DNA not  OK evidence of rape

DNA is not OK evidence in rape cases. So says the Council of Islamic Ideology. Why? Because there is no mention of DNA in the Islamic bible – the Koran.

“Why did they not produce for it four witnesses? And when they do not produce the witnesses, then it is they, in the sight of Allah , who are the liars.” — Qur’an 24:13

Number of abortions by Planned Parenthood

On May 26, MSNBC political analyst Michael Eric Dyson described Virginia lieutenant governor nominee E.W. Jackson as “a black puppet” who carries a white supremacist message.

Jackson is a black man, and is urging Christians in the black community to break free from their loyalties to the Democrat Party.

According to Newbusters.org, Jackson raised Dyson’s ire by warning these Christian that the Democrat Party has “has created an unholy alliance between certain so-called civil rights leaders and Planned Parenthood,” and that this alliance has resulted in the deaths of “tens of millions” of “black babies.”

Dyson responded by saying “Planned Parenthood is not about abortions.” He then added: ”[Jackson's] a vent. He’s being ventriloquized. His mouth is moving but White Supremacist ideology is floating through it, and the most repressive sorts of ideas that we can  imagine are being evoked here.”

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Firenze Sage:  Three hundred forty thousand(340,000) planned parenthood abortions a year is not about abortions according to this pundit.    Four More Obama Years

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Animals help kids with autism to socialize

Helping kids with  Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)  connect with animals helps kids connect in general  with people.  This makes sense for regularly developing children. And  it also makes sense for children with developmental delays.

See article below from Medical News.

“Animals help children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) interact better; they show increased positive social behaviors when an animal is present.
The finding came from a new study by researchers, led by Marguerite E O’Haire, from the University of Queesland, Australia and was published in the journal PLOS ONE.

Kids between the ages of five and thirteen with ASD were involved in the investigation. The experts analyzed their interaction with adults and with peers who were developing normally, while two guinea pigs were present. The interactions were compared a second time with toys instead of the guinea pigs.

According to the results, when the animals were present, the kids with ASD displayed more social behaviors such as:

• talking
• making physical contact
• looking at faces

Compared to when they were playing with toys, the kids with ASD were more receptive to social advances from their peers when the animals were in sight.

The children laughed and smiled more when the animals were present compared to the toys, and also reduced behaviors of:

• frowning
• whining
• crying

Prior research has indicated that people have a higher probability of receiving overtures of friendship from strangers when taking a dog for a walk as opposed to when they walk unaccompanied.

Comparable outcomes have also been examined for individuals who have smaller animals, such as rabbits or turtles with them.

This ‘social lubricant’ effect of animals on human social interactions may be especially critical for people with socio-emotional disabilities, according to the researchers.

The capability of the animals to assist boys and girls with ASD communicate with adults may also be used to help them interact with teachers, therapists, and other adults in their life.

Animal-assisted interventions may also benefit the classroom dynamics as well, the scientists said.

The authors concluded:

“For children with ASD, the school classroom can be a stressful and overwhelming environment due to social challenges and peer victimization. If an animal can reduce this stress or artificially change children’s perception of the classroom and its occupants, then a child with ASD may feel more at ease and open to social approach behaviors.”

There have been several studies over the last week on ASDs. One published in BMC Medicinedemonstrated that autistic kids have a structural difference in brain connections than those without the disorder, while another found that five major psychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorders, share genetic links.

Written by Sarah Glynn
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undocumented persons cross open borders in USA

Obama’s immigration policy shows about as much skill level as Obama  recently demonstrated in basket ball (2 out of 22 shots made the basket). Laughable.

Everybody knows that you don’t put the cart before the horse. But  Obama does so with immigration.

A sensible Immigration Policy:

1) Close the border with Mexico.

2) Require E-verify to ensure  that employees are legally in the U.S.A.

3)  Create a flexible  Guest Worker program based on supply and demand for agriculture, restaurants and tourist industries. See Wall Street Journal, Green-Card Path Seen for Farm Help, April 6-7, 2013.

4) Fine adults & require community service hours for adults who break the existing immigration laws.

5) Do these steps and then put in place a legal pathway to citizenship such as Rubio  suggests. CNN Politics, Jan 12, 2013

The first step is Close the Border.

  Can Obama get behind sensible Immigration Reform?   Nope.  No way can we close the  border with Mexico  says Obama.  Janet Napolitano, in charge of Homeland Security, agrees with her boss.

In my view, Obama’s goal is to turn the 11 million illegals into Democrats who can vote in 2014.  Obama is forever the campaigner and never the national leader of sensible reform.

Other  countries successfully do close their borders.  For example, Israel successfully closed its border with Egypt and just about nobody gets through.

Israel closed its borders with Egypt successfully

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Can’t run? Then walk your way towards health!

Research discussed in Medical News article below  suggests that a  mile walked provides the same health benefit as a mile run.

So, put down the TV clicker or computer mouse and move, move, move!

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“Brisk walking can reduce a person’s risk of diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol just as much as running can.

The finding came from a new study published in the journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology which examined 33,060 runners in the National Runners’ Health Study and 15,045 walkers in the National Walkers’ Health Study.

During the six-year study period, the investigators discovered that the same energy used for moderate intensity walking and vigorous intensity running lead to comparable reductions in the likelihood for diabetes, high blood pressure, and potentially coronary heart disease.

Paul T. Williams, Ph.D., leading author and staff scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Science Division in Berkeley, Calif., said:

“Walking and running provide an ideal test of the health benefits of moderate-intensity walking and vigorous-intensity running because they involve the same muscle groups and the same activities performed at different intensities.”

Walking and running expenditure was evaluated by distance, unlike previous research, which used time. The volunteers were given questionnaires in order to provide their activity data.

“The more the runners ran and the walkers walked, the better off they were regarding health benefits. If the amount of energy expended was the same between the two groups, then the health benefits were comparable,” Williams explained.

The experts compared energy expenditure to self-reported, doctor-diagnosed incident hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, and coronary heart disease.

Results showed:

• The risk for first-time hypertension was notably reduced 4.2% by running and 7.2% by walking.
• The risk for first-time high cholesterol was reduced 4.3% by running and 7% by walking.
• The risk for first-time diabetes was lowered 12.1% by running and 12.3% by walking.
• The risk for coronary heart disease was lowered 4.5% by running and 9.3% by walking.

Williams revealed:

“Walking may be a more sustainable activity for some people when compared to running, however, those who choose running end up exercising twice as much as those that choose walking. This is probably because they can do twice as much in an hour.”

Subjects were between 18 and 80 years old, the majority were in their 40s and 50s. Twenty-one percent of the walkers and 51.4% of the runners were male.  A study from 2012 indicated that regular exercise in middle age protects the heart.

“People are always looking for an excuse not to exercise, but now they have a straightforward choice to run or to walk and invest in their future health,” Williams said.

A report from earlier this year found that the best way to save energy and maintain endurance is to alternate between walking and running.     Written by Sarah Glynn published in Medical News

Avoid ‘mental defeat’, try alternative therapies for chronic pain

Do you think that people who feel defeated are more likely to feel depressed and anxious?  Of course!

What to do about chronic back pain?  For sure, don’t give in to feelings of “mental defeat”.

And per the study below, it may be best to avoid going to specialists.

So what to do?  Look into the plethora of alternative therapies  that do improve quality of life for all persons.

The following study can be found at the Medical News website:

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“A new study of Hong Kong chronic pain patients suggests that targeting feelings of mental defeat could prevent severe depression, anxiety and interference with daily activiti
The concept of mental defeat has previously been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, but the new study applies it to the experience of chronic pain.

Mental defeat occurs when pain patients view their pain as an ‘enemy’ which takes over their life and removes their autonomy and identity.

The study, published in the Clinical Journal of Pain, analysed three groups of individuals living in Hong Kong – people with chronic pain who had sought specialist treatment, people with chronic pain who did not require specialist treatment and people with acute pain.

The chronic pain individuals reported pain in a variety of sites, with the majority in both groups identifying back pain as their predominant complaint.

The researchers monitored levels of mental defeat through how much the participants agreed with statements such as ‘because of the pain I felt destroyed as a person’ and ‘I felt humiliated and that I was losing my sense of inner dignity’.

When the two groups of individuals with chronic pain were compared, those who were seeking specialist treatment for their pain were found to have higher levels of mental defeat than those who did not require such treatment.

Both chronic pain groups had higher levels of mental defeat than the acute pain group.

The study also found that people who had a sense of mental defeat because of pain also reported higher levels of depression and anxiety as well as a higher incidence of the pain interfering with their daily lives.

The findings of the Hong Kong study reflect earlier studies carried out in the United Kingdom, which suggests that mental defeat is common across cultures.

The study’s lead author Dr Nicole Tang from the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick said: “The presence of mental defeat in both Western and Eastern populations suggests that aspects of the psychological impact of pain on people’s sense of self and identity are shared across geographical boundaries.

“We know from work in the UK that mental defeat is a significant factor differentiating chronic patients who thrive despite pain from those who develop high levels of distress, depression and interference from pain in their every-day lives.

“These findings suggest that early screening for mental defeat can predict whether a patient will go on to suffer from severe anxiety and depression.

“Standard group pain management programmes do not have a treatment component targeting the sense of mental defeat. “The current development of multidisciplinary pain management services in Hong Kong presents an opportunity to address this gap with a view towards enhancing overall treatment effectiveness.”