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'A screening programme which would require doctors and nurses to ask all women whether they have experienced domestic violence, whatever their reason for seeking medical attention, is not justified, according to a new report by researchers at the University of Bristol, funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) programme.
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One proposal for improving care has been a policy whereby all women, regardless of their reason for seeking medical attention, are asked by doctors and nurses if they have experienced domestic violence. This is called screening and has been effective in other areas, for example in detecting thyroid disease in babies and raised blood pressure in adults.'

Donald Tenn and Paul Fisher (Spiderman and Superman) will appear before a jury on Monday April 13th, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio.

Despite there being no physical damages, and no intent to cause harm to the structure in question, (the prerequisites for vandalism), the pair have been indicted for felony level vandalism. If found guilty the duo could spend up to eighteen months in prison.

The charges stem from the September 29th, 2008 crane protest on The Ohio State University campus.

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A new law has passed in the Oklahoma State Legislature, authorizing the use of deadly force by women, to protect their unborn children. So gentlemen, if you have a nasty argument with your baby-mama, you could end up dead while your murderer gets off Scott-free. Excerpt:

'The bill stems from a Michigan case where a woman who was carrying quadruplets stabbed and killed her boyfriend after he hit her in the stomach. The woman lost the babies and was convicted of manslaughter.

Oklahoma lawmakers said they want to make sure that a woman can legally protect her unborn child.

"Unfortunately, we feel we need legislation like this," said Rep. Mike Thompson. "What we want to make sure is that a woman feels safe and secure defending herself and her unborn child against any attacker."'

Video report here. Not a single word about male DV victims. The show's feedback form is here. They really need to hear from us on this topic, so please take the time to voice your opinions. This show is watched by over 4.5 million people every morning.

DOJ stats can be found at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/intimate/offender.htm

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'LONDON, England (CNN) -- A British court Wednesday told a business financier he would still have to pay a $13.6 million divorce settlement despite losing a fortune in the credit crunch.

Brian Myerson had told the UK Court of Appeal that instead of receiving £14.6 million ($21 million) from a division of his assets, he would now be £½ million out of pocket, according to the UK Press Association.

The court rejected his appeal, saying the "natural process of price fluctuation, however dramatic" did not justify changing the settlement, PA reported.

Under the original settlement made last year, Myerson, the former CEO of Principle Capital Holdings, was ordered to pay 43% of his then total £25.8m assets to his wife.

Lawyers for Myerson said because of the economic downturn, the wife's share of the total assets under the order would now be 105% and the husband's would be -5%.'

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'Who caused all the shrieking at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Language School in London today?

A surprise visit from English soccer star David Beckham? Pop boy band, the Jonas Brothers?

No, that was First Lady Michelle Obama sparking a frenzy at the all-girls school, where she spoke about the importance of education, explained why being smart is cool and even shared a little girl talk about her courtship with her husband, President Obama.
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“By getting a good education you too can create your own destiny. I never cut class. I like being smart. I thought being smart was the coolest thing in the world,” she said. “You are the women that will build the world as it should be and that's why a good education is so important.”'

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"Pity the men, for there is nothing manly about depression.

Every belief a man holds about his masculinity is attacked by depression — his physical strength, sexual prowess and ability to provide and protect. All the traits that our society says makes a man manly.

Worse, most men do not know what's hit them. The symptoms of depression in men are so different than in women that many men are emotionally blindsided.

If asking for directions is difficult, imagine asking for help with your feelings.

'There is a huge amount of stigma for men,' said Michael Addis, head of the Men's Coping Project, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. 'Depression is seen as a personal weakness and a character flaw.'

Because many men define success by their bank accounts, experts expect to see more depression in men — and more suicide."

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'According to a recent report, more than a quarter of English children do not have even a single male teacher at their school. For many children, that means they have greatly reduced contact during the day with an adult man until age 11 when they go to secondary school. Children who don’t have a father in the home may not have any regular contact with a male role model until they go to secondary school.

The situation is similar in America, and Canada, and Australia—where between 70 to 75 percent of teachers are female.

Why is society robbing young boys of the masculine role models they need?

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'CUMBERLAND - A female high-school teacher from Frostburg has been sentenced to five years of unsupervised probation for having sexual contact with a 15-year-old boy.

Twenty-five-year-old Autumn Leathers also must register as a sex offender for her conviction on one count of fourth-degree sex offense.

A one-year jail term was suspended during her appearance Thursday in Allegany County Circuit Court in Cumberland.

Leathers pleaded guilty to the crime in January. In return, the state dropped more serious charges, including child abuse and assault.'

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'Men in their 40s are more likely to suffer a financial crisis than a midlife crisis these days.

Statistics reveal that about 28% of the 106,000 people declared bankrupt or insolvent in 2008 were men aged between 40 and 45.

This means men in their 40s are the most likely group to enter into an individual voluntary agreement (IVA) , say financial advisers Tenon Recovery.

The firm highlighted the South-East, including London, as the UK's IVA hotspot, with 25% of cases coming from the region. Next worse was the Midlands with 18.5% and then the North West with 15.5%.

Tenon director Gill Wrigley says: "As people reach their 40s, any increase in wages over the years is counter-acted by a disproportionate increase in outgoings, such as paying college bills.'

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'To snip or not? Any parent of an infant son faces this circumcision question; for some, like me, it's a no-brainer. I had my two sons circumcised in accordance with my Jewish faith. Others, though, would like to know if there are any health reasons in favor of circumcision. Well, a study of 5,000 initially uncircumcised Ugandan men in this week's New England Journal of Medicine found that once the men underwent circumcision, their rate acquiring herpes virus infection plunged by 28 percent and they were 35 percent less likely to get infected with human papillomavirus (HPV), which is responsible for genital warts and, in women, cervical cancer.'

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'Why do this now, you ask? Because it is always around this time of year when March Madness takes its place at the top of all the sports coverage that a very scattered minority of people choose to question the unequal coverage given to both the male and female basketball tournament.

This annual inquiry is merely a microcosm of a larger occurrence, and this issue deserves to be addressed without a thick layer of sugar-coating poured on top of it.

So what separates the sexes on the playing fields? First, it is public preference of watching the best perform at the highest level of play. People want to see who they perceive as the best of the best play against one another, and that fact does not exclude gender.

Take the WNBA for example. Los Angeles Sparks forward Candace Parker was the first female player that was ever rumored to possibly be capable of playing in the NBA.

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'Perhaps this is what modern Russia really needs above all — a woman's touch. The women of Russia could surely do a better job than the backward-looking machismo men who have led it to nowhere. The world badly needs such a Russia, not just for its resources but for its positive influence in building new international institutions to replace the faltering or hollowed out 20th-century structures such as the U.N. Security Council, the International Monetary Fund, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and many others.'

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'EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) - Some men came out Tuesday night to try and stop domestic violence, rape and other crimes against women, and they did it by putting on heels.

"It's an important issue," U.S.I. student Jon Steiner said. "It's ignored, I think. It doesn't get as much attention as it should."

"This is an opportunity to poke a little fun at us, to have some fun at it and also to replay that adage that says, 'you don't understand my life until you've walked a mile in my shoes,'" Sheriff Eric Williams said.

So, Tuesday afternoon, Sheriff Williams put on some gold pumps and joined a crowd of men as they literally walked a mile in women's shoes.
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"Men are the perpetrators of a vast majority of these crimes," Williams said.'

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