Site Overview

The www.dontow.com is the website of Don M. Tow. It contains articles in three topical categories (or pages): Political/Social Commentary, Taiji, and Other Topics. Currently, a new release of this website is published usually every three months. The website also has a fourth category “Soccer” about the soccer book that I published in 2006.

Any article in a particular category can be accessed via the corresponding category on the menu bar at the top of the page. Any article in a particular release can be accessed via the corresponding release on the right sidebar.

This website began in October 2006, and the website has been redesigned twice, once in October 2008, and the second time in November 2009.

We welcome comments from readers. Readers can directly submit their comments at the end of any article.

Taiji and Parkinson Disease

Many medical research studies in the last 20 years have already shown that there are many health benefits from practicing Taiji. [1]  These include benefits for lowering of blood pressure, increase in immunity to shingles, relief to osteoarthritis, improvement in the control of Type 2 diabetes, lowering stress and pain reduction, reducing probability of falling for senior citizens, reducing probability of Alzheimer’s disease, and general improvement in overall health.  A recent study [2] shows an additional benefit from practicing Taiji with respect to Parkinson’s disease.
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Magnificent Istanbul: A Glimpse of Its Early History

As the world’s only metropolis that extends into more than one continent, Istanbul straddles Asia and Europe, with the Bosphorus Strait separating the two continents.  Not only that the eastern part of Istanbul situates in Asia and its western part situates in Europe, Istanbul is also at the cross road for trade between Asia and Africa and between Europe and Africa.  Because of this strategic location connecting the three continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa, and of a huge, beautiful harbor, Istanbul has been a key city for many empires during its 3,000 years of existence, and is known by many names:  Byzantium, Constantinople, and Istanbul.
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