SAUDI ARABIA – Today

4 years ago

SAUDI ARAMCO The biggest oil company has a good story to tell—if it can disentangle its image from that of…

GUYANA – The Trip

4 years ago

GUYANA The name Guyana (from Arawak Wayana) means "Land of many waters." Guyana mostly consists of rolling highlands with a…

SURINAME – The Trip

4 years ago

Suriname (Surinam, Republic of Suriname is on the northeastern Atlantic coast and bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. Capital:…

ASPERGER’S – COGNITIVE ABILITIES

4 years ago

People with Asperger's Syndrome have an unusual profile of cognitive (i.e. thinking and learning) abilities. Some young children start school…

ASPERGER’S – LANGUAGE

4 years ago

They all share one commonality: the language feels unnatural. Hans Asperger (1944) The DSM-IV states: ‘there's no clinically significant general…

MINDFULNESS & MEDITATING

4 years ago

HOW TOO MUCH MINDFULNESS CAN SPIKE ANXIETY By David Robson 4th February 2021 BBC Stress, anxiety, productivity: mindfulness is often…

WHY TRAVEL BANS DON’T WORK

4 years ago

The virus is already here Why travel bans are usually the wrong way to curb Omicron Most such restrictions are…

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO – The Trip

4 years ago

Trinidad Dec 30 - January 4, 2022 Capital: Port-of-Spain Currency: Trinidad and Tobago dollar (TTD). Credit cards are accepted at many stores.…

COCOS ISLANDS – COSTA RICA

4 years ago

Costa Rica’s pristine ‘Shark Island’ now a massive marine reserve Three times the size of the country’s mainland, the reserve’s…

BANGLADESH – General

4 years ago

Bangladesh is a country state in Southern Asia (converging with Southeast Asia), bordering the Bay of Bengal to the South, almost entirely encircled by India to…