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The lockout is still in progress, and now NBA players and staff have taken to the streets to raise money so they can maintain their livelihood.  After you watch this video, let us know if you feel moved to donate to their cause.

Stevie Nicks has explained to us why the next round of Fleetwood Mac activity, which had been expected to take place in 2012, has been pushed back to 2013. She says she wants to continue promoting her current solo album, In Your DreamsI, through next summer, and expects to release more singles and videos from it. "I just want people to see and hear it, so I want to keep this record going until next summer."

Stevie says Lindsey Buckingham, in particular, has been supportive.

"Lindsey knows how important this record is to me, because [he] was a part of [it]. And so he said to me, 'This record is your heart. Don't feel as if you have to run back to Fleetwood Mac, because you don't.'"

She's also got two movie projects -- both based on old songs -- she wants to "at least get started" next year. One is a movie version of the Welsh folk tale that inspired her to write "Rhiannon," the other an animated film based on a pre-Fleetwood Mac song called "The Ladybug and the Goldfish." 

Stevie Nicks says that "tons" of unreleased songs still remain in the can from her early years in Fleetwood Mac. Interviewed at L.A.'s Grammy Museum on Wednesday, she revealed that there are "lots of cool things we could put on records in the future...I think people would love." That includes many "songs that started out as one song and sort of turned into another song."

Remember Michael Winslow, the guy that did all those sound effects with his mouth in the Police Academy films? Well, Winslow hasn't lost his touch. Check out this clip from a Norwegian talk show as he does his take on "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin.

There are some jobs every country has, such as cook, farmer and shopkeeper.

And then, there are some jobs that are unique to specific cultures.

The Chinese happen to have a bunch of seriously weird jobs, including:

• White Guys In Suits -- In order for businessmen to look like they're big shots in the global economy, they hire Caucasian actors to wear nice suits to walk into and out of their offices.

• Standing In Line For Other People -- In the city, where it takes five hours to see a doctor, it makes sense for many Chinese people to hire others to stand in line for them at a cost of only three dollars per hour.

• Poop Collectors -- China recycles human waste and uses it as fertilizer. This means someone has to pick it up and drop it off.

• The "Granny Police" -- The Communist government of China has mobilized old ladies, given them red armbands and empowered them to keep an eye on the citizens. If you're going to do or say something against the government, make sure there are no grannies around.

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Source: Cracked.com