performances and love
/Not a grand performance but an act of love.
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
two faces
/No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
clarity
/…never mistake legibility for communication- David Carson
My Life
/My life is my message – Gandhii
Articles of Interest - June 20
/***TECHNOLOGY
Can You Really Spot Cancer Through a Search Engine? A Microsoft team thinks it can MIT Tech Review
The New Economics of Cybercrime: Instead of Stealing Data, Holding it for Ransom The Atlantic
***ART AND DESIGN
How social media is changing art Vice
***SOCIAL MEDIA
6 in 10 of you will share this link without reading it, a new, depressing study says Washington Post
How Yahoo derailed Tumblr Mashable
Texting is the way we say goodbye during tragedy now Washington Post
***BIG DATA
Can You Really Spot Cancer Through a Search Engine? A Microsoft team thinks it can Technology Review
Survey methodologies: In the age of big data, survey research will not only survive but thrive Pew Research
A guide to machine learning.. why it matters and where it's going Tech Republic
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Elevator Speech Becoming
Seven Misconceptions About Creativity and How to Harness It Life Hacker
***GENDER ISSUES
Research Explores Ways To Overcome STEM Fields' Gender Gap NPR
Female Veteran Fires Back At Angry Parking Note In The Best Way Possible Huffington Post
Are U.S. Millennial Men Just as Sexist as Their Dads? Harvard Business Review
How sexism holds back the economy Washington Post
How Feminist Academics Dealt With An Ethics Professor Accused Of Harassment Huffington Post
Witch Movies Aren’t Just About Horror. They’re About the Fear of Female Power Wired
***RACE
Americans now think it’s okay to say what they really think about race Washington Post
***SEXUAL ASSAULT
There Are Far More Title IX Investigations Of Colleges Than Most People Know (How universities are able to keep these federal probes hidden) Huffington Post
College says rape victim is partly to blame Boston Global
***LEGAL ISSUES
Court Backs Rules Treating Internet as Utility, Not Luxury New York Times
Appeals Court upholds FCC net neutrality regulations, rejecting arguments from telecom, cable and wireless companies Talking New Media
Net Neutrality Won Big Today, But Don’t Celebrate Just Yet Wired
Supreme Court Says Student Who Won Copyright Battle with Publisher can go after legal fees Talking New Media
***RELIGION
Southern Baptist Convention Urges Churches To Welcome Refugees NPR
***JOURNALISM
4 Reasons for Optimism in Pew’s ‘State of the News Media’ Report PBS MediaShift
Pew’s 2016 news media report is a tough read for journalism Tech Crunch
Reuters’ ‘Digital News Report’ shows the growth of social media as a news source Talking New Media
Data Journalism Awards 2016: what the winners tell us about the state of the data nation Medium
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
In the race to win readers, which publisher will come out ahead? Columbia Journalism Review
Tronc threatens a nightmare hellscape of video content in new warning to employees The Verge
The Future of Journalism Is a Deadly Swarm of Buzzwords, According to Tronc Slate
***SCIENCE
The Mistrust of Science The New Yorker
How to Diagram a Great Science Story Undark
***PSYCHOLOGY
Both Introverts and Extraverts Get Exhausted from Too Much Socializing Scientific American
***NEUROSCIENCE
The Pain and Pleasure of Sad Music Neuroscience News
Even as an adult, learning a second language changes your brain Quarz
How Exercise May Help the Brain Grow Stronger New York Times
***PHILOSOPHY
Most of management theory is inane: If you want to succeed in business, don’t get an M.B.A. Study philosophy instead The Atlantic
***ETHICS
Memories of Unethical Actions Fade Faster Association for Psychological Science
***HIGHER ED
Chinese university puts CCTV in dormitories to encourage 'good study habits' The Guardian
Professors group adds Saint Rose to censure list Guild slams college over academic freedom, tenure Times Union
Dramatic video shows hero disarming shooter at Seattle Pacific University in 2014 The Seattle Times
Christians Must Repent for Devaluing L.G.B.T. (“the discrimination I faced as a staff member at Wheaton College last year changed me”) New York Times
***STUDENT LIFE
Millennials May Be Losing Their Grip NPR
Chinese Tiger Mums Start a College-town Housing boom Economist
***ACADEMIC LIFE
New doctorate holders are grappling with dwindling employment prospects Wall Street Journal
***TEACHING
Microsoft Releases 'Minecraft: Educator Edition' Ed Surge
Watching
/My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.
Clarence Buddinton Kelland
saying nothing
/Most people know how to say nothing but few know when.
other people
/Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. Oscar Wilde
character
/The measure of a person’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.
Articles of Interest - June 13
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
32m Twitter passwords may have been hacked and put up for sale on the Deep Web The Next Web Washington Post
Creepy startup will help landlords, employers and online dates strip-mine intimate data from your Facebook page Washington Post
How Academics and Researchers Can Get More Out of Social Media Harvard Business Review
Social-media apps that used to receive most attention are now getting significantly less screen time ZD net
Stars of social media are trying to break into the mainstream Economist
Facebook activates ‘safety check’ in Orlando Washington Post
‘Chewbacca Mom’ Has Gotten $420,000 Worth of Gifts Since Facebook Video Went Viral TIME
Microsoft to buy networking site LinkedIn for $26.2 billion Associated Press
Snapchat redesigned its publisher section and now lets you subscribe to your favorite channels Recode
5 ways brand managers can use Periscope and Meerkat PR Daily
***PRODUCING MEDIA
The Future of Podcasting Stratechery
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Betting on Those We Love Becoming (my site)
***PSYCHOLOGY
It’s not just college students: Higher education itself is experiencing a mental health crisis Quartz
America’s obsession with adult coloring is a cry for help Quartz
Character-driven: Why never giving up is a worthwhile goal (book review) Economist
Learn to Spot a Liar With These Verbal Signs Life Hacker
The problem with trying to solve gun violence by going after the mentally ill Washington Post
How Seeing YouTube Videos Helped me Understand my Schizophrenia NPR
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist Medium
Why You Just Lost 20 Minutes to the Internet Chronicle of Higher Ed
***NEUROSCIENCE
***JOURNALISM
What happens when a 50-something journalist gets a week’s worth of news from Snapchat Discover? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Blendle, the ‘Spotify of Journalism,’ May Be the Antidote to Ad Blockers Newsweek
Write An Essay To Win A Local Newspaper NPR
The Washington Post is dabbling in translations to reach a growing non-English speaking audience Harvard Nieman Lab
Can Anyone Save The New York Times from Itself? Vanity Fair
***GRAMMAR
The Double Life and Death of Dickens The Atlantic
When it comes to language, some users are more peevish than others Economist
Why The New York Times published a story with (almost) no periods Poynter
Transitive and Intransitive verbs in the Economist style book Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING& READING
Can Reading Make You Happier? The New Yorker
June Means AP Stylebook Changes Prof KRG
***LANGUAGE
Why The Spanish Language Isn’t ‘Foreign’ In The United States Huffington Post
Babies’ brains are wired to learn multiple languages at once Quartz
Software that Supports Multilingual Dialogue Chornicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Stealing Books in the Age of Self-Publishing The Atlantic
English professor's 500-plus tweetstorm about 'King Lear' is the literary community’s hottest beef The Verge
Oscar Wilde came from a wild and eccentric family (book review) Economist
If Jane Austen Got Feedback From Some Guy In A Writing Workshop BuzzFeed
BBC Radio Drama of Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov: Streaming Free for a Limited Time Open Culture
Italian Newspaper’s ‘Mein Kampf’ Giveaway Sparks Backlash Huffington Post
19 of literature’s best first lines PR Daily
***RESEARCH
Fraud, bureaucracy and an obsession with quantity over quality still hold Chinese science back The Economist
How to handle an idiotic review (opinion) Scientist Sees Squirrel
***GENDER ISSUES
College dorms a new front in U.S. battle over transgender rights Reuters
Gender Disparity in Scholarly Publishing Revisited (there are precious few women heading scholarly publishing organizations or their Boards) The Scholarly Kitchen
In effort to understand continuing racial disparities, NIH to test for bias in study sections Science Mag
Colleges are scrambling to ensure housing for transgender students meets federal standards Reuters
***RACE
Race and Sexual Harassment in Academia Jstor
Fox Sports Florida Reporter in Hot Water for Racist Comments Adweek
100 years of data about Pulitzer Prize Winners (the women and people of color who are being shut out of American journalism’s most prestigious award) Columbia Journalism Review
***FREE SPEECH
Free Speech is in Retreat Economist
A First Amendment For Social Platforms BuzzFeed
Curbs on Free Speech Grow: It's Time to Speak Out (opinion) Economist
How California’s new copyright bill could chill public debate Columbia Journalism Review
Young westerners are less keen than their parents on free speech Economist
Gawker’s Bankruptcy Is How a Free Press Dies, One VC at a Time (opinion) Wired
***TECHNOLOGY
The internet of things: Connected homes will take longer to materialise than expected Economist
***THE INTERNET
***FILM
Propaganda film project backfires on North Korea Telegraph
***BIG DATA
Poll resuts-the most popular general data science platforms KD Nuggets
Hadoop creator: Tech that will soon allow Hadoop to squeeze more value from big data ZDnet
How Government-Funded Big Data technologies successfully Transition to the Commercial Sector Inside Big Data
***RELIGION
I’m a Woman Who Got Kicked Out of Women’s Bathrooms: written by Professor of English at George Fox University (opinion) Christianity Today
Divided America: Evangelicals feel alienated, anxious Associated Press
'God's Not Dead' Producers Facing $100M Copyright Lawsuit Hollywood Reporter
Southern Baptist membership declines yet again Associated Press
Dr. James Dobson: Christian Parents Will Violate Scripture if Daughters Use Trans-Inclusive Bathrooms Christian Post
Georgia Baptist official says religious freedom is not for Muslims Religious News Service
Texas lieutenant governor deletes Bible tweet after shooting KRGV-TV
Secular Voters Raise Their Voices: So-called ‘nones’ work to harness their growing numbers into a strong political bloc Wall Street Journal
***STUDENT LIFE
How Student Debt Affects Personal Choices Of Young People NPR
Teens having less sex and are drinking and using drugs less often, study finds LA Times
One of the best ways to predict whether a student will drop out Inside Higher Ed
***SCIENCE
How should we treat science’s growing pains? (Quality control has failed to keep pace with the growth of science) The Guardian
Framing science in televised interviews: researchers use personal accounts as a way of reframing news stories introduced by the program hosts Public Understanding of Science
Google launches Science Journal to turn your phone into a research lab The Next Web
***ETHICS
A critical take on the Steve McCurry Photojounalism Scandal” Writing Through Light
Psychology instructor withdraws book chapter after refusing to add language that he asserts a publisher demanded Inside Higher Ed
***HIGHER ED
Orlando Colleges Offer Support After Mass Shooting at Gay Club Chronicle of Higher Ed
The class ceiling: China’s education system is deeply unfair Economist
University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers BBC
How Colleges Train for Active Shooters on Campus (sub. req.) Chronicle of Higher Ed
California bill takes aim at religious colleges that seek to bar transgender students EdSource
***TEACHING
Reformers are showing that the best teachers are made, not born Economist
***SEXUAL ASSAULT ON CAMPUS
Stanford U Defends Its Role in Rape Case Inside Higher Ed
Former Stanford swimmer's case renews debate about second chances for athletes Inside Higher Ed
Stanford University on defensive over efforts to deter sexual assault Globe and Mail
‘We’re horrified’: At Stanford, the impact of a sexual assault is searing Washington Post
These colleges have the most reports of rape – but that may not be bad Sacramento Bee
Advocates Warn against Ranking Colleges Handling Sexual Assault Based on Clery Data Inside Higher Ed
California College Reaches Deal to Resolve Investigation of Sexual-Assault Cases Chronicle of Higher Ed
what makes you mad
/A man is only as big as what makes him mad
Articles of Interest - June 6
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Mobile Phone Records Reveal Largest Gathering in the History of Humanity MIT Tech Review
Facebook 'listening' claim denied by professor BBC
Will the Constitution Protect Your Next Smartphone? The Atlantic
The best social network you’ve never used is finally stepping out of Reddit’s shadow Washington Post
Snapchat Passes Twitter in Daily Usage Bloomberg
Your Old Myspace Account Just Came Back to Haunt You Wired
Research confirms subtweeting is completely unchill Daily Dot
***PRODUCING MEDIA
YouTube Threatens Legal Action Against Service That Lets You Download Videos Consumerist
***JOURNALISM
A Looming Rift in Science Journalism Undark
Jeff Bezos Is Refashioning Himself Into the Valley’s Lone Defender of Journalism New York Magazine
Science Journalism’s Identity Crisis Mother Board
New Vancouver journalism centre seeks out under-reported global issues Vancouver Sun
News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016 Journalism.org
A FOIA of FOIAs Gizmodo
Newspaper publishes column on meeting before actual meeting occurs Talking New Media
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Tronc forgets to secure its Twitter account Washington Post
***BIG DATA
This Tool Makes It Stupid Simple to Turn Data Into Charts Wired
"A new wave of Uber-style data companies will emerge" to manage data--not own it Quartz
TPC releases Big Data Analytics benchmark to gauge the performance of Hadoop-based systems Datanami
Data science fallacies: #9 Increasing the number of features increases the model's significance and accuracy Adnan Masood
4 tips to keep your data visualization from getting lost in translation (#4-don't clutter) Information Week
Using a data scientist approach to implement early warning systems of cyber attacks Cyber Attacks
***TECHNOLOGY
The FBI Is Developing Software to Track and Sort People by Their Tattoos EFF
How to Listen to and Delete Everything You've Ever Said to Google Gizmodo
More than 75% of App Downloads Open an App Once And Never Come Back Fortune
***SCIENCE
How To Find Out If Scientists Are Screwing With You Vocativ
***PSYCHOLOGY
How love and marriage are changing, according to 63,000 New York Times wedding announcements Vox
Driven by greater student demand, colleges expand access to mental health services Inside Higher Ed
***PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy versus Neuroscience on the Question of Free Will Scientific America
***GRAMMAR
How The Wrong Verb Meant The Texas GOP Called Most Texans Gay NPR
***WRITING& READING
Stop The Presses. No More Capital I For The Internet NPR
2016 AP Stylebook new terms and changes GateHouse Newsroom
***LANGUAGE
A brief history of today’s most pretentious word The Awl
***LITERATURE
Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Life & Literature Introduced in a Monty Python-Style Animation Open Culture
'Everybody Behaves Badly': The Backstory To 'The Sun Also Rises' NPR
***RESEARCH
How to prove that your therapy is effective, even when it is not: a guideline Cambridge Journals
***GENDER ISSUES
Why aren’t there more women in science? The industry structure is sexist The Guardian
Women in data science--their numbers may actually be decreasing Predictive Analytics World
***RACE
Judges Treat Juveniles Of The Same Race As Themselves More Harshly NPR
***SEXUAL ASSAULT
How to Use The Chronicle’s Title IX Tracker, and What We’ve Learned Chronicle of Higher Ed
Stanford Swimmer Rapes Woman, Gets Short Jail Sentence Because Jail Might Be Hard For Him Mic
BYU police under state investigation for sexual assault reporting (The university is currently investigating the relationship between its Title IX and Honor Code offices) Daily Herald
Study: More than half of intercollegiate and recreational athletes say they have pressured women into having sex Inside Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
UC San Diego student newspaper sues University over free speech violations Washington Times
How far can schools go in limiting student speech online? Student Press Law Center
***LEGAL ISSUES
Hacker Lexicon: What Is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act? Wired
***ART AND DESIGN
Pair of glasses left on US gallery floor mistaken for art The Guardian
***RELIGION
The Sun Is Always Shining In Modern Christian Pop FiveThirtyEight
Christian rock star comes out as gay. Here’s the letter he wrote to the world (opinion) Religious News Service
10 facts about atheists Pew Research Center
Growing concern for German churches: Muslim refugees harassing Christians Religious News Service
TBN’s Jan Crouch Dies at 78 (family mired in multiple lawsuits involving accusations of rape, cover-up, and financial improprieties) New York Times
The Bible in Emojis? Terrific idea, sloppy execution Religious News Service
Canadian parents charged with teen son’s murder claimed he was resurrected by God NY Daily News
***STUDENT MEDIA
Appeals court hands Arizona student group First Amendment victory in battle over withheld fee support Student Press Law Center
Title IX : How to investigate if your school is inflating gender equity numbers Reveal
Student journalists will be spared from paying for federal agencies to locate and retrieve documents Student Press Law Center
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
UNLV launching ambitious overhaul to journalism school Las Vegas Review Journal
***STUDENT LIFE
Politics In Real Life: The Struggle To Pay For College NPR
New report on transfer of struggling students from universities to community colleges finds students benefit from moving in nontraditional direction Inside Higher Ed
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
These grads found creative ways to land a job New York Post
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Professor Claims Princeton Defamed Him Courthouse News
***PERSONAL GROWTH
There is the time when it isn’t the old way any more, but not yet the new way, either Becoming (my site)
***HIGHER ED
A popular college investment promised students a career, but didn’t pay off Washington Post
Report Slams Accreditor as ‘Incapable’ of Assessing College Quality Chronicle of Higher Ed
An Unlikely Campaign to Move Beyond GRE Scores Inside Higher Ed
Chancellor's smartphone action during recent graduation ceremony sparks conversation about academics' etiquette and netiquette (and lack thereof) Inside Higher Ed
Seattle University dean placed on administrative leave amid student protests Seattle Times
Jazz vespers every week in San Diego Christian Century
***TEACHING
What Should a Major Teach? ‘Adrift’ Authors Offer Answers Chronicle of Higher Ed
Plan to Define and Test What Students Should Know Inside Higher Ed
A Cautionary Tale about Jumping into MOOCs (Report: The University failed to protect the professor’s property rights) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***HUMANITIES /STEM
The Disappearing Humanities Jobs (New analysis shows dramatic decreases in open positions for professors) Inside Higher Ed
a prayer
/Lord, make me the kind of person my dog thinks I am.
You Complete Me
/One of the most memorable scenes in the movie Jerry Maguire climaxes with the main character telling his estranged wife, “You complete me.” Many people understand the line to mean "I'm not a whole person without you." As if a person is like a machine missing a critical part until the "right one' comes along.
But you could also hear it as a statement of realization that "I finally see how we fit together." Like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Or better yet, like two great works of art. The paintings or sculptures or rugs are beautiful on their own, yet together they create a new, compelling and intricate tapestry of vibrant colors.
Stephen Goforth
Life is..
/Life is not a spectacle or a feast; it is a predicament. – George Santayana
Articles of Interest - May 30
/***TECHNOLOGY
Google aims to kill passwords by the end of this year The Guardian
Alibaba: China's E-Commerce Giant Bloomberg
***SOCIAL MEDIA
These are the words most associated with men and women, according to Facebook status updates Washington Post
Twitter says goodbye to all ‘.@’ Washington Post
Twitter Unveils Big New Changes to Prove the Fun Ain’t Gone Wired
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Podcasting 101 - a history of the format and a how-to guide Inside Higher Ed
***BIG DATA
Bayesian reasoning may help explain some people's processing flaws: a computational approach to mental health Science News
China's BigData bet. Some examples Nikkei Asian Review
***PERSONAL GROWTH
http://bit.ly/1X9pXNm Becoming
Having a Purpose in Life makes life longer and happier NPR
***GRAMMAR
The “usage wars” are coming to an end, and good sense is winning Economist
***LANGUAGE
Researchers are using an app to crowdsource how the English language has changed Quartz
***LITERATURE
Q&A with Author Can Xue on the State of Chinese Literature Sixth Tone
Moby memoir reveals life of contrasts: Bible study by day, sex club DJ by night CTV News
Make Your Coffee Table Great Again. Here's All of the Books Coming Out About Trump Fortune
***RESEARCH
Fixing Law school rankings based on citations Medium
Why Do So Many Studies Fail to Replicate? New York Times
***GENDER ISSUES
Every 10 seconds, someone on Twitter calls a woman a ‘slut’ or ‘whore’ Washington Post
Women in sports are often underrepresented in science Science News
***RACE
Meet Justin Lin, the Most Important Blockbuster Director You’ve Never Heard Of Wired
This Chinese laundry ad is racist, but it's hardly the first LA Times
***SEXUAL ASSAULT
Can This Woman Predict Campus Rape? Ozy
Jury sides with Virginia Wesleyan College in $10M lawsuit case WAVY-TV
***FREE SPEECH
Free speech is precious. What’s happening with Gawker and Facebook threaten it Washington Post
***LEGAL ISSUES
Colleges Shouldn’t Have to Deal With Copyright Monitoring (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***JOURNALISM
How fake news sites frequently trick big-time journalists Columbia Journalism Review
What Matters for Journalism Grads Five Years Later: Writing, Communication Skills Media Shift
Peter Thiel lawsuit isn't ushering in a journalism apocalypse (opinion) Bloomberg
When it comes to social media, news consumers tend to stick with 1 source Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
NYT announces new buyouts, Vice to layoff more than a dozen Talking New Media
What does it take to be a “full-service” digital journalism organization? Ask Discourse Media Nieman Lab
***STUDENT MEDIA
Cleared for takeoff: FAA recognizes educational exemption permitting drone use by student media Student Press Law Center
***STUDENT LIFE
Corporate America Chases the Mythical Millennial New York Times
Here’s Why You’re Going to End Up Just Like Your Parents Vice
Introducing the LinkedIn Millennial PlaybookA Playbook for Millennials, by Millennials LinkedIn
The stark difference between millennial men and their dads Washington Post
Stuck In Your Parents’ Basement? Don’t Blame The Economy Five Thirty Eight
How the Textbook Industry Tries to Hook Your Prof Wired
***ACADEMIC LIFE
***PSYCHOLOGY
Severed Head, Two Cops, and the Radical Future of Interrogation Wired
***PRODUCTIVITY
10,000 Steps A Day: The Wrong Wellness Incentive Forbes
***RELIGION
Gospel For Asia faced staff exodus amid negative publicity Christian Today
Mennonites suspend pastor because he officiated at a same-sex wedding Religious News Service
Homosexuals 'Worthy of Death' Bible Verse Read Before Key Vote Roll Call
Decapitated Churches in China’s Christian Heartland New York Times
Christian charity head admits using donations for sex habit (aimed at international students on college campuses) News Observer
Dallas Megachurch Pastor: Transgender-friendly businesses bigger threat than ISIS Dallas Morning News
Calif. Lawmaker to SD Univ. law prof. at Hearing on Transgender bathroom dispute: “You’re an ignorant bigot” Mercury News
***HIGHER ED
Can you figure out which of these college bureaucrat titles are real? Washington Examiner
How an industry helps Chinese students cheat their way into and through U.S. colleges Reuters
The End of Code (“How different programming jobs would be by the time all these STEM-educated kids grow up”) Wired
Seattle Pacific Assistant Provost Appointed Provost at Wheaton College (Ill.) Wheaton News Release
World’s largest Baptist University fires football head coach, president steps aside over handling of sexual assaults Inside Higher Ed
State can't give $11M to religious schools, court rules NewJersey.com
***TEACHING
To Test for Accessibility, Try Navigating Without Your Mouse Chronicle of Higher Ed
Critique of Performance-Based Funding Inside Higher Ed
why we do it
/Nikki was driving through the Rocky Mountains with her daughter when their truck hit black ice and flipped over the guardrail. Nikki was knocked unconscious as the vehicle rolled over four times and landed on a barbwire fence. When five-year-old Mary couldn’t wake her bleeding mother, she didn’t sit and cry. Mary crawled out of one of the broken windows and climbed 150 feet to the road where she waved down at a passing truck. As emergency workers cut the roof off the truck to get Nikki out, Mary waited in one of the rescue vehicles. She asked a paramedic if her mother was dead. It would be three days before Nikki would wake up.
When Mary was later asked why she went for help on her own, the kindergartener said, “I needed to save my mom because I love my mom.”
Nikki and Mary recovered from their injuries at home. Mary was given an award for bravery.
Stephen Goforth