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- Ann Arbor Transportation Authority's new budget avoids layoffs - MLive.com
The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority Board of Directors recently approved a balanced budget for fiscal year 2008-09 that avoids employee layoffs, cuts in service or increases in passenger fares. AATA Board Chairman David Nacht said Tuesday that the ...
- Palestinian poet Darwish to be buried Wednesday (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters RAMALLAH, West Bank, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry encapsulated the Palestinian cause, will be buried in the West Bank on Wednesday, a day later than planned, Palestinian officials ...
- A&E Guide: Support your local arts scene - TheNewsTribune.com
A&E Guide: Support your local arts sceneTheNewsTribune.com, WA - 39 minutes agoFree Wedding Workshop featuring wedding vendors, learn how to save time and money, light refreshments served, space is limited, call for reservations. ...
- Sikander Abu Zafar remembered - The Daily Star
Sikander Abu Zafar rememberedThe Daily Star, Bangladesh - 2 hours agoSyed Mohammad Shahed said, “In the '40s, poetry tended to be mostly romantic, very few spoke of the common people. Sikander Abu Zafar's poems were an ...
- Lollapalooza 2008: Day 3 Recap (Chicagoist)
Sunday Sweaty Sunday. The weather was somewhere between Friday's scorcher and Saturday's gorgeousness. We had our sunscreen applied, water packed, our beach towels ready, and were prepared for whatever Day 3 had to bring us. Lots of questions floated around the grounds, including the still-rumored Obama appearance. What some folks failed to realize was that said rumor was actually listed in ...
- CLASS CALENDAR: Meditation, Doggie School, Kid's Art & Science, Exercise (Sierra Sun)
Attitudinal Healing for Moms and Dads: With Megan Jitloff. Monday from 11 a.m. to noon starting Oct. 6. For Goodness Sake. Please call 550-8981 or visit www.goodnesssake.org. Join other parents in a discussion group to experience inner peace.
- Training and Wisdom (BG News)
What results from having been primarily trained in clearly defined skills as opposed to being generally educated for self-direction? We know what training in a specific skill is but very few courses have had the stated goal of making students wiser. Researchers reported in the American Psychologist that when we are wise, we use knowledge for the well being of oneself and others.
- Art shock troops mock Russian establishment - Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Carrying bags of stolen groceries, Oleg Vorotnikov takes out the batteries of his mobile phone before entering the secret headquarters of his underground art collective on the outskirts of Moscow. "This is to prevent the cops from ...
- "ON STAGE": Talk on Maxwell Anderson - MLive.com
University of Michigan professor Kate Mendeloff and Michigan Classical Repertory Theatre president Wendy Wright will give a talk about playwright Maxwell Anderson and his 1933 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Both Your Houses," at the Pittsfield branch ...
- Our Cause is Just. Why Don't We Say That? - OpEdNews
Our Cause is Just. Why Don't We Say That?OpEdNews, PA - 7 minutes agoThat the MSM would portray it as a desperate smear, they will say that American people would frown from such lack of civility, that McCain served his ...
- Local music roundup - Visalia Times-Delta
Local music roundupVisalia Times-Delta, CA - 1 hour agoRoth, who was inducted in the Walk of Fame in Germany’s Rock & Pop Museum, writes his own music, paints and writes poetry. Details: Uli Jon Roth performs at ...
- Cactus Cafe a campus jewel (The Daily Texan)
The Cactus Cafe, located at the far west end of the Texas Union, is one of the oldest sections in the central hub of campus. Despite being a long-term part of campus life, though, it has such a unique flavor and atmosphere that it seems totally separate from every other part of campus.
- Calendar of Events - Alexandria Daily Town Talk
"THE BOY FRIEND" PLAY: 7:30-9:30 p.m. Tonight and Saturday, City Park Players, Bringhurst Theatre, 1802 Sylvester Drive, Alexandria. Tickets are $12 general admission, $10 seniors (over 65), $5 students. For more information, call (318) 442-1800 ...
- Writers and Their Friends Literary Gala (WKSU Kent State University)
This Saturday night, some of the most prominent writers in Northeast Ohio will be honored at the Writers and Their Friends Literary Gala. Local actors will perform works by ten authors honored for writing in the fields of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. George Bilgere reports.
- Norris writes 'Acedia,' finds God's joy again - USA Today
"There is a grief that is useful, and there is a grief that comes from the enemy, full of mockery, which some call accidie (acedia). This spirit must be cast out, mainly in prayer." Thomas of Chabham (13th-century English theologian) "... On account ...
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