AUSU WANTS YOUR OPINION The AUSU is in the process of improving our website and we would like to get your opinion on what needs to be done. You can help us out by sending us a list of your pet peeves about our website, your favourite parts of our website, your suggestions for what… Read more »
ALL ABOARD THE ELECTION GRAVY TRAIN The Alberta Provincial Government is starting to hand out the goodies in anticipation of a November election, as hinted at by the Honourable Premier Klein. First, Alberta’s seniors will no longer have to pay (http://www.gov.ab.ca/home/index.cfm?Page=864) health insurance premiums, putting them on par with just about every other province in… Read more »
Trivia buffs might want to know that the first few drafts of this script were called “Buckaroo Banzai vs. The World Crime League,” which was the proposed sequel to The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086856/). For an unknown reason, it was later scrapped. Director John Carpenter has made a huge… Read more »
Have you done a self-assessment lately? And I don’t mean the playing and re-playing of the worst dialogue your internal critic can dish out. I mean taking the time and thought to inventory your skills, your gifts, your finest qualities? What is it exactly that you excel at? Are you a successful breeder of fine… Read more »
WHAT’S NEW ON PRIMETIME AMAZING RACE – Wednesdays – 9pm on CTV Last week teams raced to Egypt, Colin and Christie achieved a 7 hour lead, people encountered fatigue and injury, and Linda and Karen (the bowling moms), despite arriving last, were permitted to stay in the game,. However all of their money was taken… Read more »
It’s one hour before dawn and the wind is blowing in from the east. It ripples the great black belly of the Fraser River and rattles the windowpanes of abandoned warehouses. It picks up leaves and plastic bags from a desolate soccer field. It moves the ancient wooden swings in a school playground, making them… Read more »
Dear Barb: My fiancé and I are planning our wedding. The problem is that my parents are divorced and both are remarried. I know tradition says my father should walk me down the isle, but I don’t want to leave out my stepparents or my mother. Do you have any suggestions on how I could… Read more »
how you began: you are swallowed back into my womb as the pain of childbirth is swallowed back into the innocent anxiety that exists before experience you are reduced to a tiny seahorse but you could be the beginning of any creature: a bird a fish a salamander you are a metaphor for your own… Read more »
I have provided a list of terms at the end of the article since they are used many times throughout. ****NOTE**** Whenever working inside your computer, turn it off and unplug all cords from the back. Also, either have an anti-static wrist band or touch the metal portion of the case at all times. The… Read more »
If you’re currently selecting your September semester courses, why not start your upcoming school year with a new Athabasca course featuring website programming? With the ever-increasing popularity of the internet, or world wide web, you may have always wanted to design your own website, or have wondered how websites are made. Enrolling in Athabasca University’s… Read more »