COMPUTER CONFERENCE (sorry, not available online) . "How are you going to travel without a ticket?!" asked one Microsoft engineer. LABOR DAY (sorry, the UIUC subscription to the Encyclopaedie Britannica online has been cancelled, but here are the other two articles: (PBS) (CNN) . Labor Day (is an) annual holiday devoted to the recognition of people's contribution to society. . Labor Day is observed on the first Monday in September in the States and Canada and on May 1 or other dates in other countries. . ... and a luxurious hotel where Pullman himself lived and where customers, suppliers, and salesman would lodge while in town . President Grover Cleveland, faced with nervous railroad executives and mail trains, declared the strike a federal crime and deployed 12,000 troops to break the strike . The American Railway Union, led by a young Eugene V. Debs, came to the cause of the workers . Aside from the American Federation of Labor and the various railroad brotherhoods, industrial workers' unions were effectively stamped out and remained so until the Great Depression. . In September 1892, union workers in New York City took an day off and marched around Union Square in support of the holiday NG Online June 11, 2002 (sorry, no longer available online) It's very to have two people who are to follow a leader The governor warned that the General Assembly would need to increase taxes to pay for any spending beyond the budget he handed them at Monday's special session. The UI, which had already expected to have $65 million less to work with in the year, learned Monday that Gov. George Ryan used his veto power ... He was more about Ryan's decision to cut $60 million from the state's scholarship program. Ryan's budget revisions eliminated a 2 percent cost of living increase for workers who care for the developmentally and mentally ill (people). That should be the last thing we cut. I think this is to our local community providers. Ryan also cut the entire $1 million budget for the Illinois Main Street program, of which Danville is a community. Urbana rejects rules on historic areas. During the February meeting, residents made it clear they did not want the 57-home historic district, which was submitted by Carolyn Baxley. The Urbana City Council on Monday, after meeting in session for about 45 minutes, voted 5-1 to direct the city's attorney, David Krchak, to prepare the case for the state Supreme Court. Danielle Chynoweth, D-Ward 4, disagreed, nothing that the $500 to $600 initial cost of preparing the case is . The bill originally passed by an majority in both chambers. Johnson said the state's fiscal situation prompted him to change his stance after voting for the ban originally. Because Assistant State's Attorney Steve Ziegler and Blandin's attorney, David Rumley of Urbana, couldn't agree ... MTD (DI, 1996) (sorry, no longer available online) (MTD,1998) (NG 1999) (sorry, no longer available online) . A bridge will allow passengers to easily walk to the tracks to board their train, Volk said. . "It is an advantage to the public because it combines transportation uses into a central location," he said. . Bill Volk, MTD director, said ground will be broken on the 60,000 square foot center this fall and is scheduled to be completed in October or November of 1998 . He added that having all of these transportation sources in one location will be a convenience to the public. . He also provided transportation for his employees. Before long he was carrying passengers. . In 1890 William B. McKinley, founder of the Illinois Power Company, directed the creation of an trolley system. . It is only that it be remembered by naming the center piece of local transportation after it. . Signs will be posted at the old stop, and personnel have been telling regular customers about the move for several weeks, Newby said. . They created the Urbana Railway Company. It was operated with or trolleys.

DI Online (Sept. 2, 1998) (sorry, no longer available online) . Two co-owners of the cleaning business were arrested while picketing the office. . Steve Horn, the director of field operations for First National, acknowledged that First Hand has not been paid the full amount it is requesting for its services, but says it is because First Hand has not done the amount of work. . "From 1993 to 1997, the Tenant Union received 43 complaints about apartments managed by First National. . "He's very in the community," Mank said, adding that LaDue has voted for "what's best for the community, not just his district." . One issue LaDue championed, despite opposition from other council members, was legislation allowing tenants to repair potentially safety code violations and to have the repair cost deducted from the rent. . She added, "He's thoughtful, intelligent and to fighting prejudice while many other people in government are to promoting prejudice." . One lesson he learned was the importance of working with council members with viewpoints . Vincent Bellafiore, head of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University, has lived in LaDue's district for 15 years and said LaDue is very about the neighborhoods. . "He's very much ," Bellafiore added. . "One of the most realities in America is the concept of community," LaDue said. . Being a part of the glue that holds a community together is intrinsically , even if the business on any one agenda isn't particularly . . "Every time I write a poem is a moment," he said. . "He's a kind, person of integrity," Faraci said. . LaDue describes himself as "a little ," as one might expect "a student of the history of ideas" should be. . With a step toward a more rush schedule, fraternities across campus have adopted a new systematic approach. . In response to a recent decline in rush attendance, all Inter Fraternity Council-member fraternities are participating in a "more rush system." . As of Monday, students have been meeting in groups divided up by location. . director Barbara Trent is spending her week at the University. . Thursday's presentation will highlight Trent's thoughts on the news, including TV documentaries, and why she feels the news reflects a perspective . Trent said her parents were the influences in her activist career. . In the early '70s, Trent set up drug crisis centers that she said were of people and their problems than modern-day groups are. . Presently, Trent is considering working on a 10-part television series about the 10 Commandments for the Lion's Gate Media . "I'm fundamentally to the government taking over an individual's building without giving him some kind of incentive," said Council member Jerry Schweighart. . You can stand on the porch of the Solon house on a dim but otherwise moonlit night and know that this house is the heart and soul of that neighborhood," said Council member Michael LaDue, adding that the house is "a image of the city of Champaign." . The council agreed to preserve the building on the strength of its design, and that it has been a mainstay in the community." . Since then, owners and other community members have opposed it, saying the building itself -- proposed because it was designed by architect and University alumnus Max Abromovitz -- has nothing historical to offer to the city. . According to Sharon Cemashko, nurse and the donor relations director at Community Blood Services of Illinois, this number includes a large majority of Caucasians, giving them an 85 percent chance of finding a match. . "It is to know that you can help someone this way; it is a great way for students to become ," says Cemashko, "especially when the personal discomfort is so minor." . Busey Woods, approximately 60 acres of wood, has never been developed much past its natural state. . Hollows, another park district event, is one of their biggest fall projects . The car was parked in the lot at 910 Meijer Drive, Champaign, on Friday evening. An suspect removed the two front wheel covers on the 1991 red Cadillac, the report said.

HOW ARE THESE DIFFERENT from the adjectives in the exercise above? those involved in a recent short-lived battle against creating the second historic district in the city. ------------ The holiday marks the end of summer vacation for many American schoolchildren and is often celebrated at family picnics and sporting events Pullman, Illinois was a company town, founded in 1880 by George Pullman, president of the railroad sleeping car company. Some community members criticized the board for going against its normal practices and not involving other staff or community members in the hiring process. Ryan also ordered the closing of the Ed Jenison work camp in Paris, which was to remain open under the spending plan lawmakers approved last week Urbana to appeal court decisions on housing case The ground floor of the four-story transportation building is reserved for a boarding and waiting area for MTD buses, he said. Cleaning service demands money. ---- Defying Gov. George Ryan, the Illinois House on Monday voted to affirm a ban on privatizing prison food service that would save about 30 jobs in Danville and 600 or so more statewide.

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