http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/ en-us Nucleus CMS v3.32 ? Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/ http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2044 National Symphony Orchestra's 2009 American Residency. Between March 24 and 31, 2009, the members of the Orchestra will participate in approximately 150 education and performance activities throughout the state.

The announcement took place today at the University of Central Arkansas. Participants included Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, and United States Representative Vic Snyder, UCA President Lu Hardin, Rollin Potter, Dean of UCA's College of Fine Arts and Communication, as well as two representatives from the NSO and the Kennedy Center: Associate Conductor Emil de Cou and Patricia O'Kelly, Managing Director of NSO Media Relations.

The impetus for the Arkansas Arts Council's invitation came from UCA's Dean of Fine Arts and Communications Rollin Potter. The two organizations will jointly take on the role of coordinating all Residency activities. The Residency is funded by the Kennedy Center through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, as it has been since 1994. Since 2006, the chamber music and outreach performances have been supported by the Kennedy Center Abe Fortas Memorial Fund for chamber music and by a major gift to the fund from the late Carolyn E. Agger, widow of Abe Fortas.

There will be a total of six orchestral concerts in the state, including an NSO Young People's Concert in Helena. Dozens of educational and outreach activities and other events are being planned.The repertoire for Arkansas’s evening concerts will include the Overture to Wagner’s opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Hungarian composer Leó Weiner’s Serenade, Three Dance Episodes from Bernstein’s On the Town, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7. Principal Conductor Iván Fischer will conduct.

“This will be my first American Residency,” stated Iván Fischer. “When I first heard of this great, unique initiative of the National Symphony Orchestra, I thought it was a brilliant idea. I am very happy to participate.”

The Youth Concert in Helena will be led by Associate Conductor Emil de Cou. He has selected a program that showcases the many ways composers from different nations in different eras have used the forces of a large orchestra. The concert will include repertoire by John Williams, Holst, Beethoven, Debussy, and Britten.

“On behalf of the National Symphony Orchestra, it gives us great pleasure to accept the Arkansas Arts Council’s invitation to make the state our home for the 2009 American Residency,” said Associate Conductor Emil de Cou. “The American Residency is one of the signature projects of the National Symphony Orchestra and our musicians are incredibly committed and generous with their time and talents."

“We are particularly pleased with the way the National Symphony Orchestra will interact with our teachers, students and artists while in Arkansas,” added Dean Potter. “The Orchestra will invite up to six students to Washington to participate in their Summer Music Institute next June, and will award a Teacher Fellowship to one Arkansas teacher, custom designed to further that teacher’s career goals. Finally, the NSO will commission a chamber work from an Arkansas composer. This intensive involvement will only add to Arkansas’s national reputation as a leader in arts education programming.”

Dean Potter continued, “The University of Central Arkansas College of Fine Arts and the Arkansas Arts Council have worked jointly to bring the National Symphony Orchestra to Arkansas. We look forward to working with our colleagues in Jonesboro, Little Rock, Helena-West Helena, and Fayetteville as we prepare for the March Residency and the many musical activities involved.”

What Is an American Residency?

In 1992, the National Symphony Orchestra of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts began a project unique throughout the world: The American Residencies. On behalf of the Orchestra, the nation's center for the performing arts accepts one invitation each year, making a state or a region the focus of a host of activities.

The goals of the project are:

• to share all elements of classical instrumental music throughout a given region;
• to explore the diversity of musical influences within the state,
• and to give the region a musical voice in the nation's center for the performing arts through training programs, career development opportunities, and commissions.

Because of the generous support of many organizations—principally the Kennedy Center and the United States Department of Education—all proceeds from any ticket sales resulting from these events remain within the state to support local arts organizations.

Since its inception in 1992, a hallmark of the project has been its responsiveness to the artistic and educational wishes of each state. Each state prepares a list of requests, ranging from in-school appearances to workshops for teachers to full orchestral concerts, and prioritizes them for the National Symphony Orchestra, with the Orchestra then fulfilling as many of those requests as logistics, scheduling and budgetary limitations allow.

In-state activities typical of past Residencies include:

• full orchestral concerts,
• chamber music performances,
• in-school ensembles,
• lectures,
• workshops for teachers,
• workshops for students with disabilities,
• pre-concert discussions,
• concerts for students,
• coaching sessions,
• master classes,
• music appreciation classes,
• Suzuki method workshops, and
• artistic exchanges. (Past artistic exchanges have included meetings between an NSO
violinist and an Athabascan fiddler and a school program shared by a string quartet and two Eagle River High School Salish-Kootenai drummers and dancers.)

In addition, organizations are welcome to submit new ideas for activities. For example: composition teachers in Maine and Kansas requested an NSO ensemble to perform his students' compositions, critiquing them from the point of view of professional instrumentalists, explaining what worked and didn't work in terms of instrumental writing.

The American Residencies

Alaska, 1992
Louisiana, 1994
Maine, 1995
Wyoming, 1996
Montana, 1996
Arizona, 1997
Alabama, 1998
Mississippi, 1999
Vermont, 2000
Oklahoma, 2001
South Dakota, 2002
North Dakota, 2003
Tennessee, 2004
North Carolina, 2005
Nevada, 2005
Nebraska, 2006
Kansas, 2007
South Carolina, 2008
Arkansas, 2009

To date, more than 2000 educational, performance, and outreach events have taken place in more than a dozen states as part of the American Residencies. Approximately 385,000 people across the nation have attended American Residency events.

Residency Follow-Up Activities

As noted above, the 2009 American Residency does not end when the National Symphony Orchestra leaves Arkansas on March 31.

Summer Music Institute. Since 1992, the Kennedy Center/NSO National Trustees’ Summer Music Institute -- a training program for young orchestral musicians (ages 14-21) from across the country -- has welcomed students annually for four weeks of study, rehearsal and coaching sessions. As part of the American Residency, up to six students from Arkansas will be chosen to receive scholarships to the 2009 Summer Music Institute. Students are selected by taped audition.

Teacher Fellowship. An Arkansas music teacher will be selected for an individually designed program to further the teacher’s professional development. The program will take place in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the National Symphony Orchestra and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Chamber Music Commission. An Arkansas composer will be selected to create a chamber music work to be premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

UCA's College of Fine Arts and Communication will coordinate all three follow-up projects.

The Schedule

Representatives from the National Symphony Orchestra are currently working with the Arkansas Arts Council and the University of Central Arkansas to determine the complete Residency schedule, including outreach and educational events. The following schedule is confirmed.

ARKANSAS RESIDENCY
Preliminary Schedule of Full Orchestra Concerts

March 24 – 31, 2009

All time periods not involving the full orchestra will be devoted to include education, outreach, and chamber music activities requested by organizations within Arkansas.

Full details of those activities will be announced when the schedule is complete.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Evening Orchestral Concert: Fowler Center, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro
Iván Fischer, conductor

WAGNER Overture to the Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
WEINER Serenade
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Evening Orchestral Concert: Lily Peter Auditorium, Phillips College, Helena-West Helena
Iván Fischer, conductor

WAGNER Overture to the Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
WEINER Serenade
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Thursday, March 26, 2009

NSO Young People’s Concert: Lily Peter Auditorium, Phillips College, Helena-West Helena
Emil de Cou, conductor

WILLIAMS Imperial March from Star Wars
HOLST “Mars, the Bringer of War” from The Planets
BEETHOVEN Scherzo from Symphony No. 9 (Excerpt)
DEBUSSY “Play of the Waves” and “Dialogue of Wind and Sea’ from La Mer
BRITTEN Finale (Fugue) from The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Evening Orchestral Concert: Reynolds Performance Hall, University of Central Arkansas, Conway
Iván Fischer, conductor

WAGNER Overture to the Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
WEINER Serenade
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Evening Orchestral Concert: Robinson Center, Little Rock
Iván Fischer, conductor

WAGNER Overture to the Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
WEINER Serenade
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

Monday, March 30, 2009

Evening Orchestral Concert: Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville
Iván Fischer, conductor

WAGNER Overture to the Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
WEINER Serenade
BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7

PUBLIC INFORMATION AND TICKETS:

For the Fowler Center Concert, Arkansas State University:

ASU Central Box Office (870) 972-2781 or (888) 728-3267
http://tickets.astate.edu

For the Warfield Concerts at Lily Peter Auditorium Concert in Helena-West Helena:

www.warfieldconcerts.com (870) 338-8327; (870) 338-7602; (870) 572-1123

For the University of Central Arkansas Concert in Conway:

UCA Ticket Central: (501)-450-3265, or 1-866-810-0012 (toll free in AR)
www.uca.edu/reynolds

For the Robinson Center Concert in Little Rock:

(501) 666-1761 or www.arkansassymphony.org

For the Walton Arts Center Concert in Fayetteville:

(479) 443-5600 or www.waltonartscenter.org]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2044 Wed, 2 Jul 2008 15:00:00 -0500 http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2043 the names of 772 students who qualified for the undergraduate Presidential Scholars List based on their academic performance during the Spring 2008 semester.

"Qualifying as a UCA Presidential Scholar is a remarkable achievement, because it requires a perfect grade point average," said UCA President Lu Hardin. "We are proud that so many UCA students are performing at such a high level, and that is a testament to their hard work and the supportive learning environment on campus."

Recognition as a UCA Presidential Scholar requires the achievement of a 4.0 grade point average with a minimum course load of 12 credit hours.The UCA Presidential Scholars List is compiled and certified by the Division of Undergraduate Studies under the leadership of Associate Provost and Dean Sally A. Roden.

The full list of Spring 2008 UCA Presidential Scholars is available at:

http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/undergradstudies/DeansList/pres200820.pdf]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2043 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:24:37 -0500 http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2042 the names of 1,362 students who qualified for the undergraduate Dean's List based on their academic performance during the Spring 2008 semester.

"The impressive number of UCA students qualifying for the Dean's List is an indication of the high level of academic commitment and achievement at UCA," said UCA President Lu Hardin. "It reflects not only the hard work of the students, but also the contributions by faculty and staff toward promoting a healthy learning environment at UCA."

Recognition on the UCA Dean's List requires the achievement of at least a 3.5 grade point average with a minimum course load of 12 credit hours.The UCA Dean's List is compiled and certified by the Division of Undergraduate Studies under the leadership of Associate Provost and Dean Sally A. Roden.

The full Spring 2008 UCA Dean's List is available at:

http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/undergradstudies/DeansList/dean200820.pdf]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2042 Mon, 9 Jun 2008 11:22:41 -0500 http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2041 Lu Hardin today announced that Scott Smith will be the director of UCA's new Arkansas Public School Resource Center, which is being established with financial support from the Walton Family Foundation.

Smith currently is chief counsel for the Arkansas Department of Education.

"With his vast experience, impressive credentials, and intimate familiarity with the educational system in Arkansas, Scott is the perfect fit for this position," Hardin said.

"I am tremendously honored and excited to have this opportunity to work with Pres. Hardin, UCA, and the Walton Foundation in this endeavor to support public education," Smith said. "I recognize their long-term commitment to improving public education, and the synergies created by uniting them in this effort should result in great progress for Arkansas."Smith will begin his new position on July 1.

He has been with the Arkansas Department of Education since 2000, where he has been involved in developing all major education legislation, including accountability measures such as Act 35 and Act 1467, the Omnibus Education Act. Smith previously served in the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, and before that he was deputy prosecuting attorney in the 19th Judicial District of Arkansas.

Last month, the Walton Family Foundation awarded a $426,141 grant to UCA to plan, develop and implement the Arkansas Public School Resource Center.

The purpose of the Center will be to provide comprehensive services to advance and support school choice initiatives and the implementation of high quality open enrollment public charter schools in Arkansas, as well as providing a variety of support services critical to the fiscal and academic success of rural public schools in Arkansas.

Hardin said the goals of the Center will be supporting school choice initiatives, the implementation and expansion of high quality open enrollment charter schools in Arkansas, the protection and continuing support of Arkansas public school accountability measures and the opportunity to provide assistance to rural public school districts and schools committed to meeting accountability provisions of Act 35 and Act 1467, the Omnibus Education Act.

The Center will design and provide support services for both open enrollment public charter schools and rural public school districts to establish and maintain high quality schools measured by both fiscal and academic performance. Services to be offered by the Center will include, but not be limited to:

o Professional development for school staffs
o Leadership training for new leaders
o Formative assessments and support in data-based decision making
o Student Information Systems (SIS) training
o Federal Program compliance
o School lunch program compliance
o Guidance regarding facilities needs
o Financial/Accounting compliance assistance
o Distance learning]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2041 Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:36:49 -0500 http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2040 Lu Hardin today announced that the Walton Family Foundation has awarded a $426,141 grant to plan, develop and implement the Arkansas Public School Resource Center in affiliation with UCA.

The purpose of the Center will be to provide comprehensive services to advance and support school choice initiatives and the implementation of high quality open enrollment public charter schools in Arkansas, as well as providing a variety of support services critical to the fiscal and academic success of rural public schools in Arkansas.

"We are honored to partner with the Walton Family Foundation in this critically important initiative," Hardin said. "Arkansas was, is and always will be a predominately rural school state, resulting in some unique and continuing challenges facing our educational delivery system. Thanks to the Walton Family Foundation, UCA will provide significant leadership in both providing support to our rural school districts, as well as advancing and supporting high-quality choice opportunities for Arkansas children."Hardin said the goals of the Center will be supporting school choice initiatives, the implementation and expansion of high quality open enrollment charter schools in Arkansas, the protection and continuing support of Arkansas public school accountability measures and the opportunity to provide assistance to rural public school districts and schools committed to meeting accountability provisions of Act 35 and Act 1467, the Omnibus Education Act.

"As Arkansas has fully implemented its fiscal and academic accountability programs, we and the Walton Family Foundation realized that many 'regular' public school districts -- particularly small, rural districts -- are facing many of the same challenges that are faced by open enrollment public charter schools," Hardin said. "The Arkansas Public School Resource Center will serve as both a catalyst and a support mechanism to address issues critical to the success of both."

The Center will design and provide support services for both open enrollment public charter schools and rural public school districts to establish and maintain high quality schools measured by both fiscal and academic performance. Services to be offered by the Center will include, but not be limited to:

o Professional development for school staffs
o Leadership training for new leaders
o Formative assessments and support in data-based decision making
o Student Information Systems (SIS) training
o Special education compliance
o School lunch program compliance
o Guidance regarding facilities needs
o Financial/Accounting compliance assistance
o Distance learning]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2040 Wed, 21 May 2008 09:59:01 -0500 http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2039
"This is a very bright season of great shows that demonstrate the same variety we have presented over the past eight years," said Guy Couch, director of UCA Public Appearances since the 1,200-seat Reynolds Performance Hall opened in September 2000. "We have lined up a group of shows that are sure to please the UCA community, as well as individuals and families in Conway and all over Central Arkansas. This really may be 'The Perfect Season.'"Opening the season in the beautiful Donald W. Reynolds Performance Hall will be the Golden Dragon Acrobats of China Sept. 19-20. This amazing company represents the best of time-honored traditions of Chinese acrobatics, which began more than 25 centuries ago.

During Homecoming Week, two Motown forces, the Temptations and the Four Tops, take the stage together for a concert that may literally bring down the house. Lucky ticket holders will be dancing to hits like "My Girl," "The Way You Do the Things You Do," "Ain't No Woman Like the One I Love," and "Standing in the Shadow of Love," and more of the greatest do-wop hits of all time. UCA President Lu Hardin and his wife, Mary, will host this once-in-a-lifetime show, scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 9, with a special 8 p.m. curtain.

Remaining shows in the Fall Season include a fascinating classical concert called Marsalis Brasilianos, featuring saxophonist Branford Marsalis and the 30-member Filharmonia Brasileira in a tribute to the music of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (Oct. 20); a program of modern dance by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin called Minus One, performed by the 29-member Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal (Nov. 11); and a Sunday afternoon performance of "A Celtic Christmas" by the Boys of the Lough on Dec. 7 at 4 p.m.

Rounding out the Season in the Spring of 2009 is the very hot Argentine ballroom dance show called Tango Fire on Feb. 5, and the wonderful Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band on March 5. The 2008-2009 Season culminates with a concert by America's Bluegrass Sweetheart Rhonda Vincent and her band, The Rage, on April 30.

Season tickets are now on sale for the 2008-2009 Season. Call or come by UCA Ticket Central during regular box office hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. The toll free phone number is 866-810-0012. Conway residents should call 450-3265. More information about the Season is available online at www.uca.edu/reynolds. Single tickets to all shows go on sale on Aug. 11.

Couch announced before the April 24 performance of the ballet Carmen that he was stepping down as director of Public Appearances at the end of June.

"When I took this job in July 2000, I told myself that I would build the series and take it through the UCA Centennial, in 2007,” he said. “We have done that, and now it is time for someone new to step in and give the series new leadership and hopefully new vision as UCA approaches the next 10 years. I have been privileged to work at UCA during a period of phenomenal growth. I leave knowing that UCA Public Appearances has the infrastructure and the staff to continue to grow, along with the College of Fine Arts and Communication and the University as a whole.

"I will dearly miss all the friends I have made here in Conway."]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2039 Wed, 14 May 2008 03:59:00 -0500 http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2038
The students also presented research that they had conducted as part of independent study projects, in conjunction with a UCA chemistry faculty members. Most students have worked for at least a year on their project, others for more than three years.

Joshuah Lingo, an undergraduate student working with Lance Bridges and Melissa Kelley, presented research that has resulted in a publication in the academic journal Biochemistry. Chris Sutton, an undergraduate student working with Pat Desrochers, was invited to present his research at Sci-Mix, where the best posters from the entire meeting are highlighted.

Ariel Marshall received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Leadership Group Travel Award and Amanda MacMillan received an I.M. Kolthoff Enrichment Award given by the ACS’s Division of Analytical Chemistry for travel to a national meeting. Additional funds for the travel were provided by the UCA Chemistry Department, UCA College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, UCA Student Government Association, UCA Office of Graduate Studies, and an alumni Chemistry Student Assistance Fund.

ACS is a national organization that supports and promotes professional development, mentoring, and peer-support mechanisms for chemists, including students majoring in the chemical sciences. With more than 160,000 members, ACS is the world’s largest scientific society. ACS is a nonprofit organization chartered by the U.S. Congress and a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals, and scientific conferences. The UCA student chapter is active on campus and is hosting the Undergraduate Programming this fall at the Southwest Regional Meeting of the ACS in Little Rock (October 1st – 4th). Karen Steelman and Kyle Felling are the faculty sponsors for the UCA student chapter.]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2038 Wed, 14 May 2008 03:58:00 -0500 http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2037 Roger Pauly, Assistant Professor of History, recently saw his book, Firearms: The Life Story of a Technology, re-published in paperback by Johns Hopkins University Press. The book was originally published by Greenwood Press in 2004.

David Welky, Associate Professor of History, authored a book, Everything Was Better in America: Print Culture in the Great Depression, published in April by the University of Illinois Press.

Wendy Castro, an instructor in the History department, recently published an article, "Stripped: Clothing and Identity in Colonial Captivity Narratives," in the journal Early American Studies.]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2037 Wed, 14 May 2008 03:57:00 -0500 http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2036
Thirteen people from UCA, including the groups Pinnacle Brass and the Sunaura Trio, will be at East China Normal in Shanghai or with the Fuzhou Symphony Orchestra in Fuzhou, China, over the next two weeks for concerts, master classes, clinics and conversations with Chinese music faculty and professional musicians.East China Normal has an exchange relationship with UCA. Five Chinese students studied at UCA over the just-completed school year; one intends to return after her graduation to work on a master’s degree. Runyu Hou, the chair of the ECN Music Department and the conductor of its orchestra, came to UCA to work with faculty in October; he brought East China Normal’s orchestra to UCA in February. UCA expects five more Chinese music students to study in Conway next year.

“We’re strengthening the relationship,” said Jeffery Jarvis, chair of the UCA Department of Music. “We’re enjoying the exchange of musical ideas and getting to know these musicians from around the world.”

The UCA delegation includes Jarvis, Israel Getzhov, music director of the Conway Symphony Orchestra and assistant professor of music at UCA who is also visiting conductor for the Fuzhou Symphony Orchestra; Pinnacle Brass (Larry Jones, John Merlitz, Brent Shires, Denis Winter and Ben Miles), Sunaura Trio (Carolyn Brown, Lorraine Duso and Kelly Johnson), pianist Neil Rutman and theorists Carol Anthony and Paul Dickinson.

Jarvis said the Chinese musicians had asked specifically for those specialists.

“Their programs are very mature in strings, voice and piano, but woodwind, brass and percussion are very new, and they wanted help with those,” he said.

Concerts are set for Wednesday, May 21 and Friday, May 23.]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2036 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:59:00 -0500 http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/?itemid=2035 Alison Page and Tatum Branaman were among a group selected by the National Academies to represent Arkansas at a national economic convocationin Washington D.C. at the end of April.The event, titled, ""Rising Above the Gathering Storm Two Years Later: Accelerating Progress toward a Brighter Future," was organized to highlight growing economic challenges. Thirteen Arkansas delegates were selected by the National Academies for their involvement with the Arkansas STEM Coalition (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and Arkansas ASSET Initiative (Advancing and Supporting Science, Engineering and Technology).

Other Arkansas representatives included Greg Nabholz, vice president of Nabholz Construction and chair of the Arkansas STEM Coalition; Mike Gealt, dean of the College of Science & Mathematics at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and vice chair of the Arkansas STEM Coalition; Jerry Adams, executive director of the Arkansas Research Alliance and past vice chair of the Arkansas STEM Coalition; and James Hendren, software developer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and past chair of the Arkansas STEM Coalition.

Following the convocation, all participants and members of Congress were invited to a reception on Capitol Hill hosted by the National Math and Science Initiative, an organization that partnered in the effort.]]> Campus Life http://www.uca.edu/web/weblog/index.php?itemid=2035 Tue, 13 May 2008 03:58:00 -0500