Article here. Excerpt:

'Fathers and Families has agreed to be a signatory to an amicus brief in an appeal of a half-million-dollar child support order to the Indiana Court of Appeals.

Ned Holstein, MD, MS, Founder and Chair of the Board of Fathers and Families, reviewed the brief at the request of the Indianapolis law firm of Bose, McKinney & Evans, LLP, who incorporated some of his suggestions.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'A couple of days ago, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine who could fairly be described as a feminist. Not a conservative feminist — a feminist in the traditional sense of the word.

I remarked to her that over the last few decades, women’s ideals, in everything from dating, to careers, to their life in general, have changed quite a bit while men’s ideals, hopes and dreams have been much more static over that same time period. She agreed and said feminism hasn’t done a good job of “helping men” reach their potential. My response to that was that when it finally arrives, she probably won’t like the men’s revolution any more than most men enjoyed the feminist version.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc. has resolved a lawsuit filed by Duke University over expenses tied to the school’s dispute with lacrosse team members falsely accused of sexually assaulting a stripper.

The university and the unit of New York-based AIG that sold insurance coverage to Duke “agree to the dismissal” of the claims, according to a joint filing yesterday in U.S. District Court in Durham, North Carolina. The court document didn’t disclose terms of the settlement.

The school was seeking reimbursement of costs from confidential settlements with three members of the team who were exonerated after they were accused of rape by a woman invited to a 2006 party. AIG, the bailed-out life and property-casualty insurer, had offered $5 million to Duke, Joseph O’Neil, a lawyer for the insurer, said in December 2008.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'One of the more recent episodes of this digital deceit is emanating from the office of Attorney General of the United States, Eric Holder. The AG, to put it succinctly, is lying to the American people. What’s more, he quite obviously knows he’s lying and has no intention whatsoever of stopping. Either that or the man is too incompetent to clean the office of the Attorney General, much less occupy it.

The case demonstrating this is simple and irrefutable, beginning with words from Holder himself.

“The facts are clear," he says, "Intimate partner homicide is the leading cause of death for African-American women ages 15 to 45."

To begin with, we must assume that a man in Holder’s position would not make such a claim out of ignorance. Common sense, along with the certitude of his unambiguous claim would indicate that he has, at his beck and call, a wealth of cutting edge research and all the manpower needed to analyze it.'

Story here.

'On Sunday morning, more than 100 members of the Delaware running community participated in the Save Our Sport Run to protest university officials' decision to remove the men's track and field and cross country teams from varsity status. ­Event organizer Kevin Kelly, a former assistant cross country coach at the university, said the run was also a celebration of cross country and track and field alumni.

"Were it not for our alumni, we would not have great spirit, we would not have reached this pinnacle," Kelly said in a speech before the four-mile run began.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'A one-minute, behind-of-the-scenes video of the shoot, which was photographed by celebrity Terry Richardson (who also shot the controversial “Glee” pictures for GQ last year) features Gaga fondling her breast, licking her bicep, attempting to pull her t-shirt down over her lady parts, and seductively straddling a skateboard between her legs.

However, around the 47-second mark a male toddler randomly enters the equation – wearing a “Supreme” t-shirt while holding Lady Gaga’s hand, and doing a “thumbs up” as seemingly instructed by Richardson.

At this point, the 24-year-old songstress is donning a sexy black bra/panties set, fishnets and is doused in silver jewelry.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Self-described "civil rights advocates" say that a ballot proposition to ban circumcision is on track for gathering signatures, meaning that San Franciscans may vote on the measure this November.

The proposed law is being spearheaded by local resident Lloyd Schofield, according to the San Francisco Examiner.

It's part of a national push to end the procedure, which some say is steeped in tradition but poses risks and has little medical benefit. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association do not recommend routine circumcision.

Getting on the ballot is the easy part -- only about 7,000 signatures are required. Once it's there, advocates will have to convince voters that snipping off body parts is a bad idea.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'ScienceDaily (May 28, 2009) —People who commit filicide, the killing of their own child, are no more psychotically disordered than other homicide offenders. Research published in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry has shown that prevention of filicide cannot remain the task of psychiatry alone, but health care and society at large must work to prevent the danger.

Hanna Putkonen from Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Finland, worked with a team of Finnish researchers to compare the psychosocial history, index offence, and psychiatric morbidity of filicide offenders with other homicide offenders. She said, "The novel results of this nationwide study reinforce the general impression that filicide offenders are a distinct group of homicide offenders. However, they did not emerge as mentally disordered as has previously been supposed".'

Pie chart from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources here.

Journal from the National Institute of Justice here along with charts showing the rates of perpetration of teen dating violence by gender here. Excerpt:

'These findings are generally consistent with another study that looked at more than 1,200 Long Island, N.Y., high school students who were currently dating. In that 2007 survey, 66 percent of boys and 65 percent of girls who were involved in physically aggressive relationships reported mutual aggression. [7] Twenty-eight percent of the girls said that they were the sole perpetrator; 5 percent said they were the sole victim. These numbers were reversed for the boys: 5 percent said they were the sole perpetrator; 27 percent the sole victim. In a third study, teen couples were videotaped while performing a problem-solving task.

Video here. A bit old, added 11/14/2009, but still very relevant.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A House panel Wednesday recommended passage of a bill that would make it easier for fathers in South Dakota to earn shared custody in divorce proceedings.

The House Committee on the Judiciary approved House Bill 1255 on an 8-5 vote. The legislation now will get a hearing on the House floor.

Sen. Dan Lederman, R-Dakota Dunes, introduced the bill. If it passes, judges would be required to begin divorce proceedings with the assumption that joint custody will be awarded to parents. South Dakota law now provides for a child's primary caregiver to be awarded primary custody at the start of a divorce.
...
South Dakota would be the eighth state to endorse shared parenting if the measure passes, Lederman said.'

Link here. Excerpt:

'Jamie Oliver's new TV series has been criticised in Britain after two teenage boys were asked to give sperm samples they later studied in a science class.

The controversial scenes will air on Channel 4 next month as part of Jamie's Dream School, a reality television program that follows the progress of troubled teens sent to a school run by celebrities.

As part of the seven-week series, celebrities were asked to devise classes in their specialty for the school’s 20 students.

In his class, scientist Professor Lord Robert Winston asks two boys aged 16 to 18 to leave the room to produce a sperm sample.

His students are then asked to compare the samples under a microscope with the sperm of animals, including horses and pigs.'

Video here.

I wonder if she's going to lose her job like those Sky Sports broadcasters? Fat chance. Notice that it's on Channel Ten's Youtube page too.

This coming week, Congress will be out of session. Senators and Representatives will be back in their homes district, holding meetings with constituents.

The main topic of discussion will be the federal budget. Earlier this week, President Obama proposed a budget that would produce a $1.1 trillion deficit for 2012. The Obama budget proposal includes over $777 million for VAWA and other domestic violence programs.

It is critical that we take action TODAY and contact your lawmaker’s local office and request to set up a meeting this coming week. I am attaching a hand-out that you can use – or use your own handout. If we implement the recommendations spelled out on the flyer, we will be able to help more true victims, remove dangerous mandatory arrest policies, remove false allegations, and save taxpayer money!

To get your lawmakers’ phone number, just do a Google search under the person’s name, or look in the phone book.

Folks, this is the real deal. Either we act now, or we wait until 2016 when VAWA comes up for reauthorization.

The SAVE Team