Veterans
In America, the needs of veterans - particularly disabled veterans - and their dependents are covered 100 percent by the Department of Veterans Affairs. True or false? False - according to Lloyd Burrows and Harvey Brooks of the National Association for Black Veterans, Inc. (aka NABVETS). "That is a myth ...
Health
Have you recently received medical treatment at a facility more than 100 miles from your provider's location? If you answered yes, then you may be entitled to reimbursement by TRICARE. Since 2001, under the provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act, TRICARE Prime beneficiaries referred by their primary care manager for
Jobs
A brief search of federal jobs available on USAJobs.com, a site listing federal jobs, showed more than 15,000 jobs available. This number doesn't necessarily include state and local civil service jobs that can offer competitive wages and comprehensive benefits of the armed forces. One of these jobs could have your name
Arts
I woke up this morning and wrote six pages of strangeness. I’ve done this every day for six days now on the advice of an author — Julia Cameron, an award-winning journalist, screenwriter, director, filmmaker and self-help guru. Her book is called The Artist’s Way Every Day: A Year of
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When a runner hits the pavement, having the correct shoes and attire is crucial, but having the right running terrain and location is equally important. Every runner has a unique set of physical capabilities and preferences.For the runner who wants a specific type of running experience, there are Web sites
Music
Brent Amaker has this cowboy shit down. Boots and hat? Check. Swagger? Check. Penchant for whiskey, woman and song? Triple check. Coming to the new Hell’s Kitchen in downtown Tacoma this Saturday, Seattle’s Brent Amaker and the Rodeo will soon find out if Tacoma shares this passion.
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WEEK ONE: Very tiny patterns in plastic; this is what I see on the mat at Crossfit Tacoma. Sweat runs into my eye and off my nose. "Come on, Jennifer. You can do it," encourages Morgan Hepfer, one of two On Ramp trainers and owner of Crossfit Tacoma. I roll
Stage
To most Americans impressionist art means the art of a small group of late 19th century French artists. But an expanded definition of the movement includes earlier and later works, plus art from other parts of Europe and even America. The Movement of Impressionism: Europe, America, and the Northwest at
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1973: The Modern Lovers record "I'm Straight". The song centers on lead-singer Jonathan Richman calling a girl and pleading with her to break up with her boyfriend and date him instead. The boyfriend, whom Richman refers to as "Hippie Johnny," isn't unfit to date the woman because he's abusive; he's
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Inside my driver side car door compartment, shoved alongside crumpled Kleenexes, old gas station receipts, and a few crusty, dried up pens sits my 2010 Entertainment Book. For years I've ridiculed local cheap-asses and their incessant need to always dine at establishments with a coupon in the Entertainment Book. Well,
Food Matters
<h2>Tommy Chicago Hot Dog</h2>In a mobile food truck parked in front of an old fast-food joint, Tommy Chicago Hot Dog serves a small menu that packs a solid flavor punch. At the 5-month-old drive-thru and walk-up, a modest menu of dogs, chips, potent garlic fries and homemade chili will see
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So the dogs have … issues. Foremost: their mommy doesn’t walk them (class-ad note: put in an ad for lawn person and dog walker, preferably with references). Excess energy in two high-energy, young purebred hunting dogs means they stalk kiddie toys with intent to maul. My back yard and living room look
Features
We all have that grocery store which is our constant. It may not be our favorite store, but it’s the one we usually shop at on a regular basis. Most likely that store is the closest to your home or work. I prefer to shop at Metropolitan Market, but my
Deals
With the poor economy, many families have had to cut back on their trips and vacations. But the local Information Tickets and Tours (www.fortlewismwr.com) or (www.mcchordafb.us) have some deals that might help make trips and entertainment a little more affordable for active duty servicemembers and their families, retirees and their
Music
Andrew Jackson Jihad represent, I think, a fine example of music’s tendency to stage a collision between means and ambition. “I would say, it’s a combination of what we listen to and enjoy hearing, along with the means that we had — the instruments that were readily available to us
Music
It's a new week, which means it's time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki's South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let's get rolling...It doesn't pain Bobble Tiki to admit it - he liked the world a lot better in the battle days, back in Bobble
Music
SANTEE Friday, Jan. 8Almost three months ago Josh Vega of Paris Spleen explained to me how he planned to spend his time after the band's final show, which - at least for that brief moment of time in PBR-ville - was supposed to be in late October at O'Malley's. He said
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Danii Blackwell shows off her style at the Nordstrom fashion show at the Museum of Glass, though she is, in point of fact, not wearing anything from Nordstrom. Her wool knickers, old-school type that I can remember wearing in the mid-eighties, though never with that much confident élan, came from Chinatown. The
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A lesser person would think that a play named “Amadeus” would be about that composer dude who wrote “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” before he had his first blemish and hammered out the score of some of the world’s best musical works before he had the obligation to shave his face.
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Rachel Corrie “My Name is Rachel Corrie” is a telling play about a Olympia native who traveled to the Gaza Strip to aid Palestinians in 2003 only to die at a protest when a bulldozer crushed her. Her story became headline news around the world and shed light on the struggles
