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With every step we take, our moving body puts pressure roughly equal to three times our weight on the knees and hips. As that pressure is distributed across those joints, cartilage is compressed, absorbing most of the load. And, as you might expect with something that resembles a damp sponge, water is squeezed out of the cartilage into the space between the bones. Once the pressure is released, the water flows back into the cartilage, carrying with it nutrients that were picked up from the synovial fluid, which fills the joint. This constant fluid exchange is critical to maintaining healthy...
...trouble. "People who say there is a conflict between Shari'a and Christianity don't understand Shari'a," he says. "But people who say there is a conflict between Shari'a and Western democracy are right." The problem in Assem's view is that "all men are not created equal, and democracy eventually lets the fortunate over-run the less fortunate." So Hizb ut-Tahrir members don't vote or run for office in secular elections, but have no plans for revolution. "This is a different system here, and our members respect that," he says. "The idea of a caliphate...
...change that, Hirsi Ali would scrap the subsidies given to Muslim organizations in the Netherlands, ban Islamic schools and include empowerment classes in the compulsory integration courses that all immigrants must follow. "Living in the Netherlands has made it possible for me to realize that men and women are equal," Hirsi Ali says, "and given me the opportunity to take advantage of higher education. But it also made me ask why more Muslim women here are not doing the same." - By ABI DARUVALLA/The Hague THE CONVERT Anne Sofie Roald, 48, Sweden Most angry young students join marches or sign petitions...
...November by the European Court of Justice. The case involved a Dutch company owned by two Germans that was denied the right to sue in a German court because the firm was not registered in Germany. The court held that a company registered anywhere in the E.U. should receive equal treatment with local companies. Götz-Sebastian Hök, an attorney specializing in European law, says the ruling may cause companies to pick up and move to countries with the lowest taxes, like Ireland. "I think a lot of companies will think about going elsewhere...
Chopra: I realize that 99.9 percent of people define a square as a shape with four sides of equal length. Around here, though, any time there is an end of a street and a curb, you can have a square. To make it more square-ish, I think I would allow food vendors on the street...