It’s April 16. 
Today is “National Stress Awareness Day.”  What stresses you out the most?  What do you do to alleviate** your stress?

Trivial Fact of the Day:  The brain is up to 100 times more vulnerable to stress during sleep than while awake.

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.”  --William Jefferson Clinton (42nd President of the U.S.)
**Vocabulary Word of the Day: alleviate (verb) – this action word eans to make less severe.   The product--Aleve™--alleviates aches and pains.  What sorts of things do you do to alleviate your stress and anxiety?

Are you guys aware of what will be happening next week? Hopefully, we can alleviate some of your stress by proving the teacher wrong practices.  We are going to start today with Channel One News - Boston Marathon bombing. Tangled Lines and Good to the Bone - prove me the teacher wrong. Which answers are correct?? Mysteries - finished?