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Vivian Aplin-Brownlee, 61; Former Post Editor Had Smelled Scandal
October 31, 2007 by Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post
Hour Children helping formerly incarcerated women
August 20, 2010 by winfreylee (View Source)
Hour Children is committed to the compassionate and loving care of children of incarcerated women. Our outreach includes support and empowerment for mothers upon reunification with their families. All persons are encouraged to live and interact with dignity and respect.
The name of the organization was chosen by our dear friend, Jean Roulet, because the children's lives are dictated by the "hour" of the mother's arrest, the "hour" of the visit and the "hour" of her return.
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NYC Health Department. Men using condoms during anal sex -- women aren't. Practice was most common among women ages 18 to 24, and Asian women.
April 22, 2010 by editor (View Source)
(nydn) Just 23% of women make their partners use condoms during anal sex compared with 61% of men, a new Health Department study says.
The practice was most common among women ages 18 to 24, and Asian women.
Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said the HIV risks of unprotected gay anal sex are widely known, but the study found "a large number of women are also putting themselves at high risk. "
Farley urged all New Yorkers to "use a condom every time. "
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(Must Read) Looking at Marriage: Tired? Boring? Predictable? True Marital Romance is a Gas.
January 24, 2010 by editor (View Source)
(LSM-wapo) One evening in 1992, my husband-to-be and I were at an Italian café in Pittsburgh, sipping wine and falling in love. "I really want to travel," I said. "Me, too," he said. "I want to live near the ocean," he said. "Me, too," I said. More...
(Must Read) Looking at Marriage: Tired? Boring? Predictable? True Marital Romance is a Gas.
January 24, 2010 by editor (View Source)
(LSM-wapo) One evening in 1992, my husband-to-be and I were at an Italian café in Pittsburgh, sipping wine and falling in love.
"I really want to travel," I said. "Me, too," he said. "I want to live near the ocean," he said. "Me, too," I said. More...
The New Pap Smear Guidelines: Are They Right for Black Women and Girls?
January 20, 2010 by editor (View Source)
(T. Anderson/blackaids. org) The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently released a revised set of recommendations about Pap smears, which screen for cervical cancer. Doctors now suggest that women get their first screening when they turn 21 instead of within three years of becoming sexually active. They also recommend that the tests be done less frequently--every two years instead of every year. More...
Elizabeth Weil: Married (Happily) With Issues
December 07, 2009 by editor (View Source)
(Elizabeth Weil/nyt) I have a pretty good marriage. It could be better. There are things about my husband that drive me crazy. Last spring he cut apart a frozen pig’s head with his compound miter saw in our basement. He needed the head to fit into a pot so that he could make pork stock. More...
For ALL Couples (married-unmarried): Those Aren’t Fighting Words, Dear..."I don’t love you anymore. I’m not sure I ever did.”
August 06, 2009 by editor (View Source)
(nyt) LET’S say you have what you believe to be a healthy marriage. You’re still friends and lovers after spending more than half of your lives together. The dreams you set out to achieve in your 20s — gazing into each other’s eyes in candlelit city bistros when you were single and skinny — have for the most part come true.
Two decades later you have the 20 acres of land, the farmhouse, the children, the dogs and horses. You’re the parents you said you would be, full of love and guidance. More...
Prenuptial Cohabiting Can Spoil Marriage.
July 15, 2009 by editor (View Source)
(livescience) Couples who shack up before tying the knot are more likely to get divorced than their counterparts who don't move in together until marriage, a new study suggests.
Upwards of 70 percent of U. S. couples are cohabiting these days before marrying, the researchers estimate. The study, published in the February issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, indicates that such move-ins might not be wise. More...
What Single Women Can Learn From Michelle. Would most Type A, professional women have dated Barack when he was a broke, big-eared organizer with a funny name?
June 19, 2009 by editor (View Source)
(Jenée Desmond-Harris) Those of us hoping to find suitable mates in a dating landscape that is, statistically speaking, pretty grave, are absolutely giddy about the very existence of the first family and especially about the possibility that we could find our own Barack.
But if we’d first encountered him the way Michelle did, as a regular guy, under the glow of office lights instead of the spotlight, would he have made our lists at all?. . . . More...
Low Sex Drive in Women: Definition, Symptoms and Causes
June 02, 2009 by editor (View Source)
(mayoclinic) A woman's sexual desires naturally fluctuate over the years. Highs and lows commonly coincide with the beginning or end of a relationship or with major life changes, such as pregnancy, menopause or illness. However, if you are bothered by a low sex drive or decreased sex drive, there are lifestyle changes and sex techniques that may put you in the mood more often. Some medications offer promise as well.
Even researchers disagree about the best measure of low sex drive in women. More...
First Chores? You Bet. The perils of parenting in the White House.
March 13, 2009 by editor (View Source)
(nyt) Consider the perils of parenting in the White House.
There is a movie theater, a bowling alley, a horseshoe pit, a swimming pool, five full-time chefs and dozens of household staff members ready to dish up ice cream at all hours. There are trips to foreign lands, dinners with kings and celebrities, swarming paparazzi and blaring motorcades, all with the potential to transform sweet little children into bossy, self-important ones. (Or lonely, dysfunctional ones. )
What are presidential parents to do?
Lay down the law, according to the newest parental unit in the executive mansion. More...
Michelle Obama's prom date describes their high school romance: "I was a screw up".
March 06, 2009 by editor (View Source)
(telegraph)David Upchurch escorted the then 18-year-old Michelle Robinson to the prom at Whitney M Young High School in Chicago in 1982.
Now a customer service representative and divorced father of three living in a modest house in Colorado Springs, he said that their romance went nowhere.
"I was a screw-up, plain and simple," he told the Enquirer magazine.
He claimed he had "pretty much forgotten" their prom date together and couldn't even recall if it ended with a kiss.
Mr Upchurch, the first of Mrs Obama's former boyfriends to speak publicly about their relationship, knew her family from an early age as they were both raised in Chicago's South Side. More...
(Video Link) Black and single: Is marriage really for white people?
July 27, 2008 by editor (View Source)
(cnn) Black men and women respond respond to the question of marriage.
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