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Mary F. DicksonApril 10,2013
Mary F. Dickson
Mary F. Dickson
WILLIAMSTOWN Mary Ferris Molly Pearsall Dickson, 89, formerly of Salisbury, died April 5, 2013, at home.
She was born Oct. 18, 1923, in Rochester, N.Y., the daughter of Chester and Roxanna (Pratt) Pearsall.
She earned an associate degree from Ambler School of Horticulture in Pennsylvania and worked as a gardener in Philadelphia.
On Sept. 22, 1956, she married Robert Dickson.
She was active in Salisbury landfill recycling, the Salisbury Public School ELF program, Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity, Addison County Community Action Groups, the Clothing Room, Salisbury Public Library and Shard Villa.
She was a member of Salisbury Congregational Church.
She was an avid reader and enjoyed flower gardening, walking and snowshoeing.
Survivors include three daughters, Nancy Gaudreau, of Perth, Ontario, Holly Ferguson, of Middlebury, and Ann Chalmers, of Williamstown; and eight grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband and two siblings, Alice Tilley and Mason Pearsall.
The memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at Salisbury Congregational Church, preceded by a singalong.
She donated her body to the UVM College of Medicine.
Memorial contributions may be made to Salisbury Congregational Church, P.O. Box 61, Salisbury, VT 05769; HOPE (Helping Overcome Povertys Effects), 282 Boardman St., Middlebury, VT 05753; or Vermont Coverts, Woodlands for Wildlife, P.O. Box 81, Middlebury, VT 05753.
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Information recently released by the school district shows plans to demolish the existing high school building and build a new two-story building in its place. Renovation of the gym, construction of a new gym, new locker and weight room, middle school classrooms, band hall, auditorium and library are among the many building projects listed in the plan.
The plans calls for the existing middle school building to be vacated but use the front administration area for school district administration and boardroom.
If the bond issue passes, the tax rate is expected to increase from $1.04 per $100 valuation to $1.33 per $100 valuation.
For a home valued at $100,000, taxes would increase by $229.50 per year if voters approve the bond issue.
According to information from the school district, 51 percent of the $16.95 million in building and renovation projects will be paid by oil and gas, 41 percent will be paid by other tax categories and 8 percent will be paid by homeowners.
Although higher than the current rate, the tax rate provided the bond election is approved by voters, at $1.33 will be lower than the 2005-2006 tax rate of $1.58.
Seniors over age 65 with frozen taxes will not pay a higher tax as a result of the bond election, unless improvements are made to the property.
In addition to building and renovation plans, the bond funding calls for construction of a new concession stand and restroom building at the football field. Plans call to secure the elementary school with a fence around the perimeter of the property. New classroom furniture for the elementary school and a new secure entrance for the elementary school are also listed as items among other capital improvements.

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Snow drifts had forced the Madison Streets Division to close Pleasant View Road from Mineral Point Road to Valley View Road and County Road M Wednesday morning, but the road reopened in the afternoon.
The road was closed Tuesday following reports of 20 foot snow drifts on the highway.
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Trains have been rolling through La Crosse for years, but some now worry they could pose a risk to the community.
The railroad industry was at its peak in 2006. It took a hit during the recession but traffic is picking up again.
While that's good news for the economy, one local couple who lives next to the track worries the extra traffic means extra risk of a derailment.
"Used to be just a fact of life the trains going by," said La Crosse resident Bob Spacek.
The rumble of trains rolling down the tracks is something Spacek hears many times a day.
"There's 66 trains going past," said Spacek.
But in June, a sound that usually goes unnoticed, caught his attention.
"We could actually just hear the difference as the trains went across here; the wheels were screeching because they were left hanging in midair," said Spacek.
A quick walk across the street to check out the track, and Spacek's fears were confirmed.
"This area here you can see the mud washed up on the tracks in the area. They replaced some of the track that was totally disintegrated from water being in there," said Spacek.
It took multiple phone calls to BNSF Railway before the problem was fixed.
Spacek worries there are many other spots like that one that maintenance crews just can't keep up with.
"I understand that, since in the last year now they've eliminated eight maintenance positions between Stoddard and Minneapolis," said Spacek.
A railroad maintenance worker who didn't want to be identified said crews are being overworked and he's concerned it's just a matter of time before a problem is missed and a train derails.
But BNSF spokesperson Amy McBeth said they haven't made any cuts to their workforce, they've only reassigned positions.
She said track safety is the No. 1 priority for the railroad.
"BNSF has a very rigorous track-inspection program. In fact, we inspect our tracks more frequently than what's required by the Federal Railroad Administration," said McBeth. "We invest heavily in our maintenance programs in the state of Wisconsin. Over the past three years, BNSF has invested more than $80 million."
They're all measures Spacek hopes will be enough to avoid a major catastrophe.
"They're carrying oil and ethanol and just entire trains of ethanol go past us. That's the reason we're concerned about the tracks, because if that explodes, we have nowhere to go," said Spacek.
Spacek said this is not the first time he's had to call about a problem with the track.
A few years ago, he had to call for a weld that had broken apart.
BNSF will look to invest more than $15 million in railroad maintenance and expansion efforts in Wisconsin this year.


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Eli Rafalovich is 3 years old and just returning from a hike with his mother, Tina. They're no more than in the door of their Falls Church, Va., home when Eli asks if his mom will play ball with him.
"He's a kid who loves balls -- every since he was tiny," Tina Rafalovich said. "We can get all kinds of toys and games. I hope his love of balls and sports continues to be natural."
Whether or not Eli ever becomes an athlete, he's well on his way to a life of fitness. Dr. Michael Cohen, of Boys Town Pediatrics in Omaha, Neb., said developing healthy habits early is the easiest way to have healthy kids who grow into healthy adults.
How can parents inspire it? By living it themselves.
Many parents read to their infants in an effort to show them early how important reading is. Use the same approach with exercise, Cohen said.
"From the earliest days, I encourage (parents of newborns) to take walks with the child in a stroller, and then children are used to having those healthy habits," the doctor said.
Tina Rafalovich said she doesn't give much thought to Eli's exercise regimen, and she doesn't have to. As a stay-at-home mother, Tina and Eli play, sing, bike, swim and chase the family's two dogs through most days. They're getting fit without trying.
"He loves DVDs and watches TV, but he also never sits for long. He'll get up and run around," Tina said.
The Rafalovich approach is just what the American Heart Association recommends.
"Be active with your kids. Experts say that what kids want more than anything else is time with their parents. To give them that, don't just send them out to play -- go play with them," the association writes on its website.
If it's too late to follow the Rafalovich family's example in your house, Cohen suggests four approaches for getting the whole family off the couch and into the world of exercise.
Set Goals
To get moving, start with goals that are easy to attain in a week. Children sometimes can't grasp long-term goals, Cohen said, so break them up into bits.
"'Instead of, 'You're going to start exercising as far as the eye can see' -- sometimes it's too much for them to grasp. Instead, (say) 'Let's start with 10 minutes three times a week.' Then increase each week," Cohen said.
Aim for getting your child's heart rate above 100 beats per minute for 30 minutes.
Everyone Move
"I think it's unfair that the parents lecture the children and the parents don't necessarily embrace the lifestyle for themselves. It's so much easier and fun for a child if the parents are involved," he said.
It also helps you multitask, Cohen said, because in a busy life, parents don't need to schedule exercise time separate from family time -- it all happens at once.
Praise Works
Cohen said parents should be very involved in praising their children for trying to become more active. A parent's notice can be the best motivator to keep kids moving.
Whether it is a hug or a phrase, let your children know you notice their efforts.
Food Isn't A Reward
While you should be positive, you shouldn't celebrate goals with a trip to the ice cream store.
"Providing food based on performance or behavior connects food to mood. This practice can encourage children to eat treats even when they are not hungry and can instill lifetime habits of rewarding or comforting themselves with food behaviors associated with unhealthy eating or obesity," according to teaching materials for Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School in North Carolina.
The point of setting diet goals is to change a child's behavior and attitude toward food, so take the reward's focus off food, too.


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Chris Bosh looks like a turtle with dreads...just sayin...
he'd look badass in our teams uniform.I would have been against it if we still had Jordan Hill since it'd be two players with similar looks, but we don't, so now I want Bosh.Imagine him roaring in the Garden after dunking on somebody with an orange mouthpiece.
Just sayin'.
Chris Bosh looks like a turtle with dreads...just sayin...
Only if he doesn't ask for a max contract should we consider him to be a part of this team.
Sorry, but there's only 4 MAX FA players in the market this offseason (Lebron, D.Wade, Bosh, and Dirk), which performance earned above $15M to $20M per season.
FA: Amare, Joe Johnson, Boozer, and Gay, are only worth $12M to $14M per season, depending mostly on the high rate tax of the State their team is in.
i'd go with only 1 max player...'bron... but with so many teams having $$$ to spend, u can probably add wade,bosh to the mix (dirk has said he is staying in dallas), johnson,amare not in my eyes...
I agree. Aside from LBJ, Bosh makes the most sense. I would have preferred to keep and develop Jordan Hill. In three years he might develop into a cheaper version of Bosh, but getting rid of Jeffires bad contract was too tempting.
Unfortunately, signing Bosh probably means that David Lee will be gone, although keeping Lee, Bosh, Gallo, and Chandler makes sense if the Knicks can acquire a good defensive center (Camby, Dalembert, or Okafor).
One possibility would be to use Lee in a sign-and-trade to acquire Greg Oden. This would be a massive gamble that Oden can finally stay healthy, but a front-court of Oden, Bosh, Gallo, and Chandler - with only one max contract - is pretty tempting. If Curry somehow plays better than a bum for the next 19 games (as bone headed as he has been - we never have before seen him at an actual playing weight), the Oden gamble is even more viable.
This might make it viable to wait for Chris Paul the following year. If McGrady is really willing to sign for a mid-range contract, you could end up with a legit contender in 2011-2012:
Oden, Bosh, Gallo, Chandler, some other frontcourt role players
McGrady, CP3, Toney Douglas, Bill Walker, SRodriguez
Not bad at all.
jarred jefferies dropped 12-8 once
The thing I love the most about our team, is we don't ever seem afraid
Dirk might finish his NBA career hanging out with the Mavs biggest Fan "Owner Cuban".
Bosh would lose alot of money coming to the New York Knicks, who offer the highest Tax-Bracket and the highest cost of living in this country.
Plus Bosh decision to move to a team in the same division as the Raptors would be a big-slap in the face to the Toronto Raptors Organization and to all the Raptors Fans. If the Raptors traded Bosh to the Knicks it would be a different story and outcome from their fans when the Knicks went to Toronto.
D.Wade is the Miami Heat Franchise Player to hold things down from the big competition of the Orlando Magic Superman-Howard from grabbing all the Fans in Florida.
Lebron is the King of Ohio State for the next ???? years to come.
Knick-Fans may not like it, but
That's being for-real!!!
So our $32M+ spending money will have to be used on a couple of decent "Team-Players" in the FA market this offseason.
I did not care or understand the reason for the Damntoni Phoenix Suns giving up their first round picks each season....but as a Die-Hard Knick-Fan I am not liking the future of not having a 2009, 2010, and 2012 first round draft pick b/c Damntoni is clueless of developing young players for the NBA.
Damntoni is clueless to so many things as a NBA headcoach....
He have to be awarded as the worst headcoach the Knicks had in their history in the NBA.
Bosh said he wants to be built around.That's why I can see him either staying in Toronto, who is a Playoff team, or the Knicks, who might build around him if he's the biggest star they get.


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Police continue to hunt for the person who has been defecating on children's spark slides over the last five to six months.
The Ann Arbor News reports that police and city officials in Ypsilanti, Mich. are looking for the suspect they refer to as the "mystery pooper," who defecates on the same slides in the same park each time, and only at night.
Police installed a hidden camera to try to capture the suspect in the act. City officials and friends of the park plan to stake it out at night as temperatures get warmer.
Department of Public Works employees are tasked with checking the slides daily and cleaning up any human waste.


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Nationwide Series Preview for Charlotte Motor Speedway
May 21, 2013
NASCAR Nationwide Series News and Notes
Race: History 300
Date: Saturday, May 25, 2013
Location: Charlotte Motor Speedway
Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Nationwide Series History at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... In 52 previous starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has visited Victory Lane on two occasions; most recently with Jeff Burton in 2007 and also with Jeff Green in 2002. The organization has started from the pole position five times and has 15 top-five and 32 top-10 finishes. RCR entries have completed 94.3 percent of laps attempted, with 482 laps led.
RCR in the NNS ... In 894 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts through the last 15 years, Richard Childress Racing has earned 65 wins, 303 top-five finishes, 502 top-10 finishes and 42 pole awards with an average starting position of 12.1 and an average finishing position of 12.5 among all races contested. RCR earned the Nationwide Series driver point championships in 2001 and 2006 with Kevin Harvick and in 2008 with Clint Bowyer. The Welcome, N.C.-based team earned the owner's title in 2003 with Johnny Sauter and Harvick and again in 2007 with Burton and Scott Wimmer.
The Season So Far ... In the nine races contested this season, RCR has earned one win in the Nationwide Series, with Tony Stewart at Daytona International Speedway, along with six top-five and 14 top-10 finishes. The organization has led 159 laps in 2013.
Get to the Points ... Austin Dillon is ranked sixth in the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, trailing point leader Regan Smith by 52 points, while Brian Scott is eighth, 58 points out of the lead. In the Nationwide Series owner championship point standings, the No. 33 Chevrolet team ranks seventh, while the No. 3 team ranks ninth and the No. 2 team ranks 11th.
Social Media ... To keep up-to-date with the latest news and information and to view exclusive content, visit RCR's Twitter page - @RCRracing, RCR's NASCAR Nationwide Series team Twitter pages - @RCR2BScott, @RCR3ADillon and @RCR33NNS, RCR's NNS driver Twitter pages - @BScottRacing, @AustinDillon3, @KevinHarvick and @DakodaArmstrong and the official Facebook fan pages - facebook.com/BScottRacing, facebook.com/austindillon3, facebook.com/OfficialKevinHarvick and facebook.com/Dakoda22.
Catch the Action ... Flag-to-flag coverage of the History 300 will be televised on ABC beginning at 2:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, May 25 and broadcast live on the Performance Racing Network and Sirius XM NASCAR Satellite Radio.
Brian Scott
No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's Shore Lodge Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... Brian Scott will pilot chassis No. 117 from Richard Childress Racing's NASCAR Nationwide Series stable in Saturday afternoon's History 300. This chassis was utilized earlier this season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway where Scott started third and earned an eighth-place finish.
Stats at Charlotte ... The 25-year-old Chevrolet driver has six previous Nationwide Series starts at Charlotte Motor Speedway, earning one top-five (fifth in 2011) and three top-10 finishes. Additionally, the Boise, Idaho native has four top-10 starts, with his best starting spot of seventh coming in the fall 2012 event.
Point Out the Points ... After eight races in the 2013 season, Scott is currently eighth in the Nationwide Series driver championship point standings, 58 markers out of first.
Seeing America's Colors ... The No.2 Shore Lodge Camaro will sport America's colors this weekend, as the team will participate in NASCAR "An American Salute" program. Celebrating America and supporting our military and their families this Memorial Day weekend, the No. 2 black and grey Chevrolet will feature patriotic colors and stars on the side skirts, splitter and spoiler along with a patriotic Nationwide windshield logo.
Lodging in Idaho ... Shore Lodge will serve as primary sponsor for Scott and the No. 2 team this Saturday afternoon at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Set on the southern shore of Payette Lake in McCall, Idaho, four seasons of adventure await at this idyllic location. A family favorite since 1948, the travel destination allows guests to enjoy the spectacular views, friendly service and generous accommodations at the lake front resort. Shore Lodge serves as the perfect mixture of adventure and luxury featuring 26 spa adventures, fitness studio, golf privileges at Whitetail Club, jet skiing, and a private beach for guests.
Hometown Crews ... Charlotte Motor Speedway race weekend allows Nationwide Series crews the ability to spend more time at home. Many members of the No. 2 team were raised in the Charlotte area. Car Chief Ben Bowden hails from Julian, N.C., Shock Specialist Dustin Stanley is from Lewisville, N.C., Mechanic Mike Scearce grew up in Reedy Creek, N.C., Engine Specialist Timmy Petty was raised in Level Cross, N.C., Front Tire Changer Matt Humphries hails from Conover, N.C., and Front Tire Carrier Thad Wymer is a native of Thomasville, N.C.
Appearance wise, Charlotte Motor Speedway is a lot like Texas Motor Speedway- does it drive that way? "Charlotte (Motor Speedway) drives nothing like Texas (Motor Speedway). The banking and transitions are so different, plus the grip level on the tires is a lot different. I love Charlotte Motor Speedway, it's been a strong track for me and I've always been fast there. Plus, it will be nice to get back on a mile-and-half after racing at Richmond (International Raceway), Talladega (Superspeedway) and Darlington (Raceway)."
Charlotte Motor Speedway is known for its temperature sensitivity; does that affect you in the Nationwide Series race? "None of the temperature swings in the Nationwide Series race are like those you see in the Coca-Cola 600. We'll get a few temperature changes because of cloud cover; but I think the whole stigma of Charlotte being temperature sensitive is because of the Coca-Cola 600 event transitioning from day to night."
Austin Dillon
No. 3 AdvoCare Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's AdvoCare Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... Austin Dillon will pilot Chassis No. 119 in the History 300. Dillon raced this Chevrolet Camaro to a third-place finish, after starting third, at Texas Motor Speedway in April.
Dillon at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... In Dillon's lone Nationwide Series appearance at Charlotte Motor Speedway in 2012, he earned an 11th-place finish after starting second. The 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series champion has two starts at Charlotte in the Truck Series, earning his best finish of seventh in the May 2011 event.
Spark your Engines ... Dillon and the RCR team will sport the colors of award-winning premier health and wellness company AdvoCare on the No. 3 Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway. AdvoCare offers nutrition, weight loss, energy and sports performance products of the highest quality developed through comprehensive research and backed by a Scientific and Medical Advisory Board. Dillon trains with AdvoCare products throughout the week and is a distributor as well. For more information about Dillon's favorite products, including Spark, Rehydrate, meal replacement bars and Post-Workout Recovery, visit http://www.AdvoCare.com.
AdvoCare Supporting the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma ... If Dillon wins this weekend's Nationwide Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, AdvoCare will make a $5,000 donation to the Childress Institute for Pediatric Trauma. The health and wellness company will pledge $2,000 to CIPT for a top-five finish and $1,000 for a top-10 finish. So far this season, the No. 3 team has raised $7,000 towards the cause. The Childress Institute invests resources in research, education and awareness to improve the treatment for critically injured children in the U.S. and AdvoCare's generous donations are aimed at helping to raise awareness for pediatric trauma, the No. 1 killer of children in America. You can help save the lives of injured children by making a contribution to the Childress Institute in two ways: donate $33 in honor of Dillon via his website, or text WIN to 80077 to make a $10 donation.
What do you think about Charlotte Motor Speedway? "Charlotte Motor Speedway is a tough track. I think it is a place where we are planning on testing. It's a fast track and it changes so much over the course of the day. It changes so much. Temperature change is huge there, so it's an unpredictable place. Going there this year I have a little more confidence because we've been working really hard to try and get our cars better for there."
A lot of people say that all of the mile-and-half tracks are the same, do you disagree? "I enjoy the mile-and-a-half tracks. My best records are at mile-and-a-halves. It's just where I've run well in the past. However, Charlotte Motor Speedway is one of those tracks that I find to be the most difficult of the ones we run. I think it's built off of a landfill, so it changes a lot (insert laughter). But really, it's a cool track, it's just different than the mile-and-a-halves that I have been really good at in the past."
Dakoda Armstrong
No. 21 WinField Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's WinField Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... Dakoda Armstrong will pilot Chassis No. 118 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable Saturday afternoon at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This RCR-prepared machine was last utilized by the No. 3 team at Texas Motor Speedway in 2012 where it was raced to a sixth-place finish.
Back in the Driver's Seat ... Armstrong returns to the RCR Nationwide Series program this weekend for his second, of five, scheduled appearances in the 2013 season. The 300-mile event is the 21-year-old's second start for RCR.
Rookie in the CLT ... Saturday's History 300 marks Armstrong's first Nationwide Series appearance at Charlotte Motor Speedway and his third-career Nationwide Series start. The Indiana native has one NASCAR Camping World Truck Series start to his credit at the 1.5-mile facility, starting 24th and finishing 13th in May 2012.
WinField on the Hood ... WinField, a Land O'Lakes company, offers top-performing seed and crop protection products and will adorn the hood of the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway. With unmatched agricultural expertise and performance as core company values, WinField brands match leading seed and crop protection products to help growers, dealers and other industry partners achieve high levels of success. WinField brands include CROPLAN® seed, crop protection products, plant nutrients and other proprietary products. Backed with unrivaled technical services and knowledge, WinField™ products deliver outstanding solutions and value for the agricultural industry.
Race Rewind: Auto Club Speedway ... Making his Nationwide Series debut with RCR, Armstrong garnered an impressive top-15 finish at Auto Club Speedway in March, after qualifying 13th.
What are your thoughts on Competing for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway? "I'm looking forward to getting another shot to compete for Richard Childress Racing in the Nationwide Series at Charlotte (Motor Speedway). I think running the Camping World Truck Series race a week before at Charlotte is an added benefit and will allow me to get familiar with the track since I have only raced there once. Driving the No. 21 WinField Chevrolet this weekend is a great opportunity for me, and I'm excited to work with the group at RCR again this weekend."
Kevin Harvick
No. 33 Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet Camaro
This Week's Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway ... Kevin Harvick will pilot Chassis No. 120 from the Richard Childress Racing NASCAR Nationwide Series stable in the 300-mile event at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday afternoon. This Chevrolet has seen action once this season, at Texas Motor Speedway where Harvick finished fifth.
Event Stats ... Since 2000, Harvick has made 22 Nationwide Series starts at the 1.5-mile facility collecting three pole awards (May 2001 and 2003, October 2003), four top-five and 13 top-10 finishes. The two-time Nationwide Series champion holds an 11.9 average starting position coupled with an 11.5 average finishing position, has completed 99.4 percent (4,353 of 4,378) of the laps contested and is credited with 274 laps led.
Hunt Brothers Pizza ... With more than 6,800 locations in 28 states, Hunt Brothers® Pizza is the nation's largest brand of made-to-order pizza in the convenience store industry. Perfect for today's on-the-go lifestyle, Hunt Brothers Pizza offers original and thin crust pizzas with All Toppings No Extra Charge®, breakfast pizzas, plus Hunt Brothers® Wings and WingBites®. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Hunt Brothers Pizza is family owned and operated with 50 years of experience in offering all of the food products, marketing programs, equipment and training for convenience stores to operate their own turnkey pizza program. For more information, visit huntbrotherspizza.com.
Are You the Ultimate RCR Fan? ... Now through June 30, 2013, Hunt Brothers Pizza is offering race fans the chance to win great prizes, including the grand prize of an all-expenses paid trip for two to Charlotte, N.C., for a VIP experience during the October race weekend. The prize package includes race tickets, a behind-the-scenes tour of Richard Childress Racing and Childress Vineyards, spending money and more. Fans can enter to win by visiting the RCR Fan Experience Sweepstakes page on www.huntbrotherspizza.com or by completing a mail-in entry. For official rules, visit www.huntbrotherspizza.com.
Double Duty ... In addition to driving the No. 33 Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet Camaro Saturday afternoon, Harvick will also pilot the No. 29 Budweiser Chevrolet SS in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event on Sunday evening. This race is scheduled to air live FOX at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, along with the Performance Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Race Rewind ... Harvick and the No. 33 Hunt Brothers Pizza Racing team captured a fourth-place finish, after leading the most laps during the 2012 History 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
What are your thoughts on driving the No. 33 Hunt Brothers Pizza Chevrolet at Charlotte Motor Speedway? "Charlotte (Motor Speedway) is one of those places where I seem to run well, but haven't had the finishes that I would have liked in the Nationwide Series. I enjoy running at intermediate-style tracks like Charlotte, especially in the Nationwide Series. I think it will be fun to get behind the wheel of the No. 33 Chevrolet this weekend and I'm hoping that we can visit Victory Lane this time. It would be great to cross this track of the checklist and pick up a win for the team and everyone at Hunt Brothers Pizza."


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Valentine's Day. Today could either be the happiest days for you or one you'd just love to fast-forward through. Did you know though that your relationship status affects the way you choose you music play list? Based on Facebook Valentine's Day data, these are five great love songs of today, and five that will help you get over the heartache (who needs boys anywhere?)
If you're love sick and happy like Edward and Bella these songs were made for you:
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- "Don't Wanna Go Home" by Jason Derulo
- "Love On Top" by Beyonce
- "Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars
- "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida
- "It Girl" by Jason Derulo
If V-Day is just another Tuesday because of a recent break-up, these break-up songs are perfect to help you pass the day (can someone get us a box of chocolates please?!)
- "Crew Love" by Drake
- "All of the Lights" by Kanye West
- "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele
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Written by Guest on 09.11.2011 at 03:28
Dead Can Dance, God is an Astronaut and Explosions in the Sky are not post metal bands.
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Some bands here might interest you
nice list anyway
Written by IronAngel on 09.11.2011 at 21:47
Why is it necessary to know some contemporary mainstream post-rock to appreciate atmospheric sludge metal (so-called "post-metal")? I do understand that the genre borrows a lot from post-rock, but certainly not from God Is An Astronaut. (And let's not even get into my disdain for EITS - you can read about that in my post-rock list and the genre topic.) The genre pretty much predates the band. And I think post-metal has more in common with derivatives of hardcore and sludge anyhow, so maybe you should mention some landmarks in that direction too. (Eyehategod and co. maybe.)
Even more perplexed about Into The Labyrinth. Dead Can Dance are one of my favorite bands, but I really don't see the connection between them and post-metal. Not even when they were post-punk (self-titled album) or darkwave (Spleen And Ideal, Within The Realm...), but certainly not the ethnic/"world music" of the album you mentioned.
Not saying your albums aren't good, though. Many of them are very nice. I just don't see how this is an essential guide into the genre.
Written by IronAngel on 10.11.2011 at 02:09
Well, I just figure there would've been better choices even if you wanted to show some post-rock influences. GIAA released their debut in 2002 and only really became big with the 2005 record you listed (contemporary to Rosetta's debut, for example). Neurosis released their biggest classic in 1996, almost ten years earlier. If you wanted to feature that kind of post-rock, why not go for something older and more influential (and better, IMO) like Mogwai's Young Team or CODY? There's also heavier and more relevant contemporary stuff like Mouth Of The Architect and Russian Circles. GIAA and EITS seem very random picks that don't have a lot of relevance for someone interested in post-metal and its influences.
I would personally recommend Swans for this list. Soundtracks For The Blind and White Light From The Mouth Of Infinity are really formative records, maybe The Great Annihilator and Children Of God too (though the latter is maybe too raw for the list). And how about Godflesh's Streetcleaner and Jesu's self-titlted or Sun Down/Sun Rise? I also really don't think you should completely ignore Breach, one of the earlier representatives of the modern atmospheric sludge sound. They released most of their stuff in the 90s too.
Anyway, I know it's pretty silly to grill you over a small list made long ago. You're probably not interested in revising it at this point, but I'm just tossing some options out there if you consider expanding it at some point. I still definetely don't think Dead Can Dance belong here, no matter how amazing they are. Atmospheric music is dime in a dozen, and just arbitrarily naming your favorite darkwave/world music band seems, well, arbitrary.


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So I admit I haven't been very productive on the the blog front. As you can see my last posting was in July last year... there's always something happening...
And like a new years resolution I promise I'll do better this year... any way it's always good to have something to get me into gear, so now I have something.
The fact that Virtualization is hot right now and Solaris Containers are interesting to customers can be measured in many ways. For example that Menno Lageman's BluePrint on what Solaris Containers are and how to use them was in the top three downloaded BluePrints last year, or the amount of attention the zones project pages and discussion groups are getting on OpenSolaris. And yesterday we launched a Solaris Containers Learning Center (as well as a ZFS learning Center).
However the real measure is in how customers and partners are adopting the technology. So, for example, we have some really nice Solaris Container customer references in INEEL (a secure government HPC customer), UGS Corp. (they make product lifecycle management software), Ning.com (a Marc Andreesen Web 2.0 company), and NewEnergy Associates also in this interesting article (they make software for gas and electric power companies).
We've also been working with our solution partners like EDS to get them up to speed with the technology and get them all the information they need to deliver a solution they can sell to their customers, in this case consolidation solutions. These solutions take all the aspects into account that a full enterprise class solution would need, considerations like deployment, monitoring, patching, backup and restore, filesystem layout et cetera. As a part of this two of their leading architects Keith Bates and Ron DeMena have written a whitepaper that is now available from our EDS partner site. Very cool!!!
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Vista Chino - Peace
Vista Chino - Peace
Released: September 3rd, 2013
Label: Napalm Records
John Garcia – vocals
Bruno Fevery – guitar
Nick Oliveri – bass
Brant Bjork – drums, percussion, backing vocals, vocals and bass on Planets 1 & 2
Mike Dean – bass on As You Wish
Chris Cochrell – harmonica on the Gambling Moose
Tom Brayton – additional percussion
1. Good Morning Wasteland
2. Dargona Dragona
3. Sweet Remain
4. As You Wish
5. Planets 1 & 2
6. Adara
7. Mas Vino
8. Dark and Lovely
9. Barcelonian
10. Acidize…the Gambling Moose
In this age of bands from the 1990's reforming to get one last tour in and get one last payday comes Vista Chino, one half (sometimes three quarters) of the reformed Kyuss. Let me get the name out of the way. When I told my friend I was going to see these guys in a few weeks I didn't say, "dude, I'm going to see Vista Chino". I said, "dude, I'm going to see Kyuss". And when I describe them to other people it usually goes, "this band that's basically Kyuss". When me and my friends talk about this band we don't refer to them as "Vista Chino". They're Kyuss. For one Vista Chino is a stupid name. And more importantly no matter what name they're going by (Vista Chino, Kyuss Lives!, or Kyuss) and no matter how many lawyers Josh Homme throws around these guys will always be known as Kyuss. Because that's what they are. Just with one very important piece missing.
While the album is good I think my expectations were just way too damn high. Kyuss is still one of my favorite bands and I went into this hoping for Welcome to Sky Valley pt. 2. When I heard the first "single" Dargona Dragona I was pleasantly surprised too that it had a lot of the same feeling. But unfortunately they put the very best song on the album right at the beginning. After that the album is full of really solid desert rock but nothing exceptional. People will argue that Brant Bjork wrote a lot of Kyuss' songs. But when you really get into their catalog he only wrote a couple that were essential (Gardenia, Green Machine, 50 Million Year Trip (Downside Up)). The majority of their catalog was written by…Josh Homme. And that's what the record is missing. Bruno Fevery is a great guitarist but he doesn't write the riffs like Homme did and his playing just doesn't have the feeling that Homme's did. His tone and riffing is very one-dimensional and it gets old after ten songs.
There are some good songs on here aside from Dargona Dragona. Sweet Remain has a really nice poppy, driving beat. Planets 1 & 2 is just generally good. And while I didn't like it at first Barcelonian is a pretty good song. Dark and Lovely has some nice vocals but it never really goes anywhere. Nothing else on the album is overly bad it just does nothing for me. The songs are all just too straightforward for my liking. It lacks that jammy, improvised feel that Kyuss' albums had. I'll admit that at first I hated it but with each listen I've grown to like it more and more. Will I ever love it as much as ...and the Circus Leaves Town? Very doubtful. But once I get that out of my head it's a very enjoyable record.
I'm very confused over the label that the band released this on. When I think of Napalm Records I think of European Symphonic Metal, not Californian Desert Rock. This is probably the only album Napalm has ever released with a front cover that doesn't have boobs, a dragon or a sword on it. I'm sure there was interest from a lot of labels, how they settled on Napalm Records really baffles me. That this ended up on Napalm Records and not on Ipecac, Southern Lord or one of the many other labels that release stoner/desert rock will always confuse me.
I see this album as one thing; a way to detract people who label the band as nothing more than a Kyuss tribute band. But the fact of the matter is that I doubt more than three songs from this will get played during their live shows. And I really don't want to see most of these songs when I go see them live, I want to hear Kyuss songs that I never got to see when they were around. I strongly doubt that there will be a second album under the Vista Chino name. It's still a good album, just not an exceptional album. They will always be compared to Kyuss no matter what anyone tries. That will never go away. And this just doesn't hold a candle to Kyuss.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Best Songs: Dargona Dragona, Sweet Remain, Planets 1 & 2, Barcelonian
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Your review is pretty spot-on. I dig the album, and really enjoy some of the songs, but I don't think that the main problem with the album is Homme's absence, it's that they're trying to re-create his presence. It sounds like they're trying so hard to create those classic Kyuss albums without one of their main songwriters. At any rate, I like the album and looking forward to seeing some of these tunes live.
I love inside jokes, I'd love to be a part of one some day.
I've honestly never really listened to Kyuss, but I thought this album was pretty good. Some of the songs drag quite a bit, but Adara, Dragona Dragona and Planets 1 & 2 are all excellent songs.
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The story I've read from Bjork is that once they got signed to a label Homme learned of publishing rights and the money that could be made from them and he got greedy. Due to the money he could get from publishing rights he (Homme) starting refusing to play songs the other members wrote. That's what caused Bjork to leave the band.
That said, I've never heard Homme's side of the story. But the fact that he sued the band for using the Kyuss Lives! monkier and making money off it makes me think that money is the driving force again.
There have always been rumours of a full-on Kyuss reunion but Homme still makes more money with Queens of the Stone Age then he'd ever make with Kyuss, so I doubt it will ever happen.
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12/29 -- Municipal Waste(?)
12/30 -- Clutch
Last edited by adamclark52; 09-11-2013 at 12:00 PM.
Anyway, I very much like QOTSA & Kyuss, allthough it took me a long time before I finally got into the latter. And weren't they too young?
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February 19, 2003
Institutional Board of Governors Meeting
February 19, 2003
6:00 P.M. Dinner
Private Dining Room, Harris-Jefferson Student Center
6:45 P.M. Business Meeting
Hebert Gallery
Call to Order - Chairman Norris Kantor
Approval of Minutes - December 19, 2003
Financial and Administrative Affairs Report - Mrs. Shelia Johnson Bumping Policy*
Legislative Report - Mr. Jim Nelson
Enrollment Management Report - Mr. John Cardwell
Institutional Development Report - Dr. Felica Blanks Annual Fund Drive/Funds Collected
President's Report
Executive Session
Next meeting Date - March 20, 2003
Adjournment *-Denotes Action Item(s)
Members Present: Mr. Norris Kantor, chair, Mr. Burt Clark, Ms. Carol Baldwin, Dr. Steve Bourne, Mr. Frank Wilkinson, Ms. Ann Crowe
Members Absent: Dr. Lyn Guy, Mr. John Barnes, Dr. Louis Aikens, Mr. Jack Caffrey, The Reverend Garry Moore
Guests/Staff: Dr. Albert Walker, Mr. Jim Nelson, Mr. John Cardwell, Ms. Shelia Johnson, Dr. David Perkins, Dr. Don Smith, Ms. Kathy Epperly, Ms. Vivian Sidote
Board chairman Norris Kantor called the meeting to order.
A motion was made and seconded (SBourne/BClark) to approve the minutes of the December 19, 2002 Board meeting as submitted. Motion carried.
Bumping Policy
Shelia Johnson noted that the proposed "Bumping Policy" was distributed to Board members at the January meeting for their review. She indicated that WV State Code Section 18B-7-1 established a bumping policy based upon seniority and should serve to clarify the process. She said the classified employees and Classified Senate have reviewed this policy and added that the policy was recommended for approval by the College Council. A discussion of the policy followed. A motion was made and seconded (Wilkinson/SBourne) to adopt this policy. Following discussions, and with the following corrections: 1) on page 3, first paragraph, seventh line, to insert or refuses and 2) on page 4, second line, insert certified letter, the policy was approved.
Legislative Report
Jim Nelson distributed a three-page document, summarizing the status of bills impacting higher education that are currently under consideration in the State Legislature. Jim mentioned that there would be two Senate Education Committee meetings tomorrow. He indicated that the House Education Committee, chaired by Delegate Jerry Mezzatesta, has been divided into ten subcommittees with two to three members per subcommittee. The Senate Education Committee is chaired by Senator Robert Plymale from Wayne County. That committee has been divided into four subcommittees to consider and make recommendations concerning proposed legislation. Two of the Senate subcommittees deal with higher education. Jim reviewed the bill status summary document. There was discussion that followed. Chairman Kantor reminded Board members to maintain contact with legislators to sustain a positive relationship and communicate thoughts and concerns regarding proposed legislation.
Enrollment Management
John Cardwell distributed two documents concerning the College's enrollment. The first handout provided a statistical report of enrollment. John indicated that the College's current enrollment was approximately 2900 students. He reported that Dr. Walker has challenged BSC employees to increase enrollment by 20%, or approximately 600 students, for the Fall Semester. The second handout listed some new initiatives--offering continuing education courses and adding those students to the headcount enrollment; expanding high school course offerings, and; expanding the course schedule available at the BSC Beckley Center.
Institutional Development
Dr. Felica Blanks presented a report on the annual fund drive. She said $229,708.40 in contributions have been received in the annual fund drive, and she added that the College is accepting additional contributions. Dr. Blanks said she is working with the BSC athletic department to coordinate fund raising efforts in that area. She also reported on the results of a payroll deduction campaign involving BSC employees. She said that there was a 64% participation rate in this campaign among classified employees, and a 9% participation rate among faculty.
Dr. Blanks provided a summary of the activities of the Research and Development Corporation. She detailed several projects, including a "Four Seasons" retirement center, work with the town of Pocahontas to assist growth in that area, initiatives involving training for the Bluefield Regional Medical Center, and the status of the Wade School Project, where a feasibility study is being completed.
Economic Enhancement
Greg Shrewsberry reported that a meeting has been scheduled at BSC on March 7, involving representatives from Bluefield State College, Concord College, Bluefield College, Wytheville Community College, and Southwest Virginia Community College to discuss opportunities for collaboration with a focus upon economic development.
President's Report
Dr. Walker provided a Powerpoint presentation of College events and activities that had occurred during the period since the last Board of Governors' meeting.
Next Meeting Date
Mr. Kantor said the next meeting is scheduled for March 20, 2003. He said that, at the April meeting, the Board will consider whether it wants to meet on a monthly or on an every other month basis.
Chairman Kantor said he was selected by the Board to meet, along with representatives from other boards, with the WV Higher Education Policy Commission during the legislative session. He reported that there is consideration concerning a letter from Marshall University, requesting that the HEPC weigh the possibility of suspending the job evaluation process for classified positions set forth in Series 8, as well as the job family review process. Items that will be discussed include: the status of the state budget and the HEPC response; a round table discussion with some "outside the box" thinking; an exploration of strategies by which colleges can collaborate to save money, and support for the proposed tax increases on cigarettes and soft drinks (all presidents of private and public colleges have endorsed a resolution to increase the cigarette tax).
Dr. Walker discussed promotion and tenure guidelines. He said the College is working on the guidelines, and that until those guidelines are revised, no promotion and tenure applications are being accepted. Faculty cannot receive salary increases as a result of being promoted until funds are available.
Chairman Kantor reminded Board members that they have received a list of the Board's standing committees. Burt Clark requested to be placed on the Budget Finance Committee. With no other business to transact, the meeting adjourned at 8:57 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Norris Kantor


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If you have already mastered material offered in one or more courses at Elmhurst College, you may qualify to earn credits using the experiential learning portfolio. Students enroll in SPS 100 Prior Learning Assessment Theory and Practice, an 8-week, online, 3-semester-hour educational planning course. The course teaches you how to assess and document your learning from outside the college classroom and assemble a successful portfolio. After completing SPS 100, students have six months to submit up to three portfolios for faculty members, with expertise in your subject matter, to assess. Each portfolio submitted and approved counts towards one approved elective at the College. Students may receive a maximum of 12-semester-hours (3-course-credits) after successfully completing three portfolios. Tuition for SPS 100 is assessed at the current tuition rate and course credits may count toward financial aid hours. For a complete list of approved Elmhurst College courses, contact the School for Professional Studies.
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Dr Barragán will be giving a presentation on the land grants in Texas, with a special look at some of those located within Bee County, including old Mexican land grants, Mexican titles through empresarios and first-class headrights. The presentation focuses primarily on original grantees whose records can be found in the Land Office archives, how to locate them online, and how to view them on current maps.
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He looks so young. That is the first thing you notice.
He is, of course. Very young. Just 21 years old at the time. One day, he will adopt a silly training-camp tradition of growing out his beard and shaving it down into some sort of obscure facial hair pattern – remember the friendly mutton chops? – and turn it into a team-building exercise. He'll spend his autumns participating in Movember, proudly fashioning a lustrous mustache to promote men's health awareness, even getting his head coach to join the movement.
But right now, he's the baby-faced kid with the barely-visible soul patch beneath his lower lip. His hair is close-cropped and spiky, an upgrade over the Lloyd Christmas Dumb & Dumber 'do he'd worn in college, but still boyish.
He has just been taken by the Green Bay Packers with the 24th overall selection in the 2005 NFL Draft – or 23 slots later than he'd hoped. He's just watched 22 teams pass on him – the Dallas Cowboys did so twice – but there is really only one team that he'd been hoping would call his name: The San Francisco 49ers, who held the No. 1 overall pick but used it on Utah quarterback Alex Smith.
While the 49ers going ga-ga over Smith, he is about to embark on a journey with the Packers that not even he could have entirely envisioned. He might have set high goals and expected greatness, but there's no way he could have seen what was coming.
Not the three-year apprenticeship behind a legend who wasn't particularly interested in mentoring and might've even been a bit insecure – at the very least, ticked off – about the whole thing. Not the surreal summer of 2008, when the legend called it a career, then changed his mind and divided a football-loving nation. Not the rapid ascension to being one of the greatest quarterbacks in the game today, complete with a Super Bowl title and a league MVP – the first of what he hopes are many of both.
But none of that has happened yet. Right now, he is standing inside the Jacob K. Javitz Convention Center in New York City, and the place looks deserted – kind of like the Green Room had been as first-round draft pick after first-round draft pick was called to the stage by NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, leaving him alone with his disappointment.
But disappointment is not the emotion you see in his face at this moment. It's there, sure, but the way the corners of his lips curl as he prepares to answer the question, that's not disappointment. That's flat-out determination.
So when Dennis O'Donnell, the sports director at KPIX-TV in San Francisco, holds out his CBS5 mic and asks him The Question – "How disappointed are you that you will not be a 49er?" – he does so not knowing the succinct answer that he's about to get in 3 … 2 … 1 …
"Not as disappointed as the 49ers will be that they didn't draft me."
That's what Aaron Rodgers said. Thirteen words, eight years ago, delivered with the undeniable, motivated seriousness that has come to be one of the Packers quarterback's defining characteristics. While there have been others whose slights have fueled him -- the Purdue assistant coach who sent him that rejection letter ("Good luck with your attempt at a college football career"); that California-Berkeley food appreciation professor who laughed at his NFL dream ("You will never make it") – the 49ers will forever hold a special place on the list.
They had been his childhood team growing up in Chico, Calif.; when he and his big brother Luke played football in the backyard, they morphed into Joe Montana and Jerry Rice and Steve Young. He'd gone to school across the Bay at Cal, and a week before the draft, he'd fully expected to be the No. 1 overall pick. In fact, to hear Rodgers tell it, the 49ers had told him he would be.
He wasn't, of course. That story has been told over and over and over again – the infamously excruciating wait, the ESPN cameras invading his personal space after each card was turned in with someone else's name on it – and as the Packers prepared for Saturday night's NFC Divisional Playoff game against those 49ers, it is an unavoidable part of the narrative, even while there are those who wished to downplay it.
Including Rodgers himself.
"I don't have the same feeling that I did," Rodgers said Thursday afternoon on his weekly radio show on 540 ESPN and ESPNWisconsin.com. (He'd watched the seven-second interview clip on YouTube earlier in the week on an iPhone at his locker.) "That interview was right after I did my interview at the podium, back behind the Green Room. I'd been picked probably 20 minutes earlier. It was an emotional day, a long day.
"At the time, I wanted to play right away that day and prove the other 22 teams that passed on me that they'd made a mistake. I look at it differently now. This is where I would have wanted to be had I known then what I know now – about the kind of working environment that this is, the opportunities I would be given, the coaching staff that was going to be here. I mean, I interviewed with Mike McCarthy. He was in San Francisco."
Yes, yes he was. McCarthy, now the Packers head coach, was then the 49ers offensive coordinator under then-head coach Mike Nolan, who ultimately made the call to take Smith over Rodgers. (In another delicious twist, if the Packers beat the 49ers, their potential opponent in the NFC Championship Game on Jan. 20 would be the Atlanta Falcons, whose defensive coordinator is – wait for it – Mike Nolan.)
"If they pick me, both our lives are changed," Rodgers said of McCarthy, who replaced Mike Sherman as Packers coach in 2006. "What would have happened had they picked me and things been different? I don't like doing the whole what-if game. I just know I'm really glad that I fell into God's Country here in Wisconsin and had the opportunity to spend my early years the way I did and now gotten the opportunity to be the starter and play for this team."
So says the same guy who stepped to the microphone at the NFL Honors event on the eve of last year's Super Bowl to accept the NFL MVP award from presenter Peyton Manning, looked out into the crowd and saw those 49ers heroes he'd pretended to be in his backyard, acknowledged Montana and Young and Rice and said with a sly grin, "Big Niners fan as a kid. Thanks for drafting me."
Oh, sure, he's over it.
"That was more of my Mike McCarthy, 'A little humor here, a little humor,'" Rodgers said of the acceptance speech, launching into a very bad imitation of his coach. "I was a little nervous up there with Peyton Manning and everybody looking at me. I just don't do great in those situations."
There's no denying that Rodgers' success in Green Bay has brought perspective. And, in point of fact, this isn't even the first time he will face the 49ers. He's going against them as a starter on three occasions in regular-season play, including the 2012 season-opener, although all three of those games were at Lambeau Field. (He's 2-1 against them.) The only time he's played at Candlestick Park, though, was a 2008 exhibition.
Other than that, Rodgers has only been to the historic stadium as a spectator – as Favre's backup in 2006 (on crutches in the coaches box following surgery for a broken foot), as a college kid attending a 49ers game and for a few baseball games as a San Francisco Giants fan.
But this is different, as the only way the stakes could be higher would be if a berth in Super Bowl XLVII were on the line. And to those who know him best, who know all about his grudges and chips and motivational techniques, they are unanimous: There's no way in God's green earth that Rodgers has simply moved on from his draft disappointment and that televised one-liner he delivered 2,821 days ago. (Interestingly, O'Donnell said CBS5 has kept track of how many times the station has run that clip over the years. The count, not including this week: 61.)
"Certain people, I don't think they ever forget. But that's not something he'd ever admit," said linebacker A.J. Hawk, one of Rodgers' best friends on the team. "If that's what drives you, great. Some guys are driven by money. Some guys are driven by championships. I think Aaron wants everything. He wants to win the most championships, but if he has a chip on his shoulder about something that happened eight years ago.


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As we are experiencing following the tragedy in Boston, just one act of violence can have a ripple effect throughout an entire community, or an entire nation.
That's one of the messages speakers were hoping to get out to the La Crosse community Sunday night, at an anti-violence event at Wesley United Methodist Church.
The message went out through prayers, music, and speeches.
One of the speakers was Sherry Hougom.
Her daughter, Sara, was shot to death inside her La Crosse apartment last year.
Sherry says Sara's memory is keeping her strong, and she plans to continue working toward ending violence, so no one has to live with losing someone they love because of it.
"I'd like to go into schools and work with the kids, find out about their backgrounds and work with them," says Sherry. "They know more about what's going on around them, how we can work together to move forward to stop the violence."
Gang members Kong Vue and Pao Choua Vue were convicted in Sara's murder.
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