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Sound and how the brain reacts to it
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This is amazing!! I just read all the posts and shook my head in disbelief at what I was reading. I am not alone!! I do have a sister and a brother who have the same experiences and we have joked about it over the years and have wondered about it the same way everyone here has wondered about it. I would love to find out why these sounds have such a soothing effect.. I will definately be checking out the sites given here where I can log in and listen to these sounds in the privacy of my own home where I can drift off into lala land without the worry of anyone noticing... This is incredible!! I'm so glad I stumbled across this website and cannot wait to share this with my siblings..
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I signed up just to reply, as I've had this ability since childhood. I'm now 23 but when I was about 12ish I had my head on the desk at school because I was tired and the girl next to me was colouring in and it had the soothing effect on me. When I was 14 I remember visiting my grandma interstate, and hearing her close the vertical blinds had the same effect.
More recently things that have a soothing effect on me are
Certain voices
Paper folding
Colouring in
Pencil cases
Library book reshelving, and the general atmosphere of a library
Slow page turning; I love story time in Play School
An elderly relative walking around the house doing chores
When shop assistants use the eftpos machine slowly
Just today a shop assistant in a clothes/bead shop had a soothing voice combined with reaching into a jar of crystals.
One of the most soothing voices I've heard would have to be Eckhart Tolle's. An example would be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPg9DnMP2D4
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Wow, and I thought I was the only one and that there was something wrong with me, lol. I get that same exact tingly feeling in the head, like a brain/head massage, that is extremely soothing. For me, it's mainly a brushing sound, like a broom going over the floor. Another example that I can think of off the top of my head would be when a horse is standing still and sometimes rubs his hoof over the ground, making a similar type of brushing sound. There might be other sounds that do it, but the only one I definitely know of is the brushing/rustling sound.
A while ago I started playing a game, a Role Playing Game, and as I was in a town walking along I heard a brushing sound, there was an character sweeping the street with a broom, and well, that did it.. Needless to say I listened to it for a little while, and do so since then, whenever I play.
Anyway, thanks, now I know I'm not the only one.
It's interesting that you all have this same feeling. Maybe you have a better sense of hearing than others. You know when somebody is deficient in one sense another sense becomes sharper. The other idea is that maybe when you were an infant you were exposed to certain sounds that gave you pleasure (for whatever reason); therefore, these sounds give you pleasure. How pleasurable these sounds are to you may be due to the experience you had with them. You could ask your caregivers from youth if there was anything you were exposed to that may have caused these extreme sensations to you. They may not know, for it may have been important to you, but not to them. However, you may have grown up in an extremely noisy or quiet environment that may have made a lifetime impression on you.
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Hi.. There are some sounds which have a negative affect on me.. when i hear them i feel like crying n screaming n breaking stuff n even hitting my head against the wall..
it mostly happens when i hear someone Sighing.. My parents sigh a lot.. whenever they're tired.. or sad or whatever..I even get suicidal thoughts sometimes when i hear those sounds.. but i always end up crying to calm myself down..
Can anyone tell me why it happens to me? and why im not able to control myself when i hear those voices? and what can I do to get rid of this problem?
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In response to the last post, I'm not qualified to give advice, however check out this article I found. It seems like there may be a name for what you are experiencing.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/hea ... 76780.html
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That article is actual an exact opposite for what I experience. And may I say how relieved I am to find there are others like me who experience this extraordinary occurrence!
For me, I noticed this at an extremely young age. My mother was in college when I was a toddler. Many nights I would fall asleep listening to her study. As an adult, hearing pages turning, papers rustling, or someone opening packaging. In fact, many nights, when I am unable to sleep, I can go to Youtube and watch one of their 'Unbox' videos, where someone is opening packaging, and it puts me right to sleep, or certain sounds triggers a wave of an almost-euphoric feeling, I can almost 'hear' a heat rush of pleasurable feeling ring through me when it happens.
I have speculated to myself that this may also have to do with 'energy', or some sort of transference. Because when I, for instance, turn pages myself, I do not experience the same rush. I am wondering if it has to do with the actual amount of energy a person is expending to complete the action? Perhaps I am getting some sort of electric pulse or backwash from them??? Or is that just weird?
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YES!!!! EXACTLY!!!! Thank you!!!!
http://www.veengle.com/s/sound%20of%20p ... tling.html
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I think I was misunderstood. The response I made with the article attached was intended for "FarwaSyed". The article describes misophonia, which is a strong negative reaction to some sounds, and this was intended as a response to the following post...
Also, I experience this phenomenon, (not misophonia, but the deep relaxing one) which is how I found this post to begin with. I've had it for as long as I can remember. The best way for me to describe it is as someone already put it - "a brain massage". I have to be in the presence of the person who is carrying out the action though, so I can not log on to youtube (unfortunately) and listen to someone turning pages. So, whatever the biological explanation is for this phenomenon (one I'd love to hear) I would not like it to go away!! I recently had an MRI scan on my brain, which revealed a Chiari Malformation I. I don't have symptoms, and it might never have been know had I not had the MRI. However, I couldn't help but wonder if it is connected somehow.
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This summer, Chicago Park District in partnership with the Grant Park Music Festival brings six classical music concerts into neighborhood parks through Festival Connect, the Festival's comprehensive initiative aimed to increase music education and engagement opportunities for audiences of all ages.
A cornerstone of Festival Connect will be Classical Campers, an arts immersion program that introduces 1,600 Chicago Park District day campers to classical music.
"In addition to 20 minutes of dedicated reading time through Mayor Emanuel's Summer of Learning initiative, some of our day campers also have the chance to learn about the arts through our innovative partnership with the Grant Park Music Festival," said Chicago Park District General Superintendent and CEO Michael Kelly.
The classical concerts are part of the Chicago Park District's Night Out in the Parks initiative, which features more than 750 citywide cultural and arts activities in 230 parks this summer, making them a safe haven and a hub of activity.
Grant Park Chorus in the Neighborhoods
Chorus Director Christopher Bell and the Grant Park Chorus will reach new audiences by bringing Songs of Praise and Passion, a program of a cappella music, to:
• South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Dr., Tuesday, July 30, 7 p.m.
• Columbus Park Refectory, 5701 W. Jackson Blvd., Thursday, Aug. 1, 7 p.m.
Project Inclusion
New this year, the Festival will partner with the Chicago Sinfonietta on Project Inclusion, a professional development program that guides young minority musicians in their career, with a goal of increasing diversity among orchestral ensembles. Four string musicians have been selected to spend their summer rehearsing and performing with Carlos Kalmar and the Grant Park Orchestra. In addition to Millennium Park, the fellows will perform at:
• Gage Park, 2411 W. 55 St., Monday, July 8, 6:30 p.m.
• Mozart Park, 2036 N. Avers, Tuesday, July 9, 6:30 p.m.
• Berger Park Cultural Center, 6205 N. Sheridan, Thursday, July 11, 6:30 p.m.
Apprentice Chorale
The Festival will again collaborate with DePaul University School of Music and Roosevelt: Chicago College of Performing Arts to offer advanced training and performance opportunities for pre-professional vocal students as part of its Apprentice Chorale. Led by Christopher Bell, these 18 students will perform alongside the Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus. The Apprentice Chorale, along with the fellows from Project Inclusion, will perform at:
• Hamilton Park, 513 W. 72 St., Monday, June 17, 7 p.m.
Classical Campers
The Festival will host Classical Campers, its popular half-day music and arts immersion program this summer for children ages 6-12, in collaboration with the Chicago Park District's day camp program. Throughout the season, 1,600 day campers from more than 30 different Chicago neighborhoods will tour Millennium Park and the Lurie Garden; learn about the instruments and sections of the orchestra with Project Inclusion fellows; take part in an art project that focuses on the connections between music, architecture and nature; and conclude their day with a visit to a Grant Park Music Festival rehearsal. Now in its fourth summer, Classical Campers often provides children with their first exposure to a live classical music performance.
About the Grant Park Music Festival
The Grant Park Music Festival is the nation's only free, summer-long outdoor classical music series of its kind. Its 79th season, running June 12—August 17, 2013, will take place in Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion with Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar leading the Grammy® Award-nominated Grant Park Orchestra and Chorus Director Christopher Bell directing the award-winning Grant Park Chorus.
The Grant Park Music Festival is proudly presented by the Grant Park Orchestral Association with key support from the Chicago Park District, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.
For more information about the Grant Park Music Festival, visit gpmf.org or call 312.742.7638. For additional information, visit the Grant Park Music Festival Facebook page or follow the Festival on Twitter @gpmf.
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Stop Honking and Cook Bankers' Christmas Goose: Editor/Publisher's Column
Third-quarter figures for federally insured credit unions this week were welcome news and the result of a lot of hard work by credit union professionals around the country. Certainly not a gift, though we all appreciate those (iPad2, please), but something to savor because you've earned it.
Credit unions can certainly ring out the jingle bells over their third-quarter figures. Loans grew 1.6%, and the NCUA reported six straight quarters of loan growth. Despite still historically high share growth, the loan-to-share ratio nationally increased to 68.4%, roughly a percentage point below last year's close but not the meteoric 7, 4 and 3 percentage point plummets, respectively in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Now for an industry-wide New Year's resolution, clean and jerk that ratio right up over its head – just like you'll be pumping up your biceps with your new gym membership.
Private student loans jumped nearly 13% in the third quarter, tallying a 38% annualized increase. Student lending is a great way to attract younger members, learning from them and engaging them with your credit union and its other products will help credit unions remain relevant in a world that no longer requires anyone to have any relationship with any traditional financial institution.
The Cooperative Trust's Brent Dixon wrote an excellent blog for the CU Water Cooler recently highlighting exactly how the generation born into this modern world can fulfill all of their financial needs without financial institutions. A scary thought, but these are exciting times we live in. One concern of course with the student loans is whether this bubble will pop like a party balloon, particularly if unemployment continues its agonizingly slow improvement.
Expanding credit union business lending could help fix that, but Congress doesn't seem ready to do that. Credit union representatives have testified on Capitol Hill about their small business activities and constraints. They've hiked the Hill on business lending until it's nearly worn down to a nub. The NCUA has told Congress it would strictly regulate who got the increase and the reporting. There is truly no other reason not to pass an expansion in business lending for credit unions except that the bankers will pitch a hissy fit.
Well, too late for that. Frank Keating of the American Bankers Association wrote in a recent op-ed in The Hill, "In an era of crushing deficits, is it appropriate for an extremely profitable $1 trillion industry to freeload while all other businesses in the United States pay their fair share of federal taxes? Moreover, should Washington policy steer business away from institutions that pay a third of their income to support critical government services to institutions that pay nothing and enjoy those same services?"
Two things. First, business is not being steered anywhere. It's called free will of the business owners to do business as they see fit. Second, banks do not pay one-third of their income to government revenues.
A 2007 GAO study found that banks' tax deductions totaled $108 billion in 2004 and tax credits tacked on another $200 million. By comparison, the Treasury Department estimated that the value of the tax-exempt status for credit unions was only $1.4 billion in 2007. In addition, banks' net income increased an average of 7% annually over the decade prior to the study, while credit unions' net income was up just 3% in the same time period. In 2006, banks and thrifts earned $146 billion compared to $6 billion in retained earnings for the entire credit union industry.
"What's worse, small town bankers worry they will be left to pick up the pieces when credit unions with newfound powers do what so many of the inexperienced do: underestimate and overextend," Keating wrote condescendingly. Banks bailing out credit unions. That's rich.
In fact, in line with one of the bankers' arguments for why credit unions don't need an expansion on the MBL cap, credit unions haven't charged eagerly toward their 12.25% cap over the past 14 years since it was implemented. Credit unions are easing into business lending, with the NCUA reporting just a 1.5% increase in the third quarter. And, counter to the Keating article, credit unions aren't particularly known for a Polar Bear Club attitude when it comes to taking risks, so they aren't diving into Arctic waters with both feet.
But if bankers know anything, it's about underestimating and overextending. Credit unions grew lending this year while credit quality improved. The community's delinquency ratio dropped to 1.17%, relative to commercial banks, which declined to 5.03% as reported by the Federal Reserve. The banker Grinches can stick that in their holiday pipe and smoke it.
People are turning to credit unions more than decades. Credit unions' membership increased 2.9% in the last 12 months according to CUNA's figures. Credit unions and consumers deserve the gift that keeps on giving – burgeoning credit union membership and expanded services, including small business lending.


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To Assess Compliance With a Once-daily Regimen of Lamivudine, Efavirenz and Didanosine
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Murray moved by home town welcome
Tennis star Andy Murray struggled to hold back tears as he returned to the area where he grew up to receive the freedom of the city.
The Wimbledon champion made an emotional visit to his home town of Dunblane as he was granted the freedom of Stirling during a special ceremony at his former school.
Murray, 26, had to pause and wipe his eyes several times as he thanked local officials for the honour, telling those gathered in Murray Hall at Dunblane High that "it feels good to be home'".
Girlfriend Kim Sears, mother Judy, father William and both sets of his grandparents watched as Stirling Provost Mike Robbins handed the star a framed scroll with his full title, Andy Barron Murray OBE.
Murray, his voice cracking at times, told the audience: "I'm going to keep this very short because there's a good chance I'll get emotional.
"I'd like to thank the council for voting me in - I was expecting a few nos. I was thinking, 'there's got to be one of you who doesn't like me'.
"I'd like to thank all my family and friends and girlfriend for coming to support me."
He apologised as he took another break to calm his emotions, and was given a standing ovation as he said: "I think everyone knows I'm extremely proud of where I come from.
"To get this honour means a lot to me so thanks to everyone for coming along, and I apologise for this behaviour."
Murray was later awarded an honorary degree by the University of Stirling where he used to train on the courts of the Scottish National Tennis Centre.
He received a doctorate in recognition of his outstanding contribution to tennis.
Murray said: "I used to train there quite a lot, and even when I was in Spain I came back when I had an injury and I trained in the gym there.
"They are some of the best university sports facilities in the country, I believe. I enjoyed training there.''
University principal Professor Gerry McCormac said: ''We are delighted to welcome back Andy Murray to the university campus.
"One of the greatest athletes of his generation, Andy has broken the boundaries of British tennis and elevated the profile of the sport to new levels. His exceptional sporting abilities, diligence and tenacity make him an inspirational role model to our students and to people across the world."
Speaking at a press conference in the school hall after he was granted the freedom of Stirling, Murray explained what made him so emotional.
He said: ''I don't get the chance to come back that often and I don't get the chance to see my family as much as I would like, and I'm very proud of where I come from. So to get this honour from my local council means a lot.
"I don't think anyone would have really expected it - tennis players don't really come from Scotland, so it's a strange story, but shows that anything can happen if you believe and you dream and work hard, then you can achieve whatever you want to.
"It was a difficult decision to move away but one that I had to make and I'm lucky that my family supported me in that decision because it was hard for them too.
"You spend a lot of time on the road - tennis can be quite lonely sometimes - but it was a decision that had to be made if I wanted to achieve my goal.''
Stirling Council decided to honour Murray after his success at the 2012 Olympics and his first grand slam win in the US later that year.
The tennis star's training and competition schedule meant he could only receive the Freedom of the City now.
He was inevitably asked by the press about any wedding plans, and responded bluntly with: ''No, no.''
As he left the hall he paused to chat, sign autographs and take "selfie" photographs with pupils.
Sixth year pupil Alex McRae said: "Everyone here is behind Andy at all his events so it was brilliant to meet him.
"He was overwhelmed by the people who came to see him and it was emotional for him.
"There's swimmers, footballers and tennis players in the school and I think everyone has been motivated by what he said.
"He even asked us about our exams and personal lives. He took a real interest and it just shows that he's a nice guy."
Murray also took the opportunity to visit the luxury hotel he bought in January last year a few miles from Dunblane.
The five-star Cromlix opened earlier this month following a refurbishment. The hotel has 15 rooms and, not surprisingly, a tennis court.
Speaking at the venue, Murray said: '"I just got here last night and it's the first time I've seen it since it's all been done and it looks great."
He joked: ''I hope they haven't charged me for a room but I haven't checked out yet so we'll see.''


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Elkhorn non-binding referendum to gauge public opinion on new aquatic facility
ELKHORN--Elkhorn residents will vote in a non-binding referendum Tuesday on whether the city needs a new aquatic center.
The city council is proposing a new facility to replace the pool at Sunset Park. The new center would cost up to $3.5 million.
The referendum is intended to help the split council make a decision.
Alderman Brian Olson said previous councils and the current council have debated the project to no avail and are seeking the public's input.
The pool at Sunset Park is not compliant with handicap accessibility standards and has outlived its lifespan, Olson said. Twelve years ago, the city repaired the pool to extend its life 10 years.�
"To fix everything would cost the same as building a new one," Olson said. "We are clearly out of time, so we went to the public opinion."
Robert Slauson, Elkhorn resident and supporter of a new pool, was the chairman of the ad hoc committee the city council created to investigate the best options for the future of the pool.
Slauson said an engineering company assessed the pool's condition and found several mechanical and infrastructure issues.
"It's past the point where it could be refurbished," Slauson said. "The company came to the consensus that we'd be throwing money away to repair it."
Olson said the city has no definite design plans, but it has several minimum requirements, including zero depth entry, handicap accessibility to the pool and showers, and six swimming lanes and starting blocks for the city swim teams.
The city would use $3.5 million from its $7.5 million capital improvements budget to build a new pool.
Slauson said even if the city council decides not to build a new pool, residents will still see a tax increase of about $38 for a house with a value of $100,000.
Jim Taylor, an Elkhorn resident, is against the referendum and plans to vote "no."
"We're looking at thousands of dollars to get this one ready to go," Taylor said. "It's used by very few citizens and open maybe 10 weeks out of the year."
A Tuesday, Nov. 5, referendum will determine the fate of a proposed Woods Elementary School expansion and renovation.
Residents of the Woods Elementary School district will vote on the $5.5 million project that would expand the school by 22,000 square feet and renovate 4,000 square feet.
Residents would see an estimated tax increase of $56 for a house with a value of $100,000, Superintendent Ed Brzinski said.
The expansion would add six classrooms and a gymnasium and renovate its kitchen to allow the school to offer a lunch program. It also would revamp the entrance to direct visitors through the main office before gaining access to the rest of the building.


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What—or whom—is the president's biggest problem on Obamacare launching?
I am focused on the roles and responsibilities of THE MEDIA in our American political system and culture as we continue through the "American Government & Politics" class @UW-Whitewater. The topic is really in the spotlight these days with the recuperation from the US Government shutdown and Debt Ceiling Crisis and the dysfunctional launching of the Patient Protection & Affordable Health Care Act ("ACA" - often called, "Obamacare"). I have found various articles and videos to provide examples of the MEDIA in our political system and culture.
We have reviewed the key roles which political scientists generally analyze the media in our political system and culture. They are: (1) Gatekeeper – they decide what is news and how long specific issues and persons will be in the media spotlight. They influence the public agenda as they make those decisions. (2) Scorekeeper – they tell us who is winning and who is losing whether during the debates over the US GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET which led to shutdown or the DEBT CEILING which threatened US credit ratings. During campaigns and elections, they report on who is WINNING and who is LOSING. WINNERS benefit from the "bandwagon" dynamic. LOSERS benefit from the "underdog" dynamic. (3) Watchdog – the media can be a very significant source of facts and analysis as to what politicians and government agencies are actually doing. Consider the significant investigative reporting which was generated by Edward Snowden's release of secret files. (I suggest you read Richard Cohen's OpEd column published by the Washington Post last Monday, "Edward Snowden is no traitor." This is a very thoughtful analysis which I recommend for your evaluation.)
My YOUNG students (18-20) are NOT aware of "Watergate" and the Resignation of President Richard M. Nixon as are most of my readers. I do go over "Watergate" with the OUTstanding "watchdog" work of The Washington Post with journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. I believe that the WATCHDOG role of the media is essential in our Republic. I wish media had more courage and resources for investigate reporting. What do YOU think?
Keeping an eye on media reports day-by-day to bring our study into focus for my students, I was VERY HAPPY to see the headline, "How Jon Steward became President Obama's biggest problem" on Chris Cillizza's very popular and highly credible OpEd column, "The Fix." I encourage you to read the column to add perspective to our discussion of the situation vis-�-vis the ACA. You will probably want to use the link to the clip from "The Daily Show" too.
Cillizza asserts, "President Obama's biggest problem when it comes to selling the American public on the so-far rocky rollout of his health-care law isn't John Boehner or Mitch McConnell or even Ted Cruz. It's Jon Stewart.
"Stewart, the host of the wildly popular 'Daily Show' on Comedy Central, has emerged as a harsh critic of healthcare.gov and the Obama Administration's inability to fix it."
It is very important to note, as Cillizza does, that according to a 2012 Pew Research Center poll, "The Daily Show" has the second largest share of young viewers — aged 18-29 — of any of the 24 media outlets tested. (The only one with a higher number of young viewers was the "Colbert Report".) The article has a chart from Pew Research showing the comparison of news shows in terms of ages of viewers. VERY TELLING!
Cillizza analyzes, "But, these same young people tend to get much of their news — and therefore have their opinions shaped — not by places like the Washington Post or the CBS Evening News but rather from Stewart. He is their Tom Brokaw, their David Brinkley. So, what Stewart says matters — a lot."
I want to let you know that Cillizza asks a very poignant question, "How might President Obama solve his 'Stewart' problem?" I leave it to YOU to read Cillizza's column to get his response. What is YOUR response? What do YOU recommend to President Obama?
John W. Eyster lives in the Edgerton area. He is an adjunct professor assigned with the online/distance education faculty of Viterbo University, LaCrosse. He continues his personal mission supporting democracy/civics education in Wisconsin K-12 schools through Project Citizen, We the People, Discovering Democracy (Milton HS). John is a community blogger and is not a part of The Gazette staff or management.


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Beloit man arrested on fourth drunken-driving charge
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Monday, December 23, 2013
TOWN OF BELOIT—Jacob R. Bauman was being held at the Rock County Jail after being arrested on a charge of fourth-offense drunken driving Sunday night.
According to a Rock County Sheriff's Office news release, deputies stopped Bauman's vehicle for speeding at 8:55 p.m. Sunday at Afton and Beloit Newark Road in the town of Beloit.
The deputy noticed signs of intoxication and could smell intoxicants coming from Bauman, 31, Beloit. Bauman refused to take a field sobriety test but was arrested based on the deputy's observations, according to the news release.
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Local business owners meet with lawmakers
JANESVILLE—Administrative rules, regulations and laws—both new and old, needed or not needed—were front and center on the minds of small business owners who gathered Thursday with the area's Democratic lawmakers.
Organized by Rep. Janis Ringhand of Evansville, Thursday's forum at the Rock County Job Center was an invitation for business owners to share their ideas on economic development.
Reps. Deb Kolste of Janesville and Andy Jorgensen of Fort Atkinson joined Ringhand and Sen. Tim Cullen in the listening session attended by a handful of business owners and representatives of civic, business or government organizations.
Sen. Neal Kedzie, R-Elkhorn, Rep. Amy Loudenbeck, R-Clinton, were invited but did not attend.
Ross Walcott, who is retired from a Janesville water treatment business, kicked the comments off by asking why the state Legislature couldn't make one law that prohibited the creation of any more.
Small businesses, he said, are burdened by stacks of unnecessary rules and regulations that create work and costs that detract from the businesses they're trying to run.
"Government can pretty much stay the hell out of the way," he said. "We can do our own jobs."
To a point, the lawmakers agreed, saying that every legislative committee and agency in the state is tasked with the elimination of unnecessary, antiquated rules.
Dating back decades, most rules and regulations were the result of one business organization or another asking for them, Cullen said.
"Businesses come to Madison and they want a law or a rule that 'fences me in and fences you out,'" he said, noting a rule that requires barbers to have 1,000 hours of training to get a license.
"Do you think the guy getting his hair cut wants the barber to have 1,000 hours of training? No, the barbers with 1,000 hours wanted it so they could keep other barbers out."
Kolste said the state is now tackling the more obviously antiquated rules for review.
"There are so many rules, laws and regulations that we couldn't possibly know the importance of everything in the statutes," she said, adding that lawmakers need to hear from their constituents about the rules and regulations that are in need of review but are not so obvious.
That's a difficult task, Cullen said, because the Legislature in 2011 wrongly gave up its legislative oversight of administrative rules to the governor.
"We're trying to open a lot of legislative history," Jorgenson said. "In a bipartisan way, we need to look at the laws that make no sense for businesses in 2013.
"You folks can educate us, and we can go back and educate our colleagues in Madison."


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Stub troub': Multiple issues might lead to blackout
There might be as many vehicles heading south away from Green Bay as there are heading north toward that city Sunday.
The Packers play San Francisco at 3:40 p.m. in an NFC wildcard playoff game. Normally, ticket websites such as StubHub and Ticketmaster would be busy with transactions of game tickets going for two or three times face value. Packer "diehards" would gobble up any chance to see their team in the playoffs and clog Highway 41 heading north on Sunday.
Not this year.
As of Monday there were 40,000 tickets available. For the first time in recent memory, the general public could buy tickets—playoff tickets—at face value.
The tickets didn't disappear within hours. In fact, as of Thursday afternoon, 3,000 still remained unsold.
Why? How could the legendary Packer fans that have created an 80,000-name waiting list for season tickets turn their noses at the opportunity to attend a playoff game at Lambeau Field?
The answers: Aaron Rodgers' injury, the timing of the ticket vouchers arriving at season-ticket holders and the brutal Wisconsin winter.
First, the Packers sent out playoff ticket vouchers to season-ticket holders right after the Lions sliced, diced and poured gravy on the Rodgers-less team on Thanksgiving. The chances of the Packers making the playoffs were slim, and if the team did make it, the chances of hosting anything but a wildcard game were even slimmer.
As a holder of two season tickets, the Packers wanted $600-plus by Dec. 4 to secure two tickets for the two possible playoff games.
In the past, season-ticket holders could get any money that was not for playoff tickets refunded in January. Or, if your preferred, the team gave you the option of applying the unused money to next year's tickets.
The refund option was not offered this year, as the Packers cited the majority of other NFL teams that do not refund playoff ticket money. Any unused money is automatically applied to next year's tickets.
I assume—and the number of remaining playoff tickets available this season back this up—that most season-ticket holders did not feel like giving the Packers $600-plus to use until the first preseason game in August (for which the Packers and every other NFL team charge regular-season game prices).
Multiply $600 (which is the cheapest ticket in the stadium) times the 78,000 seats in Lambeau and figure out how much the Packers "lost" in interest-bearing money when season-ticket holders threw the December playoff ticket vouchers into the dumpster.
At this point in most any other season, the Packers still would have sold out the remaining tickets for Sunday's game in one day.
Then Mother Nature gave the organization a cold, hard right.
The forecasted temperature at kickoff Sunday is minus-5, with wind chills hitting 50-below. If those predictions are accurate, it would be the third-coldest NFL game in history, behind the Ice Bowl and the 1982 AFC championship game at Cincinnati.
This is a true test of all Packer fans, and they have come up short.
There are not enough sweaters, long underwear, boots, hats, gloves and chemical hand and feet warmers to make me want to sit in an icebox for four hours Sunday.
For a championship game, yes. For a second-round game, maybe. For a wildcard playoff game, no.
This has all led to the possibility that Sunday's game will be blacked out in most of Wisconsin, including the Green Bay and Milwaukee areas. The NFL has a policy to black out games in the immediate viewing areas of any game that is not sold out 72 hours in advance of a game.
The Packer game was not sold out at that deadline, but the NFL has agreed to give the Packers until 4 p.m. today before pulling the TV plug.
Not having a Packer playoff game available on TV in much of Wisconsin is as unthinkable as having the Pope's Easter address at Saint Peter's Square blacked out in Rome.
If the Packers (through Ticketmaster) do not sell all tickets by 4 this afternoon, fans in Green Bay, the Fox River Valley and Milwaukee will be watching something other than the playoff game on their FOX stations at 3:40 p.m. Sunday.
"Maybe they'll show reruns of the X-Files," Chris Lezotte, marketing executive of the FOX station in Madison, WMSN-TV, Channel 47, said Thursday afternoon.
Lezotte could joke about this. His station is not in the Green Bay home area, so Janesville and other Rock County customers will be able to watch the game whether it sells out or not. Green and Dane counties are safe, but Packer fans in Walworth County will have to do some traveling to watch the game if it is not sold out.
The WMSN viewing area extends as far north as Marquette and Juneau counties.
The roads might be jammed going into Montello on Sunday afternoon.


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Mann Park
Location Notes: Event at Hegwisch Marsh
(773) 646-0210
Fee: Free
Age Range: All Ages
Come explore Hegwisch Marsh! Learn about the wetland species that call the marsh home. Take a hike, discover birds, learn what lives in the river and wetlands, build forts, and make seasonal art. This program is the first public program offered at Hegwisch Marsh. Come out and enjoy this beautiful natural area in Calumet.


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Pasticceria Perbellini Panettone: An Italian Holiday Tradition
Every year, we eagerly anticipate the arrival of panettone from Pasticceria Perbellini. And, every year, we order as much as we can, filling the shop to the brim! Piled high on our shelves, chock-a-block with torrone and candied fruits, staff members are thrilled to see these delicious Italian breads again. Panettone is fantastic with a steaming cup of hot coffee or a freshly pulled shot of espresso. Gemma, expert wine buyer in our Cambridge shop, recommends panettone with a glass of Vin Santo or the classic pairing of Moscato d'Asti.
What is Panettone?
Panettone is a traditional Milanese holiday bread. Traditional (and we think the best) panettone are yeasted breads that are allowed to ferment for a lengthy period of time. Studded with dried fruits, rich with eggs and occasionally topped with nuts, they are satisfying and flavorful. For cakes and breads, they have a long shelf life. That said, we find they don't last long once we get one home!
About Pasticceria Perbellini
We import panettone directly from Pasticceria Perbellini, a small, family-run artisan bakery based in Bovolone, Italy. The company makes three different yeast and egg based holiday breads, all of which are baked in paper molds, sealed in a light plastic for freshness and wrapped in traditional, untreated Havana paper. The final touch – they are tied up with string and finished with a grape vine twig handle for easy carrying. The breads are made with an all-natural yeast (they rise for 36-hours!) and carefully hand-selected fruits, nuts, sugars and flours.
Offella d'Oro
A specialty of Pasticceria Perbellini, the Offella d'Oro is made in extremely limited quantities only five months out of the year. In 1891, Giovanni Battista Perbellini modified an ancient Veronese recipe by enriching the dough with butter and topping it with caramelized walnuts. The Offella d'Oro was born and quickly copyrighted. Moist and soft with a fluffy texture inside and a crunchy nut exterior. Serve with mascarpone or crème anglaise and a sweet dessert wine.
Pandoro Classico
The Pandoro is moist, fluffy, and dusted with powdered sugar. It is similar to the Offella d'Oro but its dough is slightly less rich and it is made without nuts. A true classic, this is the most straightforward of the panettone we get from Pasticceria Perbellini. It is delicious all by itself but can also be successfully paired with your favorite cream, coulis, poached fruit or dessert sauce to round out a meal.
Panettone L'Anni 1900
As traditional as it gets, the Panettone l'Anni 1900 is available in two different sizes: 650g or a full kilo. A rich and eggy bread studded with golden sultanas and candied citron. It contains hints of rum and vanilla. Serve after dinner with soft torrone, crunchy roasted nuts, dried fruits and sweet dessert wine. Or, serve it as a special holiday breakfast: thick slices, toasted gently and slathered with mascarpone or lightly-salted butter.


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Death notices for Sept. 21, 2013
Richard M. Berner, 78, Beloit, died Friday at home. Arrangements are pending at Brian Mark Funeral Home, Beloit.
Kathleen Jean Bonebright, 71, Janesville, died Thursday at Mercy Hospital and Trauma Center, Janesville. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Henke-Clarson Funeral Home, Janesville. Visitation will be from noon until the time of services Tuesday at the funeral home.
Pamela A. "Pam" Bull, 65, Lyons, died Thursday at Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington. Services will be held at a later date. Mealy Funeral Home, Waterford, is assisting the family.
Peter J. Demus, 85, Clinton, formerly of Beloit, died Thursday at Beloit Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Hansen-Gravitt Funeral Home, Beloit. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the time of services Wednesday at the funeral home.
Jaroslav "Jerry" Rek, 89, Janesville, died Wednesday at Azura Memory Care, Beloit. Private services will be held. Henke-Clarson Funeral Home, Janesville, is assisting the family.
Thomas L. Wilson, 59, Delavan Lake, died Friday at home. Visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Betzer Funeral Home, Delavan.
Charles P. "Chuck" Zepke, 84, Edgerton, died Tuesday at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. today at Ehlert Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Edgerton. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of services today at the funeral home.


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Proteus Intelligent Processes is a set of tools based upon the Proteus model and the GreEd rule authoring system. Proteus (PROcesses and Transactions Editable by USers) is a software technology that allows creating clinical processes in which clinical intelligence is embedded. These processes can then be executed to provide guidance to the clinicians about individual patients. The main advantage of Proteus is that the processes can be edited even by non-programmers, with the use of appropriate tools. The processes and components can be stored in a library and can be reused to create other processes. GreEd is the foundation of a full-fledged business rules management system (BRMS). Ease of editing is its key strength. These tools are linked with electronic medical record systems and clinical information systems.
telepathic-critterdrug is a fork of Critterding, an artificial-life simulation, with five drugs added and a substrate for two kinds of telepathy. The critters are exposed to a secondary retina they can all read and write, using sensors and motors for high intensity or only the power of the minds for lower intensity, though drug use will modulate it. They can blink this and their main retina as a minor grace. The two blue tablets work on inhibitory neurons, and the red ones, excitatory. There is also a purple potentiator.
The Supernova programming language is a modern scripting language and the first one that presents the concept of programming with direct fiction description using a clear subset of pure human language. It is easy for users with no programming experience. It is not sensitive to case, spaces, tabs, or line breaks. It support GUI programming. The source code can be written in a mixture of Arabic and English. It lets you distribute directly executable application files. It lets you use the Windows API and call DLL functions. It includes libraries for sound playing, sound recording, and movie playing. It includes commands for text processing, date and time processing, multi-dimension arrays, and file I/O. Its documentation includes many samples and tests.
Ditchers is a multiplayer action game where underground tanks use a variety of weapons to find and destroy each other. Tanks dig tunnels in the soil with a limited supply of energy that can be refilled only in homes (as well as health). the GUI is controlled mainly by mouse, while gameplay is controlled only by keyboard. It is not difficult to create your own maps or to draw your own tank. The game supports split-screen, network games, and artificial players whose intelligence is programmable in the Lua scripting language. The game is inspired by Tunneler.
Ironclad: Steam Legions is a steampunk strategy game with an AI opponent. It lets you pit your strategic skills with battle tanks, infantry, artillery, and warships against a fast thinking enemy in a hex-based battle arena. It is still under development in the alpha phase. However, the game is fully playable, with a complete set of tutorial levels to master, with sound effects.
ca-ga is a toy artificial life simulation that uses genetic algorithms on large cellular automata. It uses simple but easily extended DNA that is 8k long by default, though you can take the size out to anything you have time to evolve. It sits under each cell of a 128x128 board and orders operations to transfer energy in the hopes of achieving a kill and breed. The simulation features a mutating fitness function, emergent sex, and a proof of concept real world fitness function. After enough generations, the cells or genes could achieve collectivism and organismhood, coordinating the values of the hotspots that determine board temperature in order to maintain a desired equilibrium. But maybe not. If you work in a fitness function, an optimizing problem solver results.
EO is a template-based, ANSI-C++ evolutionary computation library that helps you to write your own stochastic optimization algorithms quickly. Evolutionary algorithms form a family of algorithms inspired by the theory of evolution, and solve various problems. They evolve a set of solutions to a given problem in order to produce the best results. These are stochastic algorithms because they iteratively use random processes. The vast majority of these methods are used to solve optimization problems, and may be also called "metaheuristics". They are also ranked among computational intelligence methods, a domain close to artificial intelligence. With the help of EO, you can easily design evolutionary algorithms that will find solutions to virtually all kind of hard optimization problems, from continuous to combinatorial ones.
Wintermute is an intelligent framework of applications and libraries that uses neural networking to learn about its host. A pseudo-langauge engine that permits translations and grammar rulesets of any language to be incorporated into the system, and database downloads of different sets of data combine to provide a virtual self-thinking assistant that can be used to perform tasks like dictation to a text editor, and more complex tasks such as sorting of documents depending on the time of day, or automation of other routine tasks. It should be noted that Wintermute itself is a meta-project. It encompasses a large array of currently existing and potential produced projects.
Government Sanctioned is a custom-developed text-based RPG (i.e., MUD). New players enter the world of Government Sanctioned as covert agents working for a super-secretive government organization colloquially known as "the agency". Players have a choice of six different roles spanning 19 unique professions. Whether you like stealthy, clandestine operations, the use of subterfuge and guile to infiltrate enemy organizations, or full-blown military actions, the agency has a spot for you. Players are empowered to deeply customize their character through numerous differentiation mechanisms. Character backgrounds lay the foundation for character abilities and are further defined through their cover occupation and agency department affiliation. To put a fine point on character customization, the skill and feat system provides an extensive array of options to tweak the character to suit your style of game play. The skill system boasts over 35 different skill families with around 50 different skills and checks. Skill points are gained upon professional level advancement and can be spent any way the player chooses. With 19 feat trees and over a hundred diverse feats (with new feats being added regularly), your capability for customization is endless.


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One of only 5% of nation's hospitals who have achieved mark three straight years
North Charleston, S.C./ October 30, 2013 – For the third year in a row, Trident Health has been recognized as a Top Hospital in Quality by the Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America . Trident, Summerville and Moncks Corner Medical Centers attained some of the highest performance scores in the nation in treating heart attacks, heart failure, surgical care and pneumonia. Trident is the only Charleston area hospital and is one of only 182 (5%) hospitals that achieved the distinction three years in a row.
Trident Health is one of the 1,099 hospitals in the U.S. earning the distinction of Top Performer on Key Quality Measures for attaining and sustaining excellence in accountability measure performance. The ratings are based on an aggregation of accountability measure data reported to The Joint Commission during the 2012 calendar year. The list of Top Performers increased by 77 percent from its debut last year, and represents 33 percent of accredited hospitals reporting data.
Last year, Trident was recognized by The Joint Commission for its achievement on the following measure sets: heart attacks, heart failure and pneumonia. "We are proud to be in the top 5% of hospitals in the nation, that says a lot about our commitment to patient care," said Todd Gallati, Trident Health CEO.
Trident Health and each of the hospitals that were named as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures must: 1) achieve cumulative performance of 95 percent or above across all reported accountability measures; 2) achieve performance of 95 percent or above on each and every reported accountability measure where there are at least 30 denominator cases; and 3) have at least one core measure set that has a composite rate of 95 percent or above, and (within that measure set) all applicable individual accountability measures have a performance rate of 95 percent or above. A 95 percent score means a hospital provided an evidence-based practice 95 times out of 100 opportunities to provide the practice. Each accountability measure represents an evidence-based practice – for example, giving aspirin at arrival for heart attack patients, giving antibiotics one hour before surgery, and providing a home management plan of care for children with asthma.
Trident Health is an HCA hospital system comprised of two acute care hospitals – Trident Medical Center and Summerville Medical Center – as well as Moncks Corner Medical Center. The Joint Commission recently named Trident Health to their list of the nation's top hospitals for quality and safety. In 2012, Trident Health provided almost $40 million in charity and uncompensated care and contributed $27 million in taxes. Accredited by The Joint Commission, Trident Health is committed to providing quality health services along with wellness information and opportunities to the communities it serves. For more information about Trident Health, please visit our website at www.tridenthealthsystem.com or call 843.797.7000.


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Kenwood Community Park
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Age Range: Any
Free Street Theater will create and perform multiple small-scale spectacles during intermissions of other performances. Current program involves the Mexican paleta cart (ice cream cart) from which customers request performances instead of to paletas. Artist in Residence, Ricardo Gamboa, will work with FS youth ensemble to create a menu of options for public performance.


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The Pirates! Band of Misfits
The luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain is a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side, and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It?s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist, but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure.
Rated PG | 88 minutes | 2011*Closed Captioned
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Swallowapps provides interactive tools for the design of Web (HTML5) content. You create the visual part of your application using visual tools and get instant feedback while you adjust dimensions, transformation matrices, colors, shadows, gradients, and other styling elements in an intuitive and interactive way. When the time comes for programming, Swallowapps combines the convenience of the commonJS packaging specification (the require() function, package.json, etc.) with an automatic build process. Modify any source module of any package which you use, hit F5 in the browser, and your updated application is reloaded. Swallowapps tools are built with themselves, so as you learn how to use the tools, you also learn how to modify them and make them tightly fit your specific needs.
Slackpack is a package manager for Slackware Linux. It has a friendly GUI environment and can install packages, list installed packages, remove Slackware Linux packages (.tgz or .txz), and convert to .tgz format from .deb or .rpm. It can download Slackware Linux packages from package repositories, and can create .tgz packages from an application's source code.
The Aura.Input package contains tools to describe and filter user inputs from an HTML form, including sub-forms/sub-fieldsets, fieldset collections, an interface for injecting custom filter systems, and CSRF protection. Note that this package does not include output functionality, although the "hints" provided by the Form object can be used with any presentation system to generate an HTML form.
Simple Package Manager (SPM) is intended to operate in a way similar to existing package managers (apt, dpkg, Pacman, etc.). Instead of supporting a centralized package repository, SPM allows remote packages to be downloaded and installed automatically, given their URL. This allows a developer to package and distribute software via a package management system without having to worry about the many different formats and Linux distribution repositories.


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Barwa joins staff at Hawk's View Golf Club in Lake Geneva
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Hawk's View Golf Club in Lake Geneva recently hired Bill Barwa to work on its PGA Golf Professional staff.
In his new role, Barwa will be in charge the operations of Hawk's View Boutique and Golf Simulator.
Barwa has 25 years of experience teaching and coaching, and has been a PGA Golf Professional for 10 years. He also is a certified golf club fitter for Ping, Calloway and Taylor Made.
Barwa was named 2010 Fitter of the Year by Ping.
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The job of a state attorney general is a difficult one. State AGs must interface with federal regulators and attorneys general from other states while prioritizing the issues that are top concerns for their constituents. It's a tricky balancing act, but one that is necessary for the benefit of all.
The state of Nevada faces issues that are common to all states, but its position in the western portion of the US provides some unique challenges. Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto knows that her state has a number of challenges that must be faced head on.
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"We are focusing on mortgage fraud, human trafficking, sex trafficking," Masto says. "One of the most important things we can do is reach out to the community on the consumer protection side. I was recently in Elko, Nev., talking to senior citizens about scams and schemes and how they can protect themselves.
Because many of these matters cross state boundaries, to meet these challenges, she must work side-by-side with others to do right by the citizens of her state.
Frequently, AG Masto finds herself collaborating closely with attorneys general of other states. "The Conference of Western Attorneys General – every year we have a regular meeting," she says. "These associations, are important, whether the western or national associations. We talk about issues we have in common. AG duties and functions are unique, and the only entities with similar jurisdiction are other AGs." So the attorneys general discuss best practices and network, working together on amicus briefs and appeals, for example.
In addition, she finds her office working alongside federal regulators "quite often" on a number of different matters. "It could be a land issue in Nevada," she says. "Over 80 percent of the land in the state is managed by the federal government." She finds herself working on matters such as water issues, anti-trust investigations and mortgage fraud. She works with regulators at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the office of Housing and Urban Development, sometimes in accord with regulators and sometimes on the opposite side. The key to managing the relationship with regulators, she says, is to talk to them personally whenever there is a matter that impacts the people of Nevada.
Attorney General Masto will be speaking about the relationship between state AGs and federal regulators at the upcoming Women, Influence & Power in Law Conference in Washington, DC. The event provides an opportunity for women inside and outside counsel to network and share ideas. Alongside FTC Commissioner Julie Brill, AG Masto will discuss how AGs and federal regulators make decisions regarding investigations and enforcement actions.
"When I first became an attorney, I looked at female attorneys and saw only a handful that had blazed a trail," Mastos says. "I thought that you had to 'assimilate,' and dress and act like a man to be successful, but that has changed, thank goodness… In general, women bring a different perspective – not better or worse, just different."
The Women, Influence & Power in Law conference offers an opportunity for unprecedented exchange with women inside and outside counsel. The event runs from Sept. 17-19 and is being held at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.


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During the afternoon hours on Friday, January 7th, law enforcement officers with the West Metro Drug Task Force, Franklin Police Department, Heard County Sheriff's Department and Coweta County Sheriff's Department executed search warrants at 291 and 297 Mary Johnson Drive. This comes after an ongoing investigation, conducted by the West Metro Drug Task Force revealed the sale of illegal narcotics at both locations, which are located within feet of each other. Upon the execution of these search warrants, numerous people were temporarily detained but three individuals were arrested on drug related charges. During their search, law enforcement officers utilized a K-9 Unit from Coweta County Sheriff's Department to assist in locating some of the hidden marijuana. The search revealed a large amount of U.S. Currency and marijuana at both locations. The following individuals were each charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute; Sharome Watts, Alred McKeithern and Andrecus Jackson.
"This in depth investigation consisted of numerous hours, over an extended period of time by Agents with the West Metro Drug Task Force. I appreciate the hard work and close relationship that our two agencies have developed over the past several years, as we strive for the same goal. We strongly encourage and greatly appreciate information we receive from our citizens, which is often a key factor in identifying these illegal operations. In addition, I would like to personally thank the West Metro Drug Task Force, Heard County Sheriff's Department and Coweta County Sheriff's Department", stated Chief Kevin Hannah.


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Hock submits shock transfer request
Former England forward Gareth Hock looks to have played his last match for Salford after submitting a shock transfer request.
Hock, who turns 31 on Friday, is just one year into a four-year contract with the Red Devils but, according to chairman Marwan Koukash, has asked to leave the club.
" Gareth Hock has asked to leave the club and we have agreed to his request provided it is at the right terms," Koukash said on his Twitter account.
Gareth Hock is set to leave Salford
Hock spent last season on loan to Widnes after falling out with his home-town club Wigan and joined Salford after pulling out of a proposed move to Australian club Parramatta Eels.
If the second rower seeks to pursue his Australian dream, it would take a transfer fee to prize him from Salford.
Hock tweeted: "I would like to thank @SalfordDevils for accepting my transfer request, been a hard decision but I think is the right for both parties."
Hock, who was thrown out of the England squad on the eve of the World Cup last October for a series of breaches of discipline, is currently serving a seven-match suspension for deliberately making contact with a referee during Salford's win over Hull in July.
Meanwhile, Koukash has cancelled Salford's end-of-year party after they failed to reach the Super League play-offs.
Koukash had set a target of a top-four finish for last year's wooden spoonists after a major overhaul of the team, claiming he would be disappointed if they failed to make the top six, but last Sunday's 42-6 defeat at Wakefield ended their hopes of finishing in the top eight with two games left of the regular season.
The angry chairman has responded by cancelling the players' annual end-of-season celebration, which was due to be held this weekend.
"We have nothing to celebrate," Koukash said. "We have not won anything and we are not in the play-offs.
"We focus our energy instead on winning our last two games - not handing out awards when we have not won anything of significance.
"To me, winning is everything and I have always made this very clear.
"I guess some fans can understand where I am coming from and they will be disappointed but the presentation will not happen."
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Rodgers turns in dazzling performance
GREEN BAY—When Aaron Rodgers is on, this is what it looks like.
The ball doesn't hit the turf. The end zone is scattered with players sprinting toward each other—at full speed—swiping locked elbows in celebration. Receivers, afterward, are at a loss of words. They're mystified at what defensive coordinators must be thinking.
When Rodgers is on, all formulas to stop him dissolve.
"There's no way. I don't know," tight end Jermichael Finley said. "If I was Dom Capers, I'd try to dial it up for you."
"Umm," said James Jones, pausing, "you can't stop him. He threw for 400 yards. You can't stop him."
Actually, it was 480 yards. Rodgers tied Matt Flynn's team record for passing yards in a single game. He did what he wanted, when he wanted throughout Green Bay's 38-20 win Sunday at Lambeau Field. In all, Rodgers completed 34 of 42 of his passes for 480 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions.
This was 2011 all over again. At the controls, the quarterback systematically dismantled the secondary.
No, Rodgers says, he had no idea Flynn's record was in reach.
"That's what happens sometimes when you're in a good rhythm," Rodgers said. "Unless you see it up on the scoreboard, the stats and the yards, that just comes from doing your responsibility and throwing the ball accurately."
A "good rhythm" despite a sore neck, too. When Rodgers woke up at the team hotel Sunday morning, his neck was stiff. He slept on it funny. Rodgers usually doesn't like to get treatment the day of games but absolutely needed an adjustment this time.
DeAngelo Hall trying to cover Jordy Nelson up the sideline. A linebacker—huh?—on Randall Cobb across the middle on a fourth-and-3 touchdown. Neck pain. None of it really mattered.
"I wasn't feeling great pregame," Rodgers said. "But once the adrenaline started going, just kind of got into a rhythm. They played a lot of one-high. They gave us some inside leverage routes."
Much like his six-touchdown flogging of the Houston Texas last season, Rodgers smelled blood. He typically makes defenses pay for using a single-high safety. He's a basketball player shooting the ball into an ocean.
There was the on-the-run flip to Nelson for a 14-yard score. He hit Finley for another score, rolling right and pumping twice to buy time before placing the ball high where only Finley could grab it. He found Nelson again for six, going back-shoulder.
And to ice this one, he lobbed a 37-yarder to Nelson up the left sideline over Hall, setting the stage for the James Starks score that put Green Bay ahead, 38-7.
Sunday marked the fifth time in his six seasons as the starter Rodgers completed at least 80 percent of his passes. The final 81 percent mark ranks third all-time behind his first-ever start in 2008 against Minnesota (18-of-22) and another 81.8 percent performance in 2012 at St. Louis (30-of-37).
He's not sure why Washington used this coverage. Experience maybe. Another player to use in pressure possibly. Once he saw this, the package of throws he'd attempt became clear.
"When you're playing a team that plays a lot of one-high, regardless of the leverage, the guys outside are going to get some more opportunities," Rodgers said. "Two-high, as we saw last week, more guys on the inside, Jermichael and Randall had more opportunities last week."
Rodgers wouldn't call this his best game. And eyes tilted up, lips pursed in thought, Finley wouldn't either. "He was on," the tight end assured. But Finley also remembers Rodgers making these same exact throws with all hell breaking loose around him.
"He'll have games where he's throwing the ball off the back leg, front leg, whatever leg he wants to throw it off of," Finley said. "So he's just one of those gifted guys. The chosen one."
Said Cobb, "This is what we expect. He's a tier above the elites in all of our eyes."
Obviously, Green Bay would prefer Rodgers do his damage from a peaceful pocket. Either way, this September Rodgers is looking more like the 2011 version than the 2012 one. Last year, it took three, four weeks for the offense to rev up—and it never reached the lofty standards of 2011.
On Sunday, the MVP in Rodgers resurfaced.
"Rodgers is the best quarterback in the NFL, man," Jones said. "There aren't too many things you can do to stop him. So he was just being himself today. It doesn't surprise me."


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Mark Wahlberg on wedding no-show
Mark Wahlberg has cleared up the reason why he wasn't at brother Donnie's wedding to Jenny McCarthy - because it was his daughter's birthday.
The Ted actor explained in a video posted on Facebook that his no-show was not because he didn't want to be there.
He said: "Congratulations, guys! Congratulations from all of us. Wish we could be there - it's Ella's birthday today. She's 11 today.
"I love you, Donnie. Very happy for you. Sorry we can't be there. We'll see you soon."
The video showed Mark, his wife Rhea Durham and their four children all gathered together at home to pass on their best wishes to Donnie and Jenny.
Mark also made sure Donnie got his message by tweeting the happy couple: "Congratulations @DonnieWahlberg and @JennyMcCarthy, so happy for you both today."
Donnie showed there were no hard feelings by replying: "Thank you @mark_wahlberg. Thanks to you and @rheadur for the adorable video for me & Jenny! Please wish a Happy B-Day to my god daughter Ella!"
The groom also thanked his New Kids On The Block fans, known as Blockheads.
He tweeted: "To my darling BHs...Every tweet. Every thought. Every wish. Every kind word. Every kind gesture. Means so much. Thank you! #loveeternal."


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Walker names new Walworth County judge
ELKHORN--Family Court Commissioner Kristine Drettwan said she hopes to be the same type of judicial official after she takes over as Walworth County's newest judge.
"I've always strived to be tough but fair. I've always strived to listen to people, to try to figure out what are the facts, what's important and apply those facts to the law and then make my decision (and) clearly explain it,"� Drettwan said
Gov. Scott Walker announced Monday he chose Drettwan, 45, to replace Judge John Race, who is retiring after 29 years on the bench.�
"As a former prosecutor and a family court commissioner, Kristine Drettwan is incredibly prepared to handle the work of a circuit court judge," Walker said in a news release. "She is an active member of her community in Elkhorn, and I know she will serve the people of Walworth with diligence and a firm commitment to the rule of law."
Drettwan said her tentative schedule includes a private swearing-in ceremony Friday and then mentoring with other judges in the district for a couple weeks, which is standard procedure for new judges.
Her court calendar will start Jan. 27, she said, and she will take over Race's family court cases. She said that's a good transition because she has been the family court commissioner since 2010.
From 1993 to 2003, Drettwan was an assistant district attorney, first in Douglas County and then in Walworth County. Her caseload included sexual assault, child abuse, domestic abuse, animal abuse, other crimes against people, property crimes and drug offenses.
In 2000, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration recognized her for "outstanding contributions in the field of drug law enforcement." She has also been an instructor in the police science program at Gateway Technical College.�
Drettwan served as law clerk to the Walworth County judges until 2010 and served as a court commissioner and assistant family court commissioner from 2005 to 2010.
When she graduated from law school, she said, she wanted to be a prosecutor.
"As I developed as an attorney and as a person through the years, it's (becoming a judge) kind of something I've started thinking about," she said.
During her time as family court commissioner, "I've discovered it's something that I feel I'm good at, and I've received a lot of support and encouragement from others in the legal community."
Heidi Lloyd, executive director of the Association for the Prevention of Family Violence, wrote in support of Drettwan: "She has a well-deserved reputation for being direct, fair and efficient in getting cases resolved. She is always professional and clear. She explains the law in words that make sense to those who don't regularly set foot in courtrooms."
Local attorney James P. Martin echoed those comments in a news release.
"She is everything that a judge needs to be: even tempered, firm yet compassionate, intelligent, and hard working," he said. "Win or lose before her, attorneys find her to be tough but fair. In my experiences with her, she does the right thing, not necessarily the easy thing. … Kristine Drettwan is a great example of how an attorney should practice law and how a court commissioner should exercise her duties. We would be fortunate to have her serve in Walworth County as a circuit court judge."
Drettwan is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Minnesota School of Law, where she was on the dean's list. She lives in Elkhorn with her husband, Matthew, and their two school-aged children and attends Sugar Creek Lutheran Church.�
Drettwan's court commissioner position will be posted, and the Walworth County judges will review applications and make the appointment.