Best Thinking for May 19, 2013

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  Summer Traveling
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons

  As the weather gets warmer day by day and schools let out after another year, summer vacation plans sore through the air. Whether traveling for business or pleasure, many Americans will experience the excitement of traveling for the summer. But where will you go? How will you get there?...

• So You Want to Be a Leader?
  Article by Mark Herbert

  Leadership is one of the most broadly debated and least understood concepts we face. I believe there is an over relia...

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  Auto-Tune Moving Back Stage, Slowly
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  It’s been three years since Jay-Z declared the “Death of Auto-Tune” on his album The Blueprint 3, but the pitch-enhancing software still features prominently in popular songs and on YouTube. Will.i.am, member of the Black Eyed Peas and judge on NBC's "The Voice," recently admitted to a...

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  Cockfighting Popular in America Despite Being Banned in All 50 States
  Topic by Ed Murrieta

  Although cockfighting is outlawed across the United States, the ancient bloodsport remains popular in America, especially in California, where large populations of Latino and Asian immigrants -- and relatively lax penalties for breeders and spectators alike -- fuel the illegal activity in...

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  Changes in Bat Requirements Bring Focus Back to Fundamentals and Safety
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  When I played softball, I choose a metal bat. I liked the weight distribution and the chime of a good hit. Even after visiting the Louisville Slugger Factory, I preferred the metal option. I no longer play with bats and gloves, but bats in metal and wood continue to evolve along with changing...

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  Raleigh, North Carolina Z-4-13 New Hope Road Zoning 101
  Article by Lillian L Thompson

  For many years we have looked out on untarnished farmland watching horses and deer. Three plots surrounded by homes a...

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  Feeding Poison: Fairy Tales and Disney
  Topic by Tracy Williams

  The beloved stories parents yearn to pass down to their children do more harm than good. Classic fairy tales, especially those that have been transformed into animated Disney feature films, are not only entertaining to youngsters, but also reinforce stereotypes and inject racist and sexist...

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  Voice Lesson
  Article by R Allen Shoaf

  Reflections on the mystery of singing

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  Frank Marshall Davis: Barack Obama’s “Communist” Uncle Frank
  Article by Lawrence Hogan

  For me, he was someone who in 1977 I needed to interview for my dissertation research. Unbeknownst to me at the time,...

• "Protecting" Women from the Front Lines Holds Them Back
  Topic by Nora G Hertel
• Foodies Eating at Sweatshop Restaurants
  Topic by Erin Luhmann
• Advancing Translational Research Requires Return to Contract Program at NIH
  Article by Robert E Baier
• Alzheimer's Disease: The Demographics of Aging
  Topic by Harvey K Black
• More Than Half of Mothers are Unwed in U.S.
  Topic by Erin Luhmann
• Neuroscience for Military and Civilian Law Enforcement Applications: The Need for Transparency
  Article by Charles F Barnaby
• Demonstrations that Changed and Continue to Change Our World
  Topic by Nora G Hertel
• Muslim Women and Fashion
  Topic by Marta Segal Block
• Wheel of Praise
  Article by R Allen Shoaf