<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>RADAR @ desertlightjournal.blog-city.com</title><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/</link><description>(RADAR) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 desertlightjournal.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:19:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>RADAR @ 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>Analysis of the Violence Against Women Act</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/analysis_of_the_violence_against_women_act.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/analysis_of_the_violence_against_women_act.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=analysis%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fviolence%5Fagainst%5Fwomen%5Fact</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The US Senate and House of Representatives are currently debating the Violence Against Women Act. RADAR has identified 12 serious flaws with the proposed bill:1.      Abuses the truth. A recent VAWA-funded report documented that 1.5% of women an]]></description><category>violence</category><category>rights</category><category>vawa</category><category>human</category><category>activism</category><category>domestic</category></item><item><title>Joseph Biden Wants to Stack the VAWA Hearing;We Say, &quot;No Way Jose!&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/joseph_biden_wants_to_stack_the_vawa_hearingwe_say_no_way_jo.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/joseph_biden_wants_to_stack_the_vawa_hearingwe_say_no_way_jo.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2005 18:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=joseph%5Fbiden%5Fwants%5Fto%5Fstack%5Fthe%5Fvawa%5Fhearingwe%5Fsay%5Fno%5Fway%5Fjo</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RADAR Alert 060505]]></description></item><item><title>VAWA Must Not Discriminate Against Male Victims of Domestic Violence!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/vawa_must_not_discriminate_against_male_victims_of_domestic_.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/vawa_must_not_discriminate_against_male_victims_of_domestic_.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vawa%5Fmust%5Fnot%5Fdiscriminate%5Fagainst%5Fmale%5Fvictims%5Fof%5Fdomestic%5F</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RADAR Alert 062005]]></description></item><item><title>VAWA 2005: Time of Decision</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/vawa_2005_time_of_decision.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/vawa_2005_time_of_decision.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2005 10:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vawa%5F2005%5Ftime%5Fof%5Fdecision</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RADAR Alert 061305]]></description></item><item><title>NPR Diverts Listener&apos;s Attention Away From Majority of Victims</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/npr_diverts_listeners_attention_away_from_majority_of_victims.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/npr_diverts_listeners_attention_away_from_majority_of_victims.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2005 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=npr%5Fdiverts%5Flisteners%5Fattention%5Faway%5Ffrom%5Fmajority%5Fof%5Fvictims</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RADAR Alert - 053105Considering that the majority of those victimized by violent crime are men, why does National Public Radio turn a story about the Federal Crime Victim's Fund into a story about battered women?Men are 3.4 times as likely to be murd]]></description></item><item><title>RADAR to VAWA: &quot;This Time We&apos;re Ready for You!&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_to_vawa_this_time_were_ready_for_you.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_to_vawa_this_time_were_ready_for_you.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2005 13:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=radar%5Fto%5Fvawa%5Fthis%5Ftime%5Fwere%5Fready%5Ffor%5Fyou</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The current Violence Against Women Act will expire on September 30, and the renewal legislation is expected any day now. It is expected that the new VAWA bill will propose to expand and enhance services – but only for female victims.That represents]]></description></item><item><title>RADAR Reports Success in Media Coverage of  DV</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_reports_success_in_media_coverage_of__dv.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_reports_success_in_media_coverage_of__dv.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 10:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=radar%5Freports%5Fsuccess%5Fin%5Fmedia%5Fcoverage%5Fof%5F%5Fdv</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Five years ago, the Washington Post was one of the most ardent supporters for the renewal of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). News articles, columns, and editorials appeared on a regular and continuing basis, all designed to convince wavering l]]></description></item><item><title>Could Diane Rehm Have Saved Phil Hartman?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/could_diane_rehm_have_saved_phil_hartman.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/could_diane_rehm_have_saved_phil_hartman.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2005 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=could%5Fdiane%5Frehm%5Fhave%5Fsaved%5Fphil%5Fhartman</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[ RADAR Alert - 30305Diane Rehm hosts an influential, nationally syndicated show on the Washington, D.C. NPR station WAMU. On April 28th she devoted an hour of her show to an interview with Victor Rivas Rivers, Hollywood actor, former Miami Dolphins]]></description></item><item><title>RADAR Alert - 041005</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__041005.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__041005.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2005 12:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=radar%5Falert%5F%5F041005</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[NYT Brands “Every Man and in Every Class of Society” a Domestic AbuserThe recent NYT handbook “Ethical Journalism” states, “The goal of the New York Times is to cover the news as impartially as possible…and to treat readers, news sources,]]></description></item><item><title>New York Times Pans Lifetime DV Program; Bolton expresses tacit opposition to feminist machinations</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/new_york_times_pans_lifetime_dv_program_bolton_expresses_tacit_opposition_to_feminist_mach.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/new_york_times_pans_lifetime_dv_program_bolton_expresses_tacit_opposition_to_feminist_mach.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2005 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fyork%5Ftimes%5Fpans%5Flifetime%5Fdv%5Fprogram%5Fbolton%5Fexpresses%5Ftacit%5Fopposition%5Fto%5Ffeminist%5Fmach</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In a review opening with the complaint that an analogy between terrorism and DV wasn't strong enough, this piece on &quot;Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America,&quot;  appears at the Times behind a subscription firewall, here. The Times' Virg]]></description></item><item><title>Minnesota Men Killed by Wives Unlikely to Answer Health Survey</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/minnesota_men_killed_by_wives_unlikely_to_answer_health_survey.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/minnesota_men_killed_by_wives_unlikely_to_answer_health_survey.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=minnesota%5Fmen%5Fkilled%5Fby%5Fwives%5Funlikely%5Fto%5Fanswer%5Fhealth%5Fsurvey</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RADAR Alert - 31405Francis Manthey of Hill City, Minnesota was shot and killed in the early morning hours of March 5, 2003. His wife, Ardelle Manthey, has now been indicted on charges of first degree murder.But according to the Minneapolis Star Tribu]]></description></item><item><title>RADAR Alert - 030705</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__030705.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__030705.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2005 13:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=radar%5Falert%5F%5F030705</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[LIFETIME TV REACHES OUT TO MEN BY IGNORING DV AGAINST MENLifetime TV is planning to broadcast a one-hour &quot;documentary&quot; about domestic violence on April 4 titled &quot;Terror at Home: Domestic Violence in America.&quot; The Press Release whi]]></description></item><item><title>HOW THE UN HIDES THE TRUTH OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/how_the_un_hides_the_truth_of_domestic_violence.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/how_the_un_hides_the_truth_of_domestic_violence.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2005 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fthe%5Fun%5Fhides%5Fthe%5Ftruth%5Fof%5Fdomestic%5Fviolence</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[THE EMPEROR'S CLOTHES: HOW THE UN HIDES THE TRUTH OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCEMark B. RosenthalOver the years the United Nations has issued numerous statements about domestic violence (DV). It began in 1980 at a UN-sponsored conference in Denmark, which adop]]></description></item><item><title>Radar Alert - 22505</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__22505.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__22505.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2005 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=radar%5Falert%5F%5F22505</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[UNtruth at the UN Women's UNitThis coming Monday, the United Nations will convene a controversial meeting sponsored by the UN Commission on the Status of Women. The meeting, to be held in New York City, will review the 10-year progress in implementin]]></description></item><item><title>The Basic Misunderstanding About Domestic Violence</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/the_basic_misunderstanding_about_domestic_violence.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/the_basic_misunderstanding_about_domestic_violence.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fbasic%5Fmisunderstanding%5Fabout%5Fdomestic%5Fviolence</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In one of those quirks of e-mail discussion groups, earlier today I got a response to something I’d posted last year.  In serious frustration, I’d posted a comment about the most staunchly defended “statistic” that nearly all women’s shelt]]></description></item><item><title>RADAR Alert - 12305</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__12305.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__12305.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 03:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=radar%5Falert%5F%5F12305</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[OK, here's our second Alert. Please pass this along to the groups and listservs you are involved with. Thanks to Stanley and Mark for helping to put this Alert together.Let's do it!+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++( ( ( RADAR ALERTCurtis: A Wife Ca]]></description></item><item><title>Bloggers Take on Solutions and Approaches to Domestic Violence</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/bloggers_take_on_solutions_and_approaches_to_domestic_violence.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/bloggers_take_on_solutions_and_approaches_to_domestic_violence.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 16:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bloggers%5Ftake%5Fon%5Fsolutions%5Fand%5Fapproaches%5Fto%5Fdomestic%5Fviolence</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In 1994, the Violence Against Women Act was passed by the US Congress, which not only gave $3.5 billion dollars to shelters and other programs, but opened the door to state and local laws criminalizing domestic violence and abuse. In 2000, it was rew]]></description></item><item><title>RADAR Blogger&apos;s Rollout!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_bloggers_rollout.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_bloggers_rollout.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=radar%5Fbloggers%5Frollout</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The RADAR program has so far been limited to traditional media sources. (See an article about it in more detail here.)Well, we really can't forget the bloggers and new media, can we?So take a look at the RADAR blog! As you'll see, we are in desperate]]></description></item><item><title>RADAR ALERT - 1172005</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__1172005.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/radar_alert__1172005.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:55:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=radar%5Falert%5F%5F1172005</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[RADAR ALERT - 1172005For more information on using RADAR alerts, please check here. Washington Post: “In no way does our coverage of this issue stereotype or vilify men generally.”Contact the Washington Post and tell them the following:The Washi]]></description></item><item><title>FAQ -- RADAR</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/faq__radar.htm</guid><link>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/faq__radar.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2004 06:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://desertlightjournal.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=faq%5F%5Fradar</comments><dc:creator>Trudy W. Schuett</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Why should we care?Because your tax dollars are being spent to provide inadequate services for only a small percentage of the entire number of spousal abuse victims.  Today’s services are limited to women only, and programs are based on faulty log]]></description></item></channel></rss>