The Great Barrier Reef is Under Attack from El Niño and Climate Change by Justin Worland

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 25, 2016
Article: The Great Barrier Reef is Under Attack from El Niño and Climate Change
Page: 14
Author:  Justin Worland
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1. The Great Barrier Reef is located off the coast of Australia.
2. The Great Barrier Reef is 130,000 square miles.
3. Answers will vary
4. El Niño and ongoing climate change
5. The warming around the water has created a mass bleaching that has taken the color and life out of the coral.
6. What lives on the coral and gives it color is called Symbiotic Organisms.
7. Warm water, pollution, and algae kill the symbiotic organisms.
8. True, when symbiotic organisms are driven, it is also called bleaching.
9. David Kline from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography said this.
10. The current bleaching problem may kill 15% of the world's coral.
11. Coral Reefs protect coastal communities from storms and flooding.
12. Coastal towns depend on coral reefs for tourism.
13. Marine life depends on coral reefs for their habitat.
14. Steve Palumbi from Ocean Scientist at Stanford University said this.
15. True, a global problem does require a global solution.
16. By reducing fishing in the area of the reef and cleaning up pollution, can slowed down reef loss.
17. 200 countries have agreed to keep global temperatures from rising more than 3.6 degrees F.
18. If these countries fail, the first victim will be the coral reefs.

The damaged ruins of Palmyra underscore the cultural cost of Syria's war by Jared Malsin

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: The damaged ruins of Palmyra underscore the cultural cost of Syria's war
Page: 20
Author:  Jared Malsin
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1. The ancient Temple of Bel is located in Palmyra, Syria.
2. Palmyra was built about 32 A.D.
3. ISIS militants conquered Palmyra in May 2015.
4. ISIS militants destroyed the Temple of Bel in August 2015.
5. The ISIS militants destroyed the Temple of Bel because they adhere to a purit.
6. ISIS militants have destroyed the Temple of Baalshamin.
7. ISIS militants destroyed a series of statues that they looted from Palmyra.
8. Khaled al-Asaad was an antiquities scholar who was killed by ISIS militants.
9. Lorenzo Meloni is the only one who has been able to photograph the destruction of Palmyra as of April 2016.
10. The Syrian Civil War has been going on for five years.
11. All six of Syria's UNESCO World Heritage Sites has been damaged.
12. No, jihadists are not the only ones doing the destruction to these sites.
13. The Syrian Government bombed Krak des Chevaliers.
14. Krak des Chevaliers is the 12th century crusader castle west of Homs.
15. An 11th century minaret of the grand mosque in the city of Aleppo.

Xi Jinping's thin skin makes him look weak by Ian Bremmer

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: Xi Jinping's thin skin makes him look weak
Page: 14
Author:  Ian Bremmer
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1. True, The Panama Papers detail allegations that senior Chinese leaders and the Chinese President's family were engaged in offshore deals worth millions.
2. Xi Jinping is the name of China's President.
3. China denied visa request to Bloomberg Magazine because the magazine published a story on China's President's family's wealth and business connections.
4. The New York Times got their visa request denied for doing a story on the wealth of those close to ex-Premier Wen Jiabao.
5. The official media has openly complained about censorship in China.
6. Stories of disappearing journalist have been emerging out of China.
7. Critics have warned that Xi has amassed too much power in China.
8. Brazil will have their leader forced out of power because of a massive bribery scandal.
9. Malaysia's Najid Razak got millions deposited in their bank account as a gift from a Saudi royal.
10. South Africa's Jacob Zuma spent millions in upgrades to enhance his home then said it was for security purposes.
11. Answers will vary
12. Chinese President exempting top leaders from criticism makes China's regime look brittle.

The Panama Papers expose the secret world of the 1% by Rana Foroohar and Matt Vella

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: The Panama Papers expose the secret world of the 1%
Page: 11
Author:  Rana Foroohar and Matt Vella
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1. 11.5 million documents on how very rich people conceal their wealth.
2. These papers leaked from the law firm Mossack Fonseca.
3. Edward Snowden reveal intelligence records 3 years ago in 2013.
4. In 2010, Wikileaks made public U.S. diplomatic cables.
5. A German newspaper, Suddeutsche Zeitung, received the documents.
6. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists was doing this type of investigation for a year.
7. This data goes back 40 years.
8. About 214,000 offshore shell companies are listed.
9. Family of Syrian President Bashar Assad, British Prime Minister David Cameron's late father, several high profile Russians, Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson are listed on these papers.
10. UBS, HSBC, Societe Generale were financial giants implicated.
11. The other 99% are angry and believe the rich have a system to only benefit them.
12. Answers will vary
13. Answers will vary

Miss Nelson Is Back by James Marshall

Book: Miss Nelson Is Back
Author:  James Marshall
ISBN:  0-395-32956-6
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1. The classroom number is 207.
2. Miss Nelson is having her tonsils out.
3. A big kid from room 309 mentioned Viola Swamp.
4. What was said is that she is really mean.
5. Answers will vary
6. Mr. Blandsworth took over Miss Nelson's class.
7. Mr. Blandsworth tried to amuse the class with corny card tricks.
8. Mr. Blandsworth showed the class his favorite shadow pictures.
9. Mr. Blandsworth demonstrated his favorite bird calls.
10. Lucille is the name of Mr. Blandsworth goldfish.
11. Answers will vary
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15. Mr. Blandsworth showed the class his collection of ballpoint pens from all over the world.
16. It is not Ms. Nelson at the door.
17. The class left the school at 10am.
18. The class went to the movies.
19. They went to Lulu's cafe.
20. The students passed Miss Nelson's house.
21. Miss Nelson called the school after seeing her class.
22. Miss Nelson went to her closet.
23. Viola Swamp showed up to room 207.
24. The class did a whole week's work.
25. Answers will vary
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The Wall, Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis

Book: The Wall, Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
Author:  Peter Sis
ISBN-13:  978-0-374-34701-7
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1. A revolution happened in Russia in 1917.
2. The Communist Party came into power in Russia in 1917.
3. The Russian Empire changed to the Soviet Union.
4. World War I ended in 1918.
5. The Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart after World War I.
6. Czechoslovakia gained independence after World War I.
7. Czechoslovakia had 2 decades of democracy after independence.
8. Czechoslovakia was taken over by Nazi Germany.
9. World War II started in 1939.
10. The U.S., Britain, France, and Soviet Union were the allies.
11. The Allies defeated Nazi Germany.
12. Japan fought with Nazi Germany.
13. True
14. The Eastern Bloc were countries that the Russians controlled.
15. True
16. True
17. The Soviet Union built a wall around the city of Berlin.
18. Answers will vary
19. Yes, Europe was divided symbolically, ideologically, and physically.
20. Winston Churchill, a British statesman
21. The Soviet Union and the United States had nuclear weapons in the 1950s.
22. The Cold War lasted 40 years.
23. The United States and the Soviet Union were involved in the Cold War.
24. The Soviets took control of Czechoslovakia in 1948.
25. The Soviet Union closed the borders when it took control of Czechoslovakia.
26. The People's Militia enforced the new rules/orders in Czechoslovakia.
27. The Czech government took its orders from Moscow.
28. The Communist symbols can be seen everywhere.
29. Compulsory is what you call the display of red flags on state holidays.
30. You get punish if you don't display a red flag on state holidays.
31. The Communist Party controlled the schools.
32. The Communist Youth movement is called Young Pioneers.
33. The practice of religion was discouraged.
34. The children were encouraged to report fellow students or their parents if they are too opinionated.
35. The parents learn to keep their opinions to themselves.
36. "Spartakiad" is a mass gymnastics.
37. "Spartakiad" glorify an individual subordination to socialist ideals.
38. Hungary had a popular uprising in 1956.
39. The Berlin Wall was completed in 1961.
40. The Berlin Wall was built in Germany.
41. The Berlin Wall was built to keep East Berliners from defecting to the West.
42. John F. Kennedy visited the Berlin Wall.
43. U.S. President Kennedy visited the Berlin Wall in 1963.
44. U.S. President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner," I am a Berliner.
45. In 1962 the Soviet missiles are in Cuba aimed at the U.S.
46. U.S. President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963.
47. President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.
48. The United States and the Communist fought in Vietnam.
49. Czechoslovak students fought a beetle infestation.
50. Students harvested hops.
51. The Great Socialistic October Revolution is celebrated on November 7.
52. Socialist Realism was the official art.
53. Art and Culture was censored during this time.
54. Your personal letters were opened and censored.
55. Informers for snooping were rewarded.
56. The items that were banned was western radio, certain books and films
57. From his journals, he said his father was drafted into the Army Film Unit.
58. His father was sent to China.
59. His father was sent there to make a film.
60. His father's cousin's name is Lamin.
61. He belonged to the national volleyball team.
62. The Soviet Union launch a dog named Laika into space.
63. Pavka Morozov is a hero in Czechoslovakia.
64. Pavka Morozov reported his family hiding their wheat harvest in their cellar instead of giving it to the village cooperative.
65. Yuri Gagarin landed in Siberia when he returned to Earth.
66. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin went to space.
67. The Czechoslovak National Soccer Team played Brazil at the 1962 World Cup Championship Final in Chile.
68. Artek is a camp for Young Pioneers.
69. The police had orders to cut people's hair.
70. The Soviet Union, Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, and Poland invaded Czechoslovakia.
71. The Czech progressive government was sent to Moscow for "reeducation."
72. Samizdat is banned books.
73. Jan Palach and Jan Zajic set themselves on fire to "wake up the nation from lethargy."
74. Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policies of perestroika and glasnost.
75. Perestroika means restructuring.
76. Glasnost is openness.
77. The ideas of perestroika and glasnost lead to the fall of the Iron Wall.
78. The ideas of perestroika and glasnost lead to the collapse of the Communist system.
79. Poland became first free country under perestroika and glasnost in 1989.
80. Czechoslovakia was the second free country under perestroika and glasnost in 1989.
81. Hungary was free in 1989-1990.
82. East Germany was free in 1989-1990.
83. Romania was free in 1989-1990.
84. Bulgaria was free in 1989-1990.
85. East and West Germany reunited in 1990.
86. The Soviet Union broke up in 1991.
87. The Cold War was over in 1991.
88. Grandfather fought in World War I.
89. Father served in Tibet.
90. Grandfather designed railroads in Chicago.
91. Grandfather designed railroads in the 1920s.
92. Peter interviewed The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Who.
93. Peter traveled with The Beach Boys.

Miss Nelson Has A Field Day by James Marshall

Book: Miss Nelson Has A Field Day
Author:  James Marshall
ISBN:  0-395-36690-9
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1. The school is located in Texas.
2. The name of the school is Horace B. Smedley School.
3. The names of the cafeteria ladies are Sue, Peg, and Lots.
4. The name of the Principal is Mr. Blandsworth.
5. The name of the football team is The Smedley Tornadoes.
6. The football team hasn't scored any points.
7. The football team hasn't won any games.
8. The football team likes horsing around.
9. The janitor or Old Pop Hanson said that the other football team will make mincemeat from the team.
10. The big Thanksgiving game is coming up.
11. They are playing against Central.
12. The Werewolves
13. It was Coach Armstrong
14. Answers will vary
15. Miss Nelson took the coach home.
16. Francelia's Taxi is the cab company that picked up Coach Armstrong.
17. The school said he had the measles.
18. The kids were having a serious discussion at Lulu's.
19. Viola Swamp is the meanest substitute teacher.
20. Miss Nelson made a phone call and found an ugly black sweat suit.
21. Viola Swamp started coaching the team.
22. The boys laughed Mr. Blandsworth off the field.
23. The team's fullback tried to leave practice.
24. Coach Swamp tackled the boy, so he would leave.
25. On the first day of practice, Coach Swamp made the boys do leg raises and run.
26. No, the team didn't like the first day of practice.
27. Mr. Blandsworth wondered who was Miss Swmap.
28. The football team practiced and played like a real team.
29. The Tornadoes clobbered the Werewolves 77 to 3.
30. Mr. Blandsworth treated them to hot dogs and Lulu's.
31. Answers will vary

Take It From Nature by Brenda Iasevoli

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 22
Date: April 22, 2016
Article: Take It From Nature
Author:  Brenda Iasevoli
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1. Eiji Nakatsu suggested that Japan's bullet train's nose be modeled after the kingfisher.
2. No, the train's nose did not increase the boom.
3. The train travels 10% faster.
4. The train uses less electricity at about 15%.
5. Biomimicry is the science of nature-inspired inventions.
6. Bio means life.
7. Mimic means "to imitate."
8. Janine Benyus co-founded the Biomimicry Institute in 2006.
9. Biomimicry Institute "works with companies that want to use nature's best ideas to invent new products."
10. Thousands of plant and animal species go extinct each year.
11. Beth Rattner said, "the more we learn from nature, the more we'll want to protect it."
12. Scientist copied the hairs on the gecko's feet to make super strong tape.
13. Bugs are a cheap and nutritious food source.
14. Students from Thailand designed the "Jube."
15. The Jube is modeled after the pitcher plant.
16. The pitcher plant works by attracting bugs with fragrant nectar and traps the bugs inside.
17. A mosquito is a bite that is almost painless.


Reference
http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/2012/04/biomimicry-japanese-train.html
http://ben.biomimicry.net/examples/2012/eiji-nakatsu-and-the-shinkansen-bullet-train/
https://biomimicry.org/
http://biomimicry.net/about/our-people/founders/
https://biomimicry.org/team/#.VzYcNyMrLJw
http://web.patthai.org/projects/Innovative_prototype/jube.html

Tigers Bounce Back by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 22
Date: April 22, 2016
Article: Tigers Bounce Back
Author:  Time for Kids
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1. 3,890 wild tigers live in the forests between Russia and Vietnam.
2. In 2010, 3,200 wild tigers lived in the forests between Russia and Vietnam.
3. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Global Tiger Forum provided this count.
4. Ginette Hemley is the Senior Vice President of Wildlife Conservation at WWF.
5. Illegal hunting is the activity is threatening the tigers.
6. Forests are being cut down to make/built homes and factories.
7. Human development of houses and factories are shrinking the tigers' habitat.
8. There are 13 countries working with conservationists.
9. In order to control poaching you need well protected habitats.

Reference
http://www.worldwildlife.org/
http://www.worldwildlife.org/leaders/ginette-hemley

Manners Matter by Jaime Joyce

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 22
Date: April 22, 2016
Article: Manners Matter
Author:  Jaime Joyce
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1. Faye de Muyshondt runs a small etiquette school.
2. Socialsklz is located in New York City.
3. The name of the company is called "Socialsklz."
4. The skills taught in her class are introduction of one self, shaking hands, and conversations.
5. Students practice making and receiving phone calls and writing thank you notes.
6. Denise Honaker runs "Polite Is Right."
7. Polite Is Right is located in Torrance, California.
8. Jamie Jimenez signed up for Polite Is Right.
9. Margaret Apgar sign-up for Socialsklz.

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http://socialsklz.com/
http://www.politeisright.net/

The Old-Master Met by Richard Lacayo

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 28, 2016
Article: The old-master Met fills its modern satellite with works in progress
Page: 68
Author:  Richard Lacayo
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1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is the American Louvre.
2. The Whitney Museum of American Art moved from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to downtown.
3. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City rented the old Whitney facility.
4. The new museum will be called "The Met Museum."
5. They are naming the new museum after Marcel Breuer.
6. Ada Louise Huxtable called the old Whitney building, "the most disliked building in New York."
7. Marcel Breuer died in 1981.
8. Nasreen Mohamedi will be featured in the opening shows.

Reference
http://www.metmuseum.org/
http://whitney.org/
http://www.marcelbreuer.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Louise_Huxtable
http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/nasreen-mohamedi

Learning to Love Ted by Michael Scherer

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: Learning to Love Ted
Page: 30
Author:  Michael Scherer
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1. House Speaker Paul Ryan called Ted Cruz a "jackass."
2. John McCain called Ted Cruz a "wackobird."
3. Ted Cruz stands for ideological purity, obstruction over compromise, and confrontation despite the odds.
4. The nomination process will be open to the crowd.
5. the Club for Growth spent $1 million on a television ad in Wisconsin.
6. Senator Mike Lee represents Utah.
7. The bill was to reduce sentences for nonviolent federal offenders.
8. Ted Cruz felt "the bill would unleash violent "illegal aliens" on the streets and weakend Second Amendment protections.
9. Texas Senator John Cornyn.
10. The delegates are state and local party boosters and officials.
11. yes, a loophole exist that this is allowed.
12. Ted Cruz does better in getting delegates to vote for him.


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http://time.com/author/michael-scherer/

War and Rape by Aryn Baker

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: War and Rape, The most shameful consequence of conflict comes out into the open
Page: 36
Author:  Aryn Baker
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1. The name of the victim is Mary.
2. The Dinka and Nuer Tribes are fighting in South Sudan.
3. Salva Kiir is the President of South Sudan.
4. Riek Machar is the Vice President of South Sudan.
5. The President of South Sudan is from the Dinka Tribe.
6. The Vice President of South Sudan is from the Nuer Tribe.
7. 50,000 people have been killed in South Sudan's Civil War.
8. 2.8 million people are at risk of famine.
9. The Make Way Partners in Uganda is an American Christian organization that provides housing, medical care and schooling for South Sudanese orphans.
10. Nyalaat was Mary's daughter's name.
11. There were 200,000 women raped in the Congo's Civil War.
12. In Rwanda in 1998 rape was prosecuted as a tool of genocide.
13. The International Criminal Tribunal prosecuted this case.
14. The conflict in Rwanda was the country's 1994 conflict.
15. The International Criminal Tribunal prosecuted rape as a crime against humanity and a war crime for the former Yugoslavia.
16. The rape camps used by Serbian soldiers during the Bosnian War.
17. Gynecologist Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital.
18. Christine Schuler-Deschryver is a local women's-rights activist.
19. Dr. Neema Rukunghu is a Gynecologist and Medical Coordinator for the Panzi Hospital Center in Bukavu.
20. City of Joy is a six-month residential program for rape survivors that combine group therapy with literacy classes.
21. Juba is the capital of South Sudan.
22. 50,000 children were born of rape over the past two decades in eastern Congo.
23. The children aren't eligible for national IDs.
24. Africa and Middle East of areas of the world that this is a problem.
25. If you don't have a national ID then you can't attend school or receive government assistance.
26. These children face being ostracized as the sons and daughters of the enemy.  They will also face discrimination.
27. The Helms Amendment prevents foreign-aid funds from going to programs that also provide abortions.
28. The Helms Amendment was enacted in 1973.
29. The Helms Amendment prevents organizations to perform abortions even if they seem necessary.
30. The "Living Peace" program works with men who are violent or have abandoned their wives.
31. "Living Peace" is funded by Promundo.
32. Psychologist Benoit Ruratotoye founded Living Peace in Goma.
33. Answers will vary.  Some sample answers: You start by teaching the boys about human rights, respect for women, and equality to all.
34. Soldiers are being prosecuted so this has lowered the reported cases.
35. 15,000 cases of rape were reported in 2013.
36. 10,882 cases of rape were reported in 2014.
37. Answers will vary
38. Northern Iraq is the area where the Yezidi religious group lives.
39. Syria and Iraq are facing escalating war rape cases.


Reference
Time.com
http://time.com/author/aryn-baker/
http://www.makewaypartners.org/hfss/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinka_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuer_people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan
http://www.britannica.com/biography/Salva-Kiir-Mayardit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riek_Machar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congo_War
http://homepages.uc.edu/thro/rwanda/RwandaRapeCase2.htm
http://www.icty.org/
http://www.panzifoundation.org/panzi-hospital/
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/issues/rape-in-war/dr-mukwege-panzi-hospital-and-phrs-partnership.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Mukwege
https://twitter.com/denismukwege
http://drc.vday.org/tag/christine-schuler-deschryver/
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/community/planned-parenthood-global/helms-amendment-hurts-women-worldwide
https://www.guttmacher.org/about/gpr/2013/09/abortion-restrictions-us-foreign-aid-history-and-harms-helms-amendment
http://promundoglobal.org/programs/living-peace/
https://cd.linkedin.com/in/benoit-ruratotoye-50826528

A major league arms race: fastballs keep getting faster by Sean Gregory

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: A major league arms race: fastballs keep getting faster
Page: 18
Author: Sean Gregory
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1. 11 pitchers averaged 95 mph pitches in 2005.
2. 54 pitchers average 95 mph pitches in 2015.
3. FanGraphs.com provided this data.
4. 24 pitchers hit the 100 mph mark last season.
5. 12 pitchers hit the 100 mph mark in 2008.
6. Jeff Passan wrote "The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the most Valuable Commodity in Sports."
7. Two reasons why baseball is now a blur.  The first thing is specialized bullpens.  The second thing is new training techniques.
8. A specialized bullpen is when relief pitchers only face a batter or two per game.
9. The benefits are that this helps keep the relief pitchers arms fresh.
10. Answers will vary
11. The benefit of 3D analysis is that it helps young pitchers improve mechanics.
12. New approaches to scientific conditioning and nutrition have made the pitchers stronger.
13. "Tommy John" elbow reconstruction surgery is what pitchers will eventually get to fix their arms after injury.
14. True

Reference
http://time.com/author/sean-gregory/
fangraph.com
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062400369/the-arm
https://www.xsens.com/customer-cases/baseball-pitchers-analysis/
http://www.industrytap.com/3d-motion-analysis-system-could-prevent-shoulder-injuries-in-baseball-pitchers/4668
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaCGdBfcoMo

Xochitl and The Flowers by Jorge Argueta

Book: Xochitl and The Flowers
Author:  Jorge Argueta
ISBN-13: 978-0-89239-181-3
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1. The story takes place far from El Salvador.
2. The girl's name is Xochitl and it means flower.
3. Xochitl means flowers in the Nahuatl language.
4. The name of the family is the Flores family.
5. Doña Servelia Flores is the mother's name.
6. Don Obdulio Flores is the father's name.
7. Ruben is the grandfather's name.
8. Nahuatl Indians lived on the land before the Spaniards.
9. The family used to live in El Salvador and now they live in San Francisco.
10. The Flores family lives with their Uncle Benjamin and Aunt Candelaria.
11. Fidel married Rosa in El Salvador.
12. The Shoemaker's dog was named Grillito.
13. Mother's dream is to open a flower shop.
14. Mother's job was cleaning houses.
15. He paints houses or works anywhere he can.
16. Xochitl sees her abuelitos, neighbors, and everything she left behind in El Salvador.
17. Doña Ivania is the owner of El Trebol.
18. Don Prudencio is the name of the mariachi guitarist.
19. He found an apartment with a backyard.
20. They started cleaning the backyard on Saturday.
21. Don Obdulio borrowed a blue truck from a relative.
22. Uncle Benjamin was the relative that Don Obdulio borrowed the truck from.
23. Mr. Awad and Don Prudencio helped clean up.
24. They made paths with them.
25. Doña Ivania gave the family two parakeets for their garden.
26. The family opened the nursery on Sunday.
27. Answers will vary
28. Don Roberto is the owner of the lot.
29. Answers will vary
30. Answers will vary

Amelia's Road by Linda Jacobs Altman

Book: Amelia's Road
Author:  Linda Jacobs Altman
ISBN-13: 978-1-880000-04-5
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Comments: A little travels from one harvest to another with her family.  She would like to stop traveling and call one place home.  Her parents are migrant farm workers.  The story demonstrates how you can find strength even though you may feel you don't have any power.

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1. Amelia Luisa Martinez
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4. The roads that Amelia knew went to farms.
5. The farm workers labored the farms.
6. Amelia wanted to go somewhere people didn't have to work so hard.
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8. Amelia's family had a cabin at the labor camp.
9. No, Amelia's family didn't care about the type of housing they received.
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11. Amelia was born in Yuba City.
12. Amelia was born in June.
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14. Amelia picked apples from 5am to 8am.
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16. Amelia's hands stung and her shoulders ached.
17. Yes, Amelia had to attend school after working.
18. Amelia's elementary school is called Fillmore Elementary.
19. Mrs. Ramos was Amelia's teacher's name.
20. Amelia drew a house with a big tree in the front yard on the first day of school.
21. Amelia found "The Accidental Road" one day after school.
22. There was a wondrous tree at the end of "The Accidental Road."
23. Rosa was Amelia's sister's name.
24. Hector was Amelia's brother's name.
25. Amelia found an old metal box one day.
26. Amelia named "The Accidental Road," "Amelia Road."
27. Amelia buried the box right below the big tree at the end of the accidental road.
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Like a Windy Day by Frank Asch and Devin Asch

Book: Like a Windy Day
Author:  Frank Asch and Devin Asch
ISBN-13: 978-0-15-216376-1
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12. Five people lost their hats.
13. Two people kept their hats.
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Mr Maxwell's Mouse by Frank Asch and Devin Asch

Book: Mr. Maxwell's Mouse
Author:  Frank Asch and Devin Asch
ISBN:  978-1-55337-486-2
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1. Clyde is the name of the headwaiter.
2. Mr. Maxwell works for Taylor, Bentwell and Nipson.
3. Mr. Maxwell got promoted to Vice Manager of Efficiency Control.
4. The name of the restaurant is Paw and Claw.
5. Mr. Maxwell ordered baked mouse.
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15. No, Mr. Maxwell is not religious.
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28. Clyde dropped a tray of boiled lobsters.
29. The chef spilled a pot of hot oil.
30. The affect of the spill was that the kitchen caught on fire.
31. The mouse freed all the other mice.
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Quiet Strength by Brian McGrath

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 23
Date: April 29, 2016
Article: Quiet Strength
Author:  Brian McGrath
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1. Susan Cain is the author of "The Power of Quiet: The Secret Strengths of Introverts."
2. Cain says extroverts want excitement and attention.
3. Introverts enjoy spending time with others and spending time alone.
4. Introverts draw their energy from quiet settings.
5. Bill Gates, Misty Copeland, and President Barack Obama are introverts.
6. Introverts are sensitive to outside stimulators.
7. Outside stimulators are noise, bright lights, large gatherings.
8. Introverts are more sensitive to sour taste of lemons.
9. No, extroverts are not affected the same to stimulators.
10. True, extroverts may feel bored or unhappy when there is no excitement.
11. Susan Cain said that "it's important as an introvert kid to remember your superpowers."

Reference
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://www.quietrev.com/
https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts?language=en
https://www.facebook.com/authorsusancain

Career Builder by Hayden Field

Magazine: Time for Kids, Your $
Edition: 4, Vol. 2, No. 9
Date: May 2016
Article: Career Builder
Author:  Hayden Field
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1. The five up-and-coming professions are Drone Engineer, Career Counselor, Computer-Personality Designer, Aging Specialist, and Water Harvester.
2. Futurists are people who predict trends for the years to come.
3. Cindy Frewen is an architect and urban futurist.
4. Drones are aircraft that can be controlled by someone on the ground or programmed to control themselves.
5. Amazon is exploring the possibility of using drones to deliver packages.
6. Julie Friedman Steele says there will be an increase in drone air-traffic controllers.
7. Julie Friedman Steele works for the World Future Society.
8. To be a Drone Engineer you need to study artificial intelligence and Computers.
9. To be a Career Counselor you need to study psychology, sociology, and behavioral science.
10. Career Counselor helps people prepare to move from one profession to the next.
11. To become a Computer-Personality Designer you need to study artificial intelligence, robotics, and language processing.
12. Computer-Personality Designers program machines to "talk and chat in a normal way" without sounding robotic.
13. To become an Aging Specialist you need to study biology, genetics, and robotics.
14. 53,264 Americans were the age 100 or older in 2010.
15. The U.S. Census Bureau predicts 532,640 Americans age 100 or older by 2050.
16. Aging Specialists will help elderly people secure a better quality of life through medicine and technology.
17. To become a Water Harvester you will need to study climate change and chemistry.
18. Water Harvesters will manage, protect, and purify water.


Reference
http://www.timeforkids.com/
http://successfulstudent.org/15-best-drone-training-colleges/
http://www.uxvuniversity.com/
http://www.futurist.com/
http://profuturists.org/
http://www.futurist.com/think-tank/dr-cindy-frewen-faia-2/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Friedman
http://dutchfuturesociety.nl/2817-2/
http://www.wfs.org/
http://careersinpsychology.org/start-your-career-counseling-career/
http://agency.governmentjobs.com/sdcounty/default.cfm?action=viewclassspec&classSpecID=80824&viewOnly=yes
http://ssw.umich.edu/programs/msw/specialization-and-certification-programs/specialist-in-aging
https://www.functionalaginginstitute.com/certifications.html

Miss Nelson is Missing! by James Marshall

Book: Miss Nelson is Missing!
Author:  James Marshall
ISBN: 0-395-25296-2
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7. The kids yelled and made more spitballs and paper airplanes.
8. Miss Viola Swamp showed up that morning as the new teacher.
9. Arithmetic was the first lesson the students did with the substitute teacher.
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11. Yes, the students got alot of homework from Miss Swamp.
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13. The students from room 207 went to the police station.
14. Detective McSmogg is the detective assigned to find Miss Nelson.
15. Some of Miss Nelson's students went looking for her to her house.
16. Miss Viola Swamp showed up to Miss Nelson's house.
17. a) She got gobbled up by a shark, b) Miss Nelson went to Mars
18. The students though Miss Nelson got carried off by a swarm of angry butterflies.
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20. Yes, the students missed Miss Nelson.
21. The first thing Miss Nelson did when she returned to class was to have Story Hour.
22. Yes, the class behaved this time.
23. Miss Nelson hung her coat next to an ugly black dress.
24. Miss Nelson sang, "I'll never tell" before going to bed.
25. No, Detective McSmogg never found Miss Nelson.
26. Detective McSmogg is working on a new case, looking for Miss Viola Swamp.

Powerful Pitches by Sean Gregory

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 23
Date: April 29, 2016
Article: Powerful Pitches
Author:  Sean Gregory
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1. Yes, pitchers are getting closer to throwing 100 miles per hour pitches.
2. 11 pitchers threw and average of 95 mph balls in 2005.
3. 54 pitchers threw and average of 95 mph balls in 2015.
4. You had to pitch 40 innings to be considered in this data.
5. 43 more pitchers threw 95 mph balls in 2015 compared to 2005.
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7. 24 pitchers reached 100 mph last season.
8. Jeff Passan said, "A hundred miles per hour is no longer a mythical number."
9. Pitchers face 1 or 2 batters in a game.
10. Strikeouts per game hit an all-time in MLB in 2015.
11. Home Runs jumped in 2015 from 2014.
12. Pitchers that throw harder are experiencing getting hurt.
13. The sport has seen on the rise besides fastballs are surgeries on pitchers' elbows.
14. What's keeping young pitchers from getting hurt is advance training and medicine.

Presidential Plans by Stephanie Kraus

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 23
Date: April 29, 2016
Article: Presidential Plans
Author:  Stephanie Kraus
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1. Elena Mulhern wants to run for president in 2020.
2. The U.S. Constitution states that only a natural-born citizen can become president.
3. Elena was born in China.
4. Elena was born in 2005.
5. Elena lives in Kingston, Massachusetts.
6. Elena was 10 months old when she was adopted.
7. Elena was 8 years old when she decided she wanted to be president.
8. Elena started a petition to change the law.
9. The law that states you have to be a natural-born citizen to be president is over 200 years old.
10. Elena hopes to inspire others to follow their dreams.

Money's New Faces by Time for Kids

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 23
Date: April 29, 2016
Article: Money's New Faces
Author:  Time for Kids
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1. Abolitionist Hero Harriet Tubman will replace President Andrew Jackson as the portrait on the front of the $20 bill.
2. The Treasury Department made the announcement on April 20, 2016.
3. The Treasury Department will redo the $5 bill and the $10 bill.
4. The new designs will be unveiled in 2020.
5. The 19th Amendment will celebrate 100 years.
6. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
7. The $10 bill will circulate first.
8. The bills will have security features and tactile changes to aid the blind.
9. Alexander Hamilton will remain the face of the $10 bill.
10. The $10 bill will have on the back a design on the 1913 March and five women leaders.
11. On the back of the $5 bill will be Opera Singer Marian Anderson.

Donald Trump's confidence game has been years in the making by Rana Foroohar

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: Donald Trump's confidence game has been years in the making
Page: 26
Author:  Rana Foroohar
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1. Herman Melville wrote the "The Confidence-Man."
2. No, he won't be able to eliminate the $19 trillion federal debt in 8 years.
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6. The cheap money is $4.5 trillion the central banks put into the economy with low interest rates.
7. Global recessions happen every 8 years.
8. There is a 25%-30% chance the U.S. will have a recession.
9. Donald Trump owned the Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
10. Donald Trump allowed creditors to use his name but they had to pay him.
11. Brown Rudnick Law Firm represented Carl Icahn.
12. The head attorney at Brown Rudnick Law Firm was Edward Weisfelner.
13. Carl Icahn was trying to accomplish to gain control of Trump Entertainment Resorts.

The View, What VR's rocky past reveals about its future

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: The View, What VR's rocky past reveals about its future
Page: 23
Author:  Lev Grossman
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1. French Artist Paul Dominique created the first version of the Gettysburg Cyclorama.
2. A cyclorama is a pictorial representation of a landscape on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center by Dictionary.com
3. The technology that created the illusion of depth using two slightly offset images is called stereoscope.
4. Sensorama was a technology invented in 1962.
5. Imax is a technology that has survived and has about 1,000 locations around the world.
6. The two products today that offer virtual reality are Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.
7. The key to Virtual Reality survival is; if Virtual Reality can be necessary.
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9. The key signs Virtual Reality has hit mass medium is when your boss makes it mandatory and your family demands it.
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The Brief, The GOP's plan to look past the presidency and keep Congress by Philip Elliott and Jay Newton-Small

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 25, 2016
Article: The Brief, The GOP's plan to look past the presidency-and keep Congress
Page: 7
Author:  Philip Elliott and Jay Newton-Small
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1. Reince Priebus, Republican Party Chair, has control of $126 million from donors.
2. Charles and David Koch are two billionaires that plan to spend $889 million before Election Day.
3. James Davis is the representative for the Kochs' umbrella group.
4. Freedom Partners Action Fund is a group that spent $2 million on a TV ad for Republican Senator Rob Portman.
5. GOP means Grand Old Party, the Republican Party.
6. 73% of female voters have a negative view of Donald Trump.
7. 85% of latino voters have a negative view of Donald Trump.
8. 80% of African American voters have a negative view of Donald Trump.
9. 80% of young voters have a negative view of Donald Trump.

Bridging Borders, Infrastructure by Time Magazine

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 25, 2016
Article: Bridging Borders, Infrastructure
Page: 8
Author:  Time Magazine
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1. The 5 cross-border bridges are Saudi Arabia and Egypt, China and Russia, Russia and United States, India and Sri Lanka, and Bahrain and Qatar.
2. Qatar and Bahrain Friendship Bridge will connect Bahrain and Qatar.
3. India and Sri Lanka bridge will be 14 miles long.
4. Russia and United States bridge will be 55 miles long.
5. China and Russia bridge will be over the Amur River.

Trump and Sanders have tapped into a dangerous and wrong anti-trade sentiment by Ian Bremmer

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 25, 2016
Article: Trump and Sanders have tapped into a dangerous-and wrong- anti-trade sentiment
Page: 10
Author:  Ian Bremmer
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1. Donald Trump promised to bring manufacturing jobs back from other countries.
2. Globalization is the process by which ideas, people, money, goods and services cross borders at unprecedented speed.
3. True
4. Between 2001 to 2013, 3.2 million jobs left China from the U.S.
5. Reshoring is manufacturing jobs returning to the U.S. from abroad.
6. 12.5 million manufacturing jobs have returned to the U.S.
7. 19.5 million manufacturing jobs existed in the U.S. in 1979.
8. Automation will sideline the U.S. factory worker.
9. The development of efficient machines will be the next globalization wave.
10. The 21st century factory workers need to program, run and maintain fast-evolving high-tech equipment.

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