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Recommendations: Sightseeing in Copenhagen, Denmark
There are lots of beautiful things to see and visit while in Copenhagen, but if you have merely a day there are a few things I personally think you should not miss.
In chronological order I suggest that you start at The City Hall Square, in front of Palace Hotel.
If you have a lot of time [...]
WHO: HIV-infected should start treatment earlier
It is estimated that 5.2 million people worldwide are now receiving treatment for AIDS (ARVs) that could save their lives.
But more lives can be saved and the infection rate reduced if treatment start earlier according to the World Health Organisation WHO.
Compared to the total number of HIV-infected. assumed to be at least 33 million, the [...]
Copenhagen stops supporting counseling for HIV-infected in 2011
Currently the 18th International AIDS Conference is taking place in Vienna. The conference was opened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who praised the progress made in the fight against the disease.
He stressed, however, that it remains important to continue the fight and prioritize efforts. If the international community chooses to spend less money on [...]
HIV and AIDS in numbers
In 2008 two million people died worldwide of AIDS. It’s more than 166,000 men, women and children a month. Or 5479 deaths every day.
The UN estimates that 2.7 million people became infected with HIV in 2008. This corresponds to 225,000 every month – or nearly 7,400 new infections every day or just over five every [...]
Retirement and pension are illusions
Retirement planning is like making a life insurance. It should be viewed as nothing more than a small plaster on the wound if worst case scenario should happen and you become physically incapable of working and need a reservoir of capital to survive.
Timothy Ferriss makes a strong case for this in his book “The 4-Hour [...]
Video: Yoga teacher training course at Yoga Inbound in Cuzco, Peru
This video gives you an idea about the yoga teacher training course I did with Chaitanya Nitai Das at Yoga Inbound in Cuzco. I really loved the training and can truly say that yoga has had a life changing effect on me.
In this video you will see parts of the lessons – yoga philosophy and [...]
Slow dance
This poem was written by a terminally ill young girl in a New York Hospital. I love it because it reminds us that time is really short and we need to enjoy every single moment of every single little thing. Life is beautiful.
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain
Slapping [...]
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