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"Reality Bites Back:" 10 Questions for Jennifer Pozner (VIDEO)
November 4, 2010 by Chris Lombardi
Filed under Books, Media, Television
Some of us first met Jennifer Pozner in the 1990s, when she was monitoring media sexism for Fairness in Accuracy and Reporting. Now, WVFC talks to Pozner, founder of Women in Media and News, about her new Seal Press book Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About Guilty Pleasure TV.
Tell us about the new book and how you came to write it.
When I started Women in Media and News in 2001, I knew that it couldn't just be about more women in media. We needed to analyze representations of women in media, and call out the worst offenders. And by then, this then-new form called "reality TV" was already worth watching. Mike Darnell, the Fox exec who first put together Who Wants to Marry A Millionaire, had already boasted that "we knew the National Organization for Women would hate this."
But I really got a sense of what was going on when The Bachelor premiered. I saw all these women lining up, competing to be the prettiest, skinniest white girl, chosen by a guy they just met. I saw that the classic templates of backlash against feminism — dividing women against each other, getting women to devalue themselves — were being played out for fun and profit. He alsoThe show's executive producer, Mike Fleiss, laughed that "it's always fun to watch girls crying."
So I started tracking exactly what was going on with these shows. By now, I know I've transcribed hundreds of hours of these shows — including three seasons of Flavor of Love, 14 of America's Next Top Model.
Did you ever think the industry would grow the way it has? Is it worse now?
Whenever I heard people say that these shows wouldn't last, that they would be a passing fad, I thought: They don't get the economics of this. Anything that is so cheap to produce and comes with the prospect of millions of dollars worth of product placement advertising per episode — they weren't going to give that up. They don't even need to get high ratings — they just need enough people to see the shows that would also be exposed to the embedded advertising
Those first five years were when the templates were created: the dating show, the career challenge, the fashion shows, the makeup shows, the shelter and leisure shows. Since then there's just been a massive expansion, to include all sorts of niche markets. For example, VH-1 in 2006 gave us Flavor of Love [starring rap star Flavor-Flav], and now we have dozens of shows featuring people of color of both sexes. That gave the producers tons more stereotypes to play with, from classic "exoticization" of women of color to multiple preconceptions about men, Asians, and bisexuals (for instance, Tia Tequila).
Now, what we're seeing is a fusing of some of the most successful — and sexist — shows. For example, E! network is about to debut a show called Bridalplasty, where women compete for the plastic surgery of their choice before the wedding. That's four shows put together: Extreme Makeover, The Swan, Say Yes to the Dress and Platinum Weddings.
But haven't we gotten more savvy about recognizing what's "real" and what isn't?
If you ask most people if they think reality TV is real, they'll say no. But people don't realize the kind of stagecraft that goes into those shows. They don't know about frankenbite editing — a widespread practice, where they splice together pieces of what someone said. Maybe a woman said, in answer to a question, "I really don't want to get married before I graduate college, but he is good looking" and what we hear is "I really want to be married. He's so good looking." The main conceit of the whole thing is that these are real people, but producers can and regularly do take something black and make it white. If you're hearing something in voice-over, that's your first clue that it could be manufactured, or taken completely out of context.
Your book makes the case that these shows, shaped around messages that demean women, have real-life effects on women's actual power.
I don't think it's a one-to-one impact — you know, watch The Bachelor, your salary goes down. But I do think that these are divide-and-conquer tactics. If we're exposed, even half-jokingly, to weeks and months of women as catty gold-digers, domineering moms, desperate pathetic losers — how can it not affect our willingness to trust other women? It can affect our social and sexual lives if we lose our ability to rely on other women for support, for organizing a union, for help if we're being abused or defrauded.
Any hope for shows that focus on actual skills, like Project Runway or So You Think You Can Dance?
I like Runway too, but did you ever notice that one of the highest compliments they can give is "It looks expensive?" These shows are built around hyperconsumption. The only way to be happy is to shop, and — as What Not to Wear emphasizes — consumption of the advertisers' products. It's no accident that Bravo's explicit pitch to companies is about the Bravo viewer as "affluencers," people with money who get their peers to spend it. And it escalates in times of anxiety. In 2007, just as the housing bubble popped, the Rachel Zoe Project was all about how we shouldn't be saving for a rainy day, and NYC Prep followed a bunch of rich kids described as being in "the top 1% of the elite."
Let's talk about the audiences for these shows. Are Women's Voices for Change readers — typically, women over 40 — a big part of the audience?
In general, most of what you see on reality TV is a result of media companies targeting their programming younger and younger — and mostly white. Except for the beauty shows, though there women of color often find that ethnic features are considered a liability, with black women's lips being reduced and Asian women's eyes being changed on cosmetic surgery shows, black and Latina women and girls having their natural hair straightened or shaved off on modeling shows, and so on.
And when you get to so-called "older" women, they use all the old stereotypes. There's that show Who Wants to Marry My Dad? where this forty-something man was considered a real "catch" but the women competing to date him were much younger. Yet when a cable reality show finally debuted with an "older woman" who was all of 40 — horrors! — what was the show named? "The Cougar." And it was billed sort of as a joke. Just as that scripted show Cougar Town pretends Courtney Cox is anything but a stone fox.
Could you talk a little about the way "reality TV" is permeating our culture? What do you see happening?
Most of what I have comes as responses to the work I do, and it's very anecdotal. We will not really know what it is until we have serious studies, like the ones that have been done about fictional shows or Barbie dolls. But I can tell you that the way women perceive these shows has shifted as these shows became more pervasive. When started doing multimedia lectures with students in 2002, the women were very critical: "What would motivate a producer to do this? Do they think we're stupid?" When I make the same presentation now, eight years later, I'm talking to the generation grew up with these shows. And now the kind of question I get is: " If I dieted, you think I could get on Top Model?" These are college students. But these shows have now, for a decade, told us how to give up our intellect and just make sure we're pretty.
In the book, you look at the way the "reality TV" industry works to make violence against women–both real and implied–seem like the normal order of things.
I got a lot of questions about Ryan Jenkins, a semifinalist in Megan Wants to Marry a Millionaire, when the supermodel he married turned up dead — so much so, that the only way she could be identified was by her breast implants. Reporters asked, "Is reality TV creating murderers?" But Jenkins had a history of domestic violence when he was cast — and we know that wasn't unusual! We've seen men with restraining orders, even a history of jail time, packaged as "Prince Charming" by reality producers simply for their money and their handsome appearances. That doesn't even count the verbal/emotional abuse of women on most of these dating shows. These shows insist it's more important to find a man than have dignity or be treated with any sort of respect.
You also write about the product placement. How does that link to sexism?
It's important for people to realize that this programming isn't created for audiences. It's for advertisers, who influence casting, characters, and the kinds of challenges you see in shows like Survivor or The Apprentice. That's why even though Tyra Banks says she wants to empower women of color, all her nonwhite models are straightening their hair, treating it, adding extensions…. Or the shampoo-branded hair salons on Runway.
Advertisers don't have to squeeze their regressive ideology or their shilling/persuasion into commercials in between your favorite shows anymore. Instead, they can collaborate with producers to turn entire reality series into commercial for their products, rolling out all their messages over a season. And so many of their messages are gendered — whether it's 'You need to get a bigger house and clean it' to the assumptions on the plastic-surgery shows.
What can we, as self-aware women with a stake in this society, do to counteract these trends?
I'm so glad you asked. To educate our peers, the Reality Bites Back website has a Fun With Media section including Reality TV Bingo, drinking games, Mad Libs and my own satirical video webisode series, "Reality Rehab with Dr. Jenn."
To me what's most important for us as women is to become media-literate ourselves, and to get involved in changing the media landscape in some way. There are more than a dozen examples of ways you can make structural change or create indy media alternatives in the book, and that's just for starters. You don't have to do everything, but we should all do something. A resource guide on the Reality Bites Back website that will point you to organizations that can help you get involved. Choose a strategy that energizes you, and work to transform the media. We need to join together to beat Goliath. And we can.
Ten Questions for Lisa Genova
October 26, 2009 by Women's Voices For Change
Filed under Books
1. What are you working on now?
I'm writing my second novel, Left Neglected. This is a story about a woman in her mid-thirties who is like so many women I know today—multi-tasking all day long, trying to be everything to everyone at work and at home, trying to succeed at everything, spread extremely thin. One typical morning, racing in her car on her way to work, she tries to make a call on her cell and takes her eye off the road for one second too long. And in that blink of an eye, all the rapidly moving parts of her over-scheduled, high-achieving life come to a screeching halt. She suffers a traumatic head injury. Her memory and intellect are intact. But she has lost all interest in and awareness of the left side of everything.
The left side of the world is gone. She has Left side Neglect. She finds herself living in a bizarre hemi-existence, where she eats food only on the right side of her plate, reads only the right half of a page, and can easily forget that her left hand even belongs to her. Through rehabilitation, she struggles not only to recover the very idea of left, but also to recover her life, the one she had always meant to live.
2. Your first novel, Still Alice, went from being a self-published labor of love to a national resource, especially for families touched by Alzheimer's. How did you do that?
Oh, what a difference a year makes! In 2008, I was selling copies of Still Alice one at a time out of the trunk of my car. And I was guerrilla marketing it online—at my website, amazon.com, social networking sites, blogs—trying to reach as many people as possible, trying to create a buzz. As David Meerman Scott would say, I was trying to create a World Wide Rave. A literary agent eventually heard this buzz, and the book then sold at auction to Simon & Schuster, who published it in January of 2009. They continue to reach a far wider audience than I ever could have from the trunk of my car. It debuted at # 5 on the New York Times Bestseller list (and is still on the extended list this week), and it's in its 17th printing with somewhere around 400,000 copies in print in the US. It's also been translated into 17 foreign languages.
3. What was your biggest challenge in completing it?
I didn't find completing it difficult. I didn't mind "killing my darlings" in the editing process (the scientist in me felt right at home reading my own book with a ruthless and analytical eye), and I felt very comfortable drawing a line in the sand, declaring it done. There was no agonizing. The biggest challenge was getting it published.
4. What do you do for fun or relaxation?
I love yoga, a hike on the beach with my husband. If I had more time, I'd love to get back to dancing and acting.
6. Last movie or play you saw?
Romeo and Juliet at the Monomoy Theatre this summer. I have a one-year-old and a nine=year old; I can't remember the last time I went to the movies.
6. Best part about being your age?
Best part—everything still works. I don't mind getting older—it sure beats the alternative!
7. Have you ever wanted to revinvent yourself? Do you feel you did, going from neuroscientist to novelist?
I think after my divorce, I started becoming increasingly fearless. I wanted to proceed in whatever was next in my life more consciously aware of the life I wanted to live, the me I wanted to be. When I got divorced, I asked myself this great question, "If you could do anything you wanted, what would that be?" My answer didn't send me back to my old job as a strategy consultant for the healthcare industry. I decided to write a novel instead. And I'd always wanted to learn how to act. So I became an actress as well.
8. What do you know now that you didn't when you were younger?
Inner peace.
9. What's next for you?
I have a two-book contract with Simon & Schuster, so I'll be writing two more novels within the next couple of years. I'll also continue to talk to audiences about Alzheimer's, to increase understanding and awareness and to help raise funds for a cure.
10. What do you value most in life?
My family.
Actuary Barbie Goes Shopping
March 16, 2009 by Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
Filed under Fashion, Musings
by Patricia Yarberry Allen
I have a daughter-in-law who is just perfect. She is 5'7 and looks great in clothes. She is witty and a shameless mimic. And she will be an actuary, when she takes her last exam in May. She already has some initials after her name, but she gets more after this exam. She has been studying and taking exams for five years: killer exams that deal with risk evaluation, economic theory, statistics, spread sheets, finance, and dissecting out the hidden from the big ideas that have almost ruined our economy.
These are exams that almost everyone fails periodically. I do not know how she has survived.
So before she goes to the mat this one last time, I proposed a girl's-only afternoon shopping adventure in the city. My son is in law school and they have less than no money with all that debt, so a new spring suit seemed like a great gift to prepare her for the next round of 24/7 studying and working full time. She suggested that we go to Bloomingdales, since she had read that they were ready to make it possible for shoppers to afford new spring clothes and we both wanted to see the Barbie exhibit. We started at 2:00 and finished at 7:00!
We began on the fourth floor and found a mature, classic, charming and useful suit. It was navy. You see, actuaries must dress so as not to be noticed. No pink. No orange. No apple green. I would be a naked actuary. (Buff is a nice actuary color after all. ) She waxed enthusiastic about how she could wear this suit to a lunch and she could wear it to actuary events. Because it was navy.
Once we knew we had a safe choice, then we really began to shop. Two hours on the third floor and I talked her into trying on a great pale pink and beige tweed, that looked Chanel but was "Chanel-not" as some of my catty friends would say. She looked great. But, then she began the risk-benefit thing. "I will only wear this to a special lunch or a bridal shower and for Easter. I could NEVER wear this to work or to an actuary event." Not enough value for the money.
I had been thinking that Nanette Lepore would be a good choice for her. I love her clothes and buy her moderately priced, amusing and appropriate suits. Lepore is certainly herself in mid-life, but she has that sense of fun combined with elegance that allows her to design with a bit of whimsy, often using muted colors but countering with a small flourish in unexpected places. If she designs for your body shape, you look pounds lighter and years younger without the cougar ick factor. But — I was having a moment where I could not remember her name. I described her clothes to various sales associates on the 4th and 3rd floors but no one made the connection. I had Ines de la Fressange stuck in my forebrain and I could not extract Nanette Lepore. I knew that Bloomy's had a big collection of her clothes; I just could not find them.
So we moved down to the second floor where there are lots of interesting clothes, but too many were odd. We were losing steam at this point having no calories for hours but we were on a mission. We corrected each other's choices in the nicest way. "Too much blue in that green for you, Pat". "Do try this one on, sweetie. Often clothes don't look good on the hanger but I can really see you in this." No crabby behavior from either of us. And I would normally have been taken to Bellevue after four hours at Bloomies.
Then we stumbled onto the unlabeled Nanette Lepore section of the second floor. "I found her!" I screamed. People moved away. Even in Bloomingdale's there is some standard of behavior from crazed shoppers that I had just exceeded. But, I had been looking for Nanette for four hours. I was overjoyed. And I was right. Everything looked great on my daughter-in-law.
We found two perfect suits. One was black tweed with totally awesome details on both the skirt and the jacket. The skirt was a pencil skirt with black trimming placed just so, inviting the eye to the right places. The jacket was short, stopping almost above the waist, with the same black trimming vertically down the center. The other had a trumpet skirt and a jacket that pretended to pass as a normal ladies suit jacket with lapels, until the eye was drawn to the nipped-in waist and amusing back. But it was beige and that was an acceptable actuary color. We bought them both but nothing else after our long afternoon of looking for a bargain that would look great.
I knew that I was having an important experience with my daughter-in-law this long afternoon that was both fun and exhausting. I knew that this shopping expedition was just a metaphor. I was using shopping to teach my daughter in law how to succeed in a man's world.
I was passing along secrets about how to subvert toxic work environments by wearing a clever suit that was still in the right actuary color chart, but would allow her to express her wit and to consciously use clothes as a small secret piece of performance art. I was teaching her how to have power.
Throughout our archeological dig at Bloomies we encountered lots of Barbie dolls who were on display to celebrate Barbie's 50th birthday. Many were collector's items safely behind bullet proof glass cases. There were Barbies dressed by designers whose clothes are carried by Bloomingdales (see here for more like Christian Dior Barbie, left). Full-sized mannequins were dressed to look like Barbie in some of her signature clothes. They looked so real I almost spoke to one.
We loved the Barbie dolls. But the best part of the day was that I had an afternoon with my own Barbie. Actuary Barbie, who knew?
News Mix: One Nation Under Google; Americans Delay Retirement; Ronni Bennett on Elderblogging; Happy Birthday Jane Goodall; Power Surge – Debating Menopause
April 2, 2008 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under Menopause, Newsmakers, The Economy
One Nation Under Google: "Online, 'We the people …' takes on a whole new meaning," writes the Washington Post's Jose Antonio Vargas, in this engaging look at how the internet has changed political participation and our understanding of issues.
Americans Delay Retirement: "As the falling real-estate and stock markets erode their savings, many aging Americans are delaying retirement, electing labor over leisure in uncertain times," reports the Wall Street Journal. It's a fact-filled piece full of housing market and employment data.
Jennifer Levitz writes:
According to economists and demographers, a huge exodus from the work force should be happening. The first of 78 million baby boomers, those born between 1946 and 1964, passed the 60-year-old mark two years ago. And 2008 was expected to be a banner retirement year, with the oldest boomers reaching 62 — the earliest age for collecting Social Security. When the first boomer drew a benefit on Feb. 12, the Social Security Administration described it as the start of "America's silver tsunami."
The giant gray wave is still an inevitability. But it has run into a breakwall. Investment advisers and retirement planners at more than a dozen firms, including Charles Schwab Corp., Edward Jones and Merrill Lynch & Co., say they are seeing large numbers of older workers put off retirement as the housing and stock-market troubles have deepened.
Plus: WSJ is hosting a discussion on savings and delayed retirement.
Elder Blogs and Blogging: Ronni Bennett of Time Goes By is appearing tonight on the "Brian Lehrer Live" show (7:30 p.m. EST) to discuss elderblogging. New Yorkers can watch on Time Warner CUNY-TV channel 75. Not in New York? Watch the live video feed or catch the program later on Lehrer's video blog.
Happy Birthday Jane Goodall: She turns 74 on Thursday, but Jane Goodall retains a wide-eyed wonder about the world. In this Q&A with the Chicago Tribune, Goodall discusses environmental policies, her research and her legacy.
Power Surge: Toronto Star columnist Antonia Zerbisias and reporter Judy Gerstel debate the pros and cons of menopause. Says Gerstel:
[M]aybe I've just been lucky with menopause but I think women make too much about the symptoms. Like pregnancy, it's temporary. It's really only about one out of 10 women who suffers so much she needs drugs to manage. C'mon, toughing it out isn't so terrible. But you know what can be pretty awful? Being seen as "an older woman" – which often means not being seen at all.
News Mix: Women's Bylines Welcome on Adultery; Debater Henrietta Bell Wells Dies; Patricia Clarkson on Getting Good Roles; Kate Christensen Wins PEN/Faulkner
March 13, 2008 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under Books, Movies, Newsmakers
Women Get Bylines on Adultery, Prostitution: The National Women's Editorial Forum notes that all four New York Times op-ed writers
on Wednesday were women.
"The names of women rarely appear as bylines,
and when they do, there is usually only one, most often one of the
Times' two female staff columnists," writes Sui Lang Panoke. "So,
imagine how ecstatic I was to see that all of the four op-eds posted in
today's New York Times featured women authors. Then I discovered the
topic to which the entire page was devoted: the Eliot Spitzer sex
Pioneering Debater Dies: "Henrietta Bell Wells, the only
woman, the only freshman and the last surviving member of the 1930
Wiley College debate team that participated in the first interracial
collegiate debate in the United States, died on Feb. 27 in Baytown,
Tex. She was 96," reports The New York Times. The film "The Grate Debaters," released last year, tells the story of the team.
Q&A with Patricia Clarkson: The 48-year-old Clarkson talks about her film and theater roles and finding great parts for women over 40.
"The Great Man" Wins: "Kate Christensen has won the 2008 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction for her novel 'The Great Man,' whose ironic title refers to a recently deceased painter but whose focus is on the women in his life," reports the Washington Post. Annie Dillard was one of the other four finalists for her novel "The Maytrees."
Christensen, 45, was doing the laundry in her Brooklyn home when she got the news of the award, which was announced yesterday.
"I'm really shocked," she said in a telephone interview. To her,
an award like the PEN/Faulkner "always seemed unattainable." Among
other reasons, in the 28 years it has existed, only four other women
have won.
"It's me and John Updike and Philip Roth. I was like, do women actually win this thing?" Christensen joked.
WVFC Q&A with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
February 11, 2008 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under Newsmakers, Politics
Women's Voices for Change spoke with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about issues before Congress and her perspective as Speaker. Our questions and her responses follow below. Please add your comments at the end.
Women's Voices for Change: Based on the presidential primary results so far, what is your take on the public's response to the field of candidates? What campaign messages do you think are resonating most?
Nancy Pelosi: If anyone thought of young people as apathetic or disinterested in their government, the presidential primaries this year proved them wrong. Young people turned out to vote in record numbers and strongly influenced the outcomes of the races.
We saw this across the country, starting in Iowa where youth turnout at the polls tripled compared to 2004 all the way to Tennessee, where youth voters quadrupled their turnout. Americans, regardless of their age, are excited about the Democratic field because they offer a break with the policies of the past seven years.
WVFC: What are your top legislative priorities for 2008?
Pelosi: First and foremost, we must strengthen our national security by rebuilding our military's readiness and reestablishing America's moral leadership in the world. Both have been undermined by the Iraq war. We will never stop fighting to bring an end to the war.
WVFC Q&A with Presidential Candidate John Edwards
January 2, 2008 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under Health, Newsmakers, Politics
As part of our ongoing interview series with presidential candidates, Women's Voices for Change spoke with former senator John Edwards about his health care plan, specifically how it will benefit women and older Americans. Our questions and his responses follow below. Please add your comments at the end.
Photo: johnedwards.com
Women's Voices for Change: How does your health care plan differ from those proposed by the other Democratic candidates, particularly Senator Clinton's? Why do you think your plan is the best option at this time?
John Edwards: We desperately need truly universal health care in this country — we can no longer afford incremental steps. We have to stop making promises about "increasing access to health care" when we know with certainty those words mean something less than universal care. Who are you willing to leave behind without the care she or he needs? Which family? Which child? We need a truly universal solution, and we need it now.
I was proud to be the first major presidential candidate to offer a detailed plan to provide truly universal health care. And I'm proud to still be the only major candidate who not only has a plan that will provide coverage for every man, woman and child in America, but who has also given the American people information about how I will ensure that everyone will be covered.
Under my plan, businesses will either cover their employees or help pay their premiums. The government will make insurance affordable through new tax credits and by leading the way toward more cost-effective care. New "Health Care Markets" will give families and businesses purchasing power and a choice of quality plans, including one public plan. Finally, once these steps have been taken, all American residents will be required to take responsibility and get insurance.
WVFC Q&A with Presidential Candidate Barack Obama
December 19, 2007 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under Health, Newsmakers, Politics
As part of our ongoing interview series with presidential candidates, Women's Voices for Change spoke with Sen. Barack Obama about his health care plan, specifically how it will benefit women and older Americans. Our questions and his responses follow below. Please add your comments at the end.
Photo: barackobama.com
Women's Voices for Change: How does your health
care plan differ from those proposed by the other Democratic
candidates, particularly Senator Clinton's? Why do you think your plan
is the best option at this time?
Sen. Barack Obama: I have a universal health care
plan that will cover every American and bring down the cost of a
typical family's premiums by $2,500 — more than any other proposal in
this race. Some of the other candidates have criticized me because they
believe that the way to achieve universal coverage is by forcing
everyone to buy health insurance, which is what the Clinton and
Edwards' plans do. I disagree. I believe the reason people are
uninsured isn't because no one's forced them to buy health care, it's
because no one's made health care affordable. That's why my plan does
more to cut the cost of health care than any other proposal in this
I believe that if we truly want to solve the health care challenge,
we need a president who can bring Democrats and Republicans together,
stand up to the drug and insurance industry lobbyists, and create an
open, transparent process so that the American people can participate
in the debate. That's how I expanded health care coverage in Illinois,
and that's how I'll do it as president.
In Massachusetts, which has begun implementing a mandate of the type
Sen. Clinton proposes, they are already doing one of two things with
the people who still haven't purchased insurance: They are either
telling people who can't afford it that they don't have to buy it after
all, or they are fining people for not buying it. Sen. Clinton has not
explained which of these two things she would do.
Health Round-Up: Majority of Centenarians Are Women; Understanding the Studies on Weight and Nutrition; Can a Tummy Tuck Improve Health?; The Future of the Female Condom
November 16, 2007 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under Health
Yesterday we told you about geneticist Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch, who died this month at the age of 100. Did you know that approximately 40,000 Americans are 100 years old or older, according to
the New England Centenarian Study — and that 85 percent of these centenarians are women?
Elena Conis at the L.A. Times has more on this study. While diet and lifestyle are considered factors in longevity, evidence
from homogenous populations suggest that good genes have something to do with it.
Another interesting point:
The researchers have also concluded that some people simply age more slowly than others. One indication: Women who were able to conceive and give birth naturally in their 40s are four times as likely
to reach age 100 than women who last gave birth in their 30s or earlier.
Deaf, Dumb and Blind? Taking the Viagra Risk
November 5, 2007 by Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.
Filed under Medical Concerns, Sex & Sexuality
by Patricia Yarberry Allen, MD | bio
As fellow blogger Douglas McIntyre (with whom I share a laptop at home) notes, there's a new Pfizer ad campaign for the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra that is blanketing television and websites:
It is a nauseating vignette of several men, about 50 years old, singing the praises of the ED-drug while playing a guitar, piano, and bass. "Viva Viagra" indeed.
Now word comes that Viagra and other ED drugs can make some men hard of hearing. That may be a blessing when one of the "Viva Viagra" ads comes onto a TV or PC screen.
In an alert from FDA Medwatch, the agency wrote that it had informed healthcare professionals of reports of sudden decreases or loss of hearing following the use of PDE5 inhibitors Viagra, Levitra, and Cialis for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. In some cases, the sudden hearing loss was accompanied by tinnitus and dizziness.
Perhaps Pfizer's investors will be listening for news of the next Viagra side-effect.
WVFC Q&A with Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton
October 25, 2007 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under Health, Newsmakers, Politics
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton last month unveiled her health care plan and reached out to Women's Voices for Change for an online Q&A about how the plan will benefit women over 40. Our questions and her responses follow below. Please add your comments at the end.
Women's Voices for Change: The introduction to your health care plan states that the plan ensures "working families will never have to pay more than a small percentage of their income for health care." Tell us what you imagine the situation will be for single women, particularly older women with fixed incomes.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton: Right now, the uninsured are carrying a heavy burden in this country, and older women bear a disproportionate share of that burden. About 13 percent of women age 55-64 are without health insurance. Many women in this age bracket become uninsured when their husbands become eligible for Medicare and lose their private insurance.
My American Health Choices Plan will ensure that they have access to high quality care at a price they can afford. Due to their age and pre-existing conditions, these women often face difficulties obtaining the health insurance they need. Under my plan, insurance companies will not be able to discriminate based upon these factors.
But today, even women who have insurance are struggling to pay the bills. Twenty percent of women reported in a 2004 Kaiser Family Foundation study (PDF) that they did not fill a prescription because of the cost. Particularly for those living on a fixed income, out-of-pocket health care costs remain a sizeable share of the budget. More than a quarter of all seniors reported spending at least $100 per month on their medication, and 8 percent reported spending $300 or more each month.
A Plan to Do Better
October 25, 2007 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under Health, Politics
by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Here is what we know: Our national health care system is broken. In 1994, 39 million people were uninsured. Today, some 47 million Americans wake up each morning without health insurance. Of those, some 21.5 million are women, women who cannot get the basic care they need and deserve. Every day, I hear from the women who put real faces to those numbers.
When I announced my health care plan in Iowa, I spoke about the mother of one of those brave women. Six years ago, Lisa Scott's daughter, Janelle, began having chest pains and blackouts. She was sick for almost a year. Janelle requested a chest x-ray, but she never received it, because while she was working two jobs, she didn't have health insurance, and she couldn't afford to pay for it out of her own pocket. One week later, at the age of 18, Janelle died. Her death certificate listed the cause of death as unknown, because Janelle was never able to afford a proper diagnosis, a diagnosis that with care might have saved her life.
So let's ask ourselves the fundamental question: Should any American die because they cannot afford a doctor's diagnosis? I say no, not in America.
Agents of Change: What Would You Do?
October 15, 2007 by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger
Filed under Health, World
by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger | bio
Reading the Q&A interview with Jimmy Carter published in the Oct. 8 issue of Time magazine, I was particularly fascinated by one of the issues, an extraordinary description of change within a society.
In response to this question from an Illinois resident, "Did you ever envision becoming so prolific a builder of latrines?" Carter responds:
Ethiopia has one of the highest incidences of blindness on earth because of trachoma, which is caused by filthy eyes. To eliminate flies, we taught people how to build very simple latrines. Women have adopted building them as a kind of liberation movement — there had been a rigid taboo against a woman relieving herself in the daytime — so although we thought we'd have about 10,000 latrines, we've passed 340,000. Now instead of my being famous for negotiating peace between Israel and Egypt, I'm famous in Ethiopia for being the No. 1 latrine builder.
This was news to me — that Ethiopian men can relieve themselves at will and yet Ethiopian women must wait until dark. Imagine the shame and the physical discomfort women experience.
Working toward a single purpose, eliminating a preventable disease that causes blindness, the Carter Center coincidentally triggered a quiet gender revolution.
Menopause Minute: Musical to Close Early in London, Questions About Soy and a Common Complaint
July 3, 2007 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under Health, Menopause
A weekly look at menopause and related issues in the news …
"Menopause The Musical" has posted early closing notices in London, according to WhatsOnStage.com. The 90-minute musical aimed at baby boomers made its debut in Orlando, Fla. in 2001 and has played to sell-out audiences around the United States. It opened in London in April of this year and was initially booked to run through August but instead will close July 14.
"Many publications, understandably, sent women to review this American import, but producers are probably wishing they hadn't," reports WhatsOnStage.com. "Most male critics were far kinder than their female counterparts who found it, to varying degrees, patronising, sexist and insulting in its depiction of women."
Here's a round-up of London reviews. You may recall that Germaine Greer wasn't all that fond of it. Neither is WVFC's own Patricia Yarberry Allen.
Time and Newsweek both look at the most recent study on hormone replacement therapy that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study found that women who have had hysterectomies may see some heart benefits if they take estrogen in their 50s. The study, however, does not apply to women who still have their uterus, as estrogen alone can cause uterine cancer.
"Taking estrogen pills is not completely without risk — even young women
face an increased chance of venous thrombo-embolism (potentially fatal
blood clots)," writes Pat Wingert of Newsweek. "But the lead author of the new study, Dr. JoAnn Manson, Harvard professor and chief of prevention medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said these results should be reassuring to women without ovaries and uteruses who want to use low-dose hormone therapy during their 40s and 50s to treat hot flashes and other symptoms."
The spring issue of Terrain magazine, a publication of the Ecology Center of Berkeley, Calif., features stories that are critical of soy and how it has been marketed to menopausal women — including this story on the over-processing of soy and soy components and a Q&A with Kaayla T. Daniel, Ph.D., a certified clinical nutritionist who has been writing and speaking out against soy for years. Those interested in learning more about the debate may want to look through these letters written in response to a 2004 article Daniel wrote for Mothering magazine, where there's some criticism of her research. (Via Utne, which excerpted the Terrain stories in its July/August issue. The issue also a good story about moving away from processed foods toward a whole food diet.)
Two articles in the June 25 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine note that the class of antidepressant medications known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors may be associated with an increased rate of bone loss in older women and men.
Menopausal women are more likely to suffer in silence over painful intercourse than consult with their doctors, according to a UK online survey. The results, though non-scientific, are not surprising. But what many women don't realize is that relief is available. Ask Dr. Pat recently covered the treatment of a patient with this common complaint.
Women Center Stage Festival in NYC
June 25, 2007 by Womens Voices for Change
Filed under The Arts
Women Center Stage, a multi-disciplinary festival featuring women artists whose work calls attention to human struggles globally, kicks off tonight in New York.
Featuring panel discussions, films, plays, music and comedy, the festival run through July 17, with most events taking place at the Culture Project (55 Mercer St., between Broome and Grand).
To celebrate the opening, Jennifer Buffett moderates a conversation tonight between and about women making serious change in the world: Aisha al-Adawiya (Women In Islam), Gloria Feldt (activist, author, former president of Planned Parenthood), Carol Jenkins (Women's Media Center), Idelisse Malave (Tides Foundation) and Letty Cottin Pogrebin (activist and author). The conversation starts at 7:30 p.m., with a party to follow.
Tickets and information are available at here or by calling TheaterMania at 212.352.3101.
Future events include:
– Samantha Power, author of "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide," winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, and Azar Nafisi, author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran," discussing the power of the individual in making real change in the world
– Girls Life Adventure, a free workshop for teenage girls created by viBe Theater Experience and Girls Write Now
– Readings on violence against women presented by Eve Ensler's V-Day
– The showing of "Town Bloody Hall," a 1979 film by Chris Hegedus and DA Pennebaker that chronicles the evening of April 30, 1971, "when local literati and feminists packed New York City's Town Hall to watch Norman Mailer, who had just written 'The Prisoner of Sex,' grapple with a panel of passionate feminists." Hegedus will be joined by Jill Johnston, who was on the Town Hall panel, for a Q&A following the film.


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A Bump in the Road?
While the trend is for higher prices, there could be some profit-taking in Wednesday's session
By Paul Cherney
This is option expiration week. Tuesday's move higher was helped by an analyst upgrade of Intel and strong April retail sales numbers. The markets were strong on Monday in anticipation of the new semiconductor book-to-bill ratio and Applied Materials' earnings report (due after the close of trading Tuesday). The SOX index -- the leading semiconductor industry benchmark -- is up about 13% from its Friday (May 10) low. One could interpret the current run-up as a "discounting" of good news.
I feel convinced that there will be further upside over the next seven trading days, but if you want a recipe for a "sell on the news" event, there are the potential ingredients. The action in the techs (especially the SOX) is setting up as a classic "sell on the news event," (the news potentially being earnings from Applied Materials and the book-to-bill ratio). I think there is still more to go on the upside for this leg, but we all know that markets don't go up every single day, so I am pointing out that there could be a little short-term profit-taking on Wednesday.
This is option expiration week and often, a part of the move on Tuesday can see the opposite occur for at least a portion of the next trading day (Wednesday).
I have mentioned Nasdaq price and volume patterns for 3 days now. So far, historic patterns of price advance have more or less performed according to historic parameters so, if it works, don't fix it. The natural extension of the Nasdaq price and volume patterns I have identified are suggesting that the Nasdaq should ultimately have a high close between 1762-1781 sometime up to and including the close of trade on Tuesday May 21. (History never repeats itself exactly.)
Immediate resistance for the NASDAQ is 1724-1802 with a focus 1769-1786.
Immediate support for the NASDAQ is 1711-1691 with a focus 1707-1700. Next support is 1690-1678.
Immediate resistances for the S&P 500 are 1102-1114.73 with a focus 1105-1109, AND 1117-1133.31 with a focus 1122-1127.
Immediate S&P 500 support is 1092-1085.
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Kates Playground Dirty Shower Videos
Watch more Kates Playground Dirty Shower Videos, share videos and find the latest funny videos at Viduu.
- This dude is getting his mack on while his friends pull a dirty trick and make sure he ain't gettin' any tonight.
- I don't know about you, but if I needed a shower I would just go home and take one instead of getting out at a carwash.
- A bunch of drunken girls get down to some dirty dancing at a club.By: nearlygood l Tags: party, girls, drunk, dancing
- This guy's friends stole his towel while he was in the shower and he had to run through the halls with tissue paper.
- These guys from MTV's Dirty Sanchez make Jackass look a bit tame. (Semi-Nudity)
- What a dirty mind you have! What were you thinking!?
- I think it may be time to get her some glasses. Not just for her, but for the both of you. (Dirty Video)
- The new Fallout Boy song, Sugar We're Goin' Down, was interpreted by someone. It's HILARIOUS, but dirty.
- Whoever put the subtitles to this video is perverted! All to some indian flick. *Warning, Dirty!*
- These kids surprise their friend in the shower and when he yells at them he takes a face plant on the ground!
- Robot Chicken is just dirty... but funny! It's your morning wood!
- Funny parody of an ACDC song, Dirty Deeds now called Dirty Deeds Done With Sheep. EW!
- Sexy actress Scarlett Johansson is caught topless drying herself down after a shower.By: nearlygood l Tags: scarlett johansson, topless, shower
- Well, I guess Clark Kent wasn't just hiding that he is Superman.
- Someone made a very dirty Ren and Stimpy cartoon! This is them using very obvious sexual references and gestures. **Offensive**


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September is a month when we think of the Canadian hero - Terry Fox.
Here are some resources to teach his inspiring story and keep his dream alive of eliminating the destructive disease of cancer.
1. Ontario Reader pages 6-7. Great reading and exercise.
2. This TED Ed exercse I made to go with the Terry Fox ESPN video. Goes with the worksheet / timeline activity attached below.
Other things to do:
1. Read this article and make a timeline of the life of Terry Fox. Present it to the class.
2. Download this story and vocabulary activity and read then complete it.
3. Do this online lesson about Terry Fox at the Canadian broadcasting system.


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Marlin 336C in 30-30 - Price?
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> Marlin 336C in 30-30 - Price?
February 21, 2007, 08:06 PM
Does $430 +tax sound about right for a new one?
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February 21, 2007, 08:15 PM
No, too high by about $100 +tax. Great gun, likely worth that much if you've evers shot one, but one can be had for a lot less.
February 21, 2007, 10:03 PM
OUCH! Too much!
There are plenty of excellent used 336s available. Check gun shows, pawn/gun shops, auctionarms.com or gunbroker.com.
I have two (a 1975 and 1982) that I bought within the last 4 years. I paid $140 and 125 respectively. Both are nice but the older one needed some TLC. Both shoot great.
Don't spend anymore than you have too.
February 21, 2007, 10:30 PM
Food for thought there - thanks.
The 336C is the nice one with the high quality walnut stock. I can get new 336A's and W's for around $350. Maybe I do need to look in the used section.
February 21, 2007, 11:14 PM
Too much, they can be had for $200-225 used. and $370 here new
February 21, 2007, 11:15 PM
Look it up on Wal-Mart.com for the lowest retail price.
Eleven Mike
February 22, 2007, 12:56 AM
It's pretty cheap, considering it shoots armor-piercing ammo at extreme ranges like OVER 100 METERS! :eek:
February 22, 2007, 05:38 AM
The 336C is the nice one with the high quality walnut stock. I can get new 336A's and W's for around $350. Maybe I do need to look in the used section.
The used ones that Ive looked at seem to have a few small dings and scratches, but appear to have been shot very little. I would definitely consider a used one, it's hard to wear out a 336C. Used goes for around $250.00 here in Missouri.
B.D. Turner
February 22, 2007, 10:49 AM
Walmart had 336W for $289.00 +tax at Christmas. The 336C has nice wood and should also have the black n white bullseye on the stock.
February 22, 2007, 02:13 PM
Walmart is eliminating firearm/ammo sales. For this and many other reason I will NEVER shop at Walmart.
Here's are some nice ones on Gunbroker for about $200:
Many choices but note there are no bids on the higher priced Marlins.
Sniper X
February 22, 2007, 03:11 PM
Straker, that is a store by store deal, and as they tell it, it is because they can un-man the sporting goods department therefore not heving a full time employee to pay at that position. The WM i ususally go to here in Albuquerque is NOT doing that but two others who have less Sporting goods traffic are the other three in town are not going to discontinue carrying guns and ammo. The WM I go to sells about 5 gunsand about a gilion dollars in ammo, and a hunderd licenses a day fully warrenting a full time position.
February 22, 2007, 04:46 PM
Walmarts in the Phoenix area are not discontinuing gun sales. In fact several of the stores are remodeling the gun counters and putting in new gun cases. But Arizona is very gun friendly!:p
February 22, 2007, 06:39 PM
TOO MUCH!! i got the 336C gold trigger model used for 200$ with scope no more than 50 rounds through it. keep looking :)
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Kenneth Cole's New Store Has 24-Hour Delivery
And lots of cool high-tech features.By Lindsay Peoples
And lots of cool high-tech features.By Lindsay Peoples
Blake Lively, Leandra Medine, and Joseph Altuzarra weigh in.By Katie Van Syckle
The best, the worst, and the weirdest of fall 2014 Fashion Week.By The Fug Girls
So selfless.By Margaret Hartmann
The designer doesn't really "get" current events.By Joe Coscarelli
Be vewy vewy quiet, we're hunting wabbits this fall.By Julie Ma
Although we were close on a few!By Charlotte Cowles
Up in all its glory bright and early this morning.By Charlotte Cowles
Plus, Cameron Diaz covers Elle U.K. in Chanel couture.
Plus, Gisele covers Harper's Bazaar Brazil.
It's his first show since spring 2006.By Hilary Moss
Plus, Karolina Kurkova covers Spanish Vogue's July issue.
Surprising that this name wasn't taken.By Hilary Moss
Plus, more Blue Ivy, Jun Takahashi talks about how runway shows aren't his thing, and other fashion news.
He's put out an offer.By Charlotte Cowles
Plus, that crystal-covered Dolce & Gabbana corset booked another February Vogue cover.
Plus, Coco Rocha covers the new issue of Canadian fashion magazine Flare.
Plus Rachel Zoe, Christian Siriano, Carolina Herrera, and more.By Tory Hoen
We did.By Alex Rees
A worthy accessory to its 'Runway' parent?By Alex Rees


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Just in case you were unaware, XBMC has finally released an Eden copy of XBMC for your old Apple TV (1st generation). Though this 1st gen device is not the easiest to load XBMC on to, it is by no means impossible. If you simply follow these steps, from beginning to end, you will be enjoying unlimited multimedia goodness in no time.
Patchstick.ca, a creator of Patchstick – software enhancement for the first generation Apple TV, has just announced that their first product for Apple TV 2 – Installer – is currently being tested and will be released very soon ("no later than February 15th, possibly a few days earlier"). Installer will allow you to install and maintain 3rd party plugins (such as Overflow, XBMC, Groovy, Exposed, Plex, BT Stack and others) with the click of your remote.
In case you didn't have enough fun hacking your boxes for 3.0 update, here it comes…another "revolutionary" update. Apple says it prevents content from temporarily disappearing. According to them, when you have to update to 3.0.1? "When you are using Apple TV software version 3.0 and all of your movies, TV shows, and songs appear to be missing" or "When you are using Apple TV software version 3.0 and all of your movies, TV shows, and songs appear to be present, but you have not yet updated to Apple TV software version 3.0.1." Interesting… Wasn't it easier with "Don't think too much, update your box immediately!"…?
Official Apple instructions here.
– XBMC launched beta 3 of Launcher 3.2.
We can confirm now – it's compatible with 3.0.1
– Boxee says it is already working in 3.0.1 (with Launcher 3.2 beta 3)
Also confirmed.
– nitoTV released 0.8.2 version with 3.0.1 support
(RSS, USB and watchdog patches updated for 3.0.1 as well)
– aTV Flash released 4.0.1 version with 3.0.1 compatibility.
– Patchstick 3.0.1 is also available (with Sapphire and RSS)
You need to use LaunchMore version 0.4 or 0.4.1 to apply this update.
It took not more than a few days to get almost all the important hacks and plugins working in 3.0 update.
Released yesterday, 0.8.1 version (direct download) now supports 3.0 update.
nito says some features may have no chance of making it back in. Couchsurfer and RSS are not working, but they have restored the functionality for DVD, MPlayer, QuickTime, Weather, Network, download, installer and Application Launching sections.
Audio volume and sub toggling and resume returns in QuickTime playback! It is possible to turn off the volume control in General settings if this is not a desirable feature.
Guys warn things may be a little buggy from the OS transition.
Follow nitoTV thread at Hackint0sh.org
Patchstick.ca has released the first Twitter client for the Apple TV – aTVitter.
On his blog dannyruchtie.nl, Danny has published short but exhaustive tutorial on how to hack the Apple TV to run boxee, XBMC and enable an external hard drive.


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Who is Big B in awe of?
Amitabh Bachchan has a zillion fans, but guess who has wowed Big B? Known for his incredible general knowledge, Haryana boy Kautilya Pandit will be seen on the hot seat of Kaun Banega Crorepati as a part of the Children's Day celebrations. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was impressed with the five-year-old's knowledge. "That genius kid Kautilya Pandit, just above five years and answers questions that many scientists and knowledged persons could never (answer)," Bachchan posted on micro-blogging site Twitter yesterday night. He also added: "He knows all the galaxies that exist in universe, and their complicated names." For his exceptional intelligence quotient (IQ) and memory, Kautilya was recently awarded Rs.10 lakh by the Haryana government.


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Dear Tomas,
Let me be frank: I'm not the biggest fan of yours. I'm not enthralled with you because of three reasons: the fact you play for the Red Wings, your gigantic ass, and how you keep falling down so much, you dumb goat boy.
First off, you play for the Red wings—the team that makes so many others wet themselves in fearful anticipation of playing you. And somehow, you've stood out in a team of nonstandouts, at least in terms of character I can use for chats and the like. Unfortunately for you, you don't stand out for anything good.
You know how you stand out amongst the Red Wings? It's all in the ass. You know that song "Baby Got Back"? It applies to you like a damn T. However, since I'm a bigger fan of Queen than rap, I wrote a short song to show how I feel about you:
"Are you gonna block my crease tonight?
Ohhhhh down beside that red goal light?
Arrre you gonna fall all over the ice?
Fat bottomed Swedes, you make the hockey world go round"
I mean, your ass to rest of body ratio is almost J. Lo proportions. DO you really want to be known as hockey's J.Lo?
Lastly, I can't stand you falling all over the ice. You can't be THAT clumsy. Then again I realize you may have some sort of medical condition where you fall down. I'm no doctor, but have you ever been tested for narcolepsy? It's nothing to be ashamed of, and there are all sorts of treatments and therapies for it.
Then again, if you give me an excuse to link to a video of fainting goats, (friends/reletives of yours?) you can't be all bad. You're still an asshat in my books, however.


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deCast - Dynamic Xml with C# 4.0
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This is pretty nice but broken. There's too much magic going on. The XML GI syntax (and still more the ns'd GI syntax) does not match up with C# method name syntax. In particular C# method names are far more restricted than XML (namespace) names, they cannot express them. Now adding magic names such as Nodes, Parent, etc. will only compound the problem. What happens if a document actually happens to have an element called Parent or Nodes? So based on a quick review, this approach does not appear sound, as much as I love syntactic sugar.
Now the idea to abstract over attribute and element names is quite sweet. I like the idea and this is also the approach that RDF/XML takes. It just needs to be an explicit abstraction taken by the client not built into the API as a default, thus projecting that assumption onto all existing XML.
As a way to illustrate how dynamic is useful this is not so bad - except it, in my oppinion, teaches an unsound practice for dealing with XML; at least it is not general-purpose. One has to know a priori that such and such name collisions (Parent, Nodes?) will not occur (there goes extensibility) and that cannot express such and such names (XML name syntax, including names in popular XML dialects such as XSLT, where you can have: xslt:value-of).
Any chance you could post the sample implementation of this code please?
Thanks - this look good.
The screencast goes over your fun little XML DSL but doesn't ACTUALLY talk about how to take advantage of any of C# 4.0's dynamic objects.
Very neat, but now I have to search online for documentation on DynamicObject and methods like GetMember, assuming those are part of the CLR or DLR and not something you wrote.
Could you please post the code from the episode so people can take a look at the actual code to figure out how to take advantage of these new features?
DynamicObject reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.dynamic.dynamicobject.aspx
A blog post that shows example implementations of TryInvokeMember, TryGetMember, TrySetMember, and more: http://weblogs.asp.net/dixin/archive/2010/06/08/a-todynamic-extension-method-for-fluent-reflection.aspx
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Goalie Johan Hedberg planned to leave for his home in Sweden today, saying he "needs to think a little bit" about his immediate future after the Devils acquired Cory Schneider from the Vancouver Canucks to share the goaltending duties with Martin Brodeur.
Classy as always, Hedberg chose not to give interviews as he dealt with the turn of events. But he did meet with Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello, who brought up the strong possibility of a compliance buyout of the remaining one year ($1.4 million) on his contract.
"Right now we'll have to see exactly what happens with Heddy," Lamoriello said. "He and I have sat down. We spent some time together. We have some options, which I'd rather not get into. It was a private and confidential conversation. I don't think anything will be done right away."
Lamoriello completed the trade for Schneider Saturday but managed to keep it a secret until Sunday's NHL entry draft. The Devils' gave up their first-round pick (ninth overall) and were able to stun the Prudential Center crowd with the announcement.
It also stunned Hedberg.
"This is probably as quality an individual as you could ever possibly be around," Lamoriello said. "He understood 100 percent. There is no issue between Johan Hedberg and myself."
Although the Devils see Schneider as their goalie of the future, he has only two years remaining on his contract. They'd like to lock him up long-term, but the NHL CBA does not allow extensions until there is only one season remaining on a contract.
"We can't look ahead until next year some time," the GM confirmed.
Lamoriello would like to improve the Devils even more when free agency begins at 12 noon (ET) Friday.
"We're certainly going to look at everything," he said. "There is nothing that can be left unturned. That's what these three or four days are for. We're watching to see if there are any more buyouts and who becomes available."
The Devils need to add some offense and they are questionable at center.
"There is no question you can never have too much offense," Lamoriello said. "Whatever we can do to strengthen our offense we have to do."
He said the team's defense, in particularl the group of defensemen, is capable.
"I think it is. Our biggest concern will be where the younger players that need an opportunity are. We may have to do something with the older players. Those decisions will be made at the appropriate time.
"The prospects—(Jon) Merrill, (Alex) Urbom, (Eric) Gelinas—are pretty good prospects."
Lamoriello indicated that he hopes to keep potential unrestricted free agent Marek Zidlicky.
"He's still in the plans," he said.
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Lamoriello confirmed what was first reported in The Star-Ledger that the deal to re-sign Patrik Elias is almost complete.


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A 27-year-old man poured gasoline over himself and threatened to set the house of a woman in her 80s ablaze if she would not have sex with him, and then forced himself on her anyway, according to New Orleans Police Department documents.
The 85-year-old woman called police March 19, nearly two weeks after the rape, when Duglas Begarano started knocking on her door in the Broadmoor section while intoxicated, according to Begarano's arrest report.
She told police Begarano had forced her into her basement in the 3600 block of Napoleon Avenue and poured gasoline on the floor and himself, the report said. He threatened to burn her house down if she didn't have sex with him, then raped her.
The woman said he threatened her again if she called the police.
The offense occurred March 8 around 4:30 p.m., the report said.
Police believe Begarano to be a homeless, self-employed man, according to the report. He was informed of his charges and bonds in Spanish through a translator.
Duglas Begarano was charged with aggravated rape and extortion after the attack, police said.
Five neighbors said they did not recognize Begarano and hadn't seen him in the area. The woman lives alone, but rents out the first floor of her house to a man who helps her with work around the house, said neighbor Jose Sierra. Begarano is not that man, Sierra said.


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A 28-year-old man is fighting for his life and remains in critical condition after being shot on St-Hubert St. near Mont-Royal Ave. last night.
Montreal police spokesperson Daniel Lacoursière said residents heard gunshots around 7:50 pm.
They were able to see a man from their window sitting in his car covered in blood.
Officers arrived on the scene shortly after and found the man in his car.
Lacoursière said the victim was shot at least once in the upper body.
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For Kannada audiences, it was a big deal when they learnt that Bigg Boss will have its Kannada version, with Kiccha Sudeep hosting it. Soon thereafter, there were speculations galore on the contestants. From top heroines to politicians and even sportspersons, every name was associated with this show. With the contestants in Lonavala, ready for their 3-month challenge, sans any contact to the world outside, we give you the probable list of 13 names:
Nikita Thukral (born July 6, 1981) is an Indian film actress and model, who has acted in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films. She is best known for her item number "Kodana Kodi" in Tamil film Saroja.
Early life
Thukral was born into a Punjabi family and was raised in Mumbai. She completed her M.A in Economics from Kishinchand Chellaram College.[1][2] She was spotted by producer D. Ramanaidu while dining at a hotel in Juhu. He offered her a role in his upcoming film Hai (2002).
After appearing in Hai, Thukral starred opposite Fahad Fazil (Fazil's son, who then known as Shanu) in his film debut Kaiyethum Doorath. The Malayalam film was not a box office success, but she was able to find additional roles in Tamil and Telugu films like Kurumbu and Sambaran.[3] In 2005, she entered Kannada cinema with S S Niwas's Maharaja. Thukral then returned to star in a Tamil film and featured in Venkat Prabhu's multistarrer Saroja as Kalyani, the muse of a gangster portrayed by Sampath Raj, and won critical acclaim for her performance. Her appearance in the song "Kodana Kodi" was appreciated as the song became popular, while her role in the film also led to her winning the ITFA Best Supporting Actress Award.[2] The success led her to sign on to appear in a big film production, Gautham Menon's Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam in a role alongside Trisha Krishnan, but the film was shelved after two schedules.[4] In addition to acting, Thukral has also done modelling work for designer Roopa Vohra.
In 2011, she has appeared in the Tamil thriller film Muran as Indhu, alongside actors Cheran and Prasanna.
Nikita Thukral was reportedly banned from Kannada films for three years starting from 10 September 2011 by the Kannada Film Producers' Association (KFPA) for an alleged illicit relationship with actor Darshan. The ban was implemented after Darshan's wife accused that he had assaulted her and in her complaint, she suggested that Thukral had been responsible for his violence.[6][7][8] Consequently, Nikita denied the claims calling it "ridiculous" and asked for proof, announcing a voluntary break from Kannada films for trying to slur her image.[9][10] Since the announcement of her ban, fellow film personalities have rallied in support of Thukral, who had been in hospital at the time due to low blood pressure and stress.[11][12] Subsequently, the ban was revoked after five days of extensive campaigning against the KFPA's original decision.
Vijay Raghavendra: Arguably one of the star names in this list of contestants, this actor is a favourite amongst fans and industry persons for his gentlemanly behaviour. - Full Details Vijay Raghavendra Kannada Bigg Boss 2013 Contestants/Participant
Tilak: The Emraan Hashmi of Sandalwood, a popular baddie in many films, this ladies' man too has entered the house - Full Details Tilak Kannada Actor Kannada Bigg Boss 2013 Contestants/Participant
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Sanjjanaa: This *** siren of south films is all set to sizzle in the house we hear, and is even equipped to set the summer all scorching! - Full Details Sanjjanaa Kannada Bigg Boss 2013 Contestants/Participant
Nikita Thukral: Another ***y belle from south Indian cinema, this Mumbai-based actress, who found herself in the midst of controversies lately, has entered the house.
Chandrika: This actress, who used to sizzle on screen 10 years ago, is another interesting name that has entered the house.
Shweta Pandit: She started her career with roles in films like Paramathma and has now moved to becoming a heroine and recently did an item number for Yogaraj Bhat's next production.
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Anushree: This popular VJ and host is a friend of many in the industry and is known for her cheerful nature and friendly demeanour.
Nurse Jayalakshmi: The controversial nurse, whose kissing pictures with politician Renukacharya, has entered the house too.
Aparna: One of the most well known Kannada news anchors, she has found herself in the list of the final 13, we learn.
Arun Sagar: This actor-theatreperson-art director is another popular name with industry persons and will be one of the most interesting contestants to watch out for.
Rajesha: A winner of a reality show on Kannada television, this small town boy has found his fanfare with many households.
After enthralling north Indians with its captivating authentic actions, Bigg Boss, last season hosted by Salman Khan, is all set to make its Kannada version for south audience. South superstar Sudeep has been roped in to present the show which is being launched on ETV Kannada.
Sudeep, who has been part of Hindi films like Bhoot Returns and Makkhi also confirmed the news and said, "The show is all about human emotions and isn't formatted. It is a reality show in the truest sense and is spontaneous. I am glad to be associated with it."
Deepak Dhar, CEO, Endemol India, says, "We will be incorporating fresh ideas in the regional format based on our observations and learning from the Bigg Brother format globally. We hope to create entertaining content driven by reality in its unadulterated form."
According to source it is too report that the Kannada version will see same house in Lonavala, where the last session of Bigg Boss took place in winters. The show is currently roping in inmates and filling initial requirements. It is expected to go on air on this March.
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I'll be sure to put out an APB nationwide and notify Homeland Security. You have to be delicate handling Dubya, ya know.
Are you talking to Scott? I don't feel like "handling" Dubya. Or any other POTUS for that matter.
My writing style does need work. I think of great stories, but stink, stink, stink as a writer.
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Who's holding the combat knife, Rob? You or your cousin? If it's you, what's your cousin armed with? If it's your cousin, how do you disarm him? How do you get the knife away from him? I can't sleep until you clarify this.
BTW - What's a combat knife? I would think any knife used in "combat" would be a combat knife. For instance, I open my MREs with a Buck 3 inch lock blade. If I'm in Iraq, that would be a combat knife. When I'm in garrison, it's just a pocket knife; Handy to have, no doubt, but still just a pocket knife due to the environment. Like wise with my Gerber BMF. In Iraq, it's good for scrambling brains. Here in the rear, it's an effective paper weight. So, really...what the hell is a combat knife?
People always fear what they don't understand. My wife hates guns with a passion. No matter how much I point out they're just a tool with a specific purpose and don't do anything on their own, so insists there's no need for them. Her dad is retired an brother current law enforcement, too. Had her convinced to shoot with me once, but when we set a date for it, she backed out. Perplexing.
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Texted Out Teen Sitter Puts Kids to Bed So She Can Go Hometoddler-times
To all those parents who think the only way their kids will be safe is if they're left with family, a word: you might want to take away their cell phones.
An eighteen-year-old Ohio woman was mad at her brother for not answering her text messages while she was babysitting his kids. So she decided to leave . . . and leave the kids behind.
Police in Cincinnatti say Mia Kemper put her seven, four and two-year-old charges to bed. Then she packed up and went home, leaving the children sleeping back at their house.
Her brother and his fiancee returned home a full hour later, expecting to find Kemper babysitting. They called the cops, and Kemper has been charged with three counts of child endangerment. She allegedly admitted to cops that she knew it was wrong to leave the kids alone (ya think?), but neither her brother nor the fiancee were returning her texts.
All this over a bunch of text messages?
A teeny part of me would feel bad for this woman if she'd left because the kids were driving her bonkers (hey, we've all been there). The rest of me is wondering how an eighteen-year-old can be that stupid. Ever heard of night-time potty breaks? Firetrucks driving by and waking the kids? Bad dreams?
I guess they just don't compare to getting a "CU L8R" back from your bro?
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