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Our masters in the at the Department of Education have decided that, despite that fact that the nation is billions of dollars in debt, they are going to funnel a couple of million bucks to their cronies in Chicago. Tune in to find out what is program so critical. Finally, a 13 year old boy had to face two armed home invaders. His actions earned him a “Go Team” moment acknowledgement.

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From www.youngcons.com:

“We live in a dangerous world, a time when criminals seem to be more bold than ever — here’s where I could get into how much of this is caused by our current culture of fear toward guns, and failed gun control laws, but I won’t — and whether you think this is sexist or not, women are more likely to be victims than dudes.

Well, one company out there — ROAR for Good — is using creativity and innovation to develop a product that is actually designed to put them out of business one day.

If you happen to see a woman walking down the street with an object roughly the size of a half-dollar, there’s a good chance they could be carrying a device called an “Athena.”

According to IJ Review, if a person being attacked presses the button on “Athena,” it sends out an alarm the company boasts is “louder than a freight train,” while also transmitting an SOS signal that goes out to the cell phones of friends and family.

The signal then pinpoints your location and suggests the recipients of the message contact police.“

From freebeacon.com:

“The Department of Education is spending upwards of $2.5 million to bring a mindfulness intervention to kindergarteners in Chicago, where kids can go to “calm spots” in the corner to watch nature videos.

The National Institutes of Health has spent over $100 million studying the New Age meditation technique, but it is not the only federal agency pouring federal funding into mindfulness. The Education Department has introduced a “Calm Classroom” program into 3,000 schools through its Investing in Innovation fund, costing taxpayers $2,513,093.

“Mindfulness is a secular, psychological mode involving non-judgmental focus on present-moment sensations, and has been shown to have a number of benefits to well-being,” the grant abstract for the project states. “Our project offers an innovative approach not only because mindfulness is unique relative to traditional social-emotional learning (SEL) programs, but also because of added elements designed to replenish children’s focus directly back into the content of school, including always-available ways to take very brief ‘brain breaks.’”

The program involves classrooms doing mindfulness activities three times a day. The exercises include “guided breathing with eyes closed, stretching, yoga-inspired poses, ‘body scan’ visualizations, focus on external objects, and ‘social mindfulness’ exercises involving peer interaction.”

The grant was awarded to the Erikson Institute, a graduate school that specializes in early childhood development.

Erikson invented the “Calm Spot,” or a corner for kids to put on noise canceling headphones and watch “soft fascination” videos of nature scenes on tablets.

“In addition to traditional mindfulness exercises that involve inner focus and require practice, our intervention also includes components involving outer focus on items intended to automatically attract children’s soft fascination and promote attention replenishment, such as videos of animals or nature scenes,” the institute wrote in its grant application. “These scenes, along with occasional, gently voiced reminders (e.g., ‘Are you still watching the spider spin that amazing web?’) will be displayed on tablets stationed in what we call ‘The Calm Spot.’”

“Our Calm Spot is not only for the reduction of ‘big feelings’ such as anger (Smith, 2013), but also for the reduction of internally disruptive experiences such as mental fatigue or lack of engagement,” Erikson said.

Erikson also uses what it calls “At Your Desk Anytime” methods, where children can engage in mindfulness throughout the day.

“They may choose ‘Make a Wish Breath’ during which they close their eyes, make a wish, breathe in, breathe out three times, and then repeat the breathing sequence,” according to the application.

Teachers in the program also have to participate in mindfulness and will be trained how to teach the meditation technique to children. An “impact booster” requires mindfulness exercises to “begin every teacher staff meeting.”

“Teachers are trained on tone of voice, pacing, and on minimizing and addressing problems children may have engaging in the activities,” the application stated. “Exercises are not limited to those that require stillness, silence, or closed eyes. Some involve vigorous motor activity (e.g., ‘Music Scribble,’ ‘Shake Like Spaghetti’), slow motor activity (e.g., ‘Seated Mountain,’ ‘Standing Half Moon”), vocalizing (e.g., “Twist and Count,’ ‘Bee’s Buzz’).”

Other activities include “Looking at One Thing” and “Smile Time.”

Erikson said called the project “invaluable.”

“This is an invaluable project because social-emotional learning in children is just as important as academic learning,” said Geoffrey Nagle, president and CEO of Erikson. “At Erikson, we concentrate on the development of the whole child, and this project will help ensure that disadvantaged children have the tools they need to focus and succeed in school.“

From www.theblaze.com:

“Police say a 13-year-old boy was home alone in Charleston County, South Carolina, when he went to grab his mother’s gun after he heard two alleged burglars try to break in from the back.

The boy, who police say feared for his life, fired through the door at 28-year-old Ira J. Bennett of North Charleston and 31-year-old Lamar Brown of Summerville. One of them fired back and both escaped inside a car. The boy then fired several more times as the two men drove away.

Neighbors said that around the same time they heard gunshots, they also saw a gray car speed away from the house. Police responded to the scene and recovered a Colt .45 pistol from the area where the suspects allegedly tried to break in, WHNS-TV reported.

Bennett was later arrested and Brown was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital not long after.

Police said that Bennett initially reported that someone had shot at the car while the two men were on the interstate.

Bennett was charged with first-degree burglary and possession of a firearm during the commission of a violent crime.

The mother of the 13-year-old said she’s never witnessed any crime in her neighborhood since living there. The family left their home for the night because they didn’t feel safe.“

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