Nov 15, 2010
There are Seven Direct Flights a Day Miami to Havana
The Ambassdor from Egypt and an Upgrade to First Class Journeys to Cuba almost border on the surrealistic. The flight was supposed to leave Miami for Havana at 0300 pm…
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Nov 15, 2010
La Habana, Cuba… Coincidences are not Casual
Casualidad es no tan Casual It is just you are not intelligent enough to understand it, said my Meskwaki teacher.. We tend to believe that things happen in a random…
Oct 15, 2010
Cochini Jewish Influences in Cochin INDIA
Yet another gift from Cochin I had the good luck to make friends with a young Cochini, Thoufeek. He is very talented in Calligraphy and we are fortunate that he…
Oct 15, 2010
Childhood Obesity in the USA
Some thoughts on Childhood Obesity in the USA as I am waiting for a Lunch of Langoustines in the sea side Brittany port of Quiberon.. The prevalence of overweight was…
Oct 15, 2010
My Neighbourhood in the City of San Cristobal….Vedado
This is one trip that I am happy to pay for, to anticipate and go through the rigorous customs and immigration check and other hassles.. not to mention the paperwork…
Oct 15, 2010
A Wonderful Day with Los Indios.. The Original Inhabitants of this Land
Today is 20th October 2010 My feelings are so tender, so warm and so effusive.. What is the source of tenderness? It is the time that i spend with these…
Oct 15, 2010
It is so easy to be a Medical Pawn…
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False John P. A. Ioannidis John P. A. Ioannidis is in the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina,…
Oct 15, 2010
It is Nice to Dream about San Cristobal de la Habana
Reveries of a Born Traveler Three days after my birth, an astrologer was consulted who drew the map of the stars at the time of birth (a chart I still…
Oct 15, 2010
Yet another General Strike Looms…
I have a generational legacy to keep up, my Grand Father and Father were always on the side of the workers, even though they both held jobs in Education and…
Oct 15, 2010
I am Proud of Cuba and Cuban Doctors
Only yesterday I became aware of the fact that there are students from Solomon Island studying Medicine in Cuba. Just looking at the following citation from 2008, I was so…
Oct 15, 2010
What All Happens in the Course of One Week?
LH Miami to Frankfurt to Kuala Lumpur. Reunion with Friends over a Chinese Dinner. Brunch at Mandarin Oriental. Pedicure/Manicure by the greatest Pedicurist in the world, GS at A Cut…
Oct 15, 2010
The Deep Legacy of Khmer in Mekong Delta. Soc Trang Province
When I visited Cambodia regularly in the past, I was vaguely aware of a Khmer population in the delta region of South Vietnam. I had expected pockets of small communities…