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Article content In our world of electronic and digital communications, one wonders what evidence of our day-to-day lives will exist for our descendants in the next century. Modern technology has given us the ability to be in almost constant touch with one another. But, will our emails and texts still exist a hundred years from now? For decades, letter writing was often an everyday occurrence for most people. Keeping in touch meant sitting down with pen and paper. Receiving a letter was often an...

Should parents cry in front of their kids? I asked a psychologist, and my 9-year-old. Cathy Alter © iStock The first time I saw my mother cry, I was about 6 years old. In an effort to keep me out of her hair, she had tasked me with the job of cleaning our old and woefully out-of-tune piano, played by no one, and purchased merely to eat up the dead space in our vast living room. I set about cleaning, dipping a rag into a bowl of milk and carefully wiping down the ivory key...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Firekeepers Daughter is 1 of this years most buzzed about YA novels: Read an excerpt Angeline Boulleys debut novel is being hailed as a mesmerizing page-turner. • 17 min read GMA Book Club FireKeepers Daughter One of this years most buzzed about young adult novels is "Firekeepers Daughter" by Angeline Boulley. The thriller follows the story of Daunis Fontaine, an 18-year-old high school student figuring out whe...

We loved ‘The Nutcracker.’ We rejoiced at ‘Black Nativity’ While I understood all spaces should be open to all, this specific space was created to expand a sense of belonging to more, writes playwright Kirsten Greenidge. By Kirsten GreenidgeUpdated February 18, 2021, 11:28 a.m. Email to a Friend Kirsten Greenidge.Katia Nigro Of particular excitement to me and my sisters at holiday time when we were growing up was the ritual of dressing to leave our house in Arlington: the sn...

Article content In our world of electronic and digital communications, one wonders what evidence of our day-to-day lives will exist for our descendants in the next century. Modern technology has given us the ability to be in almost constant touch with one another. But, will our emails and texts still exist a hundred years from now? For decades, letter writing was often an everyday occurrence for most people. Keeping in touch meant sitting down with pen and paper. Receiving a letter was often an...

Tonton David, a key figure in the growth of reggae and raggamuffin in France in the 1990s, has died in Metz aged 53.

A woman has branded Sandown Town Council heartless after being told to remove flowers from a seafront memorial plaque. Natalie Gray and her family had been placing flowers at the site for four years since Dave Grays passing on January 19, 2017. This year for the first time they received a letter from a member of the Council informing them that they had to remove the flowers or face a fine. Natalie said: "My Auntie was contacted on January 20, the day after the anniversary of my Uncle Da...

Hawaii Magazine Sling Iron at a Hilo Beach Park and Horseshoe Court Where else in Hawaii can you find family friendly tidepools, comfortable pavilions as well as an official horseshoe court? Jan 26, 2021 There are numerous reasons why visitors and locals love Onekahakaha Beach Park. Just south of downtown Hilo on Hawai‘i Island’s eastern shoreline, this family-friendly beach park is well-suited for those traveling with keiki (children). Lifeguards are on duty year-round. The beach’s e...

From the date of Federation, 1 January 1901, to the formal proclamation of the NSW colony on 7 February, 1788, Billy Cotsis takes a look at how we got the national day wrong and the tragic dispossession of Indigenous lands via the context of what Greeks went through last century. He also spoke to First Nations people Marchers protesting Aboriginal rights on Australia Day at Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, 26 January, 2020. Photo: AAP/Mick Tsikas 25 January 2021 11:05am When t...

AFTER surviving horrific wounds in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2009, David Timmins had so much to live for. The East Renfrewshire soldier impressed family and friends with his courage as he battled back from injuries that included a fractured skull and a collapsed lung, as well as the loss of his right eye. And life took an exciting new twist for David when he discovered his fiancée, Liane Brophy, was expecting their first baby in July. His tragic death on January 6 means he will ne...