Mar 11, 2010

INDEPENDENT MEDIA by Steve Anderson There is something uniquely powerful about everyday people having access to the Internet from tiny devices in their pocket. That ubiquitous access to each other creates possibilities that are worth fighting for and saving. The mobile and wireless accessed Internet, combined with emerging open web and open data applications,...

Mar 11, 2010

NUTRISPEAK by Vesanto Melina Have you ever thought of going mainly or entirely raw? You’d likely shed a few pounds. And that’s not all. Some of our favourite tastes are linked to by-products of cooking that are bad, bad, bad for us. When food is cooked, especially at high temperatures, by-products can form that pose a threat to health. Among the...

Mar 11, 2010

ON THE GARDEN PATH by Carolyn Herriot The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is one of the most diverse food crops in the world and was first domesticated by humans 10,000 years ago. Potatoes originated in the Andes, but only arrived in North America with the Irish settlers. The potato is best known for its carbohydrate content; a medium potato has approximately 26...

Mar 11, 2010

UNIVERSE WITHIN by Gwen Randall-Young If you awaken your soul, you will change. – Gabrielle Roth How often do we become angry or frustrated with others or the world because things do not go the way we want? This can be an occasional reaction when our favourite team loses, the car breaks down the day we have an important meeting or a friend cancels at...

Mar 11, 2010

FILMS WORTH WATCHING by Robert Alstead Fish Tank (out on March 12) is one of those gritty, working class, Brit flicks that makes few concessions to the demands of commercial cinema. Set in the grimy hinterlands of contemporary underclass England, it’s a rite of passage drama about a bored and stroppy teenager, Mia, whose transition into adulthood...