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It was not that long ago
that people would ask if acupuncture was covered
and there was a resounding "no". An ongoing
trend is that acupuncture coverage is becoming
more commonplace with
California health insurance plans. In
general, health plans have slowly moved towards
covering more
preventative health care and
alternative health care costs. Acupuncture
is usually grouped under the "alternative health
care" banner with chiropractic but it has become
more mainstream both in terms of use and as a
and licensed means of medical care.
When you run a
California health insurance quote, you will
see acupuncture care broken out from
office visit copays and usually, it is
listed separately by itself. You may have
to click on the plan name to access the brochure
for more detail on how the plan treats
Since the
underlying issues that require acupuncture care
are typically more chronic in nature (last long
periods of time if not indefinitely), there may
be caps on the number of covered benefits in a
given year. The cap can be more than for
chiropractic but there may not be the ability to
get authorized for more visits.
Here are key concerns when looking for a
health plan that best handles acupuncture:
1. Number of office visits. Many
plans cap the number of office visit copays per
calendar year to a few visits. First, see
if the acupuncture visit is part of the normal
office copay visits and secondly, double-check
how many you may receive.
2. Many practioners do not
participate in health carrier networks which
means much more out of pocket (for PPO) or no
benefit when seeing these providers.
Double check the
California doctor lookup and try to stay in
network for the best benefits.
On the Small
Group market, some health plans offer
Acupuncture riders which add additional or
better acupuncture benefits. A "rider" is a
like a side insurance plan added to the main
medical plan. The "rider" can cover
acupuncture, chiropractic, cancer, infertility,
or a specific medical benefit that traditionally
is not covered or has limited benefits compared
to the core medical plan coverage.
Chiropractic care better
For further reference, an explanation of
Chiropractic as described by Health360 through
Anthem Blue Cross
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Contributing Author: Cherri
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Acupuncture, which
originated in China 2500 years ago, is one of
the oldest, most commonly practiced medical
procedures in the world. Acupuncture became
widely known in the U.S. in the 1970s and by
1995, there were over 10,000 nationally
certified acupuncturists practicing in this
country with the number expected to double in
the year 2000. The Food and Drug Administration
approved acupuncture needles for use by licensed
practitioners in 1997. Currently, one-third of
acupuncturists are medical physicians.
Non-physician acupuncturists practice more
traditional oriental medicine and must meet
licensing and certification requirements. The
National Institutes of Health has termed
acupuncture "an acceptable alternative, or part
of a comprehensive treatment program" for
certain medical conditions.
Acupuncture involves
stimulation at specific points on the body by
puncturing the skin with sterilized, flexible,
very fine needles. These points on the body are
believed to stimulate the central nervous system
to release chemicals into the muscles, spinal
cord, and brain. These chemicals can help reduce
pain and inflammation, and may also trigger the
release of other chemicals to stimulate the
body's natural healing abilities and promote
physical and emotional well-being. The Chinese
call this restoring one's "qi" (pronounced chee)
which is translated as one's "energy flow".
Variations of traditional acupuncture include
Moxibustion – the process of burning dried herbs
on top of the needles for treating certain
health conditions, and Electro-acupuncture –
when the needle points are stimulated
Acupuncture practitioners
will usually discuss your complete medical,
personal, and family history with you in great
detail in order to obtain a complete picture of
your treatment needs and personal behaviors that
may contribute to your condition. It is
important that you tell the practitioner if you
are pregnant, have breast or other implants,
have a pacemaker, and what medications and other
treatments you are currently taking. In some
cases there may be bruising or irritation after
the treatment, but the procedure itself produces
minimal pain since the needles are hair-thin and
Lifestyle, age, and
physical factors combine to make every person
different and you should not rely on stories and
hearsay about acupuncture to influence your
decisions about healthcare. A treatment that
works for one person may not work for another
person, even with the same condition. Ask your
physician or call the American Academy of
Medical Acupuncture (800)-521-2262 for referrals
to licensed acupuncturists Check with your
benefits administrator regarding coverage for
acupuncture under your health plan.
This information is
provided for educational purposes only and is
not a substitute for sound medical judgment. If
you have any questions or concerns, you should
discuss them with your physician.
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One of the things I love about the Tampa Bay Area is that it has a vibrant, independent, and local scene. Sure, you may have to dig a little deeper to find it than you would if you were living in, say, Portland, but it is there, from coffee to craft brews. One such coffee shop that exemplifies this scene is Tre Amici @ The Bunker in Ybor City. It shares the same qualities as some of my other favorite coffee shops in town: it's quirky and artistic, with creative pieces adorning its brick walls, and bookshelves filled with books and boardgames. The vibe is friendly and relaxed.
I ordered a 16-oz sweetened cafe con leche with skim milk (yay me for trying to be *somewhat* healthy!) and the cuban sandwich, because I slept in late, it was almost lunch time, and I was hella hungry. I was pleased with both items. The drink was sweetened just right, with a perfect balance of sweet and coffee, and the cuban sandwich came out piping hot, with a side of plantain chips (yum!). I didn't have to wait long for either order, which makes this a great place to visit on your lunch break if you are in the area. The pricing is about what you'd expect for fast-casual café food: the coffee and sandwich were $4.55 and $8.24, respectfully, before tip.
In addition to food and coffee, Tre Amici also offers beer and wine, and it hosts a singer/songwriter night every Thursday, so there's sure to be something to appeal to all tastes.This is one place I'm glad I visited, and I'm sure I will darken its doors again.
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What is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of staphylococcus or "staph" bacterium that is resistant to many antibiotics. Staph bacteria, like other kinds of bacteria, normally live on your skin and in your nose, usually without causing problems. But if these bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, they can cause serious infections, especially in people who are ill or weak. MRSA is different from other types of staph because it cannot be treated with certain antibiotics such as methicillin.
MRSA infections are more difficult to treat than ordinary staph infections. This is because the strains of staph known as MRSA do not respond well to many common antibiotics used to kill bacteria. When methicillin and other antibiotics do not kill the bacteria causing an infection, it becomes harder to get rid of the infection.
MRSA bacteria are more likely to develop when antibiotics are used too often or are not used correctly. Given enough time, bacteria can change so that these antibiotics no longer work well.
How is MRSA spread?
MRSA, like all staph bacteria, can be spread from one person to another through casual contact or through contaminated objects. It is commonly spread from the hands of someone who has MRSA. This could be anyone in a health care setting or in the community. MRSA is usually not spread through the air like the common cold or flu virus, unless a person has MRSA pneumonia and is coughing.
MRSA that is acquired in a hospital or health care setting is called healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA). In most cases, a person who is already sick or who has a weakened immune system becomes infected with HA-MRSA. These infections can occur in wounds or skin, burns, and IV or other sites where tubes enter the body, as well as in the eyes, bones, heart, or blood.
In the past, MRSA infected people who had chronic illnesses. But now MRSA has become more common in healthy people. These infections can occur among people who have scratches, cuts, or wounds and who have close contact with one another, such as members of sports teams. This type of MRSA is called community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).


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Welcome from DEAN Paul G. Mahoney
"It was the best three years of my life. I wish I could go back and do it all over again." Ask a Virginia graduate about his or her time in law school and you will probably hear some variant of that quote. It captures part of what makes Virginia stand out among the nation's top law schools — an unparalleled student experience.
Virginia's professors are among the brightest minds in the legal academy as well as some of the finest teachers anywhere. They and our students create an intellectual environment that is invigorating and challenging, but at the same time collegial and supportive. When our students graduate, they are not only well-prepared for the intellectual challenges of legal practice; they have also developed the ability to work collaboratively with their colleagues and clients. These traits make our graduates highly desirable to legal employers and unusually successful in their careers.
No fact better demonstrates how highly our students value their time at Virginia than this: In each of the past 10 years, more than 50 percent of our living alumni have made gifts to the Law School, a substantially greater percentage than at any other top law school. That fact speaks volumes about the quality of the experience our students enjoy here and the intense loyalty that experience creates.
Our curriculum, like the law itself, is wide-ranging. It is both intellectual and practical and draws insights from many other academic disciplines. If you are interested in criminal law, you will learn to apply concepts from criminology and forensic psychiatry while also enjoying clinical opportunities on both the defense and prosecution side. If you are interested in a career in public service, you can study public law, political theory and constitutional history and participate in a broad array of pro bono and public interest programs and fellowships. Our Program in Law and Public Service also provides mentoring and career advice from some of our many graduates who serve as elected or appointed officials or in nonprofit organizations.
Our innovative and very successful business law curriculum provides training in the basics of business analysis alongside the foundational legal topics. It also brings business executives into the classroom to provide insight into the thinking and objectives of business clients.
These are just a few examples of the exciting mix of content, perspectives and methodologies that make up our curriculum. Students come to Virginia with a wide set of interests, backgrounds and ambitions. All of them find the experience here transformative intellectually and personally. They leave with a broad intellectual outlook, an enhanced ability to analyze and persuade, a more developed sense of character and integrity — and a twinge of sorrow for the end of three wonderful years.


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If you love summer fishing but haven't tried its winter counterpart, get schooled!
By Craig J. Heimbuch
I've always hated the end of fishing season—the last cast that feels like a desperate stab at the perfect ending. But while most anglers hang their rods in the rafters for the cold season, a different breed of fisherman is just getting warmed up. The past-time of ice fishing may sound crazy—the idea of sitting in a tiny shed, hunched over a hole in the ice, waiting for the rod to dip or tip-up trap to jerk—but ice fisherman know something many of us don't: Just because the water freezes doesn't mean there aren't fish to be had.
My brother-in-law tried to get me to go with him once in Michigan, and after watching the ice fishing scenes in the 1993 movie Grumpy Old Men, I have to admit I almost went. But something about sitting on ice was off-putting, maybe because I envisioned myself falling through and struggling hopelessly to get back to the surface. Either that or I thought it would be boring.
But maybe it's time to pack up the Silverado with winter fishing gear, since Chris Henson, an avid ice fisherman and outdoor product developer from Maine, assures me that boredom is seldom an issue.
"Ice fishing is a fantastic way for sportsmen to spend the winter," says Henson. "There's just a few things you have to keep in mind before you head out."
Dress for It
It all starts with your clothes. While it may be good enough for summertime fishing to throw on your favorite shirt and an old bucket hat, Henson says staying comfortable on the ice means dressing in layers. Start with a wicking base layer close to the skin, to pull moisture away from your body. Make sure you have an insulating layer of down or synthentic, something with some loft to trap the body's heat. Of course, you also need an outer layer, ideally something wind- and waterproof to protect from the elements.
Shelter Yourself
True, there are some diehards willing to sit out in the wind and cold, waiting for a bite. But for reasonable people, shelters are important. The old-timey wood shelters with corner stoves and framed pictures hanging from the interior paneling may look great, but they are neither practical nor portable.
Modern shelters are lightweight, portable and can stand up to the demands of winter wind and cold. Expect to pay between $100 and $1,000, depending on how sturdy, portable and fancy you want it, and trust that every penny will be worth it.
Break the Ice
Unless you want to spend all day chipping away at the ice with a sharp stick, you're going to need an auger. Hand augers are relatively affordable, but motorized augers make the job easier, though they come with a price. The most important thing to remember when it comes to the ice is safety.
Every ice fisherman needs to perform an ice test every time he or she goes out. Minnesota's Department of Natural Resources has helpful online guidelines for understanding ice safety. A lot factors go into determining ice safety, including temperature, precipitation, the age of the ice, water depth and water quality—all of which affect thickness and strength.
Go Fish
Now that you're warm, sheltered and have some holes in the ice, it's time to get fishing. There are two basic rigs: a short jigging rod and a tip-up. Jigging rods are essentially tiny fishing rods, the kind you learned to fish with. They work just about the same way your go-to rod works on the farm pond. Same lures, same idea.
If you're new to the tip-up, here's the basic idea: Your line is suspended from a rig that allows you to leave it unattended in the water. When a fish strikes, a spring-loaded flag is released, alerting you to the presence of a strike. What do you do while waiting? Well, you whittle or read a book. Or, if you're fishing in relatively private water, you can sit in your shelter and watch flags launch from multiple holes.
While jigging rods require a more hands-on approach, tip-ups allow you to fish several holes at once. Henson says the preference belongs entirely to the fisherman, but he notes that there seem to be regional preferences. Ice fishermen in the Midwest tend to use the jigging rod, while the tip-up is more popular in the Northeast.
Don't Overthink It
Really, you can fish for the same freshwater species you might fish for in warm weather. Henson recommends starting with species you're already familiar with. While you may imagine that being under ice will change fish behavior, don't over-think it.
"The approach is pretty much the same," he says. "Use lures that grab their attention, and be patient."
Ice fishing can be a great way to fill your winter months, after that last fateful cast of the regular fishing season. Who knows? Maybe it will become something to look forward to during those long, hot days of summer.
Here are some top ice fishing destinations around the country to (not) get your feet wet.
Craig J. Heimbuch is an award-winning journalist, author and best-selling ghostwriter. His first book, Chasing Oliver Hazard Perry (about exploring his childhood backyard of Lake Erie), was named best nonfiction of 2010 by the Great Lakes Booksellers Association. His latest, And Now We Shall Do Manly Things (HarperCollins), is a humorous memoir that follows the year he spent learning to hunt. Read more of his writing or contact him at www.andnowweshalldomanlythings.com.


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The Unicorn Stands Still
April 21, 2012
Paul Donovan
With all the unrest in the Middle East today, we rely on war journalists and photographers for much of our information. And I sometimes wonder about the actual people that have those jobs. What's the draw? How does making a living by documenting tragedy affect one's view of life, one's relationships? And is there a point where they start exploiting the world's problems, rather than helping to solve them?
The current Unicorn show, "Time Stands Still", tackles those issues in a remarkably intelligent and sensitive manner. It takes those rather large questions and narrows the focus onto a relationship between two people - who are forced to confront those very issues. This is perhaps the best show of the season.
Carla Noack plays Sarah, a war photographer that has barely survived a roadside bombing in the Middle East and who has come home to recuperate with her long-time boyfriend, James (played by David Fritts). James is a war reporter, and had returned home earlier after experiencing his own violent trauma.
Things get uncomfortable when Sarah's editor and friend, Richard (played by Mark Robbins) visits with his new, young girlfriend Mandy (Ashlee LaPine). Mandy is the existential opposite of Sarah - sheltered, cheerful, and stunningly naive. Yet Mandy hits some sensitive buttons in Sarah, and the two women begin to challenge - and like - each other.
This simple set-up lets loose a torrent of psychological and emotional upheaval; two lovers that thrive on danger and adrenaline are forced to adapt to a life that has neither. James feels guilty that he wasn't around when Sarah was injured, and Sarah has her own baggage from things she did after James went back home. Issues of guilt, purpose, love, and trauma sprout from each other organically, each reflecting the other.
The small cast has a great chemistry together. Fritts and Robbins are no strangers to the Unicorn stage, and once again they give solid, robust performances. Their charisma draws the viewer in and makes them comfortable.
There are two things, however, that vault this show to one of my favorite productions in recent memory - the script, and the performances by the two female leads.
Written by Donald Margulies, the script is one of the most mature, realistic portrayals of a relationship I've ever seen onstage - Margulies packs a lot into these four characters. The plot and character development unfold beautifully, each informing the other. Margulies knows when to make something explicit, and when to let the characters' actions explain what's going on nonverbally.
Of course, such a masterful script would be wasted on actors that didn't get it. Luckily, all four actors do get it. The performances of Noack and LaPine, however, were absolutely stunning. LaPine's portrayal of the attractive and naive Mandy gives the character a full three dimensions. By acknowledging that she is less worldly than everybody else, Mandy claims a power that the other three characters cannot defend against. LaPine understands this and brings a subtle gravitas to what could have been a stereotypical bimbo role. She is pitch perfect, from her airy voice to the way she puts her fists on her hips as a sign of aggressive discomfort.
Noack is a revelation in her portrayal of Sarah. This is one of the rare times that I could believe that the performer was actually the character. Noack gave no impression that she was acting - she was living the role. Her voice, body language, and physical presence filled in all the gaps that the script left for her, like mortar holding bricks together. It was a seamless performance.
"Time Stands Still" is a quietly riveting examination of trauma and love. It's a mature, realistic portrayal of a relationship that simultaneously survives and fails the ravages of the world. This is a rare example of the best that live theatre can offer.
"Time Stands Still" is presented through April 29 at the Unicorn Theatre, 3828 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. Tickets can be purchased at the box office or at (816) 531-7529. www.unicorntheatre.org.
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Owner of Nevada's Bunny Ranch hopes to open brothel in Phoenix ahead of Super Bowl
PHOENIX - The man who owns a well-known brothel in Nevada tells ABC15 he is submitting plans to Phoenix city leaders asking permission to open a similar business in the Valley, just in time for the Super Bowl.
"You say you want to stop sex trafficking, ok, I'm going to give you half a million dollars for a lab experiment," said Dennis Hof, who owns Nevada's Bunny Ranch.
Hof told ABC15 he is making the final touches on a proposal to open the brothel a month before the Super Bowl and then close it down a month after the Super Bowl.
"It would be called 'The Valley Of The Sun Bunny Ranch' and after that initial $500,000 up front, the city would take in additional tax dollars from me," said Hof during a phone interview. "I was raised in Phoenix, I know Phoenix well, it needs the money. I remember growing up working at a gas station near 24th and Van Buren, and prostitution was rampant then and is still a problem now."
Hof said he is looking for a failing hotel to set up shop.
"Something like 25 rooms or so, a bar, a restaurant, a lounge, a good safe place," Hof described. "I do background checks on all my girls, they get tested frequently, I will cut down on the pimps and the clients will not go to an illegal source for sex if they have a legal source."
Hof is already preparing for a fight, recognizing there are laws against the type of business he wants to operate.
"I think they [Phoenix city leaders] should look at this as an emergency measure, an experiment, we're only talking a couple of months here," Hof said. "Phoenix is one of the worst sex trafficking places in America and this will combat that."
Tuesday afternoon, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton had strong words for Hof and his proposal.
In a statement to ABC15, Stanton said, "There's no need to waste anyone's time with this idea. Mr Hof can keep his $500,000, and we'll keep Phoenix safe from human trafficking during the Super Bowl -- and the future."
Hof issued his own response to Stanton, sending the below letter on Wednesday:
July 9, 2014
Mayor Greg Stanton:
For any civic leader, curtailing criminal activity is a constant concern, and I know that as the leader of a population of 1.5 million people, you must be vigilant at all times against its' scourge. As a former Phoenician myself, I would like to offer my personal resources and financial backing towards that effort at a time when the capital of Arizona is going to need it most.
When The Super Bowl is held in Phoenix in February of 2015, it will bring with it a potent wave of criminals from various corners of the offenders' spectrum. Illegal prostitution and underage sex trafficking will lead the charge, as it does every year wherever The National Football League chooses to hold its' annual championship game. Violent crimes are synonymous with the pimps who will set up shop all over your city, and disease will be prevalent with the untested and unregulated female victims that they keep under their brutal control.
Furthermore, while sex trafficking itself is a dangerous enterprise, its' side effects can bring with it the added threats of robbery and even death. The NFL players themselves have not been immune to such fates, with charges of solicitation (Atlanta Falcons player Eugene Robinson arrested for solicitation at Super Bowl 33, the night before a game that he was actually playing in), and even homicide (Baltimore Ravens Ray Lewis charged with a double murder the following year at Super Bowl 34). The San Diego Union Tribune reports that last year's off season arrest rate for NFL players is up 75% over the previous year, and with many of them making The Super Bowl the first stop on their off season schedule, this upward trend of dubiousness comes at the worst possible time for Phoenix and the safety of its' citizens. Add to that the abundance of white collar criminals that are drawn to The NFL's biggest annual stage at the behest of their corporate interests, and Phoenix will be opening itself up to a perfect storm of threats to its' collective safety.
The only hope of combating the inevitable reality of illegal prostitution and all of the dangers that it brings with it would be to allow me, America's foremost leader in legal prostitution with seven brothel licenses in the state of Nevada, to open a temporary location in your city for one month before and after the game takes place. When offered a choice, those who wish to patronize sex workers will elect for my safe, tested and regulated option of legal prostitution over that of the alternative risk of dealing in the criminal underworld where disease and assault are very real threats to any of its' participants. Under the legal model, sex workers are licensed and subject to background checks, while also being checked for sexually transmitted diseases. The transactions take place in the light of day within specifically regulated and policed environments, rather than in darkened back alleys under shadowy circumstances.
Mr. Mayor, I am prepared to immediately provide the city of Phoenix with $500,000 to begin preparing a location, ideally in an existing hotel that has been closed, for a temporary Bunny Ranch legal brothel. In addition to there being no start up cost to incur on the part of the city, the revenue that my legal brothel will bring to Phoenix will be a windfall of tax dollars that will rival any other profit that will be realized during the event. I will make myself immediately available to work with Sheriff Joe Arpaio and County Attorney Bill Montgomery to insure that my temporary business presence in your city results in a positive contribution to what should be a spectacular opportunity to showcase Phoenix's civic pride on a national stage.
Fifty years ago when I graduated high school there, illegal prostitution was rampant along Phoenix's Van Buren Street. Now, the problem has actually risen to epidemic proportions with the help of websites like backpage.com It is a crisis that is only growing worse by the insistence on taking the same failed approaches to combating it, rather than new and innovative steps like the ones that I am suggesting.
I appeared this week on Arizona senator John McCain's daughter Meghan's TV show, and she told me that her mother Cindy (who is the Co-Chair of the Arizona Governor's Task Force on Human Trafficking) is very committed to fighting sex trafficking in the Phoenix area. In fact, The McCain Institute at Arizona State University has dedicated resources to studying this phenomenon. Cindy McCain was recently quoted as saying "The McCain Institute is proud to invest in new research surrounding sex trafficking and large sporting events. A research based, greater understanding of how these networks are operating gives us all a better opportunity to combat human trafficking every day." Meghan suggested to me that I would be a knowledgeable ally that could work with the McCain family in their pursuit.
On July 30th, I will be in the Phoenix area speaking to Summit Law School at a sex trafficking symposium being held there. I would be happy to meet with you and your staff while I am there.
I look forward to your response and the opportunity to work with you, giving back to a wonderful city that gave so much to me.
Dennis Hof
Owner, Moonlite BunnyRanch
Carson City, Nevada


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- 2 flour tortillas (10 inches), cut into 1/2-inch strips
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1/2 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into strips
- 1/2 pound beef top sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
- 1 medium green pepper, sliced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 cup cubed fresh pineapple
- 1 medium tomato, coarsely chopped
- In a large skillet, fry tortilla strips in 2 tablespoons oil on both sides for 1 minute or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
- In the same skillet, cook the chicken, beef, green pepper, onion, soy sauce, brown sugar, chili powder, cumin and pepper in remaining oil for 3-4 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
- In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and lime juice until smooth; add to the pan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Stir in pineapple and tomato; heat through. Serve with tortilla strips. Yield: 4 servings.
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Enjoy this recipe with a sweet white wine such as Moscato or a sweet Riesling.
Reviews for Fajita Skillet
"I loved it! The flavors were great. I only made it with Chicken because I forgot to buy steak for it. Also I used red peppers. I will definitely make this again."
"I have made this recipe many times. We love it so much that we eat it about once every two weeks. It's worth all the chopping to taste something this fresh and delicious. It makes my husband like eating his veggies, which is a rare thing indeed."
"This was pretty easy to make and very good. My husband enjoyed it too!"
"Pineapple? Brown sugar? NEVER in fajitas!"
"I've been making this recipe for a few years. To make it even faster, I use canned pineapple chunks. Also, instead of frying the tortillas, we actually roll it up in tortillas. Its a little saucy, but so good!"


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IT Budgeting and Decision Making: Maximizing Your Government's Technology Investments
By Shayne C. Kavanagh and Phil Bertolini, editors
GFOA, 2009; $70 ($45, GFOA members)
CIOs and chief financial officers (CFOs) have always had an uneasy alliance in government. Government IT chiefs have always wanted free rein on how they innovate and invest in IT, but have chafed at the restrictions set by CFOs, who have questioned the worthiness of some projects. It's easy to see why. Technology has greatly changed over the past 20 years, making it hard for the public sector -- always risk averse -- to understand and assess the best way to adopt innovative IT hardware, software and networks.
But the situation is changing and so too is the relationship between CIO and CFO. To help make sense of IT and government funding, the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) published IT Budgeting and Decision Making: Maximizing Your Government's Technology Investments, edited by Shayne C. Kavanagh, senior manager of research at GFOA, and Phil Bertolini, CIO of Oakland County, Mich.
In their introduction, Bertolini and Kavanagh point out that numerous factors have led to a new dawn in how government decides to fund IT projects. These factors include:
- more manageable IT costs;
- more robust standards that make IT integration easier;
- more mature markets;
- a better understanding of IT's importance among elected officials, public managers and citizens;
- more access to technical expertise; and
- greater expectations among citizens, and an increased dependence on IT in their daily lives.
Coupled with these factors is the increasing necessity for government to operate more efficiently. CIOs and CFOs have more reason than ever to bring together the budgeting and IT governance processes so that measurable public value can be generated from IT investments.
The book's three parts guide readers through the key steps for designing and implementing a technology budget process:
- setting up a good IT governance structure to support investment decision and establish accountability;
- drafting a budgeting process for technology; and
- using IT governance practices to their fullest potential.
The book has contributions from many government IT experts, including Harvard University's Jerry Mechling, and the GFOA's Anne Spray Kinney, David Melbye, Huy Nguyen and Michael Riffel.


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May 15, 2003
Box Score
TUCSON--Texas A&M built in 8-0 lead and cruised toan 8-4 victory over Boston College in NCAA Region 1 first-round softball action Thursday afternoon.
The Aggies (36-20) will play a winner's bracket game Friday afternoon against the winner of the South Carolina-Princeton game. Boston College (33-21) plays again later tonight in an elimination game.
Texas A&M scored the first run of the game in the bottom of the second inning. Jana James led of the inning with a triple to the right-center field gap. When it lookd like BC pitcher Tekae Melandris might get out of the jam with an infield groundout and a strikeout, Aggie designated player Lindsay Wilhelmson plated the run with a single to center.
The aggies added another run in the third inning, courtesy of Adrian Gregory's 10th home run of the season. Rocky Spencer pushed the lead to 4-0 with a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the fourth. Two batters later, James followed with a grand slam to straightaway center field and the lead quickly balooned to 8-0.
Boston College answered with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth. With two on and two out, Jacqui Goodchild sent an RBI single to right field that scored Kimmy Hopkin, while Elena Ferrero scored on TAMU right fielder Rocky Spencer's throwing error.
The Eagles cut the lead in half one inning later, as Erin Mackey's two-run homer made the score 8-4.
Jessica Slataper (14-13) earned the victory for A&M. Tekae Malandris (12-9) took the loss.
BC Coach Jennifer Finley:
"Our kids played hard. Texas A&M is a great ballclub. We were down 8-0 and we battled back well."
Eagles' Erin Mackey:
"I think our team came back well. When you down eight runs, it's tough to come back, and I thought our team played hard."
A&M Coach Jo Evans:
"I thought our kids came out and hit the ball well. We swung the bat and scored some runs. We couldn't close it in the fifth, but it's important to get the first win in the tournament."
A&M's Jana James:
"Our team did a good job getting on base. With two outs I knew I had to get the ball in play. With a full count, I fouled one back, and I knew she was going to come inside. I just hit the ball."


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Drug Sales Slow
In 2007 U.S. drugs sales grew at their slowest rate since 1961. Reuters reports:
Total U.S. prescription drug sales reached $286.5 billion last year with slowing growth blamed on factors including patent expirations of lucrative medicines that opened the door to cheaper generic versions.All I can say is—tough noogies!
Other reasons cited by IMS in its annual U.S. Pharmaceutical Market Performance Review were fewer new product approvals, safety concerns, and the leveling of year-over-year growth from the Medicare Part D program.
The 3.8 percent growth rate compares to 8 percent growth seen in 2006.
"The moderating growth trend that began in 2001 resumed last year following the one-time impact on market growth in 2006 from the implementation of Medicare Part D," Murray Aitken, IMS's senior vice president for healthcare insight, said in a statement.


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Amber Rose Talks Her Upcoming Pop Album, Smirnoff Ads And "Master Of The Mix" [Exclusive Video]
Amber Rose is officially on the promo trail for her upcoming album and her new line of Smirnoff vodka.
While on the red carpet for the Soul Train Music Awards, the model/girlfriend of Wiz Khalfia confirmed to HipHopWired that her musical debut would be a pop project.
And while it still remains untitled and will no doubt feature her Taylor Gang beau, Rose remained mum on any of her collaborations.
"It's pop, it's gonna be popular. It's house music, it's gonna be fun, dance music," said Rose.
"It's just real, it's everything that I feel that I'm putting into music.[...] I have a few people in mind but that's gonna be a surprise."
Moving past her new passion for pop music, Rose also spoke on her Smirnoff ads for the company's 'Fluffed Marshmallow' and 'Whipped Cream' vodka flavors.
According to Rose, both choices play off her good girl and bad girl persona.
"I'm doing a campaign for fluffed marshmallow and whipped cream. The fluffed marshmallow is when you want to be a good girl or a good boy and the whipped is when you want to feel a little bad. And I'm both of those things, sometimes I'm a good girl and sometimes I'm a bad girl, I like them both."
Before wrapping up with HHW, Rose also offered this last tidbit to people who don't think she's qualified to be a judge on BET's Master Of The Mix" DJ competition,
"I don't know how to DJ but I do know how to party, I literally get paid to travel around the world to party so that's what I judge the DJs on."


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By Laura Burns
Have you ever wondered what goes on in the basement-level microfilm room next to the Museum of Bad Art, after sunset? Speculate no more. Awkward Compliment hosts an evening of humor and intrigue every Thursday night at 8 pm at the Somerville Theatre.
On a recent visit, I was treated to the comedic stylings of four stand-up comedians, including the host of several well-known Boston showcases and a drop-in from New York, followed by a full improv set by the hosting group. All for a measly $5! In the Theatre's intimate setting, comics shared stories without the aid of microphones, giving the audience the sense that every insight was "just between us."
So, how did we all end up in the basement, you may be asking? The cast of Awkward Compliment, a long-form improv troupe, met roughly 3 years ago through classes with Improv Asylum. Determined to establish a weekly show of their own devising, group members went door-to-door asking about venues. The small showing room in the basement of Somerville Theatre seemed like the perfect place to play.
In line with the experimental feel of the space, from week to week the format of the show varies. Along with traditional stand-up, sketch, and improv comedy acts, past performances have included puppet shows and musicians. "Entertainment in general," says troupe member Brian DiBello, is the main criterion the group looks for when recruiting performers for their weekly showcase.
Davis Square seemed like an ideal area to host a comedy night. "It's a hip area with a lot of foot traffic, especially during the academic year. Though there were a lot of places to go for music, the comedy scene was lacking," says fellow Awkward Compliment-er Mark O'Connell. Three years later, this is no longer the case. Comedy nights have since popped up at The Burren and Rosebud Diner.
After each show, the group convenes at Mike's across the street for beer and pizza. "We're like a comedy family," Mat Dann admits. "We've known each other a long time, both in and outside the group. We're all ambitious and eager to work on new projects together."
Come pay a compliment to Patty Barrett, Mat Dann, Brian DiBello, Ryan Mcfarland, and Mark O'Connell every Thursday at 8 pm. You won't regret it, though you may feel uncomfortable talking about it afterwards.


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Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' Enters Production
Not an earthquake, a health scare, a labor conflict, financial concerns or the loss of a director could stop the production of "The Hobbit," the two-film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved book. Warner Bros. announced today that production has begun in Wellington, New Zealand.
The project was previously put on hold due to the loss of director Guillermo del Toro, who was replaced by the Lord of the Rings trilogy director Peter Jackson. However Jackson fell into several disputes between the labor unions in Australia and New Zealand regarding hiring practices. Once those were resolved, Jackson had an emergency surgery to repair a perforated ulcer.
Then there was the 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island in February.
But alas, production has begun. Jackson posted an extensive note to Facebook, detailing the plot line — ""The Hobbit" is set in Middle-earth 60 years before "The Lord of the Rings"" — as well as the cast of characters, most notably Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins and a returning Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey.
Like the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, the "Hobbit" movies will be shot back-to-back, and this time using 3-D technology. The films are set to be released in 2012 and 2013.


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There's a cry you will hear this spring, the one that annually breaks forth from Pac-10 women's basketball fans -- "We get no respect, there is an East Coast bias, and we deserve more teams in the NCAA Tournament!" These are the words that come out at NCAA Tournament time each year. However, let our mouths be silent, because conferences earn respect by winning non-conference games, and the Pac-10 is not doing that right now.
Arizona is doing its part to carry the Pac-10 flag. The No. 23 Wildcats are ranked for the third week in a row in the AP Poll after taking No. 2 LSU into overtime and crushing then-No. 8 Georgia. Even though the Cats stumbled against a good Ohio State team last weekend, they have still beaten a quality Pepperdine team on the road and an excellent Big Ten team in Illinois. A 4-2 record for Arizona is very good right now, considering how difficult its schedule has been.
Stanford, too, is propping up the conference. The Cardinal are ranked No. 5 and have beaten all challengers, even without the services of injured Nicole Powell, last year's Pac-10 Player of the Year. I only wish other schools were doing their part!
This weekend alone was a microcosm of this season's non-conference play. Tennessee, by a score of 71-39, crushed USC, a supposed Pac-10 contender. The Trojans had earlier suffered an embarrassing loss to Connecticut. Meanwhile, Oregon lost at home to Santa Clara and, Washington State is still looking for its first win against barely Division I competition. UCLA lost big at home to Pepperdine, while Oregon State stopped some of the bleeding with a close win against Florida. Washington, after a slow start, won North Carolina State's tournament but hasn't done much else. However, the message is clear: win over other conferences or don't expect to be respected in March.
Last season, the Pac-10 was fortunate to get two teams in to the "Big Dance". If ASU had not upset Stanford at the Pac-10 Tournament, the Cardinal would have been the conference's only representative. Yet, somehow, all of us complained that the West was being overlooked. In this day and age of big-time college basketball, it's all about RPI rankings, and if your conference has a low one, look out!
Thank goodness for Arizona and Stanford. The Wildcats and Cardinal have done a good job, and the Cats especially, against a brutal non-conference schedule that gets no easier this week while hosting perennial NCAA Tournament-bound New Mexico and traveling to meet a very good UNLV team. Well, if no one else will do it, let's get it done. If the Cats and Cardinal can finish strong before Pac-10 play gets underway, then maybe the conference will get some respect. It's just too bad that only two schools are pulling their weight!
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You've heard tales of it, maybe even caught glimpses of it, and some may even be 5 box veterans. The secret of Taco Bell has always laid in its value. While other companies are luring customers with promises of pleasant atmosphere, exquisite tastes, and upscale variety, the Bell brings it home by shoveling as much food as they can into one box and selling it for less than a Libyan passport.
I've felt somewhat guilty that I had never tested the golden sample box of Taco Bell, so I remedied that while, as I've said before is the best occasion for fast food dining, on a long drive. Sometimes the box comes with options as to what specifics you wish to make yourself sick on, but here no such choices were offered. Cinnamon twists are standard, then the rest of my package came equipped with beefy burrito, and both soft shell and hard shell taco.
I should warn my reader that though traveling affords the best occasion for fast food dining, the $5 box does not lend itself to the drive & eat. You're dealing with loose ingredients, substantial crumb fallout, and if you like to use sauces, the ordeal makes you prioritize between crashing your car and decorating polo and upholstery in hot sauce. Which, on an unrelated note, is why I always recommend loose, comfortable, cheap clothing for long drives. Overall, the box delivers the Taco Bell guarantee: bloated fullness at tantalizing low prices.
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Essentials of PANDA Version 1.1
a few modules are not yet accessible, indicated by the message that the file cannot be found (those not yet available to the PANDA versions issued are marked to distinguish those files and to indicate the intentions for completion)
Navigation in PANDA
PANDA is being created as a teaching tool for the basics of nutrition data cleaning and analysis. Analysis PANDA guides the user through 7 chapters on cleaning, analysis of data, anthropometrics, graphing, etc. In order to use the package effectively, getting to know how to navigate within the package is essential. The following information will prepare you to use the package with ease -- but if you're anxious to see how it works you can skip this part for now and start straight in (you can use the 'Back' button to retrace your steps). You can't do any harm, although you might get lost ...
PANDA is run through a web browser, so it appears that you are accessing an interactive web page with active hot buttons. The PANDA is actually run from a CDROM, which allows for uninterrupted use of the package from the CD drive (usually D: drive) on your computer. Now that you have opened PANDA from your computer through a web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator), which accessed the PANDA home file, you have noticed that there are HOT buttons in red that link between different LEVELS of the program. The LEVELS of the Analysis module are:
Level I PANDA Home page links to all modules, including Analysis
Level II Table of contents plus side bar/ bottom bar buttons and search facility
Level III Lead in and contents for each chapter
Level IV Main text
Level V Files containing details, exercises and other information accessed from hot buttons in higher levels.
Level I was the HOME page that opened first that allows for navigation to all modules.
Level II- IV of the analysis module displays the panda analysis icon in the top left corner to indicate that you are in the backbone of PANDA (only level V Hotlinks do not have the panda, indicating that you are in an exercise or definition hotlink).
For level I, there are several key navigation buttons to be aware of. The page is broken into two regions, the main page and the side bar on the left (see below). The main page lists the Chapters and its contents, where each Chapter heading in red is a hot button that links to the primary chapter pages. The side bar includes all of the basics that are necessary to operate PANDA, such as this page on How to Use PANDA, as well as System Requirements, the Basics of SPSS, the Basics of EPI-INFO, and a Glossary of Terms. Any time you need to return to this PANDA Directory, find the button marked PANDA Directory or PANDA Table of Contents on any page. There is also the SEARCH facility, which is used instead of the familiar index in the back of the book. This also allows you to directly link to the section that has been found. As you remember, here is what you see on Level II.
For Level III (chapter lead pages), there is a simple navigator bar which looks like this:
Using this navigator bar gives a choice to connect to the PANDA Directory or to the start -- 'Page 1' -- of the main text in the current chapter. Place the cursor over the bar and the hand appears: click and you're back in level II. Place the cursor over 'Page 1', click and you're in the main text itself, at level V. This is usually where you want to be to start work.
Once you are in Level V (main text) the navigation bars appear like the one below, which is marked with numbers to show the function of each area on the bar:
1 Navigates to the chapter lead in that lists that chapter's contents (taking you from Level V to Level III)
2 Navigates to the PANDA Directory (from Level IV to Level II)
3 Navigates to the previous page in the same chapter (within Level IV between text pages)
4 Navigates to the next page in the same chapter.
When in Level V -- reached by hot buttons (in red, usually saying 'click here' or some such instruction) -- returning back to the main document is simply done by clicking on the hot button in the top left corner that might read "Return to One-way Page 1", for example. In Level IV hot buttons, exercises are often given to perform data analysis in SPSS. It is important to realize that using both SPSS and PANDA at the same time is easy and an important feature of the package. It just involves understanding how to "window" and "tile".
Windowing- is a user-friendly way in Microsoft Windows to open two or more programs (e.g. SPSS or Internet Explorer) at once. Each program occupies a WINDOW that is represented by rectangular boxes at the bottom of the screen (labeled by their program name, e.g. SPSS Data Editor or Microsoft Internet Navigator). Each window can be activated (only one is active at any one moment) by clicking on the coordinating box at the botton of the screen. This will allow you to use of both SPSS and PANDA together. To create windows, simply open more than one program at a time and the access buttons automatically appear at the bottom of the screen.
Tiling - is having two programs (e.g. SPSS and PANDA) showing on the computer monitor at one time, not just as a button at the bottom, but visible on the monitor. Although the windows function allows for multiple programs to be open at once, it is TILING that allows for information from several programs to show on the screen. This is not necessary, but useful when using PANDA because it allows for both the instructions for PANDA exercises to show while you run the exercise on a data set in SPSS. For windows based systems, there are buttons in the top right-hand corner of the screen that allow for full screen or tiling of the programs. Open another program such as SPSS now, and click on the button for tiling (shown below on the right).
Once the two programs (PANDA and SPSS, preferably with SPSS tiled on top for readability) are tiled, move the mouse to the border of the tiled screen and an double-sided arrow will appear. Click the left mouse button when the arrow appears and adjust the size of the tiled window so that one program shows on the top half of the monitor and the other on the bottom half of the monitor. The image below is an example of how tiling will look on the monitor. Notice the Internet explorer running on the top half and the SPSS on the bottom half; this is what you should see when you have properly tiled two programs.
Here, the top tile is the Internet Explorer open to a page in PANDA teaching Histograms and the bottom tile is SPSS open to a data set used to create this type of Histogram. Around the sides of the tiles, the windows background and several program shortcut buttons are visible as well. This is to indicate that additional programs can also be opened and tiled on the screen at the same time, although for most purposes only the two shown here will be needed. The program you need is automatically activated when you click on the relevant portion of the screen -- for example if you start to scroll, or click on a button. The currently activated program is indicated by the bar at the top of its tile turning blue (activated) or grey (in limbo).
You can use the full screen, which some prefer for viewing data and results, by clicking on the full screen icon in the top right corner. You can use SPSS without tiling at all, by maximizing and minimizing between SPSS and PANDA. You can even print the relevant pages of the PANDA and use it as a manual so it's not open on the computer at all. Like analysis itself, there are many options, and often no right or wrong way -- experiment and see which ways are the best for your current use and stage of learning ...
Setting Up PANDA for SPSS
Go to the side bar labeled Basics of Using SPSS, which will provide simple instructions to set up SPSS so that you can use it with the PANDA package with ease. This will only take a couple of minutes and will save a lot of time for you while you use PANDA. There is also a basic introduction to Statistical Analysis for those of you who are unfamiliar with the statistical package. On the average, PANDA provides such direct and simple instruction for using SPSS that a user can have limited to no knowledge on using the SPSS package, and still have no problems learning the skills of data analysis. Go back to the PANDA directory and click on the side bar button Basics of Using SPSS and then if you need more instruction visit the button labeled Basics of Stats Analysis.
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California's controversial Proposition 8 is back in the news, which means a fresh round of people asking if we made the video on You Tube that supports the ban on gay marriage. Though the video could be confused for a Common Craft video, it's not.
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Please don't feel the need to contact the person that made the video. We've been in touch multiple times and he is well aware of our position. In fact, he agreed to remove the "in Plain English" title to help avoid confusion. Part of my motivation in writing this post is to make sure that if anyone searches for "Common Craft" and "Proposition 8", this post will help them understand the situation.


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Texas shooting suspect Haskell collapses in court
SPRING, Texas - A man accused of killing six members of his ex-wife's family, including four children, has collapsed in court as a prosecutor recited the charges against him.
A shackled Ronald Lee Haskell was standing before a state district judge Friday during a probable cause hearing when he fell to the ground. Deputies lifted him to his feet and the 33-year-old Haskell stood for about another minute before collapsing again.
He was lifted into a chair and wheeled from the courtroom. His court-appointed attorney, Doug Durham, says it appeared Haskell fainted. He says Haskell is being treated at the Harris County jail.
Durham says the defense will focus on Haskell's mental health.
Authorities say Haskell was searching for his ex-wife Wednesday when he shot the family in their suburban Houston home.
10News learned Thursday that the victim couple, Stephen and Katie Stay, were from the San Marcos area, along with Haskell. Four of the Stays children were killed in the attack. A fifth, a 15-year-old girl, was shot but survived.


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The 2013 Legislature allocated $10 million in competitive grant capital funds to help school districts with implementing an emergency response system (Second Substitute Senate Bill 5197). School districts can apply for a grant on behalf of their school facilities.
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In addition to the competitive grants, the legislation also required school districts to collaborate with local law enforcement agencies and school security personnel to develop an emergency response system using evolving technology. This was done to expedite the response and arrival of law enforcement in the event of a threat or emergency at a school. By December 1, 2014, each school district was required to submit a progress report on implementation of such an emergency response to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Based on the legislation, districts were surveyed. View the summary of the survey.
Defining Emergency Terms for Schools is a 5-minute video tutorial (YouTube) for Washington schools to assist them in their preparedness efforts.
The Emergency Plan Checklist (PDF) outlines the actions to take for shelter-in-place, full/modified lockdown, and inclement weather/other emergencies.
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Date Correction – Monday March 7th - 6PM in UP300 (University Plaza)
Sylvia Rosenthal, Visiting Artist in Applied Design
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Workshop Series
artWORKS: Artist Workshop Series is now on the UALR website. The first workshop will be Sculptural Felting, March 5 and 6, taught by Ösp Karlsdóttir, a fiber artist and educator from Reykjavik, Iceland.
Check out the pages and pass the information on to all of your friends. The registration form, poster, contact info, and general information is posted at the link below.
Up Coming Exhibition
Gallery II February 16 – March 18, 2011
Home Girl
Liz Noble, UALR Artist in Residence
Representational Painter
Reception: Friday February 18, 2011 5 – 7:30pm
Image Available Upon Request: Domestic in Yellow, Oil, charcoal, and dress patterns
on canvas, 56x40 in., 2010
Artist Statement- Liz Noble
My paintings are commentary and satire of my observations of stereotypically feminine beautification and adornment rituals, eating rituals and/or issues, and domestic rituals. The idea of changing the body's appearance for whatever reason it may be, intrigues me and supplies my subject matter. I explore traditional gender roles, body manipulation, and stereotypes through dress patterns applied to the canvas, through color palette, and through various other media. My work also considers women's relationships with food—how women feel about food, verses how we are supposed to feel about food, verses how we are basically taught to feel about food by way of mass media. Eating and not eating are ways in which one can also change the body's appearance and functionality. The dress patterns become even more powerful when juxtaposed with imagery of food and the figure, directly referencing size, control, and form. Finally, my work also explores what it is to be "domestic" and how that has also played into defining gender roles and rituals.
On Going Exhibitions
Gallery I – January 18 – March 10, 2011
Women Call for Peace: Global Vistas
Exhibits USA and Mid America Arts Alliance
Sponsored in part by the UALR Office of Campus Life – Power of Women
Up Coming Exhibitions
Gallery III – February 21 – March 18, 2011
Graduate Students
Emily Wood Moll
Endia Gomez
Lauren Sukany
Dan Thornhill
Ted Grimmett
Nida Javed
Nathaniel Roe
Sandra Sell
Lauren Marlin
Spring Break – March 21 – 25, 2011 – Campus Galleries Closed
Gallery I – March 30, 2011 – May 4, 2011
Student Competitive – Juried Competition
Gallery II and III – TBA – April – Mid May, 2011
Senior and MA Thesis Exhibitions
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Public Presentation, Lectures, Workshops
Sun. Feb. 20 - 4:30, Smith Concert Hall
Dr. Floyd Martin - Artists at Petworth House, "That House of Art"
Presented in association with Friends of the Arts
Tues. Feb 22 – Informal Lunchtime Presentations - 12:15pm , FA 161
Prof. Gary Cawood – Excavation Series 2010
Dr. Laura Amrhein – The Quest for Immortality: Ancient Egyptian Temples and Tombs
Tues. Feb.22 - 6:30pm, Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall, Fine Arts Building
Women Call for Peace - A panel discussion
· Brad Cushman, UALR Gallery Director
· Randi Romo, Artist, Activist and Founder of CAR (Center for Artistic Revolution)
· Hamid Ebrahimfar, Artist and Educator
· Delita Martin, Artist and Educator
· David Montieth, A student at Clinton School of Public Service
Reception to follow 7:15pm
Presented in association with the exhibition Women Call for Peace: Global Vistas in collaboration with Arkansas WAND.
Arkansas WAND is a chapter of a national organization, Women's Action for New Directions that was founded in the 1980s by Dr. Helen Caldicott as Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament. When the Cold War ended and the nuclear threat was thought to be over, the name was changed. WAND expanded its mission to include world peace and security, nuclear disarmament, and redirecting excessive military spending to unmet human and environmental needs.
Arkansas WAND was founded in 1997 and has worked to involve women in changing the climate of fear and retaliation to one of working together with other nations in a spirit of diplomacy and cooperation. For more information about WAND go to their web-site.
21st Arkansas College Art History Symposium
Thurs. March 3, 7:30 pm, FA 161
Dr. James Farmer, Virginia Commonwealth University - One Twisted Monkey: Ecuadorian Ceramics, the Classic Moment, and the Search for the "Human" in Ancient American Art
Dr. Farmer will give a second presentation on Friday, March 4 at approximately 3:00 pm to conclude the Art History Symposium
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Terry Shoffner – Visiting Illustrator
Lecture: Thurs. March 3 - FA 157, at 7PM
Demonstration: Fri. March 4 - 9AM - 12 Noon, in FA 162
Sat. and Sun. March 5 - 6
artWORKS: Artist Workshop Series is now on the UALR website. The first workshop will be Sculptural Felting, March 5 and 6, taught by Ösp Karlsdóttir, a fiber artist and educator from Reykjavik, Iceland.
Check out the pages and pass the information on to all of your friends. The registration form, poster, contact info, and general information is posted at the link below.
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Date Correction – Monday March 7th - 6PM in UP300 (University Plaza)
Sylvia Rosenthal, Visiting Artist in Applied Design
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Mon. & Tues. March 7 – 8
Ron Myers – Visiting Artist in Ceramics
· Artist Lecture:
Tuesday March 8 - 6-7pm, FA 157
Workshop and lecture free and open all
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Tues. Mar 8 – Informal Lunchtime Presentations - 12:15pm, FA 161
Dr. Heidi Mullins - Alaska and British Columbia – Native Cultures of the Pacific Northwest and Osp Karlsdottir, Visiting Artist - Iceland
Wed. March 9 – 3:30pm, Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall
Jacqueline Bishop, Environmental Artist, New Orleans, LA
Sat. March 12 – 9am – Noon, UALR Sculpture/Blacksmithing Studio in Fine Arts 153
Jerry Fisk, National Living Treasure Bladesmith
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Jul 12, 2013 10:34 AM
Ever wonder what your ferret would say if he could talk? Apparently he would complain about his relationship status or misquote poetry. At least, that's if Animals with Sharpies ($17) is to be believed. This collection of gleefully weird illustrations guesses at what might happen if our pets or pests got hold of permanent markers and some mediocre language skills.
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You have a minigun and a mountain as a backstop, sounds like a good time to me.
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You have a minigun and a mountain as a backstop, sounds like a good time to me.
LOL............I shot Johnathan Ceiner's Minigun in Colebrook Nh at a MG shoot..........DEFINETLY got me "wet between the ears" Ohhhhhhhhhhh you're killin me with that video!! I wish I had one of those !
Tracer baaaby!! Tracer!! Talk about "leading them a little"
Waaaaaaaaaaahoo :biggrin:
I am downloading as I write - anticipating!!
Thought tho you guys might like to fetch this clip - another quite big one at 40Mb - but a nice and good quality record of a MG shoot in, I assume Roanoke - whatever - it's a nice selection of droolworthy gear! :smile:
WOW!!! - awesome - excellent quality and oh my - the tracers! The emptie cascade comin' out is, well - delightfully obscene :biggrin: Sheesh - those boys used one major amount of ammo!!
Thx 500 - a great clip to have in the archive.
chris...i can't your file to download :(
any thoughts?
Jim - what occurs? Just thought - it was posted over on THR and with the number of views and possible downloads that followed - maybe the bandwidth went crazy!
I just tried it in fact - and my download manager kicked right in and started a download - so the server is still dishing it out.
Not sure why any prob' for you - see if any others here can get it or not.
The exact message is:
"Internet Explorer cannot download RoanokeHigh.wmv from tscmachine.com.
Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later."
not cool :(
Jim - hard to see why you get that - unless server down but as I said I checked it again myself - just did again this minute too - and it started downloading - albeit thru my ''IDM'' (Internet Download Manager) but that should not make a difference.
Let's see if anyone else can gain success with it - otherwise nothing I can think of.
I got right to it; I just viewed it....
The link I posted Randy? Odd Jim has problems.
I Wanna Minigun!!!!!
Holy Crap... How did they get the vid in front of the lead hose???
That's exactly what I was wondering.... :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by APachon
I wondered but reckoned it was done by placing camera some ways off - tripod mount and remote - and long lens. That way gun appears close but (obviously!!) - camera survived :biggrin: Nice work.
You wanna go and download the other remaining 200Mb or so of excellent vids BTW.
Dear Santa,
I want a new Benchmade, Rolex Sea Dweller, Les Baer 1911, F-350, and a minigun. I've been a REALLY good boy.
Regards to Mrs. Santa.
I'm wondering what I could trade off, in order to get one of those things...
VERY impressive to see, and hear one in person, not to mention pay the $$ to shoot it..


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The powerhouse of Color, Pantone, announced Radiant Orchid as the color of the year for 2014.
In a December 2013 press release, Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, described Radiant Orchid as "An invitation to innovation" that "encourages expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in today's society."
Interestingly, 2014 is a Number Seven year in numerology, which is also associated with the color purple and its variations. If you have a 7 in your address, it would be fun to plant some purple flowers in your garden. You could nurture a dendrobian orchid or a basket arrangement of purple and violet African violets if you are limited to indoor space.
We see a lot of purple shades at this time of year when pansies and snapdragons are a bright spot of color in an otherwise dreary landscape. In the garden, shades of purple and orchid create a calm, meditative space and make a lovely daytime backdrop to a moon garden.


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Scientific Skunk Smell Remedy – hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, soap
September 2, 2009 - 9:06pm — GettingOutside
If you own a dog – a real dog – chances are she's been sprayed by a skunk! For ages, dog owners have struggled with getting that stink off their dog. Science has come to the rescue!
The old wives' tale for getting rid of the smell is tomato juice. Don't do it! You'll end up with a skunked dog that also smells like tomatoes. And chances are she'll get that tomato juice all over the place before you can really rinse it all out of her fur. Yuck.
All it takes is some hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and soap. These ingredients neutralize the chemicals in the skunk's spray. The recommended proportions are below. Of course, it's best if you do the cleaning right away. So roll up your sleeve, put on some latex gloves and get to it.
Skunk Stink Removal Recipe
In a plastic bucket (not metal), mix the following ingredients thoroughly:
1 quart of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide
1/4 cup of baking soda
1 tablespoon of liquid dishwashing soap (Ivory is recommended)
For very large pets you can double the recipe (recommended) or you can add one quart of lukewarm tap water to provide complete coverage.
Wash your dog thoroughly, working the solution deep into the fur. Make sure you really saturate the areas where she took the direct hits. Your nose knows.
Skunks usually aim for the face, but try to keep the solution out of her eyes, as it can sting. Keeping a bottle of pure water nearby to rinse the eyes is a good idea.
Leave the solution on for at least 5 minutes or until the odor is gone. You may need to rinse and repeat with some of the more stinky areas.
After you're done, thoroughly rinse your pet with lukewarm water.
Pour the remaining solution down the drain while running water.
Precautions for Safe Skunk Smell Neutralization
The reason you cannot buy this solution in the store is that it cannot be stored in closed bottles due to the chemical reaction of the hydrogen peroxide and baking soda. The pressure builds up until the container bursts. NEVER store the mixed solution in a closed bottle, sprayer, etc. It's possible for this to cause severe injury.
Make sure you ONLY use 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. Your drug store should have this. If you have old hydrogen peroxide in your medicine cabinet, forget it. Buy new bottles at the drug store or supermarket.
Use BAKING SODA - NOT baking powder and especially NOT washing soda (Sodium Carbonate). Baking soda is also called: Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Bicarbonate, U.S.P., Bicarbonate of Soda, and Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate.
Soap – Ivory liquid is the best soap for the job… or Softsoap… You're looking for a gentle cleaning soap. Do not use grease cutting dish soaps or shampoos.
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On Sunday, February 9 Comingsoon.net posted a sneak peek video for the upcoming fourth season of the HBO fantasy drama "Game of Thrones" which describes the new characters, new episodes, action scenes, and behind the scenes information about the new season. The ten episode season will begin on Sunday, April 6 at 9 p.m. on HBO.
The nearly fifteen minute video features executive producers and cast members talking about scenes from the new episodes, the scale of the sets and who has the best lines. Actor Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister, talks about how scenes in the fourth season are better than season three. It's also "Tyrion's most dangerous season" and he spends most of it in danger.
Actor Pedro Pascal as playing the role of Oberyn Martell, The Red Viper, describes the character as "passionate and very dangerous" who uses the invitation to the Purple Wedding to seek vengeance. The wedding will take up half the episode and features a massive set.
Jon Snow, played by actor Kit Harrington, survived season three but is changed man after having broken his vows to both The Night's Watch and to Ygritte. He's not the "same character from season to season but he tries to do good." The dragons are also growing stronger and more powerful with each season, and as Daenerys gains more power so also has to deal with more revolt and unrest.
The action will occur throughout the fourth series instead of building to a finale like in previous seasons. The Wildlings are about to attack The Wall and Darnerys is busy liberating city after city only to have local people try to stop her. The Purple Wedding will also bring more drama to the Lannister family and King's Landing.
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