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- POLL: YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE FOR JUDGE SEARS!
- CODE RED: PHONE APP TO TRACK MENSTRUAL CYCLE
- SIGN OF THE TIMES - NO BLUSHING - 16 AND PREGNANT
- BLOG IS SET
- ROOMMATES

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- POLL: YOUR CHANCE TO VOTE FOR JUDGE SEARS!

Here's your chance to vote in a poll for Georgia Chief-Justice and
Pro-Healthy-Marriage activist Leah Ward Sears to replace Justice Stevens.

You can vote here: http://www.abajournal.com/news. Scroll down in the
sidebar on the right side of the page to the POLL.  When I voted, she was
5th in a pack of 10.  Realize some of you might want to vote for another
potential nominee - the top contenders are all listed.  - diane

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- CODE RED: PHONE APP TO TRACK MENSTRUAL CYCLE

'Code Red': iPhone/iPad app for men who need to track women's menstrual
cycles
By Monica Hesse 
Washington Post 
April 22, 2010 

Men: We are sorry. 

Here we have been assuming that our lady-business skeeved you out, that you
heard "menstruation" and you went "lalalalalalala."

We were wrong. 

How else to explain "Code Red," the new iPhone period app that -- and this
is really linguistically unfortunate -- also works on the iPad?

It keeps track of periods. It keeps track of them for men. . .

How it works: Type in the first day of your partner's cycle for a few
months. Then sit back and wait for the helpful reminders to pop up on your
Apple device. During PMS time, for example, a female symbol appears sporting
devil horns. A frisky ovulation alert tells you when your chances for
getting down are looking up.

A tour of recent technological creations shows that menstruation apps for
men are a booming market. "PMSBuddy," for example, is proudly "saving
relationships, one month at a time." "PMS Meter" features "hilarious sound
effects." And the infamous "IAmAMan," which is nothing if not unapologetic,
allows users to track the menstrual cycles of several women at once, for
those special times when you are a big cheater. . . .

MEDL Mobile, the company that distributes "Code Red," will not release sales
figures, but says that the application has climbed as high as 35 on the
Lifestyle division of the Apple app store -- a category that includes
hundreds of applications. A spokesperson for the company says Apple cannot
confirm this. 

For the full article:
http://tinyurl.com/27cnwyj

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- SIGN OF THE TIMES - NO BLUSHING - 16 AND PREGNANT

Diane, Did you see the wrap up reunion show?  They pointed out that only 3
of the 10 pregnant teens had their biological fathers in their lives and I
think only one of those had their own married parents.  One girl lived with
her divorced father.  I didn't see all 10, but I think there was only one
girl with married parents. Most of the girls didn't even know/had never met
their fathers.  That, I agree, was an important point as were the points
that were very well made about how hard it is to have a baby when you're
only 16 and how immature the fathers are.  However, for me the most
eye-opening part of the show was that teen sex was portrayed as a given. The
new normal. These were girls from all parts of the country and of all social
classes and talked about sex openly with their parents, girlfriends,
teachers, the TV host - all without shame. No one ever even blushed.  It was
as though the couples were proud that that they got pregnant with twins
after having known each other for a month or that they used birth control
most of time or didn't bother.  I am also concerned about the comments on
the shows website. These girls are now celebrities with devoted fans.  I am
not at all sure this show deserves an award.  Not sure of it's long term
effects. 
M.C.  

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- BLOG IS SET
After so many of you weighed in (thank you for your very kind comments about
the newslist), I'm going to keep the newslist but have also set up a Blog.
The newslist content will automatically be forwarded to the Blog (if I
remember to push all the right buttons.) I don't know if it's worth the
effort and the blog is a bit messy (maybe I'll get the hang of it), but for
those of you that requested a Blog/RSS feed version of the list, here it is:
http://www.smartmarriages.blogspot.com/

I guess the next step is that it needs some followers. So far I'm my own
only BFF - best friend. - diane

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- ROOMMATES

Diane, I'd like to participate in the roommate sharing but I am concerned
about being assigned to room with a stranger. If the roommate assignment
just doesn't work out, is there a way to switch?  - I.S.

You are not assigned a roommate.  We send you a list of everyone of the same
gender who is looking for a roommate and you call and chat with them and
pick your roommate.  Roommate info is here:
http://www.smartmarriages.com/roommates.html

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