Nov 15, 2014
HOW TO LEAD AN INTERESTING LIFE: MOVIES AND MEMORY
There are some childhood memories, for me, the tropical torpor of the village of Kuala Belait, in Brunei, where wearing a newly acquired jacket which made me sweat heavily, I…
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Nov 15, 2014
WELCOME IMAM FIDEL MOHAMMED, ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT OF TURKEY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE MUSLIMS IN CUBA, WELCOME TO FIDEL MOHAMMED FROM PROF HONORARY TURKISH PRESIDENT If Barack Obama ever said that it was not Columbus…
Nov 15, 2014
CULTURAL FRANKENSTEIN: CUBA AND THE WORLD
Australian researchers have uncovered how the massive DNA molecules that appear in some tumours are formed like Frankenstein's monster, stitched together from other parts of the genome. This solves a…
Nov 15, 2014
FROM INDIANS TO CUBANS A FREQUENT FLIER ODYSSEY
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE FROM INDIANS TO CUBANS A FREQUENT FLIER ODYSSEY At 630 AM, as NPR was broadcasting the news of the day, I drove…
Nov 15, 2014
WHEN THE STUDENT IS READY THE TEACHER APPEARS
The Photo is that of Sitting Bull Similarity of the American Indian ways of teaching or propagating their philosophy is much is in common with most of the ancient ways…
Nov 15, 2014
POST MODERNITY AND THE FUTURE OF COMMUNICATIONS
Post Modernity and the Future of Communications My sister told me that she had lunch with six adults and as many children at a nice restaurant in Cayman Islands, it…
Oct 15, 2014
CUBA , EBOLA, PSYCHOLOGISTS, MEDICINS SANS FRONTIERES
Ebola in Sierra Leone: battling sadness, fear and disgust on the frontline An MSF psychologist reveals the trauma of dealing with the Ebola outbreak for medics, cleaners and the families…
Oct 15, 2014
NUTRITION AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS: LAKOTA DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAMME 2014
NUTRITION AMONG NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS This blog is to break your stereotypic view of what the North American Indians consume. When I was preparing to write this blog, I thought…
Oct 15, 2014
BLONDE HAIRED GYPSY AND OTHER AMERICAN INDIAN TALES
BLONDE HAIRED GYPSY AND OTHER AMERICAN INDIAN TALES When I showed a photo of a Breton family get together, taken in a village in Brittany in France, to an American…
Oct 15, 2014
CUBA I AM SO PROUD OF MY LITTLE ISLAND MI ISLA RICA
Cuban doctors fighting ebola: Heroes, not martyrs Milena Recio • October 14, 2014 HAVANA - Several media with worldwide reach have reported on Cuba’s decision to send 165 health professionals…
Oct 15, 2014
SYMBOLIC HEALING: LEARN FROM THE AMERICAN INDIANS
I wrote this while I was doing my post graduate studies in Medical Anthropology at the Brunel University of London, England photo taken in front of Beth Shalom Synagogue in…
Oct 15, 2014
PHILOSOPHICAL COUNSELING AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS
PHILOSOPHICAL COUNSELLING AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS On my way over to the Indians, from Miami to Dallas, I was on American Airlines, and the flight attendants up front were very friendly.…