Read Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
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Things I Wish No One Would Tell Me
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Picture This - Graffiti - ‘Hospital Takes Care of You’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — At Beth Israel Hospital, “We Take Better Care of You.”
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![Bristol Palin Gets In Confrontation, But Was It For Her Reality Show? (WIDK)
Posted to WIDK by Bob Williams
(Breeanna Hare, CNN) — Bristol Palin was caught having a heated exchange about her mother over the weekend as she reportedly taped her upcoming BIO Channel reality show.
While hanging out at a place called the Saddle Ranch in L.A. and enjoying a night of mechanical bull riding, TMZ reports that a heckler yelled out at Palin, “Do you ride Levi like that? Your mother’s a whore.”
As cameras rolled, Palin marched over to the offender and demanded to know why he’d say such things about her mother, including that she’s “evil.” TMZ reports that Bristol asked the heckler if the reason he disliked her mother was because he was gay.
The Palin family’s attorney tells CNN in a statement regarding the incident, “Bristol Palin was approached in a confrontational and inappropriate manner when two men aggressively shouted expletives aimed at her in reference to her mother. Bristol responded to the unprovoked verbal assault by calmly standing her ground and defending her family. The situation ended with no incident, and accusing her of homophobia is completely unfounded and totally misstates her views.”
The network for her upcoming reality show didn’t have a comment on what happened, but the rumor is that Palin’s co-star Kyle Massey thinks the showdown was all for the program’s cameras. TMZ cites anonymous tipsters who say Massey isn’t pleased with the direction the show’s taking. However, a source close to the production of the reality series maintains that the production team had nothing to do with the heckler’s outburst.
Palin announced in May that she was moving in with fellow “DWTS” contender Massey and his younger brother, Christopher, when she relocated to Los Angeles.
“Since [‘Dancing With the Stars’],” the BIO Channel said in a statement at the time, “Bristol, Kyle, and Kyle’s brother…have become best friends; so much so, that since Bristol and Tripp have to move to Los Angeles for her new job, she decides to move in with the Massey brothers who are also about to realize how much their lives are about to change.”
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Bristol Palin Gets In Confrontation, But Was It For Her Reality Show? (WIDK)
Posted to WIDK by Bob Williams
(Breeanna Hare, CNN) — Bristol Palin was caught having a heated exchange about her mother over the weekend as she reportedly taped her upcoming BIO Channel reality show.
While hanging out at a place called the Saddle Ranch in L.A. and enjoying a night of mechanical bull riding, TMZ reports that a heckler yelled out at Palin, “Do you ride Levi like that? Your mother’s a whore.”
As cameras rolled, Palin marched over to the offender and demanded to know why he’d say such things about her mother, including that she’s “evil.” TMZ reports that Bristol asked the heckler if the reason he disliked her mother was because he was gay.
The Palin family’s attorney tells CNN in a statement regarding the incident, “Bristol Palin was approached in a confrontational and inappropriate manner when two men aggressively shouted expletives aimed at her in reference to her mother. Bristol responded to the unprovoked verbal assault by calmly standing her ground and defending her family. The situation ended with no incident, and accusing her of homophobia is completely unfounded and totally misstates her views.”
The network for her upcoming reality show didn’t have a comment on what happened, but the rumor is that Palin’s co-star Kyle Massey thinks the showdown was all for the program’s cameras. TMZ cites anonymous tipsters who say Massey isn’t pleased with the direction the show’s taking. However, a source close to the production of the reality series maintains that the production team had nothing to do with the heckler’s outburst.
Palin announced in May that she was moving in with fellow “DWTS” contender Massey and his younger brother, Christopher, when she relocated to Los Angeles.
“Since [‘Dancing With the Stars’],” the BIO Channel said in a statement at the time, “Bristol, Kyle, and Kyle’s brother…have become best friends; so much so, that since Bristol and Tripp have to move to Los Angeles for her new job, she decides to move in with the Massey brothers who are also about to realize how much their lives are about to change.”
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Picture This - Logo ‘Catholic Archdiocesan Youth Commission’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — This is an actual logo designed in 1973 for the Catholic Church’s Archdiocesan Youth Commission. It even won an award from the Art Directors Club of Los Angeles.
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Picture This - Sign ‘Old Spring Bed’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — Complaint about neighbors’ old spring bed.
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Picture This - Graffiti on Ad ‘Global Warming’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — Graffiti on ad takes a position on global warming.
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Picture This - Sign ‘Bass Speakers’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — Neighbors are very impressed with one neighbor’s car sound system.
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![Need A Baby? How About A Wife? - WIN THEM On Canadian Radio (WIDK)
Submitted to WIDK by Jean Hoefer Ortiz - Posted by Emily Moore
(Annie U.) — Canadian radio stations must be desperate for publicity and listeners.
Two Canadian radio stations on opposite sides of the country are currently running high profile controversial contests. In Edmonton, on 100.3 The Bear, you can win a wife. In Ottawa, on Hot 89.9, you can win a baby. Seems almost unbelievable in a country where it is illegal to sell human sperm or eggs.
Win a Wife
In Edmonton, 100.3 The Bear’s contest page reads “You are cordially invited to…WIN A WIFE.” The prize includes a trip to Russia with 13 nights accommodation, return air fare, and $500 spending money to “meet the lucky lady,” all provided by American company A Volga Girl, which specializes in providing international match-making and marriage support services. The contest description goes on to explain that they won’t “give this opportunity to just anybody” so in order to “weed out the no-hopers and time wasters,” people who want to enter the contest have to complete an application form. As of September 9, there are already 81 applicants, with the two top rated applicants currently both being lesbian women.
The Huffington Post notes that a radio station in New Zealand held an identical contest earlier this year that resulted in grievances being filed in New Zealand and Ukrainian feminists protesting the competition by marching naked in the street to protest the contest. Back in Canada, Alberta’s Immigration minister raised concerns about human trafficking and had all of their department’s advertisements pulled from the radio station. The radio station brand manager, Rob Vavrek, however, brushed aside concerns about the contest, telling the Huffington Post that the contest doesn’t degrade women, but that it simply provides them with “the opportunity to contact and meet each other in the hopes of developing a serious relationship.” He then likened the “win a wife” contest to reality TV shows like the Bachelor and Bachelorette.
Win a Baby
In Ottawa, Hot 89.9 is running a “Win a Baby” contest. On its contest page, the fine print reads that “there is one prize available to be won, consisting of up to three (3) fertility treatment procedures (the “Prize”) which must be completed within 12 months from the end of the Contest Period. The approximate total retail value of the Prize is $35,000 CAD.” Applicants who want to win the fertility treatments complete an application and a judging panel selects the finalists. The radio station will then announce and introduce the finalists and allow the listeners to vote online for the couple they think most deserves the prize.
An article in the Daily Mail highlighted some of the critical comments made about this competition, including that it is “in extremely poor taste” and that it is “the most unethical and insulting contest [they] have ever aired.” However, some people applauded the contest for giving one lucky couple the opportunity to have a baby they might otherwise never be able to afford. Hopefully Ontario (where this contest is being held) will soon catch up to the Province of Quebec and fund fertility treatments under the health care system so that couples are not forced to enter degrading competitions in order to have a family.
Are Contests Going too Far?
What happened to radio stations giving away concert tickets, new televisions or all-inclusive vacations? Is the competition for listeners so great these days that they need to move from material prizes to giving away human life? Everyone deserves the opportunity to have a rewarding relationship and to be able to build a family. But what does it say about our society when people are so desperate that they need to enter publicly humiliating competitions to achieve their life goals? What does it say about us that we will tune in, and vote, and revel in the opportunity to play God?
Those are all difficult questions to answer, perhaps.Ultimately, turning human beings, in particular women and children, into a “prize” in a contest is degrading and demeaning, both in these radio shows and in the American reality TV shows that so many people tune into. The difference here, however, is that the victims in these cases are not willingly signing up to be a prize and the women in particular who may end up going home with the prize winner may be doing so simply to escape a desperate financial situation.
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Need A Baby? How About A Wife? - WIN THEM On Canadian Radio (WIDK)
Submitted to WIDK by Jean Hoefer Ortiz - Posted by Emily Moore
(Annie U.) — Canadian radio stations must be desperate for publicity and listeners.
Two Canadian radio stations on opposite sides of the country are currently running high profile controversial contests. In Edmonton, on 100.3 The Bear, you can win a wife. In Ottawa, on Hot 89.9, you can win a baby. Seems almost unbelievable in a country where it is illegal to sell human sperm or eggs.
Win a Wife
In Edmonton, 100.3 The Bear’s contest page reads “You are cordially invited to…WIN A WIFE.” The prize includes a trip to Russia with 13 nights accommodation, return air fare, and $500 spending money to “meet the lucky lady,” all provided by American company A Volga Girl, which specializes in providing international match-making and marriage support services. The contest description goes on to explain that they won’t “give this opportunity to just anybody” so in order to “weed out the no-hopers and time wasters,” people who want to enter the contest have to complete an application form. As of September 9, there are already 81 applicants, with the two top rated applicants currently both being lesbian women.
The Huffington Post notes that a radio station in New Zealand held an identical contest earlier this year that resulted in grievances being filed in New Zealand and Ukrainian feminists protesting the competition by marching naked in the street to protest the contest. Back in Canada, Alberta’s Immigration minister raised concerns about human trafficking and had all of their department’s advertisements pulled from the radio station. The radio station brand manager, Rob Vavrek, however, brushed aside concerns about the contest, telling the Huffington Post that the contest doesn’t degrade women, but that it simply provides them with “the opportunity to contact and meet each other in the hopes of developing a serious relationship.” He then likened the “win a wife” contest to reality TV shows like the Bachelor and Bachelorette.
Win a Baby
In Ottawa, Hot 89.9 is running a “Win a Baby” contest. On its contest page, the fine print reads that “there is one prize available to be won, consisting of up to three (3) fertility treatment procedures (the “Prize”) which must be completed within 12 months from the end of the Contest Period. The approximate total retail value of the Prize is $35,000 CAD.” Applicants who want to win the fertility treatments complete an application and a judging panel selects the finalists. The radio station will then announce and introduce the finalists and allow the listeners to vote online for the couple they think most deserves the prize.
An article in the Daily Mail highlighted some of the critical comments made about this competition, including that it is “in extremely poor taste” and that it is “the most unethical and insulting contest [they] have ever aired.” However, some people applauded the contest for giving one lucky couple the opportunity to have a baby they might otherwise never be able to afford. Hopefully Ontario (where this contest is being held) will soon catch up to the Province of Quebec and fund fertility treatments under the health care system so that couples are not forced to enter degrading competitions in order to have a family.
Are Contests Going too Far?
What happened to radio stations giving away concert tickets, new televisions or all-inclusive vacations? Is the competition for listeners so great these days that they need to move from material prizes to giving away human life? Everyone deserves the opportunity to have a rewarding relationship and to be able to build a family. But what does it say about our society when people are so desperate that they need to enter publicly humiliating competitions to achieve their life goals? What does it say about us that we will tune in, and vote, and revel in the opportunity to play God?
Those are all difficult questions to answer, perhaps.Ultimately, turning human beings, in particular women and children, into a “prize” in a contest is degrading and demeaning, both in these radio shows and in the American reality TV shows that so many people tune into. The difference here, however, is that the victims in these cases are not willingly signing up to be a prize and the women in particular who may end up going home with the prize winner may be doing so simply to escape a desperate financial situation.
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Picture This - Sign ‘Well Read Individual’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — Sign says “Stop taking my newspaper…”
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Picture This - Graffiti ‘We Are All Beautiful’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — Graffiti says society needs to change its views on self-image.
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Picture This - Sign ‘Rude and Inconsiderate’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — Neighbor posts sign to a rude and inconsiderate neighbor.
(WIDK) — Sign asks people to please not drop cigarette butts on ground.
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Picture This - Sign ‘Cigarette Butts’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — Sign asks people to please not drop cigarette butts on ground.
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Picture This - Graffiti on Graffiti - ‘Rules’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — Graffiti debates with graffiti over who or what rules.
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Picture This - Sign ‘Sad’ (WIDK)
(WIDK) — WIDK reader Erica Edgington submitted this poignant picture.
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Picture This - Sign ‘Can You Fall For Someone You’ve Never Met? (WIDK)
(WIDK) - Sign asks if it is possible to fall in love with someone you’ve never met.
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