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  • SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston Massar was the first girl to
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  • Johnston Massar was the first girl to play Little League baseball.
  • SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston Massar was the first girl to
  • Davis pitches for Philadelphia
  • She only gave up two hits
  • play Little League baseball. Back in 1950, girls could not play with boys. Massar made
  • Girls are making Little League history
  • herself look like a boy so she could play. She cut off her braids and tucked her hair under her cap. 
  • Back in 1950, girls could not play with boys.
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  • When people discovered she was a girl, a new rule was made. It stopped girls from playing baseball with boys.
  • Philadelphia's Mo'ne Davis delivers in the first inning against Nashville's Robert Hassell III during a baseball game in United States pool play at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Friday, Aug. 15, 2014. Philadelphia won 4-0 with Davis pitching a two-hitter. Photo: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
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  • Massar played in Little League in 1950
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  • Today, two girls are playing in the same Little League World Series.
  • Massar thinks more girls will play Little League. She believes a woman will also play in Major League Baseball someday. 
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  • Mo'ne Davis plays for Philadelphia. Emma March plays for Canada. They are the 17th and 18th girls to ever play in the tournament.
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      alivingston on 20 Aug 14
       
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      Close game
  • Massar played more than 60 years ago. Today, two girls are playing in the same Little League World Series.
  • The World Series has been going on for 68 years. It is just the third time that two girls are playing in the same series.
  • Massar is happy about her place in history.
  • More than 60 years ago, Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston Massar cut off her braids, tucked her hair under her cap and disguised herself to become the first girl to play Little League baseball.
  • "It's something I'm proud of," she said. "Why not play baseball with the boys?"
  • It made her the first girl to give up no runs in a Little League World Series game.
  • Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett watched Davis play. He said she seemed to handle
  • On Friday, Philadelphia's Mo'ne Davis and Canada's Emma March became the 17th and 18th girls to ever play in the tournament. It is only the third time in the event's 68-year history that two girls are playing in the same series.
  • She is now 78.
  • Davis pitched as Philadelphia beat Nashville 4-0. She had eight strikeouts, didn't walk a batter and gave up just two hits.
  • " Massar said. She is now 78.
  • Davis struck out the final batter. The out made her the first girl to throw a shutout in Little League World Series history.
  • Her team beat Nashville 4-0.
  • She batted fourth and played first base
  • March did not fare as well in her game. She played played first base and batted fourth at "cleanup," just ahead of her brother Evan. March went hitless Friday in Canada's 4-3 loss to Mexico.
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  • Massar made herself look like a boy so she could play. She cut off her braids and tucked her hair under her cap. 
  • about her place in history.
  • She drove a long fly ball to right field in the fourth inning that the crowd thought might be a home run. However, the hit sailed foul into the stands.
  • Massar, chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at one of Monday's games, believes more girls will start to play in Little League and beyond. She thinks eventually there will be a woman in Major League Baseball.
  • Massar played in 1950, leading to a rule barring girls from playing until it was reversed in 1974. She describes herself as a "trailblazer" and said she celebrates her role in history.
  • professional baseball one day. 
  • 13-year-old has a nice pitching delivery. "It goes to show you how sports have moved the last 30 or 40 years, and we wouldn't have thought of this 40 or 50 years ago. And today, she's out there pitching, doing a great job and I'm sitting there thinking, 'Is she going to go into professional baseball?' I don't know."
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  • "It's very unreal. I never thought at the age of 13, I would be a role model," Davis said. "Hopefully, more girls play Little League."
  • Her brother Evan batted right after her. March had no hits. Canada lost 4-3 to Mexico. The fans were still excited to see her play.
  • She pitched what is called a shutout. 
  • I would be a role model," Davis said. "Hopefully, more girls play Little League."
  • March did not do as well.
  • Her brother Evan batted right after her. March had no hits. Canada lost 4-3 to Mexico. The fans were still excited to see her play.
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  • "I don't know," Corbett said. "She's played as well as any kid out there right now."
  • He said he was wondering if she would play
  • loudly when Davis struck out the last batter.
  • Children from poorer families get less exercise, partly because of a lack of recreation centers and playgrounds.
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  • shocked the city. The Red Sox said they
  • Philadelphia won 4-0 with Davis pitching a two-hitter. Photo: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar
  • Philadelphia's Mo'ne Davis and Canada's Emma March became the 17th and 18th girls to play in the tournament Friday
  • Davis pitched a two-hitter
  • She had eight strikeouts and didn't walk a batter.
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  • March did not do as well.
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  • "I don't know," Corbett said. "She's played as well as any kid out there right no
  • Today, two girls are playing in the same Little
  • as a girl. The rule was changed in 1974. Massar said she celebrates her place in history. "It's something I'm proud of," she said. "Why not play baseball with the boys?" Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett watched Davis play. He said she seemed to handle the pressure well. He said he was wondering if she would play professional baseball one
  • y, Big League Tomorrow Before every game, someone gets to throw out the first pitch. It is an honor. Massar was chosen to throw out the first pitch at one of Monday's games. She believes more girls will play Little League. She is certain that someday a woman will play Major League Base
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  • SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston Massar was the first girl to play Little League baseball. Back in 1950, girls could not play with boys. Massar made herself look like a boy so she could play. She cut off her braids and tucked her hair
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  • Two very different girls first met on the baseball field. Now, they're close friends.
  • "It's truly amazing. I'm very happy to see girls playing," said Massar, now 78.
  • SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — More than 60 years ago, Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston
  • Massar cut off her braids and tucked her hair under her cap. She disguised herself to
  • become the first girl to play Little League baseball. Today she's delighted to see two girls in the Little League World Series.
  • On Friday, Philadelphia's Mo'ne Davis and Canada's Emma March became the 17th and 18th girls to ever play in the tournament. It is only the third time in the event's 68-year history that two girls are playing in the same series.
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Newsela | Nonfiction Literacy and Current Events - 2 views

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  • The government in Mexico hopes to stop a dangerous problem in Mexican society: school bullying.
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      mrstreit on 20 Aug 14
       
      IT'S EVERYWHERE
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      yup
  • They held signs with the hashtag "#ElBullyingNoEsUnJuego," or “Bullying is not a game
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  • Bullying is not a game.
  • People paid more attention to the anti-bullying message after a 12-year-old boy died in May. He had been grabbed by a group of students. They threw him against a wall. Newspapers said the boy told his teacher about being bullied but was ignored
  • It was considered normal
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      Why is it considered normal?
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      Because people pick on each other all the time
  • People paid more attention to the anti-bullying
  • after a 12-year-old boy died in May. He had been grabbed by a group of students.
  • A top official in the government said they had been working on fixing the bullying problem since last year.
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      If this was in America it would be solved and bullying would be a thing of the past.
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  • Trying to stop bullying in Mexico's schools
  • By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff July 03, 2014
  • Students of the Primary School study in their classroom in Acapulco, Mexico, April 9, 2013. Photo: AP Photo/Marco Ugarte
  • The anti-bullying effort was inspired by anti-bullying programs in the United States. It’s not surprising that in Mexico, the English word has been adopted into everyday language. Because there is no single Spanish word for "bullying," children outside a middle school on the southern edge of Mexico City use the English word. They pronounced it “boo-leeng.” Sometimes they used Spanglish verbs like "buleando." Using the word “bullearon,” 12-year-old Julian Perez said, “I’ve been bullied because of my stature. I’m short. But I’ve become used to it and if I don’t pay it any mind, they leave me alone.” Parent Renata Fernandez, 44, had a slightly different thought. “I think bullying has always existed,” she said. “But now it’s in fashion to talk about this theme. Before it didn’t get a lot of attention.”
  • he said.  The government official said the problem of bullying comes from outside of school. It often starts in families. But he said that schools should at least be a safe space for students. Mexican journalist Monica Garza does not support the anti-bullying movement. She said the word could just become a trendy term. The country is full of social problems, she says. Bad treatment and abuse of people of all ages has been a problem for a long time. “Mexico is a violent country that tolerates violence,” Garza wrote. “Bullying,” she said, “has become the word of the moment."
  • He said that before, bullying had been mostly ignored. “I think it was given less importance for many years.
  • ” And on June 11, Mexico’s government said that it would work with teachers to stop bullying. “The government has made a commitment … to make schools free of acoso escolar,” the president said. "Acosco escolar" is Spanish for the "hurting of students."
  • Mexico's president spoke against bullying during a visit to a Mexican state with a violence problem. Famous Mexicans joined in on Twitter.
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  • Many people think that only the least popular kids get bullied at school. But the study says that popular teens are more likely to get bullied as others try to take their place.
  • now focusing on another form of violence that plagues Mexican society: school bullying.
  • f acoso escolar,” the president said. "Acosco escolar" is Spanish for the "hurting of students."
  • Mexico’s human rights commission announced that it would work with teachers as part of a national campaign to tackle bullying.
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  • The government in Mexico hopes to stop a dangerous problem in
  • he anti-bullying effort was inspired by anti-bullying programs in the United States
  • Mexico's president spoke against bullying during a visit to a Mexican state with a violence problem. Famous Mexicans joined in on Twitter
  • It’s not surprising that in Mexico, the English word has been adopted into everyday language.
  • It’s not surprising that in Mexico, the English word has been adopted into everyday language.
  • hey held signs with the hashtag "#ElBullyingNoEsUnJuego," or “Bullying is not a game.” And on June 11, Mexico’s
  • The anti-bullying effort was inspired by anti-bullying programs in the United States.
  • The anti-bullying effort was inspired by anti-bullying progra
  • o make schools free of acoso escolar,” the president said. "Acosco escolar" is Spanish for the "hurting of students."
  • The anti-bullying effort was inspired by anti-bullying programs in the United States. It’s not surprising that in Mexico, the English word has been adopted into everyday language.
  • The anti-bullying effort was inspired by anti-bullying programs in the United States. It’s not surprising that in Mexico, the English word has been adopted into everyday language.
  • Because there is no single Spanish word for "bullying," children outside a middle school on the southern edge of Mexico City use the English word. They pronounced it “boo-leeng.” Sometimes they used Spanglish verbs like "buleando."
  • Because there is no single Spanish word for "bullying," children outside a middle school on the southern edge of Mexico City use the English word. They pronounced it “boo-leeng.” Sometimes they used Spanglish verbs like "buleando."
  • He said that before, bullying had been mostly ignored.
  • “I think bullying has always existed,” she said. “But now it’s in fashion to talk about this theme. Before it didn’t get a lot of attention.”
  • “I think bullying has always existed,” she said. “But now it’s in fashion to talk about this theme. Before it didn’t get a lot of attention.”
  • “I think it was given less importance for many years. It was considered normal,” he said
  • “I think bullying has always existed,” she said. “But now it’s in fashion to talk about this theme. Before it didn’t get a lot of attention.”
  • “I think bullying has always existed,” she said. “But now it’s in fashion to talk about this theme. Before it didn’t get a lot of attent
  • “I think bullying has always existed,” she said. “But now it’s in fashion to talk about this theme. Before it didn’t get a lot of attention.”
  • Parent Renata Fernandez, 44, had a slightly different thought.
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  • The government in Mexico hopes to stop a dangerous problem in Mexican society: school bullying.
  • Mexico's president spoke against bullying during a visit to a Mexican state with a violence problem. Famous Mexicans joined in on Twitter. They held signs with the hashtag "#ElBullyingNoEsUnJuego," or “Bullying is not a game.” And on June 11, Mexico’s government said that it would work with teachers to stop bullying.
  • “The government has made a commitment …
  • to make schools free of acoso escolar,” the president said. "Acosco escolar" is Spanish for the "hurting of students."
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    Artical about bullying in Mexico.
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  • Over the last 10 years, more than a million of Africa's wild elephants have been killed. In 2004, there were 1.5 million wild African elephants. Today, there are only between 300,000 and 400,000 of the animals left.
  • . Elephants are being slaughtered for their valuable ivory tusks.
  • 96 wild elephants are poached every day.
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  • sure that elephants will not disappear altogether, zoos have been trying to breed captive elephants. Their efforts haven't been very successful, though. Getting elephants to mate and give birth is a tricky business.
  • To make
  • Scientists went to South Africa to visit wild elephants. They brought back semen, to fertilize female elephant eggs, and used it to make female zoo elephants pregnant in the United States.
  • Project Frozen Dumbo.
  • Disney
  • character Dumbo the Elephant.
  • Last Tuesday was World Elephant Day, which is celebrated to draw attention to the problems of wild elephants.
  • For about 30 years, zoos have exchanged elephants to see if they could get them to have calves — or baby elephants. Those efforts have largely been unsuccessful. It's just not easy to get zoo elephants to mate.
  • Theison said he hopes to pair a 14-year-old female elephant with a possible mate this year. At his zoo, elephants roam over 724 acres, with few people bothering them. The hope is that such conditions will encourage natural breeding.
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  • MILWAUKEE — To understand earthquakes, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are going directly to their source miles below the Earth. It is a bold plan. Earthquakes occur at fault lines. Fault lines are where the huge plates of rock that make up the Earth's surface bump up against each other. The geologists are drilling through miles of rock at dangerous faults in New Zealand and Japan. These are faults that could erupt at any moment, causing giant earthquakes. “These are the natural disasters that kill the most people on the planet. So we need to know as well as we can how they work and whether there are ways to (reduce) their effects by early warning or detection,” said Ha
  • “If we want to understand earthquakes, it’s one of the few kind of direct ways we can get evidence about what faults are like,” said Clifford Thurber. He is a professor in the department of geoscience at UW-Madison. Thurber and Tobin are part of a group of international scientists working on the Deep Fault Drilling Project. The project is located in at the Alpine Fault in New Zealand. The New Zealand fault has been quiet since 1717. It typically causes a major quake every 300 or 400 years. Scientists think the area is due for an earthquake soon. They estimate a 28 percent chance of a quake in the next 50 years. Beginning in October, the geologists will drill nearly a mile deep into the Alpine Fault. Drill, Analyze, Wait Drilling such deep holes, however, is not easy. This is especially true for faults that are under water. Many of the most dangerous faults that cause tsunamis — earthquakes that create huge tidal waves — are under the sea. Tobin is co-chief scientist of the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment
  • obin. He teaches geoscience at the university. Geologists study rocks and the matter that makes up the Earth.
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  • below the ocean floor near
  • Scientists are seeking to understand the chain of events that cause big earthquakes. The scientists will take samples of rock from the faults and record the conditions down deep in the Earth. If they are lucky, they will catch a quake in action. Earthquakes are some of the most destructive and deadly natura
  • deep below the surface of the Earth, too deep for researchers to go. Typically, earthquakes are studied by meas
  • is not very helpful for people living in the area who have only moments to take cover. Scientists don’t know how — or
  • samples of rock as they drill to study. Then they will place instruments in the hole to measure seismic tremors and other factors. These include the pressure, temperatur
  • You would know much more if you could unwrap it and look directly at what was inside. This is why the scientists want to drill down to the fault line. They will bring up core
  • Tobin and his fellow scientists took round-the-clock shifts, analyzing the information and samples of rock that came out of the drill hole. At times, they braved harsh winds and waves as high as 30 feet. The scientists have already drilled a mile and a half down below
  • ned The UW researchers also were involved in an earlier experiment, called the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD). Scientists drilled a 2-mile-deep hole through the famous San Andreas Fault in California. The San Andreas fault has caused many earthquakes throughout the state. The experiment recovered the first samples of rock at the level where small earthquakes begin. However, scientists encountered many problems. Drilling was more expensive than
  • Instruments will remain in the holes for decades. They will collect information and wai
  • an. Scientists there will not drill down to where major quakes begin. Instead, the drills will stay closer to the surface, where they have already uncovered important information. “We’re seeing rocks much closer to what they are like down where earthquakes do their thing,” Thurber said. Cancel Save Annotate
  • roke. Their failure was caused by harmful gases, crushing pressures and high temperatures at that depth. The lessons scientists learned there will be useful to the experiments in New Zealand and
  • is useful. But it's not direct — sort of like trying to figure out what’s inside your birth
  • experience a quake, but they can only predict earthquakes over the span of decades. Th
  • disasters on the planet. They also are some of the least predictable. Scientists can say how likely a fault is to
  • Wisconsin geologists' big dig to understand earthquakes By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, adapted by Newsela staff
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  • Tourists are coming by the thousands this winter to see the icy landscape of the Great Lakes. Unusually cold weather has caused record-setting levels of ice on four of th
  • (NanTroSEIZE) in Japan. He spent seven weeks at sea last winter on a scientific drilling ship called the Chikyu. The ship drilled into the Nankai Fault off the coast of southern
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  • MILWAUKEE
  • Scientists can say how likely it is that an earthquake will happen. But they do not yet have the tools to tell when exactly an earthquake will strike
  • The scientists also have drilled into the San Andreas fault. The San Andreas fault is in California. It has caused many earthquakes.
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  • The Earth's surface is made up of flat plates of rock. Earthquakes erupt when the plates bang against each other. These happen at what are called faults.
  • Scientists
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  • The problem is scientists do not really know how earthquakes begin. It's hard to find out. Earthquakes begin miles below the Earth's surface.
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      el89730220 on 20 Aug 14
       
      Plates made of rock bang together at faults making an earthquake.
  • Early warning would be helpful. People have just minutes to take cover in an earthquake.
  • The problem is scientists do not really know how earthquakes begin. It's hard to find out. Earthquakes begin miles below the Earth's surface. People can't go that far down.
  • The Earth's surface is made up of flat plates of rock. Earthquakes erupt when the plates bang against each other. These happen at what are called faults.
  • The scientists had many problems there. Drilling was expensive. Also, their tools broke quickly. The temperatures were too high so far down. The scientists learned important lessons. Now they won't drill so deep. They can also get important information closer to the surface.
  • The scientists had many problems there. Drilling was expensive. Also, their tools broke quickly. The temperatures were too high so far down.
  • They could cause huge earthquakes at any moment
  • want to know how
  • start
  • People have just minutes to take cover in an earthquake.
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  • analyzing the data and samples of rock that came out of the borehole
  • Instruments will remain in the boreholes of both experiments for decades. They will quietly collect data, waiting for an earthquake that could strike at any time.
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Ora Criticism Bigger Pool

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  • A documentary called "Blackfish" condemned SeaWorld's treatment of orcas.
  • The new pool will allow visitors to see the orcas from a viewpoint below the water line. Described as the first of its kind, it will be completed by 2018.
  • The additional $10 million will support projects devoted to studying orcas in the wild
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  • “This is a desperate drop-in-the-bucket move,” said PETA lawyer Jared Goodman. “A bigger prison is still a prison.
  • Meanwhile, a law is being considered that would ban the park from breeding its orcas or using them for “entertainment.”
  • SeaWorld San Diego attracts 4.4 million people a year. During the summer, the park employs 4,500 workers, making it a major San Diego employer.
  • SeaWorld pays the city $14 million each year to rent its land
  • Aug. 18, 2014
  • SeaWorld, stung by criticism, plans a bigger pool for its killer whales By Los Angeles Times, adapted by Newsela staff
  • Aug. 18, 2014
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