Jun19th
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
What is Juneteenth. It’s a celebration in US marks the freedom of Slaves. On June 19 th 1865 in Texas its announced that slaves are free. It happened two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. There is a more facts about this observance on chosun. Read it here
For history and more facts about Junteenth
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Jun15th
Friday, June 15th, 2007
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Jun13th
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
I just learned from this post that “143″ is now a new hit with youngsters to say ” I love you”. I never heard anyone saying 143 to someone. I think it’s used in text messages on cellphones. Any thoughts?
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Jun8th
Friday, June 8th, 2007
Aidan Maconachy write a good article on his blog spot light the issue of immigrant doctors who work in odd jobs. It’s very sad to know while there is a doctor shortage in Canada these highly educated professional waste their skills in low end jobs.
Here are some excerpts from the article:
Canadian Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons require all graduating doctors to complete a residency of two years or more.
only Canadian and American residencies are accepted in Canada.
In order to be eligible for residency they have to have at least a year of medical practice behind them … but in order to practice in Canada they have to have residency.
One study predicts that come 2011, Canada may be short as many as 6,000 doctors.
Read the rest of the article here
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