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Citizens return to encourage county board to require EIS for Rein mines
By Anton Adamek
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 3:44 AM
More public input toward silica sand mining was received at the regular Fillmore County Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, April 9, from concerned Fillmore County citizens. The comments centered on the county's upcoming decision on whether to require an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Rein Quarry operated by Reilly Construction.
The board was also encouraged to follow the recommendation made by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in a March 22 letter to include the possible Rein mine EIS with the state-regulated EIS for the proposed Minnesota Sands, LLC, silica sand mines.
On behalf of the Lanesboro Area Chamber of Commerce (LACC), President Emily Spende shared a letter addressed to the county commissioners, which thanked the board for their "on-going research, discussion, and attention on the issue of mining silica sand in Fillmore County." Spende continued by stating that the LACC supported the MPCA recommendation on the same grounds that "the Rein Quarry project has the potential to affect the same geographic and environmentally-relevant area."
Lanesboro resident Dale Forster stated he thought many of the issues associated with the mining weren't fully understood through the preliminary Environmental Assessment Worksheet. Moving the EIS responsibilities to the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board, which is responsible for the Minnesota Sands mines, Forster said, "would alleviate many of the issues facing the commissioners. It would reduce the county's chance of facing lawsuits in the future and save expense and staff time." He also said the county could gain valuable information from a state-run EIS to be used for future decisions concerning conditional use permits.
Pilot Mound Township resident Roy House said he was concerned about the "magnanimity of forces behind the frac-sand mining." He said the county wouldn't know how much control groups like Minnesota Sands would take once they get their foot in the door. House also focused on the effects silica sand mining has on the karst landscape.
"Anything that removes surface protection will increase the amount of water that gets to the bedrock. That increases the carbonic acid that eats away the bedrock," he explained.
House asked the board to consider 20 years in the future when making their decision on April 23.
Forster also said practices such as mining need to be stated on the title deed for future transactions. He concluded by voicing his concern about the number of trucks and possible inexperienced truck drivers who would be increasing accident risk in the county.
Commissioner Duane Bakke said the findings and facts process has been going well and that the board will be ready on April 23 to make a final decision.
Sheriff's report
Sheriff Daryl Jensen updated the board on several jail matters. Jensen said they were asked by the state to increase their jail population by three to five inmates. Jensen said their population has decreased the past three years with an average of 13 inmates every year. The cost of increasing the population by three inmates would be around $55,000.
Commissioner Chuck Amunrud asked what kind of inmates they would be. Jensen said they couldn't be predatory offenders.
Commissioner Marc Prestby said the inmates typically spend six months here and then are moved to a halfway house.
With the possible increase in inmates, Jensen said the contract with the DNR for the Sentence to Service program would need to be expanded. Sentence to Service is a program which contracts work through the DNR for inmates who are on the Institution/Community Work Crew. "It's a very positive program," stated Jensen.
In looking at the future of the Fillmore County jail, Jensen said the county has four options to respond to several infrastructure problems with their HVAC, gates and other issues. They could do nothing and face scrutiny from the Minnesota Department of Corrections, remodel what is there, build a new jail, or possibly go without a jail.
Bakke said they should look at the cost of the options before making a decision on whether the county can handle a certain action. Jensen said he felt like the county wants a 365-day jail, but doesn't want to overdo anything in remodeling or building a new jail.
"We need to improve the things we are weak at," he said.
In a 2012 inspection, it was suggested that the jail hire a part-time jail nurse. Jensen said the county could contract someone from another county or locally.
Amunrud asked about liability issues with having a nurse. Jensen said perhaps that was why the county hadn't had one before.
Jensen also updated the board on the ARMER system (Allied Radio Matrix for Emergency Response). "We have spent close to $800,000 on this, but only around $25,000 to $30,000 from the tax levy. The rest came from grants and 911 funds."
Jensen said the dispatch switchover would take place in June after another upgrade to the state system. After that, both the ambulance and fire departments would be switching over. The ARMER system allows, as Jensen said, greater connection and communication between departments, especially when they are all being called to a certain location.
County engineer report
County engineer Ronald Gregg updated the board on the recent successful application of a federal grant. The grant would provide $2.2 million in funding for a 2017 project, which would include road widening and two bridge replacements on County Road 1 from the County Road 4 junction north to the county line with Olmsted County. Along with that northern five-mile stretch, the remaining five miles south to Spring Valley could also be improved, but wouldn't be paid for by the grant.
The federal government will be paying for 71 percent of the north five-mile project, with state aid money covering most of the rest. Gregg also said the county could also get bonding money for all five bridges along the road.
Olmsted County visitors
The Olmsted County Commissioners visited the board meeting and discussed issues relevant to both counties. The Destination Medical Center was discussed as well as the current frac sand issues. According to the Olmsted commissioners, their county is not dealing with any major issues relating to silica sand mining.
Amunrud thanked the Olmsted commissioners for their support of the proposed Veterans' Cemetery in Preston.
Other business
In other business, the county commissioners handled the following issues.
The board approved the city of Harmony's request to use a light trailer during their planned power outage on April 23 at 1 a.m. in order to provide light to the downtown area.
Robert Bjorklund of Bjorklund Compensation Consulting presented the board with the results of a recent salary study, which compared and analyzed the pay scales of 18 Fillmore County positions to identical or similar positions in other counties. The board made no decision on changing their salary ranges, but was told that it would cost the county around $84,000 to adjust their entire pay plan to conform to current market values.
The next county board meeting will be held April 23 at 9 a.m.
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One Direction made history after becoming the first British group whose debut album topped the Billboard 100 chart.
And they broke another record when their follow up release Take Me Home stormed into No.1 in the US last month. For any fact freaks, it did the same in 31 other countries.
Just two years ago they were five unknown schoolboy Brits desperate for a shot at fame on X Factor.
Rejected as solo artists, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan only became a band after Nicole Scherzinger suggested it on the show.
This week they headlined the iconic Madison Square Garden and the boys appeared close to tears as they sang for the 20,000 strong crowd.
It's fair to say they're the biggest boyband in the world right now. So it's natural they're having a bit of a feud with rivals The Wanted.
But the bands shouldn't get compared with each other because One Direction have created hysteria in the US that can only be likened to one other Brit group – and that's The Beatles.
Some people get offended whenever these five young lads are spoken about in the same sentence as the Fab Four.
Their popularity is escalating to levels of such enormity that despite saying it with tongue firmly lodged in cheek, it undeniably mimics Beatle Mania that hit New York in 1964.
Sure, it's easy to dismiss 1D as a group who are only successful because they're current, look good and make radio friendly music that sends teenagers into complete maniacs.
They don't have the longevity as The Beatles, cry the older generation. Maybe not, but they're not doing too badly so far.
On their last visit to the States, the bands personal security were forced to call the NYPD due to safety fears after a group of obsessive fans ran riot in their New York hotel.
Media appearances were welcomed by crowds of nearly 15,000 and a radio show had SIX times the amount of listeners than a week prior when Justin Bieber was a guest.
And things have got even bigger since then. But what we've discovered is something far more fascinating than stats, figures and loose comparisons.
These spooky pictures show One Direction recreating iconic moments from The Beatles' time in America.
From hotel windows, fans swarming their car and admiring the sights – take a look at the X Factor finalists morph into UK's more legendary bands of all time.
We've had Bieber Fever and Beatle Mania - so what's the official diagnosis for One Direction fans?
It hasn't always been red carpets, adoring fans and million pound endorsement deals. Here's some rather embarrassing high school pictures we stumbled across on social networks. ENJOY!

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Finally got around to playing with car coding
Picked up an INPA USB cable and made a windows xp virtual machine on my Macbook to play with NCS Expert.
I have now coded the following:
Windows up with key fob!
Fog lights with high beams possible!
"Double blink" euro style hazard lights!
Power windows operate for 1 minute after car is shut off and key removed
Double-click required on fob to open the trunk (My keyring sometimes presses the trunk open button while I'm at home... resulting in me discovering the trunk is open when I leave for work..).
There are lots of DIYs and links out there so I am not going to repeat it all. If anyone is in the SF Bay Area and wants some of these options I could be talked into it for a 6 pack :).
Damn I've been wanting my DRL's programmed off for years but could never justify spending the $60 at the dealer. Now I just drive with my high beams unplugged.
Very Nice Kris.
Any chance for Siri integration?
I never got into this deep enough to get started - the knowledge is there, but I haven't been moved to action. I heard that the M54 can't be flashed to Euro2 tune. Is this still the case?
Let me know when you figure out how to unlock the extra 100hp that's hiding in there.
Here's a picture of the result of two codes:
* fog lights available with high beams
* high beams = bi-xenon AND halogen.
Lots of light!
Wish you were further up the coast... like a lot further! I'd love to have a bunch of stuff done to my car... including what you've done.
FIrst post on this forum but have been an avid forum member for years on other sites.
I am trying to do exactly what you did with installing windows through VMware on my MAC. I got the INPA connected and battery and ignition both black but when i try to load up my car and go into modules i keep getting an "error compiling script file". I followed this tutorial to a T so i know i did nothing wrong to my knowledge.
Any idea what could be the issue? I used this exact tutorial and its files and people say that it works for them. I feel like the cable is connected and working but the software is missing files or something...
Any ideas??
Thank You
Great job Kris! Does it only work on WinXP, will the app work on Win7 or 8?
I just found this (http://forums.bimmerforums.com/forum....php?t=1800496) and I've read through it but still don't understand the basics if you wouldn't mind. I've done a ton of php, BASIC, and html coding before so I think this will be a breeze if I gather the basic info.
Hmmmm so if I am on my way to Bimmerfest one year........ hmmmmmm... :D
I hope I get one of these cables for christmas do I need an upgraded cpu or a specific program this would be cool and have endless posibilities.
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For reference, this is where folks can get some of the software:
Making sense of the most often recommended BMW diagnostic tools & cable interfaces (1) & BMW factory & dealer programming, coding, and diagnostic software such as INPA, EDIABAS, NCS Expert, DIS, EasyDIS, Progman (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) & related BMW diagnostic-tool forums (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
There is also an E46-specific thread on the software.
Wow, again I am late to the party. I ALWAYS find my trunk open, I bet my key fob is doing that too. I need to go see the guy who programmed my windows up feature and get him to program the double click. I also had mine coded to act like it has an alarm, lights flash on lock/unlock and clown nose blinks.
P.S. wouldn't want to be the poor bastard who gets brighted by you!
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HOLLYWOOD, Cal. — Local movie fans might have spotted a familiar face this month when the Nicholas Sparks-inspired date movie "The Longest Ride" made its debut in theaters on April 10.
The movie, which tells two different love stories, kicks up plenty of dust with one of the main characters: Luke, a professional bull-rider who is making a comeback after suffering a serious injury at the horns — and hooves — of a quasi-demon bull named "Rango."
Galax rapped 11 hits and scored 11 runs in the first inning, going on to drill George Wythe 19-8 in softball. Drew Cardwell's second hit of the inning was a two-run home run that capped the huge start. Cardwell and Harley Brewer combined for seven hits and seven RBIs.
Carroll County cut a 7-1 deficit to a single run but Grayson County held on for an 8-6 win in softball. Traci Crigger had three hits and five RBIs for Grayson.
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INDEPENDENCE –– For the first time in what seemed like forever, it wasn't raining Friday afternoon. The floodgates opened nonetheless.
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Technically, it wasn't a perfect game. But in a manner of speaking, Sydney Nester batted a thousand Thursday.
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HILLSVILLE –– After just having seen Grayson County work its way back within grasp, Carroll County applied a solid stiff-arm and sped away.
Chelsie Callahan's solo home run pulled Grayson to within a 3-1 score of the Cavaliers in the top of the sixth inning when Carroll County responded with a huge outburst in its half of the frame and pulled away to an 8-2 win over the Blue Devils in a nondistrict softball game Monday evening.
Grayson County scored twice in the top of the seventh, thanks in part to five stolen bases, and edged Tazewell 6-5 to complete a double header sweep. Jake Blizzard scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch from Zach Wasilewski.
Travis Garvey had a solo home run and later doubled to knock in Greg Bryan with the eventual game-winning run as Galax edged Floyd County 7-6.
SALEM –– Carroll County Special Olympics traveled to the Old Dominion Athletic Conference men's basketball tournament recently for a halftime exhibition game at the Salem Civic Center.
The Carroll team put on a real show for the crowd, scoring 18 points to go with many rebounds, assists and great teamwork, with the civic center's public address announcer calling the play-by-play.
INDEPENDENCE –– As is often the case in games played in late March, Mother Nature factored in the outcome. An elusive zone recorded the win, with nightfall earning the save.
Grayson County scored twice on bases-loaded walks in the sixth inning Friday and the game was called due to darkness as soon as the second, go-ahead run crossed the plate, resulting in an abbreviated 13-12 win over Gate City at Grayson National Bank Park.
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The risk of falls among seniors should become an even more important prevention focus for clinicians and discharge planners because of new research that ICD-10 coding shows a 42% increase in falls as a cause of death among those 65 and older between 1999 and 2007.
One subcategory, falls on the same level, which went up 698%, was largely responsible for the overall increase.
The report, from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy, concludes that the increased death rate is not because more seniors are suffering more serious falls, but because coding for death classification was updated from International Classification of Diseases (ICD) ninth revision to ICD-10 in 1999, which encourages more detail about the underlying cause of death.
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Barnaby Joyce has put the Nationals back on the map, but can the party cope with this new power, Michelle Grattan asks.
When West Australian Nats gathered for their conference cocktail party on Friday night, they were upbeat. Not that the state party has much to be cheerful about. It sends no MPs to Canberra these days and, after new electoral legislation, its state seats face a grim prospect.
But events in Canberra and Barnaby Joyce had changed the atmosphere. "The feeling here was that Barnaby has been able at long last to establish the brand name," federal president Helen Dickie said from Perth.
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He doesn't seem spooked by the uncertainty created by Joyce.
His leadership is still in its honeymoon, so he can call on favours from his party and the Prime Minister. He's regarded as more assertive than Anderson and more likely than his predecessor to stand up as a "National". When the Queensland Nationals were about to demand a Telstra future proofing fund, Vaile effectively locked the Government into one by proposing a $2 billion pot of gold.
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"The strong coalition between the Nationals and the Liberals is immensely valuable to us both," Scott said. "It's important we defend National Party policy vigorously but not to the point of breaking the unity of the Coalition."
Three difficult issues are in play between the Nationals and the Government: Telstra's full sale, voluntary student unionism (VSU) and industrial relations. Scott is "optimistic" the Nationals will be able to deliver on the Telstra policy he steered through the state conference. This enshrined a big fund that would yield interest for upgrading regional services indefinitely. But it didn't lock the party into any nominated sum.
The Government's VSU legislation, prohibiting universities charging a compulsory amenities fee, is small beer compared with Telstra, but has become a major conflict. Still, Scott is hopeful that "we'll be able to deliver a funding package for regional universities".
He doesn't believe industrial relations will be as difficult for the Nationals as the other two. "The issue of states' rights has been dealt with and it isn't a problem," he said.
The tactical road map for John Howard is clear enough. The VSU legislation is of minor importance (though some Liberals are fanatical about it) but has large potential to sour Liberal-National relations. The Prime Minister needs to get some fix to neutralise it quickly.
Dealing with Telstra has become extremely complex after the telco's admission last week of how inadequate its network is. This is a whole- of-Government problem: if Telstra's services are bad, Liberal MPs will suffer as well as Nationals.
The Nationals, notably Joyce, will have to be convinced of the adequacy of the service guarantees, as well as the size of the fund. The Queensland motion leaves reasonable wriggle room, and the jawboning from Joyce and others suggests they want to deal, but it's tricky.
Howard is anxious to clear away both these issues to allow the Government to concentrate on industrial relations, which has become very testing. If he plans to retire next year, he'll not want to go out on a wave of bad public feeling towards what he would regard as the crowning reform of his career. If he decides to stay, he won't want industrial relations to be a running sore.
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I saw the ignorance of the "poor white trash" of the South that day.
(contemptuously) Niggahs always better than poor white trash.
And she snatched a palling off the fence and nearly beat them poor white trash to death.
They were commonly known as "poor white trash," or "crackers."
It was like the cabins of the 'poor white trash' in the forest, only larger.
Every Yankee I see had de stamp of poor white trash on them.
Her maiden name was Lard, and the Lards were "poor white trash."
They were evidently of the class known in the South as "poor white trash," who had come from the country.
These belong to the 'poor white trash,' as the coachman would tell you with a curl of his ebony lip.
He been poor white trash, but he wuk haa'd and save he money and buy slave.


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Craniomandibular Disorders in Headache Patients
Fifty patients with recurrent headache who had been referred to a neurologist were randomly invited for an examination of their stomatognathic system. The prevalence and distribution of the findings in many ways resemble the clinical findings in CMD patients. In 66% of the patients, a myogenous or arthrogenous origin of CMD pain could be detected. Headache occurred more bilaterally, but unilateral findings were more common at the functional examination. The results did not show any statistical differences between the sexes.
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IndyCar Series changes aim to rope in fans
By Nate Ryan
The Izod IndyCar Series isn't Randy Bernard's first rodeo, and the myriad tweaks to the circuit's image and competition in 2011 marry a cowboy's swagger with a promoter's imagination.
Under the direction of Bernard � the CEO who arrived last year after 15 years of transforming the Professional Bull Riders Association into a sport known as much for dazzling pyrotechnics as bucking Brahmas � the IndyCar Series is making several ambitious changes this year:
•All races will feature double-file restarts, which Bernard openly admits as stealing a page from NASCAR after the 2009 change jazzed up its races.
•Fields will be capped at 26 cars, which could add drama to qualifying (a concept previously unheard-of outside of Indy).
•A $5 million bonus is being offered if a driver outside the series can win its season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
For a sport that has held tradition as sacred (this year brings the centennial of its crown jewel, the Indianapolis 500), the changes have been met with derision by some who fear creating a gimmicky vibe.
But Bernard says the proof is that preseason ticket sales are up across the board.
"The three things I promised fans this year were entertainment, competition and value," Bernard says. "It's very important to bring in the new fan. We have to bring new elements to showcase it. We have to make sure we create a great experience. They have to say that was well worth the dollar spent."
There are downsides, though, for the competition. Limiting the field threatens to hamstring underfunded teams during an era when sponsor dollars are precious, particularly while still recovering from a 12-year split from Champ Car. Allowing stars from NASCAR and other series to race at Vegas could overshadow the IndyCar title (determined in the finale the last five seasons).
And drivers initially were skeptical about chaos-inducing restarts. Unlike with stock cars, which are built for fender banging, contact doesn't work so well in open-wheel racing. But defending two-time champion Dario Franchitti (who also leads a drivers association with Justin Wilson and Tony Kanaan) says if the series does a good job of cleaning the entry and exit corners, drivers can handle the rest.
"We'll make the best of it," Franchitti says. "It'll be better for the show. There'll be a few more cars in pieces, but it'll add to the spectacle. You have to balance the entertainment with the sporting aspect. Ultimately it's a sport, but it's entertainment. That's a difficult thing to do."
There has been pullback. After floating the concept of employing NASCAR's free pass rule (giving a lap back to the first lapped car under caution), an online poll showed fans opposed it by more than 80%, and the series elected not to use it (it will keep the pits open during cautions).
IndyCar's most popular driver favors being responsive to its fans. "Whatever we have to do to get people to watch more and come to more races," Danica Patrick says. "If you don't have the fans, you won't get the sponsors. We can't overlook the fact this is a business, too. I know it's a sport and you want pure, pure, pure. But it's also a business."
Team Penske's Helio Castroneves says there are more changes to consider, such as doing more to appeal to youth.
"I feel we're missing quite a lot on the entertainment side," he says. "Why is Indianapolis so important? I've heard so many, including Roger (Penske), say, 'When I was a kid, my dad brought me here.' Those things are going to build for the future."
Kanaan, the 2004 champion, says the jury will be out on many changes until they've been tried. He adds: "We've got to believe that the people making those decisions are relying on some reliable information. We're definitely in a better place than we were last year. I think we're definitely heading to the right direction."
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See 'The Raven' for John Cusack's performance
It's tempting to simply say "nevermore" about The Raven.
But this many-feathered animal (rated R; opens Friday nationwide; **½ out of four) occasionally soars before it crash-lands. A serial killer/Gothic drama/love story hybrid, it has some nicely mounted atmospheric scenes and strong acting from John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe. But it is dogged by a story that grows plodding.
This is not the film adaptation of Poe's famous poem, but it does pay tribute to the writer's prose and poetry. The film centers on stories he serialized in newspapers, and is a yarn featuring the literary artist interlaced with his macabre work and a crime-thriller plot.
A serial killer is loose in Baltimore in 1849, and the murders contain gruesome elements of the fiction of Poe, whose work appears in the local newspaper. After being cleared as a suspect, Poe assists a police detective (Luke Evans) and gets drawn deeper into the slayings when his fiancée, Emily (Alice Eve), is kidnapped. Echoes of The Pit and the Pendulum, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and lesser-known works are featured in the tale.
Seemingly meant to elucidate Poe's character and psyche, the film does not achieve those goals. We see he's tortured and drinks excessively, but are not given enough back story about how he got there. Nor does it shed light on the real-life mystery of his death. The implication is that Poe spent his final days working out the mystery of these slayings. His last words revealed the killer's identity. It's fascinating, if implausible.
About the movie
The Raven
**1/2 out of four
Stars: John Cusack, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Luke Evans
Director: James McTeigue
Distributor: Relativity Media
Rating: R for bloody violence and grisly images
Running time: 1 hour and 43 minutes
Opens Friday nationwide
Still, it's a moderately entertaining yarn that conjures up the era effectively through vivid period costumes and, mostly, Cusack's able rendering of the mercurial writer, a social pariah in his day.
Cusack's and Poe's considerable talents, however, are given short shrift by a prosaic screenplay that flattens the considerable intrigue out of the character's life, minimizes his verbal dexterity and has the characters occasionally speaking dialogue that sounds anachronistic to the era.
At its core, it's a standard-issue police procedural/whodunit, even if set in a more romantic era. The biographical elements are obscured by the grisly details of the murders. And most of the cast — which includes some impressive British actors — come off as stock characters.
While much of the story feels hollow and the suspense loses momentum, The Raven is worth seeing if only for Cusack's boozy turn as the odd bird writer.
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Carrie Underwood Takes Pride in Using Religion in Her Music
From the start, Carrie Underwood was never shy about her personal beliefs, especially when releasing her single, 'Jesus Take the Wheel' in the early part of her career. The song went on to become a powerful smash in country music, landing the 'American Idol' winner her first chart-topping hit.
Josh Kelley Shares Photo of New Baby Girl, Opens Up About Being a Dad to Two
Josh Kelley loves a lot of things in life: fly fishing, songwriting, making music, being a husband, but the thing he loves the most? Being a dad.
Kenny Chesney and Tim McGraw Launch Brothers of the Sun Tour With a Bang
The long wait came to an end over the weekend when Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney's joint Brothers of the Sun Tour kicked off in Tampa, Fla. Saturday (June 2). The cat was even let out of the bag for the new McGraw music that he has been keeping tight-lipped about. His set consisted of fan favorites like 'I Like It, I Love It,' 'Live Like You Were Dying,' 'Felt Good on My Lips' and 'Real Good Man,' but also incorporated a few brand new tunes in 'Mexicoma' and 'Truck Yeah.'
Kelly Clarkson, 'Mr. Know It All' – Lyrics Uncovered
While Kelly Clarkson is now testing the waters in the country music scene, her debut single 'Mr. Know It All' lyrics should ring a familiar tune. Prior to the country release, Clarkson experienced success on the pop charts with the tune, which was written by Brett James, Ester Dean, Dante Jones and Brian Kennedy.
Dierks Bentley Pranks the Cadillac Black on Country and Cold Cans Tour
Sadly, the latest leg of Dierks Bentley's Country and Cold Cans Tour came to an end over the weekend. But if you think Bentley spent the last few days leading up to the last show online trying to find the perfect "thank you" gift for his opening acts, you'd better think again. Instead, Bentley decided to pull out the pranks, with the victims being the members of the Cadillac Black.
Kenny Chesney Expands His Band Prior to Brothers of the Sun Tour Kickoff
Kenny Chesney is gearing up to head back out on the road on his first major stadium run since last summer's Goin' Coastal Tour. Not only is he sharing the stage with his fellow country music superstar Tim McGraw, but also a famed Nashville musician...
Wade Bowen Raises $150K for Texas Advocacy Center During Annual Concert and Golf Benefit
Wade Bowen's heart of gold was in full force earlier this month when he held his 14th Annual Wade Bowen Classic concert and golf tournament in his hometown of Waco, Texas. The event, which benefits the Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children, raised $150,000 over the course of a weekend.
Thomas Rhett Shows Playful Side in New 'Something to Do With My Hands' Video
Newcomer Thomas Rhett is charming, talented and not bad on the eyes — and all of those great traits are showcased in his brand new music video for 'Something to Do With My Hands.'
One Dead in Justin Moore Bus Accident
More details have surfaced surrounding the fatal accident that occurred over the weekend (May 12) involving one of Justin Moore's tour buses and an automobile
Lee Brice, 'Hard to Love' – Lyrics Uncovered
The lyrics to Lee Brice's new single and title track to his latest album, 'Hard to Love,' were penned by talented songwriters Ben Glover, Billy Montana and John Ozier. The three writers crafted the tune in Rosemary Beach, Fla., a place where, for some reason, their creative minds always seem to be in overdrive.
Keith Urban Gets Inducted Into Grand Ole Opry Family
Keith Urban is officially the newest member of the Grand Ole Opry family. Urban's induction happened over the weekend (Saturday, April 21) in an emotional ceremony that included special performances by Trace Adkins, Josh Turner, and a surprise video congrats from Brad Paisley, who was unable to make it (in person) to Urban's special evening.
Scotty McCreery, 'Water Tower Town' – Lyrics Uncovered
If you come from a small town, chances are you can relate to the lyrics to Scotty McCreery's new single, 'Water Tower Town.' The tune was penned by songwriters Cole Swindell, Tammi Kidd and Lynn Hutton, who each pulled from their own experiences growing up in the south for the song.


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Seriously injured Australian cyclist Alexis Rhodes has begun walking and riding a stationary bicycle as part of her rehabilitation program in a German intensive care ward.
Teammate Louise Yaxley, in the same intensive care unit at the University Clinic in Jena, Germany, is also recovering after further surgery on her right elbow and left wrist and skin grafts.
The pair were among the casualties of an accident on July 19 in which an 18-year-old girl lost control of her car and ploughed into six members of the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) women's cycling team.
Amy Gillett, 29, was killed instantly and three other teammates were also injured.
Gillett's funeral, followed by a memorial service, will be held tomorrow in the Victorian city of Ballarat. A second memorial service will be held at Adelaide's SuperDrome on August 5.
AIS director of sport Professor Ian Fricker said both girls were doing well in intensive care.
"Alexis has done some walking and some cycling on a stationary rehabilitation bike," he said of the 20-year-old South Australian.
"It's pretty amazing progress for a girl in intensive care but she is determined."
Prof Fricker said the surgery on 20-year-old Yaxley, from Tasmania, had gone according to plan.
"The surgery on Louise went very well," Prof Fricker said.
"Doctors changed the fixator device in her right elbow to allow more flexibility and they also operated on her left wrist.
"She has also undergone skin grafts on both arms.
"She will need to have some pins removed at a future date but she is doing well mentally and has recovered from the anaesthetic and surgery very well."
Sydney's Kate Nichols, 20, has now been out and about in Jena and will leave for Australia in the next week, while Queenslander Lorian Graham, 27, has started physiotherapy and rehabilitation including cycling with one leg.
"She is mentally very strong and enthusiastic about her rehabilitation," Prof Fricker said of Graham.
Katie Brown, 21, also of Sydney, was doing weight bearing exercise on her left leg, but work on her right leg would not start until the fractured bones knitted.
Gillett's family and Cycling Australia have set up the Amy Gillett-Safe Cycling Foundation in her memory.
The foundation will assist with the recovery of her injured teammates, fund a sporting and academic scholarship program for promising female cyclists and promote road safety awareness.
The German government has announced it will donate $8,000 towards the foundation.
The organisers of the Thuringen Rundfahrt, the race in which the team were training for, will establish the Amy Gillett prize which will be awarded to a team or individual for outstanding fairness and exemplary sportsmanship during the Tour.
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Woman in Russia Parallel Parks her Car the Most Dangerous Way Possible [VIDEO]
And they say women can't drive...
And they say women can't drive...
Holy Meteors Batman!
Hundreds of people - Reports are now saying a thousand people - in Russia were injured after a meteorite crashed to earth!
Apparently "fair and balanced" isn't the way reporting goes down in Russia.
Cats already have remarkable hearing skills, but a gray feline in Russia found with five ears takes the cake for impressive hearing ability.
According to Vladimir Obryvkov of the Voronezh State University of Agriculture, the cat -- named Luntya -- has two normal ears, two extra ears located just in front of those and then an additional tiny fifth ear.


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We use diffuse optical tomography to quantitatively reconstruct images of complex phantoms with millimeter sized features located centimeters deep within a highly-scattering medium. A non-contact instrument was employed to collect large data sets consisting of greater than 107 source-detector pairs. Images were reconstructed using a fast image reconstruction algorithm based on an analytic solution to the inverse scattering problem for diffuse light.
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The spell whizzes by your right shoulder and barely misses. Your attacker, impressed that you can do magic, stops his attack.
"Oh, sorry about that. I mistook you for a Muggle."
"Non-magical folk. Anyway, you shouldn't intrude on people like that, it's rude. My name's Arthur Weasley. What brings you here?"
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Expansion was the talk of the aisles in the Las Vegas convention center, as the International Council of Shopping Centers hosted its annual RECon global real estate convention May 19-22.
"We never really had a downturn," said Stephen Gallant, VP facilities development with Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, in the Women's Special Interest Group presentation "Retail: The Next Wave."
"We opened an average of 50 stores a year during the recession, and are continuing to gather strength in the more recent months and years," he noted.
For the fourth consecutive year, there still is not enough ground-up shopping center construction to justify the "Fastest-Growing Developers" ranking that was Chain Store Age standard fare for two decades.
But we may be edging closer to resurrecting a ranking based on who is building new (or, more accurately, newly repurposed) space. Closer, but still not there.
In its eighth year, the annual Top Redevelopers survey continues to underscore the country's emphasis on refurbishing and repositioning over building anew. Just as in the prior seven years, shopping center owners are concentrating on existing assets — sometimes tweaking, sometimes refreshing, sometimes razing sections and rebuilding. For all, however, the goal is to maximize exposure and returns for all the tenants involved.
Nordstrom said Friday it will open two new off-price Nordstrom Rack stores....


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Hoover High's boys' basketball team smothered two opponents before topping Eagle Rock, 70-45, in a consolation game of the Providence High Paul Sutton Tip-Off Classic Tournament last Saturday.
The Tornadoes absorbed a 67-62 setback to Malibu, but slashed Oakwood (84-55), and blasted Pasadena Armenian Benevolent Union (85-28).
Teo Davidian, who had nine points, six rebounds, six assists with five steals, was named to the all-tourney team, and was in the middle of a third quarter run that saw Hoover (3-1) outscore the Eagles, 26-9.
The Tornadoes were in front, 31-20, entering the third quarter and then tallied 14 of the next 19 points including a three-pointer from Kevin Nazari (14 points) with less than four minutes left as they pulled ahead, 45-25.
Eagle Rock's Chaevon Gaines scored 32 points in a 74-72 victory over South Pasadena in an earlier match, but was held to a mere five points against Hoover.
In other action center Arthur Terzyan accounted for 19 points and 12 boards in Glendale's 69-58 shelling of Hollywood in the third-place contest of the Burbank Holiday tourney on Friday.
The Nitros' only loss came at the hands of Village Christian, but jumped out to a 13-point lead before the Sheiks (2-2) came within 54-47 with slightly more than five minutes left in the fourth quarter.
Terzyan tallied 10 points in the opening quarter as the Nitros (3-1) forged a 19-12 lead, however Hollywood got within 21-17 and less than five minutes showing before the half. Glendale responded with a 13-4 blitz as the quarter came to an end.
When forward Alex Miralis (14 points with 11 rebounds) nailed a trey the Nitros held a 34-21 edge at the half.
Kyle Leufroy dropped in 28 points and Noah Willerford tossed in 24 points for St. Francis versus San Bernardino as the Golden Knights (2-1) walked off with a 67-53 decision in the Rose City Classic at Maranatha High on Friday.
In another matchup Kyle Currie's 17 points weren't enough as Crescenta Valley fell to Crespi, 65-63, in the San Fernando Valley Invitational on Friday.
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Fort Myers, Fla. • Boston starter John Lackey returned to the mound after missing last year, allowing one run in one inning Saturday as a split squad of Tampa Bay Rays beat the Red Sox 4-3.
Lackey had Tommy John surgery after the 2011 season. Tampa Bay loaded the bases against the right-hander with no outs before he retired three straight batters.
Lackey gave up one hit, a walk and hit a batter. He struck out one.
Rays starter Alex Colome pitched a hitless inning.
Around the majors
Marlins • Catcher Jeff Mathis broke his right collarbone in the team's spring training opener and is expected to be out six weeks. Mathis was injured in the fourth inning Saturday when he was hit by a foul ball off the bat of St. Louis Cardinals slugger Matt Holliday.
After Holliday walked, Mathis was replaced by Kyle Skipworth. Marlins rookie manager Mike Redmond says it's a big blow to the club because Miami doesn't have a lot of depth behind the plate.
Phillies • Philadelphia traded reliever Michael Schwimer to the Toronto Blue Jays for minor league first baseman Art Charles. The 27-year-old Schwimer was 2-1 with a 4.46 ERA in 35 games for the Phillies last season. The 6-foot-8 right-hander has made 47 relief appearances in the majors.
Red Sox • The bloody sock worn by Curt Schilling during the 2004 World Series is set to be sold off a casualty of sorts of the high-profile collapse of the former Boston Red Sox pitcher's video game company. Online bidding opened several weeks ago at $25,000 and by Friday had reached $60,000. Chris Ivy, director of sports for Texas-based Heritage Auctions, says he expects the sock will fetch at least $100,000 though probably a lot more in Saturday night bidding at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion.
Yankees • Captain Derek Jeter practiced on-field running and agility drills for the first time since breaking his ankle last fall.
Jeter worked out at Steinbrenner Field on Saturday with players who didn't travel for the Yankees' spring training opener against Atlanta. The 38-year-old broke his left ankle lunging for a grounder in the AL championship series opener against Detroit on Oct. 1 and had surgery a week later. He expects to be ready for opening day against Boston on April 1.


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SHE'S not the nervous type, but beauty Jennifer Hawkins admits to having a belly full of butterflies before hosting a segment of Australia's Next Top Model in Sydney's CBD yesterday.
Looking refreshed and rested, the former Miss Universe said: "I was very nervous on Friday night. But I just thought 'let's just go and do this'. It's my first day back from holidays and it feels a little like the first day of school but I am very excited to be working with Alex Perry and Charlotte Dawson," she said.
Hawkins was "backstage" at Sydney's Swissotel yesterday before the ANTM auditions
in the Pitt Street Mall, along with judges Dawson and Perry plus international IMG model agency representatives, Jeni Rose (Paris) and David Cunningham (New York).
After the success of former Next Top Model host Sarah Murdoch, Hawkins is keen to put her own stamp on the popular show.
"My approach is to be just honest with the contestants and to give them constructive criticism so they can move forward and do something about it. I don't want to be too nice because that's annoying and I don't want to be too
mean because that's annoying as well," she said.
Hawkins insisted that she does not wish to "hurt anyone's feelings" but it is in the best interests of each girl if she is informed early on that modelling may not be for her.
Once Next Top Model wraps in May, Hawkins is looking forward to the countdown to her June wedding to long-term, property developer boyfriend, Jake Wall.
She is not giving anything away, but said her wedding party has been chosen and that she would "love an overseas wedding".
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TAMPA — The city of Tampa is moving ahead with plans to hire private meter readers to make sure that every water meter in the city is read once a month.
The goal: avoid a repeat of last winter's controversy over shockingly high water bills — some 10 times above normal — sent to hundreds of water department customers.
"It's been no secret that our water meter readers have been challenged," City Council member Lisa Montelione said. "It's been causing a great deal of angst amongst our water customers."
But she said paying AMS Utiliserv of Monroe, La., about $367,000 in the coming year to read half the meters in the city should show that Tampa officials are trying to bring the problem under control.
The city has long read meters every other month, but last winter's controversy revealed problems with the approach.
For one thing, meter readers often were late, sometimes nearly two weeks late.
As a result, customers had extra days of water use tacked onto their bills, according to a recent internal audit. Under the city's multitiered billing structure, which charges big users at higher rates, those additional days quickly bumped many customers into the higher cost category.
In February, city officials began work on a pilot program to read some customers' water meters monthly. Around the same time, the city suspended its two highest water rates, which could dramatically drive up bills in cases of leaks or high usage.
In March, a city task force concluded that a "perfect storm" of factors caused the rash of high bills: leaks, less rain, fewer watering restrictions and, in some cases, human error.
Moving to a monthly meter reading schedule was one of the auditors' suggestions for getting billing under control.
But two council members oppose hiring the outside company for the job.
During the council's Oct. 6 meeting, Council member Mary Mulhern said the water department should not look outside to solve the problem.
"We should be able to do it better because we have the experienced people as opposed to hiring untrained people through a company that's not even based in Tampa," she said.
Council member Frank Reddick questioned why the water department wants to hire an outside company, especially since the solid waste department recently ended a contract with Waste Services Inc., to run the McKay Bay transfer station. Having city employees run the station is projected to save $1 million a year.
If that approach works in solid waste, why would it not work in the water department? "There's conflict in messages that you're sending," Reddick said.
In this case, hiring a private contractor would save money, officials told council members.
"We want to keep costs down," Tampa public works administrator Steve Daignault told the council. "This is a significant costs savings vs. hiring city employees long-term and bringing them in."
Council members voted 5-2, with Mulhern and Reddick in dissent, to approve the contract with AMS Utiliserv and move forward with the plan. While some meters are already being read on a monthly basis, city water department director Brad Baird said it will take a year to start reading all of them once a month.
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Johnson & Johnson is again recalling a prescription drug because of an odd musty odor likely caused by a chemical on shipping pallets.
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This article was published 7/5/2014 (1172 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
City missing income opportunity
The city plans to plant grass seed on the block of land downtown where the former Brandon Inn once stood. As it's highly unlikely that any developer will be interested in building on the site in the foreseeable future, why doesn't the city use that land for paid surface parking? It's in an area where there is a lot of activity in the summer evenings and also where there is existing apartments that could use the lot. Surely the lot rentals — especially from long-term parkers — would quickly recoup the cost of paving and the parking control/gate structure. C'mon, city hall — it isn't a piece of paradise, so pave it and put up a parking lot!
Keep up the great work
Echoing the May 2 editorial, "More Homegrown Talent." Congratulations to Kelly McCrimmon and the entire Wheat Kings organization on another successful bantam draft and for continually looking in our own backyard for talent. Not only does Kelly own and coach the team, but time and time again he has built the organization into a competitive team/entertaining product for the people of Manitoba to enjoy. It is a fact that around the league the Wheat Kings are revered and respected for conducting business the right way. Well done, Kelly, the scouts and staff on continuing the great tradition that is the Brandon Wheat Kings.
Holiday sacrificed and sacrilege reigns
Brandon watering holes are ready to swing open their doors with no restrictions on religious holidays. Opening the bars and selling spirits does not display respect or set an example of reverence. Is nothing sacred anymore? What is the world coming to, and especially the province of Manitoba, as they openly flaunt secularism at one of the most holy of holy times — Easter. They address their actions as "modernization" of the province's Liquor Control Act, to smugly justify the liquor law changes. What has happened to respect for this special occasion? Why does the need of commercializing spirits trump this most revered event? Christians throughout the world attend this religious service in their humble remembrance in recognition of the past.
Time to get something done about these high gas prices
Currently, gasoline prices in Brandon are 5.5 cents a litre more than in Winnipeg. Gas prices here have been consistently higher for the last 10 years or more, and we have never been given a reasonable explanation. What are Brandon's two MLAs saying about it? Absolutely nothing. Why is Brandon's business community so silent on this issue also? This discrepancy hurts all businesses in Brandon as the extra tens of thousands of dollars spent on gasoline cannot be spent at their establishments. Further, the higher price of gasoline is reflected in the prices we all pay for the goods and services offered in Brandon, and therefore costs us all even more than just at the pump.
Spring brings out the troublemakers
This last winter wasn't all that bad. The good part of last winter is that it kept the creeps and thieves off the streets. Spring is here and so are the thieves and troublemakers. Please bring back corporal punishment … this they would understand quickly. There is no punishment now.


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Chocolate-Filled Braid
This Chocolate-Filled Braid is a perfect pair with steaming hot coffee. This attractive and wonderfully tasty recipe is perfect for brunch. Created by Kimberly Betz, Indiana, PA.
- 2 cups (12-oz. pkg.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
- 2/3 cup (5-fl. oz. can) NESTLÉ® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 5 3/4 to 6 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 pkgs. (1/4 oz. each) active-dry or fast-rising yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups sifted powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup milk, (just enough for drizzling consistency)
Directions, Reviews, Nutrition
HEAT morsels, evaporated milk and 1/4 cup granulated sugar in small saucepan until morsels are melted and mixture is smooth; remove from heat. Stir in nuts, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract and cinnamon.
COMBINE 4 cups flour, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, yeast and salt in large mixer bowl.
HEAT milk, butter and water just until warm (120° F. to 130° F.) and butter almost melts. Add milk mixture to flour mixture; add eggs. Beat on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl often. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Stir in as much of remaining flour as possible.
TURN dough out onto slightly floured surface. Knead in remaining flour to make a moderately soft dough that is smooth and elastic (3 to 5 minutes). Cover; let rest for 10 minutes.
PREHEAT oven to 375° F. Line two baking sheets with foil.
DIVIDE dough in half. Roll half of dough into 18 x 10-inch rectangle. Place dough on one prepared baking sheet. Spread half of chocolate filling lengthwise down center of dough. Cut 1-inch wide diagonal strips on both sides of dough to within 3/4 inch of filling. Crisscross dough strips over filling. Leave as long braid or bring ends together to form a ring, pinching ends to seal. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. Cover; let rise in warm place for 15 minutes.
BAKE for 35 to 40 minutes until golden brown; cool completely on baking sheet on wire rack.
COMBINE powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons melted butter and remaining vanilla extract in small bowl. Slowly add enough milk for drizzling consistency; stir. Drizzle icing over braids. Cut into slices.
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Easy bread to make
I made this bread with blueberry pie filling instead of the chocolate and thought it was pretty good. I would like to go even further and maybe add a cream cheese mixture in with the fruit middle. My coworkers enjoyed it though.
Awsome bread
I made this last night and it tasted great. I wanted to make it for our bible study we attend tonight, but I just had to try a piece. It was awsome tasting. I was able to make two breads because I have a little oven. I'm excited to my bible study to taste it and also my parents(that will be coming to our house tomorrow.)Thanks so much for this recipe. Also I made this while our children were taking a nap. I enjoyed making it.
Chocolate-Filled Braid
This was wonderful. It didn't take long to make, looked impressive and tasted marvelous. The 2 loaves were huge and the chocolate filling was heavenly.
absolutely delicious
My husband loves this recipe very much. Sure, I'll make this over and over again. Execellent.
chocolate- filled braid
this was very good, and easy to make. my kids want me to make it for breakfast. they want to take it to school for snack.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/36 of Recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 36
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 250
- Calories from Fat: 100
- Total Fat: 12g (18% of DV)
- Saturated Fat: 6g (30% of DV)
- Cholesterol: 30mg (10% of DV)
- Sodium: 115mg (5% of DV)
- Carbohydrates: 32g (11% of DV)
- Dietary Fiber: 1g (6% of DV)
- Sugars: 15g
- Protein: 4g
- Vitamin A: 4% of DV
- Vitamin C: 0% of DV
- Calcium: 4% of DV
- Iron: 8% of DV
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


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Union Grove Middle School teacher Jennifer Roden is a life saver.
This summer, Roden donated her 100th pint of blood and continues to donate a pint of blood every other month. In addition to saving lives in the community, she also teaches math and pre-journalism, is the yearbook adviser, coaches soccer and runs a household full of children.
She and her husband, Chance, a teacher at Shoemaker High School, have six boys: Thomas, 21; James, 19; Ethan 18; Austin, 17; and Matthew, 13.
Their son, Daniel, died in October 2012 at age 17.
"We are kind of like the male version of the Brady Bunch," she said. "I had three boys who never really had a dad and my husband had three boys who never really had a mom."
Roden's passion for donating blood happened by chance when she was walking to soccer practice as an 18-year-old Baylor University college student.
"I saw the blood mobile and decided then and there it looked important and it was that something I needed to do," she said. "Now, some many years later, I give as often as I can and I will continue to give for as long as I can."
What she didn't expect was the immense need for blood. "I never wanted to hear about a person who didn't make it because there was no blood for them when they needed it," she said. "Especially since we have Scott & White, which is trauma center, in our backyard, that always needs blood, its imperative we do what we can to ensure that never happens. You never know who will be on the other side of the blood you donate."
Roden shares her passion with her students and hopes that when they are old enough to donate — 17 — they will also become blood donors. "I'd rather be the person giving the blood than be the person needing the blood," she said.
Before Roden became an educator six years ago, she worked in the health care industry for 21 years. She still consults for Scott & White and has even lent her voice to their automated answering service.
"Health care is a very meaningful career but I was ready to do something different. I felt like God was telling me I needed to spend more time at home, because in health care, you are always on call," she said. "I wanted to go into something just as meaningful, so I decided I could change and shape lives as a teacher."
Just four years in to her new career, Roden was named the Killeen Independent School District's Teacher of the Year in 2012.
"I was shocked, and it was quiet a rewarding moment because there are so many amazing teachers in this district," she said. "I knew teaching would be meaningful. I just didn't expect how great the rewards of this job are. I work with some amazing educators and very bright students, who at the end of the day, teach me a thing or two."


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When talking babies, Eva Longoria and husband Tony Parker say they would like to have trilingual children.
It's been a month that Eva Longoria tied the knot with husband Tony Parker. And they are talking babies already. The couple who wed on July 7th said they would love to have kids and they would like their children trilingual.
"We will definitely do that, absolutely, absolutely!" the no longer "Desperate Housewife" told People Saturday August 11th at a fund-raiser for Padres Contra El Cancer (Parents Against Cancer), which helps Latina children with cancer and their families, took place at the premiere of the Nickelodeon show Go, Diego, Go Live! The Great Jaguar Rescue at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
"Tony and I would love to have kids," the actress stated further, adding that she would like her kids mastering English, Spanish and French.
In the meantime, Eva will have "Eva's Heroes," a local nonprofit organization she founded, soon open the group's first after-school program for developmentally challenged children and young adults. There are more than 40 volunteers from the Valero Energy Corp. Volunteer Council will be on site at the Eva's Heroes Center on Saturday to help paint interior walls, doors, cabinets and provide other final touches for the facility. The center is located at St. Matthew's Catholic Church and is slated to open in mid-September 2007.


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The grounds surrounding the ranch house and barn were in a state of disarray, with broken equipment strewn about.
So he led me out of the mess room, and along a passage that seemed to take us into the ranch house.
Ink, pens, and a sheaf of foolscap were brought from the ranch house.
I had seen near the ranch house a clear, bubbling spring which doubtless gave its name to the ranch.
It was about two miles from the ranch house, but out of sight.
The house party was to have a dance at the ranch house that evening.
When they finally located the ranch house Endicott was near to exhaustion.
The ranch house had been planned so that to the right of the entrance was the living-room, and back of that the dining-room.
A little later he had ridden up to the ranch house, and dismounted.
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Viola Rumsey Herron, 94, died Sunday, March 4, 2001.
A native of Stephens County, Mrs. Herron was a daughter of the late Green and Maude Isbell Rumsey, and was preceded in death by a son, Frederic Herron. She was a lifelong resident of Stephens County and was a homemaker. She was a member of Toms Creek Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School and played piano.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Toms Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. V.A. Merck, Clavk Stubbs and Wayne Marcus officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Survivors include three daughters, Kathryn Rumsey, Lawrenceville, Patricia Henry, Social Circle, and Diana Griswold, Covington; a son, David Herron, Eastanollee; a sister, Josie LaBoone, Columbia, S.C.; a brother, Kilbern Rumsey, Eastanollee; 10 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
The families are at their respective homes and will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at Whitlock Mortuary, Toccoa.
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Well here it is: Fitna the movie. It does exist, after all. If you've got precisely 15 minutes to spare, and you haven't already watched the thing, sit back and enjoy:
Not entirely a damp squib, but a lot less explosive than a car bomb. A few predictable out-of-context quotations; some over-familiar (but perhaps that's the point) footage of terrorist incidents; a handful of satisfyingly mad mullahs (no names, but one or two certainly looked familiar) and President Ahmadinejad; and some music by Grieg, which for me was the highlight. Nothing we haven't seen before, and hardly the devastating critique Geert Wilders' supporters may have been hoping for (or his Islamist opponents for that matter). It is both less hard-hitting, and less aesthetically bold, than Theo van Gogh's Submission, with its genuinely shocking and original use of Koranic verses written on the naked body of a woman. The most memorable image in this new work is probably that of Kurt Westegaard's bomb-in-turban cartoon.
Some people will have been feeling a bit silly this morning. Network Solutions, for example, who last week suspended Fitna's official website on the grounds that it might violate its "acceptable use policy". Or the assembled ranks of pusillanimous European politicians, who have spent the past several months urging Wilders to stay his hand, fearful of the apocalyptic terrors that they imagined would sweep the earth in its aftermath. Or perhaps the Organisation of Islamic Conference, whose official commission on "Islamophobia" highlighted Wilders' desire to "release a film vilifying the Holy Quran" as one of the worst instances of western bigotry they could find.
The first question must be, was it worth it? Spiegel yesterday carried an interview with Wilders, in which he described his hunted existence, under constant protection, sleeping (rather like Salman Rushdie in 1989) in a different location every night, seeing his wife only every week or so. And yet, it went on, he "derives obvious enjoyment" from the discomfiture of his political opponents, forced simulataneously to defend and denounce his film. No doubt the notoriety which his publicity-seeking persona evidently craves is some compensation. But that might not last much longer, given the muted, even relieved, reactions of many to the film as released.
For months now, Wilders has been milking this for all it is worth. Did he, in the end, pull his punches, fearful of the chaos which might have followed a truly outrageous film? Or is he simply incapable of matching up to the hype? He is a politician, after all, not an artist. He speaks in the language of simplification and shallow soundbites; he repeats fearmongering platitudes. Originality eludes him. As I argued last week, Fitna was powerful as an idea, because the very absence of an actual film allowed fear of its eventual reception to fester in the minds of politicians and religious leaders both in the west and in Islamic countries. It forced discussion back onto the first principles of free speech versus sensitivity and "respect". It recalled the shocking fate of the murdered Theo van Gogh, and images (heavily used by Wilders) of masked protesters carrying "death to freedom" placards.
But now we've seen it, and the world shrugs. The middle east is not aflame. Wilders' bluff has been called.
UPDATE: LiveLeak have withdrawn the video after unspecified "threats". Google Video still has it, however.
Friday, 28 March 2008
Well here it is: Fitna the movie. It does exist, after all. If you've got precisely 15 minutes to spare, and you haven't already watched the thing, sit back and enjoy:
Posted by Heresiarch at 12:00 pm
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Hmmm. It's not very artistic, contains no new information, and no real analysis. It has the same aesthetic as the Jihadi videos of which it is the political opposite. 9-11 footage is always shocking of course, especially as some of this never made it to UK TV. But what of the years of violence (from all sides) since?
- 28 March 2008 at 15:27
- The Heresiarch said...
A very good point about the jihadi videos, although they actually go much further. Wilders' film doesn't show the moment of beheading - although you hear the scream, and it's blood-curdling.
It's interesting to speculate about the reason for the fairly muted reaction. There have been protests, and the Dutch prime ministers criticised Wilders again last night. But there's nothing to compare with the cartoon protests, or even the teddy bear protests in Sudan. Not yet. Several possible explanations. One is that the Internet is what McLuhan would have called a "cool" medium. Another is that Wilders avoided anything explicitly blasphemous. There's nothing, really, for protesters to latch onto.
If the film has a positive effect, it may be to reduce the purchase of the anti-free-speech argument. Many of which are grounded in fear. I think that there will be slightly less fear, or hysteria, next time.
But Fitna can't hold a candle to any one of Pat Condell's blissful rants.
- 28 March 2008 at 16:29
What did you actually expect?
You sound disappointed as if you hoped for something else.
- 28 March 2008 at 17:54
- The Heresiarch said...
On the contrary, this is precisely what I expected: see my earlier post "Coming soon". But I think both Wilders and some of his antagonists will be disappointed by the relatively mild reaction. It certainly didn't live up to the advance billing.
It's a good thing the film did actually come out, though. It has lanced a potentially ugly boil.
- 28 March 2008 at 18:01
I'm not too sure I'd class the EU reaction (and others) as 'mild'.
Our Eumperors' declaration is far more depressing than any size of bigotted islamist mob(s).
- 28 March 2008 at 20:29