Alternatives for Girls

A disturbing matter
The Independent on Sunday; 12/27/2009; 503 words; ...perfect bowl of porridge, it's not until Vincent comes across the alternative therapy project, Mobius, where the emphasis is on therapy, not...natural inheritor of those classics, The Bell Jar, Prozac Nation and Girl, Interrupted.

THEATRE REVIEWS
The Independent - London; 12/26/2009; 518 words; ...pop star into a much-loved musical, but Mel C, the Spice Girl who could sing, is brilliant as Mrs Johnstone, the beating...Old Vic, Bristol The Old Vic is a spooky playground in the alternative Christmas story of an abandoned brother and sister captured...

Trio; of; girls; keep; Christmas; dinner; alive Burlington church had passed on event
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 12/26/2009; 1123 words; ...dinner, with sides and desserts, for at least 200 people. And it had to come together in less than three weeks. But the alternative -- no dinner at all -- was worse. "I felt sad that . . . people that don't have anybody to spend Christmas with, they...

Postwar Gaza: Scars frozen, Mideast at an impasse
AP Worldstream; 12/24/2009; 1901 words; ...daughters and his home can't visit his surviving 4-year-old girl in a Belgian hospital because Gaza's borders remain sealed...building another. "We say to Israel, we can create alternative houses from nothing," said construction foreman Mahmoud...

Rialto girl gives away 1,000 toys
The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.; 12/24/2009; 481 words; ...grew up poor and often recalls how happy he was to receive used toys for Christmas from charitable strangers. It is a great alternative to non-profit groups that often ask for new and unwrapped toys, he said. "The people that come by are so grateful...