Jun 15, 2013
INCREDIBLE MALAYSIA: HIGH LEVEL HOSPITALITY
AIR ASIA, whose CEO, Tony Fernandes, a Malaysian Indian, has done more for the integration of ASEAN countries than any SINGLE politician of the region, and now connecting both India…
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Jun 15, 2013
THE COURAGE OF SOPHISTICATED IRANIANS
HAIL TO THE COURAGE OF OUR IRANIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS The Islamic Republic of Iran recently held a Presidential Election. There were many candidates all but one of whom were…
Jun 15, 2013
INFORMATION IS THE NEW SOIL.. INFORMATION OVERLOAD VS INFORMATION ANALYSIS
INFORMATION OVERLOAD OR INFORMATION ANALYSIS Dedicated to people from whom I learned so much about the art of being a Physician Dr Howard Lessner Dr Julio Ferreiro Dr Eric Reiss…
Jun 15, 2013
REGIONAL AMERICAN VARIATIONS IN WORD MEANING
I have been very lucky to be visiting various parts of the USA on a regular basis. Initially there was no pattern to my travels, but lately: South Florida, Nebraska/Iowa/South…
Jun 15, 2013
PUTIN AND DEMOCRACY: IS IT REALLY THAT DIFFERENT FROM MANY OF THE ELECTED DEMOCRACIES IN THE AMERICAS?
I read something very interesting in Simon Kuper's column in the FT a few days ago. He was describing his meeting with an old friend who stayed on in Moscow…
May 15, 2013
HOW THE POET HAFEZ WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MY GOOD HAIRCUT IN BRUSSELS
I had been a little dissatisfied by my hair becoming unmanageable. I was still lamenting the loss of The Hair Dresser of Bangsar, but this morning decided that I have…
May 15, 2013
Day of the Dead, Ancestors Day or in the USA, Memorial Day
DIA DE LOS MEURTOS DAY OF THE DAY TOMB SWEEPING DAY ANCESTORS DAY AND IN THE USA IT IS MEMORIAL DAY A message arrived from Irkutsk this morning from a…
May 15, 2013
STEVE AVERY THE LITERATE MAN OF SIOUX CITY, AMIDST THE ILLITERATE DESERT WITHOUT OASES
the literate man of sioux city surviving in a non literate city the weekend was upon us, the Americans were celebrating the Mexican equivalent of the Day of the Dead,…
May 15, 2013
RASTA AND DIABETES…AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE RASTAFARIANS AND DIABETES CAN A TRUE RASTA GET DIABETES? The beautiful island of Jamaica in the West Indies is visited by millions…
May 15, 2013
NESPRESSO IN BRUSSELS.. WHAT ELSE?
It is not often that I get excited about shops and boutiques, but I have to admire when someone takes something so quotidian such as Coffee and make it so…
May 15, 2013
SHORT INTENSE EXERCISE WITH REST AND ITS HEALTH BENEFITS: LESSONS FROM THE HUMBLE MAN OF BOGOR
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE We look at Doctors as guardians of our health, and expect them to follow what they preach: Eat Well and Exercise. A…
May 15, 2013
LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS : HAS MUCH CHANGED SINCE 1970
Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE LEE KUAN YEW AND HIS QUESTION FOR BERNARD LEWIS I quote verbatim, from Notes on Century: Reflections of a Middle East Historians…