You may have heard of the term Business Development Company (BDC) and wondered what makes them different. We are currently invested in a few in our own personal portfolio, and recently a friend asked me to explain why they are different. Funny thing – I did not know! What I did know is that we […]
New Study Casts Doubts on Effectiveness ...
Results of a peer-reviewed study performed in 2022 by the Cochrane Library have just been released. It encompassed the results of 78 studies including over 600,000 participants and found that wearing masks in public probably makes “… little or no difference in interrupting the spread of influenza-like illness.” (Their definition includes COVID-19.) And in one […]
The Biden Border Crisis continues to top...
Last month, 251,487 illegal aliens were apprehended at the southern border. This is the highest monthly total on record. But that number is just the tip of the iceberg. According to data from Customs and Border Protection, the number of undocumented immigrant crossings at the southwest border for fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 topped […]
New AI Tools you will Love
Our world is changing every day, some say faster than we can keep up! And nowhere are the changes happening faster than in the realm of artificial intelligence. With the advent of ChatGPT, new ideas started flowing freely. Here are just a few of the recently added AI-driven applications: otter.ai – Capture and share insights […]
Investing as a “Dividend Hunter”
Like many people, my investment approach has changed over time. In my earlier years, I was an aggressive growth investor. But more recently I have found myself shifting more toward income generating investments. I have been investing in dividend stocks for several years, and a few years back I came across a newsletter called “The […]
Adverse Events Reported for Covid-19 Vac...
A preliminary study reported in the 22 September 2022 issue of ScienceDirect entitled “Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults” using publicly available data from Pfizer and Moderna studies, found one serious adverse event for each 800 vaccines. You can review the entire study here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22010283?via%3Dihub. Two […]
ChatGPT – Can we exist without it?
I was about to write a couple of disclaimers for my websites and suddenly thought, this is a great job for ChatGPT.So I went to https://chat.openai.com/ to ask for suggestions, but it was down! It seems I am not the only geek out there who is beginning to rely on expert assistance from this exciting […]
New Study on Exercise – Could less be be
Exercise is good for us, right? And the more the better! At least that’s what we thought until this recent study that has called into question some of our views on exercise. What if I told you that only 6 minutes a day can have a dramatic effect on your health? A recent study published […]
Unexpected News about the Covid-19 Vacci...
Some interesting information has just come out about COVID-19 vaccines, and you may not see it in the mainstream media. A study just released from the Cleveland Clinc has uncovered two important conclusions: 1. The more recent the last prior COVID-19 episode, the lower the risk of getting COVID-19 again, but 2. The greater the […]
The Rise of AI
You have probably heard something about AI, but do you know the importance? OpenAI, a leader in the AI movement, has just introduced a free (for now) AI engine that demonstrates the power of this amazing technology. Artificial intelligence (AI) and ChatGPT (a variant of the GPT-3 language model) are important because they have the […]
Descendants of John Wesley O’Molloy
I am exploring the roots of my Maloy (Malloy) family, which originated in Scotland as O’Molloy. Descendants of John Wesley O’Molloy Generation No. 1 1. JOHN WESLEY1 O’MOLLOY was born Abt. 1728 in Isle of Jura, County Argyllshire, SCOTLAND, and died Sep 29, 1804 in Robeson County, North Carolina USA. He married MARION ELIZABETH SMITH […]
Gain-Of-Function Experiments At Boston U...
A Senate investigation into the origins of COVID-19 released yesterday has concluded that the virus most likely leaked out of a Chinese laboratory. Yes, this is bad, but even worse, similar work is continuing here in the United States! According to Steven Salzberg, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics at Johns […]