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Articles from the July 18, 2019 edition


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  • Traditional Chinese Medicine Offers Solutions for Allergies: Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine

    Regina the Webgal, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jul 23, 2019

    Traditional Chinese Medicine, (TCM) is a 5,000 year-old approach to healing that is composed of support systems that help the body’s vital energy flow properly. Traditional Chinese medicine is based on the understanding that the body is composed of two basic kinds of energy: electrical and chemical. Acupuncture: What is acupuncture? And how does acupuncture work? ◦ Acupuncture helps to open up blocked energy channels in the body to restore homeostasis in maintaining hea...

  • Biggest Threat to US Environment is Population Growth from Immigration. When Will We Learn This?

    Glen Colton, Keybridge Communications|Updated Jul 17, 2019
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    Americans plant trees and host community events to promote conservation and sustainability. Those activities are important. But they don't address one of America's biggest environmental challenges -- rapid population growth. Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 205 million to 327 million people. It'll surge to 404 million by 2060. We'd have to develop millions of acres of open space to house and feed all these people. It's not too late to put America on a more...

  • Chinatown Restaurant Review: Zen Mei Bistro, a great budget dining experience

    Sterling Roberts, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jul 17, 2019

    Zen Mei is an authentic Chinese restaurant located in Chinatown in Downtown Los Angeles. It is a family run business which has been owned by Michelle Liu for the last seven years. The restaurant is small but quaint and while there isn't air conditioning, Zen Mei translates to really beautiful, and that's exactly what the food is. When first walking in, customers are greeted and allowed to choose where they'd like to sit. After sitting down, a waitress brings a kettle of green...

  • International Yoga Day: Interview with Indian Prime Minister's Yoga Instructor HR Nagendra

    Preity Uupala, Observer Staff Writer|Updated Jul 17, 2019

    Could you share with us how long you have known and have been working with Shri Narendra Modi? I have been working with him for more than 30 years now. He visited Prashanti Kutiram, Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (VYASA), Bengaluru, India in 1987. VYASA is a registered charitable institution (1986) working for making Yoga as a socially relevant Science. It is based on the teachings of Swami Vivekananda- the four streams of Yoga with unity in their diversity, the key...

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