I recently caught a television report on the health benefits of adequate sleep. A number of volunteers were subjected to sleep deprivation – either through scheduled deep-sleep disturbances or through truncated sleeping hours. The discoveries from these studies provided alarming ties to everything from diabetes to obesity to national automobile accident statistics. As we become […]
Part 13: El Camino de Santiago
Camino Day 13 Buenos Dias Los Amigos, Today’s stage took us the massively impressive distance of 34 kms, from Leon to Hospital de Orbigo. This morning and last night were like the first day of school all over again. Exactly the same as at Roncesvalles, where we started some 22 years ago, there was a […]
Pentagon ABC: Divide and Rule
A united power is difficult to cope with. The divide-and-rule manta has been used not only within a country but also in international politics. Although it has become a basic formula for ruling classes all over the world to maintain their ruling power by suppressing their peoples, it has equally been used by dominant international […]
Uncovering the Cause of Psoriasis and Discovering the Best Treatment
Psoriasis is a serious, frequently-recurring, and relapsing skin disease. It is characterized by silvery incrustation in the affected skin areas. The skin of the scalp, back, elbows, and knees are the areas that are usually affected. The lesions appear as circumscribed red patches covered with overlapping, shiny, white scales which are continually cast off. Statistics […]
Is Philippine military losing steam vs terrorists?
The Philippine military’s objective of crushing the Abu Sayyaf, a Muslim terrorist group that is sowing terror in southern Philippines, seemed to be losing enough steam to carry on. In its concerted efforts to wipe out the terrorists, casualties on both sides have been inevitable. To beef up its efforts, ten army and marines battalions […]
Fallacies Behind Fed Intervention In Market Turmoil
Angst over a Fed speech by Ben Bernanke coming up in Wyoming Friday made investors jittery, sending bluechips down Thursday on uncertainty of a fed funds rate cut. The Dow closed 51 points or 0.38 percent lower to 13,238.73, – just six of the Dow components took in gains. The Nasdaq Composite however fared better, up […]