the Antikythera mechanism, suggesting it was not a one-of-a-kind device”.
“The Antikythera was discovered among wreckage retrieved from a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in 1901. The recovery of the shipwreck itself was the first major underwater archaeological expedition. It was undertaken by sponge divers, with the assistance of the Greek Royal Navy (1900-1901)”.
“In 1951, a British science historian named Derek J. de Solla Price began investigating the theoretical workings of the device. Based on X-ray and gamma ray photographs of the fragments, Price, and physicist Charalambos Karakalos published a 70-page paper in 1959 in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Based on those images, they hypothesized that the mechanism had been used to calculate the motions of stars and planets—making it the first known analog computer”.
“In 2002, Michael Wright, concluded that the device was specifically designed to model “epicyclic” motion in keeping with the ancient Greek notion that celestial bodies moved in circular patterns, called epicycles. (This was pre-Copernicus, so the fixed point around which they moved was believed to be the Earth.)”
It’s important to highlight that in order to see something similar to the Antikythera mechanics, humanity waited until the 14th century, when the mechanical clock appeared throughout Western Europe.
And what About the future?
The Antikythera’s team plans to keep working on the mechanism — there are further inscriptions to be deciphered and the possibility that more fragments could be found.
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By Betty Vandenbosch, Chief Content Officer at Coursera
Today, I am pleased to announce a Master’s in Management (MSM) in digital healthcare transformation from D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University, a top 50 U.S. university, and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, ranked the best U.S. hospital. This is the first time a university and industry leader have collaborated to create a degree on Coursera.
The year-long program will prepare those in healthcare, such as nurses, clinicians, and case managers, for leadership roles and help current managers and executives in other industries break into healthcare. There is a dire need for U.S. healthcare workers amid an unprecedented shortage, which is expected to grow to 3.2 million jobs by 2026. Globally, the shortage is projected to be 18 million by 2030.
The program contains live course sessions, which can be watched on-demand to maximize flexibility, and weekly faculty connect sessions with industry-leading Mayo Clinic and Northeastern experts. To help students master the skills needed for career advancement, they will analyze real-world Mayo Clinic case studies, engage in hands-on projects, and receive continual faculty feedback.
Students will learn how to make strategic decisions to meet organizational objectives, introduce innovations to improve system-wide efficiency, and implement digital health tools to enhance the patient experience, from diagnostics to wearable tech.
“Leveraging Mayo Clinic’s integrated approach to patient care, Northeastern University’s innovative teaching tools, and Coursera’s global platform, we will bring insights and experience to learners seeking careers at the intersection of healthcare and technology,” said John Halamka, M.D., M.S., President, Mayo Clinic Platform.
“The program is future-focused, giving learners technical knowledge and human skills needed for the future of work in the healthcare field,” said Emery Trahan, interim dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business. “At the same time, much of the content can be applied right away on the job and help learners accelerate their careers in real-time.”
Northeastern professors and top Mayo Clinic executives optimized this affordable, employer-driven degree for career outcomes. Students will leave the program with a robust portfolio of work, connections to a global student body, and access to Northeastern’s career services. Ninety-seven percent of Northeastern graduates are employed or in future education within nine months of graduation.
We are honored to partner with Northeastern University, ranked one of the most innovative U.S. universities, and its collaborator, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, to prepare the next generation of global healthcare leaders.
The option of a new solar roof that can be adapted to the current roof of houses, with a value of up to 50% less than those on the market, is already a reality. Its name is Timberline, and it has a great attraction: its simple installation.
Knowing that the biggest expense for residential solar systems is right on-site, GAF Energy has designed Timberline Solar to install like a regular asphalt-composite roof shingle—that is, with nail guns and ropes, in fact, are the first nailable solar roof tiles in the world.
In this video you can see how the Timberline installation is done.
This new solar technology received an award at CES 2022 for the Best Innovation Award for Smart Cities, as well as innovation awards in the smart city and smart home categories.
For now, GAF Energy makes Timberline Solar in the US, helping to alleviate the dirty little secret of home solar power: Typical Chinese-made solar panels burden the environment with a lot of upfront pollution from its coal-fired power plants. GAF Energy’s plant in Silicon Valley is powered by one of the cleanest power grids in the country.
The implementation of solar roofs has multiple benefits:
–Savings on the electricity bill
–Decrease in environmental pollution
–Increases home value
One of the main barriers to solar panels has been the initial outlay, but affordable technologies like those from GAF Energy put it more in the hands of the masses.
This type of news allows us to see how science and technology advances at great speed to make the planet a better place, taking care of natural resources. We all have a very important role as a society in these advances. Careers such as Mechanical Engineering, Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, are essential when it comes to these developments.
In 2020, residential solar projects increased 11%, and by the third quarter of 2021, one in 600 US households installed a solar system. With the arrival of Timberline this number will grow making solar panels an affordable and possible technology.
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In our effort as humans to understand the surrounding universe. There have been many studies and experiments that have been carried out, and without them, we would not be where we are today.
Without as many facilities and communications as we enjoyed today, our ancestors sought with great fervor to dominate the cosmos and use it to their benefit. A good example will be the interest to trace the seasons, to optimize harvests and prevent temperature changes, by using an easy-to-understand example.
Proof of this, is the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek cosmos, which was an astronomical computer used to predict the positions of heavenly bodies in the sky.
Wikipedia describes it as “the oldest example of an analogue computer used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. It could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games, which was like an Olympiad, the cycle of the ancient Olympic Games.
Learning the history behind:
According to the site Ars Technica “The Antikythera mechanism was likely built sometime between 200 BCE and 60 BCE. However, in February 2022, Freeth suggested that the famous Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes (sometimes referred to as the Leonardo da Vinci of antiquity) may have actually designed the mechanism, even if he didn’t personally build it. (Archimedes died in 212 BCE at the hands of a Roman soldier during the siege of Syracuse.) There are references in the writings of Cicero (106-43 BCE) to a device built by Archimedes for tracking the movement of the Sun, Moon, and five planets; it was a prized possession of the Roman general Marcus Claudius Marcellus. According to Freeth, that description is remarkably like the Antikythera mechanism, suggesting it was not a one-of-a-kind device”.
“The Antikythera was discovered among wreckage retrieved from a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in 1901. The recovery of the shipwreck itself was the first major underwater archaeological expedition. It was undertaken by sponge divers, with the assistance of the Greek Royal Navy (1900-1901)”.
“In 1951, a British science historian named Derek J. de Solla Price began investigating the theoretical workings of the device. Based on X-ray and gamma ray photographs of the fragments, Price, and physicist Charalambos Karakalos published a 70-page paper in 1959 in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Based on those images, they hypothesized that the mechanism had been used to calculate the motions of stars and planets—making it the first known analog computer”.
“In 2002, Michael Wright, concluded that the device was specifically designed to model “epicyclic” motion in keeping with the ancient Greek notion that celestial bodies moved in circular patterns, called epicycles. (This was pre-Copernicus, so the fixed point around which they moved was believed to be the Earth.)”
It’s important to highlight that in order to see something similar to the Antikythera mechanics, humanity waited until the 14th century, when the mechanical clock appeared throughout Western Europe.
And what About the future?
The Antikythera’s team plans to keep working on the mechanism — there are further inscriptions to be deciphered and the possibility that more fragments could be found.
Man has always sought to acquire knowledge to improve his living conditions. There are still many gaps in history to fill, understanding that many of these inventions were lost during wars and natural misfortunes. Mechanical engineering, Science, Culture, Archaeology, history of science and technology, and historians, among many others, are critical professions to help to study the past to precede the future.
If you want to learn more about this amazing finding, don’t miss the following links:
What is a digital detox? The term was coined by founders of Digital Detox company that address the impact of tech dependency with camps, research, and educational programs (10). In Oxford Dictionaries definition, a digital detox is defined as a “period of time during which a person refrains from using their electronic devices, such as smartphones, regarded as an opportunity to reduce stress or focus on social interaction in the physical world” (11). In other words, it’s time we live without digital devices to rejuvenate and cleanse our minds. Conditions, such as the time and used apps, are various and depend on particular needs and expectations. Because we differ among ourselves, there is no single successful recipe. However, I want to share a few strategies to use as inspiration to find your way.
Know your habits
A successful digital detox should be tailored to your needs. Otherwise, you’ll waste your time since you won’t resolve your main concerns. To identify your goals, start by observing your daily digital habits. Here is a list of questions you can ask yourself:
What is your favorite time to use digital devices – morning, evening, or lunchtime?
How much time do you spend on digital devices daily?
What places (your bedroom, office, bus) do you most often use digital devices?
Does your use of digital media depend on specific situations? (f.e. checking your phone in stressful social situations to calm yourself down)
Do you enjoy doomscrolling when you’re tired?
Which devices are the most time-consuming?
What apps take up the most of your time? Is it worth your time?
It’s just a starter pack that you can expand further, but it’s enough to identify your essential digital habits. You can also help yourself with tracking apps, such as RescueTime (activity tracker) or Space (screen time tracker).
Choose your time
Here are three digital time management strategies that may inspire you.
The first one is total: the whole day without digital devices. Basically, the idea is to clear your mind by avoiding technology for 24 hours. Depending on your needs and conditions, you can use it as weekly Sunday practice or plan it once a month. From my experience, this is the perfect chance to identify how technology fills our lives because when we avoid it, we realize when we miss it the most. In my opinion, it’s a great idea to try it at least once. As a result of my 24-hour detox, I gained free time and a peaceful mind afterward.
Experience of a 24-hour detox gives insight into everyday life but doesn’t change it.
Indeed, the study of Peter Frost and colleagues showed that the effect is transitory: the difference in critical thinking between higher and lower users of smartphones disappeared after four weeks (12). That means it may be better to include technology-free time as a daily habit instead of doing it one week once a year. Therefore, consider taking even an hour of a digital break a day. I may be just right after waking up or before going to bed. If you tend to dive into social media when you come back tired from work, maybe the afternoon would be the perfect time for you?
Another idea is to schedule a time when you use your digital devices instead of planning when you skip them. I can’t recommend it because I haven’t tested it yet; however, it sounds worth trying.
Identify your time-wasters
Let me be clear – digital devices are not entirely wrong. Many practical applications simplify our daily lives or allow us to stay connected with our close ones. Also, sometimes turning off the mobile phone is too much. So instead of cutting off all apps at once, you can just block those which are your time-wasters.
For example, if you scroll Reddit instead of writing an essay, a website blocker (f.e. Freedom) would be helpful. If you watch TikTok instead of learning new words in a foreign language, consider apps like InsightTimer, which block your smartphone. Find out which app makes you the most inefficient and assess the solution.
Plan your alternatives
In the words of Aristotle, Nature abhors a vacuum. Without a plan for your digital break, you run the risk of failure. Your digital detox can become a stressful battle, and you may not want to do it again. Therefore, don’t overlook planning alternatives. You can read a book, go for a walk in the forest or try a new recipe. Choose any activity you are passionate about, so you will feel immersed, and you won’t even think about your smartphone. At the same time, tidying your room isn’t recommended unless you’re a clean freak.
Digital devices are not purely evil things. They are designed to provide information, entertain us, and stay in touch with loved ones despite the distance. Our fast-paced world requires quick answers to our questions. Relationships are important, and no digital detox is worth putting people out of our lives. Therefore, we don’t need to reject the benefits of digital devices.
The point is not to throw your smartphone away and never touch it again.
At the same time, we don’t want to lose our analytic skills, performance, and deep thinking abilities. We want to keep focused, solve problems by ourselves and keep control of our lives.
So the point is to maintain control over digital devices as well.
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The term cum laude has appeared in 57 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Sept. 21 in the interview “Yaya DaCosta Joins Elite Society in ‘Our Kind of People,’” in which Max Gao asks Ms. DaCosta if she knew much about the hair care industry prior to playing a character who works in that industry. She replies:
I’ve always been obsessed with hair. I went to a boarding school in Massachusetts, so I would have girls from around campus coming to my dorm room, and I’d be doing their hair, and then I’d do my hair and finish all of my homework in between. I still graduated cum laude, but I was known for this. So to play a character, finally, where I get to express myself and play with hair in the way that I do in real life is such fun.
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