| Catholic Schools Week events
Students in preschool through 12th grade will collect personal care items for residents of local area nursing homes. Elementary students will make placemats for nursing homes. TUESDAY: Elementary students will enjoy a fun day with games, movies and activities. Junior and senior high students will participate in a Chicken Soup for the Soul program in religion class. All students will write thank-you notes to their parents for the sacrifices they make for Catholic education. WEDNESDAY: Catholic Schools Week Mass will be at 8:45 a.m. The Rev. Mark Pasik will officiate. Parents and friends are invited to attend. Students will design and send valentines to veterans. Read with the principal will take place at 6 p.m., followed by an ice cream social at 6:30. THURSDAY: Students will write thank-you notes to bishops, priests, sisters, deacons and lay ministers. FRIDAY: Students will dress in "spirit wear" and take part in a pep rally at 1:30 p.m.
Simpler better for Eli
ESPN "Monday Night Football" analyst Ron Jaworski said one big reason for Giants quarterback Eli Manning's turnaround has been a back-to-basics approach to the offense by Coach Tom Coughlin and coordinator Kevin Gilbride. "They've really toned down the volume of this offense," said Jaworski, a former Eagles quarterback. "As the season has progressed, they've become more of a power-running team. The offensive line coming off the football. Less formation variation. Less motion. "I believe they are simplifying the reads for Eli. And clearly, he's doing a better job of handling those reads." Jaworski said the Packers played bump-and-run coverage, and "he knew immediately where to go with the football." Before the playoffs, Manning had just 16 interceptionless games in 57 starts.
Insomniacs should seek medical evaluation
WESTCHESTER, Ill., Jan. 25 For those suffering insomnia, sleep experts recommend a medical evaluation to determine the cause.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends insomniacs see a primary care physician or sleep medicine specialist to determine whether such ailments as restless legs syndrome or depression are responsible.
The academy estimates 20 million Americans report chronic insomnia -- trouble falling asleep or staying asleep nearly every night. It warns insomnia is a serious and often debilitating condition that can lead to severe daytime fatigue and poor performance at school and work and can cause physical symptoms such as headaches, and in some cases depression.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that people seeing a doctor for insomnia discuss treatment options before deciding on any course.
Toddler receives own umbilical cord blood as cancer treatment
The photograph of Caden Ledbetter, taken last spring, hangs across from his hospital crib as a reminder. Cancer has taken the 2-year-old's baby fat. His hair. His freedom. At times, his smile. It might have taken Caden's life, too. But a breakthrough stem cell transplant gives his family hope that the boy in the picture will return. Stem cells taken from his own umbilical cord at birth were pumped back into his body Friday at Medical City Dallas Hospital. Using a patient's own cord blood is uncommon for any illness. The treatment for neuroblastoma, a rare but deadly cancer that attacks the nervous system, is nearly unheard of. "It's either the second or third time it's ever been done in the world," said Joel Weinthal, Caden's doctor.
George Bush on the Couch: The Psychology of Chauvinism
The best diagnostic clues may come from the Freedom of Information Act. I have been reading de-classified documents from the CIA about Iraq this week. The docs reach back to before the time Saddam murdered his way into power… …so far back in fact that Saddam's name is spelled Hussyn, and so far back that the writer of some of the documents called him Saddam Tikriti, Tikriti used as his surname, the writer seeming not to realize Tikriti was the name of both Saddam's tribal affiliation and home place; and as such, is attached at the end of everyone's name who is from that tribe, sort of as if after our surnames, also was tacked on the name, "Usa." Nonetheless, it was breathtaking to see that Iraq was in the 20th century a constitutional republic that was hijacked, that Britain had once occupied the entire area and still had an interest in Iraq via Tony Blair, that this was not a new and sudden interest, but an old exploitative one of memory … and that in the old moldering war between Iraq and Iran, the USA took up with Iraq, befriended Saddam, even though the CIA records from that time clearly provided more than one report that Saddam was vicious and unreliable and had closed out, exiled or murdered any who didn’t agree with him or threatened him.
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