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Although the origin of the candy we call “gum” today is probably in the North American continent, people were enjoying chewing tasty gum-like substances long before the gumball machine was ever conceived. In the early Americas, Mayans recorded chewing on the sap from the Sapodilla tree hundreds of years prior to the exploration and subsequent colonization of the new world by the Europeans.

The Maya were a grand and complex society. But all this came to a standstill when the Maya civilization collapsed.

In a world of undeniable hostility where at any moment a terror so horrendous could spark a global catastrophe millions the world over continue to languish hopelessly in desperation. A desperation of lack of hope and opportunity continues to cloud over so many millions of lives. Sure, humanity will no doubt continue to make scientific advances for the betterment of mankind yet, so few are able to afford the price and benefit from all these scientific advances.

Bruce Jenner told his story about deciding to make the drastic change from Olympic Decathlon winner in 1976, to a woman in 2015. We don’t understand the complexities of the human spirit or the journey between birth and death. In 1975, I read an invitation from Dr. Helen Wambach to join her at her home and experience going back in time called, Past-Life Regression. It was an eye-opening experience!

The word “Betawi” is etymologically derived from the word “Batavia”, the Jakarta’s Dutch colonial name. Betawi people are the descendants of the people living around Batavia from around the 17th century. Betawi people during colonial times were a product of a melting pot of immigrants and mixed marriages involving people from Javanese, Sundanese (West Java), Melayu (Malays), Makassar, Ambonese, Bugis tribes, Chinese, Indian, and European.

Indebtedness does exist for everybody. The one that realizes and takes responsible actions to clear such liability is morally upright.

Wellness program at worksites, in schools, medical institutions and elsewhere focus on issues that are basically health and medical in nature. Classes and other forms of communication consist of risk assessments, imparting information on stress management, weight control, exercise and the like. These approaches are quite different from the quality of life enrichment elements of the wellness concept set forth by Halbert L. Dunn more than half a century ago. REAL wellness approaches reject limiting wellness to medical matters – in a quest to return the wellness concept to its earliest visions, the new focus in on reason, exuberance, athleticism and liberty. This essay shows how one of these dimensions, reason, takes wellness beyond the limits of health and medicine.

American tribalism can be political. However, our biggest challenge is to educate citizens to stop tolerating leaders seeking to divide and conquer based on their need for power and control! All forms of tribalism have devastating consequences!

Mobilizing successful diaspora movements is necessary, which is both a challenge and essential in the present climate. Developed countries are showing greater interests and providing new opportunities in engaging diaspora communities as more and more diaspora members are returning to their homeland and using the available opportunities in the development sector. These members need a platform to work out a common plan of action.

Can you imagine a single day without the women in your lives? Every home, every heart, every feeling, every moment of happiness or sadness, every life is incomplete without women. Be it in the role of mother, sister, wife or daughter, only women can complete this world!

The topic of abortion cost is discussed every day at clinics throughout the country, where women with unintended pregnancies receive advise from counselors and doctors about their predicaments. The true cost of abortion involves much more than dollars being spent specifically on buying a pill or having a procedure done to terminate the life of a developing child. There are other significant costs to consider as well. This article reviews the costs associated with abortion so that they can be understood in context and with a larger perspective.

A growing number of non-profit organizations are looking for ways to reach out to diaspora that supports causes in their own ethnic group in the country they have adopted or in their country of origin as part of their expansion of their donor base. Any discussion on national identity and origin often causes heated debates. In the case of ‘diaspora’, an ongoing debate rages about the definition and the usage of the word while describing people living outside their country of origin. In this article ‘diaspora’ means the immigrants, expatriates, first and second generation members, other non-resident groups and those with strong ties to certain ethnic community.