<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Press Release @ desertlightjournal.blog-city.com</title><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Press Release) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 desertlightjournal.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:19:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Press Release @ desertlightjournal.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Government Internet initiative raises some questions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/oneeconomy.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/oneeconomy.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=oneeconomy</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Even after reading this I'm not sure what it's really all about. Are the Feds going into the ISP business or what?]]></description><category>technology</category><category>current affairs</category><category>broadband</category><category>internet</category></item><item><title>Men are More Likely Than Women to Be Victims in Dating Violence</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/men_are_more_likely_than_women_to_be_victims_in_dating_viole.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/men_are_more_likely_than_women_to_be_victims_in_dating_viole.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2006 11:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=men%5Fare%5Fmore%5Flikely%5Fthan%5Fwomen%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fvictims%5Fin%5Fdating%5Fviole</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Newswise Press Release &mdash; A 32-nation study of violence against dating partners by university partners found that about a third had been violent, and most incidents of partner violence involve violence by both the man and woman, according to Mur]]></description></item><item><title>&apos;Don&apos;t Mess with the Bloggers&apos;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/dont_mess_with_the_bloggers.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/dont_mess_with_the_bloggers.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2006 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dont%5Fmess%5Fwith%5Fthe%5Fbloggers</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["This is a great victory for the First Amendment and bloggers' rights, and Exhibit A in a future case study of 'How Not to Handle an Internet
Critic''", said Herbert.]]></description><category>current affairs</category><category>bloggers</category></item><item><title>Wide Range of Census Stakeholders Urge Congress To Support Admin. Budget Request for Funding Census 2010 Planning, ACS Continuation</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/census_2010.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/census_2010.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=census%5F2010</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["2007 is an especially important year in the decennial census cycle, as activities shift from the planning stage to preparations for the 2010 count.]]></description><category>census</category><category>press releases</category></item><item><title>Americans Say They Are Healthier than Their Parents and Working to Stay that Way</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/americans_say_they_are_healthier_than_their_parents_and_work.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/americans_say_they_are_healthier_than_their_parents_and_work.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=americans%5Fsay%5Fthey%5Fare%5Fhealthier%5Fthan%5Ftheir%5Fparents%5Fand%5Fwork</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Almost all Americans (98 percent) think it is important for people to do more to prevent their own health problems, and more than three in four (77 percent) say their doctors have talked to them about preventive health measures. Americans cite &quot;]]></description><category>parade</category><category>survey</category><category>health</category></item><item><title>Black Militants Invade New Orleans</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/black_militants_invade_new_orleans.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/black_militants_invade_new_orleans.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=black%5Fmilitants%5Finvade%5Fnew%5Forleans</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The New Black Panther Party and its leader Attorney Malik Zulu Shabazz, representing the masses of the Black Nation that have been displaced, murdered and abandoned due to the negligence of and the war waged by the Government Officials of the United]]></description><category>black panther party</category><category>new orleans</category></item><item><title>New Vocations Film Encourages Priests to be &apos;Fishers of Men&apos;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/new_vocations_film_encourages_priests_to_be_fishers_of_men.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/new_vocations_film_encourages_priests_to_be_fishers_of_men.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2006 02:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fvocations%5Ffilm%5Fencourages%5Fpriests%5Fto%5Fbe%5Ffishers%5Fof%5Fmen</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. 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Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[New Census, NIH Report Cites Dramatic Shifts in U.S. Aging; Media Telebriefing, Thursday, March 9, 10:30-11:30 a.m. EST
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New Census, NIH Report Cites Dramatic Shifts in U.S. Aging; Media Telebriefing, Thursday, March 9, 10:30-11:30 a.]]></description><category>census</category><category>aging</category><category>boomers</category><category>nih</category></item><item><title>Now here&apos;s an interesting press release</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/now_heres_an_interesting_press_release.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/now_heres_an_interesting_press_release.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Mar 2006 08:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=now%5Fheres%5Fan%5Finteresting%5Fpress%5Frelease</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Memo to Reporters Covering Port Controversy; Media Matters Presents Media Myths, Falsehoods on Bush Administration Port Deal
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WASHINGTON, March 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a memo from Media Matters for America to reporters covering the]]></description><category>current affairs</category><category>bush</category><category>ports</category></item><item><title>War on Christians Conference</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/war_on_christians_conference.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/war_on_christians_conference.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=war%5Fon%5Fchristians%5Fconference</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In less than a month, Vision America will convene a first-of-its-kind conference -- The War On Christians And The Values Voter In 2006.
Despite all of the talk about a War on Christmas during the past holiday s]]></description><category>christians</category><category>politics</category></item><item><title>The Republicans bought into it too!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/the_republicans_bought_into_it_too.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/the_republicans_bought_into_it_too.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:34:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Frepublicans%5Fbought%5Finto%5Fit%5Ftoo</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Women Members of Congress Join RNC Leadership to Kick Off Women's History Month
News Advisory: 
-- RNC to Announce New Women's Training Program 
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Ken Mehlman and Co-Chairman Jo Ann Davidson will hold a m]]></description><category>gender</category><category>history</category><category>rnc</category><category>women</category><category>feminism</category></item><item><title>Howard Dean &amp; the DNC Celebrate Women Re-write History Month</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/howard_dean__the_dnc_celebrate_women_rewrite_history_month.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/howard_dean__the_dnc_celebrate_women_rewrite_history_month.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 11:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=howard%5Fdean%5F%5Fthe%5Fdnc%5Fcelebrate%5Fwomen%5Frewrite%5Fhistory%5Fmonth</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&quot;This month we celebrate the invaluable contributions and historic strides that women in this country and around the world continue to make. Recently, we mourned the immeasurable loss of several courageous women, including Coretta Scott King, Ro]]></description><category>gender</category><category>dnc</category><category>history</category><category>women</category><category>feminism</category></item><item><title>Congress Set to Muzzle the Citizen Activist?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/congress_set_to_muzzle_the_citizen_activist.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/congress_set_to_muzzle_the_citizen_activist.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=congress%5Fset%5Fto%5Fmuzzle%5Fthe%5Fcitizen%5Factivist</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FAIRFAX, Va., Feb. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A coalition of more than fifty grassroots and public policy organizations today announced the launch of a new citizen advocacy project, LobbySense, and released a detailed Statement of Principles that opposes]]></description><category>congress</category><category>activism</category><category>lobbying</category></item><item><title>This thing bothers me more than a little...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/this_thing_bothers_me_more_than_a_little.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/this_thing_bothers_me_more_than_a_little.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fthing%5Fbothers%5Fme%5Fmore%5Fthan%5Fa%5Flittle</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[More Than 70 Leading Journalists Urge Newspaper Association to Acknowledge Failure to Aid Journalists Fleeing Hitler
2/20/2006 10:38:00 AM
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To: National Desk 
Contact]]></description><category>holocaust</category></item><item><title>Taking a bird census</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/taking_a_bird_census.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/taking_a_bird_census.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=taking%5Fa%5Fbird%5Fcensus</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It turns out that February is literally for the birds. First, this is National Bird Feeding Month, with the goal of helping birds through the winter by supplementing their natural food, water and shelter. And, from last Friday until tomorrow, the Ann]]></description><category>birdcount</category><category>birds</category><category>bird feeding</category><category>birding</category></item><item><title>Census Bureau really messed up the Yuma Special Census</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/census_bureau_really_messed_up_the_yuma_special_census.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/census_bureau_really_messed_up_the_yuma_special_census.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=census%5Fbureau%5Freally%5Fmessed%5Fup%5Fthe%5Fyuma%5Fspecial%5Fcensus</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I worked this one -- my fourth -- and I knew something was wrong right from the beginning, when all the people in charge seemed to take a warped kind of pride in the fact they had no experience or training. It went downhill from there, so it was no s]]></description><category>yuma az</category><category>us census bureau</category></item><item><title>Dubious “Relief” Campaigns Begin to Emerge</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/dubious_relief_campaigns_begin_to_emerge.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/dubious_relief_campaigns_begin_to_emerge.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2005 14:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=dubious%5Frelief%5Fcampaigns%5Fbegin%5Fto%5Femerge</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[First it was the politicians making sure they got their share of media attention by issuing Katrina-related statements, now corporations are getting into the act. In this case, it’s a double whammy as domestic violence victims are added to the mix.]]></description><category>domestic violence</category><category>disaster relief</category><category>katrina</category></item><item><title>CWA Sees Falling Rate of Mom and Dad Families As a Warning Bell</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/cwa_sees_falling_rate_of_mom_and_dad_families_as_a_warning_b.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/cwa_sees_falling_rate_of_mom_and_dad_families_as_a_warning_b.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 08:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cwa%5Fsees%5Ffalling%5Frate%5Fof%5Fmom%5Fand%5Fdad%5Ffamilies%5Fas%5Fa%5Fwarning%5Fb</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. –– Concerned Women for America (CWA) calls a report just released from the U.S. Census Bureau a warning bell for families. “Examining American Household Composition: 1990 and 2000” reveals that single-adult households now out]]></description></item></channel></rss>