Mar 15, 2021
WE TAKE PRIDE IN THE GLOBAL VILLAGE BUT IS IT BECOMING LESS FREE ?
Regardless of which part of the world you live in, there is a slow slipping towards the right in body politics. Of course we will not talk about countries where…
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Mar 15, 2021
MEDITATION OR MEDICATION? EFFECTS OF MEDITATION ON YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE AND HEART RATE
This is my Blood Pressure before my meditation practice towards the end of the day. a Systolic BP of 112 is very decent and a diastolic of 79 is acceptable.…
Mar 15, 2021
GOOGLE PAYS HOMAGE TO THE MALAYSIAN CHINESE INNOVATOR OF FACE MASK. BORN TODAY 142 YEARS AGO
Google Doodle celebrates surgical face mask inventor Dr. Wu Lien-teh's 142nd birthday Unfortunately, the good doctor's country of brith a century later did not do well with the Pandemic. At…
Mar 15, 2021
WHEN TIMES ARE UNCERTAIN, ADAPT AND RESPOND
If you work more than 40 hours a week, you are either an economic slave or an inefficient worker who needs psychologic care .. We talk about efficiency but never…
Mar 15, 2021
THE MIDDLE EASTERN MUSIC OVER THE CENTURIES AND THEIR APPARENT ORIGINS IN SOUND
My Mizrachi (Iraqi mother, Egyptian father, brought up in Kobe) brother and I used to travel and we had, among many other things, the love for the music of the…
Feb 15, 2021
I AM A COVID REFUGEE
Despite having Passports of two First World Countries, which allows me entry into most countries in this world, I am a Covid Refugee. I have an occupation I have a…
Feb 15, 2021
SAUDADE SODADE marooned in Miami
It is 4 pm in the afternoon The sun is fading in the horizon leaving that tender touch on your skin A medical student in London is making tea A…
Feb 15, 2021
THE THREE STAGES OF WESTERN INTELLECTUAL THOUGHT.. my short summary
Western Intellectual thought does not denote thoughts of the Western people, but a strain of philosophy which was born and nurtured in the Western world, adopted as their own by…
Feb 15, 2021
BESAME MUCHO. THE ETERNAL BLISSFUL SONG… THE MOST POPULAR MEXICAN SONG EVER RECORDED.. EVEN THOUGH CUBANS CLAIM IT .. FOR SENTIMENTAL REASONS
BESAME MUCHO CONSUELO VELASQUEZ. MEXICO 1940 This has to be one of the most popular Latin American Song ever written, recorded by numerous people over the course of decades. Bésame,…
Feb 15, 2021
OH POBRE MYANMAR/BIRMANIA… TAN LEJOS DE BUDDHA Y TAN CIRCA DE CHINA
The month had begun with convulsions in Myanmar/Burma, where the Military seeing their popularity and power slip, overthrew the popularly elected government of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. During a…
Feb 15, 2021
TO FAST OR NOT TO FAST.. A GOURMETS DILEMMA
September 28, 2020 Effects of Time-Restricted Eating on Weight Loss and Other Metabolic Parameters in Women and Men With Overweight and Obesity JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 28, 2020.…
Feb 15, 2021
ALTA GRACIA. THANKS FOR THE FEELINGS OF LOVE
Every Monday morning, the music streaming service, selects algorithmically based on my past listening habits, songs which are new to me and it is a pleasure to discover International Singers…