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Shootings continue, this time at a Sikh Temple in Wisconsin. The news is breaking. (NPR – Sikh)
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Sgt. Adam Holcomb gets 30 days for racial hazing that led to a fellow soldier, Danny Chen’s suicide. Is it enough? (Washington Post – Adam Holcomb)
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A man who influenced Sci-fi and fantasy in some of the greatest ways, has passed away. Instead of writing about unicorns in space, he actually wrote satirical novels that were at times freaky. The coolest thing about Bradbury is that he appeared locally in LA often. His most popular, Fahrenheit 451 and Martian Chronicles are nearly required reading at schools. (LA Times – Ray Bradbury)
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Chadil Deffy (Deff Yingyuen), a TV director marries his girlfriend of 10 years after she was slaim January 3rd from a car accident. In what seems like a touching gesture becomes publicity, he posts the photos and the video online. Granted, maybe that’s the 2012 reaction to things and it’s how we live, but the body was still “warm” when he posted his photos. Does anyone need to see the video? No. There’s more at: (Huliq – Chadil Deffy)
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He didn’t die from enemy fire. He supposedly killed himself in a guard tower in Afghanistan. It’s another result of hazing in the military. It’s hopefully isolated, yet hazing happens everywhere, from sports to college organizations to the military. This one probably went too far. It’s not exciting news except some form of justice is being served. Hopefully it’s completely fair. This echoes marching band member, Robert Champion’s death at Southwest DeKalb High School as a result of hazing. (NY Times – Danny Chen)
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