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Surgical Procedures for Prostate Cancer
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Surgical options for the treatment of prostate cancer include:
- ]]>Prostatectomy]]>
- ]]>Orchiectomy]]>
- ]]>Cryosurgery]]>
Surgical removal of the prostate gland is called prostatectomy]]> . It is a common treatment for prostate cancer. Removal of the prostate gland can cause ]]>impotence]]> and ]]>urinary incontinence]]> . Two commonly used methods of removing the prostate are:
Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy
The surgeon makes an incision through the skin of the lower part of the abdomen and removes the prostate gland and surrounding lymph nodes. Newer techniques (nerve-sparing prostatectomy) may allow surgeons to avoid cutting into the nearby nerves that control erections.
Radical Perineal Prostatectomy
This form of prostatectomy is not as common as radical retropubic prostatectomy. For this procedure, the surgeon makes an incision on the perineum, which is the skin between your rectum and scrotum, and removes the prostate but not the lymph nodes.
Orchiectomy is the removal of the testicles. The surgeon removes the testicles through an incision in the skin of the scrotum. This procedure is done to remove the major source of male hormones in the body and is considered a type of hormonal therapy. It is generally used only to manage hormone-responsive metastatic prostate cancer.
Prescription hormonal therapies]]> are available as alternatives to orchiectomy. Your surgeon may recommend an orchiectomy or injectable (or oral) hormones when the prostate cancer is suitably large, involves the lymph nodes, or has spread beyond the pelvis. This treatment should not be offered for early stage cancer.
Orchiectomy may cause ]]>impotence]]> and reduced sexual desire, as well as hot flashes, breast tenderness, and ]]>osteoporosis]]> .
Cryosurgery is the freezing of abnormal areas of the prostate gland. The surgeon inserts a tool through the skin between the anus and the scrotum until it reaches the prostate. The tool allows a chemical to freeze the abnormal areas of the prostate. A catheter is placed through the lower abdomen into the bladder to drain urine for one to two weeks after the surgery.
Although cryosurgery is performed at many centers in this country, its current use is limited as other minimally invasive procedures (brachytherapy) have become more popular.
Cryosurgery may cause impotence as well as bleeding, bruising, and temporary swelling of the penis and scrotum.
Causes, natural history and diagnosis of prostate cancer. American Foundation for Urologic Disease website. Available at: http://www.urologyhealth.org/ . Accessed October 9, 2008.
Detailed guide: prostate cancer. American Cancer Society website. Available at: http://www.cancer.org/ . Accessed October 9, 2008.
Prostate cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/prostate . Accessed October 9, 2008.
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute website. Available at: http://www.upci.upmc.edu .
Way LW. Current Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment . 10th ed. New York, NY: Appleton and Lange; 1994.
Last reviewed June 2008 by ]]>Igor Puzanov, MD]]>
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Hunter told reporters "it's time to go back to my family and the family business." He is set to return to his London Knights, an OHL team that Hunter and his family are heavily invested in.
McPhee, as did many pundits and fans, was not surprised by Hunter's sudden change in employment.
"We loved everything about Dale," McPhee said of Hunter's short stint as coach. "We were delighted he could come in and spend six months with us. He really taught the club the 'how' of winning."
Hunter failed to get the hapless Caps to the Conference finals by losing game seven at Madison Square Garden. His style of defense first was bought in, for the most part, by the entire team. Show sacrifice and dedication to the team is what he preached, whether it was a big goal, a blocked shot or a sparkling save. He was able to deal with some massive egos in a locker room that seemed to lose its way.
When asked if there was any part of the job he didn't like, Hunter looked at the reporters and smiled. "I love you guys."
Now McPhee will not only tie up loose contracts, fill voids and add to his team, but now he has to find a head coach to take them back to the playoffs and push the team to a championship.
Other news and notes from the last media day at Kettler:
- Jay Beagle had a broken foot, the injury that kept him out of the final two games of the Rangers' series. Beagle will have surgery to repair the foot. When GMGM was asked which foot, the left or right? His answer "One of those two."
- McPhee doesn't expect Caps' prospect Evgeny Kuznetsov to join the team next year. He resigned with his KHL team amid worries of a failed CBA and his want to play in Sochi 2012.
- Nick Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin and Alex Semin are leaving today to join their respective countries in the World Championships.
- Michal Neuvirth suffered a hip flexor injury at the end of the regular season.

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The contribution of the private sector and civil society to improve nutrition
As part of the preparations leading up to the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2), a Preparatory Technical Meeting is to be held at FAO Headquarters from 13 to 15 November 2013. More information is available at: http://www.fao.org/food/nutritional-policies-strategies/icn2/en.
To feed into and inform this meeting, a series of online discussions are being held on selected thematic areas. This online discussion "The contribution of the private sector and civil society to improve nutrition" invites you to share evidence and exchange views on how the private sector and civil society can contribute to improving diets and raising levels of nutrition, particularly of the poorest and most nutritionally vulnerable, as well as ways to improve monitoring and evaluation.
For many of us, the ICN2 may be the only opportunity in our lifetime to focus world attention on nutrition and thereby reach agreement on what needs to be done to improve nutrition. If 'better access to better food and nutrition for more people' is an objective we can all agree upon, how can we achieve it and what is required individually and collectively from each sector?
It is clear the world must produce enough food in quantity and in quality in terms of variety, diversity, safety and nutrient content to feed a population of over 9 billion by 2050. How is this to be done sustainably and meet the zero hunger target? In the last FSN Forum discussions, it was agreed that to counter malnutrition we need nutrition-enhancing agriculture and food systems (http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/nutrition-enhancing-agriculture) that provide diverse and healthy diets. The role of social safety nets (http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/social-protection-and-nutrition) in protecting nutrition is also recognized as are direct measures targeted at reducing stunting and addressing acute malnutrition.
If we consider food and nutrition insecurity essentially as a problem of poverty, the strategy to counter this insecurity needs to be founded on inclusive broad based development and sustainable economic growth. Indeed the World Bank reminds us that investing in nutrition makes sense from an economic point of view as every dollar invested generates a return of up to $US30 and FAO's report on The State of Food and Agriculture 2013 estimates an annual cost of malnutrition of $US500 per person! Thus it is clear that economic development is fundamentally important in the combat against hunger and poverty.
Farmers, farmers' associations and farmers' cooperatives are key to feeding the world. Smallholder farmers as entrepreneurs that invest and innovate, are the basis for agricultural development that can effectively tackle poverty, hunger and malnutrition. The private sector therefore has a key role to play in developing sustainable agriculture and delivering nutrition for all people. As governments cannot feed people on a sustainable basis, they need to deal with structural conditions which constrain development while at the same time promote policies which will enable the the private sector to continue to innovate and invest in the food and agriculture sector. This includes supporting local business development.
Similarly, a thorough involvement of civil society organizations (including NGOs, social movements and community-based organizations), especially those representing the sectors of the population that are most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition (among others: small food producers and landless farmers, agricultural workers, fishers and fish workers, pastoralists and herders, forest dwellers, ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples, women and youth), is key to ensure coordination, ownership, effectiveness and accountability of initiatives aimed at improving nutrition. A proactive effort to stimulate the participation of civil society representatives so as to have a balanced representation in terms of constituencies, type of organization, geographic distribution, gender and age is of crucial importance.
All sectors must work together for this common goal. Private companies, civil society, knowledge institutions and government (the golden quadrant) need to agree upon finding effective and efficient policies, sustainable practices and food solutions to reach the underserved consumer. At the same time agro-food solutions are required that provide foods which are nutritious, healthy and respond to consumer demand.
Three key actions are needed to result in 'better access of better food and nutrition for more people': 1. connect agriculture, food and nutrition at all levels; 2. invest in new ideas and delivery models; and 3. align agendas (including a One UN agenda on nutrition) and work together on the Zero Hunger Challenge . Make zero hunger a cross-sector objective and ensure the post-2015 MDG agenda includes nutrition security as an explicit part of food security and vice versa.
We invite you to focus your comments on this note as well as on the core background and expert papers and materials for the ICN2 made available for this discussion and on the following four sets of questions:
- Policy issues: What role can the private sector and civil society play in designing and implementing policies that make agriculture and food systems more nutrition-enhancing? What are the knowledge gaps?
- Programme issues: What have been the success stories and lessons learned by the private sector and civil society in implementing nutrition-enhancing agriculture and food systems programmes at country level? How can the impact of such programmes on food consumption and nutrition be monitored?
- Governance:What are the changes needed to make sure that the private sector and civil society are involved in building effective and sustainable governance mechanisms related to agriculture, food systems and nutrition?
- Partnerships: What contribution can the private sector and civil society make for working across sectors and building strong linkages between food and agriculture, social protection, employment, health, education and other key sectors? How can the 'golden quadrant' be managed to create and scale up sustainable partnerships? What are examples of projects working jointly with the private sector, civil society, governments under a UN-wide initiative (like SUN, ZHC, etc…)?
The outcome of this online discussion will be used to enrich the discussions at the preparatory technical meeting on 13-15 November 2013 and thereby feed into and inform the main high level ICN2 event in 2014.
We thank you in advance for your time and for sharing your knowledge and experiences with us.
We look forward to your contributions.
The facilitators:
Robynne Anderson
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Suunto ambassadors Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg moved to Norway for one reason – the wild places.
Kilian and Emelie are living near Romsdal in Norway. © Kilian Jornet
After living at the base of the Mont Blanc massif for many years, mountain athletes and couple Kilian Jornet and Emelie Forsberg have moved to Norway.
Chamonix was their training base for five years. From there Kilian prepared for and carried out some his fastest known time projects. For Emelie, Chamonix provided the ideal base to gather experience in training and competition. It had one downside – it's too busy for the solitude-loving couple.
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"It really is a paradise up here," Kilian says about Norway. "It's pretty wild and there aren't many people around. We can access the mountains and the fjords right from the house.
"The mountains are very steep, with very technical terrain. It's good for skiing, climbing and for running in summer."
Click to see Kilian's favorite training routes!
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Coming from Sweden, Emelie always wanted to return to the north. Like Kilian, she enjoys the feeling of being alone in wide-open spaces.
"Every now and then while we lived down in Chamonix I really missed the wild nature, and rougher conditions we have here," she says. "We decided to move up here because we found a really good house to live that's convenient for travel and close to the mountains.
"It can rain for weeks up here and have really harsh conditions, which makes it more challenging finding the motivation to go out and train, but I really like the conditions as well. That's how I became the athlete that I am. It feels really good to be back in the north."
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After his best ski mountaineering season, Kilian has been enjoying climbing and skiing in the local mountains. He plans to compete in two trail running races over summer, the Zegama marathon in Spain this coming weekend and the Hardrock 100 Mile Endurance Run in the US in July. His main focus, however, is going to the Himalayas to prepare for a fastest known time attempt on Everest.
Emelie is recovering from a serious knee injury and hopes to compete again soon.
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From The New American by Selwyn Duke, December 18, 2012
In the wake of the tragic Newtown massacre, we're hearing all the usual lies and misconceptions about firearms. And since it's wise to be educated on a topic before advocating policy on it, this is a good time to explode the gun myths being bandied about.
Lie #1: The issue is automatic weapons.
Boston mayor Thomas Menino and CNN's Don Lemon both recently repeated the common mantra that we have to get "automatic weapons" off the streets. Automatic weapons, however, are machine guns, which, except for individuals who receive special permission from the federal government, have been illegal to own since the passage of The National Firearms Act in 1934. In addition, the Firearms Owners' Protection Act of 1986 made it generally illegal for any civilian to own an automatic weapon manufactured after that year.
Lie #2: Assault Weapons
"Assault weapon" is certainly a menacing, rhetorically effective term, which is why the media use it so much. In reality, though, the guns in question (such as the AR-15-type rifles and AK-47s available to the public) are not machine guns but simply semi-automatic firearms; this means that one bullet is released with each trigger pull. And virtually every gun sold in America is semi-automatic.
A true "assault weapon" would be fully automatic or have a "special-fire" feature. What the guns incorrectly labeled assault weapons do have is a military appearance. But if looks are everything, we might as well put a Porsche body on a Yugo chassis and call it a race car.
Lie #3: The 1990s Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) got these weapons off the street.
After the Colorado movie-theater shooting, the Daily News wrote, "Once, federal law would have kept [shooter James] Holmes' hands off a superdeadly [sic] weapon like the AR-15. In 1994, under President Bill Clinton, Congress outlawed the manufacture and possession of assault weapons, but the statute had a 10-year expiration date."
But media ignorance, it seems, has no expiration date. The AWB did nothing to eliminate weapons such as the one Holmes — or Newtown shooter Adam Lanza — used. It simply outlawed the sale of such firearms when they had certain combinations of relatively insignificant, superficial features, such as a bayonet mount and a pistol grip, or a folding stock and a flash suppressor. But the guns themselves were still readily available.
So, sorry, my liberal friends, but Bill Clinton and the rest of your leftist leadership conned you.
Lie #4: What we're calling "assault weapons" are especially deadly
As with the Newtown shooter, James Holmes' "menacing looking" AR-15 got all the attention; in reality, however, most of his victims died of shotgun wounds. The New York Times explained why, writing, "If anything, the experts said, a shotgun in that [soft-target, close-quarters] situation might have been the most lethal, since every shell can spray a half-dozen or more pellets, each capable of killing or maiming a person."
Except there's no "if" about it. A shotgun is a hand cannon. This is why G. Gordon Liddy once said that, when he was at the FBI, the agents' gun of choice when going out on a raid would be a shotgun, not an automatic or semi-automatic rifle.
Lie #5: Guns aren't generally used for self defense
While evil dones with guns makes headlines, we don't hear about the evil thwarted with them. But according to Florida State University criminologist Dr. Gary Kleck, citizens use guns to defend themselves approximately two million times per year.
Lie #6: Foreign nations have lower murder rates because of gun control.
Britain is often used as an example. But as Thomas Sowell recently wrote:
Britain has had a lower murder rate than the United States for more than two centuries — and, for most of that time, the British had no more stringent gun control laws than the United States….
The crime rate, including the rate of crimes committed with guns, is far higher in Britain now than it was back in the days when there were few restrictions on Britons buying firearms.
In 1954, there were only a dozen armed robberies in London but, by the 1990s — after decades of ever tightening gun ownership restrictions — there were more than a hundred times as many armed robberies.
Sowell also points out that Russia, Mexico, and Brazil have stricter gun-control laws than the United States but higher murder rates, while the Swiss have a far higher gun-ownership rate than the Germans but a lower murder rate. Other nations he cites as having high gun ownership but little murder are Israel, Finland, and New Zealand.
Lie #7: School massacres are a modern American phenomenon.
Untrue. As John Fund writes:
Mass shootings are no more common than they have been in past decades….
In fact, the high point for mass killings in the U.S. was 1929, according to criminologist Grant Duwe of the Minnesota Department of Corrections.
Incidents of mass murder in the U.S. declined from 42 in the 1990s [during the "assault weapons" ban] to 26 in the first decade of this century.
The chances of being killed in a mass shooting are about what they are for being struck by lightning.
Until the Newtown horror, the three worst K–12 school shootings ever had taken place in either Britain or Germany.
Then there is Norway, where in 2011 Anders Breivik murdered 77 people. In contrast, while I don't have precise figures, let's very generously estimate the number of people killed in American mass murders during the last 30 years to be 500. Given that our population is 310 million and Norway's is only 5 million, this means that Norway's mass-murder rate is almost 10 times as high as ours.
Beware of Norway, the mass-murder capital of the world.
Lie #8: Americans want more gun control
Celinda Lake and Joshua Ulibarri of progressive Lake Research recently asserted this in an op-ed. Yet it's deceptive. The public does support criminal background checks and making it more difficult for the mentally ill and drug users to acquire weapons. In addition, they may support a ban on the incorrectly labeled "assault weapons" only because of the belief that they're machine guns. But the truth is, writes David Frum, that "support for gun control has collapsed in the United States" over the past 20 years.
Lie #9: More guns mean more crime
Legal scholar John Lott refuted this years ago in his book More Guns, Less Crime. Thomas Sowell also addressed this myth in the earlier cited article, writing:
The rate of gun ownership … is higher in rural areas than in urban areas, but the murder rate is higher in urban areas. The rate of gun ownership is higher among whites than among blacks, but the murder rate is higher among blacks. For the country as a whole, hand gun ownership doubled in the late 20th century, while the murder rate went down.
Lie #10: The Second Amendment only guarantees a right to raise a militia
Not according to leading Second Amendment scholar Stephen Halbrook, Ph.D. As he wrote in his book That Every Man be Armed:
In recent years it has been suggested that the Second Amendment protects the "collective" right of states to maintain militias, while it does not protect the right of "the people" to keep and bear arms. If anyone entertained this notion in the period during which the Constitution and Bill of Rights were debated and ratified, it remains one of the most closely guarded secrets of the eighteenth century, for no known writing surviving from the period between 1787 and 1791 states such a thesis. The phrase "the people" meant the same thing in the Second Amendment as it did in the First, Fourth, Ninth and Tenth Amendments — that is, each and every free person.
As a bonus, I'll include something else apparently untrue: the media's claim to desire honesty in Second Amendment discussion. For example, Celinda Lake and Joshua Ulibarri wrote in their editorial that they wanted "open and honest debate" and that people such as me "should welcome a gun-control debate — especially if they think they have the winning hand." Well, I wrote to them and said that I'd debate them, as I put it, "anytime, anywhere." As of this writing, they have not responded to my challenge.


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Nik Wallenda, who was born a year after his great-grandfather died, began wire walking at the age of 2, on a 2-foot high stretched rope. He grew up performing with his family and has dreamed of crossing the Grand Canyon since he was a teenager.
The 34-year-old Sarasota, Fla., resident will set out Sunday on a quarter-mile cable stretched over the gorge that was eyed by another high-wire performer decades ago. The stunt comes a year after he traversed Niagara Falls earning a seventh Guinness world record. He'll be using the same 2-inch-thick cable he used to cross the falls, only this time he won't be wearing a safety harness.
After saying a prayer, "I give my wife and kids a hug and a kiss and tell them I'll see them in a bit," he told reporters Friday in Flagstaff.
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Wallenda is a seventh-generation high-wire artist and is part of the famous "Flying Wallendas" circus family — a clan that is no stranger to death-defying feats and great tragedy.
His great-grandfather, Karl Wallenda, fell during a performance in Puerto Rico and died at the age of 73. Several other family members, including a cousin and an uncle, have perished while performing wire walking stunts.
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Nik Wallenda, who was born a year after his great-grandfather died, began wire walking at the age of 2, on a 2-foot high stretched rope. He grew up performing with his family and has dreamed of crossing the Grand Canyon since he was a teenager.
French high-wire walker Philippe Petit had that same desire and set up a cable above the Little Colorado River, but Navajo officials said he never went through with the stunt and left his equipment there only to be taken down recently by Wallenda's crew.
"I don't understand why he didn't," Wallenda said. "It's a site that works, makes sense. He clearly failed at it, so I want to do it successfully."
Petit didn't return messages left by The Associated Press.
The Discovery Channel will broadcast Wallenda's walk live on live television at 8 p.m. EDT on Sunday with a 10-second delay. Wallenda will be wearing two cameras, one looking down the mostly dry Little Colorado River bed and one facing straight ahead. His leather shoes with an elk-skin sole will help him keep a grip on the steel cable as he moves across. Should wind gusts that are expected to be around 30 mph threaten to throw him off, Wallenda said he'll grab hold of the wire and wait it out if possible. A paramedic will be looking up at him from the river, he said.
Wallenda is highly confident in his ability to reach the other side, having walked in 52 mph wind gusts during Tropical Storm Andrea with a torrential downpour and training with wind machines that simulated 45-55 mph gusts. The only thing that would stop him entirely is lightning within a 15-mile radius, he said.
The more than 2-hour broadcast also will showcase the Navajo landscape that includes Monument Valley, Four Corners, Canyon de Chelly and the tribal capital of Window Rock.
"When people watch this, our main thing is we want the world to know who Navajo people are, our culture, traditions and language are still very much alive," said Geri Hongeva, spokeswoman for the tribe's Division of Natural Resources.
The stunt is touted as a walk across the Grand Canyon, an area held sacred by many American Indian tribes, and the fulfillment of a dream. Some local residents believe Wallenda hasn't accurately pinpointed the location and also say that the Navajo Nation shouldn't be promoting the gambling of one man's life for the benefit of tourism.
"Mr. Wallenda needs to buy a GPS or somebody give this guy a map," said Milton Tso, president of the Cameron community on the Navajo Nation. "He's not walking across the Grand Canyon. He's walking across the Little Colorado River Gorge on the Navajo Nation. It's misleading and false advertising."
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This report airs Dateline Sunday, June 17
HOLLYWOOD — Steve Carell is fast becoming one of the busiest actors in Hollywood. After more than 20 years of slugging it out in comedy troupes and bit parts, Carell is the man of the moment, taking hilarious turns as a middle-aged virgin, a boss suffering from foot-in-mouth disease on NBC's "The Office" and now as a guy with a big boat and a direct line to God in the Universal release: "Evan Almighty."
For all his soaring success, Carell keeps a low profile.
But on Dateline, he talked to Stone Phillips about comedy, kids, and the baffling impact of newfound stardom.
For Steve Carell, the Universal Lot in Hollywood is a house of mirrors. Everywhere he looks, there he is.
Stone Phillips, Dateline correspondent (pointing to a poster): "The Office!"
Steve Carrel: Ohhhhhhh!!! I own this studio!! Hahahaha!!
With "Evan Almighty," his stock could go even higher.
It's both fun and a little freaky for Carell. At 43, he's a rising star with a decidedly un-celebrity like way of not letting it go to his head. He is, in the words of one Hollywood director, "clandestinely hysterical"... thanks to another unlikely combination.
Phillips: You have these straight-laced looks—
Carell: Uh-huh (affirms).
Phillips: --and this twisted sense of humor. You're sort of like Rock Hudson and Peter Sellers all rolled into one.
Carell: Rock Sellers is pretty much how you would describe me. Rock Hudson and Peter Sellers.
Phillips: Yeah.
Carell: Gimme a break. That's like such a stretch. (laughs)
Maybe so. But when you meet Steve Carell, he does remind you of... well... somebody.
Phillips: You look like a lawyer.
Carell: Uh-huh. I almost became a lawyer.
Phillips: Well, you would've looked the part. You look like a politician. You look like an accountant.
Carell: Uh-huh (affirms).
Phillips: You look like an anchorman. I mean, when you look in the mirror what do you see?
Carell: Oh, mostly lawyer, accountant, anchorman, politician. I mean, those are the four top ones for me. Sometimes I see podiatrist.
What this Massachusetts native never saw, even in college as a pre-law student who found a creative outlet in sketch comedy, was an actor.
Carell: I never thought this would be a career. It was a hobby at best. And just something I enjoyed doing. And I was actually filling out my law school applications And I got to the essay question, which was, "Why do you want to be an attorney?" And I couldn't answer it. I really didn't know. And I went in and talked to my parents and they asked me, like, "What do you enjoy doing? What have you always liked to do?"
And I said, "Well, I've always liked to act. I mean, it's always been fun." And they're the ones who said, "Well, then do it.
Success did not come overnight, but as a cast member of Chicago's famed Second City comedy troupe starting in 1991, Carell honed his acting skills. And as a performer and teacher there for nearly a decade, he found more than his calling.
Phillips: You met your wife, Nancy, there.
Carell: I did. I was her teacher at Second City.
Phillips: First date?
Carell: We went to a jazz club called the Green Mill in Chicago. And we sat in the booth that was apparently Al Capone's booth.
Phillips: That's romantic Steve.
Carell: It-- (laughs) it—well, it was kind of the prime booth.
Phillips: Did you pick up the tab?
Carell: No, I made—no, actually, I think we just bailed. We ran out. Didn't pay. (laughs) It's just something we do. "Chew and screw," I think they call it.
At Second City, he also met another actor named Steve, in whose footsteps he would soon follow. Steve Colbert had moved on to Comedy Central's "Daily Show," and was instrumental in bringing his old friend from Second City there, as well. From 1999 to 2004, Carell's dead pan delivery fit perfectly into the show's fake news format.
Carrel on "The Daily Show" (to Sen. McCain): Sentor, how do you reconcile the fact that you are one of the most vocal critics of pork barrell politics and yet while you were chairman of the commerce committee that committee set a record for unauthorized appropriations?
Carrel (to McCain): I'm just kidding, I don't even know what that means!
"The Daily Show" became a launching pad, catapulting Carell into a big screen career with roles drawing on his pseudo-news credentials.
Phillips: Of your performance as the pompous TV news anchor, Evan Baxter, in Bruce Almighty—
Carell: Modeled after hmmm?
Phillips: Was I in some small way an inspiration?
Carell: Actually, no, it was sort of a conglomeration of many different people that I've met.
Phillips: But there's a little me in there.
Carell: Yeah. If you have the ego to say that, sure. Yeah. There's a lot of you. It's all you, Stone. It's modeled after you.
Phillips: Of your performance as this TV news anchor, USA Today said that you "had unwittingly broken one of Hollywood's Ten Commandments…"
Carell: Which is—
Phillips: "Thou shalt not steal scenes from the star."
Carell: Oh, I would never say that I stole a scene from Jim Carrey. Just the fact that I was in a movie with him was huge.
Even bigger, Carell says, was his surprise at seeing himself on screen at the film's 2003 premiere.
Carell: It's pretty much the first movie I was in. So to watch yourself on screen and kind of as a complete surprise that you're even there—it's a surreal experience. And it changes you. And I became such a huge jerk that night. (laughs) Because I thought, "Wow. Look… I'm in a movie. And now, I'm better than other people."
Phillips: You took a deep breath—
Carell: Uh-huh (affirms).
Phillips: --and took yourself in.
Carell: I did. I celebrated myself that evening. And I feel deeply in love with my artistic capability. Is that wrong? I just think people need to be more self-actualized. And I've reached that pinnacle of actualization. (laughs)
Actually, he was just getting started. In 2005 Carell took the lead role in a TV sitcom that would turn into a surprise hit, NBC's "The Office."
His performance would later earn him a Golden Globe. And that same year Carell co-wrote and starred in the 40-year-old virgin.
Phillips: That [chest-waxing] scene, not special effects.
Carell: No, that was real.
Phillips: You wanted to do it that way.
Carell: That was my idea.
Phillips: What were you thinking?
Carell: I thought the chest-waxing scene would be funny only because of the guys in the scene watching me do it. Because I figured, "If I was really having it done, they're gonna laugh." It'll be horrible. It'll be horrifying to watch. I didn't think the actual ripping or me screaming was the funniest part. To me, the funniest part is watching them squirm because they know it's real.
Phillips: You played a middle-aged man who had never had sex—
Carell: Right.
Phillips: --incredibly convincingly. I mean—
Carell: Oh, what are you gonna do with this?
Phillips: I'm not sure what I'm gonna do with this.
Carell: Yeah.
Phillips: I'm not sure what to make of it.
Carell: Are you ask me—
Phillips: But—
Carell: --when I lost my virginity? (laughs)
Phillips: I wasn't actually gonna go there.
Carell: Okay.
Phillips: I wasn't actually gonna go there. I mean, he's a sweet guy—You really believed that he hadn't had sex.
Carell: This is a guy who's not a loser. He's not—he's not an idiot.
Phillips: He's inhibited.
Carell: Yeah. He's missed out on some opportunities in his life. And they sort of built up and then became this block in his brain.
Phillips: Could you identify with his inhibition?
Carell: Oh, yeah sure. I mean, I think everyone has inhibitions.
Phillips: Where are your inhibitions?
Carell: Honestly, talking about myself, because—I think down deep or not so deep, I don't think I'm a very interesting person. I don't think this will be—
Phillips: Are you being serious now?
Carell: Totally serious. That is probably whatever, a self-esteem issue, but in my mind it's like, "Who in their right mind would watch this interview, really?"
But who wouldn't love to hear Steve Carell tell a childhood story that just might explain why the 40-year old virgin is a character so close to his heart?
Carell: I was sort of traumatized by girls in the third grade. Because there was a girl in my third grade class I had a crush on. I bought her a box of Valentine's Day chocolate. And I put it in her cubby with a note that said something like, "I am deeply in love with you, Your Secret Admirer." And I didn't sign my name.
But two other girls from the class had seen me put it in there. So everybody knew I did it. She opened it. All the girls teased her. And all the boys teased me. And everybody teased me. And so I, at that point, got really, really nervous around girls.
Phillips: And how long did it take to get over that?
Carell: You're implying that—I am over it. It's-- (laughs) it's been a long road to recovery.
Stone Phillips: In your wildest dreams, did you ever imagine that when your ship came in it would be the ark and you'd be playing Noah?
Steve Carell: Yes. (laughs) It's something I've—I've dreamt of since I was a little kid. No, in my wildest dreams, never.
Never thought anything like this. I frankly never thought I'd be successful let alone being in a movie of this scope.
Carell: It is the best motion picture in the history of the world. And I don't think I'm overstating that.
Carell plays a former TV anchorman-turned-politician whose first assignment as a freshman in Congress, comes not from the House Speaker but a higher authority, Morgan Freeman as God.
Carell: I believe, and I'm committed to this belief, that this movie may make $1 million. (laughs) And that's a lot of money.
Phillips: Well, I hate to break the news to you. You know, "Bruce Almighty" with Jim Carrey pulled in $240 million—
Carell: Uh-huh (affirms).
Phillips: —in this country at the box office.
Carell: Really?
Which got Carell thinking... what he could say about his movie that would rope in an audience.
Carell: It is the first triple X family friendly movie. And we walk that line. We walk that line between full-frontal nudity and family-friendly. The kids are gonna love it.
Phillips: You got some quality time with animals making this movie.
Carell: Yes, I did.
Phillips: Personal favorite?
Carell: I loved them all. And they all smelled wonderful.
Carell (referring to camel on set): Really bad breath.
Carell: If you can imagine what a bird armpit smells like. And I had birds all over me for three days.
And you sort of get used to it. And then, you start having that kind of earthy bird smell.
Phillips: You know, I read that before you became an actor you were a mailman.
Carell: I was.
Phillips: Now, if any job could prep you to play Noah, it's gotta be delivering the mail. I mean, what mailman has not had to deal with some ornery animal?
Carell: Stone, I would say that's a stretch. I would really say that's a stretch, connecting the whole mailman thins with Noah. I don't know—what are you reading—
Phillips: Well, I was thinkin'—I was looking through your bio—
Carell: Noah and the mailman? Come on. Okay. All right. All right. I'll go with you. Yeah. Being a mailman was so much like being Noah because I had to deal with-- (chuckles) I had to deal with lots of animals. Yeah.
Phillips: Now, you're getting the hang of this.
Carell: And I remember one time I was delivering the mail and it rained for 40 days. And my mail truck floated away. But luckily, all the dogs in the neighborhood had climbed onboard. And I saved them. So there really is a direct correlation.
Carell has proven that fans will follow him no matter what role he takes on or how much hair he grows or has removed.
Phillips: So now, you've played a 40-year-old virgin and a 600-year-old lover of apes and alpacas. How are you doing with your real life role? 43-year-old husband, father. How do you keep things real when you're experiencing this kind of success?
Carell: When you wake up in the morning and your son walks in the room and he just smells like poop, that's about as real—I mean, that's it. It's like, "Well, time to change him." You just have to make a commitment to what is important and, you know, your kids--
Phillips: How old are you kids now?
Carell: Now they're three and six.
Phillips: Do they think you're funny?
Carell: Not really. No. I think they think I'm weird.
Phillips: Who at home makes you laugh?
Carell: My kids definitely. I've taught my 3-year-old son to burp. So now, he talks and burp at the same time. Which, I'm very proud. I'm very proud of that.
Following in his father's footsteps. He's a genius.
Maybe it's the kid in Carell that's at the core of his appeal—the childlike enthusiasm that drives his humor and the characters he invents. Like the "German who says Nice Things," one of our favorite Carell creations.
Phillips: I just wanna know before we leave, what would "The German Who Says Nice Things" say about the time we have spent together, this interview?
Carell: He would say-- "This was the best interview I have had all day." Your sound guy, his ears are bleeding right now.
Phillips: My ears are bleeding. Thanks.
Carell: Thanks.
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FunStuff: Charlottesville events May 10 and beyond
Music mayhem
A word of warning to anyone hoping to avoidcatching live music this weekend. You're doomed, and you can thank Paul Beyer, organizer of the Tom Tom Founders Festivalfor that. This two-day festival within a festival features more than 50 acts at seven downtown venues including the Haven, Main Street Arena, UVA's Meade Hall, The Whiskey Jar, and Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar. Headliners include Josh Ritter and Those Darlins (pictured here), and other local favorites are too plentiful to list.
May 11-12, various locations, $20-$65
Gypsy temptress
Dagnabit– Mother's Day's here, and if you've been struggling with the perfect gift, here's an idea: Bizet's Carmen at the Paramount! It's the story of the naive soldier Don Jose who abandons his military duties and his childhood sweetheart when he falls for the titular raven-haired gypsy (played by Magdalena Wor, pictured). Jealousy and murder ensue, and the musical score by Bizet is a crowd-pleaser. Performed live not once but twice this week by the Virginia Beach-based Lyric Opera, there's an added incentive to pony up and gallop downtown: Mom gets in free if you follow the instructions at theparamount.net.
May 11 & 13, Paramount, Fri 8pm, Sun 2:30pm, $35-$56
Charlottesville's pasttime
Batter up! The 2012 UVA Cavaliers men's baseball season is winding down as the number 19-ranked home team faces off against 38th-ranked Georgia Tech in a three-game series. The Cavs swept Miami back in April thanks in part to ace reliever Shane Halley (shown here) and are coming off a season-high seven-game winning streak– can they keep it going? Take yourself out to the ball game!
Fri 6pm; Sat/Sun 1pm, Davenport Field, $6-8
Rivanna regatta
The weather's warm and the water's still pretty high– no better time for the 7th Annual Rivanna River Regatta canoe and kayak races. Fast paddlers bring their boat and take to the water beginning at 10am between the Rivanna Reservoir at U.S. 29 to compete in the 6.2-mile downriver race that ends at Darden Towe Park. Later in the day, starting at 1pm, family events on the Rivanna Reservoir include free kids' mini-races, a free "anything floats" race, and a 7-mile-mini-marathon kayak race for experienced and competitive kayakers. There's talk that a mass flotilla launched from the nearby Rivanna Rowing Club could set a record for the most canoes and kayaks ever on the reservoir.
May 12, Rivanna Reservoir, 8:30am-2pm, $15 for main races
"Simon" says?
Think you have a great voice? Are you a shower singer looking for your big break? Here's your chance to compete in the Paramount Idol, anAmerican Idol-style contest at the Paramount theater. Try-outs are this week, and if you make the cut, the competition continues May 19 and 23 as contestants perform before a panel of local music experts and a live audience. The top finisher gets $1,000, a professionally recorded demo, and a career consultation from Coran Capshaw's Red Light Management– not too shabby. Second and third placers also win cash and a demo. Pre-registration at register attheparamount.net required, and no spectators allowed this week.
May 12, Paramount Theater, 10am audition start, free
To every season
There's no doubt that Shakespeare's still the world's most popular and acclaimed playwright– sorry David Mamet and Arthur Miller. (Check back with us in 400 years, and we'll let you know how you've fared...) Evidence of the bard's greatness: The American Shakespeare Center, which performs at the Blackfriar's Playhouse over in Staunton, exists as a shrine to his brilliance. This week, as temperatures remind us that summer's on the way, the Center presents The Winter's Tale, the story of King Leontes (played by Eugene Douglas, pictured here) whose accusations of infidelity against his wife, Hermione, lead first to tragedy, and then to a miraculous end.
May 12 (through June 16), Blackfriars Playhouse, Staunton, 2pm, $24-40
Field day
It's true that all good things must come to an end, and Tom Tom Founders Festival is no exception. The month-long art, music, and innovation festival kicked off with a big block party at McGuffey in mid-April and wraps up with a Mother's Day extravaganza at the Ix property between Monticello and Elliott Avenues. Gospel, soul, funk, rock, and bluegrass musical performances, local food vendors, circus performers, hula hoopers, and traditional "field day" games like egg-on-spoon and three-legged races. Better start practicing!
May 13, Frank Ix property, 1-8pm, free
Tree time
Most people know the state tree of Virginia is the dogwood, but as you've no doubt contemplated on many occasions, there are other species that could just as easily receive that honor. Take a guided spring walk throughIvy Creek Natural Area and learn about the leaves, bark, branching, seeds, and flowers of dogwoods and other native Virginia trees that could include elms, birch, ash, and cedar. (Meet by the kiosk near the parking lot.)
May 13, of Ivy Creek Natural Area, 2pm, free.
Making magic!
Pulling rabbits from hats, plucking quarters out of ears, sawing pretty ladies in half... Magicians have all the fun, and now you can be one. TheBlue Ridge Magicians meet in a church the third Tuesday of the month over the mountain in Waynesboro, and this month's theme is "levitations and suspensions." No experience necessary, and if all goes well, you could leave the meeting floating on air– quite literally. (The church is located at 877 Ladd Road.)
May 15, Wayne Hills Baptist Church, 7pm, free
Musician's musician
If you can judge an off-the-radar musician by the legendary rock stars who invite him to jam, then Jonathan Wilson should have quite a crowd of aficionados when he performs this week. He's played with David Crosby and Jackson Browne, and he's opening for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on their European tour this summer– but he doesn't need to ride on anyone's coattails (or even a Traveling Wilbury's evening jacket). Last summer, the singer-songwriter with the voice one relix.com reviewer calls "mellow but soulful" released his Gentle Spirit EP to critical acclaim, with some comparing him to Jerry Garcia and others praising his rich musical background that includes bluegrass and jazz. Uncut magazine dubs him the "New King of Laurel Canyon," but his kingdom soon expands to Charlottesville where he'll welcome you as a loyal subject.
May 16, The Southern, doors at 7pm, $10
This week's "FunStuff" was compiled by Courteney Stuart, and next week's "FunStuff" will be compiled by another newsroom staffer. To get your event considered, send a press release to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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" too plentiful to list" isn't that what this crappy piece of "media" does? list crap that's happening int this hick town? You people are even too lazy to copy & paste stuff now? BTW, if you're going to post a link, how about posting the link to the schedule since you're too lazy to post it...
BTW most of the bands are crap


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EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. – A ranger at the Everglades National Park was rushed to the hospital after being bitten by a rattlesnake.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said Ranger Anthony Terry found the 5-and-a-half foot eastern diamondback rattlesnake inside his home in the Flamingo area of Everglades National Park on Saturday. He tried to remove it, but the snake bit him.
You can see Terry's swollen left hand in the above picture.
The Miami-Dade Fire Venom Team said it responded and provided anti-venom to the ranger, who was then airlifted to Homestead Baptist Hospital. Terry (pictured above) remains in intensive care but is expected to make a full recovery.
A bite from an eastern diamondback rattlesnake can be fatal in just two hours.
"The eastern diamondback rattlesnake is actually one of the heaviest, largest, and most dangerous species of rattlesnakes found in South Florida," said Tommy Gomez with the Miami Science Museum. "Six of Florida's 44 species of snakes are venomous; however, they usually don't poison people, they don't attack people. They reserve that for small prey."
According to National Geographic: "These stout-bodied pit vipers generally live in the dry, pine flatwoods, sandy woodlands, and coastal scrub habitats from southern North Carolina to Florida and west to Louisiana. Their pattern of yellow-bordered, light-centered black diamonds makes them among the most strikingly adorned of all North American reptiles. They are natural exterminators, surviving on such household pests as rats and mice, as well as squirrels and birds."


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In the words of Roger Dangerfield, introverts can say "I don't get no respect." In North American culture extroversion is rewarded and favoured and introversion seems to be regarded as something to be cured. There has been a noticeable shift from the days when "solitary flights of thought" as Cain puts it, had higher value. She points out how things have changed and the value is now towards more interaction, which is not always helpful for introverts. In schools, desks used to be in rows, now they are in pods with students facing each other. In the workplace, where there used to be individual offices, now there are open style cubicles. Group work is encouraged and team projects are often the norm. People are encouraged to speak up and take initiative. No one is saying that extroverts can't be shy and introverts aren't social; we generally know that it has more to do with how one recharges. Introverts need to restore and recharge on their own, and extroverts need to recharge with others.
In this powerful and long overdue book Cain does a great job of defining just what an introvert and an extrovert are, and how that affects how people live and work. There is not one better than another, they are just different. But the power of introvertism has been somewhat overlooked and Cain definitely shows how success and brilliance can come from both types and indeed always has. Her research is thorough and her findings are profound. She also explores different cultures and points out that some other parts of the world are not quite so pro-extrovert as North American and Europe have become.
Even if you know you are an extrovert, this book can be of interest to you. Since a third to a half of all people are introverts, chances are you are married to, or work with, or are related to an introvert. This book will raise awareness and go a long way towards a better understanding and sensitivity within relationships.
Cain mustered up the courage to do a TED talk, to get her message out there. Since she is an introvert, this was a challenge for her, but as she points out in her book, when introverts are passionate about something they can excel at public speaking and engage in more extroverted behaviour. The link to her TED talk is just below. The book goes into more depth but her main points are in the talk.