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About me - Erick Bertin

Oh, nothing much to say, really: I'm the third child of a French chef and an Costarican English teacher. Born and bred in Costa Rica, a small central American country, I had a beautiful childhood, a not so great teenage and a somewhat rocky adult life so

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Relationships & Family > Tips for Marital Happiness Should couples live together before getting married?: 57 of 180

OK then, here's my take on this without having the intention of writing a relationship "how to" guide (and by the way no, I don't know where you can get one of those): living together is something that all meaningful, established couples eventually aspire to do, right? Married or not, this is a big move for any couple, in ma...
Entertainment > Music Business Music piracy: Is downloading music ethical?: 24 of 50

Now this is a burning question! The debate has been on for the better part oflet's say 10 years, give or take. I still remember when in 1998 "Psycho Circus", Kiss' first album with the original lineup in 20 years, leaked to the internet a couple of months before its official release. In those days, MP3 technology wasn't yet ...
Food & Drink > Diet, Health & Organic Foods Does a vegetarian diet provide all the nutrients needed by the human body?: 4 of 5

Oh boy, now that's a pickle: every single day, new researches add more fuel to the debate, and while doing a little search of my own in the Internet for this article, I've found that the two positions ("yes" and "no") have extremely vocal advocates, support groups and associations, some of which actually fund research on thi...