
Ozarks At Large

The Arkansas House yesterday defeated a bill that would continue funding for the state's Private Option Medicaid expansion, a recently established organization is encouraging more political participation for women in Arkansas, Fayetteville moves forward with its partnered purchase of land on Mt. Kessler, and Ft. Smith aldermen oppose seeking fines from Whirlpool.
Legislators are planning for the vote on the future of the private option this week, including Senator Jane English. She announced this morning she's supporting the measure.
In his weekly address, Governor Mike Beebe remembers the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and what the future may hold for achieving ethnic equality. Washington County Officials warn residents of outdoor burning, New polling data shows differing levels of support for the state's Private Option. Allens Canning Company will have a new CEO when the company's sale to Sager Creek Acquisition is final. And the Razorback baseball team finds sweeping victory during the opening weekend of the season.
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.
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.


Photo: "Task Force Commander, Colonel Don E. Karr with Cuban refugee family"--Courtesy Fort Chaffee Museum
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.
The latest edition of the University of Arkansas' Science Cafe will focus on biotechnology.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley of The City Wire tells us about the week's news including Tyson's bid for Hillshire Brands, and the band Xcluded joins us in the studio as they release their new original album and while they have some time off between the eighth and ninth grades.
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
Here are our doctor references for this morning's montage . . .
Robert Palmer singing "Bad Case of Loving You"
Robert Young as the always-calm Marcus Welby (while he lit a cigarette for his patient's wife.)
The theme from "ER"
Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein as the monster stirs
That's Rex Harrison as Dr. Henry Higgins responding to Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"
Omar Sharif and Tom Courtenay share an awkward moment in "Dr. Zhivago"
The first moments of the pilot episode of "Doogie Howser, MD"
Jodi Foster's Clarice first meets Anthony Hopkins' Dr. Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs"
An episode from "Dr. Who" highlighting the main character's ability to be eccentric
Jackson Browne's great song "Doctor My Eyes"
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
"Everyday I Write The Book" by Elvis Costello
Our tech ambassador, Ty Dennison, is back to help navigate the digital waters of Holidays 2012.
"Archangel" by Burial
Friday is Fibonacci Day, and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas talks with Dr. Edmond Harris about the significance of the age-old number pattern.
"One Two Three" by Kunal Ganjawala and Raghav Sachar