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At The Theatres This Week
Fierce Indians, Scouts, half-breeds, United States regulars, and the wives and sweethearts or all of them appear in the play to be given at the Manhattan Theatre this week, "John Ermine of the Yellowstone." James K. Hackett will have the lending role. Frederic Remington, the artist, whose Western types are widely known, has had a share in the building of this American drama. Source : query.nytimes.com
Our view: Exhibits offer awareness of domestic violence
Some issues often develop tedious exposure. They begin to humans something to eliminate or ignore. Domestic violence is not part of the issues, and citizens should consider. In a perfect world, they revolted and motivation to help, who are in need. In recognition of National Women's History Month, Shippensburg University done their part to draw attention to domestic violence. To protect their credit lines, the school is hosting two exhibits that focus on different types of abuse, such as rape, sexual assault, incest and crimes motivated by hate and crime. Both are available to the public. Dickinson College's Clothes Line
Emotional social issues at the Legislature
GOV. Ben Cayetano is pushing the Legislature to begin a discussion of emotional social issues such as domestic partnerships for same-sex couples, doctor-assisted death and medical use of marijuana. Senate President Norman Mizuguchi and House Speaker Calvin Say want legislators to fix their attention on the economy. Mizuguchi says the Senate probably won't get to the social issues this year and possibly not even next year. It sounds like a conflict. but that's not necessarily so. Cayetano is right that lawmakers must start a discussion of these issues to move them toward resolution. And legislative leaders are right that they don't have
These Minnesota lawyers practice by the Book.
A small plaque on Paul Baertschi's desk contains a quotation from the 18th-century Irish politician Edmund Burke: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." That philosophy helps guide Baertschi, a criminal prosecutor for the small Minneapolis firm of Tallen and Baertschi, and his work as president of the Minnesota chapter of the Christian Legal Society, a 45-year-old national organization consisting of Christian attorneys, judges, law professors and law students. While the national CLS advocates for freedom of religious expression and for pro-life causes, Baertschi said the local chapter stays away from lobbying
House approves anti-crime bill to fight violence against women
The House approved a sweeping anti-crime bill Friday that includes more than $3 billion to fight violence against women and seeks to protect women brought into the U.S. by the international illegal sex trade. The catchall legislation also has provisions that would make it easier for victims to collect compensation from terrorist states and would force states to pay costs when a criminal is released from prison and commits a crime in another state. It passed 371-1 and is expected to be approved by the Senate early next week. Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act has been a top priority
Fractured Families: More Couples Resort To Faith-Based Divorce Counseling
AVON PARK - Jackie Stiles divorced less than 2 years but still had some problems with management. For her, with the consequences that it has been several times to visit "DivorceCare" classes with Donna Titus, a church volunteer. At the meeting on Wednesday, the second on the last for the course, Titus Stiles, and discuss with others, such as women. Both Titus and video, it uses bands, because it is in the Bible. She quoted II Corinthians 5:18. "And all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the word of reconciliation." The classes
Teenage Violence Linked To Later Domestic Violence
Adolescents who engaged in violent behavior at a relatively steady rate through their teenage years and those whose violence began in their mid teens and increased over the years are significantly more likely to engage in domestic violence in their mid 20s than other young adults, according to a new University of Washington study. "Most people think youth violence and domestic violence are separate problems, but this study shows that they are intertwined," said Todd Herrenkohl, lead author of the study and a UW associate professor of social work. The study also found no independent link between an individual's use of alcohol
Moursund family still profits from co-op ties
A.W. Moursund, a powerful friend and business partner of Lyndon Johnson's, was attacked. The General Council of the time, Peder of Alès Electric Cooperative, defending his regime and the non-receipt of the auction by its insurance contracts, securities and law firms during a Public Utility Commission in 1983 for a price. "I have always done, from right to left (co-op), although there are people who are trying to smear me," he was quoted in these terms in the 19th June 1983, American-Statesman history. Ten days later, regulatory authorities to an agreement to allow the Co-op to raise rates, but it
Fight On In Court For De Saulles Boy
The likelihood that the guardianship of John L. De Saulles, Jr., the infant son of Mrs. Blanca Errazuriz De Saulles, will be taken from her before she has been indicted for killing her husband was indicated yesterday in the course of an argument before Surrogate Fowler in the application of Charles A.H. De Saulles, uncle of the boy, to be named Source : query.nytimes.com
Dinkins Is Endorsed By Two Gay Groups
LEAD: Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins yesterday accepted the endorsement of two gay political groups in his race for the Democratic mayoral nomination, saying he would fight for legal recognition of gay and lesbian domestic partnerships. Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins yesterday accepted the endorsement of two gay political groups in his race for the Democratic mayoral nomination, saying he would fight for legal recognition of gay and lesbian domestic partnerships. Mr. Dinkins met at City Hall with the leaders of both groups, the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats and the Lambda Independent Democrats. The city's third major
Federal Judge Upholds Law on Violence Against Women
For the first time, a Federal District Court judge has upheld the constitutionality of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, a Federal law that made crimes against the opposite sex a violation of the victim's civil rights. The judge, Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven, ruled in a case
Deep in the Bible Belt, a counterattack on the nation's worst divorce rate
In a back room at the First Church of the Nazarene, eight couples -- young and engaged -- rise beside their metal chairs, lift their right hands and repeat their weekly pledge. ''I will never get divorced.'' The tone is stout, almost soldierly. Aptly so, because their marriage preparation class in
We Are Becoming an Economy of Free Agents
In his newly published book, The Future of Success (Knopf, January, 2001), political economist and former Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich describes a global economy running at hyperspeed. This New Economy, he writes, works to the advantage of consumers but to the detriment of those very same people as employees.
Juvenile crime in Lucas County jumps 16 percent
Jun. 9--Toledo Police Chief Jack Smith's plan to charge parents who "knowingly" overlook gang and criminal activity by their children comes as juvenile crime has taken a sharp jump upward. Lucas County notched a 16 percent increase in new juvenile crime cases - from 15,474 in 2004 to 17,986 in
Gay 9/11 Survivor Denied Company Health Coverage After Moving to ID
A 9 / 11 on the health of survivors' benefits by its offer of domestic partnership. Then there was a transfer of Idaho - and a loss of health to preserve. Thus, 365Gay.com reported in a story published on March 24 Robert Ryan, has been published in the insurance industry
Coping With The Divorce 'Logjam'
Another alternative to divorce litigation, as mentioned in "Divorce Logjam Leads to Alternatives" on July 26, is mediation. It is important to note that couples who mediate their marital agreements together rarely find themselves in court for postjudgment litigation. This is especially true concerning child-support obligations. It seems that once
Homeschooling: A Growing Option in American Education
A growing number of American families choose their children home education. The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics reports that nearly 1.1 million children (2.2 percent of children of school age) were trained at home as a percentage of 2003-29 more than 850000 students, the research were
The Freedom of Worship Bill.
That old acquaintance, the Freedom of Worship bill, so called, is again before the Legislature. This is a measure the demand for which was first formulated by the "Catholic Union" in 1875, nearly twenty years ago, and in one shape or another it has been before the Legislature pretty constantly
Helping Men Beat Back The Urge to Violence
Across Northern California several weeks ago, television viewers struggled to make sense of Ramon Salcido's peculiar grin as he confessed to a bloody rampage that left his wife, daughters, mother-in-law and sisters-in-law dead. Across Northern California several weeks ago, television viewers struggled to make sense of Ramon Salcido's peculiar grin
Domestic Violence Is Target Of Bill
For nearly a half million women, the holiday season is a time not of joy but of violence and tragedy, says Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has proposed the first Federal legislation dealing with domestic violence. "During this holiday season, in the six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's,