Mar 15, 2014
EXERCISE, WEIGHT MAINTENANCE AND CALORIES
EXERCISE, WEIGHT MAINTENANCE AND CALORIES When discussing Exercise habits, many would confess that they walk for a few minutes each day or jog or go on the treadmill. Any form…
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Feb 15, 2014
NUTRITION, OVERWEIGHT, OBESITY AND CANCER AROUND THE WORLD
The Jakarta Post is an English Language newspaper published in Indonesia and as regional newspapers go it has less parochial and more of an international slant than Straits Times of…
Jan 15, 2014
DOCTORING IN RAPA NUI
I was mulling over an email while walking towards the Church, at the end of the street. My friend in Miami was talking about Shlomo Carlebach whose name had been…
Nov 15, 2013
GRATITUDE: BRING HAPPINESS TO OTHERS. ELIXIR D’AMOUR ON THIS THANKSGIVING DAY 2013
Gratitude, Make someone Happy and Elixir of Love The forecast for this morning was Rain, dreary skies and the pertinent cold of oncoming northern winter. But that was not to…
Jul 15, 2013
CULTURAL COMPETENCY ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH: THE CASE OF MONTREAL YUL AIRPORT
CULTURAL COMPETENCY IS NOT ENOUGH THE CASE OF MONTREAL AIRPORT Each of the person I met today –in the context of the interactions of capitalist culture of travel- was culturally…
Jun 15, 2013
INDIA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA: THE PALLAVA ORIGINS OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN LANGUAGE SCRIPTS
WHO BROUGHT THE SCRIPT TO SOUTH EAST ASIA: HINDUS OR BUDDHISTS IN OTHER WORDS, WHO IS THE REAL BUMIPUTRA? I was merrily walking along the street in front of the…
Jun 15, 2013
THE COURAGE OF SOPHISTICATED IRANIANS
HAIL TO THE COURAGE OF OUR IRANIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS The Islamic Republic of Iran recently held a Presidential Election. There were many candidates all but one of whom were…
Jun 15, 2013
PUTIN AND DEMOCRACY: IS IT REALLY THAT DIFFERENT FROM MANY OF THE ELECTED DEMOCRACIES IN THE AMERICAS?
I read something very interesting in Simon Kuper's column in the FT a few days ago. He was describing his meeting with an old friend who stayed on in Moscow…
May 15, 2013
HOW THE POET HAFEZ WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY GOOD HAIRCUT IN BRUSSELS
I had been a little dissatisfied by my hair becoming unmanageable. I was still lamenting the loss of The Hair Dresser of Bangsar, but this morning decided that I have…
Apr 15, 2013
AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST IN SOUTH TEXAS: FROM INDIANS TO INDIANS
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The alarm went off at 0600 AM, I had already packed my bags, so it was easy to be ready to leave…
Mar 15, 2013
A WANDERING JEW’S PESACH: SO HAPPY TO CELEBRATE, SO HAPPY TO REMEMBER
This evening, all over the world, Jewish People of all hues, nationalities, religious beliefs will celebrate PESACH.. Over the course of years, I have been lucky to celebrate Passover Seder…
Jan 15, 2013
SIGN OF THE TIMES IN EUROPEAN CITIES
Walking along this pleasant city, I was amazed at the similarities (at least superficially) that meets a visitor to the central part of the city. Retired moslem women from Maghreb,…