| 2011-03-18 'Senate Education Budget Violates Prop. 100 Public Trust' (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/senate-education-budget-violates-prop-100-public-trust
If you decided to protect your sanity and not watch the Arizona Senate debate the budget bills last night, the good nonpartisan folks at the Arizona Education Network stayed up late for an evening of live blogging. To get an idea of what happened, visit their blog here.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 194 people, groups donate to Sportsmen's Fund (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_d3b184df-f3eb-599e-95d3-d481a30cecd7.html This year, 194 people, families, businesses and organizations have donated a total of $22,412 for children to go to camp this summer. | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 A Reminder About Save a Life Saturday (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/a-reminder-about-save-a-life-saturday
Save a Life Saturday is this week. You can still sign up for free CPR classes at the Red Cross of Southern Arizona website.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 A Simulation of the Japanese Radiation Plume (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/a-simulation-of-the-japanese-radiation-plume Is it just me, or does this simulation clearly show that the radiation plume is heading right for us? I guess the other question I have is: Should I start hiding under my desk now, or wait until the sirens to start wailing? (Actually, the story next to the simulation says any radiation would be very diluted and no serious danger, but it’s still kind of creepy.) | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 AZ health officials: Skip the potassium iodide pills (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_2072718e-50c7-11e0-8984-001cc4c03286.html State and federal officials say Arizonans should not be taking potassium iodide as a prophylactic to radiation from Japan. | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Angel to grace OV park that Christina loved (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_b7ea9bf9-3487-55be-9781-e034aae28392.html Christina-Taylor Green was a 9/11 baby, and now a 9-foot, 11-inch angel statue made from World Trade Center steel will soon stand in an Oro Valley park to honor the youngest victim in the Tucson shoot | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Arizona CEOs Ask Russell Pearce: 'How Much More Can We Take?' (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/arizona-ceos-ask-russell-pearce-how-much-more-can-we-take On Tuesday, more than 60 Arizona CEOs responded to the news of more immigration legislation going through the Legislature with a letter to Senate President Russell Pearce.
In a press release on the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce website, "the letter’s purpose was to voice concerns over the unintended consequences to Arizona’s brand and economy created by the immigration legislation which continues to be discussed at the Legislature.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Beowulf Alley Announces 2011-2012 Season (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/beowulf-alley-announces-2011-2012-season Beowulf Alley's 2011-2012 offerings include a little Shakespeare, an adaptation of a Nobel Prize-winner and more. Here's the list:
Rough Crossing | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Coca-Cola Freestyle, You Are Awesome (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/coca-cola-freestyle-you-are-awesome So I hear these Coca Cola Freestyle machines have been installed at a couple of locations around town, but the only one that I’ve been able to verify is the one currently up and running at El Taco Tote at 1340 N. Wilmot Road.
Did I mention these things serve 106 kinds of soda?… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Deaths (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_d64140a7-4f7a-5b32-b27b-c6adbcc0e786.html The deceased are from Tucson unless otherwise noted. Occupations are given if available. | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Get Your Irish (Dance) On (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/get-your-irish-dance-on
Adding to Mari Herreras' blog entry below, viewers can actually see Michael Flatley on the big screen starting today.
Lord of the Dance in RealD3D (Not Rated) is now showing at El Con 20 and Park Place 20.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Happy St. Patrick's Day With Michael Flatley (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/happy-st-patricks-day-with-michael-flatley
Remember a time not long ago when it seemed everyone wanted to be Irish? If you don't, I'm happy to help you remember that time when Aunt Hilde just couldn't get enough of Michael Flatley and the whole Lord of the Dance phenomenon.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Health Matters (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/health-matters/Content?oid=2608646 Pima County retirees' complaints over insurance cuts lead to an AG investigation by Mari Herreras Nobody has yet been able to convince any of the three Democratic members of the Pima County Board of Supervisors to change their votes, cast last April, which dropped more than 600 retirees from the county insurance plan. Now those retirees hope that the state Attorney General's Office can make a difference.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 I Appreciate the Effort, Sen. Gallardo (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/i-appreciate-the-effort-sen-gallardo Apparently, there is no manner in which the Republicans running the legislature will consider funding transplant coverage, but at least Sen. Steve Gallardo made an effort to embarrass the majority over their apparent hypocrisy in receiving health and dental insurance for what's supposed to be a part-time job.
Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, wanted to make a dramatic point about the state's refusal to restore funding for certain medical transplants.… | |
| 2011-03-18 Journal Keeps 104.9 After All—for the New ESPN Tucson (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/journal-keeps-1049-after-allfor-the-new-espn-tucson The Journal Broadcast Group, which owns and operates the only FM news/talk station in the market, is now hoping the success of that model will carry over to sports: Journal is simulcasting its sports station KFFN AM 1490 on 104.9 FM.
Furthermore, it has changed its image from The Fan to ESPN Tucson.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Linda Ray Reporting from SXSW, Volume 1 (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/linda-ray-reporting-from-sxsw-volume-1
Peter Blackstock shares Howe Gelb's history of Giant Sand told via SXSW experiences. The work is published in the SXSW Scrapbook, celebrating the conference's 25th anniversary.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Lottery (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_856ea61d-671e-5328-94a7-04c40c503457.html Drawings for Thursday, March 17 | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Love and Laughs Online (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/love-and-laughs-online/Content?oid=2608722 The Second City returns to Arizona with a humorous take on modern dating by Sherilyn Forrester Those of you who saw last year's Second City show at the Arizona Theatre Company, The Second City Does Arizona, or Close but No Saguaro, may have already secured your tickets to the completely new Second City show breezing through town next week. How could you miss a chance to see the world premiere of Sex and The Second City, Version 2.0, which is being hosted by ATC at both its Phoenix and Tucson venues?… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Neighborhood Briefs (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_d91161f7-6a0f-5777-b6a9-3347ad541ebe.html CENTRAL | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 News You Can Use From the Star: NCAA Edition (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/news-you-can-use-from-the-star-ncaa-edition
Information you can also learn from Patrick Finley's NCAA Tournament wrap-up today: There's only one team with a peacock as a mascot, and a few players have kind of funny names. Then again, I posted a photo of a really expensive dog yesterday, so maybe I shouldn't criticize.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Plant a Garden With Chef Janos Wilder This Weekend (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/plant-a-garden-with-chef-janos-wilder-this-weekend You’re invited to help Janos Wilder and the staff from Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails expand the community garden at the Children’s Museum Tucson at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 19.
Wilder and his staff will be planting all sorts of vegetables from Native Seeds/SEARCH, including native watermelon, beans, corn, peppers and others.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Plant sale at Desert Survivors (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_083cb6c3-40fd-558f-bdee-2bd8b23c1aed.html | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Police Dispatch (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/police-dispatch/Content?oid=2608702 Some words on the nature of this column by Anna Mirocha SOME WORDS ON THE NATURE OF THIS COLUMN We interrupt our regular Police Dispatch reports to bring you a special item: a chat about this column's very nature.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Radar van locations (starnet-local) http://azstarnet.com/news/local/article_c4b8af48-410e-5e9d-bf6e-57c149d9f0e4.html The city's two police radar vans are scheduled to snap photographs of speeders at these locations today: | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Red Meat (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/red-meat/Content?oid=2608837 | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 SB 1621, Featuring the Stick-It-to Sheriff-Dupnik Clause (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/sb-1621-featuring-the-stick-it-to-sheriff-dupnik-clause A lot has been said about the 13 budget bills making their way through the Arizona Legislature this week—and there's quite a bit that could concern Southern Arizonans, including deep cuts to education and health care.
But last night's bill covering funding for public safety had a strange clause in it, even by current legislative standards.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Serraglio (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/serraglio/Content?oid=2608516 Adelaide, Australia, could teach similar Tucson a thing or two about permaculture by Randy Serraglio When I told Tucson permaculture guru Brad Lancaster that I was headed to Adelaide, South Australia, this month to visit my long-lost half-brother, his eyes lit up, and he quickly responded that the place was a global hotspot for rainwater-harvesting. I was aware that South Australia is the driest state on the driest inhabited continent, and that extraordinary steps had been taken in the past decade to deal with a serious water crisis.… [ Read more ] | |
| 2011-03-18 Sharon Van Etten: Epic (Ba Da Bing) (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/sharon-van-etten-epic-ba-da-bing/Content?oid=2608829 by Eric Swedlund Heartbreak can make prisoners of songwriters, trapping them in a whirlpool of doubt and misery. And whatever good intentions or poetic talent that existed at a song's inception can get swept away as the hard edges of truth are worn down by self-pity.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Soundbites (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/soundbites/Content?oid=2608818 In Austin's orbit; Three shows, multiple bands, $8 each; Short takes; On the bandwagon by Stephen Seigel IN AUSTIN'S ORBIT By the time you read this, I'll be in Austin, knee-deep in free booze and barbecue, and lost in an inescapable maze of live music at every turn.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Sustainability in Government - Nature (city) | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Sustainable Scoops (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/sustainable-scoops/Content?oid=2608851 Isabella's Ice Cream brings eco-friendly, cold and creamy aspects to Tucson's food-truck world by Jacqueline Kuder Food trucks are all the rage in the culinary world—and they're no longer limited to hot dogs and tacos. All you have to do is turn your television to the Food Network to see that from Los Angeles to New York, local and gourmet creations are being dished out to the hungry masses from mobile restaurants—and Tucson is no exception regarding this trend.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 This Kids' Video is Not Making Me Feel Better About Japanese Meltdowns (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/this-kids-video-is-not-making-me-feel-better-about-japanese-meltdowns
I don't speak much Japanese best as I can tell, the nuclear power plant in Japan has a stomach ache, and his feces are the nuclear waste, but doctors are trying to limit the number of his farts with a diaper. All I know is that I'm confused and scared.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 Today’s Food Truck Factoid (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2011/03/17/todays-food-truck-factoid D and D Island Grill JA—an awesome Jamaican food truck you can read about here —has shaved a “D” of its name and relocated to the corner of Grant Road and Sixth Avenue.
The food truck is now parked in the same block as Taco Fish and Molcas.… [ Read more ] | |
| 2011-03-18 Top Ten in Movies (weekly) http://www.tucsonweekly.com/tucson/top-ten-in-movies/Content?oid=2608805 Casa Video's top rentals for the week ending March 13, 2011 Casa Video's top rentals for the week ending March 13, 2011 1.… [ Read more ] | add comment |
| 2011-03-18 rainwater harvesting presentation (city) | add comment |
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