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OBESITY RATE 2018 Obese states tend to be less educated, poorer, less healthy and governed by conservative politicians.. IN GENERAL.. If there is a correlation between all these .. it…
This prolonged social isolation has given time to ponder about social aspects of many of the cultures and also relativeness of our nationalities and religion and our identities. Some of…
Demagogues and Dictators Culture in the time of Covid 19 Currently in the race of Covid 19 prevalence, USA BRASIL INDIA take the top spots. The best controlled seem to…
I received a video about Navajo code talkers who helped US Marines secure Iwo Jima in the Pacific theatre of Second World War. watching this video, a solitary tear dribbled…
Over the course of years, I have been a loyal visitor to Double Tree Hotel in Kuala Lumpur and had become friends with many of the workers: concierge desk, Front…
COVID-19: Most Efficacious Face Masks / NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH Most efficacious face masks: N95, surgical, polypropylene, and handmade…
If you are a Jewish traveller, in the mode of Benjamin of Tudela of blessed memory, you would make note of the particularities of the observances of different jewish communities…
WILL PROTECTORATES BE BACK When the Lebanese population were clamouring for the ageing political elites to step down and President Macron of France was visiting, one of the requests was…
Here we are in Miami where the worst thing is the vitriol of the local and national politicians. I think of the winds hitting the fragile houses and farms of…
Al Jazeera, the news channel based in Doha is unique among the news channels in the world( with the exception of the venerable BBC, that many of us grew up…
Sometimes you hear a song that becomes imbedded in your memory, forever. I heard this song, while watching a Brasilian movie to an empty theatre many years ago in Brighton…
whose heart is not touched by what happened at the Lebanese capital city's port? 150 has died , thousands injured and hundreds and thousands made homeless. Initially the politicians blamed…