Nov 15, 2021
RIAD58BLU. MY GOOD LUCK WITH LODGINGS ON MY TRAVELS CONTINUE
Things happen for a reason, we are not smart enough to understand it. This was taught to me by an Indian. I am sure others have said it centuries apart.…
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Nov 15, 2021
MY MOROCCAN JEWISH CONNECTION: NOW WE ARE ALL JEWS
When I arrived in MIami to do postgraduate work in Endocrinology, one of my colleagues at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital was a Panamanian Jew by the name of…
Sep 15, 2021
WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD …EACH GENERATION CREATING THEIR OWN IDENTITIES
I am not a fan of watching sports on TV but I like to be abreast of what is happening, especially from an anthropological point of view. When we were…
Jul 15, 2021
TWO PIECES OF GOOD NEWS FROM THE USA IN A MATTER OF DAYS.. WELCOME NEWS
Poverty rates in the western world, while appearing to be different, are at a higher level than one imagines. 12.7% was the rate of poverty in the USA before the…
Jul 15, 2021
VIVE LA FRANCE: MISSIONARY APPROACH RATHER THAN THE MERCENARY APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH CARE: AN EXAMPLE
The sentence: Mission oriented rather than mercenary approach and in the end Missionary approach wins.. is from Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon.com I will tell you about a personal…
Jun 15, 2021
IF YOU HAVE GLUCOSE DYSFUNCTION, JUST WATCH OUT THOSE VITAMIN GUMMIES AND SUPPLEMENTS
I am a Physician specializing in Endocrinology, the study of the metabolism and also the hormones. We can measure the levels of many hormones in the body necessary for smooth…
Apr 15, 2021
WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY KARMA, THE UBIQUITOUS WORD MISREPRESENTED IN THE WESTERN MIND
IN 2008, On an Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Siem Reap, Cambodia, I met MCY who would become my closest friend in Asia. We shared/continue to share…
Apr 15, 2021
THE EFFECT OF FULL MOON ON YOUR HEALTH, WHILE LISTENING TO A PHILOSOPHICAL/SPIRITUAL DISCOURSE
Tonight is the Full Moon of April 2021. I joined on line to a philosophical/spiritual discussion by a leading Guru from South India. Normally his talks are entertaining but this…
Jan 15, 2021
A BIT OF HISTORY OF CUBA-USA RELATIONSHIP
The United States like other colonized countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and all of Latin America from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, do not have a good record…