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Deadly COVID19
Over a week ago, a mainstream media news outlet published an article (behind a paywall) suggesting that the disease caused by the SARS–CoV-2 virus, COVID19, was not as deadly as initially thought. The article cited the results of a non-peer
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Barefoot, like Abebe Bikila
The age of reason. No, not the Enlightenment but rather the age when children supposedly start thinking “rationally.” For some irrational reason, I remember my parents and their adult friends having conversations on the topic in front of us, children,
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Best Films – 2010
This year I saw just over 125 films. Below is the list of the films I liked the most, presented in chronological order, according to the date I saw them. Unlike other similar lists, no ranking is intended. I did
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Failing Markets and Economic Theory
“How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities by John Cassidy is an excellent book that tackles the origins, impact and consequences of the recent economic crisis. It also provides a “What is to be done” (a la Lenin) in
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Heading to Baghdad III: A time-space warp
No one in the team traveling to Iraq was very excited about missing the helicopter. Most of them had slept close to nothing in the last 24 hours and were really yearning for a comfortable place to rest. I was
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Heading to Baghdad II: So close but yet so far
It still seemed like the middle of the night when we exited the plane and started walking on the tarmac. A UN security guide was leading us into the US army based located at the airport. The base is called
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Heading to Baghdad I: A step at a time
This is the third time in the last 4 months that I do the NY-Amman leg. I have been to Jordan several times since 2003. But this was the first time I was coming to Jordan to take off the
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Best Films – 2009
I saw over 130 films this year. Below are the ones I liked the most. They are listed in chronological order, according to the dates in which I saw them. Silent Light/Stellet licht – Carlos Reygadas The Beaches of Agnes/Les
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Antalya: Going to the Airport
The eGovShare 2009 meeting (http://edem.egovshare2009.org/ organized by the Government of Turkey and UNDP (among others) was held in the Kervansaray Hotel which is located in Lara, to the east of Antalya. The hotel has a U-shape. There is a 300
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Economic Crisis Book
I just finished reading “The Origin of the Financial Crises” by George Cooper which was published last year. The book is subtitled Central Banks, Credit bubbles and the Efficient Market Fallacy which reveals right away the approach the author is
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Comments on the Economic Crisis
Although the root causes of the current financial and economic crisis are still being debated (and will continue until the next large crisis hits), one issue that stems out of of the current discussions is the softening in the last
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No Way Back for My Bad Back
Although I am feeling better – my left leg pain is now minimal but I still cannot sit for more than 5-10 minutes in a row, it seems that one of my trilogy of hernias in my back has decided
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