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By Ray Petersen — If I had a baisa, for every time a student said to me, “But I am very tired teacher,” I may not be wealthy, but I would be richer, and it set me to thinking. How much sleep do...

By Ray Petersen — There is lots to reflect on from 2016, and even more to look forward to in 2017. First, it’s a tradition for me to have a festive ‘pop’ at my good friend and doctor, Vishal...

By Ray Petersen — It’s a long way from the small village of less than a thousand people in the mountainous Pau region of France, to the 1980’s Franco/Omani inspired architecture of the Embassy...

By Ray Petersen — Well, here we are again, only a week to go in 2016, and it seems like only yesterday we celebrated New Year’s Eve for this year. It’s been asked before, and will be again, but...

By Ray Petersen — Literature is a culture, it encourages thought, and debate, and the development of knowledge on a million different levels among people from all walks of life, of all ages, and all...

By Ray Petersen — MUSCAT: I love statistics. I can see why Mark Twain uttered his famous quotation of “There are lies, damned lies, and statistics.” He was a cynic with a sense of humour, but it...