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.
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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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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The Doolittle Raid: Mission Impossible and Its Impact on the U.S. and China
April 18, 2012 marks the 70th anniversary of the legendary Doolittle Raid that involved personal sacrifices, engineering ingenuity, human compassion, and deadly vengeance. In the several months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Japan continued its military success with one victory after another. [1] In spite of the government rhetoric, because the American government didn’t appear to be able to fight back and infringe damage on Japan, the morale of the American people was very low. To his credit, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, together with the American military, proposed what at first seemed like an impossible mission: Send bombers on a surprise but non-suicidal attack to drop bombs on Japan. What resulted was the Doolittle Raid. This article discusses this “impossible” mission, and its impacts on the U.S. and China.
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