The Alamo - A Tribute for Texas Independence Day!!!
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MCKINNEY (CBSDFW.COM) This Texas Independence Day isthe first time some have the opportunity to celebrate with a bang. Thanks to a change in state law, this year some counties are allowing sales of fireworks.
Its still pretty tricky because in McKinney and other cities, a local ordinance bans even possessing fireworks, but about 15 minutes east of there, one of the few fireworks stands is open for business.
Veals Fireworks is usually only open around the Fourth of July and New Years Eve, but when James Spohn and his family drove by the stand on FM-982 near Princeton, he couldnt resist.
Were just kind of surprised that theyre open for Texas Independence Day, so we thought wed come out here and give it a shot, Spohn said.
Despite some concerns over fire hazards, county leaders decided to make this year a test run to see if they will continue to allow fireworks sales leading up to Texas Independence Day in the years ahead.
Texas people love Texas, and it gives them an opportunity to celebrate the day, owner Brody Veal said.
Veal hopes fireworks can remind people of the importance of the holiday.
I was surprised that a lot of people didnt even know what Texas Independence Day was. You could ask many people, they wouldnt be able to tell you what the day is, so when they come in here I explained it to them, and they said, oh yeah, I remember learning that a long time ago and just forgot about it, Veal said.
The hope is that the next generation may not be as likely to forget if they grow up honoring the day with a bang.
Peoplecan light fireworks in unincorporated parts of Collin County if you have permission of the property owner.
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Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid 0-1 Extended Highlights [ English Commentary ] 27.02.2016
First Posted: Mar 03, 2016 07:08 AM EST
Real Madrid bounced back on Wednesday with a 3-1away win against Levante. The win came several days after Los Blancos lost to crosstown rivals, Atletico Madrid. However, an overhaul is expected since the La Ligais out of reach with Barcelona sitting pretty at the top of the table.
According to a report by Marca, Madrid are looking to sell two of their technically gifted young players, James Rodriguez and Isco. Both players have failed to find their form this campaign as Madrid lag behind Atletico and Barcelona in the La Liga table.
The final three months of the season will be very vital for the future of James and Isco as they try to impress manager Zinedine Zidane. If both fail to find their form, a replacement from the English Premier League is reportedly in place.
Incoming Hazard
According to the latest tabloid rumors via FOX Sports, the transfer fees from the sale of James and Isco will fund the arrival of Chelsea forward Eden Hazard. Kristof Terreur of Het Laatste Nieuwsmentioned on Twitter that Marca claims that Zidane is a fan of the Belgian international.
In an interview with the Le Parisien, Hazard appreciates all the praises Zidane has given him. He said as quoted by ESPN, "Of course, Zinedine Zidane gets you interested. He was my idol when he was a player and he"s been saying good things about me for a long time."
However, Hazard is not having the best season of his career as Chelsea may not finish within the top four of the EPL. His form has gone south since winning the 2014-2015 PFA Player of the Year after helping the Blues lift the Premier League trophy, per The Guardian.
The 25-year-old has a contract at Stamford Bridge until 2020 but has expressed his desire to join Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid. Current Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink challenged him to find his form and fitness in order to increase his value.
If Hazard indeed becomes the new "Galactico" signing, he forms an incredible quartet of attackers with Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Karim Benzema.
Ronaldo Issue Over
Marcarecently reported that Ronaldo might be leaving the Spanish capital after criticizing his teammates. Sport360stressed out how important CR7 is to Madrid and Zidane seems to agree.
"Cristiano has spoken with everyone. Myself and everyone. The issue is already in the past. We know how important Cristiano is and we"re with him," Zidane said as quoted by Football Espana.
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From left, Mohamad Alqasrawi, Isabelle Elson and Anna Fang celebrated Read Across America day at Kids Inc. in Coralville on March 2, 2016.(Photo: Holly Hines / Iowa City Press-Citizen)Buy Photo
The Cat in the Hat,along with Thing One and Thing Two, practiced the alphabet Wednesday in Coralville.
Children at Kids Inc. child care center, including kids dressed in Dr. Seuss-themed costumes, celebrated the National Education Association"sRead Across America day and the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, by reading his books with parent volunteers.
Preschool-aged children listened, giggled and recited the alphabet as parents read "Dr. Seuss"ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book."
The National Education Association this year celebrated its 19th-annual Read Across America day to promote reading and honor Dr. Seuss"birthday on March 2, according to the association"s website.
Nicole Aman, director of Kids Inc., said children at the care center celebrated the reading day for the first time this yearto promote early literacy. She said she hopes the celebrationshines a light on the center"s work to help children prepare for kindergarten.
Aman said two parents volunteered to read Dr. Seuss books to the nearly 140 kids at the center, and the school offered green eggs and ham for lunch along with other activities based on the classic books.She saidthe children were excited leading up to the big celebration.
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Kara Recker read "Dr. Seuss"s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book" at Kids Inc. in Coralville, Iowa, on March 2, 2016.(Photo: Holly Hines / Iowa City Press-Citizen)
"They are pumped. They are ready to go," Amansaid.
Kara Recker of Coralville said she volunteered to read during the celebrationbecause she enjoys engaging with her kids in their school setting.
Recker, who hastwo kids at Kids Inc., said she likes the idea of promoting reading through a schoolwide activity.
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Alicia Mitros read "Dr. Seuss"s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book" at Kids Inc. in Coralville, Iowa, on March 2, 2016.(Photo: Holly Hines / Iowa City Press-Citizen)
"I think it"s an amazing thing to try to get kids excited about reading," she said.
Aman said her family does "lots of reading" at home and visits the library regularly, noting her 2-year-old, Elliott,typically brings a bag of books to preschool.
Alicia Mitros of Coralville also visited Kids Inc. to readand said sheloves the idea of a reading activity for young kids, as well.
"Anything to promote it, I think, is fantastic," Mitros said.
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AP - Long before Hillary Clinton, superdelegates have been there for the establishment.
Walter Mondale vs. Gary Hart. Clinton vs. Barack Obama. Clinton vs. Bernie Sanders.
As Clinton builds a delegate lead with overwhelming support from Democratic Party insiders, Sanders" supporters challenge a presidential nominating process they describe as rigged in her favor. But party rules that give superdelegates power to lift up the establishment"s choice even if he or she struggles in primaries and caucuses were put in place much earlier, in 1982.
Their design was to give party leaders and elected officials more of a say on top-of-the-ticket candidates after big general election losses by George McGovern in 1972 and Jimmy Carter in 1980.
And even in a 2016 year of anti-establishment politics, a change to superdelegates" freedom to support whichever candidate they want isn"t likely to happen anytime soon.
"We wanted to temper the influence of interest group leaders and party activists in the nominating process," said Al From, staff director for the House Democratic Caucus in the 1980s, which pushed for creation of superdelegates. "So if it looked like what you"re now seeing on the Republican side, with renegade candidates like Donald Trump whom the party doesn"t like, these people would be a counterbalance."
"But the truth is, Democratic superdelegates haven"t had any influence in turning around a nomination," he said.
Currently, Clinton has a 91-65 delegate lead over Sanders based on results from primaries and caucuses. But when superdelegates are included, Clinton"s lead widens substantially over Sanders, the self-described democratic socialist, to 546-87, according to the AP count. It takes 2,383 delegates to win. Many of those superdelegates, including those in New Hampshire, endorsed Clinton late last year and said in a recent AP survey they weren"t changing their minds even after Sanders" big win there.
"It"s fundamentally undemocratic to have a superdelegate system that gives so much power to party elites," said Charles Chamberlain, executive director for Democracy for America. His grass-roots group is circulating petitions urging superdelegates to follow the will of voters. "It"s ridiculous we have to go through this every eight years, just to make sure superdelegates do the right thing."
There are currently 714 Democratic superdelegates, about 30 percent of the delegates needed to clinch the nomination. They are members of Congress, governors, party officials and members of the Democratic National Committee who automatically attend the national convention and can support the candidate of their choice. The Republicans have some automatic delegates but not nearly as many.
Before superdelegates, these Democratic insiders typically had to run against grass-roots constituents in the primary and caucus process to become a delegate. Many opted not to, keeping them off the convention floor when Sen. Edward M. Kennedy staged a spirited challenge to Carter for the nomination at the 1980 Democratic National Convention that left the party deeply divided.
"The idea was to make two classes of people, including superdelegates," said Elaine Kamarck, author of "Primary Politics" and a superdelegate who has already endorsed Clinton. "It would be for situations if there were some kind of inconclusive result from the primaries, they could exercise their own judgment."
Only twice before did superdelegates come close to overruling the rank and file.
In 1984, they overwhelmingly supported Mondale over Hart"s insurgent campaign, lifting Mondale to the number needed to win before the national convention after he failed to win a majority of delegates from primaries and caucuses. But Mondale had a plurality of delegates and had also won more primary votes. In any event, Mondale went on to lose 49 states to Ronald Reagan in the general election, the worst Electoral College defeat ever for a Democrat.
In 2008, Clinton"s early lobbying gave her a 2-to-1 superdelegate advantage over Illinois Sen. Barack Obama before primary and caucus voting began. But as Obama racked up caucus and primary wins, his supporters assailed the superdelegate process as unfair. He eventually won over the uncommitted and flipped Clinton votes, securing a majority of both pledged and superdelegates.
Obama"s successful general election prompted the DNC in 2010 at his prodding to re-examine superdelegates" influence. A special commission recommended that superdelegates be required to vote based on results from their state"s primary or caucus. But the DNC decided to keep superdelegate authority intact and instead reduce their numbers; a rules committee member said it couldn"t embrace the proposal because DNC members would never agree to strip their voting power. Superdelegates now make up 15 percent of the total delegates, down from 20 percent.
"As long as the DNC is in charge of the process and the rules and they are superdelegates themselves, you really need a revolution to change that," said From, co-founder of the now-defunct Democratic Leadership Council.
The Sanders campaign, acknowledging an uphill fight, says the primaries and caucuses are far from over.
"The process is what the process is," said Tad Devine, a senior adviser to Sanders who actually helped craft the superdelegate rules in the 1980s. He says the aim of the rules was always intended to "come behind a candidate chosen by voters," with the campaign planning to make a broader pitch to superdelegates later in the primary season.
"We believe superdelegates will take their role and responsibility in this process very seriously," Devine said, "making a judgment on who can best succeed in the general election after the voters have spoken not before."
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Sometimes sports and Jeopardy! just don"t mix. Like when it comes tofacts about the SEC or thatAuburn"s mascot is the Crimson Tide. Or about the world champion Golden State Warriors.
The Warriors are the reigning NBA champs. Star guard Stephen Curry might be the most visible player in the NBA right now. The Golden State logo is seemingly all over TV and the Internet every night with graphics of how well they are chasing the 1995-96 Bulls. None of that helped the three contestants even forge a guess at the question.
Maybe if the Warriors win another championship, people will take note.
Who"s The Biggest Winner Of The New Hampshire Primary Election?
Hays County Democrats gathered at Cafe on the Square Tuesday night for a primary election watch party.
Community members active in the Democratic Party ate dinner and conversed about politics as they tracked the election results throughout the night.
We like to get together and do it as a community because it helps reinforce our belief in what were doing, said Jon Leonard, Hays County Democrats party chair. It just helps us be stronger as a party.
Leonard said the results of the primary elections are good for the Democratic Party at a local and national level.
With 61.15% of the votes, Tom Wakely won as the Democratic candidate for District 21 U.S. Representative.
With 65.72% of the votes, JoAnne Prado is the Democratic candidate for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 Place 1. With 45.30% of the votes, Maggie Hernandez Moreno won as the Democratic candidate for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 Place 2.
Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders won 51.71% of the Democratic votes in the county.
The national election for president helps increase voter turnout as more people pay attention, Leonard said.
There was so much action in both parties it helped drive a much larger turn out than usual in Hays County and San Marcos for primary elections, Leonard said.
Leonard said the importance of campaigns and elections encouraged citizens to vote. He said intensely competitive local races helped increase voter turnout.
The key element of democracy is an involved elector and an informed public, Leonard said.
Linda Rodriguez, lifelong Democrat and former elected official, said 2016 is an interesting election year. Rodriguez thought it was interesting that Hillary Clinton did not win at the county level.
Rodriguez said Hays County is demographically diverse and San Marcos elections are influenced by Texas State students and faculty. Democrat voters might have surpassed Republican voters in Hays County, she said.
(The November general election) is going to decide how our country goes the next four years and so many issues that are so important to every segment of our population, Rodriguez said. Its going to be very important to get as much voter turnout as possible.
A few Texas State students were present at the watch party.
Marina Zamora, social work senior, said she attended the watch party to meet other Democrats.
Zamora said she hoped some of the candidates would have attended to celebrate as a party, but understood they were likely with their families. She believes participating in elections is important.
Everyone just needs to exercise the right to vote, Zamora said. I want to see more young people into voting, not just for the general election, but every election.
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Is Idris Elba now back on the market? Rumors are claiming that the hot stud has recently split with girlfriend of two years, Naiyana Garth.
Speculations about their alleged break-up started when Idris attended the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards without the make-up artist by his side. The actor who was accompanied by his daughter Isan, won the Best Actor award for "Beasts of No Nation" at the event.
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Idris and Naiyana started dating in 2013 and welcomed a son, Winston, a year after. While both camps have kept mum about the split rumors, several speculations explaining their split surfaced on the internet, one being the actor"s closeness to supermodel Naomi Campbell.
"Speculation has been rife that the couple split after reports surfaced of Idris Elba being spotted partying with supermodel Naomi Campbell in New York City in February 2016," Celeb Dirty Laundry reported. "The Telegraph reported that Elba and Naomi Campbell became friends in 2014 for the charity event Fashion For Relief so its not a complete surprise when the pair were photographed leaving the 1 Oak Nightclub in New York."
"Yet, one must wonder, did Naiyana throw a fit in reaction to Elba"s carryings-on while away in the United States? Elba and the sexy model"s night out came after Naomi threw kisses at Idris Elba via a Twitter post on January 30 saying "#congratulations @idriselba you deserve your double WIN @SAGawards.""
Other reports claimed that Idris has already moved out of the London home he shares with Naiyana and 22-month-old Winston. The actor is reportedly staying in a two-bedroom flat nearby to be close to his son.
