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March 2010

Letter To Chile From A Corner Of The World

By Mikhail Saavedra I write this as I head to yet another event in solidarity with the earthquake victims. I do so with a heavy heart which betrays the obvious. I am a product of that long, conflicted yet creative and generous land. We are people of the Sun. We have at times overcome throughout [...]

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Charquican

By Valentina Saavedra In honour of my battered yet resilient country of birth and the wonderfully simple yet robust dishes we grew up with I’d like to introduce you to yet another classic dish so let’s keep all things Chilean! And here is a “poor man’s” dish – as they call them back home. The [...]

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Boxoffice Reviews: Shutter Island

By Mikhail Saavedra The usually brilliant Martin Scorsese takes a turn to directing a psychological horror film. Two United States Marshals travel to an island off the east coast of the United States that reminded me of a cross between Alcatraz and an asylum. The film is very moody and the plot is twisty and [...]

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Writersbox Book Review: The Book of Negroes

By James Ratlif This is an exceptional book commencing with the abduction of the 11-year-old Aminata Diallo from her village in West Africa. The title is based on an actual historic document and proves to be an amazing catalyst for Hill’s gut wrenching odyssey. It covers an amazing amount of history and does a fantastic [...]

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38 Percent of World’s Land in Danger of Turning into Desert

By Brian Merchant/TreeHugger If you’re not familiar with desertification, it might be time to get acquainted. The term describes the process where land in drier areas becomes subject to ‘extreme deterioration’ as a result of human activities. It can be caused by any combination of the following: overgrazing, extracting too much water from aquifers, rerouting [...]

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