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I am a retired Canadian general practitioner and have many comments about how Americans provide medical care. It is surprising that I have never seen any opinion solicited about the Canadian system despite that the US has many things to … Continue reading →

Very early in a child’s life, Japanese children are in a competition to get into the best kindergarten, then primary school, middle school, then high school. Each step is viewed as getting the best education in order to achieve. Cramming, … Continue reading →

WORK ETHIC Work ethic is a set of values based on hard work and diligence. It is also a belief in the moral benefit of work and its ability to enhance character. An example would be the Protestant work ethic. … Continue reading →

NORTHERN BC, YUKON AND ALASKA August 6 – September 7, 2012 After arriving in Castlegar on August 4, after a week at the Kootenay Mountaineering Club Hiking Camp at Carnovan Lake in the southern Rockies north of Elkford, I had … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON STATE ROAD TRIP July 6-25, 2012 I left Castlegar at the confluence of the Kootenay and Colombia Rivers and drove along one of the few free-flowing sections of the Columbia to Trail. I entered the US at the Waneta … Continue reading →

Washington State Northern British Columbia, Yukon, Alaska

NEPAL A 28 Day Trek in Nepal INDIA – History and Facts, Caste, Gold in India, Marriage, Water & Pollution, Sikhism Practical Travel Advice in India INDIA – Varanasi, Bodhgaya, Darjeeling, Sikkim INDIA – Kolkata, Andaman Islands, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Tamil … Continue reading →

Yaniv Asshole Shithead Screw Your Neighbour Yellow Lemon Spoons Chinese Cards 1. Best Cards Win 2. Sevens Gin Rummy Peru Rummy Pinella YANIV. An Israeli game with multiple different rules. The deck: 52 cards plus the two jokers. All cards … Continue reading →

I am adding this comment in May, 2017, now many years after it was originally written (I never read Facebook messenger and only today, have come across the two comments included below). I understand that this piece has offended many … Continue reading →

In my last six years of work, I had the privilege of working in the Canadian Arctic on five occasions – three two-week locums for the Inuvik Health and Social Services Board in the NWT, and two one-month locums in … Continue reading →