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'Saved By the Bell' star Lark Voorhies opens up about mental illness stories

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'Saved By the Bell' star Lark Voorhies opens up about mental illness stories : Lark Voorhies, who played Lisa Turtle on"Saved By the Bell" has stated that she is not dealing with mental health issues. On Friday, Nov.9. MSN reported that Lark Voorhies spoke in depth with ET's Christina McLarty denying that she is struggling with ... Examiner.com

Mental illness tends develop in young adults when they experience ...

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Mental illness tends develop in young adults when they experience ... : It can also be a fragile time for those struggling with mental illness 20 percent of college students suffer mental distress or mental illness with suicide ... Español | Las Américas | Português | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Faith FM host finds healing from mental illness

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Faith FM host finds healing from mental illness : KITCHENER, Ont. -- Barry Shainbaum's struggle with mental illness led him to broadcasting and the launch of his radio show on Faith FM seven years ago. Faith FM, a Kitchener-based not-for-profit radio station, asked Shainbaum if he was interested in ... Winnipeg Free Press

Letter: Let's do something about the state of mental health care

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Letter: Let's do something about the state of mental health care : Martin Luther King Jr. has been quoted as saying, “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about something that matters.” Life matters. Quality of life matters. Good health care, including mental health care, matters. Rockford recently lost one ... Español | Las Américas | Português | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Mental health first aid just as important as the physical kind

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Mental health first aid just as important as the physical kind : "The reality is we are far more likely to come in contact with someone who is challenged by a mental health disorder than we are by someone who is having a heart attack, yet we are, as a community very ingrained in first aid in how to resuscitate ... WKYC-TV

How Hugo Chavez botched the Arab Spring

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How Hugo Chavez botched the Arab Spring : Indeed, before popular revolution broke out, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela had enjoyed a certain degree of popularity within the Arab world for championing the cause of Palestinian rights. In a serious miscalculation, however, Chavez came out against the ... Aljazeera.com

Cutting aid that fights poverty? You must be quackers!

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Cutting aid that fights poverty? You must be quackers! : It has also helped build some of America's strongest allies, like Turkey, South Korea, and Poland. When you look at that record, and then consider the cost—less than one percent of the federal budget—your elected representatives in Washington would ... Oxfam America

Director of Senior Services Lends a Hand for Caregivers Conference

Director of Senior Services Lends a Hand for Caregivers Conference : PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - Senior citizens have special needs, regardless of how healthy they are, said Geri Brooks, who has been the director of senior services at White Plains Hospital for more than 25 years. Natural age makes people lose some feeling in ...

Cold adds to N.Y. misery

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Cold adds to N.Y. misery : With overnight temperatures sinking and hundreds of thousands of people still without electricity, New York City officials handed out blankets and urged people to go to warming shelters set up during the day at senior citizen centres. Leaders began to ... Español | Las Américas | Português | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Chilean official hails strengthened trade ties with China

Chilean official hails strengthened trade ties with China : SANTIAGO , Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chilean official has hailed the ever-expanding trade ties between his country and China in a recent interview with Xinhua. "Trade ties between the two countries have expanded considerably," said Alvaro Jana ...

Strabag Receives $490 Million Contract At Chile Power Plant

Strabag Receives $490 Million Contract At Chile Power Plant : Strabag Receives $490 Million Contract At Chile Power Plant. Austrian construction company Strabag SE (STR.VI) Friday said it received a contract to design and build the majority of a tunneling and civil works at a power plant in Chile , southeast of ...

The Women Politicians Of Chile Set To Take Their Country Back

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The Women Politicians Of Chile Set To Take Their Country Back SANTIAGO – As recent nationwide municipal elections proved once again, there's never a shortage of surprises when it comes to politics in my country. The elections were a real blow to the rightist government of President Sebastián Piñera, a businessman ...

New documentary takes on the drug war

New documentary takes on the drug war : The drug war is a massive job generator from drug courts to Drug Enforcement Administration agents and police officers working undercover on the streets to correctional and probation officers in the prisons that dot the American landscape. The ...

Group says Indian voters were turned away

Group says Indian voters were turned away : A Native American voter advocacy group says scores of potential voters were turned away from polling stations in Browning on election night because of a shortage of ballots. The loss of even a small percentage of Native American votes could have a ...

Cherokee Nation celebrates Native American Heritage Month with free ...

Cherokee Nation celebrates Native American Heritage Month with free ... “ Native American Heritage month is the perfect opportunity to open our museum doors to the public and invite everyone to experience authentic Native American history and culture,” said Bill John Baker, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. “The three ...

Drug Deaths America's Fault

Drug Deaths America's Fault : Guess who is shamelessly the number one consumer of illegal drugs in the world? Us. Guess where 90 percent of the illegal weapons that are being used in the Mexican drug war coming from? Us. Guess who is financing this bloody war in Mexico? Us.

Weed Legalization Could Set Off A Dangerous Chain Of Events In Latin America

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Weed Legalization Could Set Off A Dangerous Chain Of Events In Latin America : The irony for the U.S. government is that Mexico , and the rest of the world, now has a U.S. precedent to cite when creating blueprints for a post- Drug War world. “Now we are not like madmen in the desert," Jorge Hernández, president of the Collective ... Business Insider

US easing of drug policy could impact Mexican cartels

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US easing of drug policy could impact Mexican cartels : Following the US Presidential election this week, the states of Colorado and Washington have quietly made history by voting to legalise the use of marijuana. The new legislation is likely to have an impact across the border in Mexico , where a deadly ... Español | Las Américas | Português | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

EL PASO Texas Texas trucker could be freed from Mexican prison ...

EL PASO Texas Texas trucker could be freed from Mexican prison ... : A Dallas truck driver who says he made a wrong turn into Mexico with a trailer full of ammunition may soon be released from a Mexican prison after paying a ...

Precautionary measures urged for isolated indigenous peoples

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Precautionary measures urged for isolated indigenous peoples : South America indigenous representatives pushed for precautionary measures to protect the isolated native communities during the 146th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights , or IACHR, which is taking place in Washington, DC, from ... Español | Las Américas | Português | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Guatemalan earthquake nearly wipes out family

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Guatemalan earthquake nearly wipes out family : As Guatemala tried to recover Thursday from a 7.4-magnitude quake, the country mourned a disaster that killed at least 52 people; left thousands of others without homes, electricity or water; and emotionally devastated one small town by wiping out ... Deseret News

LA porn condom law is judgement on producers

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LA porn condom law is judgement on producers : It's a move that has stark consequences for America's adult film industry (with 80% of films being made in California ) and, arguably, wider implications on the way that gay people consume pornography and the subsequent policing of our sexual behaviour. Gay Star News

Salvatore Cordileone, San Francisco Archbishop, Releases Statement Against ...

Salvatore Cordileone, San Francisco Archbishop, Releases Statement Against ... : Cordileone first made headlines in 2008 when he helped draft and finance Proposition 8, California's ban on same-sex marriage. At the time, he called gay marriage a "plot by the Evil One" to destroy marriage in the modern world. Cordileone's ...

Election 2012: Lessons from Florida

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Election 2012: Lessons from Florida : Like a slow, elderly Miami driver who's always got his turn signal on, Florida continually gives us electoral gridlock. In the nation's largest swing state, the presidential race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney was still too close to call ... Español | Las Américas | Português | America | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

From Boca to Delray, Florida's much-discussed Jewish voters finally have their say

From Boca to Delray, Florida's much-discussed Jewish voters finally have their say “He threw Israel under the bus,” said the car's driver, a chatty silver-haired man, as he helped an elderly woman from the back seat. “You vote your way and I'll vote mine,” she replied, her eyes rolling as he set up her walker and oxygen tank and ...