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In 1984, St Kilda is the heart and soul of Melbourne's music scene. Joel Reed, a brilliant young guitarist, had followed his sister Karen to the bohemian beachside suburb to chase his dream of becoming a rock star. On the surface, it seems like Joel has got it all together. In reality, he's a high-functioning heroin addict and closet homosexual. Show Less Desperately lonely and dangerously self-destructive, he lives a carefully constructed lie lest he be discovered, outed, and shunned by the city’s legion of hard rock fans. When the band is forced to audition for a new frontman, Joel’s world is turned upside down. When Harry Engel auditions, Joel falls in love but there’s no way he can tell Harry how he feels. He can’t do anything to jeopardise the band’s success and so he continues living the lie—until tragedy strikes and he realises the lie was never going to save them.
JFDP Reflections of Eurasian Scholars is a journey of exchange scholars from Russia, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Serbia, and Kazakhstan to USA. This anthology presents the interesting, shocking, and unforgettable moments of JFDP scholars' experiences. Anyone, who is interested to study in USA or going to any of the contributors' country, should read this book. This volume provides a rare perspective of observing the country from student's point of view to learn, share and cope with the cultural shock. The Junior Faculty Development Program (JFDP) is an exchange program tailored for early career scholars and professionals. JFDP program allows young scholars to experience and learn from A...
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The widespread interest in "stressful" aspects of contemporary society which contribute to its burden of illness and diseases (e.g. gastro intestinal, cardiovascular) has led to a large number of state ments and reports which relate the manifestations to a maladaptation of the individual. Furthermore, recent research suggests that under some condi tions stress may have a more generalized effect of decreasing the body's ability to combat destructive forces and expose it to a variety of diseases. Breakdown in adaptation occurs when an individual cannot cope with demands inherent in his environment. These may be due to an excessive mental or physical load, including factors of a social or psych...
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