At Home: Park and Cry Fed up with outrageous city parking fees? Here’s some bad news: As the Calgary Herald reports, Canada’s parking rates are on the rise. If You’re in Calgary, you really have reason to complain, since Calgary’s parking rates are the highest in Canada (and in fact the second-highest in North America)…. Read more »
Harvest 2012 was a thing of beauty. Never in 35 years of farming do I remember such a long stretch of absolutely perfect harvest weather. And That’s quite something for a farmer to admit! We began combining at 5 pm on Sunday, September 16, and worked almost without interruption until 1:30 on September 25. Each… Read more »
Most of us have at some time?even if only briefly?entertained the dream of running our own businesses. Maybe we already have a great idea, one that we’re sure would be at least a moderate success. But making the jump between idea and reality is such a drastic step that we get stuck at stage one;… Read more »
?A red apple invites stones.? ?A heart in love with beauty never grows old.? Kurdish proverbs Part II: A Heart in Love With Beauty Moustafa Mala Bozan is a Kurdish poet and musician from the city of Kobany in northern Syria, not far from Aleppo. He’s been corresponding online with Wanda Waterman for the last… Read more »
Film: The Turin Horse (Hungarian with subtitles) (2011) Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky Cast: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos Screenwriters: Béla Tarr, László Krasznahorkai ?Man is the cruelest animal.? Friedrich Nietzsche ?Acquire, debase, debase, acquire. Or I can put it differently if you’d like. To touch, debase, and thereby acquire, or touch, acquire, and… Read more »
The condensation glistens on the pint-sized glass of mahogany beer. A caption on the picture lists the type of beer, and above it, announces the day: National Beer Appreciation Day. It looks like one of those perfect autumn brews. I wish I was at that bar, with that beer in front of me, and the… Read more »
You’re probably in the midst of preparations for your Thanksgiving weekend?inviting friends and family and shopping or cooking. But before you worry about wrecking your diet, here’s some good news: did you know that several foods can significantly enhance the health potential of your Thanksgiving feast? And chances are, they’re already on the menu. Orange,… Read more »
Performance art is hardly new, but it never seems to get old, with innovative artists creating still more unique concepts every day. Spice up the dinner conversation this Thanksgiving by talking about some of these gems: Photoshoppers Need Not Apply Beijing artist Li Wei combines acrobatics and photography in his photos, which, unbelievably, haven’t been… Read more »
AU Students urge candidates to improve university funding AU students are concerned about the financial health of Athabasca University and the effect of recent news stories on the reputation of the AUSU membership. A recent CBC report notes that in recent years the university has made a series of reserve draws to cover budget shortfalls,… Read more »
