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Don’t be afraid to play with your food: The case for reading the blurb and a simple black bean recipe
When you sit down to find a recipe, what are you searching for? You may have 10 minutes, an appreciation for authenticity, a peanut...
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This dude I met on the street
I’m wandering through the fog down backstreets, alleyways, and riverside footpaths at around about midday, dead phone, alone, dressed a bit too warm, and...
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Four Days in Jujuy
My world has always been small. I was born in a tiny New England town of 2,000 people. The city I've lived in for...
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A List of Differences Between Here and Home (With a Very British Reference At The End)
1. I’d believe that the Earth was rhomboid and President Donald Trump would lead us into an age of peace and prosperity before I’d...
Blackness: In Bold
Innocence or Ignorance?
Often, even among people who consider themselves socially aware, many question how early is too early to expose children to the social reality of...
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Netanyahu: Unscrupulous and divisive campaign sparks further criticism from U.S government
Following a campaign epitomized by divisive rhetoric, political maneuvering and media manipulation that would have felt perfectly at home on the set of House...
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Back to the Cretaceous at the Catlins
It was like I imagined the rolling green hills of the English countryside, just after dawn. Skies cold patchy blue behind a marine layer,...
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A deeper look into the DIY dining experience
The general do it yourself (DIY) movement is not a new idea. Several years ago, archaeologists discovered a Greek-style temple in Potenza, Italy that...
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Conviction: A Review of The Drop Box
A couple weeks ago, I wrote a blog on disability, and included a quote from Pastor Lee Jong-rak: “Disabled children teach many people, change...
Blackness: In Bold
Listen. Learn. Advocate.
This month has brought to the forefront a concept that people have been blind to for far too long. This concept is the profound,...
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Plans for glitzy new capital conceal deep divisions in Egyptian society
Built as the new capital for the once powerful Muslim empire of the Fatimids, Cairo has provided a potent symbol of Egypt’s rich history...
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New Zealand is not Utopia, but that's ok
I have now been living in New Zealand for six weeks. Yet, for me, and my fellow international students in Dunedin everything still feels...
