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Tweetie, Taina, and Tricky the parakeets
Natasha the calico cat
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Kenneth S. K. Lum's Intergalactic Web Site

[Last Updated 6 April 2021]

Welcome to my web site! I'm a senior research scientist at a Boston-based risk-management company which develops natural-catastrophe loss-estimation models. I was born in New York City, received my B.A. and Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University, and did postdoctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University.

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    5. Advice about Moths [Berkeley Parents Network]
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    25. Chemical vs. Physical Properties and Changes [TeacherBridge]
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    45. Einstein's Theory of Relativity versus Classical Mechanics [Paul Marmet]
    46. Electronic Visa Application Forms
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    59. Heavens Above
    60. Height and Weight Averages for Children
    61. High Energy Astrophysics Observatories (HEAO) The history of the High Energy Astrophysics Observatories, HEAO-1, HEAO-2, and HEAO-3. [National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)]
    62. High School Physics Scholarship Competition [University of Saskatchewan, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics]
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    64. HotWired
    65. House Blessing [eHow.com]
    66. House Blessing [St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Parish]
    67. How Easter Date Is Determined
    68. How to Delete Screensavers [WorldStart]
    69. How to Get Rid of Pantry Moths [Beyond Pesticides]
    70. How to Interface Fortran with MATLAB [Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA)]
    71. How to Make Pop-Up Books
    72. How to Rid a Home of Pantry Moths or Weevils [eHow]
    73. How to Solve the Rubik's Cube
    74. HTML Math Symbols
    75. InterContinental Hotels Group
    76. Internet Book Information Center
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    79. John Holmgren's Truck [truck with the names of the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks]
    80. Language of Coin Collecting
    81. Laptop Repair Help
    82. Large-Denomination United States Currency [Wikipedia]
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    84. MacOpener/Conversions Plus Comparison
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    86. Mars Oppositions [Kid's Cosmos]
    87. Massachusetts Department of Education
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    92. Masstimes
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    95. Metropolitan Transit Authority
    96. Mind 360 [brain teasers]
    97. MIT Media Lab
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    100. NASA Resources
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    104. Office of Residential Life - Tufts University
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    107. Optimize Pictures and Sounds for the Web [Smart Computing]
    108. Orbitz Travel related website.
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    110. PBS
    111. Peanut Intolerance [Health Success Site]
    112. Periodic Table
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    114. Philippine Dance Company of Boston
    115. Photons and Gravity [Richard Field]
    116. Physical Science Standards of Learning (SOL) Activities Science projects. [Physics Department, University of Virginia]
    117. Physics Central
    118. Potassium and Chronic Kidney Disease
    119. Professional Placement and Recruitment
    120. Propagator Neural Network Development Software
    121. Radium Clock Dials [Roger Russell]
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    124. Reading Your Textbooks Effectively and Efficiently [Academic Skills Center, Dartmouth University]
    125. Realtor.com
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    127. Recycling CDs [Ecogeek]
    128. RL University
    129. Road Width [Massachusetts Housing Regulation Database]
    130. Rubik’s Cube Patterns [Michael Reid]
    131. St. Peter Great House and Botanical Gardens, and Mountain Top, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
    132. School Bus Dimensions [Dimensions Guide]
    133. Science News Online
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    137. Social Security Online
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    139. Standardized Test Practice Resources [Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT)]
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    141. Stereo 3D Equipment, Supplies, and View-Masters [3Dstereo.com]
    142. The Strange Story of Eben M. Byers Toxic consequences of exposure to radium. [Scientific American]
    143. Street Width [Answer Bag]
    144. Stuyvesant High School Alumni Association
    145. Tech Catholic Community (TCC)
    146. Television History - The First 75 Years
    147. Travel to Canada for Non-Canadians
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    154. Vernal Equinox
    155. United States Visa Types
    156. Washington University State Library FTP Archive
    157. Weather Underground
    158. Who Wants to Win $1,000,000? [Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia]
    159. Wired
    160. Wood Heat Value [David Darling]
    161. Wood Fuel [Wikipedia]
    162. Wordle [creates word clouds]
    163. World Gazetteer
    164. YellowBridge Chinese-English Dictionary

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