October 2018 – INSPIRED

Chef Tojo: Bridging Cultures

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Chef Tojo: Bridging Cultures

“Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phras ...

“Cooking is an art, but all art requires knowing something about the techniques and materials.” The phrase is attributed to Nathan Myhrvold, the American author of the six-volume series Modernist Cuis ...

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My Gym Workout Journey

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My Gym Workout Journey

It all started with one Pilates class at my local recreation centre. There, the brainstorm hit me: why no ...

It all started with one Pilates class at my local recreation centre. There, the brainstorm hit me: why not go to the gym after class and maximize my strength-building efforts? Now that might sound spo ...

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Hydra: Walking Past Monasteries and Marianne Right into Rebetiko

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Hydra: Walking Past Monasteries and Marianne Right into Rebetiko

It was the quintessential night on a Greek island: a vine-laden terrace bestrewn with blue and white chec ...

It was the quintessential night on a Greek island: a vine-laden terrace bestrewn with blue and white checkered tablecloths, platters of calamari and retsina issuing from the kitchen, waiters nimbly ne ...

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Sailing into Timeless Wonder

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Sailing into Timeless Wonder

A Mediterranean cruise offers an extraordinary overview of early civilizations. Adding extra days in the ...

A Mediterranean cruise offers an extraordinary overview of early civilizations. Adding extra days in the heart of Athens, our initial investigations feature the glorious temples of the Acropolis. And ...

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Turkey: History, Art, and Heart

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Turkey: History, Art, and Heart

For just a moment, the world stands still. I float in an otherworldly illusion as sunlight streams throug ...

For just a moment, the world stands still. I float in an otherworldly illusion as sunlight streams through the windows at the base of the dome – bright light reflects off golden mosaics and floating a ...

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The Enduring Charm of Italy’s Positano – Then and Now

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The Enduring Charm of Italy’s Positano – Then and Now

Reflections on John Steinbeck’s 1953 Harper’s Bazaar Article Positano, the world’s most photographed fish ...

Reflections on John Steinbeck’s 1953 Harper’s Bazaar Article Positano, the world’s most photographed fishing village, shines as the jewel of Italy’s Amalfi Coast. Its houses, built up the steep side o ...

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Plant-Based Focus for Long-Term Health

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Plant-Based Focus for Long-Term Health

It’s not a fad; all sources agree improving your health and lowering your risk for many diseases is as si ...

It’s not a fad; all sources agree improving your health and lowering your risk for many diseases is as simple as eating more plant foods. Does this mean you have to become a vegetarian or vegan? No. B ...

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A Caregiving Journey to the Edge of Life

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A Caregiving Journey to the Edge of Life

By definition, “dwindle” means to diminish gradually in size, amount or strength. Janet Dunnett will neve ...

By definition, “dwindle” means to diminish gradually in size, amount or strength. Janet Dunnett will never forget this word. She was in Emergency with her mom and saw the word “Dwindler” on the top of ...

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Divining Happiness

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Divining Happiness

Happiness is a perennial hot topic for, as it turns out, it is not as simple as it sounds. Like “the art ...

Happiness is a perennial hot topic for, as it turns out, it is not as simple as it sounds. Like “the art of living” or “the meaning of life,” it is fiendishly difficult to define, let alone achieve, a ...

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Negative Effects of Farmed Fish

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Negative Effects of Farmed Fish

Most health experts agree that fish is a healthy and often delicious form of protein. As consumers, we ne ...

Most health experts agree that fish is a healthy and often delicious form of protein. As consumers, we need to be careful and keep in mind that not all fish is created equally, and where the fish come ...

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Mr. Dressed Up

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Mr. Dressed Up

“If you can lose your head while all about are keeping theirs, you will be a mannequin.” Kipyard Rudling ...

“If you can lose your head while all about are keeping theirs, you will be a mannequin.” Kipyard Rudling What better way to get dressed than to have someone else dress you? I’m not sure, but I don’t t ...

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Courageous & Outrageous – October 2018

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Courageous & Outrageous – October 2018

In the column this month, I’d like to share a freestyle poem written by my daughter. Recently published i ...

In the column this month, I’d like to share a freestyle poem written by my daughter. Recently published in her book of poetry, Mechanics of Dreaming, it called to me as I had been looking at my hands ...

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Reboot – October 2018

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Reboot – October 2018

DAVID WONG, an accomplished architect and author with a biology background that led him to initiate Save ...

DAVID WONG, an accomplished architect and author with a biology background that led him to initiate Save the Frogs Day in Vancouver schools, is adamant about leaving a civic legacy of diversity that e ...

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