Aug 15, 2020
Muito Obrigado. Cesaria Evora ..
It is 4 pm on a Friday in Miami and the sun is still strong . It was 4 pm on a week day, at Pont street in London, I…
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Aug 15, 2020
WHAT DOES NEW ZEALAND HAVE THAT THE USA YANKS DO NOT HAVE ?
There are several lessons from New Zealand’s pandemic response. Rapid, science-based risk assessment linked to early, decisive government action was critical. Implementing interventions at various levels (border-control measures, community-transmission control…
Aug 15, 2020
The Full Moon a Lua Cheia La Luna Llena. La pleine lune
Imagine the wonder of our ancestors watching the phases of the moon.. Most ancient calendars, predating the Christian one, is Lunar in nature. The Muslims followed the Jews in setting…
Jul 15, 2020
PERSIAN POETRY: ALWAYS GOOD TO READ POETRY FROM IRAN .. MEDIEVAL TIMES TO NOW ..BY WOMEN
AH IRAN IN MY HEART .. The Mirror of My Heart (Bilingual Edition): A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by Women Hardcover – May 19, 2020 by Rabe`eh Balkhi (Author),…
Jul 15, 2020
Good bye Queen of the skies. She still calls Australia home
Even though I have not returned to Australia after my two trips in 2008, I keep abreast of what is happening in Australia. I am grateful for the enormous influence…
Jul 15, 2020
A STRICTLY BIOMEDICAL BLOG… WITH NO ANTHROPOLOGICAL COMMENTS…
Are All Type 2 Diabetes Medications Created Equal? Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, MHM, FACP reviewing Tsapas A et al. Ann Intern Med 2020 Jun 30 For high-risk patients, some…
Jul 15, 2020
THE BIG TECH BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU ….
We are living through a strange ? period of time, a difficult ? period of time, or profitable? period of time? I suppose it depends who do you ask .…
Jul 15, 2020
THE MORNING HAS RISEN IN MIAMI…. IT IS NICE TO WAKE UP THE SUN …
The last scene in a movie that I remember as an adolescent, Orfeo Negro, one boy persuading another to play the guitar so that the Sun will rise over the…
Jul 15, 2020
IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU WILL SEE SOMETHING HIDDEN INSIDE THEM
I have a friend in Dali City, Yunnan. The scenery is nothing like what we associate with China with its industries, crowded cities and glittering lights. Tranquil mountains, streams and…
Jul 15, 2020
KNOW YOUR GENES, KNOW YOUR CULTURE AND THAT IS YOUR NUTRITION .. NO ONE SINGLE NUTRITIONAL ADVICE FITS EVERY ONE
When I finished my training as an Endocrinologist, my knowledge about Nutrition was biblically minute, it could have been written down on a grain of rice! Very little training about…
Jul 15, 2020
POLITICANS AND OPPRESSORS SHOULD NOT USE THE WORD. FREEDOM AND WE SHOULD NOT LOVE WITHOUT LOVE
I am reminded Who taught me this poem, I cannot remember Was the poet laureate of Baracoa, the one who walks with a grin as big as a begonia? I…
Jul 15, 2020
FULL MOON OVER MIAMI. … MY GOOD WISHES TO MY FRIENDS IN CUBA, BRASIL, IRAN, MALAYSIA, INDIA, FRANCE AMONG OTHERS
photos taken from the backyard of my sister's house in Miami. The sun sets later at this time of this year in Miami, around 8 15 pm and it is…