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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
"Arizona is one of the fastest growing states in the country, and over the years, vehicle miles traveled here have naturally increased.In 2004, Governor Napolitano created the Governor's Traffic Safety Advisory Council (GTSAC) to bring together safety organizations to develop, promote and implement cost-effective traffic safety strategies to save lives on all public roads in Arizona. The increased educational programs, from state agencies and community safety partners, along with law ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
What is the nature of time? How do dreams and reality connect?
OK, these questions might be a bit deep for a long holiday weekend. Or maybe not, the Founding Fathers dreamed of freedom and we experience the reality of that freedom every day. Either way, the folks at No Festival Required and Space 55 are offering us the opportunity to delve ...
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
It's bright and sunny and, of course, HOT in Phoenix today. Looking out the window, you wouldn't believe that today marks the official start of Arizona's monsoon season.
Monsoon season is not usually so straightforward. In past years, residents have been glued to the weather news, waiting for the dew point to reach 55 for three days in a row. Some years, it seemed the monsoon would never start as we ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
June 13th is a Friday. This Friday, to be exact. But before you hunker down in hopes of avoiding the curse of Friday the Thirteenth, you might want to consider trying to turn the luck around with a trip to the Arizona Museum of Natural History.
It was inevitable that one of the Night at the Museum events scheduled for the second Friday of the month would fall on the 13th ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
High fuel prices have many people sticking close to home this holiday weekend. Controlling costs doesn't mean you have to stay at home, however. Here are five free events taking place in the Valley that are definitely worth more than the price of admission:
Avenue of the Arts - Start the weekend off right with the Valley's newest art festival! Juried artists from the East Valley Art Guild will present original ...
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Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Six years ago a fossil of a 130 million-year-old creature with four wings and superbly preserved feathers was discovered in a stone quarry in China. Paleontologists had never seen anything like it. They aren't even sure how to reconstruct the fossils for an accurate depiction of the creature.
On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, NOVA, the highest rated science series on television and Public Broadcasting System's (PBS) most watched documentary series, airs ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
It's comforting to think we know all the creatures, great and small, that we share the Earth with. The truth is, new creatures are being discovered and identified around the world all the time. They just usually aren't introduced at rock concerts.
On January 25, 2008, Arizona State University (ASU) entomologist and professor in the School of Life Sciences, Quentin Wheeler announced the discovery of a new beetle species ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
Wildlife photographer Bruce Tucker is hosting two wildlife photography seminars at Mesa Public Libraries in January and February 2008. Attendees will hear how this noted nature photographer got many incredible shots which have graced the pages of Arizona Highways Magazine, Southwest Sportsman, Bird World and Reptile World magazines. He will also share his techniques for photographing birds in a 60 foot Saguaro cactus, getting close to the Southwest's native wildlife ...
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
If your image of Arizona is countless strip malls interspersed with numerous golf courses, expensive destination resorts and endless suburbs filled with cookie-cutter houses, you have never seen Arizona through the lens of photographer David Muench.
The Arizona he sees is a complex world of stone and water, air and light, almost totally devoid of people. It is an Arizona few urbanites or visitors see ...
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Saturday, December 15th, 2007
What would the holidays be without Christmas pudding?
It's not just the edible version that's a tradition in Phoenix, although it does have a role. The Valley's Christmas Pudding tradition is a star-studded charity affair hosted by rocker and restaurateur Alice Cooper.
The 7th annual Christmas Pudding festivities begin at 7:30 p.m. tonight, December 15, at the ...
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