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joshua-keidan's picture
Jun.05.2012
Language is important and understanding it is difficult to understand even if you have a “college level” vocabulary. This misconception that language is easy comes from our daily use of it. Of course , as a parallel example, one would have to say that understanding the physiology of the human body...
farzana-versey's picture
May.01.2012
Adults fake it. Do children? Anders Breivik’s smiling picture as a four-year-old is being used by psychologists to analyse what led him to kill 77 people in Norway. It’s been called the smile of the monster. Such photographic ‘evidence’ will demonise children. At his trial in Oslo, a doctor...
cheryl-rainfield's picture
Mar.30.2012
I’ve just ordered a book by face reader (or Face Pattern Recognition Expert) Naomi Tickle that I think will help me professionally as a writer, to make my characters even more believable, full, and complete, and also help me as a person navigating through the world. I think her books are...
karen-barton's picture
Feb.18.2011
I overhear two Russian ladies chatting it up in the nearby aisle of lockers. As a disciple of the Russian language I am instantly pleased. I possess a not-so-secret wish that my family will someday spend summers strolling the marbled rooms of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. I declare Russian to be...
monica-goldberg's picture
Jun.26.2010
 Personal reflections about my poem Alphabet revellers    All too often we lack the stomach for action. Language requires a spine both physical and metaphysical. What are the right words to describe the tingling sensation experienced in the middle of the back and behind the neck ? Why can...
israel-miguel-biscarra's picture
Nov.09.2008
It was from Anne, and he was surprised to find the SMS that was sent to him around 11:45 last night.  Apparently she was asking if Josh was busy and if he was still awake.  I remember what Josh thought of it as he related to me this incident, whilst he thought that the conversation he had with...
israel-miguel-biscarra's picture
Nov.05.2008
It has been more than 2 months since this incident had transpired and after much debate and internal conflict, I have finally reconciled everything to reach the conclusion of relating this story to the general public.  My reluctance was simply out of the principles of not wanting myself to involve...
sybil-sage's picture
Oct.17.2008
The candidates' body language became the centerpiece of post-debate discussion once the pundits exhausted analyzing whether each candidate "did what he had to do" and if the exchange had been "a game changer." If you missed any of John McCain's weird reactions, blinking and...
sybil-sage's picture
Oct.17.2008
The candidates' body language became the centerpiece of post-debate discussion once the pundits exhausted analyzing whether each candidate "did what he had to do" and if the exchange had been "a game changer." If you missed any of John McCain's weird reactions, blinking and...
sybil-sage's picture
Oct.17.2008
The candidates' body language became the centerpiece of post-debate discussion once the pundits exhausted analyzing whether each candidate "did what he had to do" and if the exchange had been "a game changer." If you missed any of John McCain's weird reactions, blinking and...