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  • Human Trafficking
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  • Human TRAFFICKING  

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    A Girl's Escape
    by Nicholas Kristof
    The New York Times
    1/1/14

    She was a 13-year-old girl who said she was beaten daily by strangers who forced her to work unpaid in their home, and she wanted to escape.

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    Sex Trafficking of Americans: The Girls Next Door
    by Amy Fine Collins
    Vanity Fair
    May 24th, 2011

    A photographer’s representation of a typical scene at one of the motels in Central Connecticut used for sex trafficking.

    What is Cool?

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    How to Be Cool: 5 Research-Backed Tips
    by Eric Barker
    Time
    May 1st 2014




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    Jennifer Lawrence and the History of Cool Girls
    by Anne Helen Peterson
    BuzzFeed
    Feb 28th, 2014

    Be chill and don’t be a downer, act like a dude but look like a supermodel.

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    When Did Two-Strapping Get Cooler Than One-Strapping?  A Slate Backpack Investigation 
    by Forest Wickman
    Slate
    11/1/13

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    The Cool Kids: Were You as Uncool as a Child as You Claim?  What Does Being "Cool" mean to Children, Anyway?
    by Katy Waldman
    Slate
    10/28/13



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    Ku?  Poa?  Buena  Onda?  What Cool Looks like around the World
    by Aisha Harris and Chris Kirk
    Slate
    10/23/13


    The Merchants of Cool documentary may be a little dated, but I think it is still relevant in today's world.  The model that Sprite and MTV use in the late 90's early 2000's  to produce "Cool" I believe is still being used by companies--just watch the new Paul Rodriguez, Jr.  Mountain Dew Commercial.   And if nothing else, the paradox of cool, or when you find what is cool it stops being cool, makes Merchant of Cool worth watching.
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    Merchants of Cool
    PBS Frontline


    Space Exploration

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    Meet Kepler: 186f, the Most 'Earth-like' Planet Ever Found
    by Amina Khan
    LA Times
    4/17/14
    This artist's rendering provided by NASA on Thursday, April 17, 2014 shows an Earth-sized planet dubbed Kepler-186f orbiting a star 500 light-years from Earth. Astronomers say the planet may hold water on its surface and is the best candidate yet of a habitable planet in the ongoing search for an Earth twin.


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    Black Holes: Star Eater
    By Michael Finkel
    National Geographic
    3/01/14

    Albert Einstein thought that a black hole—a collapsed star so dense that even light could not escape its thrall--was too preposterous a notion to be real. Einstein was wrong.

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    Cosmic Wow, a Rare Supernova Explosion!
    by Meg Urry
    CNN
    1/24/14
    An exploding star, or supernova, was spotted on January 21 in Messier 82, one of the nearest big galaxies. This 2006 image is the sharpest wide-angle view obtained of M82.

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    The Universe in Pictures: The Best Space Photos of 2013
    by Phil Plait
    Slate



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    Voyager 1 Leaves Solar System, NASA Confirms
    Dan Vergano
    National Geographic
    Published September 12, 2013


    NASA’s far-flung spacecraft passed into interstellar space last year.

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    Mars Rover Finds No Signs of Life--at Least Not Now
    by Kenneth Chang
    The New York Times
    9/19/13


    Gangs

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    Insane Clown Posse Sues Over Gang Designation
    by Michael Muskal
    LA Times
    1/9/14

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    Roseville Has Worked to Reduce Gang Presence
    by Ed Fletcher
    Sac Bee
    11/2/13
    Volunteer boxing instructor Mick DuBowsky teaches proper technique at the Roseville Police Activities League. Some attend voluntarily and others are assigned by the courts. Officials say the program helps keep kids from turning toward gang activity and has even pulled some away from active gang participation.

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    Gang-prevention Program Now Reaching Out to Younger Kids
    By Ralph Womack
    Sac Bee

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    Where Homies Can Heal
    A Jesuit Priest Is Running an Impressive Anti-crime Programme

    The Economist
     Feb 12th, 2012
    There is a book in class called G-Dog and the Homeboys.  This is a shorter article about the priest.  He is based in LA. 

    Conspiracy Theories

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    A Comprehensive Guide to the Illuminati, the Conspiracy Theory That Connects Jay-Z and Queen Elizabeth
    Blog

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    The Illuminati: Conspiracy Theory or New World Order?
    By Brian McManus
    Philadelphia Weekly 
    Dec 1, 2010

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    Is Lady Gaga a Satanist Illuminati Slave? Pop-music’s Strangest Conspiracy Theories.
    By Jonah Weiner
    Slate

    Is Jay-Z an Illuminati puppet?


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    The Illuminati Hip-Hop Timeline
    by Rondell
    XXL

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    The Road to Paranoia
    by Michael Kelly
    The New Yorker
    June 19, 1995
    To read the article click on the page and it will enlarge the text.


    There have always been radical fringes on both the right and the left which believe that the government conspires against the people.  But lately the two have formed a strange alliance--fusion paranoia--that is reaching millions of disaffected Americans.



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    Animal

    Animal has been tracking the illuminati for years.   This is a blog with different articles about the illuminati. 

    Food

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    The Joy of Food
    by Victoria Pope
    National Geographic
    December 2014






    Afghan women share a meal of flatbread, goat, lamb, and fruit in the Women’s Garden, a refuge for conversation and confidences outside the city of Bamian. The garden and surrounding park were created to promote leisure activities for women and families­. For this group it includes the chance to bond over food.

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    United Steaks of America Map: If Each State could Have Only One Meat, What Would It Be?
    by L.V. Anderson
    Slate

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    The Great American Menu: Foods Of The States, Ranked And Mapped
    by ALBERT BURNEKO
    Dead Spin
    10/17/13

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    Sugar Love
    (A not so sweet story)

    By Rich Cohen
    National Geographic
    August 2013

    Technology

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    Google Self-Driving Car Stopped for Slow Speed
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    by Don Melvin
    CNN
    ​11/13/15




    In this Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 photo provided by Zandr Milewski, a California police officer pulls over a self-driving car specially designed by Google that was being tested on a local road in Mountain View, Calif. The police officer saw the car going a road-clogging 24 mph in a 35 mph zone and realized it was a Google Autonomous Vehicle. After getting closer to it he noticed that there was no one actually driving the car. The officer stopped the car and contacted the person behind the wheel to say the vehicle was impeding traffic, but he didn't give out a citation.

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    University Recruits Video-Gamers with Sports Scholarships
    by Michael Sanserino
    Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    11/23/14





    Robert Morris University Illinois students play ‘‘League of Legends’’ during a practice of the school’s eSports program. The school spent $100,000 turning a computer lab into an eSports Arena with fast processing computers, large monitors, and ergonomic gaming chairs.

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    Facebook's Ghosts in the Machine
    by Lory Gil
    Sac News and Review
    9/25/14



    One writer discovers how, even amid questions about privacy and digital rights, Facebook has become a shrine to the dead


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    More Women Get Jobs in Video-Game Industry
    by Richard Burnett
    Orlando Sentinel
    9/7/14

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    In Teen's Travel Selfies, Is the Focus on Narcissism?
    by Beth J Harpaz
    The Sacramento Bee
    8/3/14

    Definition of Narcissism

    A group of American high school students, from left, Isabela Gettier, Elizabeth Thomas, Hannah Whitt Linsly and Stephanie Kirby posing for a group selfie on a trip to the Galapagos with Adios Adventure Travel. Some parents worry that taking selfies is a distraction from the experience.



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    Why Schools' Efforts To Block the Internet Are So Lame
    by Annie Murphy Paul
    Slate
    7/1/14 




    Students are sidestepping school firewalls, and teachers are feeling thwarted by them.

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    Urban Dictionary Puts Word on the Street Up on the Web for All to See
    by Jenna Wortham
    The New York Times
    1/4/14




    Selfie: Pope Francis smiles for a photo at St. Peter's Basilica.

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    Why Naked Selfies Are Bad News for Facebook
    by Kevin Maney
    Newsweek
    11/23/13





    The sudden rise of Snapchat shows that people want their privacy back.

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    On Facebook, A Growing Teenage Wasteland
    by Doug Gross
    CNN
    11/2/13



    Facebook seems to be trending down with teens.

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    Snapchat CEO Spiegel Talks 'Sexting,' Growth: Mobile Photo App still isn't making money--But it's expanding
    by Barbara Ortutay
    11/1/13
    AP
    Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel poses for photos, in Los Angeles. Spiegel dropped out of Stanford University in 2012, three classes shy of graduation, to move back to his father's house and work on Snapchat. Spiegel's fast-growing mobile app lets users send photos, videos and messages that disappear a few seconds after they are received

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    UCD Program Brings Robots--and Math--Into Sacramento Schools
    by Diana Lambert
    Sac Bee
    11/2/13


    Gino Paige, 12, center left, and Oliver Holland, 12, center right, control Linkbots at California Middle School, Thursday. Students throughout the state are learning english, math and science with the help of robots. The program, developed by UC Davis, is being used at secondary schools from Los Angeles to Sacramento.


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    Surgeon in China Grows nose on Man's Forehead
    by Monte Morin
    LA Times
    9/28/13



    In this Tuesday Sept. 24, 2013 photo, a 22-year-old patient, with a surgical made extra nose out of his rib cartilage and implanted under the skin of his forehead, rests at Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, in Fuzhou city, in southeast China’s Fujian province. A surgeon in China said he has constructed the extra nose to prepare for a transplant in probably the first operation of its kind.

    News in the Hmong Community

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    Forget Mistletoe, Ring in the Hmong New Year
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    Sac News and Review
    ​by Enid Spitz











    Miss Hmong California 2016 Lily Vang
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    Rookie Cop Lives Immigrant's Dream
    by Marcos Breton
    Sac Bee
    12/22/13




    Officer Evan Kanenaga pins a badge Thursday on newly sworn-in Officer Kengie Yang. He is one of 23 new officers joining the Sacramento Police Department.


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    Hmong New Year Celebrated
    by Richard Chang
    Sac Bee
    12/1/13


    Tseem Tub Ntxhais Hmoob dancers Jaclyn Xiong, 17, left; Patang Vang, 18, center; and Ia Vang, 23, right, of Fresno, prepare for a performance during the Hmong New Year celebration on Saturday. The Hmong New Year celebrates a unique cultural identity and helps to preserve Hmong customs and traditions.

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    Forgotten Fighters: Hmong Seek U.S. Veteran Status
    by Stephen Magagnini
    Sac Bee
    11/9/13



    Charlie Moua, Katoua Xiong and Xiong’s cousin Khoua Xiong, from left, visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Capitol Park on Thursday. Hmong who fought on the U.S. side in the Vietnam War want governmental recognition.

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    Domestic Violence Prompts Self-critique by Hmong
    U.S Leaders Say Gender Equality Is Long Past Due

    by Stephen Magagnini
    Sac Bee
    9/8/2013







    Panhia Vue or Pa Nhia Vue Ying Xiong, 41 is charged in the death of 35-year-old Panhia Vue. He's accused of strangling and burning her body in June. 2013 in Altoona ,Wisconsin

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    Hmong Innovating Politics Shakes up Sacramento Political Establishment
    HIP announced federal injunction filings against the Sacramento City Unified School District last week

    by Raheem F. Hosseini      
    Sac News and Review



     Hmong Innovating Politics co-founder Seng Vang, 27, leads a press conference outside the Robert T. Matsui Federal Courthouse to discuss her organization’s federal injunction action against the Sacramento City Unified School District on
    June 12.                                

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    Vang Pao, Laotian General Who Aided U.S., Dies at 81
    by Dougless Martin
    New York Times
    1/8/11

    Revolutionaries/Heroes around the World

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    Is It Better to Be a Hero Like Batman Or an Altruist like Bruce Wayne?
    by Katy Waldman
    Slate
    10/21/14






    Bruce Wayne: altruist by day, hero by night?

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    Pakistani Army Arrests 10 in Connection with 2012 Shooting of Malala Yousafzai
    by Tim Craig
    Washington Post
    9/13/14

    Pakistan's army says it has arrested 10 militants suspected of involvement in the 2012 attack on teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who won world acclaim after she was shot by the Taliban. 

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    Father Credited with Saving 4 Kids in South Area Fire
    by Bill Lindelof and Cathy Locke
    Sac Bee
    2/14/14




    Firefighters credited "heroic acts" of a young father for saving the lives of his four children as fire tore through their south Sacramento townhouse.

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    Malala Yousafzai: The Bravest Girl in the World 
    OCTOBER 5, 2013
    Parade


    One year ago, Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban.  The article tells her story of that terrible day--and how her remarkable recovery is providing hope for girls everywhere.

    When Mandela passes or becomes to removed to be relevant, I want to build a biographical/hero unit on San Suu Kyi.
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    Can Aung San Suu Kyi, Now Free, Lead Burma to Democracy?
    by  Rebecca Frayn 
    Newsweek

    Hip Hop Culture

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    The Beatles. Bob Dylan. Biggie Smalls.  Why the Rapper Belongs in the Company of Pop's Most Influential Artists
    by Jack Hamilton
    Slate
    9/11/14














    The Notorious B.I.G., the greatest rapper who ever lived.

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    Homies in Verona, Gangstas in Elsinore: Thug-Notes and Other Sites Translate Literature Into Rap
    by NEIL GENZLINGER
    The New York Times
    1/24/14


    The comedian Greg Edwards analyzing “The Picture of Dorian Gray” in a video at Thug-Notes.com. 



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    A Case for Nas, Hip-Hop's Finest MC
    By Eliott C. McLaughlin, 
    CNN
    January 8, 2013

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    What is Hip Hop? Examining Hip Hop Culture
    By Tavis Smiley

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    Rape, rappers and revisionism: Being honest about hip-hop misogyny
    by Stereo Williams

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    The N-Word Still Alive and Well in Hip-Hop
    by Ben Westhoff

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    The Power of Words



    Talib Kweli responds to Rick Ross and lil Wayne's use of controversial language.

    In my opinion, Kweli is one of the great minds of Hip Hop.  Here are a few examples why . . .

    The Music Scene

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    In Stockton, California, Punks Are the New Mall Rats
    by Rafael Johns
    NPR
    8/13/14


    An empty strip mall storefront is one of the only places for young bands to play in Stockton, Calif.

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    Music Fans Are Crazy 
    by Jordan G. Teicher
    Slate
    7/14/14

















    U2 fan with band-related tattoos covering his back, Long Island, New York.

    Gen Xers, Millenials Sound Off On The Music That Moves Them
    NPR: All Things Considered
    10/21/13
    Interesting Podcast on who from the 80's on will be considered timeless.  Just a hint: Tupac makes the list. 
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    You Listen to Him Every Day
    by Andrew Romano
    Newsweek
     



    From Def Jam to Kanye, Rick Rubin gets intimate about his last 30 years—and how
    he’s about to make history.

    I realized Rick Rubin's greatness when he brought back an irrelevant Johnny Cash and produced some of the best music in the decade.  This is my favorite song from the American Series.    

    War

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    No Regrets that I Fought the Vietnam War Machine
    by Bruce Dancis
    Sacramento Bee
    11/29/14








    Military police, reinforced by Army troops, fight back anti-war demonstrators as they attempt to storm the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 21, 1967. In 2015, the United States will mark the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s move to expand U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

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    Mossad's Greatest Female Assassin
    by Ram Oren and Moti Kfir
    The Daily Beast









    Sylvia Rafael: The Life and Death of a Mossad Spy is the story of a young, dedicated Mossad agent as told by Moti Kfir, the man who trained her, and Ram Oren, a journalist and author.


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    With Military Moves Seen in Ukraine, Obama Warns Russia
    By David M Herszenhorn, Mark Landler, and Alison Smale
    The New York Times
    March 1st, 2014




    Armed men patrolled the street outside Simferopol’s airport in the Crimea region of Ukraine on Friday.

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    9 Questions about Syria You Were Too Embarrassed To Ask
    by Max Fisher
    The Washington Post

    Language Evolution

    Goal Setting

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    The Goals That Guide Us
    by Hara Estroff Marano
    Psychology Today
    6/27/03

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    Micheal Jordan on Setting Goals
    by Micheal Jordan
    I Can't Axcept Not Trying: Micheal Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence




    SPORTS Stuff

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    Hoping to Catch on in News: Former Grant High Star and NFL Receiver Donte Sallworth Looks to Make Name Reporting Politics
    by Kent Babb
    The Washington Post
    12/26/14





    After 10 NFL seasons, Donte Stallworth has walked into the world of journalism.  He's a national security fellow at the Huffington Post, an online news site.

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    Oak Ridge Makes a Big Splash with Victory over Burbank
    by Joe Davidson
    Sac Bee
    9/13/14




    Oak Ridge Trojan football player, Nolan Book (50), attempts to tackle Burbank Titans football player, Harrison Anderson (1), during the first quarter as Oak Ridge high School hosts Burbank High School Friday September 12, 2014.

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    Ray Rice Is an Outlier: Most Domestic Abuse Suspects Play On
    by Karen Crouse
    New York Times
    9/13/14

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    A Mound Becomes a Summit: Mo'na Davis Dominates at Little League World Series
    New York Times
    8/15/14






















    Philadelphia's Mo'na Davis blanked Nashville, Tenn., on two hits to become the first girl to throw a shutout in Little League World Series history.  She struck out eight and walked none.

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    Watch: This Woman Just Owned American Ninja Warrior 
    by James Jonier
    Esquire
    7/16/14

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    The Redemption: How LeBron and the City Found Their Way Back to Each Other
    by Rachael Larimore
    Slate
    7/14/14


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    Gatorade Pokes Fun at James' Leg Cramp
    by Shan Li
    LA Times
    6/7/14






    LeBron James is a spokesman for Powerade, the rival drink maker to Gatorade. 

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    Soccer Incidents Underscore Racism in Brazil
    by Tariq Panja and Anna Edgerton
    Bloomberg Press
    5/30/14


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    Capturing the Quiet Beauty of Baseball
    by Jordan Teicher
    Slate
    3/4/14

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    NFL Prospect Michael Sam Comes Out as Gay: Big Test Looms for Him And League
    by Mike Freeman
    NFL National Lead Writer
    10/9/14 

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    Burbank Football Coaches Glad to See Players Go Green
    by Bill Paterson
    Sacbee
    2/7/14



    Burbank’s Printess Johnson is a 6-foot-4, 265-pound defensive end and All-Metro Conference first-team selection who had 90 tackles last season.


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    Burbank's Green Will Get a Head Start on College
    by Joe Davidson
    1/10/14
    Sac Bee





    Burbank star Calvin Green (7) will receive his diploma today and depart Tuesday for Pullman, Wash., and Washington State.


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    Burbank High School Star Tapa Making Most of Second Chance
    by Joe Davidson
    11/20/13
    Sac Bee

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    Matt Barnes Apologizes for Use of the N-Word But Says Racial Epithet Is a 'Common Word Now'
    by Arash Markazi
    ESPN
    11/15/13

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    Titan Tennis Doubles Struggle At Conference Meet
    by John Hull
    The Titan Ledger Blog
    11/5/13

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    The United Sports of America
     If each state could have only one sport, what would it be? (Pennsylvania, you get field hockey.)

    By Josh Levin
    Slate
    10/9/13

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    Why I Took HGH
    On the Desperation of an NFL Player at the End of His Career
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    By Nate  Jackson
    Slate




      
     Nate Jackson in his playing days with the Denver Broncos, here in 2008.

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    One of Best Ever?
    Of Course It's Too Early to Say, But Kaepernick Has All the Ingredients
    Matthew Barrows
    Sac Bee

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    NFL, Ex-players Reach Settlement Over Concussion Lawsuits
     By Cindy Boren


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    Dwight must follow LeBron's path
    by Bill Reiter





    LeBron James regained his popularity after a free-agency debacle. Will Dwight Howard?

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    Hernandez case was a matter of time
    by Jason Whitlock

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    ESPN Documentary Chronicles Venus Williams’ Fight For Equal Pay
    At Wimbledon

     by Travis Waldron



    Venus Williams after winning the Wimbledon title in 2007.




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    Why NBA Center Jason Collins Is Coming Out Now
    By Jason Collins with Franz Lidz
    Sports Illustrated






    "I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay," says Jason Collins.

    Secrets to Living a Full Life:Happiness

    Why the World Still Needs English Majors
    The Washington Post
    ​2019
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    No, It's Not Your Opinion. You're Just Wrong.
    by Jef Rouner
    Houston Press
    July 2015





    I have had so many conversations or email exchanges with students in the last few years wherein I anger them by indicating that simply saying, "This is my opinion" does not preclude a connected statement from being dead wrong. It still baffles me that some feel those four words somehow give them carte blanche to spout batshit oratory or prose. And it really scares me that some of those students think education that challenges their ideas is equivalent to an attack on their beliefs.
    -Mick Cullen

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    The Voice of Experience 
    by Melinda Newmen
    Parade 
    12/14/14





    The coaches of TV’s hottest talent show share what they’ve learned about themselves and each other … and advice they have for all of us.

    Drugs in America

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    Coke is Evil: The Gruesomeness of the Drug Trade Rivals any Atrocities in History
    by Eric Vance
    Slate
    12/29/13


    Family and friends attend the funerals of three female victims of a massacre that left 13 dead and more than a dozen wounded in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in 2010. Most of the victims were between 14 and 20 years old and were attending a birthday party. They were herded into a corner of the house and executed by a firing squad. Armed men came looking for one young man, but when the patrons responded that he was not there, they opened fire.

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    How OxyContin's Pain Relief Built 'A World Of Hurt'
    NPR

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    Why I Changed My Mind on Weed 
    By Dr. Sanjay Gupta
    CNN Chief Medical Correspondent




    Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a neurosurgeon and CNN's chief medical correspondent.

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    The Many Different Faces Of Marijuana In America    
    by Gene Demby
    NPR


    Pop Culture

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    How Clowns Became Terrifying
    by Sophie Gilbert
    The Atlantic 
    10/9/14





    American Horror Story: Freak Show caps off centuries of suspicion towards Bozo & co.

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    The Cinematic Allure of the Swimming Pool
    by Chris Wade
    Slate
    5/22/14


    If you like movies, click on the link and watch the video montage at slate.  The picture is from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.  It's from the 80's, but it's still one of the best high school movies of all time.  

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    Money and Justin Bieber's Teenage Brain
    by Peggy Drexler
    CNN
    1/25/14

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    Where Does the Word "Dude" Come from?
    by Arika Okrent
    Slate

    In case you haven't seen the movie The Big Lebowski, the character in the pictures name is the Dude.  Great movie if you haven't already seen it.

    Click here to watch a clip on youtube.  You're gonna laugh if watch this!


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    Explaining Twerking to Your Parents
    Teddy Wayne
    New York Times

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    One Direction Super Sized
    Morgan Spurlock Shows Us How the Boy Band Got Larger Than Life

    by Kevin Fallon
    Newsweek




    One Direction follows in the footsteps of bands like the Monkees and Peter, Paul & Mary, both similarly manufactured.

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    Jeah! We Mapped Out The 4 Basic Aspects Of Being A 'Bro'  
    by Gene Demby
    NPR

     
            

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    William Shakespeare’s Star Wars
    The attack on the Death Star, in blank verse.

    By Ian Doescher
    Slate


    Poverty around the world

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    The New Face of Hunger
    by Tracie McMillan
    National Geographic
    July 2014




    A young father braves the highways of sprawling Spring, Texas, north of Houston, to reach a homeless shelter and a free meal.  The suburbs have become a new home for the hungry.  The rates of poverty and food stamp use are so high that advocates and legislators coined the phrase "the SUV poor."

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    Amazing Photos of Children and the Places They Sleep around the World

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    Kenya's Largest Slum Looks Different Than You Think
    by David Rosenburg
    Slate

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    How Poverty Taxes the Brain
    Emily Badger




    The condition of poverty imposed a mental burden akin to losing 13 IQ points

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    Epic Shanty Towns from around the World     
    Slate                                         
     
                                                        
                                                       

    Race and Racism

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    What exactly is a microaggression? Let these examples from Hollywood movies explain

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    You Gon' Learn Today:On the Revocation of White Privilege in North Korea
    ​by THE KINFOLK KOLLECTIVE


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    Black Lives Matter Web Site

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    Raised Hands, And the Doubts of a Grand Jury
    by Monica Davey, Michael Wines, Erik Eckholm, and Richard A. Oppel JR. 
    The New York Times
    11/29/14






    A memorial to Michael Brown on Canfield Drive in Ferguson, Mo., where he was killed in August. A grand jury did not indict the police officer who shot him.


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    The Coming Race War Won't Be About Race
    by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
    Time
    8/17/14






    A protestor during demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo. on August 17, 2014.

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    When You're the Only White Person in the Room
    by John Blake
    CNN
    9/11/14







    Amanda Shaffer's entire world shifted when she became a white minority in a black high school.


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    Stunning Portraits of Mixed Raced Families 
    by David Rosenburg
    Slate
    6/24/14

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    What Morgan Freeman Doesn't Understand about Race:His voice is authoritative. His opinions on race and inequality are wrong.
    by Jamelle Bouie
    Slate
    6/6/14



    Not as wise as he sounds.


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    San Jose State Students Accused of Tormenting Black Roommate Are Charged with Hate Crimes
    By Tracey Kaplan
    San Jose Mercury News
    11/23/13





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    Free at Last
    Fifty Years Later, We're Closer Than You Think To Realizing Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream

    by Joshua DuBois
    Newsweek












    I think King meant for his dreams to actually be realized, and not in some distant future Zion.


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    Zimmerman's Not Guilty. But Florida Sure Is. Blame the State’s Bad Laws for Trayvon Martin’s Death.
    By Emily Bazelon
    Slate

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    Does Disney's Tonto Reinforce Stereotypes Or Overcome Them? 
    by Mandalit del Barco
    NPR


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    The Fight for Black Men
    by Joshua Dubious
    Newsweek

    There are more African Americans on probation, parole, or in prison today then were slaves in 1850.  It is not a crisis of crime.  It is a crisis of people being left behind. 

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    The Secret History Of The Word 'Cracker'         
    by Gene Demby
    NPR


    Bullying

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    Slut-Shaming and Class: A Study on How College Women Decide Who's Trashy and who's Classy 
    by Amanda Hess
    Slate
    5/28/14




    On college campuses, a "slut" is a many-splendored thing.


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    'Knockout Game' Tied to Street Attacks
    by Marisol Bello
    USA Today
    11/23/13


    The 'knockout game' involves young people randomly trying to knock down strangers in one punch.

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    NFL Bullies
    Could the Dolphins’ suspension of Richie Incognito change the culture of pro football?

    By Emily Bazelon and Josh Levin
    Slate
    11/4/13


    The NFL does a much better job providing a supportive, nurturing environment for a bully like Richie Incognito than it does for players like Jonathan Martin

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    Teen Ink's Best Bullying Articles and Poems

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    Girl’s Suicide Points to Rise in Apps Used by Cyberbullies
    by  LIZETTE ALVAREZ
    Published: September 13, 2013   
    New York Times
     

    A memorial for 12-year-old Rebecca Sedwick has sprouted at the abandoned cement plant in Lakeland, Fla., where she committed suicide.

    Managing Emotions and Self-Control

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    The Six Secrets of Self-Control
    by Travis Bradberry
    Forbes
    9/17/12

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    Don’t! The secret of self-control.
    by Jonah Lehrer









    Children who are able to pass the marshmallow test enjoy greater success as adults.

    Growth-Mindset

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    An Ancient and Proven Way to Improve Memory; Go Ahead and Try It
    by Austin Frakt
    The New York Times 
    ​MARCH 24, 2016


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    No Math Gene: Learning Mathematics Takes Practice
    by The Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    12/16/13




    New research shows that if you want to be good at math, you have to practice all different kinds of mathematics.

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    What Exercise Does For Your Brain

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    This is your brain on Jane Austen, and Stanford researchers are taking notes
    By Corrie Goldman
    The Humanities at Stanford  

    Researchers observe the brain patterns of literary PhD candidates while
    they're reading a Jane Austen novel. The fMRI images suggest that literary
    reading provides "a truly valuable exercise of people's brains."


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    How Does Our Brain Learn New Information?

    Heidi Johansen-Berg, a neuroscientist at the University of Oxford, responds . . .

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    You Can Grow Your Intelligence
     by L.S. Blackwell






    New Research Shows that the Brain can be Developed like a Muscle

    How to Take Better Advantage of Brain Plasticity
    a video on how to change the brain

    Risk Taking

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    Extreme Places, Extraordinary Experiences










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    The Contra (Verzasca) dam 007 bungee jump (Switzerland): Dubbed the 007 jump, the Contra dam is where you will have the opportunity to plummet 220 meters (over 720 feet) in Ticino, much like Mr. Bond did in "GoldenEye."

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    El Capitan, My El Capitan
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    The New York Times

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    Teens Drawn to Dangerous World of Train Jumping--Homeless
    by Ed Fletcher
    Sac Bee
    11/2/13



    Malcolm Parks III, left, sits with an unidentified fellow “traveler.” Parks, who grew up in Sacramento, died June 30 after being run over by a train car in Georgia. Parks, known know to his rail jumping friends as Hotboxx, had been raiding the rails since shortly after his 18th birthday. Parks would have turned 23 on Oct. 19. According to friends, he visited 36 states by illegally jumping rail cars.

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    Risk Takers
    By Pat Walters
    Photographs by Marco Grob








    The 21st-Century explorer can make good use of the latest technology; can communicate from almost anywhere on Earth, even atop Mount Everest; can solicit financial support from donors large and small. Yet the advantages of modernity cannot remove all risk from the act of exploration. And so explorers of today are in many ways just like their foremothers and forefathers. They put their physical selves in jeopardy, because how else can you snare a venomous snake or drill deep into
    mountaintop glaciers? If their mission is not popular in scientific circle they may face the criticism of colleagues. And sometimes they must dig deep into their own pockets just to keep on going. In this issue we begin a yearlong series profiling explorers who press the limits.


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    The Mystery of Risk
    National Geographic
    by Peter Gwin

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