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A Salute to the Tools of the (Love) Trade
Here are the ten sources for our Sunday Montage dedicated to bows, arrows and archers:

1) Sam Cooke sings tribute to Cupid.
2) Merida (voiced by Kelly Macdonald) proves a point in the animated movie Brave.
3) Harry Nilsson sings Me and My Arrow.
4) Claude Rains and Errol Flynn meet in the 1939 version of Robin Hood.
5) Arya receives counter intuitive lessons on an episode of HBO's Game of Thrones.
6) Kacey Musgraves offers advice in her song Follow Your Arrow.
7) Legolas fails to impress in a scene from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
8) From the 80s: ABC's hit Poison Arrow.
9) Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) gets attention after her amazing shot in The Hunger Games.
10) The Halle Orchestra performs the greatest piece of music dedicated to an archer, Rossini's William Tell Overture.

Apologies to: Hawkeye, Green Arrow, The Golden Archer (and about 100 other comic book characters), Burt Reynolds in Deliverance, Edith Wharton, and Cock Robin. Maybe next time.
Baseball at Baum
Charles Baum was both a philanthropist and a baseball lover. We learn more about the man behind the Arkansas Razorback's baseball stadium.






Deconstructing Fort Chaffee’s Cuban Refugee History
In 1980, more than 125,000 Cubans fleeing Fidel Castro's communist regime were boatlifted to America and processed at military compounds including Fort Chaffee in Arkansas. Among the population were gay Cubans and prisoners that Castro had purged from his prisons. The Cubans were widely portrayed by the press as criminal—a stigma that's persisted. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, historians are working to clarify the record.
Photo: "Task Force Commander, Colonel Don E. Karr with Cuban refugee family"--Courtesy Fort Chaffee Museum
Private Option Dominates First Week of Session
When the Arkansas Legislature convened this week, lawmakers proposed and pondered long-term solutions to the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid. The changes considered were meant to make the program more palatable to some politicians. We learn more in this morning's Week in Review.
Best-Selling Show at RLT Ever? Possibly
Becca tells us that tickets for Les Miserables, which just opened at Rogers Little Theatre, have been in high demand.
Friday, February 14, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks: Michael Tilley from The City Wire helps us keep with the moving pieces in the puzzle that is the 2014 Arkansas election. Plus last-minute Valentine’s Day plans courtesy of Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers and Shannon Wurst explains one inspiration for writing love songs.




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The Art of Love Songs
In honor of Valentine's Day, Shannon Wurst performs a pair of love songs for us.







Growth Continues for University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Earlier this week, UAFS announced five new program offerings for students. One of which pertains to robots.
Understanding Science on a Small Scale
The latest edition of the University of Arkansas' Science Cafe will focus on biotechnology.
Not Too Late (Probably) to Plan a Valentine's Day
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has a last-minute survival guide for February 14th.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Thursday, March 27, 2014
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Spring is officially here, and warmer weather will soon bring with it insects like mayflies and damsel flies out and about. But before those bugs mature, they spend their young lives as nymphs in local waterways. We visit a local creek to see what is swimming and crawling beneath the surface. Plus, a conversation with another one of this year's gubernatorial candidates, Mike Ross. The Democrat has aspirations that stretch beyond this November. And back-handsprings and lateral bars: what it takes to be one of the best gymnastics programs in the country. We spend some time with the Arkansas Razorback Gymbacks, who will host this year's national championship regionals this week.
Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
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Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, has a partial list of events for the MLK Holiday.
“The Orchard” by Louis Phillippe
A Native Son Honored in Fort Smith
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Work continues on a monument of General William O. Darby.
Festival Includes Local, Regional Artists
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Pearl Brick will perform Jan. 25 at the inaugural Ozark Mountain Music Festival.
at end of show: "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" by Simon and Garfunkel
Private Option Enrollment Skews Younger, Walmart Responds to NLRB Allegations
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Enrollment numbers are in for Arkansas' Private Option insurance plan, and more younger people have enrolled than their elders. The National Labor Relations Board yesterday issued a complaint against Walmart for how the retailer allegedly handled employee protests in 13 states. And a Frank Lloyd Wright house has been acquired by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
"Avant Gardner" by Courtney Barnett
Smart, Fast and Cool
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SFC Fluidics recently received a $1.5 million grant to further advance its development of the MD Analyzer. It's a device that aims to improve the monitoring of patients with severe brain injuries.