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766 obesity in America: who cares? -- rank: 1000

> >Children targeted by a school-based exercise and >nutrition program are more likely to be physically >active and receive healthy meals at school, which in >turn may reduce the kids' risk of obesity, Type 2 >diabetes and heart disease, according to new research. >The study, published in the August issue of Health >Education & Behavior, examines a school program called >CATCH in the U.S.-Mexico border city of El Paso, >Texas, in an area where low-income familie ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jul 24 13:27:37 PDT 2002

767 Gold -- rank: 1000

> >And as Larry Kudlow would say, this is a sign the Fed should ease. >Speaking of Kudlow, why does that airhead have a TV show along with >that sociopath Cramer? > >Doug Not only does he have a show but his scowling face appears on other shows when they need someone to defend the oligarchy. Cramer they use to make all "liberals" look like sociopaths. Marta --

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jul 24 13:14:57 PDT 2002

768 Generals can no longer hide -- rank: 1000

~~~~CISPES has just received this wonderful news!~~~~~~ Salvadorans Liable in Torture Case Tue Jul 23, 3:36 PM ET By JILL BARTON, Associated Press Writer WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A jury Tuesday held two retired Salvadoran generals responsible for atrocities committed during El Salvador'S civil war two decades ago and ordered the men to pay $54.6 million to three torture victims. The generals, who now live in the United States, were sued by a church worker, a doctor and a professor who fled t ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Jul 23 14:44:11 PDT 2002

769 Cheney unanounced in ATL -- rank: 1000

Maybe he is looking for a way to create an outbreak to divert attention and save his corporate scamming neck. marta >What was so important Dr. Strangedick had to run over hereya? > > >Cheney makes surprise visit to Atlanta > >>From staff reports > >Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise visit to Atlanta today to meet >with officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Decatur. > -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jul 17 10:58:19 PDT 2002

770 List Archive -- rank: 1000

> >I've tried to bother them a bit more, but I'm also pretty sick of the >whole thing, so I've registered and set up squawk.ca for my personal use. >squawk.ca and www.squawk.ca now point to my machine. > >If you have links to the lbo-talk archive, just replace the part that says >"nuance.dhs.org" with "www.squawk.ca" and things will work just fine. > Hey Marco thanks for hanging in there in the long run. marta -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://ww ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Jul 16 10:40:54 PDT 2002

771 US economy "fundamentally strong" -- rank: 1000

This is what recovered alcoholics would describe as being in denial. He wants another drink. Marta >[you think they'd avoid these Hooverian echoes...] > >July 15, 11:40 am Eastern Time > >Reuters Company News >Bush says U.S. economy fundamentally strong > >BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush >said on Monday the United States was suffering a "hangover" from an >economic binge, but that the country's economy was fundamentally ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Jul 15 09:50:16 PDT 2002

772 punitive damages question -- rank: 1000

>>>Here's the lesson: get Congress toamend the ADA to allow for punitives. jks >> >> >>Yea, but *this* congress? >>marta >> > >Well, the next one, then, you got any better ideas? > >jks No, I think we are boxed in on this punitive damages thing. This term the Supreme Court voted against every disabled plaintiff's case they agreed to review. Perhaps something can be done in the employment arena in congress to define disability in a way that the ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jul 3 10:11:34 PDT 2002

773 punitive damages question -- rank: 1000

> >Here's the lesson: get Congress toamend the ADA to allow for punitives. jks Yea, but *this* congress? marta > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jul 3 09:14:19 PDT 2002

774 punitive damages question -- rank: 1000

>There are still punitive damages available to women >>and minorities under Title VI aren't there -- Nathan, Justin??? >> >>Marta >>-- > > >Yes. That's the CRA Amendments of 1991, gives you a jury trial also. >Thank the Shrub's dad, in part. Also for the ADA. > >jks > When Congress passed the ADA, it did not specify that people could collect punitive damages for violations (Bush insisted upon a watered down version in order to sign it) but since t ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Jul 2 15:10:58 PDT 2002

775 Working Class (EEOC Sexual Harassment case) -- rank: 1000

> That would be from the website of the PBS NewsHour w/Jim Lehrer. >Elizabeth Brackett is one of their correspondents I think from >the Chicago PBS station. > BTW, CSPAN's Washington Journal last week had some interviews >with all the NewsHour hosts. Almost all the Q&A's jumped all >over them and the rest of the media for being Left-LibRUL Elitists. >Check out the soundfile at the CSPAN website. >MPu So how do we counter them? If there is no counter, the media ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Jul 2 13:45:55 PDT 2002

776 punitive damages question -- rank: 1000

When Congress passed the ADA, it did not specify that people could collect punitive damages for violations. The ADA was fashioned like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Supremes recently ruled in Barnes v. Gorman that punitive damages are not available to disabled persons under the ADA. There are still punitive damages available to women and minorities under Title VI aren't there -- Nathan, Justin??? Marta -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Tue Jul 2 13:27:08 PDT 2002

777 Crippled Logic -- rank: 1000

Recommended: Crippled Logic http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/06/04/suicide/index.html -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Mon Jul 1 09:03:52 PDT 2002

778 Health care for elderly question -- rank: 1000

>For SSI she must qualify as "disabled." If she does she can own her >home, have one car, and no more than $2000 in the bank, and get a >monthly SSI check. Income restrictions apply but I do not know what >they are now. Best not to show any income. MediCal comes with the >SSI. marta Joanna, I am still dizzy from surgery and did not notice that your mother is 72. She can qualify for SSI without being disabled if her income/assets are low enough. Legal services used to ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Jan 31 09:32:41 PST 2002

779 Health care for elderly question -- rank: 1000

For SSI she must qualify as "disabled." If she does she can own her home, have one car, and no more than $2000 in the bank, and get a monthly SSI check. Income restrictions apply but I do not know what they are now. Best not to show any income. MediCal comes with the SSI. marta >See a lawyer to find out how to shelter any assets has >so she can qualify for SSI and Medicaid. --mbs > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com >> ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Jan 30 17:53:40 PST 2002

780 Response to Marc Cooper's letter -- rank: 1000

>> > >Perhaps this email was inadvertently truncated, and Cooper's letter >omitted. Otherwise, I can't imagine why partisans of free speech >wouldn't include it. I had posted it to the list earlier so to save precious space I clipped it from this response, though the writer certainly did include it. Marta -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA www.disweb.org

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Sat Feb 23 13:41:11 PST 2002