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Noticias del Mundo Charlando del Cine y TV Cocina de Tia Yole Page 4 Page 8 Page 15 New Exhibition Opening at the Nave Museum Ride: New Works by Amber Eagle From March 6 through May 4, 2014, The Nave Museum will be exhibiting Ride: New Works by Amber Eagle. Amber Eagle is an internationally exhibited artist who works in many different media and is well known for her exquisitely crafted award-winning art cars. Ride is inspired by ancient aliens and outer space as well as the ancient and baroque culture of Mexico where Eagle lives. The an- cient alien is used a metaphor for the stranger in everyone, as well as illegal aliens; and outer space as a metaphor for our mysterious inner space. Victoria County voters use vote centers for March primary. Contributed art. Voters will use Vote Centers countywide by George Matthews ties are conducting an election, a ballot to any voter and a comput- voter may only vote in one of the erized voter qualification system Victoria County has received party’s primaries. connected to a centralized data- approval from the Secretary of When you select a party by vot- base to track voters during the day. State to utilize Vote Centers in fu- ing in its primary, you take an oath The county has used electronic ture elections. The March 4, 2014 not to participate in the political voting equipment since 2005 and Joint Primary Election for the activities of the other party dur- electronic poll books since 2011. Democratic and Republican Par- ing the election year. Violating this Several schools are used as poll- Ride: New Works by Amber Eagle. Contributed photo. ties will use Vote Centers. promise is a Class C misdemeanor. ing places, and Vote Centers will This will allow registered votes Victoria County earned this allow teachers and staff at the in Victoria County to vote at any endorsement after successfully schools to cast their vote in this The exhibit features the worldwide premier of her new art car one of the thirty-six polling loca- conducting the Constitutional election without having to return “Rosebud” and a series of work she has created while making the tions open on Election Day. Both Amendment Election last Novem- to their home precinct before the car. The car arrives in Victoria for the March 6th opening, having political parties have endorsed the ber using Vote Centers for the first polls close. travelled the route of many alien crossings from central Mexico. plan to use Vote Centers during time. There are also several churches Eagle’s exhibit reflects collaboration with many Mexican craftspeo- this primary election. To qualify for countywide vot- with easy access from main thor- ple including her husband Guillermo Rosas and his wrought iron Voters may vote only one bal- ing (Vote Centers) a county must oughfares where motorists can workshop, as well as mechanics, carpenters, electricians and seam- lot in an election. While both the have electronic voting equipment stop to vote. The county also uses stresses. See NAVE, pg. 14 Democratic and Republican Par- capable of providing the correct See VOTERS, pg. 14 2 — Revista de Victoria, February 2014 www.revistadevictoria.com GetEducated.com ranks UHV business degree eighth in nation for affordability The University of Houston-Vic- recently was ranked first in Texas piled by GetEducated.com. toria School of Business Admin- and No. 8 in the nation on a list The UHV Bachelor of Business istration online bachelor’s degree of affordable online degrees com- Administration degrees in health care, management and marketing were highlighted as “Best Buys” for students seeking a high quality, low-cost online business degree. Cost often is a major factor for students choosing to get a higher education, UHV President Phil Castille said. “UHV is able to reach a broad group of highly motivated students because we offer an affordable, accessible, accredited education that can be taken from anywhere Contributed photo. in the world, although most of our online students are in southeast ing is based on a national survey which often reduces actual out-of- Texas,” he said. “For UHV to rank of 76 regionally accredited col- pocket expenses. top among all of Texas’ 38 public leges that offer 126 different on- “It is a testament to the business universities shows UHV’s experi- line bachelor’s degrees in business school faculty and staff that one of ence and quality in online degree administration. our degree programs is once again programs. We’ve been doing 21st The average cost of an online nationally ranked,” said Farhang century higher education success- business bachelor’s degree is Niroomand, dean of the UHV fully at UHV for more than two $47,472, according to GetEducat- School of Business Administra- decades now.” ed.com. A UHV BBA degree costs tion. “For the past 10 years, Get- The GetEducated.com Business less than $25,000 for Texas resi- Educated.com has seen the value Administration “Best Buy” rank- dents, not including financial aid, in UHV offering an accredited education at an affordable price.” GetEducated.com first recog- nized UHV in 2004. It currently ranks the business school’s Master of Business Administration pro- gram fourth in the U.S. and the Strategic MBA No. 25 as “Best Buys.” The online BBA also was ranked earlier this month by U.S. News & World Report as being a quality online degree based on the business school’s student engage- ment, faculty credentials and train- ing, student services and technol- ogy, peer reputation and admission selectivity. Overall, U.S. News ranked UHV second in Texas in top online undergraduate degree programs. In addition, the online BBA was ranked No. 8 nationally in 2013 as a Distance Education Best Buy by AffordableColleges. org. The UHV School of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB International – The As- sociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This is the highest level of accreditation available to business schools, and less than 5 percent of business schools worldwide have earned it. For more information about the BBA program, call 361-570-4231 or visit www.uhv.edu/bus. www.revistadevictoria.com Revista de Victoria, February 2014 — 3 HMO? What is that? by Dale Zuck Blue Cross-Blue Shield’s Blue across from the in-store phar- floor behind the newly remodeled Advantage HMO has only 21 Vic- macy. The information booth is Guadalajara Restaurant on Ben Open enrollment for individu- toria PCPs participants whereas open Wednesday and Friday, 3pm Jordan St. als purchasing health insurance it’s the Blue Cross Blue Choice to 6pm from now until the end of Dale Zuck has been a health and is more than halfway complete. PPO Network has 72 physicians March. Or you phone my office life insurance agent since 1995. If you have been waiting (or pro- to choose from. What about local (361)572-0024. We are located at He is the owner of Rampart Finan- crastinating) to purchase a health Hospitals? Only DeTar North and 2001 E Sabine St, Suite 203 here cial Group. You may visit his web- insurance plan you have less than DeTar Navarro participate on the in Victoria. We are on the second site at www.rampartfg.com. two months left. When the Open BCBS Blue Advantage HMO. You Enrollment Period closes on are not able to use Citizen Medical March 31st, you may be subject Center. to a penalty. To avoid being fined, So far I have mentioned the dis- you should learn about the health advantages of an HMO. Besides plan options available to you. a lower price, does a HMO offer Since October, I have been dis- any advantages when compared to cussing the various options avail- Dale Zuck. Contributed photo. the PPO options? Not really. But able through the “Obama Care price is the determining factor as Marketplace” with hundreds of of medical providers and hospi- to whether or not most insurance Victorians. I can understand why tals to choose from. And you must customers can even afford health many shoppers are confused. A always remember if you utilize a insurance. first time insurance purchaser has hospital or doctor not within the Do you have some questions many questions. Where do I start? HMO your insurance plan will not regarding your health insurance How do I determine if I qualify for pay any of the cost. options? HEB Food Store on Rio a tax credit? And the most perplex- How is Blue Cross’s HMO Grande is allowing me to answer ing question of all, “What is a Sil- network different from its PPO? your questions at a booth set up ver HMO?” After the tax credit question has been answered, a number of my clients are learning their new health plan will cost them about $25 a month. Their first response is always, “that plan is cheap.” Then the next question is what benefits do they get? So, what benefits does this Blue Advantage Silver HMO 003 provide? A $30 doctor office visit. Generic pre- scriptions drugs are either free or $10 each. The plan even provides to some qualifiers a $500 or $1500 deductible. But what is the catch? The num- ber one disadvantage, you proba- bly won’t get to keep your current doctor. What if you want the op- portunity to keep your current doc- tor while using the “Obama Care” plans? Generally, you should ex- pect to pay $100 to $250 more per month through the purchase of a PPO health plan (Participating Provider Option). What is a HMO? HMO is the abbreviation for Health Mainte- nance Organization.