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- Mental health problems are suffered in silence (Times of Malta)
Martin Ward: "Psychiatric nurses are the jewel in the clinical crown." Photo: Chris Sant Fournier. Leafing through a book of people's prayers at Mater Dei Hospital's chapel, Martin Ward came across entreaties to the Almighty to help loved ones or themselves deal with their "terrible depression".
- Most e-mailed stories - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Most e-mailed storiesFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 3 hours ago(Among his other works are seven volumes of poetry and a biography of Nat King Cole.) But this book is written with insight fresh enough to penetrate some ...
- Mutual admiration radiates from the pages of 'White Heat' (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The French writer, Émile Zola, in an essay on Édouard Manet from 1868, ecstatically proclaimed that “beauty is now no longer absolute.†He was referring to the artist's then-radical painting, “Dejeuner sur l'Herbe,†and crowed that beauty had now become but a “preposterous universal standard,†untenable and unreliable.
- Jazz Saxophonist Kidd Stays In the Picture - New York Sun
Even people who aren't sure they've heard of Kidd Jordan have probably heard him. Now 73, the tenor saxophonist has been playing since the early 1950s. And since Mr. Jordan's spirited adolescence coincided with the dawn of rock 'n' roll and the ...
- Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin dies at 87 (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lesbian rights pioneer Del Martin, whose trailblazing activism spanned more than five decades, most recently in the battle for same-sex marriage, died Wednesday, just two months after she made history again by wedding her longtime partner in San Francisco...
- Jimmy D. Robinson Unleashes MIND JUICE Poetry CD and Dance Remix Project (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
American poet Jimmy D. Robinson to distribute MIND JUICE, a collection of modern poems set to music, through Best Buy and additional national retailers. Jimmy D. Robinson enlists DJ Tracy Young, Josh Harris and Bruno Linares to craft international dance mixes for lead poetry track on MIND JUICE titled 'A Tiny Shoe.'
- 10 top UK city breaks - Guardian Unlimited
The European Capital of Culture continues to boast a seemingly endless array of activities. Next week's Tall Ships' Races ( tallshipsliverpool.co.uk , July 18-21) should be an impressive spectacle with 70-odd international vessels. Quayside events ...
- Single women welcome reissue of 'Live Alone' - Indianapolis Star
Single women welcome reissue of 'Live Alone'Indianapolis Star, United States - 1 hour agoShe fills her free time with painting, boxing and trying to get her poetry published. Mucci, a nursing student, has a grueling schedule that's eased by her ...
- NOT THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH - Newsweek
NOT THE QUEEN'S ENGLISHNewsweek - 8 hours agoIn a generation's time, teachers might no longer be correcting students for saying "a book who" or "a person which." Linguist Jennifer Jenkins, an expert in ...
- FEMA: Tips for Teachers of Destroyed Iowa Schools: It's About ... - 7thSpace Interactive (press release)
FEMA: Tips for Teachers of Destroyed Iowa Schools: It's About ...7thSpace Interactive (press release), NY - 36 minutes agoStudents wrote poetry with the guidance of an area children's book author and a former Lincoln parent, Jane Kurtz (www.janekurtz.com). ...
- Ha Jin wants to visit China - Victoria Advocate
Ha Jin wants to visit ChinaVictoria Advocate, TX - 10 hours agoHe said the publisher wanted to publish "Under the Red Flag," "The Bridegroom" "Ocean of Words," "In the Pond" and a collection of his poetry but abandoned ...
- Critics: are we just loudmouths? - Guardian Blogs
Are critics dead? They still stagger on, course, and always will. Everyone has an opinion about the film they just saw , the book they read . Some people will always get so heated up in their critical opinions that they become ... critics, and so ...
- New Milford auto repairman feels urge to compete in poetry slams - Danbury News-Times
DANBURY--There isn't a lot of money to be made on the competitive poetry circuit. Occasionally, you might win a small cash prize. More often, the rewards are far less tangible. That's one of the reasons that Craig Weidner is working as a service ...
- THE PHILOLOGY OF THE PERSIAN TERM MAHYAR - Persian Journal
THE PHILOLOGY OF THE PERSIAN TERM MAHYARPersian Journal, Iran - 46 minutes agoThe homonym Mahyar is one of the oldest Persian words, which has been appeared in different texts, ie History, Geography, Poetry, Literature, etc. ...
- A time to work, a time to play - The Chronicle Herald
IT’S VERY DIFFICULT to sit still and write when the sun is shining and the birds are singing. But that’s the punishment for watching the hockey game late at night instead of writing, sleeping an extra hour in the morning, and forgetting about a ...
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