Jul 15, 2020
POETRY ARRIVES IN THE MORNING, ONE DOES NOT ASK FOR ITS SOURCE
In the past couple of mornings, soon after I wake up in Miami, Poetry has arrived, carried by the winds from the East. To thank the winds, I searched out…
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Jul 15, 2020
BLACK LIVS MATTER AND RACISM TOWARDS JEWS IN THE UK
I AM TRULY SAD TO SEE THIS TURN OF EVENTS AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD HAS A CHANCE TO HEAL Spurs and BBC distance themselves from BLM after ‘gagged…
Jul 15, 2020
JEWS OF KURDISTAN … LIFE THEN AND NOW .. IN ISRAEL
I have always been interested in isolated jewish communities or "exotic" jewish communities, the Mountain Jews of Azerbaijan and Cochin Jews of Kerala are the best known among them. But…
Jul 15, 2020
FALSE FRIENDS SPANISH, FRENCH AND PORTUGESE …
If you are an English speaker, and are trying to speak Spanish or Portugese or Francaise, you would be tempted by cognates which mean the same in either language and…
Jul 15, 2020
LOTS OF DISCOURSES ON HAPPINESS… HOW ABOUT LIVING IT ?
By an immense stroke of luck, I was able to spend an extended period of time in Southern Sweden. I had left Australia where I felt so secure about our…
Jul 15, 2020
LITTLE DOCTORS AND NURSES OF CUBA , TEACHING THEIR FELLOW PUBLIC ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES
Kindergarten students demonstrating the proper way to cough to their classmates in Bayamo, Cuba. They are dressed as Health Care Professionals. Cuba has one of the best PUBLIC HEALTH systems…
Jul 15, 2020
A WORD OF ADVICE TO PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS,,,,,, REGARDING PATIENT CARE IN THE COMING DECADES …LEARN TO BE GOOD GARDENERS AND NOT SHOPKEEPERS
In his powerful book, the influential Israeli historian, Yuval Noah Harari argues that within a decade or two, the role of the primary care provider would become redundant as more…
Jun 15, 2020
REMEMBERING THE WONDERFUL CLINICAL APPLIED MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGIST. DR CECIL HELMAN
Why medical anthropology matters Guest editorial by Cecil Helman Cecil Helman was Professor of Medical Anthropology at Brunel University. He was awarded the 2005 Lucy Mair Medal for Applied Anthropology.…
Jun 15, 2020
CENTURIES OLD ADVICE FROM A WISE MAN AND POET OF IRAN. SA’DI
We are passing through unusual times. The code of behaviour to other people have changed. On top of it, the flowering of an anti-racist movement has added yet another glittered…
Jun 15, 2020
MOON OVER THE AMAZON
Puerto Narino in the Colombian Amazonia is a planned village. The town was founded on 1961 August 18 by a doctor named Jose Humberto Espejo Hernandez. It is an ecological…
Jun 15, 2020
STAY AT HOME AND PRAY AT HOME OR DO NOT PRAY AT ALL. TO AVOID DYING FROM COVID19. UK DATA
Overall, the coronavirus mortality rate was highest among Muslims, followed by Hindus, Jews and Sikhs, while those who say they have no religion had the lowest death rate among religious…
Jun 15, 2020
Beware of NUTRITION scams on the Social Media
It usually begins with a man and occasionally a woman, well dressed and well kempt, wearing surgical scrubs or a white coat with something like. DR…. embroidered on to it.…