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BOSTON A 21-year-old woman is suing the city of Worcester after she spent almost three years in jail before being freed on a charge of murdering her toddler son.
As a teenager in 2008, Nga Truong, a Vietnamese-American, was sent to jail to await trial after she allegedly confessed to detectives that she had smothered her 13-month-old son.
But videotape of the police interrogation convinced a judge that Truong's so-called confession was the product of coercive police tactics. WBUR first reported this story last year after WBUR successfully fought in court to obtain sound and video of the entire interrogation.
Truong was released from jail after the prosecution acknowledged it had no evidence of a crime other than her so-called confession. Now, the heart of Truong's lawsuit is what the police themselves videotaped in a room called "the box."
Back To 2008
Four years and three days ago, Truong sat in a cramped room that kept getting smaller. She was 16 years old and her baby, Khyle, had died the day before. Worcester Police Sgt. Kevin Pageau and his partner were convinced she'd killed him:
Pageau: "Somebody hurt that baby, and we need to know who it was, and we're going to find out who it was — either the hard way or the easy way."
Truong: "I'm telling you everything."
Pageau: "No, you're not. Stop. Don't lie to me."
The detectives had no evidence. And the autopsy stated no cause of death. But the two detectives knowingly and deliberately told the teenager otherwise:
Pageau: "'Cause that medical examiner told me that that baby was smothered. Does that change your story? We have scientific evidence that that boy was smothered to death."
Pageau was not telling the truth, as he later testified. Lying to witnesses is often part of the playbook for detectives. But Superior Court Judge Janet Kenton-Walker would later rule that the detectives went beyond making knowingly false statements. She found they engaged in a pattern of deception, trickery and implied promises targeting "a frightened, meek, emotionally compromised teenager who never understood the implications of her statements."
"They literally tortured her psychologically into admitting something that she didn't do," said Truong's lawyer, Edward Ryan. "And as a result of that she was deprived of her freedom for nearly three years."
Truong's Federal Lawsuit
The federal lawsuit (PDF), filed last Friday, alleges that police arrested Truong without probable cause, ignored her Miranda rights, coerced her into confession, and prosecuted her maliciously.
"This is an example of horrible police practice, horrible police investigation, poor training, poor supervision," Ryan said. "It's terrible."
After the judge threw out Truong's confession in February 2011, Worcester Police Chief Gary Gemme expressed full confidence in his detectives.
He did so again Monday, saying "I believe … the allegations … are unfounded and that the officers will be vindicated."
Gemme also says that District Attorney Joseph Early validated both the interrogation and the arrest. But Early never appealed the judge's order to throw out the confession, and he dropped the charges against Truong in August 2011, saying he had no other evidence against her.
"The chief is responsible personally," said John Reinstein, a legal counsel to the Massachusetts ACLU, who is also representing Truong. The suit claims the chief didn't provide proper training or supervision to Pageau, who testified before the judge that he didn't know the age that defined a juvenile.
"He acknowledged on the stand that he had a little bit of training when he first became a police officer and nothing since then. He was essentially left on his own by the city," Reinstein said.
Worcester City Manager Michael O'Brien said the city hadn't received a copy of the suit, which also names him as a defendant, and would not comment.
But former Worcester Mayor and current City Councilor Joe O'Brien said, "the city's response to this case has been disappointing. And I have been surprised that there has not been more concern expressed in the community."
O'Brien added: "It is regrettable that often the change only happens because of litigation."
The Video's Role In A New Case
The interrogation video shows that the detectives told Truong they could help her and her brothers get away from her dysfunctional mother and into good homes if she "admitted what she did."
After she was released from jail, I asked Truong why she had confessed:
Truong: "I would never, ever in a million years hurt my own child. I wanted to leave. I felt like the only way to leave was to tell them what they wanted to hear. So I just told them I did it."
But instead of letting her go, the Worcester Police arrested her. Instead of treating her as a juvenile, as they promised, they charged her as an adult. Monday was her 21st birthday and the fourth anniversary of going to jail, and to solitary at that, without the chance to bury her son.
"She suffered enormously. She lost three years of her life," her attorney, Ryan, said. "Her family was ultimately decimated. The emotional horrors that she's undergone will stay with her for the rest of her life."
It was the interrogation tape that convinced a judge that Truong's confession was coerced and false. If the case ever goes to trial, Truong's lawyers hope the video will have the same effect on the jury.


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About 350 people (280 participants and 70 spectators) attended the WTCQD Event in Auckland held in the Tamaki College Community Recreation Centre Stadium. It rained heavily during the morning and although that did not worry us with the event being indoors we felt it could have affected the spectator numbers.
This year's event featured a Special 50th Anniversary Performance of the 24 Forms Simplified Tai Chi Chuan (1956 - 2006). Without a doubt this is the best known Tai Chi routine in the world and it was fitting to celebrate the anniversary on WTCQD. Some 200 participants took part in the combined group performance as the opening item at 10.00am (see photos).
The programme catered for all Tai Chi styles and routines and some Qigong forms with free lessons for the public. The event concluded with a mass performance of the colourful, noisy and spectacular Tai Chi Gong Fu Fan routines.
What did it mean to me to do Tai Chi & Qigong with the entire world on this special day?
As an ethnic Chinese it was about celebrating the wonders of Tai Chi & Qigong and thanking Chinese culture for giving these to the world to better our health and well-being.
As a New Zealander it was about being "the first to see the sunrise" and kick-starting WTCQD for the rest of the world and to treasure it as a unique kiwi experience.
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Author David L. Smith describes huge things by scaling them down to the sizes of things we can understand. The distance and comparative size of the planets are compared to fruits on a football field, the history of time on a calendar food production and consumption, slices of bread.
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Published 5:30 am, Saturday, May 8, 2004
NEW YORK — Coal supplies at U.S. power plants are at their lowest levels in more than three years, sparking concern of possible blackouts this summer when demand is heavy for electricity to power air conditioners.
CoalPeople.com, a coal industry newsletter, said supplies may be 10 percent to 20 percent lower than at this time last year, while National Mining Association experts believe that on average, coal-fired American plants have probably 40 to 45 days' supply compared with the 60 to 90 days' supply that was normal in the 1990s.
Just last month, Peabody Energy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Irl Engelhardt said reliability might become an issue at some plants, while hot weather in Southern California this week once again highlighted how close America lives to an energy disaster like last August's monster blackout in New York and other eastern U.S. and Canadian cities.
"They are much lower than they have ever been for some time," said Connie Holmes, senior economist at the National Mining Association. "You can only run down stockpiles so much. I am a bit surprised."
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Other factors are that many utilities built up reserves after the 2000-2001 California energy crisis and recent rail problems have disrupted coal deliveries in the East. In addition, recent high natural gas prices have had utilities opting to use up their coal.
The issue is significant because 95 percent of U.S. produced coal is used in U.S. power plants — just over 1 billion tons last year, Holmes said. At the same time, coal comprises more than half of total U.S. generation.
Peabody Energy said last month that coal inventories at U.S. generators were estimated at about 110 million tons, their lowest levels since February 2001.
Jon Cartwright, head of institutional research at BOSC, said he did not know of a plant at risk of running out, "but at these kinds of price levels you just don't replace your inventories so quickly.
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- Secret Collectible: When the level starts, examine Ben's body in the helicopter for a secret collectible.
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- One of the Collectibles can be found in the first tower you come across. To make it the tower you must use the ladder of the tower further down the road. Once you are on top of that tower there is a power line you can climb across. Once you reach the tower with the collectible wait for the zombie to see you and run off of the edge.
- Another one of the collectibles can be found on the building you use to jump over the barb wire fence. Drop down and go into the building. Use a wall jump to reach the top again.
- Eventually, when you're able to jump over a barbed wire fence, you'll reach a bunker where you must again race against time to survive the falling debris.
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Barron seizing 2nd chance after 2 years awayAugust 7, 2013 Updated: August 7, 2013 11:23pm
The term "camp player" is not a compliment. Many of the 90 players at each NFL training camp carry that tag and are merely around to take up space. They line up for plays in practice and preseason games so that the starters and backups don't get worn out.
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Alex Barron, a 2005 first-round pick of the St. Louis Rams and a bust by every account, was supposed to be a "camp player" for the Oakland Raiders this year. After missing all of 2011 with a knee injury, Barron sat out last season, and then the Raiders finally called him in March.
"He flamed out," said Raiders offensive coordinator Greg Olson, who was with the Rams in the same role in 2006 and 2007. "Never reached his potential. And when we signed him, (offensive line coach Tony Sparano and I) said, 'If he is that guy, we'll get rid of him in a month.' "
Barron is not only still at training camp in Napa, but doing very well. He might even be in the mix for the starting right tackle position.
"He's a totally different guy and a totally different player," Olson said. "He is way more mature. Before, he had a bad work ethic and wasn't physical."
Barron, 30, appreciates the good word but points out there is a long way to go until final cut-down day on Aug. 31.
"I just have to keep getting better," said Barron, who admittedly didn't handle praise well in the past.
With second-round draft pick Menelik Watson out with a calf injury, Barron has inserted himself into the picture. He can play either right or left tackle, and he may even start on the right side if the Raiders push Khalif Barnes inside to shore up a weak guard position. Barron can also play tight end in a jumbo set.
"I've been impressed with the things Alex Barron has done, and that's been a nice surprise for us," head coach Dennis Allen said. "I'm really anxious to see what a guy like that does when he gets into the preseason games, and see if what he's been doing out here on the practice field translates into the game."
Barron has taken advantage of his second chance, after last playing in 2010 (he lasted five years with the Rams, starting 74 games, and then one season with the Cowboys). And Barron wasn't sure he would ever play again after the Seahawks cut him during training camp last year.
"It was reality," Barron said of the year at home. "As real as it's going to get. But I still loved the game. It could have been the end, but I didn't want it to be. So I worked a little more and a little harder."
Raiders scouts were at Florida State's pro day scouting Watson when they noticed the 6-foot-8, 315-pound veteran working on the side at his alma mater.
Soon thereafter Barron's phone rang, and Barron said, smiling, it was "a great day."
"Never take things for granted," he said. "Opportunities don't come very often, and you gotta take ahold of them."
Barron doesn't want to talk too much about the past, choosing to focus on a still uncertain future with his new team.
But Olson loves talking about him, maybe because he is having a hard time believing in the changes Barron has made.
"He would never smile, would never say two words," Olson said. "He had a very big distrust of people, coaches, teammates. ... I have had long, lengthy one-on-one conversations with Alex, and I couldn't be prouder of him."
Barron laughed when told that Olson said he never smiled.
"I can remember that," he said. "I have never been a big smile guy. ... I don't think I am a big cheeser now."
Barron agrees that he has matured and said he has "no excuses" for his disappointing effort in St. Louis.
"Sometimes you get older and see things differently and listen to things a little clearer," he said.
And opportunity is announcing itself loudly.
Setbacks for Watson, Sims: Watson's first practice of training camp lasted less than 30 minutes Wednesday before he reinjured a calf muscle in his left leg. He punched a wooden bench near the team's weight room and let out a scream before going into the locker room.
"This is not the way I planned on my first training camp. I've not even took a snap yet," Watson said. "It's very frustrating."
Defensive tackle Pat Sims was also making his camp debut and also didn't finish, hobbling off with an apparent hamstring injury.
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SCENE- Twilight. A burning cargo ship in Metropolis Harbor. Cargo holds aboard the tanker explode, and we hear the sound of hi-tech gunfire. We follow one torn apart hauler into a darkened hold, where panicked INTERGANG thugs are firing a combination of human firearms and fantastic cannons around.
THUG 1: Who is it? Superman?
THUG 2: (searching the dark, wild eyed) No way. Too quiet.
A rattle is heard away from them. They both open fire at it.
THUG 2: Too damn quiet.
An athletic and scarred man, carrying one of the cannon weapons, saunters over to them flanked by two equally imposing bodyguards. This is Corben, a lead enforcer from Intergang.
CORBEN: What are you idiots doing here? You're supposed to be guarding the package till our exfil gets here. We're lit up like a torch in the busiest damn harbor in the world.
He looks over at the SCARED THUG, who is curled up in the fetal position and rocking back and forth.
CORBEN: Is he having a seizure?
THUG 1: No sir, no sir, he, Tommy, Greg, and, and Hiro were patrolling the stern. We heard something over the radio, then some screams and, and, and then he just started opening up around with that cannon you gave him, and, and-
THUG 2: (interrupting in a calmer tone) Radio went down, **** started blowing up, and this maniac ran screaming. Then the lights went out, we lost the other guys, and this freak blew a hole in the deck. We're taking on water, sir, and we don't know where anyone else is.
The SCARED THUG moans and whimpers in fear.
THUG 1: He was muttering something about a, uh, uh, a monster? From back home?
CORBEN: Who is he?
BATMAN( off screen): (loudly and from all corners of the room) Sidney Debris, "Sid the Squid." From Gotham. My city.
The THUGS spaz out and shoot wildly. CORBEN punches them to stop then signals his men to assume a defensive position. The SCARED THUG, Sid, starts crying.
CORBEN: You're that vigilante nut in the costume. (Laughs) I've been working in Metropolis all my life. I've even taken shots at Superman with this baby. And my boy here-
BATMAN (off screen): -Is Rudolph Jones, the first Intergang enforcer to use your new armaments. Twelve suspected murders and thirteen confirmed, seven of them MPD. Before that a repeat offender. And before that, a would be Mixed Martial Artist, until his career was cut short...
A batarang cuts through the darkness and crashes into one of the Bodyguard's, Jones, legs. It sails on through, and he crumples, screaming in agony.
BATMAN (off screen):...by a knee injury. And your other "boy" is Alek Ivanovitch, former enforcer for the Makarov family. Wanted for three murders, two counts of sexual assault, and noted by his prison doctor as suffering from Acrophobia...
The other bodyguard is lofted into the air, yelping as he is pulled up by a cable. CORBEN scrambles and picks up his dropped cannon. He and Jones continue to scan the hold. THUG 1 runs off and up the stairs, dropping his weapon as he goes.
BATMAN (off-screen):...fear of heights. And you are John Corben, could-have-been tactical officer for Metropolis Special Crimes Unit. No known injuries or phobias.
The lights shut off. SCARED THUG begins bawling.
BATMAN: Not yet, anyway.
The remaining thug and Corben and Jones open fire, illuminating the hold. Jones is the first to stop firing, his form covered by a shadow before he disappears. THUG 2 is suddenly roped onto a pillar by bat bolas. Corben cusses and switches his cannon over to a continuous laser setting, slicing through the whole wall. Water seeps into the hold. Glowing eyes behind Corben appear right before he whirls around and is punched back into the wall.
BATMAN: Careful. You'll sink this ship even faster than it already was.
CORBEN: I hope you can't swim!
Corben turns the laser on again but this time turns it towards the floor as well as Batman. Batman actually retreats for a second, but suddenly the entire ship tilts up and stays there. They are both slammed back as the boat is pulled towards shore. Batman, undaunted, grabs Corben with a grappling hook and is now holding him.
THUG 2: (madly) Oh thank god! It's him!
The ship drops to a stop. Batman calmly secures his last prisoner. He turns around as Superman lands in front of them.
SUPERMAN: Batman.
BATMAN: ...Superman.
SUPERMAN: I thought you these guys were a distraction.
BATMAN: A human distraction. My speciality, not yours. They're common criminals.
SUPERMAN: Using technology that hasn't been seen since Zod tore up Metropolis. And that my speciality. And too dangerous for a man wearing Kevlar body armor...With no offensive weapons...and a lead lined helmet. That thing must be heavy.
BATMAN: You're the one with experience in the tech. I know that. That's why I wanted you trying to find the new player supplying these cowards with their toys. The more time you waste, the sooner those satellites will be up and running with a new alien at the helm. Now get out of here, and get back to work.
SUPERMAN: Are you trying to order me around?
BATMAN: You're right. I shouldn't try and order around the god-like alien from Kansas. He might break my neck.
SUPERMAN: That shouldn't have happened. I know that. And I'll die before I do anything like that again.
BATMAN: Htt. We'll see.
He begins to back into the shadows.
SUPERMAN: You shouldn't be running off. We could get this done a lot faster if we work together.
BATMAN: I don't work with people I don't trust.
He steps off the boat through the hole in the wall and sinks below the waves. Superman's x-ray vision observes him get into a submarine and take off through the bay. Superman shakes his head.
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The state will hold two forums to discuss plans to replace the Rexford Bridge.
One of the Capital Region's most congested bridges, it connects Niskayuna and Clifton Park over the Mohawk River.
In a recent review of the worst bridges in the area, the Route 146 (Balltown Road) span ranked seventh with a condition rating of 3.547. A score of 5 is considered good.
Plans also call for installing a roundabout leading to it in Niskayuna and an expansion of the lanes on the Clifton Park side.
Residents will get a chance to give their reaction to the plans at two upcoming forums.
The open houses are both at 7 p.m. One is Jan. 23 at the Rexford Fire Station, 1601 Route 146 in Clifton Park. The other is Jan. 30 at Niskayuna Town Hall at 1 Niskayuna Circle, which will be a required public hearing.
"The area has been on our radar screen for quite a while," said Richard Filkins, the state Department of Transportation's project manager for the work.
The bridge was built in 1965, said Sam Zhou, regional director of the DOT.
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THE LEGEND of the Beatles is to be recreated on the Buxton Opera House stage through a live tribute concert.
The Magic of Beatles - The Golden Anniversary Tour celebrates 50 years since the release of Love Me Do, the song that launched John, Paul, George and Ringo's chart-topping career.
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The application of the waterjet dissector in tumours close to or within eloquent areas: results in 29 procedures
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The waterjet instrument is under intense evaluation as a new minimally invasive tool for neurosurgery. Particularly, in eloquent areas a minimally traumatic approach is of particular importance.
Between August 1998 and December 2004, the waterjet device was applied in 29 cases of tumours close or within eloquent areas. The tumours consisted of 23 gliomas, 4 metastases and 2 meningiomas. In all cases, a neuronavigation system was applied. Intraoperatively, the general aspects of handling of the device, the extent of its application, and the quality and helpfulness for dissection and tumour aspiration as well as vessel preservation were monitored.
Tumours were localized in the premotor cortex in 21 cases, in Broca's area in 5, in Wernicke's area in 3 and in the insular region in 1 case. Waterjet pressures of 3 up to 12 bars were used with permanent suction. In all cases, the waterjet enabled precise tumour aspiration or dissection of the tumour from the brain. Under these pressures, vessels were preserved in all cases. Postoperative MRI revealed complete tumour resection in all cases (100%). There was no mortality. There was one case of brain abscess formation (3%). In 23 cases, the postoperative neurological status remained unchanged (79%). In 4 cases (14%), a transient neurological deterioration was observed. In 2 cases (7%), a permanent worsening of the patient's preoperative symptoms occurred.
The waterjet can be safely and - more important - very precisely applied in tumours in eloquent areas. No specific complications due to the waterjet device occurred. However, further data have to show that application of the device results in superior surgical results before the device can be considered an addition to the neurosurgical armamentarium for tumour resection in eloquent areas.


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Prosecutors are connecting the dots today in a murder case that dates back to 1992.
Enock Quewezance, 39, is charged with second degree murder in the death of Ernest Taypotat, 26. He was fatally stabbed in August, 1992.
He was found on the street in the 400 block of Avenue T South.
Cold case
At the time of the death, a Saskatoon man was charged. However, DNA evidence led to prosecutors to abandon the charge in 1993.
The case remained with police, who said that a review of the evidence took them to a new suspect.
That suspect was Quewezance. At the time he was charged, he was already in prison on an unrelated matter.
The authorities have never said how they linked the accused to the victim. But court heard this morning that police officers at the crime scene recovered human hair clutched in Taypotat's hand, and another strand across the bridge of his nose.
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Historian Francis Lieber's unlikely career in the Civil War
Rick Beard, an independent historian, is senior adviser for the Pennsylvania Civil War 150 and volunteer coordinator of the Civil War Sesquicentennial for the American Association for State and Local History.In October 1861, a legal scholar and historian named Francis Lieber presented the first in a series of lectures entitled "The Laws and Usages of War" at the Columbia College's new law school in New York City. Though the talks, which ran through the following March, were long and often rambling, they drew up to 100 people each and afterward appeared in The New York Times and other newspapers around the country. The public, eager for insight into how the worsening war would and should be fought, devoured his every word.
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Paul Finkelman: Francis Lieber and the Law of War
Paul Finkelman is the President William McKinley distinguished professor of law and public policy at Albany Law School.The philosopher and legal scholar Francis Lieber was born in 1798 in Germany, and as a young man was wounded in the final skirmishes of the Napoleonic wars. He emigrated to the United States in 1827, after twice being imprisoned by Prussian authorities for his pro-reform political activities. A respected jurist in his home country, he eventually became a professor at Columbia, a few years before the outbreak of the Civil War.Lieber had an affinity for soldiering and war, and when conflict broke out in America, he would have happily enlisted, save that he was already 62 years old. Instead, he advised the Lincoln administration on all manner of legal issues, helping to sort out the complexities of how to treat prisoners, guerillas, confiscated property and civilians in a civil war, when none of the traditional rules of international law seemed to quite apply. In this capacity he made immeasurable contributions to the war effort – and the future of the laws of war.
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Francis Lieber, circa 1865. Credit: Library of Congress.American military and political leaders since the Revolutionary War have grappled with the problem of whether conduct in the hellish horror and chaos of war can be regulated by law.Before the Civil War, American troops relied largely on Enlightenment customs of war that grew out of European conflicts, although rules were flexible or ignored depending on the particular commanders, whether military concerns outweighed the niceties of "civilized" war, and the character of the enemy -- whether an organized national military or a band of Indians or Mexican guerilla fighters.
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February marks a full year of what started out as a 3rd grade book club, and is clearly on its way to becoming a 5th grade one. I began this out of frustration and dismay at some of the books K was bringing home, sometimes at the suggestion (insistence?) of the school librarian, endless series of books about school life where "weird" and "gross" make appearances on nearly every page, where teachers exist merely as objects of derision, where all the characters are white and usually suburban. I knew from having seen K and her friends reading more substantial books, if they happened upon them and the mood struck them, that they were capable of much deeper thought, that in fact their brains were hungry for a greater challenge, for being expanded. I knew, and they knew, that they could handle and enjoy much, much more. (One girl was hesitant to join, saying she only liked to read books with mice that wore clothes. We managed to change that.)
We began with The Secret Garden, the classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The first meeting left me giddy with delight, as I recount here. I went all out, decorated with vases of roses, served cucumber sandwiches with the crusts cut off. A minute before the eight girls arrived, I panicked. What if they thought this was silly? What if they wanted to make fun of me like some of their books made fun of teachers? My fears couldn't have been more misplaced.
Over the past year, with a break in July/August, we tackled:
The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, by Judy Blue
The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, by Julie Andrews Edwards
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E. L. Konigsburg
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert O'Brien
One Crazy Summer, by Rita Garcia Williams (which gave K's father an excuse to put together a fantastic soundtrack from 1968)
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech (which made for the most animated discussion)
Rules, by Cynthia Lord ("too easy," the girls said)
Out of My Mind, by Sharon Draper
Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
Every meeting starts with ten minutes of chatter while everyone arrives and gets settled, a 30-45 minute discussion, a snack related to the book in question, a related activity, and a vote on the book for the meeting after next (so that I have time to order it, distribute it, read it and plan the meeting). The children have been surprisingly enthusiastic about how the snack matches the book. They pounced on the corn kernels and shredded cheese I put out for Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH with squeals of delight. Their parents shook their heads in a mix of wonder and amusement when they came to retrieve their children.
I've been very impressed with the depth of thinking and the level of analysis these girls have demonstrated, and the caliber of the discussions we've had.
The topics we've discussed include:
Oppression, the Black Panther movement, the power of imagination, self-consciousness, the death of a parent, sibling relationships, autism, story arc, character arc, running away from home, storytelling techniques, what defines a "classic," the ethics of scientific research with animals, loneliness, finding happiness, the meaning of "civilization," sacrifice, civil disobedience, peer pressure, prejudice, unwritten rules, sadness, point of view, film adaptations, responsibility, cerebral palsy, book cover design, devotion to art, pacing, what made a book "good" a century ago versus today versus what makes a book just plain "good" all the time.
I'm planning out the selections for the next year. Now that I have the girls' attention, now that they are invested, I'm going to mix it up a bit more, and designate a category for each month: poetry, biography, mystery, fantasy, adventure, Africa, Asia (not enough months to break down into smaller categories, but there's always the following year), Europe, Latin America, Pacific Islands/Australia, Middle East, and probably different regions/historical periods in North America. I could get lost for hours in noodling around the various options.


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From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser at the Coliseum
It's Game Two of four against the Giants this week, but the finale at Oakland, with Jarrod Parker going for the A's against Michael Kickham, a left-hander making his major-league debut for the Giants.
Parker is coming off three good starts in a row, in which he has allowed six runs in 20 1/3 innings, and over his past five starts, the right-hander has allowed opponents only a .226 average.
I asked several players who have spent time at Triple-A Sacramento if they've seen Kickham, and he is a legit mystery man – no one had seen him at any level. Luke Montz even called some current River Cats, and they haven't seen him; he wasn't on the mound when Fresno faced Sacramento.
Manager Bob Melvin pointed out, these days, there is video on everyone, and scouting reports galore, but, he said, "Even when you do have information, it's not until you stand up there and see the movement on the pitches that you get a better feel."
Josh Reddick continues his rehab assignment tonight, moving on to Sacramento, and he'll play in the field, then go back to DH tomorrow. His status will be re-evaluated after tomorrow's game, but he's likely to play at least one more game with the River Cats before potentially rejoining the A's on Friday. UPDATE: Reddick is listed as Sacramento's DH tonight, batting second.
Here's the lineup: Crisp CF, Young RF, Cespedes LF, Donaldson 3B, Lowrie 2B, Freiman 1B, Norris C, Montz DH, Rosales SS.
Adam Rosales in a funk at the plate, with an 0-for-21 streak and a 3-for-35 slump overall. Yoenis Cespedes has a nine-game hitting streak, tying his career high.
The A's starters are 6-1 with a 2.74 and a .231 opponents average over the past 10 games, and Derek Norris has been behind the plate for eight of them. I asked Melvin today about the work Norris has been doing behind the plate, and he said, "He's been catching a lot here lately, and we've been having some success. He knows these pitchers, it's his second year with them, he gives them good feedback. He's becoming more of a leader. … He's maturing into that type of role."
A's pitchers have been hitting in the cage and taking some batting practice lately in preparation for playing at NL parks – starting tomorrow at AT&T Park – and Melvin said that the main thing is making sure that they can get some bunts down when needed. Tommy Milone is the noted hitter in the bunch, homering on the first pitch he saw in the big leagues, but Melvin noted that A.J. Griffin, who goes Thursday, has a nice-looking swing.
Legendary orthopedic surgeon Dr. Lewis Yocum died of liver cancer Saturday, and the news was announced today. The A's had a working relationship with Yocum, sending him numerous players for consultations and surgeries over the years, though he was one of the Angels team doctors.
None of the current A's had visited Yocum, but hitting coach Chili Davis said that Yocum did some procedures on him (it was so long ago that Davis said he didn't know what they were) and that they'd become friends and played the occasional round of golf.
"I knew he was sick, but I'm sad to see him go," Davis said. "He wasn't just a great doctor, he was a great guy. He took his job and he did it with pride. He was very attentive to players. not because it was his job, but because that's how he was. And he was more of a friend to me than a doctor."
Brett Anderson hadn't had Yocum as a surgeon but he has had the Tommy John surgery that Yocum was so well known for.
"Dr. Yocum is synonymous with prolonging baseball careers, that's pretty special," Anderson said. "A lot of people owe their livelihoods to him."
Former A's left-hander Dallas Braden, who had visited Yocum for arm issues, tweeted this today: "The baseball world mourns the loss of a savior. A pioneer & professional in every sense of the words. Rest peacefully & easy Dr. Lewis Yocum."


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Ken Little crosses artistic boundaries
Updated 11:53 am, Wednesday, July 24, 2013
For a sculptor renowned for his bronze castings, clothing made from dollar bills and wildlife built from old shoes, Ken Little knows a lot about music.
During his Tuesdays-in-July residency at Liberty Bar, "Plumbing West Texas," the Canyon-born, Amarillo-raised, San Antonio-based Little, 66, sings and plays acoustic guitar alongside fiddler and mandolinist Hank Harrison and guitarist George Gonzales. Little's repertoire includes originals such as "Simple America" as well as songs by Bob Wills, Terry Allen, John Prine, Hank Williams, Willie Nelson and Ernest Tubb.
"I got into art when I was as young as I can remember helping my grandmother paint china," Little said. "But I was always interested in music. Bob Wills and Thelonious Monk influenced my visual art. Musically, Thelonious Monk put together things that didn't quite fit. I did things visually that way.
"Fifteen years ago I started doing music more seriously. As a studio artist, as a sculptor, I work by myself quietly and studiously. When I exhibit in a museum, that's another quiet place where people walk around my work and talk about it, in a whisper. Reaction might come later if someone reviews the work. With music, you stand onstage in public with other people, make loud music and get immediate reaction."
Little also has a day job. Since 1988, he's been a professor of art at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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"My bread and butter is teaching sculpture at UTSA. They want me to have a studio, they want me to show and be famous," he said. "The music is a complement to that. We describe the university as the Church of Reason. It's an Apollonian (disciplined, rational) kind of structure. Making music and making art are more Dionysian (less structured). It's a left-brain/right-brain thing. I like the back-and-forth between the Apollonian and the Dionysian."
He has no problem shifting creative gears between visual and aural art.
"I like the difference in the two," he said. "I like to work between the two. I find a lot of my best ideas as a sculptor and as a songwriter — though I don't really call myself a songwriter because I've only written about 30 songs — in a half-wake, half-sleep state. I see things, I remember them, and I draw them or write them down. It's a conscious/subconscious, wake/sleep state.
"That's how I wrote a lot of things on my 'Simple America' CD. I woke up with the phrase 'Simple America' in my head and said, 'Simple America? What's that?' and wrote the song. It's hard to train yourself to do that because training would kill it. I just try to pay more attention."
Little has a knack for musical collaboration. The "Simple America" CD featured an array of top-flight players, some from the roots music school, some from jazz, some from country. He plays regularly in the swing/country/roots rock band Lone Star Swingbillies. He's the ramrod of an occasional variety show called "Rodeo Ho-Ho" that features visual artists stepping outside their disciplines. Rodeo Ho-Ho also is the name of Little's big band.
"I've met wonderful people who are incredibly talented and they're poorly compensated for the work they do," he said. "I consider making music a personal creative line of enjoyment. I know my limits. I know I'm not a virtuoso singer or musician, but I'm trying to get better all the time.
"San Antonio is a great place for participating in art, but it's a terrible place to make a living as an artist. You can't sell enough to make a living. That's why I teach."
Little's sculptures cover the creative waterfront. He's at work now on a music-informed public art project for the city of Austin. He plans to cast 35 bronze western-style belts with song lyrics by Texas artists.
"I'm more disciplined as a sculptor than as a songwriter," he said. "When you start doing something and become accomplished at it, if you want to evolve, you have to throw a monkey wrench into it. I've tried to apply some of that same thinking to music but haven't quite gotten there. I'm not sure I've got the time because I'm basically doing music for fun. It really is fun, and I get to meet and hang out with terribly creative people."
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I'm replacing the brake pads on my 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan and discovered the passenger side pads have have nearly 50% left, but the driver side pads are completely worn. I'm going to be trading-in the car in 11 months but want to be safe. I have five questions:
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Giorgio Perinetti admits today was his "saddest signature" after putting an end to his brief spell as Palermo director.
He joined from Siena in the summer, but terminated his contract by mutual consent after the arrival of Salvatore Lo Monaco as CEO.
"This was the saddest signature of my professional career," Perinetti told TMW.
"I wasn't surprised by Lo Monaco's arrival. All I could do was accept it. I respect Lo Monaco, he is a professional, but we have very different personalities and working together would've been impossible.
"Besides, there was the need for clarity at Palermo, especially as we have such different approaches to the job.
"I had President Maurizio Zamparini as my daily contact at the club and couldn't just change that. There was no reason for me to stay."
The patron publicly blamed Perinetti for choosing Coach Giuseppe Sannino, who was replaced by Gian Piero Gasperini after just three games.
"When Zamparini asked me two years ago whether Sannino was ready for the job, I said he should work in the provinces for another year to develop, so I hired him at Siena. At that moment, I had already suggested Gasperini for Palermo.
"This year Christian Panucci, Zamparini and I all agreed that Sannino was the right choice.
"I'm just sorry that I never got to put into practice my ideas to make Palermo more functional, including the youth academy. Now my successor will take that task.
"In any case, I remain fond of Palermo and the city, so will always be a Rosanero fan. I had been accustomed to working non-stop for 30 years, so will have to get used to this time off."
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The majority of Alfred University alumni in the class of 2010 responding to a campus survey report finding work in their undergraduate field of study.
Alfred University's McComsey Career Development Center has released the 2010 Destinations report, sharing the results of a survey of students from the class of 2010 on their current employment and graduate school enrollment.
"Despite the sluggish economy, it appears that our students continue to experience success following graduation," said Mark McFadden, director of the Career Development Center.
Seventy-nine percent of the class of 2010 responded to the survey. Of the undergraduate respondents, 55 percent have found employment in their field of study, while 41 percent are attending graduate school. Seventy-eight percent of the graduate students who responded reported finding employment, with 18 percent continuing into another graduate program.
"One trend that is not surprising is the number of students opting to attend graduate school," McFadden commented, noting that this number has increased 4 percent from last year and 18 percent from 1998. "No doubt the challenging economic times with no foreseeable relief in sight play an important role in the higher trend towards obtaining an advanced degree."
Only 3 percent of students who responded to the survey reported that they were currently seeking employment, a decrease of 2 percent from 2009 and below the national unemployment rate for recent college graduates, which is 4.3 percent.
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The First Thanksgiving: What the Real Story Tells Us About Loving God and Learning from History
Robert Tracy McKenzie
IVP Academic, 2013
219 pp., $18.00
William Thomas Mari
The First Thanksgiving
As a student at the University of Washington, I took a class on the Civil War from Tracy McKenzie. Each morning that spring he would saunter in, take off his watch, and begin class. He always made it clear that we were there to learn, together, from those no longer living, and to hear what they had to say. This approach stemmed directly from his faith. McKenzie is a Christian, and he taught us to think Christianly about history.
In his new meditation on the myths surrounding Thanksgiving, McKenzie does this for a larger audience. That audience includes all students of history, both of the amateur and more academic variety. Now the chair of the history department at Wheaton College, he calls his readers to dig into the assumed connections between patriotism and faith and between the national civic holiday of Thanksgiving and the everyday Christian people who were the Pilgrims.
The study of history is worth our time as people of faith, McKenzie says, since Christianity is grounded in the real past. In light of this, it is time to stop the use of history by Christians as ammunition in the "culture wars." My own sense is that McKenzie is responding to the likes of Glenn Beck and David Barton, who, well meaning or not, have conflated Christianity and their version of the American experience at great cost.
Why Thanksgiving as a site of reflection? It is the one holiday American Christians hold up as the ideal melding of "national identity, religious heritage and historical memory." It is a "wonderful proving ground" for learning to think more critically about the past, and a demonstration of how commemorations of historical events can be littered with pitfalls.
There is a difference between "the past" and "history," a distinction that gets thoroughly explored in this recounting of Thanksgiving. The roaring maelstrom of human events that is "the past"—something that is truly past, and cannot come again—must be distinguished from "history," which involves a very human understanding of that sea of occurrences. Noting the difference between the two is critical if we are to have a right view of Thanksgiving.
McKenzie spends much of his time considering this right view. One of the ways he does this is by looking at the perils and promise of using historical evidence, especially at what the Pilgrims left behind. Most notable is the account of William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation. Bradford traced the Pilgrims' path from Britain to Holland and then to Massachusetts, where he served as the Pilgrims' governor from 1621 to 1657. The only real note we have of a Thanksgiving-like celebration by the Pilgrims themselves, however, is not to be found in Bradford's account, but in a 115-word anecdote by his assistant, Edward Winslow.
That anecdote mentions a gathering of the survivors of the Pilgrims' first devastating winter, an encounter with local Native Americans, and a three-day feast mostly devoid of women (most had died during the winter). That's it. McKenzie is right in showing that we actually know very little about the "first" Thanksgiving. Its origins as an expressively religious holiday are thin indeed.
In contrast to this slim foundation, McKenzie looks at where the Pilgrims came from, both in time and space. In what he playfully calls "Odbody's Axiom" (after Clarence Odbody, the guardian angel of Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life), he asserts that "context is indispensible to understanding" and that human lives unfold in multiple contexts that both reinforce and diminish their agency. Those contexts include the Protestant Reformation, the Pilgrims' origins as dissenting (and then separating) members of the then-new Church of England and their literal and spiritual journey as radical activists for change within that church.
He debunks, well and ably, the tired old chestnuts surrounding the Pilgrims' motivations for leaving their families and the relative freedom of Leiden, Holland, for the unknown shores of North America. Remembering that the Pilgrims were not perfect—and were beset by worries about money, security and how to integrate (or not) with the wider culture—is a big part of his retelling of the Pilgrims' story. The temptation to look only at the positive parts of history, especially where Christian heroes are concerned, is very strong, but ultimately unwise, he says.
The Pilgrims were not "proto" Americans, and definitely not property-rights loving, compact-creating, "first" citizens of the future United States. They were an odd lot, at least to us, not celebrating Christmas, preferring civil marriage to marriage in church, rejecting the King James Bible, loving bright clothes and much preferring beer over water.
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Jeffrey Ludwig
The first Thanksgiving certainly was a Thanksgiving, but they didn't have to close Macy's or banks since there were none. Turkey was not the main fare either: they had plenty of fish and deer as well. It lasted for three DAYS, not one, and it certainly was shared with the Indians (Native Americans). It was harmonious, idyllic if you will, though Mr. Mari does not think that term applies. As I said in my email, this intercultural peace lasted for fifty years based on a formal treaty signed by Massasoit and Winthrop. Both these men died within a year of each other. After they were gone rancor broke out and a war ensured -- King Philip's War so-called -- where the Indians were soundly defeated. Thanksgiving was formalized by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, and there were numerous Presidential proclamations of Thanksgiving after that until it became a national holiday scheduled for the last Thursday in November in 1941.
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May I take a second to correct Mr. Mari? The preference for civil marriage was not "odd" because the reformers like Calvin rejected marriage as a sacrament which it was in the Roman Catholic Church (and is today). Marriage was not considered to be a Biblical ordinance, and so it has remained in Protestant churches to this day. Loving bright clothes is true, and thus the usual image of the dour Pilgrims is misleading. So the old picture of the Pilgrims was they were too serious and "drab," and his picture is that they were too colorful and "odd." Those Pilgrim guys just can't win I guess. They didn't celebrate Christmas. So what. They sure did celebrate Christ!! Their vision of their purpose in coming here was to build that "city on a hill" stated in Matthew Chapter 5. And I would say they did a pretty good job. They lost 50% of their number the first winter, but their faith was as steady as the North Star. Yes, they started to waiver in the face of so much grief, but when a boatload of supplies arrived in the midst of their sorrow, just when they were considering going home, they took that as a refreshment from the Lord and kept on keeping on.... Within three generations their prosperity and great jurists, professors, lawyers, etc. etc. was manifest. They had begun building a new civilization out of the wilderness. It was a faith and hope and humble gratitude that kept them going through all the adversity. Yes, and hard work...that famous Protestant work ethic (nowadays the atheists running the schools are talking about the Chinese and South Asian "work ethic" thus disconnecting hard work from Protestantism, although the term "Protestant work ethic" as you may know did not come from a practicing Protestant, but from the secular sociologist Max Weber).
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The author, Mr. Mari, seems to think (1) there is not a continuous line of "Thanksgivings" from the earliest one of the Pilgrims to the present, i.e., that Thanksgiving means something very different now than it did then, and (2) the "first Thanksgiving" was not as beautiful an event and the people are not as loving and pure in their motives and style as is assumed by David Barton and his ilk. I don't agree. I have read books about the Pilgrims and believe they were a very sincere people quite devoted to Christ albeit somewhat rigid theologically. They were grateful to God and to each other. They were living in harmony with the Wampanoags, but there was a hostile tribe that had been attacking the Wampanoags since before the Pilgrims had even arrived. The Pilgrims helped the Wampanoags in their struggle with that tribe. Lastly, the author of the article makes a snide remark that they were not a compact-making people. Well, they made the Mayflower Compact which was a uniquely democratic document for that time, even though women were not invited to sign it. (Yep, and there weren't any blacks, Jews, or Hispanics aboard the Mayflower either - shame on them.) Further, after a brief experiment with common ownership of property, they saw that arrangement was a disincentive for hard work and conscientious commitment. It took a lot of self-honesty, but they shifted over from a communistic style philosophy to distributing separate properties to each family, with an ideal of cooperation in a context of self-reliance as opposed to common ownership and an illusory ideal of equality.


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Today, the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee approved Chairman Tim Johnson's (D-SD) and Ranking Member Richard Shelby's (R-AL) Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012. The two-year reauthorization and reform of federal public transportation programs was passed with unanimous bipartisan support, and will now move to the full Senate for consideration.
"This legislation is an investment in our nation's infrastructure, and ensures our public transportation systems have the resources they need to provide safe and reliable service to millions of American families and commuters," said Chairman Johnson. "This bill makes much-needed reforms, eliminates earmarks, and cuts through red tape to ensure transit programs are funded quickly and efficiently. I thank Ranking Member Shelby and Subcommittee Chairman Menendez for their important contributions, and I think the overwhelming bipartisan support this bill received is a testament to the Committee's ability to find common ground."
"I am pleased to work with Chairman Johnson in crafting and advancing a reauthorization bill that includes much needed reforms and provides the funding certainty necessary to deliver efficient and effective public transportation services," said Shelby.
The Senate Banking Committee is responsible for authorizing the transit portion of the federal surface transportation program, which includes rural bus transit systems as well as urban mass transit. The new bill eliminates earmarks while maintaining current funding levels, improves safety oversight, and streamlines the construction of public transportation projects. Public transportation systems create and sustain hundreds of thousands of jobs across the nation, while providing millions of commuters with a safe ride to and from work.
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Now that the tree is up and we've got some natural and neutral ornaments, lets continue the theme with some parent-approved fun things that the kids can touch and play with!
For the past few years, I've looked around for an affordable kid-friendly nativity set. Most of them didn't fit into my budget, or the parts were too tiny to have around babies. When I saw this terrific DIY Nativity set made from 2x4's and with FREE printables, I knew it would be perfect! (You could even make them double-sided, if you would like.) Click on the link to go to Ginger Snap Crafts and make a set for your family!
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A Christmas tree naturally attracts the little ones because they want to touch all the pretties on it! To give the kiddos something of their own that they can touch, I made this cute felt Christmas tree and ornaments for them to decorate to their heart's content!
To make the tree, I used a large piece of green felt about 30" W x 48" L, and cut the tree out freehand. I used the sticky pieces from Command Strips to anchor it to the wall. For the ornaments, I printed out shapes, and traced around them onto colored felt. Fabric glue was used to add some trims onto the snowman, package bows, etc. Even though felt sticks to felt,I recommend adding a small square of the hook part of Velcro to the backs of the ornaments, using hot glue.
The felt tree idea came from: Sol and Rachel; I Can Teach My Child; and Wild and Wisdom. Check them out for even more inspiration!
To see other fun ideas, visit my Pinterest board, Kid-Friendly Christmas to find other great ideas to incorporate into your Christmas decor.
Now, how about a quick photo "tour" of our Christmas decorated home?
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These are a few of my favorite things!
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Ancelotti makes the Bernabeu a promise: "We won't play on the counter-attack, we'll play attacking football"
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