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The pundits on this side of the Gulf pontificate about democracy in the island of Cuba, make grandiose pronouncements (remember, The Final Hour of Castro, a book published in the…
HUMAN TOUCH as a mystic, therapeutic and culturally relevant symbol, is receiving some scientific attention as well. I have just left Cuba and one of the first things I note…
0 0 1 1668 9514 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 79 22 11160 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE --> Anthony Bourdain from Parts Unknown, in…
Recently I had a chance to stay, for the umpteenth time at the Bristow Lighthouse Hotel facing the Arabian Sea in Fort Cochin. Rajesh Rajan the GM had organized a…
0 0 1 974 5558 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 46 13 6519 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Tourist Advice: Thank you for not coming…
only dedicated travel fans would understand why it took me 52 hours to go from Miami to Kuala Lumpur. There are multiple one stop journeys to KL from Miami: British…
Cancer is no longer a death sentence Dr. Grace Wang (L) poses with six-time survivor Jackie On Saturday 10th March, I got a great opportunity to see close up the…
0 0 1 422 2410 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 20 5 2827 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY MEDICINE Because of my long…
0 0 1 393 2242 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 18 5 2630 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE The Great Recession worsened blood pressure and…
INVOLVEMENT AT WORK: WHERE THE BORDERS BETWEEN WORK, SOCIETY AND JOY MELT AWAY, TOUCHING ON THE SPIRITUAL WORLD I am at a purpose built office building in a small town…
I received this newspaper clip from Malaysia this morning. A legislator was in fact praising the Obesity epidemic in the country saying it shows that the country is prosperous compared…
0 0 1 597 3407 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 28 7 3997 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE --> From the BBC The Dirty Secret…