St. Peters’ Presepe 2020
This years’ Vatican presepe isn’t new – it’s been around since 1970. A lot of people are complaining about it, but I can explain. Ceramic Presepe of Castelli (TE). The monumental nativity scene of the…
Not All the Things that Vitamin C Can Do
Its intermediate free radical is relatively nonreactive, especially with oxygen [nothing can interfere with its effectiveness]. In the gastro-intestinal tract, vitC is changed to an ionized form (was neutral, became electrically charged), called ascorbate (ASC),…
Vitamin C and Corona and Lung infections
“The (“glass”) patches [that are seen in xrays of the patients’ lungs] are significant when they extend to the edges of the patient’s lungs.” “That’s something we don’t often see,” Lakhani said. “We saw that…
Timeline of the Initial Corona Virus Events in Wuhan
Dr Ai Fen is the director of the emergency department of Wuhan City Central Hospital. On the afternoon of March 2nd, Ai Fen was interviewed by China’s version of “People” magazine. The interview was published…
Dr. Shi Zheng-Li
Dr. Zheng-Li is the Chinese virologist who researches SARS-like coronaviruses of bat origin. At the age of 56, she directs the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Dr. Shi is…
A Brief History of Viruses, Influenza, SARS and Covid
A history of pandemics and our treatment of them. The Cholera outbreak in the 1840’s had actually 7 pandemic phases. This we got from a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. Symptoms were severe watery diarrhea, which…
Incorrupt Saint! Rafaela de Porras in Rome
Before we get to this incorrupt saint in Rome, I must say that I had decided, no more articles on churches for a while. A good blog has variety. Then, I stumbled upon this body…
Roman Architectural Columns
In the West, the design of temples and their impressive, decorative columns goes back to the ancient Egyptians. The technique will be codified by the Ancient Greeks. Vitruvius however, will get credit later on, as…
Freemasonic Symbols Hidden in the Churches of Rome
Baroque was the dominant style in and much of Europe in the 1600’s. Wild and colourful, creative, surprising – theatrical – all these terms explain the style well. It was also a response to the…
A Traditional City Primer
Why Italian cities are the best. The Traditional City simply refers to the pattern of development that human civilization has built in for millenia. Source: A Traditional City Primer