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Tue Feb 9th at 2:22 pm by Mark B. Evans | No comments
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State health department poster contest and teacher workshops
THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Services’ SunWise Poster Contest Has Begun & Registration for the Annual SunWise Teacher Workshop Free SunWise Poster Contest (February 1- April 23, 2010) The Arizona... MORE»»
Tue Feb 9th at 2:13 pm by Mark B. Evans | No comments
Hot Off The Press (release)
Public Invited to Stargazing Events at Sabino Canyon
WHAT: ASTRONOMY VIEWING EVENT FOR the public, hosted by the University of Arizona Astronomy Club WHEN: Feb. 6 and every first Saturday of the month, at approx. 6:30 p.m./half an... MORE»»
Tue Feb 9th at 1:59 pm by Mark B. Evans | No comments
Hot Off The Press (release)
Registration Still Open for “Green Your Business Workshop and Expo”
JOIN DOZENS OF VENDORS AND attendees already registered to learn about how businesses can operate more sustainably. The “Green Your Business Workshop and Expo” is Thursday, February 18, from 7:30... MORE»»
Tue Feb 9th at 10:34 am by Rynski | No comments
Hot Off The Press (release)
Green Bay Packers jacket bank robber arrested
TUCSON POLICE DEPARTMENT ROBBERY DETECTIVES have arrested 36 year-old Harry Leroy Hildenband in connection with two robberies. On January 7, 2010 at 10:40 a.m. at the Bank of America located... MORE»»

Politics

Mon Feb 8th at 12:22 pm by Karen Nelson | No comments
Kare about Health
Childhood Obesity: First fix the Farm Bill
THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM serves 31 million children in more than 100,000 schools, according to the Arizona Star this morning. Todays' article “US taking steps to ban junk food... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 10:56 am by reneeschaferhorton | 3 comments
God Blogging (and more)
Mark your calendar: Talk on free will; march for peace
INTERESTING TALK THIS WEEK FOR the thinkers among us: University of Arizona philosophy professor Shaun Nichols will be speaking Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Thomas More Catholic Newman... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 7:13 am by Carolyn Classen | 8 comments
Carolyn's Community
Information on the F-35
DEMOCRACY FOR AMERICA (DFA), TUCSON chapter is hosting a panel discussion on the F-35, the Joint Strike Fighter Jet, on Wed. Feb. 10. This event will be at the Ward... MORE»»
Sat Feb 6th at 9:24 pm by mike_brewer | No comments
Veteran Veritas
PTSD Vets Win Retirement Deal: Tom Philpott/ Military Times
PTSD VETS WIN RETIREMENT DEAL Tom Philpott | January 28, 2010PTSD Vets Discharged Since 2002 Win Retirement Deal More than 4300 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who were diagnosed in... MORE»»

Arts

Mon Feb 8th at 5:02 pm by Debra Thornley | No comments
Jump Write In
Casa Libre to Present Edge 21: A Reading Series fo Emerging And Younger Writers
CASA LIBRE WILL HOST TWO writers, Bo McGuire and Juliana Piccillo, as part of their Edge 21 reading series. The reading will take place on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 3:50 pm by dataport | No comments
The Data Port
Pandora and The Music Genome Project
THANKS TO THE MUSIC GENOME Project you can have music wherever you go, delivered on internet “stations” that not only reflect your musical tastes, but actually offer suggestions that let... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 12:35 pm by Charles Spillar | 3 comments
Artistic Tucson
WHY WE NEED CREATIVE MINDS AND HOW TO DEVELOP THEM. Free lecture
LEARN WHY AND HOW CREATIVITY is developed in a FREE lecture by Jane Buckman, artist and teacher at Green Fields Country Day School February 17. Buckman developed her own creative... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 7:44 am by Rynski | 12 comments
Rynski's Blogski
What is art? Not one dude's graffiti - Slide show of found art
TUCSONAN BOBBY LEVERETTE’S POTENTIAL CAREER as the next Picasso was cut short last week when he was busted for his alleged graffiti spree. Leverette, 28, was arrested in connection with... MORE»»

Sports

Tue Feb 9th at 3:04 am by Anthony Gimino | 5 comments
AG's Wildcat Report
UA notebook: Cats defenseless against top scorers
RANDOM THOUGHTS (AND NOTES) WHILE wondering if Arizona football coach Mike Stoops sent a congratulatory message to Super Bowl-winning coach Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints. Their connection: They... MORE»»
Tue Feb 9th at 12:32 am by Javier Morales | One comment
Wild About AZ Cats
Casino owner uses "Bear Down attitude" to survive through struggling Las Vegas economy
RELATED LINKS: OUR PARTNER SITE WILDABOUTAZCATS.com shows YouTube video of Marnell lighting the nation's tallest Christmas tree and displays top salaries of former UA athletes The M Resort targets a... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 11:43 pm by Brad Allis | No comments
Wildcat Sports Report
It wasn't nearly worth it
SO WHAT DO YOU GET for $197,000, a handful of sanctions and the tarnishing of the image of Lute Olson and the Arizona basketball program? Kyle Fogg. Of all of... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 10:35 pm by Andy Morales | No comments
High School Sports with Andy Morales
Arizona Rec Center to host Womens Basketball League
WOMENS BASKETBALL LEAGUE SPRING 2010 Phone for information: 621-9973 High School players/teams will be able to start after state playoffs. The league is open to all women players. Participants must... MORE»»

Health

Thu Feb 4th at 7:52 pm by Karen Nelson | 5 comments
Kare about Health
Weight loss and fat loss are not the same
"NOT EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted." - Albert Einstein In America we are obsessed with weight. But "weight" can be a... MORE»»
Wed Feb 3rd at 10:51 am by medicareblogger | 2 comments
Medicare and More
Medicare Supplements: Lower prices coming in June!
IT LOOKS LIKE PREMIUMS WILL be lower for all Medicare supplements sold after June 2010. I went to a meeting yesterday at the UnitedHealth office here in Tucson to learn... MORE»»
Mon Feb 1st at 7:52 pm by greymatters | 2 comments
Grey Matters
To Disclose or not to Disclose
PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS face this question all the time. "Should I tell my employer about my illness?" Supposedly the Americans With Disabililty Act provides some protection, but.....I think... MORE»»
Mon Feb 1st at 12:16 pm by Karen Nelson | 3 comments
Kare about Health
Are you thin but fat?
ARE YOU THIN IN APPEARANCE, but fat on the inside?! Wow... this just goes to show you, you can't judge a book by it's cover... Just because you are thin,... MORE»»

Life

Tue Feb 9th at 5:17 am by Rynski | 13 comments
Rynski's Day of the Dead
State route rollover: Lauren Cachora, 23 - update with arrest
LAUREN CACHORA, 23, WAS KILLED Oct. 14 after she was thrown from a rolled-over vehicle on State Route 286, according to a news release from the Arizona Department of Public... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 11:22 pm by Peter Norback | One comment
One Can A Week
57th Week Update - Miles Neighborhood Food Collection Project
HI FOLKS, THE ONE CAN A Week Model Last Tuesday I had a terrific meeting with Bobby Rich. I’ve always heard he is a great guy and now that’s exactly... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 2:20 pm by bbbconsumeralert | No comments
Better Business Bureau Consumer Alert
Five Steps For Protecting Your Business When Banking Online
ONLINE BANKING HAS MADE IT easier and more convenient to manage business finances, but it also provides an opportunity for hackers to gain access to business accounts with the goal... MORE»»
Mon Feb 8th at 11:28 am by karynzoldan | No comments
To Market to Food Market
Meeting: Sustainable Tucson - Food Resources
TONIGHT - FEB. 8 - your view of food sustainability in Tucson ’s future may change forever. The Sustainable Tucson Working Group on Food & Agriculture will engage your mind... MORE»»

Technology

Tue Feb 2nd at 10:47 am by wryheat | One comment
Wry Heat
IPCC and Peer Review
THE UN’S INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON Climate Change (IPCC) claims that all of its reports and predictions are based on strictly peer-reviewed scientific papers. Well, not exactly. Recent investigations have shown... MORE»»
Mon Feb 1st at 7:41 am by Rynski | 17 comments
Rynski's Blogski
Drive like a maniac without getting a ticket
ARE YOU SICK OF DRIVING safely and legally? Tired of keeping track of all those pesky red light cameras and speed traps? Now you don’t have to – Trapster will... MORE»»
Sat Jan 30th at 10:57 am by wryheat | 7 comments
Wry Heat
Obama administration still clueless on energy
AFTER A YEAR ON THE job, the Obama administration has learned little about energy. They still claim that "green" jobs will be created in the electrical generation sector if only... MORE»»
Wed Jan 27th at 1:43 pm by wryheat | 4 comments
Wry Heat
The State of our Surface Temperature Records
THE SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY Institute has published a paper on Surface Temperature Records, in which the authors document the following points: 1. Instrumental temperature data for the pre-satellite era... MORE»»

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Tue Feb 9th at 2:40 pm
Mark B. Evans
UA notebook: Cats defenseless against top scorers
Copper, aluminum, what's the difference? It's direct to plate printing, is the point....
Tue Feb 9th at 2:34 pm
Ferraribubba
UA notebook: Cats defenseless against top scorers
Hey Mark: Wake up and smell the roses, my man! Copper plates went out with Ben Franklin. Offset lithography is...
Tue Feb 9th at 2:07 pm
Mark B. Evans
UA notebook: Cats defenseless against top scorers
I was born in 1966. No scabs here (not that I'd be averse to crossing a picket line if it...
Tue Feb 9th at 1:52 pm
azmouse
Killed and dumped in wash: Rhia Almeida, 7
This makes me cry. I'm so sorry this happened to your family and their family....
Tue Feb 9th at 1:40 pm
elijah alegria
Killed and dumped in wash: Rhia Almeida, 7
rhia i miss you alot and i remember all the fun we had together i wont forgrt you...
Tue Feb 9th at 1:34 pm
Marie
Your Medicare Choices
Medicareblogger --- Thanks for all you do. Recently, I attended a kind of Medicare 101 session put on by the...
Tue Feb 9th at 1:30 pm
margo alegria
Killed and dumped in wash: Rhia Almeida, 7
am kyles mom and i feel more for rhia then kyle she was always at my house playing she love...
Tue Feb 9th at 1:25 pm
radmax
How far would you go for love?
Sure, long as they don't get long-winded or too mushy... ;) and my condo is nicely suited to my needs,...
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Rynski
Odd Pueblo: Tucson jinxed locations
that sounds more fun than getting bad luck from shoes on the table. the one story i saw about the...
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Rynski
How far would you go for love?
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