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Monday, April 22, 2013
Immigration fight gets personal
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Tempers flared at a Senate hearing on immigration legislation Monday as a Republican senator objected to a Democrat's criticism of attempts by some to link the Boston Marathon bombings to the immigration bill.
"I never said that! I never said that!" Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, interjected as Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., suggested that some were using the Boston bombings as "an excuse" to slow down or stop the bill.
Schumer said he wasn't talking about Grassley, who said last week that the bombings raised question about gaps in the U.S. immigration system that should be examined in context of the new bill.
Meanwhile Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., accused Schumer of "demeaning" several witnesses called to Monday's Judiciary Committee hearing by the GOP side. Schumer had complained about Sessions saying that business and labor officials backing the Democratic side on immigration were "special interests," noting that the immigration bill has widespread support and asserting that the three witnesses scheduled to testify against the bill were "far more special interest."
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., banged his gavel to settle the proceedings.
The exchange came as the Judiciary Committee opened its second hearing on sweeping legislation to strengthen border security, allow tens of thousands of new high- and low-skilled workers into the country, and provide an eventual path to citizenship for some 11 million immigrants now here illegally.
As happened at the first hearing Friday, the Boston Marathon bombings cast a shadow over the proceedings. The attacks were carried out by two ethnic Chechen immigrant brothers; both arrived legally and one was a naturalized U.S. citizens.
Leahy used part of his opening statement to chastise those who would link the bombings to the legislation. "Let no one be so cruel as to try to use the heinous acts of these two young men last week to derail the dreams and futures of millions of hardworking people," Leahy said.
He said the bill would strengthen national security by focusing on border security and enforcement.
Grassley bridled at Leahy's comments, saying that when Leahy proposed gun legislation, "I didn't accuse you of using the Newtown killings as an excuse."
"I think we're taking advantage of an opportunity where once in 25 years we deal with immigration to make sure that every base is covered," Grassley said.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., raised similar concerns in a letter Monday to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., telling him, "We should not proceed until we understand the specific failures of our immigration system." Paul also said that national security protections must be part of any immigration legislation to ensure the federal government does everything it can to keep immigrants "with malicious intent" from using the immigration system to enter the country to commit acts of terror.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, also weighed in on the matter Monday, telling an interviewer on Fox News' "American Newsroom", "I'm in the camp of, if we fix our immigration system, it may actually help us understand who all is here, why they're here, and what legal status they have."
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/tempers-flare-immigration-hearing-160230661--politics.html
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Forever, For Always, No Matter What : Catholic Adoption & Home ...
After I wrote my post last week about Homeschooling Boys :: Part II, I started thinking about boys in general in our society. ?How many boys in the public school system are labeled with attention issues, behavior issues, put in low reading groups or pulled out for special services? ?
Certainly there is a small percentage of boys who truly do qualify for the labels, but how often are the labels placed on boys because they are simply acting like boys!!
Growing up to Manhood
It wasn't that long ago in our society when boys spent the majority of their day with their fathers working a trade, working on a farm, or just generally spending their day actively working for their families. ?
Even when schools started to crop up across the country, most children, particularly boys were only in school during the winter, not when they were needed to help with the family crops.
Babied Boys
It's a rather recent occurrence that boys have to spend a majority of the day, and a majority of the year, sitting in desks surrounded by female teachers. ?Even homeschooling isn't immune to that fact. ?Who typically stays home and runs the family school? Mom. ?Even with a very involved, hands on Dad, boys still spend a majority of time with Mom.
I won't go into the feminization of our society and how it's been detrimental to so many young men. Less young men are graduating from college, less young men feel confident to be the sole provider of a family, particularly a large family.
As moms we can often times be guilty of "babying" our sons. ?I think we can help our boys be thoughtful, caring, nurturing, without being wimpy.
As homeschooling families, there are steps that can be taken to help insure that our sons grow up to be strong, confident men who aren't afraid to be the leaders of their families.
When I posed my thoughts to one of my on-line Catholic Moms groups, many useful tips were shared. ?Here are a few I wanted to pass along.
Practical Tips for Raising Boys:
1. Positive Male Roll Model - Hopefully your husband fits the bill in this area. ?However, if not, encourage a strong relationship with a grandfather, uncle, or other trustworthy male.
2. Tae Kwon Do - A huge confidence builder as well as useful to protect oneself and others.
3. Boys Scouts - Aids in raising leaders, not dictators. ?Offers boys the activities that most crave, being outside, survival skills and much more.
4. Babies - Encourage sons to take an active role in caring for younger siblings, cousins, friends. ?It will foster their nurturing side as well as help them feel confident in caring for their own children when the time comes.
5. ?Prayer - Encourage boys to lead prayers, such as the rosary, Divine Mercy, and meal time prayers - particularly if Dad isn't home. ?This also helps set the stage for leading spiritually in their own homes in the future.
6. Encourage "manly" activities -
? ? ? ?Mowing lawns?
? ? Carrying in groceries
? ? Opening doors for others
? ? Taking out trash
? ? Changing lightbulbs
? ? Painting walls/fences
? ? Using power tools, hammer nails - with proper supervision ?of course -?Let them build things!
7. Read Boy Books
? ? ?Farmer Boy
? ? ?Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers?{there is an entire series}
? ? ?Where the Red Fern Grows
Further Manly Resources:
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Art of Manliness - check out articles on How to Tie a Bow Tie, How to Wire an Outlet, and How to Shave Like Your Grandpa
Source: http://www.foreverforalwaysnomatterwhat.com/2013/04/raising-boys-to-be-men-with-practical.html
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First 2000-year-long temperature reconstructions for individual continents
Apr. 19, 2013 ? Past climate change varied remarkably between regions. This is demonstrated in a new study coordinated by the international Past Global Changes (PAGES) project, which reconstructed temperature over the past 1000 to 2000 years.
It is the first comprehensive temperature reconstruction on a continental scale. One of its main findings is that a general cooling trend, caused by different factors (e.g. orbital-driven insolation and changes in solar and volcanic activity), was ubiquitous across all continental-scale regions and was reversed by a distinct warm trend beginning at the end of the 19th century.
The scale of this project is impressive. Some 80 researchers from all over the world collaborated on the study, which has just been published in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience. In one of the widest-ranging efforts yet undertaken to reconstruct climate across the globe, the international author team evaluated data from all continents to track the evolution of temperatures over the past one to two millennia.
This major project was initiated and coordinated by the Past Global Changes (PAGES) organization. PAGES was established in 1991 to facilitate international research into understanding climatic and environmental dynamics by studying the past. The program receives funding mainly from the Swiss and US national science foundations. In 2006, ambitious scientists in the PAGES network decided to organize an initiative to reconstruct the climate of the last 2000 years in unprecedented quality.
The first results of the collective effort have now been published. "A key aspect of the consortium effort was to engage regional experts who are intimately familiar with the evidence for past climate changes within their regions," says Heinz Wanner, emeritus professor at the University of Bern and one of the original architects of the PAGES 2k Network.
"Several mathematical procedures were applied to reconstruct the continental temperature time series and they were compared to assess the extent to which the main conclusions of the study stood up to the different analytical approaches." Previous attempts to reconstruct temperature changes focused on hemispheric or global-scale averages, which are important, but overlook the pronounced regional-scale differences that occur along with global changes, he points out.
Natural climate archives and documentary sources
For the present study, "Continental-scale temperature variability during the last two millennia," the researchers drew up temperature curves for large regions at seven continents, using 511 local temperature records. These were based on the analysis of tree rings, pollen, corals, lake and marine sediments, ice cores and stalagmites as well as historical documents.
In most cases the data used were highly resolved, attesting to short-term variations over decades or less, rather than smoothing over centuries. In Africa, there were too few records to accurately determine long-term temperature changes for that continent. Nevertheless, the expansive new dataset will undoubtedly be used in future studies, including for comparisons with the output of climate models used to help project future climate change.
The evolution of temperature across all the continents was noticeably more similar within the hemispheres than between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. "Distinctive periods, such as the Medieval Warm Period or the Little Ice Age stand out, but do not show a globally uniform pattern," says professor Heinz Wanner.
By around 1500 AD temperatures did indeed fall below the long-term mean everywhere. However, in the Arctic, Europe and Asia this temperature drop occurred several decades earlier than in North America and the Southern Hemisphere. These new findings will certainly stimulate vibrant discussions within the research community, Wanner believes.
Long-term cooling trend reversed
The most consistent feature across the regions over the last 2000 years was a long-term cooling trend, which was likely caused by a combination of factors such as an overall increase in volcanic activity, a decrease in solar irradiance, changes in land cover, and slow changes in earth's orbit. This cooling only came to an end toward the end of the 19th century.
The warming during the last century has reversed this long-term cooling, the study found. It remained cold only in Antarctica. An analysis of the average temperatures over 30-year periods indicates that interval from 1971-2000 was probably warmer than any other 30-year period in the last 1400 years.
Cooler 30-year periods between the years 830 and 1910 AD were particularly pronounced during weak solar activity and strong tropical volcanic eruptions. Both phenomena often occurred simultaneously and led to a drop in the average temperature during five distinct 30- to 90-year intervals between 1251 and 1820.
Warming in the 20th century was on average twice as large in the northern continents as it was in the Southern Hemisphere. During the past 2000 years, some regions experienced warmer 30-year intervals than during the late 20th century. For example, in Europe the years between 21 and 80 AD were possibly warmer than the period 1971-2000.
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Bahrain's crown prince: Too early to join talks
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) ? Bahrain's crown prince says there will be "a time and a place" for him to participate in the slow-moving political dialogue in the divided Gulf nation but not yet.
Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa spoke Saturday as he toured the Bahrain International Circuit on the eve of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The crown prince says he is "hopeful" about the talks between the government and opposition forces in the divided Gulf nation but admitted the slow pace has been a concern.
"I wish they were going faster," the crown prince said. "But I'm hopeful. They are happening. That is the important thing. All sides get a chance to air their grievances and that is very key."
Last month, Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa appointed his heir to an additional role overseeing government affairs in an apparent gesture to opposition groups that have led more than two years of protests in a country which is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. The crown prince is seen as more receptive to political compromises than others in Bahrain's ruling family, which has waged withering crackdowns on protesters, mainly Shiites calling for a greater political voice.
The largest Shiite political group Al Wifaq welcomed the move but has since demanded that a member of the ruling family directly participate in the talks.
"There is a serious need to involve the ruling family with the dialogue process in a serious way," Al Wifaq spokesman Abdul Jalil Khalil told The Associated Press. "This will be one of the first steps to improve the conditions of the dialogue, prepare the atmosphere and build the bridges of trust that also can be done by releasing political prisoners, stopping the intimidation of media."
The crown prince said a "framework" needs to be in place for the talks before he would consider joining.
"If I attend talks and (they) fail as it did in 2011, the costs are extremely high," the crown prince said. "I can't speak for different political groups or different political views that are present at the table. So there is a time and a place for me to step in. It is not yet there."
More than 60 people have been killed in the Arab Spring-inspired unrest, but some activists place the death toll higher. Opposition protesters stepped up their campaign for change ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, with some demanding the race be cancelled until their demands for political reforms are addressed.
Sporadic protests were reported around the capital, Manama, on Saturday, with protesters lighting fires and riot police firing tear gas and bird shot. Two Asians were also injured by firebombs being thrown at police patrols, the Ministry of Interior tweeted.
The crown prince dismissed allegations by rights groups that the race is used by the Sunni-led government to gloss over problems with its majority Shiite population. The race was canceled in 2011 due to the Arab Spring-inspired uprising and was overshadowed last year by massive protests outside the circuit ? including a firebomb that briefly delayed a Force India car and prompted the team to pull out of the second practice.
"We've never used this race to say that everything is fine," the crown prince said. "We recognize there are issues in the country but they are to be solved through a political process which is well under way. I can name at least four other grand prix venues which have political problems but (they) don't seem to attract that kind of attention."
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Associated Press Writer Reem Khalifa contributed to this report from Manama, Bahrain.
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/bahrains-crown-prince-too-early-join-talks-150159287.html
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Study finds scientific basis for 'chemo brain' in breast cancer patients
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Now, a new study has shown a correlation between poorer performance on neuropsychological tests and memory complaints in post-treatment, early-stage breast cancer patients, particularly those who have undergone chemotherapy and radiation.
?The study is one of the first to show that such patient-reported cognitive difficulties ? often referred to as ?chemo brain? in those who have had chemotherapy ? can be associated with neuropsychological test performance,? said Dr. Patricia Ganz, director of cancer prevention and control research at the University of California-Los Angeles?s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Ganz and her colleagues looked at 189 breast cancer patients who enrolled in the study about a month after completing their initial breast cancer treatments and before beginning endocrine hormone-replacement therapy. Two-thirds had breast-conserving surgery, more than half had received chemotherapy, and three-quarters had undergone radiation therapy. Average age of the women was 52.
Because cognitive complaints following cancer treatment have often been associated with anxiety and depressive symptoms, the researchers excluded women with serious depressive symptoms. They also took into account the cancer treatments used and whether menopause and hormonal changes could be influencing the cognitive complaints. A group of healthy women of about the same age was used as a control group.
The researchers gave a self-reporting questionnaire to the women and found that those with breast cancer reported more severe complaints than normal ? 23.3 percent had higher complaints about their memory, and 19 percent reported higher complaints about higher-level cognition, such as problem-solving and reasoning.
The researchers noted that the breast cancer patients who reported more severe memory and higher-level cognition problems were more likely to have undergone both chemotherapy and radiation.
The UCLA researchers found that even when patients reported subtle changes in their memory and thinking, neuropsychological testing showed detectable differences.
For instance, they discovered that poorer performance on the neuropsychological test was associated with higher levels of cognitive complaints and with combined radiation and chemotherapy treatment, as well as with symptoms related to depression.
?In the past, many researchers said that we can?t rely on patients? self-reported complaints or that they are just depressed, because previous studies could not find this association between neuropsychological testing and cognitive complaints,? Ganz said. ?In this study, we were able to look at specific components of the cognitive complaints and found they were associated with relevant neuropsychological function test abnormalities.?
The findings are part of an ongoing study that seeks to examine the extent to which hormone therapy contributes to memory and thinking problems in breast cancer survivors, she said. This latest study provided a pre-hormone therapy assessment, which was able to separate the effects of initial treatments on these cognitive problems, she said. Earlier post-treatment studies of breast cancer patients were difficult to interpret, as they included women already taking hormone therapy, she noted.
?As we provide additional reports on the follow-up testing in these women, we will track their recovery from treatment, as well as determine whether hormone therapy contributes to worsening complaints over time,? Ganz said.
The study was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Source: University of California-Los Angeles
Breast cancer patient photo available from Shutterstock
APA Reference
Wood, J. (2013). Study Finds Scientific Basis for ?Chemo Brain? in Breast Cancer Patients. Psych Central. Retrieved on April 21, 2013, from http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/04/20/study-finds-scientific-basis-for-chemo-brain-in-breast-cancer-patients/53922.html
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