tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13355680407910872362009-06-11T09:31:00.037-05:00Protect the dignity of others as you would your own.Annnoreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1335568040791087236.post-74825435023204685402009-06-11T09:24:00.001-05:002009-06-11T09:26:35.667-05:00

June 9, 2009By PERRI KLASS, M.D.Back in the 1990s, I did a physical on a boy in fifth or sixth grade at a Boston public school. I asked him his favorite subject: definitely science; he had won a prize in a science fair, and was to go on and compete in a multischool fair.The problem was, there were some kids at school who were picking on him every day about winning the science fair; he was getting

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By Bob Greene CNN Contributor Editor's note: CNN contributor Bob Greene is a best-selling author whose current book is "When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams." (CNN) -- The enduring moments of our lives, the ones that stay with us the longest, don't necessarily make the headlines. The other afternoon I was talking with a woman by

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(OPRAH.com) -- Cutting remarks, "helpful" suggestions, subtle (or not-so-subtle) stabs -- how to handle these verbal ambushes?The author says she realized she could use the basic martial arts principles to fight verbal assaults as well.You can slink away, lose your cool ... or employ Martha Beck's cleverly adapted martial arts techniques to turn your attackers' words against them. Hiiiiii-yaa!"

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May 02, 2008Carol GoarPaul Williams calls himself "a professional cynic" who is savouring a rare burst of hope.Williams, a health policy professor at the University of Toronto, has spent the past 20 years trying to convince politicians, bureaucrats and medical authorities that most seniors don't belong in nursing homes. Few listened. Even when he did get a sympathetic hearing, nothing

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ONE REASON to get educated about violence against women -- if you are a man -- is because you have a mom. I happen to be a brother with a sister. That's another great reason. Or maybe you're a father with a daughter. Too often we men are bystanders to abusive, controlling, or violent behavior. We don't even recognize what we are seeing, how to interrupt it, or how to stop it. We need to begin to

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Daily Bread Food Bank using survey to develop 'economic strain' guide for poverty in OntarioApril 19, 2008LAURIE MONSEBRAATENSTAFF REPORTEROpal Sparks dreams of the day she doesn't have to walk in somebody else's shoes.Second-hand clothes are second nature for the 56-year-old former office administrator whose mobility problems forced her out of work four years ago.And for her, a constant reminder

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Friday, Apr. 11, 2008Alice ParkAs obesity rates continue to rise in the U.S., so might our acceptance of those who are overweight. But a new study from Yale University suggests the converse trend: rather than feeling tolerance in our society, the overweight and obese say they feel more heavily discriminated against now than they did a decade ago.Led by Tatiana Andreyeva, a postdoctoral research

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By Dan BerrettPocono Record WriterApril 10, 2008 6:00 AMSTROUDSBURG — Wiping out bullying in schools depends on changing the image of the snitch into that of the Good Samaritan, a speaker said at a session on the subject Wednesday night."Whether we like it or not, we all have a role in bullying," said Tom McHugh of the Penn State Cooperative Extension, which sponsored the event at Stroudsburg

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ScienceDaily (Mar. 27, 2008) — Can we train ourselves to be compassionate? A new study suggests the answer is yes. Cultivating compassion and kindness through meditation affects brain regions that can make a person more empathetic to other peoples' mental states, say researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.This study was the first to use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to

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March 25, 2008When the Bully Sits in the Next CubicleBy TARA PARKER-POPEAn eye roll, a glare, a dismissive snort — these are the tactics of the workplace bully. They don’t sound like much, but that’s why they are so insidious. How do you complain to human resources that your boss is picking on you? Who cares that a co-worker won’t return your phone calls?Bullying in the workplace is surprisingly

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By JANE GLENN HAASThe Orange County RegisterWe don't think weak and dependent old people are worth much.For every government dollar spent on child-protective services training, only four cents is allotted for adult-protective services programs.We have federal laws to protect animals but no federal law against elder injustice, just "information" centers.Elder abuse just isn't a table topic for

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Author's inmate program teaches forgiveness as a path to recoveryBy Susan Chaityn Lebovits | March 9, 2008When Robin Casarjian walks into a prison, she looks beyond the bars and sees potential for growth and healing. For more than two decades, Casarjian has worked to inspire inmates, giving them tools to build productive lives.In 1992, she founded the National Emotional Literacy Project for

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SOUTH PASADENA, California (AP) -- What the $%*&*? This community on the edge of Los Angeles has become a cuss-free zone.So if you're headed to South Pasadena this week, be sure to turn down the volume on that Snoop Dogg CD, and, if the little old lady from Pasadena cuts you off in traffic, don't even think about flipping her the bird.Not that police will slap cuffs on you and haul your sorry, er

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Program helps foster creative coping skills for adolescents with facial malformationsMar 03, 2008 04:30 AMJOHN GODDARD STAFF REPORTERActing in front of a green screen, Kyle McKenzie tries to imagine monster clones coming at him.The clones are to be added to the video later. His job now is to ignore the outlandishness of standing in a near-empty room pretending to fight them off."It's a bit like

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Odds are there's no 'holy war' in Qur'anBy JEFF STRICKLER, Star TribuneFebruary 29, 2008Want $1 million? All you have to do is find a reference in the Qur'an to "holy war."The offer is being made by Jamal Badawi, professor emeritus of management and religious studies at St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His only requirement is that the reference be in the original Arabic, not an

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KNTV-TVupdated 11:19 a.m. ET, Thurs., Feb. 28, 2008SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Google has made an announcement that could help hundreds of homeless people in San Francisco get back on their feet.Every single homeless person in the city will be given a life-long phone number and voicemail, should they choose to accept it, NBC11's Lisa Bernard said.The announcement was made at a Project Homeless

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Dear Carolyn:Several months ago a friend of a friend started suggesting, out of the blue, going to movies and the like, just the two of us. I don't particularly enjoy this guy's company, so I declined these invitations until he sent me an e-mail accusing me of suspecting him of ulterior motives. I admitted it, and he said that while he had "thought about it," he just wanted to be friends.A few

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By David MarshOLD people's residential homes in Leeds are in future to be inspected by the people who really matter – older people themselves.In a pioneering move, pensioners are to be recruited to visit residential care homes and nursing homes throughout Leeds, to carry out an audit of how well people's dignity is promoted and protected by care and nursing staff.The "dignity watchdogs" will

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Donna AcquavivaAcquaviva is a journalist who lives and teaches in Roanoke. She is a spiritual director and pastoral care minister at Our Lady of Nazareth Catholic Church."Weekend Edition" on Radio IQ, one of Roanoke's two excellent NPR stations, always informs, entertains and amuses. Recently, however, I found myself infuriated instead.Host Scott Simon said that a young man named Adam Shepherd

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Ottawa launches first annual Kindness WeekBy Cindy ChanEpoch Times Ottawa StaffFeb 19, 2008 'CHOOSE TO BE KIND': Choose to be a friend and to help someone else. (Photos.com)OTTAWA—The idea of launching a "Kindness Initiative" came to Rabbi Reuven Bulka a few years ago when he noticed so much bad news in the newspapers and thought it would be better to focus on the good in people."There were lots

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Rights to be taught in classroomA new initiative aimed at teaching primary school children about their human rights is to be launched later.Books developed by Amnesty International and teaching unions will be introduced at about 100 schools.The scheme, which will also operate in the Republic, will be launched by the Education Minister Catriona Ruane.Amnesty's Northern Ireland director Patrick

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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has made a historic apology tothe country's Aboriginal people for past mistreatment. Mr. Rudd saidpast policies of assimilation under which indigenous children weretaken from their families were a 'stain on the nation's soul'.Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has apologized to the 'StolenGenerations'. These were Aboriginal children who were taken from their

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Mithre J. Sandrasagra UNITED NATIONS, Mar 29 (IPS) - A new treaty designed to promote and protect the rights of the world's 650 million persons with disabilities opens for signature at the United Nations on Friday.At its core, the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ensures that persons with disabilities enjoy the same human rights as everyone else, and are able to lead their

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February 5, 2008School Programs Hope Babies in Classrooms Will Reduce BullyingBy NICK WINGFIELDFebruary 5, 2008; Page A1KENT, Wash. -- It's just Nolan Winecka's second time teaching a class of fifth graders at Emerald Park Elementary School in this Seattle suburb, and it shows as he stares nervously at the two dozen kids surrounding him.He burps. And the class erupts in giggles.Nolan is 6 months

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Doctors Too Quick to Blame Obese Patients' Ills on Fat, Studies SuggestBy Roni Caryn RabinSpecial to The Washington PostTuesday, January 29, 2008; HE01After a car accident mangled her right foot, requiring five operations and a bone graft from her hip, Lynn Behnke was in so much pain that she had a hard time sitting or sleeping and often had to call in sick. But when she went back to her surgeon,

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