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'A New Mexico high school teacher is accused of raping one of her male students in a classroom.

Jennifer Vigil, 31, was arrested on Tuesday after a student reported her for allegedly pressuring him into sex -- in her classroom -- at Pojoaque Valley High School in Santa Fe, according to the Albuquerque Journal.

Vigil maintains that the sex was consensual, but the student reportedly told police that the idea of sex with her was "disgusting." The unidentified minor took a picture of one sex act on his cellphone, and said that he only consented to sex because Vigil locked the doors and propositioned him, police said.

Vigil is suspected of having sex with the male horticulture student on two separate occasions. The teen reported that on the first occasion, he was turning in an assignment after school when Vigil said, "You're not leaving until I get something from you," KRQE reports. The student claims he refused her advances but then later agreed to a sexual act so that he could leave.'

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'Police in Freeport, Texas say a high school teacher's illicit relationship with a student was brought to light after the teacher showed up at an after-prom party with tattered clothing and no shoes.

Nikki Scherwitz, 25, has been charged with sexual assault of a child and improper relationship between educator and student, WREG reported. She has also quit her position as 10th-grade English teacher at Brazosport High School, KTRK reported. It was her first year on the job.

Investigators say Scherwitz had been involved with the 16-year-old for several weeks.'

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'TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 29, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Florida Legislature made history on April 18 with the passage of sweeping changes to the state's antiquated alimony laws.

"Opponents to alimony reform are making false claims and using scare tactics to manipulate public perception. Many, if not all of these claims, are coming from the leadership of the Family Section of the Florida Bar, by trying to protect and maintain their perpetual income stream through continued litigation," said Alan Frisher, President of Family Law Reform, Inc.

Myth: The bill doesn't allow a lot of room for judicial discretion.

Fact: The bill removes arbitrary and unbridled discretion by judges. Guidelines are incorporated to allow for consistency and predictability while still allowing for discretion in outlying cases.'

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'Photo 1: "In the natural state, the corona within the foreskin is protected as an internal organ, moist like the eye. In infancy, the foreskin is connected to the organ and protects it. An organ without the foreskin is exposed to infection. THE MOHEL PARES AND REMOVES AROUND 1/3 OF THE SKIN OF THE PENIS!" [Under the picture of the baby] "A majority of the circumcised require corrective surgery to widen the urethral opening under full anesthetic."

"RECOVERY FROM THE CIRCUMCISION WOUND IS SIMILAR IN SEVERITY AND RISKS TO RECOVERY FROM A THRID DEGREE BURN (ORGAN WITHOUT SKIN)."

"Following the removal of the foreskin, the psychology of sexual relations is changed. Sexual intercourse with a foreskin is gentler, more sensitive, and more satisfying."
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"SOMEONE BORN TO A JEWISH MOTHER IS JEWISH WITH OR WITHOUT A FORESKIN."'

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'Americans who grew weary of the “war on women” meme in the 2012 election may want to take a deep breath: The issue may loom even larger in 2016, an influential social critic told a Capitol Hill symposium.

The groundwork is already being laid for a resurgence of feminism in America, author and think-tank fellow Kay S. Hymowitz told the “War on Women: Myth or Reality” event, hosted by the Family in America, a quarterly publication of the Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society.
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This is a “hard-line feminist approach” and it’s been a huge success, said Ms. Hymowitz, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a domestic-policy think tank in New York City, and author of “Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys.”'

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'Suicide rates among middle-aged Americans have risen sharply in the past decade, prompting concern that a generation of baby boomers who have faced years of economic worry and easy access to prescription painkillers may be particularly vulnerable to self-inflicted harm.

More people now die of suicide than in car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which published the findings in Friday’s issue of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In 2010 there were 33,687 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and 38,364 suicides.

Suicide has typically been viewed as a problem of teenagers and the elderly, and the surge in suicide rates among middle-aged Americans is surprising.

The most recent NCFM "Transitions" newsletter for April 2013 is on-line here.

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'There are no female High Court judges in Northern Ireland, while women are also significantly under represented at county court judge and QC level.

But Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan, in a rare appearance before Stormont’s Justice Committee, insisted that the principle of merit had to be applied.
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He also revealed that a bid to attract two members of the public to join the group he established for the very purpose of helping to provide more clarity around sentences had an “embarrassing” outcome, as nobody applied to fill the posts.
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In regard to the lack of women in top judicial posts, Sir Declan said he was determined to bring about a culture change within the profession to ensure that females were afforded opportunities and helped to reach their full potential.

But the senior judge said giving them preferential treatment in terms of appointments was not the way to do that.

“We cannot use positive discrimination,” he said.

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'The rate of single motherhood, which has been steadily increasing since the 1940s, has skyrocketed in recent years, according to a report by the U.S. Census Bureau released on May 1st.

While the birth rate for single women has greatly increased across all demographics -- according to the report, which is based on data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the birth rate for single mothers in 2007 was 80 percent higher than it was in 1980, and 20 percent of that increase happened between 2002 and 2007 -- the numbers are particularly high for recent mothers (mothers who gave birth in the previous 12 months) between age 20 and 24.

In 2011, 62 percent of women between ages 20 and 24 who had recently given birth were unmarried.

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A female Marine who says she was raped by a Marine in her squadron after a night of drinking is being tried at Camp Pendleton by special court martial for adultery, making false statements and impeding an investigation, it was reported Tuesday.

The woman, whose identity was withheld, and her alleged rapist are both staff sergeants who were assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 39 at Camp Pendleton in March 2012, when they had sex in a hotel room after several hours of drinking, according to U-T San Diego.
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"The command does take sexual assault with the utmost gravity, and has decided to pursue this route to ensure that the sexual assault response process remains effective and maintains integrity for victims," a 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing spokesman, 1st Lt. Tyler Balzer, told U-T San Diego.'

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'As the debate over allocation of state funds to save Towson University sports teams continues, major players in the conversation couldn’t help but draw comparisons to this university’s experience with financial insecurity and athletic cuts, which didn’t see the same state support.

Towson officials based their decision more on Title IX compliance than financial woes, they said. But critics of the decision called into question the fairness of the financial hand Gov. Martin O’ Malley extended to the college while offering no such help to this university in 2012, when officials announced they were cutting 7 sports teams to in an attempt to shrink mounting debt. Others pointed out, however, that university President Wallace Loh didn’t receive the same amount of backlash at the time, either.

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'The Student Association’s Women’s Department at Monash University sold the cupcakes as part of a campaign to highlight gender wage differences, charging $1 for men, 80c for women and 60c for transgender students.

A Facebook post calling the stall sexist has received nearly 1,500 likes and attracted more than 900 comments.

Tess Gian posted: “to the ‘Women’s’ stand on Clayton campus selling cupcakes … that is not feminism. that’s sexism. You want to demand equality? It goes both ways.”

A Monash Student Association public affairs officer, who did not want to be named, said the stall aimed to “raise awareness of the gender pay gaps” that exist in the workplace. It was not sexist but “positive discrimination”. reports News.com.au.'

From Ulf Andersson of PappaRättsGruppen, translated article here:

'ON March 14, 2013 FELL FROM THE JUDGMENT Hudiksvall DISTRICT COURT: THAT'S MOM TO BE ALONE CUSTODY OF MY FRENCH SWEDISH DAUGHTERS. ON HER EXPRESS REQUEST FURTHER RIGHTS MAY ONLY BE MADE IN SWEDEN. INCREDIBLE AND unacceptable,!

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