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Minbari Mondays, Comes the Inquisitor, and Testing | Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

       This week’s report, near the end of our year 2259 CE, sent to us from our future by Ranger Mayann, writing to us from Minbar, where she is stationed: — Greetings, from Tuzanor:           This day was one of testing, for both the Narn and for our order, the Anla’Shok.  First, G’Kar reminded everyone…
— Read on shiradest.wordpress.com/2022/01/03/minbari-mondays-comes-the-inquisitor-and-testing/

Lê Vĩnh Tài | she is a happy ending (141) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the Vietnamese poet and translator, born 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands, an acclaimed businessman in Buon Ma Thuot. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

Lê Vĩnh Tài | she is a happy ending (141) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | people are no different to trees (234) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

I was born 1971, Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. My family and I were a part of the first exodus of boat people after the Vietnam war. In March 1981, we settled in Sydney, Australia. I graduated with a bachelor of Pharmacy at the University of Sydney. I have been translating Vietnamese literature for the past five years in my search to better understand my mother’s language and culture. My translations have been shared through blogging over the past year. I am still a registered pharmacist practicing in Western Sydney. I hope to continue translating, and continue to share Vietnamese art and literature, beyond borders on SONGNGUTAITRAM. (July 2021)

Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm | people are no different to trees (234) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Lê Vĩnh Tài | RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT A LIMIT (134) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Lê Vĩnh Tài, the Vietnamese poet and translator, born 1966 in Buon Ma Thuot, Daklak, Vietnam. The retired doctor is still a resident of the Western Highlands, an acclaimed businessman in Buon Ma Thuot. Nguyễn Thị Phương Trâm, the poet and translator, born 1971 in Phu Nhuan, Saigon, Vietnam. The pharmacist currently lives and works in Western Sydney, Australia.

Lê Vĩnh Tài | RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT A LIMIT (134) — SONGNGUTAITRAM

Incognito

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Many of us wear the mask of pretence. We show up, not as ourselves, but as how we think people would perceive us to be. It’s hard operating outside of our true self. Every moment is an opportunity for us to have an honest conversation with ourselves and choose whether we will be our authentic self or whether we will continue to live under the veil of pretence.

© Norma Bobb-Semple 2021

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Brain Aging (and Injury?)

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Researchers at the Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey) have reported findings that affect memory and motor control. While I usually don’t focus on early exploratory research, what they’ve done has implications affecting a large number of people.

Most studies of brain function focus on electrical connections in the brain. The Stevens group approached the topic from a mechanical engineering perspective, looking at the physical structure.

So called “white matter” nests around neurons in the brain and carries electrical messages from one neuron to another. As people age — and potentially under other circumstances — this white matter develops lesions that interrupt message transfer. The interruptions affect the ability to recall things, as well as movement control. In medical terms, these lesions are “deep and periventricular white matter hyperintensities.”

The Stevens group identified that leaks of cerebral spinal fluid into the brain can cause these lesions. The lining separating the…

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