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...nonlifting group. Indeed, the exercisers were more likely to report that their symptoms had improved, with half as many (14%) reporting flare-ups as their counterparts (29%). Fewer flare-ups, doctors say, means less physical therapy to treat them - which means considerable savings in patients' time, money and discomfort. (Watch a video about fitness gadgets...
...couldn’t find any faults with my Angels experience. Sure, the random rock fountain behind the left center field wall was a let down and the rally monkey is annoying. But those reasons do little to negate the fact that the Angels are a terrific team to watch. And continuing my “Angels-now-equate-to-the-Braves-of-the-’90s” analogy from the earlier post, Mike Scioscia, the manager of the Angels, is a seasoned coach not unlike the Braves’ Bobby Cox. I feel confident rooting...
Impairing Education American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch Aug. 11, 2009 62 pages...
...seems like a scene from Oliver Twist - a young pupil being beaten by a 300-lb man wielding an inch-thick wooden paddle - but according to a new report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union, nearly a quarter of a million children were subjected to corporal punishment in public schools in the U.S. during the 2006-2007 academic year. Based on 202 interviews with parents, students, teachers and administrators, and supplemented with data from the U.S. Department of Education, the report reveals how the spare-the-rod-spoil-the-child philosophy continues to rule thousands...
...corporal punishment" means: "Corporal punishment is defined under human-rights law as "any punishment in which physical force is used and intended to cause some degree of pain or discomfort." There is no comprehensive definition of corporal punishment under U.S. state or federal law. The ACLU and Human Rights Watch documented cases of corporal punishment including hitting children with a belt, a ruler, a set of rulers taped together or a toy hammer; pinching, slapping or striking very young children in particular; grabbing children around the arm, the neck or elsewhere with enough force to bruise; throwing children...