Archive for November 28th, 2007

November 28th, 2007  Posted at   Health
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Every day, at home, work and school (because each has a different IP address), I visit my own blog and click on the n the Breast Cancer Site buttonlink in the top left corner. You can also do this directly, but I find it a helpful reminder to just have it here where I can see it every day. The Breast Cancer Site, along with its partners, provides free mammograms to many women nationwide who would not otherwise be able to afford them. It’s a simple thing to do. Please consider visiting and clicking on the “Click to Give” button every day.

About The Breast Cancer Site

www.TheBreastCancerSite.com

The Breast Cancer Site was founded to help offer free mammograms to women in need — women for whom early detection would not otherwise be possible. Since its launch in October 2000, the site has established itself as a leader in online activism and in the fight to prevent breast cancer deaths.

The issue of breast cancer is painfully close to many people’s hearts. Each year, 211,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and 43,300 die. Almost everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by a breast cancer diagnosis or that of a loved one. The Breast Cancer Site provides a feel-good way to help promote awareness and prevent breast cancer deaths every day — through easy online activities.

With a simple, daily click of the pink button at The Breast Cancer Site, visitors help provide mammograms to those in need. Visitors pay nothing. Mammograms are paid for by the site’s sponsors and distributed by the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.

Access to mammography is a critical issue. Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women ages 40 – 55. Early detection is the key to survival and better treatment options, and mammography is among the best-known methods of early detection. Yet, 13 million women in the U.S. over 40 have never had a mammogram.

In addition to clicking the pink “Click Here to Give – it’s FREE” button, visitors can make early detection and survival of breast cancer possible by shopping in The Breast Cancer Site store. With each item purchased, shoppers generate funds for free mammograms for women in need. The store offers a wide array of items to show your support, including pink ribbon jewelry and apparel.

November 28th, 2007  Posted at   Uncategorized
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My good friend, Christa, recently sent me this article on an undocumented border crosser who gave up all he had gained by successfully making the journey across the border in favor of helping a nine year-old boy who had just been involved in a car accident. As the boy’s mother lay dying in the car, the man stayed with the boy all night long offering comfort and reassurance. When help arrived, the man was taken into custody by border patrol. Of course. I was very touched and honestly believe that this is the norm, not the exception. If you haven’t yet read Sandra Nazario’s book, Enrique’s Journey, and heard about all of the generous people out there, you should really go pick up a copy and learn about the human side of immigration.

November 28th, 2007  Posted at   Mommy stuff
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First Facebook did it and now YouTube is jumping on the bandwagon, banning images of breastfeeding mothers as “pornographic or lewd.” WTF?!? Now for medical reasons I couldn’t breastfeed as long as I wanted to, but while I did it never occurred to me NOT to do it in public. I covered up, of course, but the reality is that my child needed to be fed. Why on earth would I deny him that basic human need? Crazy! I think that other countries would look at the current trend of kicking mothers out of restaurants and other establishments as complete insanity. People need to get over their puritanical views on nudity. Geez.

For more, read the wonderful press release at the League of Maternal Justice and spread the word!

Updated to add: PunditMom gets to the heart of the matter much better than I can. An excerpt:

One type of video is meant for men’s amusement and pleasure and the other isn’t. When I was researching a story for Breast Cancer Awareness month, I asked one person I interviewed why so many companies are interested in jumping on the breast cancer awareness bandwagon and not other diseases that impact women as much, if not more?

Her answer? Sadly, that breast cancer has more sex appeal than heart disease.

This battle with Facebook and YouTube is really just a symptom of the larger lack of respect problem — the absence of real workplace policies that support women after they’ve had babies, the willingness of our schools to expect working mothers to take their time to work on projects for the kids but not working fathers, the presence of only one woman justice on the Supreme Court, and the rulings written by male justices that show that we really have not come very far in ridding ourselves of paternalistic views toward women.

While it’s impossible to tackle all the issues women and working mothers face at any given moment, there is something we can do now to promote the cause today as it relates to policies that protect breastfeeding mothers.

November 28th, 2007  Posted at   Blogging
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Yeah, that anonymous thing? My blog (yep, not a fan of “blawg”) was just picked as one of ABA Journal’s Top 100 Blawgs! :shock: This has me just a wee bit scared, especially as this list will be featured in the December 2007 issue of the ABA Journal, which all of my bosses and many of my classmates read. And of course the winter break will give them lots of great reading time. Finally, the description of my blog pretty much nails me to the wall in terms of easily-identifiable info. Sigh…

So I guess I’ll just say “Hi Guys!” Welcome! ;) And if you think you know me and want to share that fact with the world, please e-mail me at ptlawmom at gmail dot com for a little heads up first. Thanks!

PT-LawMom made the Your So-Called Life category, along with Ms. JD. I’m putting the “Vote for Me” button below so you can get to the right page, but I would encourage you all to vote for Ms. JD instead. Those wonderful female law students, with the support of some great female attorneys, are blogging about a lot of very fascinating and thought-provoking issues affecting women in the field today (and they just had a wonderful interview with Justice O’Connor). I have been and remain very hopeful that their work will lead to great changes for women in the legal field. That reminds me to tell you that I read a wonderful article in the December issue of Student Lawyer that makes the case for job-sharing as a solution to the work/life balance issue at law firms. The author points out that doctors do it all the time (think surgeons at a hospital) and no one blinks, so why not lawyers?

Anyway, vote for Ms. JD and then assuage your guilt by visiting my Amazon.com store (at left) to purchase all of your textbooks for next term! :mrgreen:

P.S. Um, ABA Journal, where is Ana’s blog? And Kim’s (you mention a cancer struggle in the notes, but I don’t see her blog). What about so many of the other wonderful law student bloggers out there. And as fantastic as the solo bloggers who made the cut are, where is Chuck Newton on this list? His blog is extremely helpful and he blogs so regularly, which keeps my Bloglines happy.

November 28th, 2007  Posted at   Law School
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I am so prepared tonight. :) I’ve cleaned off my office desk (can’t see the floor, but at least my surface is clean – :lol: ) My study partner has my outline from one class and I have hers from the other and I’m off to fill in gaps, color code, tab and generally make this the most user-friendly outline ever!! Yay! I’m feeling confident right now. Ask me again in a few hours…

Pumpkinhead went back to school today and came home full of energy and excitement. Hooray for strong antibiotics and fun classmates! Meanwhile Chapin and I are both coughing and mucus-filled. Boo hiss! But I’ve got energy right now and I’m off to take advantage of it. I wish energy and concentration for all of you out there studying along with me.


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