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Interest in barefoot running has ramped up in recent months with Christopher McDougall's best seller, Born to Run, which follows Mexico's Tarahumara Indians, who routinely run ultra-marathons wearing thin rubber sandals or no shoes at all. But many podiatrists point out that there are little data on the long-term effects of going barefoot, and they urge average runners to show caution before they chuck their Nikes...
...that meant keeping my barefoot runs relatively short - 1 mile (0.6 km) or less - and running in Vibram Five Fingers, thin rubber foot gloves that protect my tender soles from debris. I found that my stride changed naturally - lighter on the heel and shorter - which put more stress on my calves. That led to some temporary soreness, but eventually my too-often-stiff knees and back felt better than they had in a long time. For now, I'm mostly sticking with sneakers, but I might try my barefoot experiment again. Maybe in the spring, or whenever my toes thaw...
...that overlook individual rights in favor of corporations. In 2007, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court’s decision to award Lilly Ledbetter discrimination compensation because she filed her claims outside the 180-day statutory period. Apparently timeliness mattered more than the fact that Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, her employer of nearly 20 years, had been paying her less than every one of her male colleagues. Additionally, in 2008 the Supreme Court voted to reduce the amount Exxon Mobil had to pay for an oil spill from $2.5 billion to $500 million, covering the cost...
...rules more appropriate to factory hands. There are strict seniority rules about pay, school assignment, length of the school day and year. In New York, it is near impossible to fire a teacher - even one accused of a crime, drug addiction or flagrant misbehavior. The miscreants are stashed in "rubber rooms" at full pay, for years, while the union pleads their cases. In New York, school authorities are forbidden, by state law, to evaluate teachers by using student test results...
...South Korean capital, Seoul, the message read: "The fundamental task for ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the rest of Asia is to put an end to the hostile relationship between [North Korea] and the U.S.A." (See pictures of North Korea's rubber-stamp elections...