Admin | December 24, 2011
Notting Hill Editions Editor Lucasta Miller considers why the time is right for the re-emergence of the essay (www.nottinghilleditions.com, @NottingHillEds) Intriguingly, it seems that the essay may tend to flower at moments of growth-spurts in the cultural history of the dissemination of the written word. As the growing influence of print separated authors even more [...]
Admin | December 22, 2011
A few nights ago I watched one of the Parenthood episodes queued up in my DVR list. The show is a gem; one of the most honest looks at the beauty and complexities of family relationships ever to grace the screen. One of the stories in this particular episode had to do with the efforts [...]
Admin | December 21, 2011
If you go What: Marco Island Jewish Film Festival Where: 991 Winterberry Drive When: All films are shown at 2 pm n 100 Voices: A Journey Home Dec. 18 n The Yankles Jan. 18, n Berlin 36 Feb. 12 n La Rafle Feb. 26 and Shole, Aleichem — Laughing in the Darkness March 4. Cost: [...]
Admin | December 20, 2011
Parents’ financial strain and accompanying depression hinder parent-child bond; children less likely to volunteer, help others By Jesslyn Tenhouse COLUMBIA, Mo. A majority of Americans rate their current financial situation as poor or fair, and nearly half of Americans say they have encountered financial problems in the past year, according to the Pew Research Center. [...]
Admin | December 19, 2011
The UKs financial regulator will be highly critical of its own role in its report into the circumstances surrounding the collapse of the Royal Bank of Scotland, the BBC has learned. Many aspects of the Financial Service Authoritys work were inadequate or deficient, Mondays report will say. But the BBC understands the regulator will say [...]
Admin | December 18, 2011
BRUSSELS, Belgium — European leaders were wrestling Thursday over how much of their sovereignty they are willing to give up in a desperate attempt to save the ambitious project of continental unity that grew from the ashes of the Second World War. At stake at the summit in Brussels is not only the future of [...]
Admin | December 17, 2011
Eurozone crisis will never be resolved until Berlin faces up to the fact it and its export surplus are the cause of the problem I AM a Germanophile. Germany is the cradle of modern science รข?? of Einstein, Heisenberg and Planck. It gave us the literature of Goethe and Schiller, Mann and Grass. The mind-stretching [...]
Admin | December 16, 2011
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Justers classic childrens book, celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2011. In our family, a family of readers, where we have bookshelves in almost every room including the bathrooms and the kitchen certain books take on a holy, totemic symbolic meaning. They are the books that define our relationships and our unique [...]
Admin | December 16, 2011
Georgia Psychological Association Offers Strategies to Curb Stress During Holidays ATLANTA, Ga., (December 8, 2011) ? With pleasant thoughts of food, family and decoration, the holidays can be a source of joy for many people. For others, this time of year can be associated with anxiety and stress. In fact, the American Psychological Association?s (APA) [...]
Admin | December 15, 2011
For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here. Manchester United are reportedly set to launch an investigation into how elimination from the Champions League will affect the clubs finances.