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Looking Forward to Summer Camp
November 11th, 2014
The Anatomy of a S'mores
November 6th, 2014
At Camp Starlight, everyone looks forward to getting in on the action and making s'mores. But what is it about s'mores that gets us asking for – you guessed it – some more?
The sticky, ooey, gooey, utterly delicious ingredients, that's what!
People say there is a National S'mores Day celebrated on August 10 every year, but you don't have to wait until then to eat s'mores. To make s'mores, you start when the sun goes down. Everyone gathers around the roaring camp fire hungry for an after dinner sweet treat. Bring along chocolate bars, graham crackers and marshmallows. It doesn't matter if the chocolate is milk chocolate or dark chocolate – you pick. And don't forget the skewers, unless you are planning to use twigs like the old days.
Very carefully, break the graham crackers and chocolate into squares. A half of a regular sized chocolate bar and two attached graham crackers will do nicely. Remember, you are kind of making a chocolate and marshmallow sandwich, so you will need two squares of graham crackers.
Now for the best part. Stick your skewer, or twig, right through the center of the marshmallow so it doesn't fall off. Then roast the marshmallow over the fire until the outside is brown, not burnt, and the inside is really, really gooey. If the marshmallow does fall off into the fire, don't worry! Just take another one and start over.
When the marshmallow is done, it is time to put together your s'mores. Use one piece of graham cracker as the base, then place the chocolate on top, and then put the hot marshmallow on top of that. Be careful not to burn your fingers! Then add the last layer, the other piece of graham cracker.
But the s'mores is not ready for eating yet!
Just wait a minute or two so the hot marshmallow melts the chocolate just a little bit. Now, take a bite and enjoy your sticky, ooey, gooey, oh so good chocolate marshmallow graham cracker treat!
My First Year as a Counselor
October 14th, 2014
I went to Camp Starlight as a camper for 8 summers. I remained in the same bunk with the same group of girls since I was a junior all the way until CA summer. I was understandably nervous about joining the starlight staff for the summer of 2014, but knew that it was an experience I must complete in order to complete my journey at Camp Starlight. Undoubtedly, this summer exceeded any of my previous expectations. I was a Lower Deb Counselor (GO UNICORNS) and I couldn't have asked for a better
group of girls to spend my summer with. I admired their constant positivity and energy at every activity and in the bunk. My co-counselors and I became the best of friend, and I learned more about teamwork and responsibility than I thought I could ever learn anywhere. Outside the bunk, I was a lacrosse specialist and it w
as amazing to get to know almost the entire girls side. Every group of girls brought forth a different contribution to the program, which only added to my incredible experience as a coach. I truly thought my years as a camper were the best it was going to get, but my first year counselor experience exceeded anything before it. I learned so much about myself, while spending every second with the people I came to love the most.
Devon H.
My Interview With Megan Panelas.
October 7th, 2014
Sometimes we get so much good stuff over the summer that we can't publish it all at once. The following is an interview conducted by 2014 Lower Deb Sydney M. during the summer of 2014 with her Division Leader, Meagan Panelas…Recently, I interviewed Megan Panelas, the Lower Deb Division Leader. I'm sure you will learn something new about one of our staff members.The first question I asked Megan was why she wanted to work at a camp. she told me she wanted more experience with kids. she said she specifically chose Camp Starlight because she saw the video yearbook and wanted to join instantly. Megan has been working at Camp Starlight for a long time. Megan has been here for thirteen years. She has been a Division Leader for eleven years in a row.
Megan wanted to be a Division Leader because she likes special events and she wantedto be more involved in them and what better way to get involved than to be in charge of them? Her favorite thing about being a Lower Deb Division Leader is picking the annual Lower Deb mascot and meeting new campers and counselors every year. Megan says she is from London, Canada and she went to school at the University of Guelph. During the winter, Megan is a pre-school teacher. No wonder why she is so good with kids! Interesting enough, Megan's first job was as a singing waitress! Megan loves animals, especially unicorns, hippos, dragons and flamingos. Before Megan was a Division Leader, she was a theater specialist and an ADL for the upper inter girls. The thing she likes most about the Lower Deb girls are that they are old enough to do anything on camp and like all evening activities. I asked her if she had any pets and she said she has three cats! Their names are Cringer, Roxy and Marbles. "I love them dearly." she says about her cats. She even Skypes with her cats. I had so much fun this year with Megan as my division leader!
-Sydney M.
A Staff Member's Favorite Part of Camp:
September 18th, 2014
Have you ever tried to thing about your absolute, favorite part of camp? I bet it's hard to think of just one. There are so many activities, events, and moments at camp that can turn into a favorite in just a matter of seconds.
From a staff perspective, it's hard to choose just one favorite part about camp. Most staff members have never experienced anything like Camp Starlight before. Every day of the summer is new and exciting for them. They could wake up and say, "That was my favorite part of Camp", until something even better is thrown at them, and they change their mind over and over again.
My favorite part of camp is possibly one of the most anticipated days of the summer. When the Starlight Summer really begins, welcome day, the first day. The energy that is flowing through the camp, even before the busses arrive, is crazy. Counselors are so excited to meet their campers and really get the ball rolling. As those first buses pull up, there is an intense mix of emotions; excitement, anxiousness, happiness, and even a slight feeling of fear. But once all those kids run off the bus carrying sports equipment and bus bags, and the biggest smiles you could ever imagine, the atmosphere drastically changes and it's one of the best feelings in the world! You suddenly know that you are in for the best summer of your life, and can't wait to see what's next in store!
So staff, what is YOUR favorite part of camp? Comment in the section below, or feel free to send us your own personal blog at firstname.lastname@example.com
So Now What?
September 9th, 2014
After the initial feelings of elation that come from having completed their first summer at camp, many first year counselors are left wondering what comes next. For some, the choice to return to camp (or not) is an obvious one. For others, there are many factors involved, impending college graduations or internships, the prospect of a full time job, etc. Others simply need time to process the summer before making a decision. What may have seemed like a one-time-only experience in the moment, proper reflection can give birth to goals that require at least one more summer. Still, some counselors are just too exhausted to even consider next summer without some down-time to rest. During the transition, priorities often quickly shift from camp to academic responsibilities. Although the final decision to return to camp may be months away, fall is actually a good time to make a tentative decision about whether you're interested in returning and initiating communication with your camp.
Because summer camps recruit heavily during the early part of the new year, they like to have an idea about which staff members have intentions of returning prior to the end of the year. This helps them focus their recruiting efforts. It's therefore a good idea to contact your camp sometime during the fall to let them know your overall feelings about your summer experience and to express interest in returning the following year. Although your camp may not have made final decisions about which staff members it will invite to return, having an idea of who is interested in returning is helpful when creating recruitment plans.
Likewise, if you think you might want to return to camp next summer in a different role than you had this season, the fall is a good time toexpress that interest so that your camp knows that you want to be considered for that role should an opening become available. For clarification, it's a good idea to explain why you think you might be a good fit for your desired role as well. Although it may be obvious to you why you might be right for that role, your camp likely goes through hundreds—if not thousands—of resumes each year. Some proactive notes from you may be helpful.
Making a tentative early decision about potentially returning to camp also gives you more time to prepare for the experience. Even well-seasoned counselors sometimes find themselves scrambling to make summer plans come together at the last minute. The earlier you commit to another summer at camp, the more time you have to financially prepare for the travel to camp. This is of particular importance for international staff who tend to have significantly higher traveling expenses than domestic staff.
Keeping in contact with other staff members is a way to keep camp fresh and the anticipation high throughout the year. It's also a great way to position yourself to hear news of rideshares or winter join ups among staff.
With a little advanced planning and proactive measures on your part, 'So now what?' easily becomes, 'Now it's time.'
My Bunk
September 2nd, 2014
While I am now surrounded by the comforts of home, I would gladly give them all up again just to be back at camp, sleeping in my bunk. I must admit that the first few days of falling asleep in a quiet room, sleeping in my own bed, and waking up without bugles ringing in my ear have been nice but it does not seem to make up for the longing I have for my bunk.
Each summer when all of my bunkmates arrive at camp, we run to our bunk and begin to make it our summer home. On the porch we hang a big welcome sign with all of our names. We unpack our clothes and place them in our cubbies. Then each bed takes on a personality of its own with its bright sheets and blankets, fun pillows and sentimental stuffed animals. As the summer moves on the walls begin to fill up walls with posters, letters and pictures from home. The bunk becomes a disco, a runway, a theater where we perform. We play on the floor with jacks, cards and trade stickers. At night, we lay in our beds sharing stories. When the lights are all out, we continue to laugh and whisper until sleep fills the air. What I miss the most about my bunk is waking up, looking around and knowing that all my friends are there.
Missing our friends!
August 26th, 2014
The First Few Days Home from Camp
August 24th, 2014
Another summer is drawing to a close, and the children have returned home from camp. You've made a significant dent in the laundry and are beginning to think about school supply shopping. The only problem is that your campers haven't come out of their rooms since they returned. For parents who are wondering just what they're doing in there (besides catching up on some much needed sleep), we can offer some insight from the campers themselves.
Looking at camp photos…over and over
One camper recently confessed that the first few days home from camp, she fights off "campsickness" by locking herself in her room and looking at ALL of the camp photos over and over. 'It helps me to not be so sad about camp being over and to remember things that I've already forgotten—especially stuff that happened at the beginning of the summer because so much happens at the end.'
Arranging items that remind them of camp
One mother reported that her child refused to allow her to wash her camp pillowcase because it smelled like camp. A camper further supported this notion by confessing that he brings things home from camp and places them around his room so that no matter which wall he is facing, there is something that reminds him of camp. He even confessed to picking them up and smelling them from time to time so that he can remember what camp smells like.
Interacting with Their Camp Friends
Sure, they have an entire season of their favorite television show to catch up on, but they also have some important reflecting to do. Some confess to immediately beginning some planning for next summer while certain things are still fresh in their memory because 'once school starts, sometimes it's hard to just stop everything and think about camp.' From Instagram to Vines, social media becomes an immediate post camp fix for making the summer just a little bit longer.
Eating…Yes, in their rooms
This may be particularly true if you've started to notice a considerable amount of unoccupied space in your pantry. Of course camp food is yummy, but campers assure us that there's something about indulging in favorite foods that you can't get at camp after not having had them for several weeks that helps alleviate campsickness.
Making a scrapbook
During a recent discussion about "those first few days" after camp ends, a camper proudly proclaimed that she makes a memory book of the summer using various items and photos that she collected over the summer. 'I finish it and then spend a long time looking through it to make sure I didn't forget anything. Then I get out my memory books from previous summers and look at them too.'
Recreating the Camp Environment
A camper shared that sounds of home are sometimes overwhelming those first few days. 'Camp isn't really quiet, but home sounds so different. In my room, I can just shut the door and think about what camp sounds like.' Another camper disclosed that she lays the comforter from her camp bed over top of her non-camp bedding for several weeks because it reminds her of being back in the cabin or bunk.
So there you have it. Words straight from campers' mouths that campsickness does not always translate to moping. Sometimes it's just their own way of bringing proper closure to the summer.
Winding Down
August 15th, 2014
Olympics are over, the Farewell Party has come and gone, Banquet is tonight, the Closing Night Show and Fireworks are tomorrow—all events that signify another summer is winding down. Winding down doesn't mean the action stops completely, though. Wacky Options and Wayne County Championship games have dominated the past couple of days at Camp Starlight as campers scramble to squeeze in just one more period of their favorite activities.
There is also still a lot of buzz about Olympics. Favorite moments. The break. Sing. Speaking of Sing, campers are still singing their songs as they walk to activity areas. Of course, thoughts have turned a bit toward home as the familiar events that close out the summer have started happening one-by-one and the reality is setting in that the end of Summer 2014 is nearly here. Campers are eagerly anticipating eating favorite meals, watching favorite television shows, swapping stories with friends who attend other camps, and even starting school.
And even though this summer hasn't quite ended just yet, campers are already talking about next summer. They're making bucket lists of things to do, planning their Upper Senior year, discussing how excited they are to return as CAs…The words "next summer" begin a lot of sentences right now. More than anything, however, as camp winds down, everyone is savoring those last few moments together, knowing that they're the last for the entire Starlight family to be together until Summer 2015.


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Vets4Warriors is staffed by over 35 Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF), veterans from other combat eras, and spouses.
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Service members or family members will also receive ongoing support. Peer-to-peer support specialist will continue to follow-up until the problem is resolved even if that takes weeks or months.
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Vets4Warriors originated as an Army National Guard initiative in 2010. Due to its overwhelming success, it has grown into an organization that provides peer-to-peer support to every service and family member regardless of their service affiliation.
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Afton's Strawberry Fest June 22-23
The Afton Strawberry fest will be held from from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 22, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 23 in downtown historic Afton, Minn. The family-friendly event includes food, music, art, vendors and a European-style flea market. For more information, go to...
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2013 Prom Court Crowned Saturday night
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Will Smith made an appearance on the David Letterman Show, and although Will is some kind of freaky, David probably wouldn't be on his 'to do' list, if you get our drift.
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Will Smith Gives Big Money to Religious Charities
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"What is the point of the Arms Trade Treaty to my country – when people can't get guns, they take pangas and chop each other" This was the quote of the day from the representative of the Central African Republic at the Arms Trade Treaty discussions the week before last – and she has a point – we need to change behaviours and beliefs as well as controlling the production and sales of weapons, and that's a huge task.
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Saturday, November 15, 2014
DC Circuit Draws Line in the Sand Limiting Hobby Lobby's Reach
NPR, Court Rejects Challenge to Obamacare Rules on Contraceptives
The decision is the first since the U.S. Supreme Court last June ruled that some for-profit companies may, like religious nonprofits, opt out of providing birth control coverage in their insurance plans. In the cases that have followed, various religious nonprofits have maintained, as they did in the Washington case, that the opt-out provision itself is a "substantial burden" on religion, and thus, that it violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a federal law enacted to enhance religious rights.
In rejecting that claim, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said that "Religious objectors do not suffer substantial burdens ... where the only harm to them is that they sincerely feel aggrieved by their inability to prevent what other people would do ... "
These religious objectors have no right, the court said, "to be free from the unease, or even anguish" of knowing that others are legally entitled to receive or provide birth control. The court noted that birth control coverage was added to the Affordable Care Act because it accounts for a large part of women's preventive health care costs.
Writing for the 3-0 court panel, Judge Cornelia Pillard said the challengers' argument that the opt out harms them by triggering substitute coverage makes little sense in light of the government's need to carry out a duly enacted program.
Read the full decision here Priests for Life v. US Dep't of Human Services
November 15, 2014 in Family, Religion, Reproductive Rights | Permalink | Comments (0)
Gendered Pronouns. Just Stop It.
WaPo, You Should Stop Using Gendered Pronouns Immediately
Is Anna Kendrick an actress or an actor? Is it ever okay to refer to her as a comedienne?
These days, gender-specific nouns are often considered inappropriate. Our waiters and waitresses are now servers, our stewards and stewardesses are now flight attendants, and our policemen and policewomen are now just officers. All the major style guides recommend avoiding gender-biased language.
Are there exceptions? Not many.
November 15, 2014 in Gender | Permalink | Comments (0)
Gender Equality for Traffic Light Icons
WaPo, German Politicians Want to Make Traffic Lights Look More Like Women
For some visitors to Germany, street crossings are among the main tourist attractions. In the formerly communist east of the country, little traffic-light men, some equipped with hats or walking sticks, were installed to guide pedestrians more than 50 years ago. This tradition is more alive today than ever before, even in some western German cities.
But in the western city of Dortmund, the undeniable preponderance of male figures in the traffic lights is causing a controversy. In one of the city's districts, the Green and Social Democratic parties have urged the municipality to pursue gender equality among their traffic lights.
"Given the equality of men and women, a partial transformation of 'traffic light men' into 'traffic light women' would only be consistent," the two political parties said in a statement quoted in national media outlets.
November 15, 2014 | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, November 14, 2014
"Stretch v. Manliness: Do Men Wear Denim Tights?"
Amusing story with bits of cross-cultural illumination:
Call them stretch jeans, jeggings, ex-girlfriend jeans or what not - we're talking about men in tights. Tight jeans that is. While some men gasp in horror at the idea of wrapping their legs in stretch, others embrace the comfort the new trend provides. FashionUnited wanted to know how men like their jeans and did a bit of research.
First, there's the assumption that jeans have to be 'manly' – rugged, tough, weathered, worn for men, are adjectives that come to mind when thinking of jeans for me, as epitomized by pop icons like the quintessential cowboy John Wayne, rebel James Dean or the working class heroes that rock legends like Bruce Springsteen likes to sing about. Now picture them in a pair of skin-tight jeans instead of the rigid version. It's quite a stretch, isn't it (pun intended)?
November 14, 2014 in Manliness, Masculinities | Permalink | Comments (0)
"Macho Law" in Russia
"We may name it a Male Law, or Macho law," he said.
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MEN who have children by different women should be PAID by the government for increasing the population, claimed a Russian MP.
The new "Macho Law", which was proposed by Valeriy Seleznyov, could see men that have a string of children with different women paid an unspecified amount to help cover child costs.
The MP wants to extend a system that is already in place in Russia - where woman can claim "maternity capital allowances" of around £6,500 when they have more than one child.
He went on to explain that the amount granted from the "Macho Law" could then be used to help cover property and education costs.
"Some men have several children from different women, each of whom is not eligible for the 'maternity capital programme, as some of them have only one child, and others can be married to another man," he explained.
November 14, 2014 in Family, Manliness, Masculinities | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Gender, Race and Poverty: International Conference Watch Live Today
Gender, Race and Poverty: Addressing Multiple Identities Through Law
The purpose of the workshop is to bring together researchers from different parts of the world to share their findings about the role of law in addressing some of the most challenging aspects of discrimination: those involving the intersection between gender, race and poverty. There were few opportunities of getting together researchers in Latin America, Africa, Europe and North America to work together on these issues. Despite the problems, the legal challenges and possibilities for reform are similar and closely related. The workshop will address the international and comparative law, and theory and practice.
The World Development Report 2012 identified substantive victories for women: there was an increase in their schooling, in their life expectancy and in their participation in the labor market. However, these gains were not reachable to poor women. Women in countries with low and middle income are more likely than men to die, they face unequal access to economic opportunities and are being marginalized in their homes and in society. This results in a cycle of discrimination and disempowerment. Women are responsible for a disproportionate share of care tasks in their homes, an activity that is not valued or remunerated, leading to lower levels of education and lack of preparation to seek financial independence in the formal labor market or to break with prejudices and stereotypes the role of women.
Whereas the World Development Report highlights that these gaps are more pronounced when gender and poverty are combined with other exclusion factors – ethnicity, caste, remoteness, age, race, disability and sexual orientation – there should have a critical study of forms of interaction between gender, race and poverty. While the feminization of poverty is a phenomenon long recognized, gender inequality, racial inequality and poverty are conceptualized as separate problems. Poverty is often approached from a neutral point of view with regard to gender, rather than adopting a comprehensive, integrated and holistic gender perspective. Likewise, racial discrimination is accessed by a neutral perspective regarding both gender and poverty. These approaches are not adequate to portray the various and intricate human rights violations experienced by poor women with multiple identities
November 13, 2014 in Conferences, International, Poverty | Permalink | Comments (0)
Gender Quotas for Judges
Behind the next female judge...a successful quota system?
With progress towards improved judicial diversity moving at snail's pace, 'the time has now come for quotas' according to a Report, Judicial Diversity: Accelerating Change, commissioned by the shadow Lord Chancellor Sadiq Khan, published last week. This is not a surprise. Back in April 2014 when announcing the appointment of the Report's authors, Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC and Karon Monaghan QC, the press reported that "Nothing is off the table":
"A Labour government would be prepared to introduce the "nuclear option" of quotas for female and black and ethnic minority judges to avoid a 100-year wait to achieve a judiciary reflecting the composition of the population. "
More recently, Lord Neuberger has stated that the absence of judicial diversity, especially in senior posts, is a major concern for the judiciary. Emphasizing that we must not assume that the problem will resolve itself, he continued
"I am not one of those people who optimistically thinks that if we just sit back it will all sort itself out and the judiciary will eventually include many more women and ethnic minorities."
[h/t Sonia Lawrence]
November 13, 2014 in Gender, Women lawyers | Permalink | Comments (0)
The FBI Redefines Rape
Slate, The FBI Finally Ditches its 80-Year-Old Definition of Rape
For nearly 80 years, U.S. officials have collected crime data from local, federal, and tribal law enforcement agencies in order to paint a statistical portrait of violent and property crimes reported across America. And for nearly 80 years, this Uniform Crime Reporting program has relied on the same old definition of rape: the "carnal knowledge of a female forcibly and against her will."
Last year, the FBI finally updated the definition for the modern era. Rape is now defined as "penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim." Now, the FBI hopes that the statistics will finally reflect "a long list of sex offenses that are criminal in most jurisdictions, such as offenses involving oral or anal penetration, penetration with objects, and rapes of males" that had previously been erased from the big picture. The new definition also drops the "forcible" qualifier in favor of "without the consent of the victim," encouraging jurisdictions to report rapes perpetrated without a show of physical force.
Today, the FBI released Crime in the United States 2013, its first annual report to rely on this more inclusive definition of rape.
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The Pink-ing of America
WaPo, In Most States, Women Outnumber Men
November 13, 2014 in Gender | Permalink | Comments (0)
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Huntington on Postmarital Family Law
Clare Huntington, Fordham Law, has uploaded "Postmarital Family Law" on SSRN. It's forthcoming from Stanford Law Review and its abstract reads:
Family law is based on marriage, but family life increasingly is not. The American family is undergoing a seismic shift, with marriage rates steadily declining and more than four in ten children now born to unmarried parents. Children of unmarried parents fall far behind children of married parents on a variety of metrics, contributing to stark inequality among children. Poverty and related factors explain much of this differential, but new sociological evidence highlights family structure — particularly friction and dislocation between unmarried parents after their relationship ends — as a crucial part of the problem. As the trend toward nonmarital childbearing continues to spread across class lines, the effect will be most pronounced among children.
This shift is the single most important issue facing family law today, yet scholars have been slow to engage with the structure and substance of the law in response. In family law, the marital family serves as a misleading synecdoche for all families, not only marginalizing nonmarital families, but also actively undermining their already tenuous bonds.
It is essential for family law to address the needs of both marital and nonmarital families. This entails a new theory of state regulation as well as new doctrines, institutions, and norms in practice. Some feminists argue that the state should privilege caregiving between parents and children instead of marital relationships, while other commenters stubbornly advocate marriage primacy — the elevation of marriage above other family forms — despite all evidence that marriage promotion fails. These responses fundamentally misunderstand nonmarital family life, in which dynamics between parents deeply affect children yet marriage is not realistically returning. We must instead understand that it is possible to separate marriage from parenthood but not relationships from parenthood. The state must accordingly help unmarried parents become effective co-parents, especially after their relationship ends, so they can provide children with the healthy relationships crucial to child development. This theoretical insight, and the family law that flows from it, will inaugurate a larger debate about how to prepare for a world in which marriage is not the defining institution of family life.
November 12, 2014 in Family, Scholarship | Permalink | Comments (0)
"Manliness becomes an unforgiving trap."
Thus writes a NYT reporter regarding quarterback Tony Romo (he of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys) who has suffered genuinely painful injuries but feels pressure to play.
Romo is a terrific fourth-quarter quarterback, a warrior in the beloved military argot of the N.F.L. He has played with torn ligaments and broken bones and come back early from many injuries.
He walked out stiffly to meet the press Thursday morning. "I mean, it's sore," he said. "It's not a comfortable feeling."
Then he added, "Just normal stuff."
He was lying. I called Dr. Frederick Azar, an orthopedic surgeon who is the team physician for the Memphis Grizzlies of the N.B.A. and president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
"Romo's still in the inflammatory stage; it takes three to four weeks just to calm the nerves and muscles down," Azar said. "If he thinks he can go, O.K., but he's going to be in a lot of pain."
November 12, 2014 in Manliness, Masculinities | Permalink | Comments (0)
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Veteran's Day Through a Gendered Lens
TBT from last year's post:
Veteran's Day raises conflicting responses from feminists. While it is a day to honor lives given in service, it is also a day that reminds us of women's historical exclusion from power, opportunities and benefits. Women's exclusion from the military and advantageous combat positions has had the trickle-down effect of denying them the ancillary veterans' benefits of GI-bill education, family support, small business loans, and healthcare. Veterans' preferences in employment, home loans, problem-solving courts, and treatment programs disparately advantage men to significant economic benefit. Even now as women seek these military opportunities, they are only tokenly being "tested" for combat roles, reminded that there "will be no lowering of standards." As if that's required. And as if the standard itself is not male defined.
For reading on gendered implications of veterans, see:
Jill Hasday, Fighting Women: The Military, Sex, and Extrajudicial Constitutional Change
Linda Kerber, No Constitutional Right to be Ladies: Women and the Obligations of Citizenship, Chap. 5
Melissa Murray, Made With Men in Mind: The GI Bill and its Reinforcement of Gendered Work after World War II
Jody Prescott, NATO Gender Mainstreaming and the Feminist Critique of the Law of Armed Conflict.
Personnel Administration v. Feeney, 442 U.S. 256 (1979).
November 11, 2014 in Gender, Manliness | Permalink | Comments (0)
Artificial Turf as Gender Discrimination
When the men's championship is played on real grass, but the women's championships are played are artificial turf with its higher risk of injury and harm to players.
See National Law Rev, Turf War: Female Soccer Stars Sue FIFA and the Canadian Soccer Association
More than 60 of the top female soccer players, including U.S. stars Abby Wambach and Alex Morgan, have brought a lawsuit against the Canadian Soccer Association and FIFA, the international governing body of football, asserting that the organizations' decision to play the 2015 Women's World Cup on artificial turf constitutes gender discrimination. A men's World Cup has never been played on artificial turf and the men will play the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments on grass.
November 11, 2014 in Sports | Permalink | Comments (0)
The Sixth Circuit Gay Marriage Decision in Plain Language
My colleague, Will Huhn, explains the Sixth Circuit decision upholding bans on same-sex marriage in plain language. WAKR: Gay Marriage Back to the Supreme Court?
He describes Judge Sutton's opinion as. . . apologetic.
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Monday, November 10, 2014
"Standing Up for Boys Who Have Been Abused by Women"
A video interview from the Good Men Project.
November 10, 2014 in Manliness, Masculinities | Permalink | Comments (0)
Who Is the Better Cop? Females or Males?
Amalia Miller and Carmit Segal, both economists, have an interesting article titled "Do Female Officers Improve Law Enforcement Quality?" It's uploaded on SSRN and the abstract reads:
We study the impact of the integration of women in US policing between the late 1970s and early 1990s on violent crime reporting and domestic violence escalation. Along these two key dimensions, we find that female officers improved police quality. Using crime victimization data, we find that as female representation increases among officers in an area, violent crimes against women in that area, and especially domestic violence, are reported to the police at significantly higher rates. There are no such effects for violent crimes against men or from increases in the female share among civilian police employees. Furthermore, we find evidence that female officers help prevent the escalation of domestic violence. Increases in female officer representation are followed by significant declines in intimate partner homicide rates and in rates of repeated domestic abuse. These effects are all consistent between fixed effects models with controls for economic and policy variables and models that focus exclusively on increases in female police employment driven by externally imposed affirmative action plans resulting from employment discrimination cases.
November 10, 2014 in Scholarship, Workplace | Permalink | Comments (0)
Saturday, November 8, 2014
First Black Woman Nominated for Attorney General
And only second woman, after Janet Reno (1993-2001), of 82 Attorneys General of the United States.
NYT, In Line to be Attorney General, Loretta Lynch is at Home in Glare
Time, Who is Loretta Lynch?
November 8, 2014 in Women lawyers | Permalink | Comments (0)
Do Lawyer Civility and Ethics Require Accommodating Opposing Counsel's Pregnancy
NYT,Pregnant Lawyer Requests Delay in New York Corruption Trial
Deborah N. Misir is in the sixth month of a high-risk pregnancy. So Ms. Misir, a Long Island lawyer, has asked that an upcoming trial for one of her clients — set for about two months before her due date — be postponed.
Doctors told Ms. Misir, 42, to "avoid stress, pressure and upsetting confrontations, which could result in medical complications that could threaten the life of my baby," according to a letter she wrote on Wednesday to the judge.
But thus far, Ms. Misir's request has gone nowhere: The United States attorney's office has fought the proposed delay, and the judge, citing her health, even asked about a trip to Washington that she said she was planning.
"I am puzzled by the U.S. attorney's office's objection to any adjournment due to my pregnancy," Ms. Misir said. "Pregnancy — much less high-risk pregnancy — has long been recognized in this country as a legal disability requiring accommodation."***
In an Oct. 20 letter to the judge opposing the request, prosecutors wrote that the case had been long pending; that Ms. Misir had agreed previously to the January date; and that she had a "highly experienced and able" co-counsel. The government also cited Mr. Tabone's right to a speedy trial, adding, "The court should not countenance further delay of the trial." ***
She wrote that she had worked as a Justice Department lawyer, as an ethics lawyer in the White House and as a deputy assistant secretary of labor for policy.
"In over 17 years of federal practice," she said, "I have never been treated so disrespectfully, brutally, and with lack of basic civility by opposing counsel, as has occurred in this court."
November 8, 2014 in Family, Women lawyers, Work/life | Permalink | Comments (0)
Friday, November 7, 2014
Children of LGBT Parents
From HuffPost:
Today, families are no longer quite so cookie cutter similar. Some families are comprised of a mother and her children and a father who is no longer an active member of the family or never has been. Other families consist of two absent parents, leaving the parental role to be fulfilled by grandparents or foster families. And there are, for the first time in history, a fair amount of same sex parents who are raising children. These types of family are a few million strong.
Despite studies proving otherwise, some people still insist that children are being ruined by this type of family dynamic. They deem homosexual couples as "unfit"parents, but don't seem to have concrete or legitimate evidence to substantiate their claims. They fight against same-sex adoption with the fervor of a quarterback at the Super Bowl.
So, what do opponents argue?
Check out the rest here.
November 7, 2014 in Family, LGBT | Permalink | Comments (0)
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Slowly Processing International Women's Rights
Athena Nguyen (Monash), Through the Eyes of Women? The Jurisprudence of the CEDAW Committee, Outskirts Mag. (May 2014).
In 1999, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (OP CEDAW) was adopted. The OP CEDAW was received with much enthusiasm as it enabled women, for the first time, to submit a communication to the CEDAW Committee about a violation of their CEDAW rights and to seek redress at an international level. Whilst some of this enthusiasm has since been dampened by the significant number of communications that have been declared inadmissible and by criticisms about the progressiveness of the Committee's views, the Committee has nonetheless issued a number of important decisions on areas such as violence against women, reproductive health and gender stereotyping. In this paper, the jurisprudence of the CEDAW Committee's views will be examined. The question will be asked, have the views of the CEDAW Committee been cautious or progressive? Consistent or inconsistent? Commendable or regrettable? This paper will demonstrate that in cases involving severe human rights violations, such as violence, rape or death, the CEDAW Committee has been strong in its views and has incorporated a good analysis of how gender has contributed to these violations. However, for matters in which the discrimination has not been as direct or the consequences have not been as severe, the Committee has not undertaken the more nuanced analysis that is needed to draw out the human rights violations that have occurred. Hence, whilst the CEDAW Committee has commendably advanced the international law on women's human rights in some areas, it has also been reluctant and slow to do so in others.
November 6, 2014 in International | Permalink | Comments (0)


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Some 32 percent of the Mexican population is between the ages of 15 and 29. But 22 percent of that age group is neither employed nor in education or training. It could mean bad news – and a missed opportunity – for the economy.
Brazilians head to the polls Sunday to vote for their next president. Marina Silva raised hopes for reform when she entered the race, but her flip-flopping on issues like gay rights has many flocking back to the ruling Worker's Party.
Hector Beltran Leyva was more adept and more connected than most pursuing him imagined. He reconstituted his family's criminal group, working his business and political contacts and operating in some of the least violent places behind his inconspicuous cover.
An Argentine judge stepped down from prosecuting a criminal group with ties to national security forces this week after an incriminating photo emerged. How the justice precedes from here could set an important precedent for the nation's ability to go after organized crime.
Rio de Janeiro's military police announced its fifth change in command in seven years. The security institution has been plagued by challenges including controlling troops during 2013 street demonstrations.
A recent Senate resolution calls on Bolivia's attorney general to suspend the 300 public prosecutors who have been formally accused of corruption or some other offense.
Four new suspects in the case of 43 missing college students pointed Mexican authorities toward a mass grave this week. A month after the students' disappearance, families still have no answers.
Bolivia borders Brazil, the second biggest consumer of illegal drugs in the world; Peru, the world's top producer of cocaine; and Paraguay, South America's primary producer of marijuana.
The US is the biggest financial donor to Ebola-infected countries in West Africa. But the largest number of healthcare workers deployed in the field hail from an island nation with a cash-strapped communist government.
US President Barack Obama and his daughters, Sasha (c.), and Malia (r.), participate in the annual turkey pardoning ceremony marking the 67th presentation of the National Thanksgiving Turkey while in the White House in Washington.
An Argentine judge stepped down from prosecuting a criminal group with ties to national security forces this week after an incriminating photo emerged. How the justice precedes from here could set an important precedent for the nation's ability to go after organized crime.
A candidate in next month's presidential election controversially said he would use registries of marijuana buyers and sellers in Uruguay – where the substance is state-regulated – for drug rehabilitation purposes. That could dissuade users from registering with the state in the first place, critics say.
Speakers from Latin America hit on global and regional themes, and scored some diplomatic points. Domestic politics shaped many speeches at the UN General Assembly, which continues today in New York.
Brazilians go to the polls Oct. 5 to elect their next president, and no candidate is safe. From political corruption to lagging public services, voters may not cast their ballots with salient topics – like the faltering economy – in mind.
In recent weeks, citizens in El Salvador and Guatemala have protested efforts by foreign countries and companies to require the nations to abide by international treaties, despite local objections.
Reports by Esquire Mexico and the Associated Press have painted a very different picture of a June incident that killed 22 people.
A small isthmus connects the skirts of two volcanos to form Ometepe Island, one of the Western Hemisphere's emerging adventure destinations. President Ortega's plan to challenge the Panama Canal would cut across Lake Nicaragua, just south of the island.
Two young Brazilians from some of Rio's poorest favelas say their community reporting connects Brazilians with the realities of living in challenging communities, and brings global attention to poverty and inequality. They recently traveled to New York on a youth journalism exchange program.
President Maduro's changes to his cabinet did little to address pressing problems like the economy - and he may have increased the challenges facing his country.
From three former presidents under investigation for charges for money laundering to selling pardons, and over 90 percent of Peru's mayors accused of corruption, Peru is facing systemic corruption.


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Bush, GOP Sens. Reach Eavesdropping Agreement
On Capitol Hill, the Senate Intelligence Committee has voted down a proposal to investigate the Bush administration's domestic spy program. The vote came after the White House and Republican Senators agreed to new guidelines for the practice of government eavesdropping without court-approved warrants. According to the New York Times, the deal asks the Bush administration to request court warrants only "whenever possible." The Bush administration would be given a 45 day grace period to spy without court warrants if they felt requesting them would compromise national security. After the 45-day period, the warrantless eavesdropping could then be extended if the attorney general certifies the administration's stance. In addition, a handful of extra members of Congress would also be briefed on the program's activities. Democrats lashed out at the deal. West Virginia Senator John Rockefeller, who serves as vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee said: "The committee is, to put it bluntly, basically under the control of the White House."
House Renews Patriot Act
In other Congressional news, the House voted Tuesday night to renew the USA Patriot Act. The measure was approved by a vote of 280-138 — just two more votes than needed under rules requiring a two-thirds majority. Under the new legislation, the government investigators would still be allowed to obtain library and bookstore records. President Bush is expected to sign the bill before the law's current provisions expire on Friday.
Republicans Force Vote on Dubai Firm Port Deal
While the spy program and Patriot Act votes were seen as major Republican victories, the Bush administration has failed to stave off a challenge to a deal granting a Dubai-owned company management of six US ports. On Tuesday, Republican leaders agreed to hold a vote next week that could cancel the deal. The vote will be attached to legislation funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. President Bush has vowed to veto any bill that blocks the port deal.
Conflict Brewing At Columbia Over Finkelstein Lecture
In New York, a battle is brewing at Columbia University over a lecture by DePaul University Professor Norman Finkelstein. Finkelstein, who appeared on Democracy Now last month, is an outspoken proponent of Palestinian rights. His latest book, "Beyond Chutzpah: On The Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History" attracted controversy when Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz attempted to prevent its publication. Demand has been so high for the event the university changed the location to a venue accommodating 1500 people. But some student groups, including the College Conservatives and Lion-PAC, a group that advocates Israeli government policies, are mobilizing against Finkelstein's lecture. University administrators are reportedly considering several proposals to restrict access to the event. Finkelstein's lecture will take place tonight.
Bodies of 2 Katrina Victims Found in New Orleans
More than six months after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, two more bodies have been found in New Orleans. The bodies were found in the badly-damaged areas of the Ninth Ward and in New Orleans East. President Bush is expected to visit the city today.
House Demolitions Resume in Ninth Ward
Meanwhile, home demolitions have resumed in the Ninth Ward. On Monday, demolition crews began tearing down the first of close to 120 homes in three low-income districts. In December, local residents had won a temporary order to stop the bulldozing and grant homeowners the right to be notified of pending demolitions.
Ex-Enron CFO Testifies Skilling Ordered Fraudulent Returns
In Houston Tuesday, the government's star witness in the prosecution of two former top Enron executives testified against his former employers. Andrew Fastow, Enron's former Chief Financial Officer, said former CEO Jeffery Skilling directly told him to inflate company earnings. Fastow also implicated former Enron chair Ken Lay. Both Lay and Skilling are facing multi-year sentences on multiple fraud charges.
Thousands Protest Media Crackdowns in Nairobi
In Kenya, thousands of people marched in the capitol of Nairobi to protest the government's recent crackdown on media groups. The march comes days after government forces raided the headquarters of a local television network and burned thousands of copies of a newspaper published by the same company.
PA Aide: Hamas Attempting "Coup" on Abbas
In the Occupied Territories, a senior Palestinian aide has accused Hamas of attempting a "coup" against Palestinian Authority Chair Mahmoud Abbas. The statement followed a measure approved by the new Hamas-controlled legislature to cancel a recent decision to grant Abbas wider powers. The aide, Tayeb Abdel-Rahim, said: "We see this as a coup attempt to change the regime and they have to seriously reconsider their decisions." But a Hamas spokesperson insisted the new measure was within the bounds of the law.
Israeli Gov Says Rights Groups "Undermine the Existence" of the State
Meanwhile, the Israeli government has accused two prominent human rights groups of undermining the state. In a submission to a Jerusalem court, a state prosecutor said the groups HaMoked and B'Tselem "undermine the existence" of the State of Israel and "cause it damage in the world." The statement came in a lawsuit brought by a Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem against the Israeli government for alleged harassment and abuse. The man's lawsuit included a statement from a representative of the group Hamoked, which, along with B'Tselem, documents human rights abuses in the Occupied Territories. In response to the prosecutor's comments, HaMoked director Dalia Kerstein wrote: "The prosecution document contains unbridled attacks on our organization, on B'Tselem and on the very notion of defending the human rights of Palestinians. Attacks by the state on human rights organizations active in it and on the sheer legitimacy of their existence pose a serious threat to democratic rule."
HRW Condemns Opposition Prison Sentences in Uzbekistan
In Uzbekistan, the government has sentenced a leading human rights activist and two prominent opposition figures to lengthy prison terms. Mukhtabar Tojibaeva, a well-known activist who has led criticism of the Andijan massacre of May 2005, was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday. Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said: "We view [the] conviction as part of a pattern of persecution against independent voices and critics within civil society since the Andijan massacre. The ferocity of this pattern is unprecedented, even when judged against Uzbekistan's 14-year history of repression since independence from the Soviet Union." Also Monday, opposition leader Sanjar Umarov of the Sunshine Coalition of Uzbekistan was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Last week, the group's coordinator, Nodira Khidoiatova,, was sentenced to a ten-year term.
Delay Wins Texas Republican Primary
In Texas, indicted Congressmember Tom Delay won his district's Republican nomination to the House Tuesday, escaping a primary challenge from three other candidates. The Houston Chronicle reported Delay spent the eve of the primary at a fundraiser hosted by two Washington lobbyists. Delay was forced out of his job as House Majority leader last year amid corruption and campaign finance scandals.
Abramoff Attorney Threatens to "Name Names" At Sentencing Hearing
This update on the case of indicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff — a federal judge has rejected a request to delay his sentencing because imprionsonment could derail his cooperation in several ongoing criminal investigations. Abramoff was ordered to return for sentencing on March 29th. Abbe Lowell, Abramoff's attorney warned the court he may reveal details of the government's investigations at his client's sentencing. Lowell said: "We will name names. We will provide the public with evidence of what is going on out there. It seems to me that is not in the interest of law enforcement."
Civil Rights Advocate Anne Braden Dies at 81
In other news, civil rights advocate Anne Braden has died at the age of 81. Braden was one of the founding members of the Southern Organizing Committee for Economic and Social Justice. She was the first person to receive the American Civil Liberties Union's Roger Baldwin Medal of Liberty. In the 1950s, Braden and her husband made national headlines when they bought a home for a black family in an all-white area of Kentucky. Last year, Braden traveled to Washington DC to protest the war in Iraq. She moved alongside thousands of protesters in her wheelchair.
Photographer and Filmmaker Gordon Parks Dies At 93
And Gordon Parks, the legendary photographer who became one of Hollywood's first prominent African-American directors, has died at the age of 93. His films included "The Learning Tree" and the 1970s hit "Shaft." His photography is best known for its portrayals of poverty at home and abroad and the struggles of the civil rights movement.
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