Attorney General Eric Holder admitted a while back that he hasn’t read the new Arizona immigration bill that he condemns. He claims that his knowledge of the bill is based on feedback he hears from TV, news, and other public sources. He said he was expecting an actual briefing on the bill – all 16 pages of it.
That’s right, it’s 16 pages long. You can get a free download of all 16 pages here.
Holder is waiting for a team of advisers to review the law for him.
Meanwhile, proponents of the law argue that it is the same as California’s immigration law.
Several other states enforce similar immigration laws, but they haven’t drawn fire in the growing controversy over the southern border invasion.
Having weighed in heavily on the amnesty side, it would behoove Holder to get the full text of what he’s talking about even if he has to ask someone to read it to him.
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), 7 million children in the U.S. have asthma. That’s roughly 9.4 percent. The condition resulted in more than 3,600 deaths in 2006.
Back in 1952 Russian doctor named Konstantin Buteyko began to explore the possibility that increasing oxygen intake was contributing to reduced oxygen levels. The doctor observed that over-breathing or mouth-breathing resulted in lower carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the blood.
Carbon dioxide is normally thought of as a “waste gas,” but it actually triggers the release of oxygen from the blood to the body. Buteyko reasoned that if asthmatics were gasping too much air, they were breathing a higher volume of air than the average person, but getting less of the oxygen and its benefit.
Buteyko developed a method of breathing exercises that many believe can reduce wheezing, asthma, allergies, chronic pulmonary disease, and in some cases eliminate asthma altogether.
His approach to dealing with asthma is to train asthmatics to breath less air and retrain their bodies to operate with the higher, more normal amount of CO2.
According to proponents of the method, simply closing your mouth and breathing through your nose will provide you with cleaner breaths, more temperate air, and higher (healthier) CO2 levels.
If you’re grasping or gasping for asthma help, check out his books or his website.
Breathe well.
A break from the serious stuff. Life’s biggest question is…. (drumroll)
Should I get a dog,
or have children?
Dreams are a compilation of unedited images, information and imagination. The power of dreams lies not so much in their content as in the behavior of the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind doesn’t have much of a truth filter. It believes what it’s told by your dreams.
This makes it especially important to have good dreams. If you dream pleasant, proactive or uplifting dreams, you wake up with a positive outlook. Similarly, this is why negative dreams can make you feel uneasy upon waking.
If you need to improve your mood, consider manipulating your dreamtime. Your brain is most likely to dream about information it gathered before going to bed. This means that positive affirmation tapes, music with uplifting lyrics, or a personal pep-talk or success mantra can have a healthy effect on your psyche.
If you’re studying for a test. Do a recap in the evening. Fifteen minutes of listening to your own voice on tape before bed every night can help train your brain to focus on the information you need to remember. If you’ve typed notes into a computer, consider using text-to-speech TTS to keep your subconscious in the loop.
Consider giving yourself a dream speech or pep talk before nodding off. Over time, this proactive message will have an impact on your subconscious and you’ll find yourself more likely to think and feel the things you’ve consciously chosen.
For artistic reasons, you can journal your dreams each morning. Who knows what kind of creative material your mind could supply you with?
The Braille Bug offers a free braille card, games, a reading club and more. You can also receive a free braille card by mail.
The word braille is shown here in braille. The site is hosted by the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). It’s a fun resource, and one that all literacy programs should have bookmarked.
Researchers studied more than 1,000 children in farm communities to measure the effects of organophosphates on whole populations. The results show a strong link with pesticides and attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) in children.
Organophosphates are pesticides that are designed to be toxic to the nervous system of pests. The toxicity also affects humans.
To minimize pesticide exposure, buy organics whenever possible and wash or peel all vegetables and fruit. Click here for more information on the study.
“From Homeless to Harvard” is a movie about Liz Murray’s life. Miss Murray was born in September of 1980. Her parents were poor, HIV infected, drug addicts in New York.
When Liz was 15 her mother died of AIDS, leaving Liz and her sister homeless. While caring for her sister, Liz graduated from high school in two years and went on to Harvard. She left Harvard from 2003 to 2006 to care for her father. After his death in 2006, she returned to Harvard and graduated in 2009 with a bachelors degree in psychology.
She is currently pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology at Harvard. She accepts engagements as a motivational speaker.
In interviews and during her speaking engagements, Liz Murray thanks her parents for the gift of literacy. She feels strongly that her ability to read well was the tool that allowed her to pursue her goals and achieve them.
BBC News reported a new gadget developed by Stephen Lodge to help his autistic son communicate. The device is called “Speak4me.” It’s current price tag is pretty high, but he plans to create a software version.
He was inspired by his son, Callum, who is non-verbal. Speaks4me has made it easy for Callum to communicate. Mr. Lodge is exploring the potential for such a device to assist stroke victims as well.
Computer literacy means knowing how to use technology, and how not to.
High schoolers are texting their way to social stardom and social stupidity. “Sexting” is now a commonly used word among teens, and it has become extremely popular. Sexting is a combination of “sex” and “texting.” Teens are taking pictures of themselves nude or semi-nude and sexting them to boyfriends and girlfriends
Some of these girls don’t care where the photos show up. Others trust that their pals won’t share the photos. Many photos are extremely explicit.
Hundreds of the photos get re-sexted, or uploaded on social media websites. Most websites have restrictions against CP -short for kiddie porn- but they can’t verify ages in the late teen years. Some girls are getting embarrassed, and others are getting blackmailed.
Tech2 News reported, “The most prominent case is of Philip Albert, an 18-year-old Floridian who, after a particularly nasty break-up with his ex-girlfriend, distributed the nudie photos she texted him to more than 70 people. One of the recipients was his ex-girlfriend’s grandparents. When police busted Albert, he was sentenced to five years of probation and was obligated to register as a sex offender — a label he’ll carry for the next 25 years. The girl was never charged.
In other cases, girls have been blackmailed with the threat of exposure. Caution your literacy parents and teens about using a cell phone camera too liberally.
Some studies suggest that first and last name initials may affect grades.
Yale colleagues Simmons and Nelson found a relationship with students names and grade point averages. Those with the initials C and D were likely to have lower scores than those with the initials A or B.
Click here for the report.
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