Is religion bad for women? Or do religious resources offer new pathways for connecting women to economic development and the advancement of women's rights?

Authentic Living & the Paradox of Affluence lecture noon to 2 p.m. today at Mesa Community College, 1833 W. Southern Ave. Dr. Paul Elsner will speak on the need for integrating your inner lives into your academic and professional careers. Free. For information, call (480) 461-7214.

Kevin Dahl, executive director of the nonprofit organization Native Seeds/SEARCH, tells stories of the rescue and usefulness of traditional foods such as corn, beans and squash in today’s diets.

Christian Science lecturer Robert Gilbert, who has worked at the church’s world headquarters in Boston as an authority on spiritual healing and medicine, will give a free onehour lecture in March in Scottsdale and Mesa on the theme “Spirituality, Health and Well-Being: Explore the Healing Connection.”

Tempe wants its residents to get to know their neighbors.

As more and more students take online university or college courses, professors, the universities that employ them, and the makers of the lecture video software find it increasingly necessary to make those classes as easily accessible to their students as possible.

Scottsdale is hosting a free lecture on solar buildings and energy from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road, Scottsdale.

Jesuit Alumni of Arizona, a community of hundreds of Valley residents with educational ties to Jesuit educational institutions, has announced its 2008-09 lecture series, with all but one to be held at Thunderbird High School, 1750 W. Thunderbird Road, Phoenix. Most will be 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Conservation, sustainable living and the science of the Sonoran Desert will be the topics of free lectures and presentations this summer.

Registered nurse Shari Robinson of Scottsdale Healthcare’s Bone Health Program will deliver a talk “Boning up on Osteoporosis” at 3 p.m. Monday at Freedom Inn at Scottsdale, 15436 N. 64th St.

VILNIUS, Lithuania - Vice President Dick Cheney, in remarks that caused a stir in neighboring Russia, accused President Vladimir Putin Thursday of restricting the rights of citizens and said that "no legitimate interest is served" by turning energy resources into implements of blackmail.

Islam does not preach terrorism, jihad is not defined as a war against Americans and only one-fifth of Muslims are Arabs.

Islam does not preach terrorism, jihad is not defined as a war against Americans and only one-fifth of Muslims are Arabs.

February 15, 2005

Kids looking for a high don’t have to find a dealer — they can just peek under the kitchen sink.

As director of the intensive care unit at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn hospital, he is intimately familiar with the heart and what makes it beat. And having been happily married for many years, he also can tell you what makes it flutter.

Dr. Harry Watters and Today's Women's Health Specialists are proud to join the national campaign, "Make the Call, Don't Miss a Beat"; targeting women who want to learn more about heart disease, the symptoms and how to better care for their hearts.