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May 11, 2021 Oskar Valles enjoys a meal at Mana restaurant in Central, Hong Kong. Valles used to rush his meals and often turned to food when he was stressed. Now he is more mindful of what and how he eats. South China Morning Post Oskar Valles thought he was in tune with his eating habits. Then in 2019 he attended a “mindful eating” workshop and left with a greater understanding of what it means to “eat with intention while paying attention”. Like many people, Valles used to rush through his meals so he could get on with other tasks. He would at times turn to food when stressed, and ...

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does Russia have in 2021? Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, March 15, 2021    T his is a very long article.  Some introductory bits: Russia is in the middle of a decades-long modernization of its strategic and nonstrategic nuclear forces to replace Soviet-era weapons with newer systems……… Putin also noted his disappointment with the “deterioration” of the US-Russia arms control regime, and declared that the United States withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Intermediate-Rang...

Undated Three-Piece “Clover Leaf” Eisenhower Dollar — Struck on Clad Dime Planchets — PR68 Ultra Cameo NGC. The word unique is used perhaps too often by error coin catalogers, but it is the single word that best describes the present lot. Three clad dime planchets were simultaneously struck by a pair of Ike dollar dies. The planchets touched but did not overlap, and formed a “clover leaf” pattern with the top planchet centered above the remaining two planchets. Only the 1 in the date is present, and the mintmark is absent, but Earth is complete, and confirms the reverse is Type Tw...

The Curious Case of the 1855-C Gold Dollar   I can’t think of a single branch mint gold coin that has performed as poorly from a price perspective as the 1855-C gold dollar. Back around 2005 through 2008, these routinely traded in AU55 for $10,000-12,000 USD. Today, certain pieces in AU55 holders now bring only $5,000-5,500. 1855-C $1.00 PCGS AU55 CAC. Images courtesy Douglas Winter Numismatics (DWN) unless otherwise noted Why did this important one-year type coin drop so much in value? The answer is not as cut-and-dry as it might seem. Before I answer this question, let’s take a quick...

Dana Dajani, an award-winning Palestinian writer-performer, has carved out a niche for herself on stage and in the literary firmament. Dajani, who li...