Ezra

Bigwig puts child first: Film at 11Let me see if I have this right: You run a major article trumpeting the fact that Bill Galston has cut back on some of his professional obligations so he can spend more time with his 12-year-old son Ezra ("The most important domestic policy," March 2).Were you folks aware that every year tens of thousands of professional women (and some men) put their careers entirely on hold to care for their children full-time?What is so newsworthy about Mr. Galston's move?

On March 9, 2004 MR. EZRA CHARLES HARRIS. He leaves to survive his parents, Pauline and Gordy Tyler, seven children, Rhonda Harris, David Harris, Charlene Harris, La Quicha Harris-Brown, Lamon Harris, Telisha Jett, William Hendrix and a host of other loving relatives and friends. On Sunday, friends may call at VAUGHN C. GREENE Funeral Services (EAST), 4905 York Rd., where family will receive friends from 4 to 8 P.M. On Monday Mr. Harris will lie in state at Zion Baptist Church of Christ, 1717 Broening Highway, where family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11 A.M. with services to follow.

Had a considerable influence on the development of 20th century poetry, as both poet and critic. He is best known for "Homage to Sextus Propertius" and "Mauberly," (1920). His great life's work is the lengthy, "Cantos." Born in Hailey, Idaho, and reared on the East Coast, Pound spent most of his career in Europe where he wrote, lectured and produced publications, including Vorticism and two issues of its manifesto, Blast, in 1914 and 1915. A champion of great writers like T.S. Eliot, Wyndham Lewis and James Joyce.

In the neighborhoods straddling Park Heights Avenue, a 7-year-old nonprofit group that promotes good safety practices has quietly become a fixture at the Jewish schools and synagogues of Northwest Baltimore.Project Ezra, founded in 1988 by a local real estate developer, offers various forms of "Ezra," the Jewish word for help -- including cellular phone discounts, emergency and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, blood donor programs and coupons for fire safety gear."That is the genius of the project," says Sister Marie Seton Walsh, a Northwest Hospital Center nurse who has taught health classes through Ezra.

These letters between the eminent poet and his publisher read like the climactic scenes of a tragic opera, a curious coloratura duet. Beginning in 1933, when Ezra Pound, 48, was living in Italy and James Laughlin was a sophomore at Harvard, their correspondence tracks the dissolution of a great intelligence, Pound's descent into madness and isolation during World War II.Mr. Laughlin first wrote to Pound hoping to visit the poet in Rapallo. He wanted to learn how to read the poet's new Cantos and understand his preference for certain contemporary writers: presume to disturb you, because I am in a position (editor Harvard Advocate and Hark- ness Hoot)

Toy CaldwellMarshall Tucker BandSPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Toy T. Caldwell Jr., former lead guitar player and singer for the Marshall Tucker Band, died yesterday, and the cause was under investigation, a coroner said.Mr. Caldwell's body was found by his wife, Abbie Good Caldwell, at their home in Moore, about 80 miles northwest of Columbia, said Bill Doble, vice president of music for Cabin Fever Entertainment, for whom Mr. Caldwell recorded. Mr. Doble said Mr. Caldwell, 45, had been ill with influenza and bronchitis.

Previously on "Pretty Little Liars," Toby died, Detective Wilden got hit by a car (driven by Hanna's mom) we found out Toby didn't die, the girls got trapped in a lodge fire, Alison saved the girls from the fire in the lodge, Officer Wilden's body disappeared, and we were left wondering “WHAT THE HECK IS IN THAT TRUNK?” We spent months agonizing, taking bets and wondering, what could possibly be inside of the trunk? Spoiler Alert: if you guessed pig, you were right! With Detective Wilden's body nowhere in sight and the video of the incident between Wilden and Hanna's mom playing in a continuous loop inside of Wilden's cop car (that was last seen inside of a lake thanks to Hanna and Aria)

Check out the new Dine Downtown video, produced by the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore. The video features chefs and restaurateurs talking about how great it is to serve food to people in Downtown Baltimore. Look for Cindy Wolf (Charleston), Tony Foreman (Pazo), Jerry Pelligrino (Corks), Volker Stewart (Brewer's Art), Thomas Dunkin (B&O Brasserie), Nino Germano (La Scala) and Ezra Tilaye (Creme).      

It took Chris Brown months to return to work after the death of her 17-year-old son. She has left her old home and is still hesitant to look at pictures of the teen. On Monday, a little more than a year after Christopher Brown died, the Baltimore County police officer accused of killing him is set to be tried for manslaughter. And Chris Brown will have to relive her loss through agonizing courtroom testimony. "Now I am faced with all those feelings again," said Brown, who plans to watch as prosecutors try to convict Officer James D. Laboard.