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Format: 2025-06-14
A Salute to the Internet
Here is a guide to clips used in our Sunday montage salute to computers:
  1. The band Kraftwerk sings "Computer Love."
  2. A seemingly innocent beginning to a complicated relationship in the movie War Games.
  3. A computer discussion from The Computer Who Wore Tennis Shoes, released in 1969.
  4. Styx and that very odd song, "Mr. Roboto."
  5. A not-so-innocent continuation of a complicated relationship in 2001: A Space Odyssey.
  6. A computer foul up in 1957’s Desk Set starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.
  7. "You’ve Got Mail!"
  8. A very terse answer that reflects a complicated relationship in the movie The Social Network.
  9. An ominous warning about a complicated relationship in the original, 1982 version of Tron.
  10. The Jetsons theme.
Becca's Mother's Day Gifts to You, and Her
Bear hunts, mermaids and dinner, Becca Martin Brown offers plenty to occupy your Mother's Day afternoon. Plus, the upcoming season at the Arts Center of the Ozarks.
In Rememberance: Charles Banks Wilson
Charles Banks Wilson, an American artist, was laid to rest on Tuesday in his hometown of Miami, Oklahoma. He was born and passed in Arkansas. Wilson is best known for his works of the American Indian. Wilson's works are housed in some of the most renowned museums and art galleries in the world, including New York's Metropolitan Museum, Washington's Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery, the Oklahoma State Capitol where four 13 feet tall and 27 feet wide murals line the rotunda, and the Gilcrease Museum, which owns more than 300 pieces of the artist's work.
Arkansas-based Graduate-Student Firm Wins Big at MIT
Craig Hallstrom (far left), president of NSTAR Electric, congratulates team mentor Douglas Hutchings (left to right); Seth Shumate, Picasolar; and Trish Flanagan, Picasolar. Photo courtesy Michael Fein, UA Newswire.This week a business plan from Picasolar took top honrs, and big money, at a competition at MIT.





How the Way We Shop Could Determine the Prices We Pay
New technologies, such as radio-frequency identification (RFID), allow brick-and-mortar retailers to monitor customer preferences in real time. Photo courtesy UA Newswire. Researchers at the University of Arkansas recently completed a study, concluding that the use of sequential pricing based on real-time knowledge of shopper preferences could increase retailer profits. Ozarks at Larges Christina Thomas spoke with Cary Deck and John Aloysius of the Walton College of Business.


It's That Time of Year Again
With Spring in full bloom, last week was full of stories about cleanups or renovations occurring throughout the area.
Friday, May 10, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, our weekly conversation with Michael Tilley from The City Wire about an attempt to buy Arkansas Best Freight and why tobacco and Internet sales taxes are of interest in Arkansas this week. Plus two actors, two microphones and a jacket that turns into a circus. We offer a peek inside the creation of the play "Boats" on stage this weekend. And Effron White plays a brand new song.

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Effron White Brings a New Song to the Studio
Effron White’s been writing lately and we’ll hear the fruit of his labors, a new song titled Pressure Change.
Sunday Corsage for Mother’s Day
Meredith Martin Moats is reflecting this weekend on her different roles during past celebrations of Mother’s Day.





Tour of Homes This Weekend
Becca Martin Brown has the details on a tour of homes and other weekend activities.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Tuesday, September 10, 2013
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Arkansas Congressman Tom Cotton talks to Roby Brock about why he supports military action in Syria. Plus the new art gallery, Bottle Rocket, prepares for lift off in Fayetteville. We also hear comments from Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. He spoke yesterday on the University of Arkansas campus.
POTUS Visits Arkansas
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President Obama was in Central Arkansas yesterday, visiting victims of the recent storms and tornadoes that ravaged the area. Meanwhile, state legislators heard testimony from state finance officials regarding fiscal forecasts for the next few years.
“Wonderwall” by Oasis
Environmental Chamber a Tool to Explore Dehydration
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University of Arkansas officials yesterday unveiled a new chamber in the Human Performance Laboratory will allow researchers to have a temperature and humidity-controlled atmosphere in which to study physiological effects that heat has on the human body.
Study Shows Increased Disparity
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According to a new report, the funding disparity between traditional school districts and charter schools has increased more than 54 percent in 8 years.
“Thursday” by Pet Shop Boys
Singing for Spays
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Many events this month head outdoors including this picnic benefitting SpayArkansas. Dogs are welcome.
“Stoned Soul Picnic” by Kombo
Governor’s Series: Asa Hutchinson
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Our content partner KUAR in Little Rock is interviewing Arkansas' gubernatorial candidates. Today's conversation is with Asa Hutchinson. An extended version of the interview is available here.