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MADISON, Wis. (WSAU) - Hunters looking to help the less fortunate this year can donate their deer to help stock food pantries.
It's the Wisconsin Venison Donation program, and DNR wildlife damage specialist Dan Hirchert says the program is funded through money from deer licensing."Two dollars of their hunting license dollars goes to the deer damage program. That helps investigate deer damage and other wildlife damage concerns across the state. And part of those monies go to the damaged donation program."
The program has collected 3.7 million pounds of venison over the last 13 years and this year 120 local meat processors and butcher shops will take part in the program. Hirchert says the entire process is painless, for the hunter at least. "Field dress it, take decent care of it to take it out of the field, take it to one of the designated processor locations. They'll take it from there."."There has been great interest this year from hunters who are anticipating a productive season" Hirchert said. "We need your help again this season to share the harvest and help families in need."
You can get a list of participating programs inside and outside the CWD zones online, at a DNR service center, or anywhere you can buy a deer tag.
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Welcome to this year's Chiefs mock draft challenge. I love doing this every year and I invite the readers to post their own Chiefs mock in the comments. To make this a fair exercise, we have to follow some rules.
Here are the rules I have used in the past.
1] The big board on Draft Tek is the official board to make picks from.
2] You can go up five positions from your draft position.
3] You are free to go down as far as you want to select a player.
4] No trades are allowed.
High first-round picks can make it hard to go up five slots to make a pick. Looking at the big board, Justin Blackmon is sitting at #6 and is 99 percent likely to be gone before the Chiefs pick. For basic fairness, I am making an executive decision and ruling Blackmon off limits. For your first round pick, try to select from #7 down. That leaves pretty much the set of viable Chiefs picks.
Now, onto my picks with explanations
Round One: Pick #11 David DeCastro, OG Stanford 6′ 5" 316 lbs
The pick is pretty much a no-brainer pick. DeCastro is the best guard prospect to come out in the last ten years. Usually, guards are not picked this high, but there are always exceptions. DeCastro is the exception. The Chiefs could upgrade Ryan Lilja at guard and DeCastro would be probably end up one of the top handful of guards in the game sooner rather than later. You just don't pass on players like DeCastro if you have a need at his position. If this pick happens in the real draft, I would be ecstatic.
Round Two: Pick #44 Janoris Jenkins, CB North Alabama 5′ 10" 193 lbs
During the draft, I will be hoping that someone like Dont'a Hightower, Coby Fleener or Brandon Weeden slips to #44. However, for this draft, they are all off limits. I debated between Dwayne Allen or Janoris Jenkins but I ultimately went with Jenkins. With all the passing these days, teams can never have enough good corners. Jenkins has first-round talent, but he has character issues. Will the Chiefs feel that he has grown up enough to produce or will his multiple arrests for marijuana hold him back? This player could not even be on the Chiefs' draft board. If he is and he is available, he is a prime candidate for selection. Just don't room him with Justin Houston.
Round Three: Pick #74 Audie Cole, SILB North Carolina State 6′ 4" 242 lbs
Cole is a bit of a reach here. However, the long armed LB prospect is a good fit for the SILB spot. He could play OLB, but SILB may be his best spot. He has a high motor and can be physical with receivers over the middle.
Round Four: Pick #107 Joe Adams, WR Arkansas 5′ 11" 179 lbs
Every draft, I end up eating crow somewhere. The way the board falls, often you have to make selections you never suspected to would make. I really wanted to look at Trumaine Johnson here, but at #94, he is out of reach. I am starting to feel the heat of a NT position yet to be drafted. However, there are a couple of players still on the board I like. The Chiefs could use a speed burner at WR and Adams has speed to burn. He needs to work on getting off of press coverage and sharpen his routes. He is dangerous with the ball in his hands and could contribute as a slot receiver and returner.
Round Five: Pick #146 Nicolas Jean-Baptiste, NT Baylor 6′ 2" 335
OK, Addicts, you can all breath a sigh of relief. Here is your NT, a bit later than expected. The more I think about it, the more I suspect that the Chiefs will not draft a NT. Instead, I think the Chief will sign a veteran NT and see if they can develop Powe. Without really knowing that's the Chiefs plan, we have to bring in more talent here. NJB is a prototype NT. He has the right size and plays with a low pad level. Pad level is key in evaluating a NT. A NT wants to get low and use leverage to clog the middle and get a push. He needs work on his technique, but in round five is a good prospect to bring in.
Round Six: Pick #182 Aaron Henry, FS Wisconsin 6′ 0" 210 lbs
A converted cornerback, Henry is a project at this point. He has starter potential based on his physical skills. However, he is still learning the position. This is the kind of project you bring in here. He could develop into a good player in two to three years or he disappears. The Chiefs have the coaching staff to bring in a kid like this and work with him.
Round Seven: Pick #218 David Paulson, TE Oregon 6′ 3" 246 lbs
I never suspected going into this that I would wait till round seven to select a TE. Paulson was underutilized at Oregon. He is not a great athlete, but has a knack of making plays. He gives a great effort and is the kind of player you bring in as a third tight end and see if you can develop him.
Round Seven: Pick #238 Cody Johnson, FB Texas 5′ 11" 250 lbs
With Peyton Hillis on a one year 'prove it' contract, the Chiefs could draft a big back to develop. Although Johnson is listed as a fullback, he can also carry the ball in short yardage situations. He likes to run over people and teams always need a guy with that attitude.
Every time I do a mock like this, I am surprised. That is the nature of a real draft. You end up making decisions you didn't think you would make. I didn't expect to select a WR, nor did I expect to wait till round five to grab a NT. The biggest surprise is the lack of a QB. I never would have called that one.
OK, Addicts, that's my crack at a Chiefs mock. Pull up the big board at DraftTek.com and post your own mock in the comments!


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These days there is a lot of talk about what's wrong with this great nation of ours and how to fix it.
Some believe government is too intrusive in our lives while others would blame ineffective politicians. To my way of thinking, the problem with the good ole U.S. of A is a lot more basic than that.
For many years now, the public has been paying for inferior products that are meant to make our everyday lives easier. Household goods are not nearly as reliable as they once were. Those of us who were brought up in a different era know this all too well, but I don't think our kids are aware of it.
Some years back the refrigerator in our home failed and my wife Lana and I went out to buy a new one. We decided to spend the money for the top of the line model since buying a refrigerator is something we seldom do. Our thinking was that if we buy the best our refrigerator problems would be solved for many decades. When the store delivered our new Kitchenaid we were impressed with its beauty. Quite an upgrade from our old one. Within two years some rust began showing up on our new fridge both inside and out. I bought touch up paint and began to use it regularly. After six years, the rust had overcome me and in eight years the now ugly refrigerator died outright. I couldn't believe it.
I remember my mom and dad buying an inexpensive Hotpoint in the '60s that they used for 30 years. After they grew tired of looking at it, the Hotpoint went to the garage where it hummed away another 10 years. Eventually they sold it, and wherever it is, I am sure it is still running.
When I complained to my two grown children about the poor service of the Kitchenaid they were less than surprised. My daughter Shayla told us that eight years of use is now about average. My kids are fine with that because they don't know better. When we went to buy a replacement I can assure you we did not buy top of the line this time. We also have rental property and 18 months ago bought a new Frigidaire icebox for a tenant. A couple weeks ago we paid a repairman $150 to repair that jewel. Both of those machines were old trusted brands and both were inferior.
Of course, we all know that most American companies sold out years ago and now it would be difficult to find anything made in America in either appliance.
When I was a kid the tag "made in Japan" was relegated to junk and "made in America" was reserved for quality goods. Somehow that has flip-flopped.
Coffee makers and toasters are a couple more items that we know won't last as we walk them out of the store. My mom's old percolator lasted her a lifetime, but our Mr. Coffee can seldom make it two years. The one we have now is only a few months old, but every now and again it takes a squat and dumps the water onto the counter. How can that be? I refuse to call that hunk of junk "Mister."
Not long ago our kids humiliated Lana and I into buying a new flat-screen TV. Out at Wally World, the salesman talked us into purchasing a 42-inch with the unlikely name of Visio or some such. Right away I didn't trust it, because it was so light. Once home it played very fuzzy. Back at the store the salesman told me I would need a new Johnson adapter to correct it. Twenty-five bucks later I was home and the Johnson did not improve the thing. We took the whole mess back and were given a replacement. That one didn't work either. After that I knew exactly what to do. We answered an ad in this paper for an old used 37- inch picture tube set. I bought a Japanese Sony 'cause I wanted a good one. It works just fine and we are now happy except for the fact that it takes three good-sized men to move it.
Next, I bought a big window air conditioner for a rental. It cost close to $500 and when I tried to leave with it, the salesman said I had to have an extended warranty. He was so emphatic I am now convinced the thing won't last. I did not buy the warranty. I refuse to pay extra to try and get the service from an appliance that I expected in the first place.
You're right, I'm living on borrowed time.
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The Importance of Housekeeping Services
There are some individuals who cannot be comfortable if their houses are dirty. They have come up with a number of strategies that offer them assistance in ensuring that their houses are always clean. Luckily, housekeeping services exist to deal with issues that are related to house cleaning. Moreover, there are several benefits that come with hiring housekeeping services.
Hiring housekeeping services will ensure that germs together with bacteria in your house are eliminated through deep cleaning. Every surface of your house will be cleaned prevent potential ailments. Moreover, knowing that your house is clean will make you be at peace because the house's front and rear areas will be thoroughly cleaned.
The housekeeping services are just recommended for home cleaning. They can also be of great importance in office premises. They will make the office premises to be neat and tidy always. Moreover, they will remove all waste materials and debris immediately. Laundries and pantry services are part of the house keeping services.
The services will also ensure that not only will your house have proper hygiene but also it environment. The professional services will make you feel comfortable at home even with your guest since they will take care of domestic chores in your house. Moreover, the standard of hygiene in your house will improve to enhance your comfort level.
The housekeeping services done in office premises will increase the possibility of having more clients in your business. Moreover, it will also boost your business. Moreover, hotels should also maintain high standard of cleaning for them to attract more clients. A number of customers will always avoid buying food from hotels or shop that is not properly groomed. This can make your business to be dwindled.
There are several benefits that are associated with housecleaning services. These benefits of these services outweigh their disadvantages. Even though these services are expensive but they are valuable and time saving. They also come with additional services such pest control, stock maintenance, glass cleaning, waste disposal and properties management. These services will enhance your productivity depending on the type of service that you have allowed the housekeeping services you would prefer.
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Splitting up Sony isn't a cure-all
Hedge fund investor Daniel Loeb's call to spin off the entertainment businesses would be smart, but it's still no reason for others to invest now.
Billionaire Daniel Loeb reportedly has acquired a 6.5% stake in Sony through his Third Point hedge fund, and he wants the firm to spin off its entertainment businesses. Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai (pictured), who has been cutting costs to bolster profits, is balking at the idea.
The logic behind Loeb's plan is pretty compelling: The entertainment businesses are gems compared with the company's laggard consumer electronics operations.
During the latest fiscal year, sales at Sony Pictures Entertainment rose more than 20% to $7.79 billion, thanks to hits such as "Skyfall," the latest James Bond film, "The Amazing Spiderman" and the depreciation of the yen. Operating income rose nearly 50% to $509 million, helped by TV series such as longstanding viewer favorite "Wheel of Fortune."
Hits from artists such as Pink and Justin Timberlake helped push operating income at Sony Music Entertainment up to $369 million. Sales were little changed at $4.69 billion, which isn't bad given the state of the music business.
But overall, Samsung (SSNLF) and other rivals are crushing Sony in technology.
TV sales fell 38% during the last fiscal year. Sony lost money in its mobile business, though it expects smartphone sales to rise. Sales of gaming consoles fell 12.2% last year, but there Sony also sees better times ahead when the PlayStation 4 is released -- though it's unclear when that will happen.
For investors, there's no reason to buy Sony's U.S. shares now even though they have plunged about 50% over the past five years. The shares, which have run up sharply on the Loeb news, trade at price-to-earnings ratio pegged by Reuters at 64.72, far too expensive to be worth buying. And they're trading near the 52-week price target of $20.98.
Given the uncertainties surrounding Sony, investors should steer clear of this stock. The company's struggles are far from over.
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Back to the Future: eBay and MercadoLibre
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The Biff Tanner School of Investing
What if I told you that time-travel was possible? What if I said that I befriended an eccentric scientist driving around in a substantially modified DeLorean? And what if I presented you with the option of traveling back to September of 1998, just as eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) was going public at the split-adjusted price of $0.75? We would find your younger self and tell him or her to invest large sums of money in eBay. We would then return to the present day, check your brokerage account statement and celebrate. Since September 1998, eBay's share price has risen 67,792%. Just $1,475.10 invested 14 years ago would have made us millionaires today. "Awesome! When do we leave?! Where did I put my wallet?!" would likely be your response to my offer.
Unfortunately for us non-movie character investors, time-travel is not possible. Or if it is possible, I have yet to encounter a crazy 'Doc' with a time-traveling sports car. But I do potentially have the next best thing to my Back to the Future II investing scenario. A company in a similar position to eBay during its earlier years. That company is MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI).
One of the reasons why I like emerging market companies is that some of them present you with these sort of Back to the Future do-overs. For various reason, we may have missed out on investing in a company during its extreme growth periods. But the emerging market gives us the chance to apply our 20/20 hindsight wisdom and attempt to rectify those missed opportunities. And we can all have that chance again with the eBay of Latin America, MercadoLibre.
The Latin American Mirror
In many ways MercadoLibre is the Spanish/Portuguese language mirror-image of eBay. And given the two companies' interconnected pasts, that observation should not come as too much of a surprise. After eBay's failed attempt at international expansion into Latin America, they decided to invest in MercadoLibre rather than continue to compete in the region. In 2001, eBay became a minority shareholder, acquiring 19.5% of MercadoLibre. In the process, eBay became a global partner with MercadoLibre. The partnership involved, among other things, eBay imparting upon the company the immense knowledge, expertise and strategy eBay had acquired over the years. This helped MercadoLibre become the company it is today, the number one e-commerce platform in Latin America.
MercadoLibre's core business is its auction and fixed-price marketplace website, MercadoLibre.com. But much like eBay, this is not the company's only service offering. Nearly identical to eBay's high-growth and much talked about PayPal division is MercadoPago. This is the company's online payment system that allows users to safely and securely transact online. MercadoLibre also offers a service called MercadoShops, comparable to the GSI Commerce division that eBay acquired last year. MercadoShops allows for the creation of shopping websites for small and medium sized businesses, with MercadoLibre handling that business's payment solutions, marketing and social network integration. And continuing with this theme is MercadoLibre's recently launched technology solution for the management of shipping logistic (similar to an eBay seller paying for, printing out and scheduling a pickup directly from within eBay).
I mention all of this not to summarize MercadoLibre's service offerings, but to paint a picture of a company that is closing the business loop around the customer (to paraphrase MercadoLibre's CFO at a recent investment conference). In the past, the company viewed payment and shipping services as an aspect of the transaction process that buyers and sellers could settle on their own. Today however, MercadoLibre is bringing everything in-house, creating a seamless, frictionless transaction process from start to finish. A process in which buyers and sellers never have to leave the MercadoLibre umbrella of services to complete.
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As with any company, one risk is the entrance of new competitors. And one of the biggest risks in that area would be Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Speculation earlier this year was that Amazon was contemplating a formal entry into the Brazilian market. While Amazon could be a threat to MercadoLibre should it decide to compete in Brazil, success for Amazon is far from guaranteed.
Brazil has been a hard nut to crack for American companies. Bring the world biggest at your particular niche means little when it comes to Brazil. The Brazilian market is littered with American companies that have tried their hands at Brazilian expansion only to have failed spectacularly. This lists included Wal-Mart, the world largest retailer, Yum! Brands, the world largest fast food company (by total restaurants), and the aforementioned eBay. Wal-Mart, Yum's KFC and many others had all came in with grand plans for international expansion, only to later retreat from that market with their collective tails between their legs. Retail is a difficult concept to export abroad. What works extremely well in America may get lost in translation in another country and culture.
MercadoLibre, in contrast to these American companies, has proven itself since it began doing business in 1999. It is not enough to want to do business in Latin America. A company has to understand the business culture, the the political environment and its potential customer base if that company wants to have any success in the region (particularly in Brazil). That is something that MercadoLibre, as the homegrown Latin American company that specializes entirely (minus Portugal) in Latin America, understands very well.
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Source(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, pt. B, § 18, as added Pub. L. 90–487, § 1,Aug. 15, 1968, 82 Stat. 769; amended Pub. L. 94–582, § 20,Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2886.)
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Over the course of a year, Selena Rezvani interviewed women executives in various industries, roles, and job functions, including Jamie McCourt, president of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Denise Incandela, president of Saks Direct at Saks Fifth Avenue, Roxanne Spillett, president and CEO of Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and Naomi Earp, chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The result is The Next Generation of Women Leaders, a penetrating, eye-opening, and ultimately empowering narrative, filled with stories of remarkable women who navigated the leadership maze and triumphed.
While the leadership landscape may be shifting in women's favor, women are nowhere near an equal presence in leadership roles when compared to men. Rezvani's achievement was to engage some extraordinarily accomplished women as mentors, each of whom provided tools and information that young women can use to shape their own careers. The Next Generation of Women Leaders encourages younger women to be their own advocates when it comes to professional growth and advancement, and it provides tangible how-tos on negotiating the workplace as a woman.
I purchased my first business at age 22 (1969) and I can certainly attest that what I needed to know I didn't learn in business school. It took me years to "figure" things out and 40+ years later I'm still learning. I do recall the struggles and chaos that came with owing that first business and it certainly would have been much easier if I had acquired some prior knowledge through academia. But, then I wonder if I would have learned the "nuts and bolts" of running a business from a professor that has never owned or managed a business. Many professors have never walked the talk.
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Dave Martin, a San Diego area veterinarian and part-time Birch Bay resident, was killed last week by a Great White Shark off the coast of California while deep water swimming. He was with a group of nine tri-athletes swimming at Solana Beach but was the only one attacked.
"The shark lifted him 10 feet out of the water after taking off one of his legs and badly mangling the other one," said John Gregerson, his neighbor both in southern California and Birch Bay. "He died on the beach from blood loss. They were 150 yards out when this happened.
An autopsy discovered tooth fragments that identified the shark as a Great White about 16 feet long.
Martin, 66, was in Birch Bay last week to work on his house and finalize plans to move here for the summer according to Gregerson, whose wife Barbara said that the families have been close friends for many years. "They were our neighbors, people we shared Thanksgiving dinner with many times," she said.
Martin visited the Gregersons about 10 years ago and ended up buying the house next door on Birch Bay Drive. "He's spent the last few years working on it to use it as a summer home," Barbara said, "and he was looking forward to bringing his grandkids up here to pick berries to make jams and jellies. He liked to get fresh veggies, come home and fix a big salad. He loved the water, liked to crab and eat seafood. He liked it here," she said.
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Kashkari said he has consistently opposed Gov. Brown's high-speed rail project in favor of notable priorities, including creating jobs and educational opportunities.
Although most farmers' recent priorities are far from the high-speed tracks, Westley native and Young Farmers and Ranchers representative Daniel Bays allowed Kashkari to visit their family ranch in order to discuss an urgency within California's Central Valley—water.
The Department of Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, which supplies water to a third of the irrigated farmland in California through a 500-mile network of canals and tunnel, said it won't be able to deliver any of the water sought by farmers this year.
The drought, combined with continued protections for endangered species, has forced farmers to find alternative means of managing their income. Most farmers have already switched to drip irrigation or micro sprinklers to manage their crops. But it still may not be enough, as farmers are now choosing which crops to water - and which to let wither.
"You need to update and take care of what you have before you go onto something new," said Bays, regarding the need to abandon the high-speed rail project. "And a train, it's just—you're going back in time. Why not put money into something you need right now? You need some accountability before you can try something else."
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DeMartini, a farmer for the last 34 years in the West Side, advocated the need for water in the Central Valley, stating that agriculture was the number one industry, raking in $3.5 billion a year.
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According to a poll by the Los Angeles Times, 59 percent of voters in the Central Valley want to call off the need to build a high-speed rail in favor of growing concerns—including the need for more water.
"It's time to scrap the idea," said DeMartini. "It's not like California has money to burn."
Although a non-native to the West Side, Kashkari's eyes have been opened regarding the current water regulations.
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Celebrities such as Kanye West (posing here with Kim Kardashian) have been the focus of a Boston College student's summer blog series.
Jenna LaConte recently warned Kanye West to steer clear of a romantic relationship with Kim Kardashian. She separately pushed rageaholic R&B singer Chris Brown to move past his feud with rapper Drake.
She also told Justin Bieber to plead guilty in court and accept jail time for assaulting a photographer — stemming from an alleged incident in May — in order to finally earn the "thug status" that comes with spending time behind bars.
Bieber, Brown and West did not ask for LaConte's advice, but that did not stop her from dispensing it.
"The Unsolicited Celebrity Advice Column" is a weekly summer blog series published by The Gavel, a progressive student newsmagazine at Boston College. LaConte, Gavel's culture editor and a junior English and communication double major at BC, has a four-fold aim with the half-serious, half-satiric feature.
First, she is using the column as a vehicle to indulge her celebrity and gossip news urges.
She is also seeking to provide a fresh, real-world perspective on the Hollywood bubble. In addition, she is helping to keep Gavel blog content fresh during the summer doldrums, when many student media websites are so stale their homepages sport weeds.
And she is occasionally reminding readers that other individuals are involved in bigger celebrity stories, not just the A-list celebs.
For example, when news broke about the Miley Cyrus engagement drama, LaConte wrote to Liam Hemsworth — her budding actor fiancé — not Cyrus. Her advice to Hemsworth: Call the whole thing off, fast.
As she wrote him, "Don't let the lack of brain activity in Hollywood drag you down. Please reconsider this grave mistake. You're better off having everyone laugh off the short-lived engagement than going down in history as yet another failed celebrity marriage."
In the Q&A below, LaConte lays out the scoop behind "Unsolicited Advice," including how she selects the celebs and the advice she offers them.
Q: How did the column come about?
A: I write for The Gavel. We pride ourselves on being progressive politically and technologically, meaning we're able to update online all the time. So as the year came to a close, we were all thinking it would be fun — just as a summer project — if individually we each took on a blog. So, for our next meeting, we were all told to present an idea. My mind instantly went to celebrity news.
In some ways, it's a little bit embarrassing because it isn't of course the most intellectual topic. But if I'm browsing the Internet, I find myself reading celebrity gossip websites. We're surrounded by it. We're all sort of familiar with it. Reality TV right now, we watch it for the train wrecks. It's just how I like to unwind, I guess, to read about the train wrecks in Hollywood.
I then decided the typical kind of news writing form could easily get boring — both for me and readers. So I just thought, "Since we turn to celebrities so often for the train wreck aspect, why don't I take that and turn it around on the celebrities and pose solutions to their unimaginable problems that we're always reading about in the headlines?"
Q: How do you decide who to advise in each post?
A: The way I look at it, you have people like Lindsay Lohan, whose life is falling apart every day. I could write to her, but I'd end up doing it every single week. So I decided instead to go looking for some of the more hidden celebrity gems, coming up with things that aren't right out there in the forefront of the news or taking something that's really popular and putting a different spin on it. For example, with John Travolta's marriage falling apart, I wrote to his wife instead of him.
Also, I like to stay as current and relevant as possible. I like to be on TMZ [the night before writing each post] so I can have something that's a bit more recent. Some of the more interesting ones are those you aren't necessarily thinking about all the time or aren't all over the radio like the Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorce.
Q: How do you determine what advice to give? Is there a theme or general set of principles?
A: The strongest theme flowing through most of the posts is trying to ground people in real life. With a lot of celebrities, the biggest thing we all say is, "Come on, go back to the real world. Try to get a grip on yourself." For example, I wrote to Chris Brown after he brawled with Drake and was involved in a few other things. And I really don't like Chris Brown as a person and it bothers me he's still in the spotlight and thinking he's the best rapper alive. So it's really just trying to put people back in their place.
Miley Cyrus gets engaged at 19. It's like, you have to be kidding me. I'm 20 years old. You're younger than me and because you live in Hollywood, you think you can get away with this. I guess the biggest theme: If you were not in the bubble of Hollywood, you would not be in the situation you are in.
Q: Do you feel as a student you have a perspective worth sharing — apart from, say, Perez Hilton or People magazine?
A: I do. That's sort of the point of it being in the real world and outside the confines of Hollywood. I think a lot of what I say people will agree with. I'm not trying to really shock anyone. I'm not trying to give a perspective that's totally out there. I'm not trying to turn anyone on their head. There are some that are definitely more satirical and therefore not good advice, but at the same time there are some where I feel the opinions I'm expressing represent what college students and people beyond Hollywood are thinking.
I also feel that so often when you read something, you take it for granted. So when you read about John Travolta, and Kelly Preston sticking by his side, you just turn to the next page. You almost always just look at them like they're still in a movie or they're simply a singer and produce art and that's it. But then I think, "Well, if it was someone I knew or it was something going on in my hometown, someone would really want to sit down with them and figure out what's happening."
So for the blog, I try to figure it out or at least think about things as more than just news items. I'm fairly aggressive in the way I write it. I don't hold back and I don't have any shame about what I'm addressing. I purposefully put in the word "unsolicited" because my whole point is, "This isn't just an advice column. This is me coming at you with what you should do. But hey, it's unsolicited. If you don't want to hear it, you don't have to."


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Montana legislature advances pro 2nd Amendment measures to block Federal gun control
Even as the Federal government and many states seek to weaken the 2nd Amendment, some states like Montana are fighting back.
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Gun rights measures that include a plan to push back against potential federal restrictions on assault rifles were endorsed Thursday in the Montana House, despite criticism they may thwart law enforcement or lead to constitutional showdowns with the federal government.
The Republican-led chamber endorsed the three gun-rights bills in an initial vote, which drew most of their opposition from Democrats.
Supporters said the state needs to ban police from enforcing any future federal assault-weapons ban in the state. They argue it would undermine what would be an unconstitutional infringement on gun rights, if the federal government were to restrict such weapons.
"When it is not constitutional it is our obligation to stand up and call them into question," said Rep. Krayton Kerns, R-Laurel.
Wyoming is considering a similar proposal that goes a step further by threatening federal officials with criminal sanctions if they tried to enforce a future federal assault weapons ban. Montana's bill attempts to control state and local officers.
A few other states have taken up similar measures. One can only hope that more step up to the plate and fight back against Federal tyranny.


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This has to be my 25th year with this event. Honestly, I lost count. It is natural to feel like it is getting old, stale, and for the participants to be less excited as the years go by. And I can only speak for myself, but this is sometimes the ennui-like winter feeling that sets in each December/January. Part of it is the post-holiday exhaustion and typical winter darkness. But it is precisely that inertia and negativity that we must battle in life. And Hot Stove Cool Music proves year upon year to be the unexpected reward for getting my ass out of the house, meet and chat via emails and phone calls with the main organizers, and rehearse the various segments of which I am part. Just when you think it is time to move on, we end up getting down to the Paradise, seeing old friends, playing great music, brushing elbows with young Red Sox stars on their way up (see me and Wild Thing Papelbon, above) and I end up having one of the greatest times, not just of the winter, but of the year. Get your tickets now. Raise money for a great Boston charity event.
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- Randy Reichardt said...
Is this the same event where you were playing with Theo E and Eddie V? I would SO be there if I lived in Boston. The more I read and hear and listen to what's happening in Beantown (on your blog, from your brothers' work, etc etc etc), I reeally need to consider moving there when I retire, and join in on the musical fun. :)
- January 5, 2009 at 12:51 AM
No. That happened at one of Bill's Crown Victoria shows at a club called Toad.
The Hot Stove show tends to draw B listers. When Bill's name is on the marque it brings in the A set.
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iOS: Using Maps
Learn about the features of Maps for iOS.
Maps has many features, such as turn-by-turn navigation, Flyover, real-time traffic reporting, third-party transit app integration, and local search. To get started with Maps, search for a location or enter a contact from your address book. When the location is found, tap the car icon to get a quick route.
Turn-by-turn navigation*
Maps in iOS offers turn-by-turn navigation. To use turn-by-turn navigation, the start location must be Current Location. When en route to your destination, Maps will announce directions, provide en route updates, and estimate the time to arrival. If in an area or on a device for which spoken, turn-by-turn directions aren't available, Maps will track your location and provide onscreen directions without announcements or en route updates. At any time, tap Overview in the top-right corner of Maps to display your entire route.
Flyover offers photo-realistic, interactive 3D views when available. To use Flyover, tap the info button, then choose Hybrid or Satellite view. Where available, Flyover will display a high-resolution image of the area you're viewing. You can use gestures to modify your view.
- When this icon appears, you can toggle between 2D or 3D viewing.
- When this icon appears, you can use Flyover.
Maps offers real-time traffic information and continuously calculates your estimated time to arrival. To show traffic in Maps, tap the info button, then tap Show Traffic:
- Orange dots indicate slow traffic
- Red dots indicate stop-and-go traffic.
Maps will also provide markers to indicate road closures, construction, and accidents.
Maps in iOS allows you to choose your own third-party app from the App Store to provide transit information. To choose a transit option, tap . You can choose from the list of installed third-party transit apps, or you will be directed to download one from the App Store.
You can use multiple gestures to interact with Maps:
- Pinch to zoom: Zooms in and out of the Map window.
- Two-finger rotate: Rotates the Map window, allowing for a 360-degree view.
- Two-finger drag: Tilts the Map window, allowing the user to fully interact with the 3D and Flyover features.
Rotate and drag gestures function only when you're using Overview.
Local search
When searching for a location, you can tap to learn more about the selected information. When available, Maps will provide contact information, customer reviews, and photos.
Settings for Maps
To modify your settings in Maps, tap Settings > Maps.
The Navigation Voice Volume setting is available in certain countries on cellular-enabled iOS devices. To learn more about using Maps on iOS devices, see the user guide.
Get help
If you can't find your location, try the following:
- Make sure that Location Services is turned on. Tap Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
- For Maps to find and track your location, both Locations Services and Maps must be on.
- Restart your device.
- Make sure that cellular data or Wi-Fi is on.
If traffic isn't properly displayed, make sure that the Traffic setting is turned on. Tap Settings > Privacy > Location Services > System Services and make sure Traffic is on.
If Maps fails to display results, results are incorrect, locations are missing, or you experience any other issue while using Maps, you can report the issue:
- Tap Overview, then tap the info button.
- Tap Report a Problem.
- Choose the appropriate issue description and follow the onscreen instructions.
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Madison County Sheriff's Department reported multiple burglaries to vehicles early Saturday morning.
The break-ins happened around 11 p.m. Friday night in the Brandywine subdivision. One victim actually caught one of the suspects sitting in the passenger seat of her minivan, digging through the glove box. She says the teen looked right at her, then got out of the car and walked away.
As her son chased after the two suspected burglars, she discovered they had been inside her husband's truck as well. When deputies arrived, they sent canines looking for the pair and were able to apprehend them in a nearby field.
Several more cars were broken into along the intersection of Bordeaux Lane and Fourstar Lane, though not much was taken from those vehicles. The thieves seemed to target only unlocked cars.
"They didn't break any windows," said victim Kim Smitherman. "I guess it was just unlocked vehicles. We had just gotten home a few minutes before. They just pulled all of the items I had in my glove box and in the console and made a mess."
Authorities said the number of car break-ins goes up during the summer. To keep it from happening to you, always lock all doors and windows if you will be parked for any length of time. Do not leave any valuables unattended in the car, and never hide spare keys in or around the car.
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Luke Bryan 's fourth studio album is due out August 13, featuring his latest single, "Crash My Party." The as-yet -untitled album is the follow up to Luke's most successful album yet, tailgates & tanlines . That project has been certified double platinum for sales of two million copies.
Luke gets back on the road with his Dirt Road Diaries tour this Friday night in Virginia Beach, VA.
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The Medicine Remixes "Saturday"by robcrooks ~ June 19th, 2014
The Medicine is an old homie of mine from Winnipeg, whose work I've admired for many years. I first became aware of his work when he was a member of the Deep Mischief rap group and the Two-Six art collective back in the early 2000s. He later went on to form one of my favourite groups of all time, the experimental hip-hop duo Two Rocks of Stone. Now a days, the man also known as Ryan continues to make really cool art (including the weird mash-up of our faces you can see below) and has ventured into making amazing live techno, using a shitload of midi'd hardware (and not a single laptop).
This remix is from my maxi-single Me and All of My Friends, which you can download for pay-what-you-can/want courtesy of Marathon of Dope.


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About Apigee, the Platform for Digital Business By 2016, 85% of enterprises will adopt APIs. By 2025, more than 25 trillion connected devices will be communicating with smart phones and each other. This isn?t your grandfather?s enterprise software company! We are an8/11/2014 San Jose, CA Save This Job
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Hickson: In His Own Words
Excerpts from an interview with late Blues legend.
Everton lost a true legend on Monday 8 July, when former forward Dave Hickson sadly passed away at the age of 83.
Tributes have poured in from fellow footballing greats and fans worldwide to a man much-loved by anyone who met him.
I a full-length interview with the Everton Former Players' Foundation , the Club's Millennium Giant reflected on a long and memorable career. Here we are delighted to bring you Dave Hickson in his own words.
I was born in Salford, but moved when I was young and I played at Ellesmere Port Town - that's when I got picked up by Everton.
I came over for trials when I was 13-14-years old just before the end of the war. I'd come over on the bus and then the tram with my gas mask on my back.
You were on a 12-month contract back then and at the end of the season they'd put up a retained list - can you imagine that now?! You had to play well to be on it. It was a joy to see your name on that list for the next season; £20 a week was the highest I earned in my career and I started on £12.
I went on to sign amateur forms and from 1945 to 1948 I played for the A and B teams. We had four or five teams then. In '48 the army came up of course and I missed two years until 1950.
I played in the Army Cadets. 'Dixie' Dean trained them and he got me in the England Army Cadet team. It was a great honour to follow the great 'Dixie' Dean.
I played football in Egypt for the battalion. I enjoyed it but I wished I was playing at Everton. I'd signed before I left so they could hold my signature.
I travelled with the first-team to a game in my first season, 1950/51. I went to Charlton as 12th man and in those days, a 12th man was a 12th man. I used to push the skips, help the trainer and there was no chance of getting on the field because there were no substitutes.
I became really obsessed with Everton, which I am today. I play every week with the lads, I play the game.
We should have won the league in 1954 but all we were concerned about was getting Everton into the top division. My partner at that time was John Willie Parker, we scored 56 league goals between us and people always said that it was great and I'd always say, 'But Dixie scored 60 on his own!'
Getting Everton into the first division was our great aim. We had to win to get promoted and win 6-0 to win the league. We won 4-0 which was great but we should've won 6-0. The supporters were fantastic.
Back then it was physical and you had to stick up for yourself. In those days they were tough lads, you had to take some stick and give it as well. You're not allowed to tackle like you were in the '50s.
I would have adapted to today's football. If you felt like you were a little bit hard done to then you'd give it back and let them know you were in the game.
People like Billy Wright used to saying they were going to get me and I'd be like, 'Oh yeah?'. It never bothered me.
For my second spell, when Everton came back in for me, I couldn't get back quick enough! I was delighted to be back. It was the happiest day of my life. It was a dream to play for Everton.
When Liverpool came in for me, Johnny Carey was saying that England were looking at me, that I could play for England.
I'd also read an article by Sir Matt Busby that said I was in the top three people who should play for England, so for him to say that was great.
After my playing days, I'd been working for Ellesmere Port council and then I retired at 65. Bill Kenwright asked me to come and work for the Club and do the tours and PR on a Saturday. I have enjoyed every minute of my time working with the Club.
The Everton Former Players' Foundation has helped me and my wife Pat and a lot of other ex-players and I'm sure they'll go on and do that. On behalf of the ex-players, I'd like to thank the foundation.
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Drug War Stories
Temple faculty members wage a war on drugs their own way—with groundbreaking research about the biology of addiction.
story by Laurence Roy Stains
Scott Rawls sits in his eighth-floor office overlooking Temple University Hospital, but his mind is a few hundred miles away. He is back in coastal North Carolina, where he grew up; he is sitting at the dinner table watching his father smoke Lucky Strikes. That was his dad: A Korean War veteran, a man who succeeded in life despite an eighth-grade education, but a man who was hooked on nicotine. "He smoked until he died—and he died at age 62 of COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]," Rawls says in a soft Carolinian drawl. "His lungs were basically shot. He was a tough guy, the toughest man I've ever met. But he could not quit smoking."
Rawls pauses. "That's what got me into this field."
And that is what brought him to North Broad Street. An associate professor of pharmacology, Rawls is one of 30 faculty members in Temple's Center for Substance Abuse Research (CSAR). Founded in 1998, it consolidated a dozen of its laboratories in the Medical Education and Research Building at 3500 N. Broad St. last summer—
a new home befitting its status as one of the nation's largest science centers investigating the fundamental causes of drug addiction.
These days, Rawls is in hot pursuit of a novel way to unhook the brain's reward center from the grip of street drugs like cocaine, and prescription opioids like OxyContin and morphine. Seven years ago, he began investigating a potential medication—an antibiotic in the same class as penicillin—that showed promise as an aid in reducing drug cravings and relapse. He and his colleagues at Temple and elsewhere then tested the drug (and later, a chemically similar drug, clavulanic acid), their research supported by three major National Institutes of Health grants. And because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved clavulanic acid as a drug that prevents resistance to antibiotics—it is a part of the common toddler-ear-infection treatment Augmentin—there is no regulatory marathon to be run. So now Rawls is ready to team with clinicians to take the research to the next level: human trials with cocaine and heroin addicts. Successful results could be implemented in drug treatment facilities relatively quickly.
That would be a very big deal. Right now, there is no known cure or FDA-approved treatment for cocaine addiction. There is only its horrific impact: street crime, warring cartels, early deaths and wasted lives.
"This is your brain on drugs," taunts the voice-over in a 1987 anti-drug public service ad as a video of eggs frying in a pan is shown. Here's a more scientific explanation: Drugs deliver "highs" by affecting the brain's neurotransmitters, which are the chemicals that allow the neurons—the cells of the nervous system—to communicate. When this happens in the nucleus accumbens, which is the brain's "reward center," one feels very...well, rewarded.
What is less understood is the exact mechanism of addiction. "We're just beginning to understand what happens in the brain on a molecular level," says Ellen Unterwald, professor of pharmacology and director of CSAR. "There's some sort of molecular switch that makes the behavior compulsive. You know it's harmful, but you can't stop yourself."
In the drug-addicted brain, life's little rewards no longer muster a neurotransmitter surge; the brain has been rewired to the point where it essentially listens to the drug—and only the drug—instead of the user. Because the brain's basic chemistry is altered, neuroscientists now regard addiction as a brain disease.
Some researchers have publicly predicted that we are only one or two decades away from an anti-addiction pill. "Wouldn't that be nice," Unterwald says. "But I don't believe there will be one drug that cures all addiction," just as no one drug will likely be a cure for cancer.
Every drug, and every drug addict, is different. In the future, successful strategies will act on multiple neurotransmitters to reduce drug cravings; by necessity, they also will be able to keep former addicts from going back to the drug. A major hurdle for addicts is the fact that environmental cues—old friends or places where they used to get high—can cause them to relapse with an astonishing frequency.
Those are all puzzles to be solved, which is why the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) pours hundreds of millions of dollars into drug-abuse research. As one of 14 "Core Centers of Excellence" in the nation, Temple receives a chunk of that NIDA funding. It also receives grant money from other federal agencies, foundations and pharmaceutical companies. All told, roughly $3 million in annual grant money infuses CSAR. So researchers at Temple are hardly pursuing a single line of scientific inquiry. In fact, there are several lines of inquiry—several stories, really—veering off in very different directions.
For instance, Scott Rawls' research targets a pair of neurotransmitters working in tandem: glutamate, an excitatory brain chemical that acts as a "gas pedal," and GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid), an inhibitory transmitter, which acts as the "brakes." Typically, the brain of a cocaine addict experiences broad swings in the balance of glutamate and GABA levels.
Left to right: Toby Eisenstein, Ellen Unterwald and Scott Rawls conduct research in the cross-disciplinary Center for Substance Abuse Research, housed in the Medical Education and Research Building.
Rawls is using clavulanic acid to activate the glutamate transport system, which will enable cells in the brain to absorb glutamate and normalize the hyperactivity that underlies cocaine's effect. Ideally, the process will reduce the craving and motivation to sniff a new line of white powder.
Unterwald's research projects focus on a better-known neurotransmitter: dopamine, which regulates pleasure. Currently, Unterwald is investigating why post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD)—a major health problem among U.S. soldiers returning from combat—makes the brain more vulnerable to drug addiction. She tests how dopamine levels in the brain fluctuate with stress. Not surprisingly, stressed brains produce less dopamine, which means the loss of some ability to feel pleasure. Her next step is to see whether those stressed brains can regain normal reward-center functioning when given L-dopa, a precursor of dopamine that is used to treat Parkinson's disease. It is easy, then, to imagine where this might be headed: Perhaps returning vets with PTSD will one day receive treatment to restore their dopamine levels as a preventive measure against drug addiction.
While Rawls and Unterwald gain national acclaim for their work on addiction, Toby Eisenstein is moving beyond the idea of "medical marijuana" as she probes the connections between the body's nervous and immune systems.
In the 1990s, researchers discovered that marijuana is not just a brain-altering drug. Yes, it acts on the CB1 receptors on the brain's neurons to produce a psychoactive effect, but it also acts on CB2 receptors that are present on most cells of the immune system—that is, our white blood cells. (Receptors are molecular "locks" on the surfaces of cells that admit only certain external compounds, like drugs or neurotransmitters.) Marijuana dampens the body's immune response. It is "immunosuppressive," to use a 50-cent word.
Though suppression of the immune system sounds negative, it is quite positive when our systems go awry. There are times when the body's inflammatory response to injury actually causes further tissue damage; that is the case in the aftermath of strokes and spinal-cord injury. In the case of autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS)—in which the body's own immune system sends T cells to destroy the fatty myelin sheath around nerve cells in the brain—suppression is the very goal of treatment. Immunosuppression also is a necessary follow-up to skin grafts and organ transplants; it keeps the body's own T cells from attacking the unfamiliar donor tissue.
In effect, early marijuana research pointed out an immune-system receptor that could then be "switched off" with synthetic drugs—compounds that, unlike marijuana, could affect the immune system without also producing a high.
Eisenstein, professor of microbiology and immunology in the School of Medicine and co-director of CSAR, currently examines those synthetic compounds. In her most recent work, preliminary results show that the compounds can retard skin graft rejection. Future experiments will attempt to ramp up this therapy for use with human organ transplants. Today, organ recipients must take medication indefinitely to keep their T cells from attacking new organs, and the standard medications are significantly toxic and eventually cause damage to the kidneys, pancreas and central nervous system. Used in conjunction with standard treatments, a CB2 therapy might allow for reduced doses of those toxic medications.
Related research is being conducted by Ronald Tuma, CST '75, professor of physiology and associate professor of neurosurgery, and Doina Ganea, Earle H. Spaulding Chair of Microbiology and Immunology. They study the way MS attacks the myelin sheath of nerve cells, causing motor dysfunction and loss of muscle control. They induce an MS-like condition, then administer a synthetic compound that acts on the CB2 receptors and successfully reduces the severity of motor dysfunction in the legs. In yet another experiment, Tuma has used the CB2 compound to reduce by 90 percent the size of brain-tissue damage because of a stroke.
All these possibilities—for drugs that fight MS, facilitate organ transplants and reduce the severity of stroke—stem from basic inquiry into the far-reaching effects of marijuana on the brain and the body. "We do basic science here," Eisenstein says. "It's exploration into the unknown. If we knew where we were going, it would be engineering."
Laurence Roy Stains is an associate professor of journalism at Temple. He is an award-winning writer who has contributed to numerous national publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, GQ, Men's Health and many others.