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Chemistry Wins At Intel Science Talent Search
Keywords: awards, high school, education
Chemistry projects earned top honors for some of the participants in this year's Intel Science Talent Search, which ended on March 12. Sara Volz, 17, of Colorado Springs, Colo., for example, won $100,000 for her research on algal biofuels.
The Intel competition recognizes high school seniors from around the U.S. who are conducting innovative research in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering. Volz and other winners were honored during an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.
For her project, Volz used artificial selection to establish populations of algae cells with high oil content. She demonstrated that algae can be used as an economically feasible source of biofuel.
Volz grew algae in a medium containing the herbicide sethoxydim to kill algae cells with low levels of acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase), an enzyme needed for lipid synthesis. Her analysis of the remaining algae cells revealed significant increases in lipid accumulation.
"This technique could be used to increase oil production of algae for large-scale production," Volz says. "In the long-term, this could make algae biofuels sustainable. And maybe one day you could be putting algae biofuel into your car at the pump."
Other chemistry-related projects include Jonah Kallenbach's $75,000 second-place prize for designing a computer program that predicts how disordered proteins interact with ordered proteins in the body. The work has the potential to yield a new paradigm for drug design in which disordered regions can be used as promising new drug targets for diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis.
Kallenbach, a 17-year-old from Ambler, Pa., says the subject of his research hits close to home. "My mom has breast cancer, and three of my four grandparents have had cancer," he says. "Any potential positive impact that I could have in the field of disease research would be incredibly rewarding."
The $50,000 third-place prize in the Intel competition went to Adam Bowman, 17, of Brentwood, Tenn., for his design of an inexpensive low-energy pulsed plasma device. He says his work could open the door for plasma research to be conducted in small-scale operations, perhaps even in high school laboratories.
"I really enjoy the hands-on aspect of research more than anything else," Bowman says. "Interacting with the apparatus, troubleshooting, and finding solutions all provide motivation and a special sense of satisfaction for me."
All of the students who participated in the competition should consider themselves winners, notes Jeffrey I. Seeman of the University of Richmond and founder of the Archimedes Initiative, an effort to increase science literacy in the U.S. "It's wonderful to identify and to celebrate the winners, but all kids who participate are winners because they all learn something, and they all advance their own knowledge and appreciation of science and the scientific method."
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BLING: Jay-Z Sports Medallion From Group That Believes "White People are Devils"
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Last week, all eyes at the Barclays Center weren't on Jay Z's better half, Beyoncé – but on the coaster-size golden pendant swinging from the rapper's neck as the couple sat courtside. Asked once if the group's symbol – an eight-pointed star with the number 7 in the middle – held any meaning for him, the rapper shrugged, "A little bit."
So what exactly do Five Percenters believe?
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"The rationale is that the black man is God and created the universe, and is physically stronger and intellectually stronger and more righteous naturally," says Michael Muhammad Knight, an author of two books on the radical group.
"Whiteness is weak and wicked and inferior – basically just an errant child who needs to be corrected."
It gets better:
To show followers the way, members must learn the Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet – powerful tools to decipher the meaning of the universe. In both, each letter and number represents a concept: for example, 1 is knowledge, 2 is wisdom, while A is Allah and B is be, or born. The number 7 on Jay Z's pendant stands for God.
Caucasians, meanwhile, don't enjoy an exalted status in the narrative of the Five Percenters.
"The first lesson I learned from the Five Percent was simple: F—k white people. Seriously. White people are devils," Knight, 36, who is white and converted to :Islam as a teenager, once wrote.
Probably nothing, right?
this is not the first time Jay Z has worn the symbol of the Five Percent Nation. He once wore a similar chain during a promotion for his "Magna Carta Holy Grail" album in July and recently wore it at the Philadelphia stop of his Magna Carta World Tour in late January.: The Christian Post reported: that Jay rapped about the doctrines of the Five Percent Nation in a song called "Heaven."
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Knowledge, wisdom, freedom, understanding – we just want our equality…
And the Supreme Mathematics?
1. Knowledge
2. Wisdom
3. Understanding
4. Culture(Freedom when applied to 40 or more)
5. Power
6. Equality
7. Allah God
8. Build or Destroy
9. Born
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Yeah, he's a racist.
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Annie Sue Mattox Heard, 84, formerly of Oglethorpe County, died Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001.
Mrs. Heard was the widow of John Henry Heard and a former member of New Hope Baptist Church.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Life Church, Atlanta.
Survivors include a sister, Florence Mattox Pass, Atlanta; and a brother, Ernest Mattox, Florida.
The family will receive friends from 7-8 p.m. today at Donald Trimble Mortuary.
Notice courtesy of Jones Lexington Funeral Chapel, Lexington.
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nationstar mortgage Nationstar mortgage gave me a loan modification and later rescinded it and filed foreclosure on my property lewisville Texas
Nationstar mortgage mailed me an approvaal for a loan modification as I had called and requested a modification. On the phone call to Nationstar mortgage I answered all the questions that were asked. I also explained that my payment was very high due to a high interest rate and the fact that the escrow had gone up so much.
I needed some relief so that I could continue to pay my mortgage payments on time.
I received a fedex from Nationstar with a form to sign and have notarized. They also requested that I mail a check to them for the modification start up. The check was over $2000. I mailed the notarized form and the check which they cashed, then I started paying my mortgage payments.
Approximately a month later they sent the modification money back to me but I continued sending mortgage payments. Within a few weeks they filed a foreclosure and I am now in the process of trying to settle this with them but can never reach anyone to discuss with me and their lawyers do not respond to my lawyer.
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Italy's new prime minister, Mario Monti (left), was sworn in yesterday, formally ending Silvio Berlusconi's government. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
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Italian Premier Mario Monti formed a government of bankers, diplomats, and business executives yesterday, saying the absence of politicians in his Cabinet will spare political parties the "embarrassment'' of taking the tough decisions needed to steer the country from financial disaster. The 68-year-old former European Union competition commissioner and his Cabinet were sworn in at a solemn ceremony at the presidential palace that formally ended Silvio Berlusconi's 3 1/2-year-old government.
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The leader of the Fraternity of St. Pius X, Archbishop Bernard Fellay, has formed a theological commission to study the Second Vatican Council.
The members of the commission include Patrick de La Rocque, Grégoire Célier, Thierry Gaudray, Alvaro Calderón and Jean-Michel Gleize.
According to the Lefebvrist website Le Foum Catholique, the announcement confirms reports from the Fraternity about doctrinal discussions held at the University of Rome, which were attended by Cardinal Georges Marie Martin Cottier, theologian of the papal household.
Jean-Michel Gleize is professor at the Lefebvrist's Econe international seminary and author of the book, Le Successeur de Pierre (The Successor of Peter). Patrick de La Rocque directs the priory of Gragnague in Haute-Garonne and is editor of Problème de la réforme liturgique (The Problem with Liturgical Reform) and of De l'œcuménisme à l'apostasie silencieuse, vingt-cinq ans de pontificat (From Ecumenism to Silent Apostasy: 25 years of Pontificate).


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Arias was subjected to fierce criticism after revelations in the press that the 17.000 hectares of land that was promised to displaced farmers, was going to be sold to private companies instead. The government now seeks a way to distribute the land to both displaced farmers and private companies, the Minister said.So far, Colombian newspaper El Tiempo found out, no private company has shown interest in buying the controversial piece of land from the government.Arias still faces a motion of censorship, which would make him unable to act as Minister, over the issue.
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Have you ever wanted to make a paper airplane fly? By using my simple steps you can make a successful paper air flyer. All you need is a piece of paper and a little brain.
1Lay your piece of paper on a flat hard surface.
2Fold the top corner of the paper to the other corner and crease. Unfold the crease you just made. Do the same to the other side.
3You should have an X on your paper with a some space with no folds on the bottom. Push in the sides and push down the top and crease. It should look kind of like a house.
4Fold the corner of the part that looks like a triangle to top of the triangle and crease. Do the same to the other side. The part you folded should now look like a diamond.
5Take a corner of diamond and fold it to the middle of the diamond.
6Now above the part of the folds you just made there is a small triangle. Rip or cut the triangle down the middle until you reach your previous folds.
7Now take one side of the triangle you just cut in half and tuck it into the gap of the previous fold you made. Do the same to opposite side.
8Fold the plane in half vertically.
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I chatted with a guy from OpenMoko at CES this year and at that time they were hoping to get the first developer versions of their open source Linux-based phone out in a month or so. It took a bit longer than planned, but developers (or anyone interested for that matter) can now order the base or developer kit of the OpenMoko Neo 1973 right now. The Neo base kit is US$300 and comes with the Neo 1973, battery, headset, pouch, stylus, lanyard, microSD card, and USB cable. The advanced developer kit costs US$450 and comes with everything in the base kit and a ruggedized toolbox, extra microSD card (512MB version), extra USB cable, debug board v2 with Flex cable, and Neo toolkit.
Specifications of the Neo 1973 include a 2.8inch VGA TFT color touchscreen display, 266MHz Samsung processor, integrated AGPS, 2.5G GSM quad band radio, Bluetooth 2.0, and microSD slot. This looks like an interesting device and the price is reasonable for an unlocked device. I hope developers begin to flush out the device and when the mass market phase is launched I may just have to pick one up myself.


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Children Home Alone
My husband has been tossing around the idea of the kids staying home alone this summer. OSS is 11 and YSS is 8. I am not comfortable with this what do you think? This is the situation: We live in the county, we have a pond (they LOVE to fish) they are ok swimmers but not the best in case they were to fall in. We have two dogs one is a Collie and VERY protective the other one is protective as well, but the Collie is a "get in your face and back you up" kind of protective (herding instincts). We both work out of town he works 30 min out I work 15 min out. Their grandparents live in town it would take them 2 - 5 minutes to get to our house. 1 - 2 if an emergency.
I suggested that he let them sleep in and when they get up call grandparents to come get them or tell grandparents they are awake.
DH wants them to start doing yard work that is why he is tossing around the boys staying at home during the summer. They could call grandpa and he could "oversee" them working in the yard.
No, I'd never leave my 11 and 8 year old children alone for the whole summer. Watching an 8 year old is too much responsibility for the 11 year old if it is more than an hour or two, and even that I'd be worried, especially if they fight often, or are careless... I'd also be worried with the pond if they can't swim well enough to save each other.
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No. I had to put the kibosh on that last summer when ss were 11 and 9. We came home to a mess daily and they called dad all day fighting.
Thank you. Those are very valid reasons to tell DH why they shouldnt stay home.
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No, I'd never leave my 11 and 8 year old children alone for the whole summer. Watching an 8 year old is too much responsibility for the 11 year old if it is more than an hour or two, and even that I'd be worried, especially if they fight often, or are careless... I'd also be worried with the pond if they can't swim well enough to save each other.
my kids don't stay home but for about 15 mins by themselves. they are 12 and 9. i would never go to work with them at home by themselves. what if the house catches on fire while they are sleeping in? yeah ours did that while we were sleeping. i would have grandpa come over when you leave for work.
No. Kids that age need something to keep them busy, even though there is plenty at your house they need some structure and activities and other kids. Even just hanging out with GPs all day isn't a great idea. I would at least have them in a part time camp.
11 and 8 are too young to spend the day alone. I've left SD 12 and DS 10 alone for an hour while I took DD to therapy, but even then I was incredibly nervous and anxious to get home. We live in an apartment complex and are very close with several neighbors, and we have a dog that's quite protective. No one would get into the house without 1. the dog cornering them, and 2. at least one neighbor noticing.
I could never let them stay home all day.
Some kids might be fine at that age but not all. I was home alone in the summer with my younger brothers when I was that age. I have to tell you, it sucked. It felt like WAY too much responsibility all day, every day.
I was 11, middle brother was 9 and youngest was 4 when it all began. Until my youngest brother was 6, he went to a daycare though.
We too were out in the country and we had some rather close calls from an accident/medical standpoint.
I personally would not leave my (imaginary) kids home at those ages. I'd at least find a teen to come spend the day.
We did not have my SD's stay home alone during the day in the summer until they'd completed the Red Cross babysitter and first aid course through the local hospital. Even then, they had relatives just houses away in case of emergency.


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some boards came through the local antuiqe shop and i picked this one out of the pile, can anyone tell me anything about it? its an ocean magic surfboard around 6'8 or 6'10 with a removeable rasta colored single fin made by a C. Parks with the letters "oms" and 311 written on the stringer. im having trouble getting pictures up but im going to try again in a bit...
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Recently, my husband, Larry Peters, and I attended the 2008 Kansas Governor's Arts Awards event at Washburn University. Excitement was in the air even as we walked across the beautiful campus to the Memorial Union and the splendid Washburn Room. As soon as we entered, we began to see people we knew from across Kansas gathering to honor the extraordinary accomplishments of fellow Kansans.
During dinner, we were treated to the sounds of the New Perspective Trio. Once the festivities had begun, we marveled at the performance of the Elaris Duo. Poet Laureate Denise Low read one of her wonderful poems. The grand finale was one of fun and song from the great voice of Marilyn Maye.
Anita Wolgast graciously conducted the awards ceremony in her role as chairwoman of the Kansas Arts Commission.
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, an avid supporter of the arts, joined other dignitaries in celebrating the incredible talent and cultural richness of our state, which has touched the world through the efforts of the individuals and organizations honored at the event.
Of special interest were the acceptance speeches of the recipients, which clearly stated not only gratitude but a profound passion for the arts.
At the end of the evening, a surprise presentation was made to Sebelius for her continuing enthusiasm for the arts and her recognition of the vital role they play in the cultural and economic health of Kansas and the nation.
Standing ovations by the large crowd throughout the event and the generous sponsorships by individuals, corporations, civic organizations and foundations underscored the shared belief in the arts. My heart was full on the way home.
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Can we analyse the ongoing Arab revolutions with an eye to the contemporary revolutions of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, which began in Southern Europe, moved to to Central and Eastern Europe and ended in Latin America? Can we draw any lessons from this kind of comparison?
We must consider these questions for two main reasons:
First, Arab societies and Arab political dynamics have much in common with those of the three regions mentioned above. These regions are all economically, politically, socially and culturally backward - though through differing degrees - when compared to Western metropolitan societies. They have both been ruled by an authoritarian political order with similar political features: A monopoly on power and wealth, lack of freedom, violations of rights... etc. In addition, in both [the Arab and aforementioned] cases, change was driven by civilian forces and was for the most part not lead by political parties. In addition, during the phases of change, the military institutions played various roles that each had differing impacts [on the course of change]. All of this is quite different from the way in which democratic revolutions came about in Western societies between the era of the French Revolution and the defeat of Nazism and fascism at the end of World War II.
Second, the contemporary revolutions offer many lessons which can be of benefit to us. The lessons are universal and humanitarian, and political minds can learn from them. We can apply [those lessons] directly to the process of democratic change, or at least learn from the mistakes [committed by these revolutionary currents].
However, the obvious historical and political similarities between our societies and those of contemporary democracies should not blind us to the distinctions and differences between them. Some differences are not only minor details but are rather structural, and these are historically significant. Other differences [between our societies] are more extreme. Therefore it is important for any comparison to take these differences into account if it is to be valid.
Our objective here is not to describe the numerous differences between Arab societies and contemporary democratic societies. These differences are political, social and cultural. There are also undeniable differences in the civil democratic programs for change, whether this change was peaceful or violent and what the armed forces' roles were throughout this process. We wish to emphasize that the comparison will lose its validity if these differences are not taken into account.
These differences render the so-called "science of the transitional phase" inapplicable to an understanding of the post-revolutionary phase in the Arab world - and especially to an understanding of the transitional phase. This "science" is merely a set of descriptive models for various situations and scenarios, and is not a standard model. The modeling of transitional processes - which some call a "science" - has no historical basis and does not take into account the unique conditions that surround every revolution. It rather resembles the type of economic and financial modeling undertaken by International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
We are not saying this to defend an alleged Arab "exceptionalism," as some may accuse us of doing. We simply believe that the revolutionary experiences in Southern and Eastern Europe and Latin America have proven that [revolutionary transitions] do not obey the rules and features spoken of by social scientists. The Greek and Portuguese revolutions - in which the military played a prominent role - affected the revolutions of Eastern Europe (in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and East Germany). These, in turn, differed from the Latin American revolutions, which were concluded by some kind of settlement between the military and the civilian forces. And these Latin American transitions are different than the democratic transition that took place in Spain after General Franco. That transition took place in the context of a settlement between the fascists, the monarchy and the democratic forces. What's more, the [transition] in South Africa was also unique because of that which took place between the apartheid regime of Fredrick De Clerk and the African National Congress led by Nelson Mandela. The path of democratic transition in all of these countries has each time exhibited distinct features and phases.


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Dinner tonight: artichoke and Serrano ham tart
Look out for frozen artichoke hearts at M&S. Quartered, they are cooked from frozen and a brilliant bargain. They are excellent for this classy, quiche-style tart. Serve with salad and lengthways-halved potatoes scored with a lattice, painted with olive oil and started 10 minutes before the tart
Serves 4-6
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 35 min
Plain flour for dusting
400g shortcrust pastry
4 large eggs
150ml soured cream
50g grated parmesan
500g M&S frozen quartered artichokes
4 slices Serrano ham
Heat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6. Butter a 22cm flan tin or 24cm tart tin with a removable base. Dust with flour and tip out the excess to make it non-stick. Roll out the pastry to fit, leaving a decent overhang. Place on a baking sheet and loosely cover with foil. Cover the base with baking beans or rice and bake for 10 min. Remove the foil and cook for a further 10 min until light golden. Meanwhile, whisk the eggs, stir in the cream and 35g grated Parmesan. Arrange the artichokes in the pastry case. Tear the ham…


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Ethics Lawyers and Law Firms in Missouri (MO)
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Missouri Ethics Attorneys
Allan & Summary, LC
Criminal Law, Legal Malpractice & Intellectual Property Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri(314) 531-2442 or (866) 920-8259
Allan & Summary, L.C. represents people and businesses across Missouri. The firm offers a full range of service in the following areas of the law. With 35+ years in the legal field, John J. Allan of Allan & Summary has the experience serving clients and effectively managing their...
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Brown & Crouppen, P.C.
St. Louis, Missouri Personal Injury Attorney(314) 222-2222 or (877) 895-9191
At Brown & Crouppen, in St. Louis, our lawyers have helped thousands of people who have been hurt in Missouri, Kansas City and Southern Illinois. We have recovered more than a half of a billion dollars in personal injury lawsuits, and with over a quarter century of legal experience,...
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Brown and James, P.C.
Civil Trial and Appellate Matters(314) 421-3400
Brown & James, P.C. is a Midwest regional law firm with more than 100 attorneys representing companies in litigation, appeals and insurance coverage matters.
Other Offices: Columbia, Kansas City, Springfield
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Carter Law Offices
Kansas City Personal Injury Attorneys(816) 283-3500 or (877) 276-3500
Carter Law Offices offers legal counsel in the field of personal injury and medical malpractice to their clients. Our work at the Carter Law Offices is based on a simple idea: If you put the right lawyers with the right experience and the right focus on the case, you can make a difference....
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Devereaux, Stokes, Nolan, Fernandez & Leonard, PC
St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyers(314) 621-1252 or (866) 634-5292
Devereaux, Stokes, Nolan, Fernandez & Leonard, P.C. has been representing injured individuals and the families of fatal accident victims since 1976. Since then, our firm has earned an outstanding record of success in challenging cases. Our lawyers provide reliable, resourceful and...
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Finney Law Office, LLC Attorneys at Law
Personal Injury Attorneys in St. Louis, Missouri(314) 646-0300
The Finney Law Office is an experienced, dedicated law firm based in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm has earned its reputation as one of the elite litigation firms in the St. Louis area through painstaking case analysis, preparation, and straight-talk. As a result, we have had repeated...
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Fox Goldblatt & Singer PC
St. Louis Personal Injury Lawyers(314) 231-4100 or (877) 858-4699
Fox Goldblatt & Singer PC is run a differently from most law firms. At The Goldblatt Law Firm, L. Steven Goldblatt will get the best results for his clients. The firm's goal is to make its clients feel comfortable working with Steven Goldblatt and to break down any barriers to easy...
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Gray, Ritter & Graham, PC
St. Louis, Missouri Personal Injury and Commercial Litigation Lawyers(314) 241-5620 or (800) 451-2950
Gray, Ritter & Graham represents clients in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and the surrounding areas. We bring in-depth experience, collaborative teamwork and thorough preparation to every case. Our personal injury attorneys know that the outcome is important, even critical, to our...
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Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP
Labor & Employment, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Municipal Liability(314) 678-8600
Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP offers the resources and experience to represent clients nationally in a wide array of practice areas. While trial success has always been a hallmark of HPTY, our attorneys are well equipped to serve their clients' interests to the best result...
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Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
Full-Service National Law Firm(314) 241-2600
Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP was founded in 1934 and is headquartered in Chicago. We have offices in 12 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin.
At Hinshaw, we value long-term client...
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Husch Blackwell LLP
Full-Service Law Firm in Kansas City, Missouri(816) 983-8000
We are one of the leading commercial law firms in the Midwest and are recognized nationally for our transactional and litigation practices. The Corporate Board Member magazine has consistently ranked our firm as one of the "Best Corporate Law Firms in America."
Our firm has earned...
Other Offices: Springfield, St. Louis
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Monsees & Mayer, PC
Kansas City Personal Injury Attorneys(816) 361-5555
Monsees & Mayer, P.C. is an experienced, dedicated law firm located in Missouri. As personal injury lawyers our job is to make things right for our clients to the extent the law allows. If you have been injured in an automobile accident or truck accident; if a family member has been...
Other Offices: Springfield
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Stinson Leonard Street LLP
Complete Range of Legal Services(816) 842-8600
Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP provides sophisticated corporate, transaction and litigation legal services to clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations and privately held companies to emerging businesses. We combine our national reach and depth of expertise with a cost-effective...
Other Offices: Jefferson City, St. Louis
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The Law Office of Donna Clark Frayne, LLC
St. Louis, Missouri Personal Injury and Accident Lawyer(314) 875-9730
The Law Office of Donna Clark Frayne in St. Louis, MO, handles personal injury cases. With more than 20 years of experience, the firm stands beside accident victims as an aggressive advocate for them. The staff is compassionate in clients' time of need and listens to their questions.
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White, Graham, Buckley & Carr LLC
Personal Injury Attorneys in Kansas City(816) 373-9080
If you were injured in a car accident in Kansas City, contact the experienced legal team at White, Graham, Buckley & Carr LLC today. They can help you get the compensation you deserve for your injuries.
White, Graham, Buckley & Carr LLC, established in 1980, is a client-focused,...
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Del F. Phillips Law OfficesSt. Peters, MO 63303
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Auto Accidents, Sexual Harrassment, Wrongful Death, Animal Bites(636) 498-0335
Gahagan & King, LLCLiberty, MO 64068
Kansas City Area Firm Specialized in School, Personal Injury, Criminal & Family Law(816) 781-6000
Gahagan & King, LLC headed by experienced lawyers who practice in Missouri and Kansas. The firm is located on the historic Liberty Square in Clay County, Missouri. For many years, Christopher S. Gahagan has been primary counsel for the Hickman Mills School District in the Kansas City area. He...
Global VillageUniversity City, MO 63124
Legal Interpretation and Translation Firm(314) 989-9112
AWARDED Contract by State of MO in 2009: We serve local COURTS; LOWEST FEE in the area; LOCAL COMPANY: Our of town companies call us for Legal Interpretation in Saint Louis ; At Global Village, we know the importance of accurate interpretation in the legal field. That is why all of our language...
Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLPKansas City, MO 64108
New York Attorneys Offers Expertise in A Wide-Range of Legal Sevices(816) 709-4100
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP represents business enterprises ranging from privately-held companies to large, publicly-traded international corporations. The firm's 300 lawyers advise clients on commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings and joint ventures, regulatory...
Jonathan Sternberg, Attorney, P.C.Kansas City, MO 64108
Nationwide Civil and Criminal Appellate Practice(816) 292-7000
Jonathan Sternberg is an appellate lawyer in Kansas City, Missouri, practicing in state and federal courts across America. He represents businesses and individuals in civil and criminal appeals and related matters in virtually any subject area and advising trial counsel on procedure and strategy.
Kennedy, Kennedy, Robbins & Yarbro, LCPoplar Bluff, MO 63901
Poplar Bluff Missouri Personal Injury lawyers(573) 686-2459
Kennedy, Kennedy, Robbins & Yarbro, LC is a client-based, service-driven law firm, committed to providing the very highest quality of legal advice and advocacy. With more than 70 years of combined experience, the firms attorneys represent those who have been injured due to an auto or truck...
Law Office of Todd Miller, LLCJefferson City, MO 65109
General Practice Law Firm in Jefferson City, MO(573) 634-2838
The Law Office of Todd Miller, LLC is a full-service law firm in Jefferson City, Missouri that provides personal attention with professional results. The firm represents both civil and criminal clients with a host of specific areas of expertise.; Property tax appeals are a unique niche for the...
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, LCSt. Louis, MO 63101
Full-Service Law Firm(314) 444-7600
Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C. is one of the leading regional law firms in the Midwest with over 150 lawyers practicing in all of the major legal specialty areas. Founded in 1909, Lewis Rice is proud to have served its communities for more than a century. The Firm enjoys a strong historical...
Other Offices: Jefferson City, Kansas City, St. Louis, Washington
Littler Mendelson P.C.Kansas City, MO 64106
National Employment & Labor Law Firm(816) 627-4400
Littler Mendelson is the largest U.S.-based law firm exclusively devoted to representing management in every aspect of labor and employment law. The firm's single focus on employment and labor law has created a cartel of attorneys whose knowledge of and experience in these areas of law is...
Other Offices: St. Louis
McMichael and LoganKirkwood, MO 63122
Missouri Employment Disputes, Personal Injury and Class Action Attorneys(636) 532-1400
McMichael and Logan represents individuals with employe- employee disputes, personal injury claims, and in class actions. McMichael and Logan is a firm consisting of well versed court room attorneys. The attorneys work closely with each individual to make sure he or she stays informed and...


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by Troy Page, The Unstuck Group
The Easter countdown is on. If you haven't started planning, you are quickly falling behind. Tony and I recently put our heads together and thought of 10 things to consider when it comes to planning, programming and promoting Easter services:
- Use free tickets to build anticipation and establish the expectation that this is going to be a huge weekend.
- Develop and talk about a big audacious attendance goal for Easter. Cast a huge vision for what this will accomplish in the church and community.
- Plan additional service options that may include Thursday and Friday evening services, a big outdoor service early Sunday morning, or an outdoor baptism service. If the weather is nice, people love sunrise services and Easter baptisms.
- Go big with the experience but still give people a taste of your normal Sunday. Don't do what you did last year and the year before that. Try to capture the attention of the "Easter Attenders" and don't just preach to Christians.
- Include the entire team in creating the experience including guest services, kid's programming, students, etc. Parents will bring their kids to an awesome children's experience at Easter.
- Promote a new series on Easter Sunday that either starts on Easter or the following week.
- Remember that the win is not how many people show up for Easter – it's how many people come back. Shoot for 75% of your Easter crowd.
- Consider having all your kids sing during services one weekend leading up to Easter. They'll bring their parents and grandparents who will hear your Easter teaser.
- Start promoting four weeks before and avoid the typical "Come celebrate Easter with us." Every other church does this. Be distinctive and generate a reaction rather than just sharing information.
- Blow up social media with more than just Easter information. Brainstorm memorable videos, quotes, infographs, life change stories, and other teasers that people will want to share.
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Apratim Bhattacharyya (PhD Student)
Apratim Bhattacharyya
- Address
- Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik
Saarland Informatics Campus
Campus E1 4
66123 Saarbrücken
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- E1 4 - Room 627
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- +49 681 9325 2027
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- 2016-present, Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science, Max Planck Institute for Informatics, Germany
- 2014-2016, M.Sc.(Honors Degree) in Computer Science, Saarland University, Germany
- 2010-2014, B.Tech. in Computer Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India
Long Term Boundary Extrapolation for Deterministic Motion
A. Bhattacharyya, M. Malinowski and M. Fritz
NIPS Workshop on Intuitive Physics, 2016
A. Bhattacharyya, M. Malinowski and M. Fritz
NIPS Workshop on Intuitive Physics, 2016
Long-Term Image Boundary Extrapolation(arXiv: 1611.08841)
A. Bhattacharyya, M. Malinowski, B. Schiele and M. Fritz
Technical Report, 2016
A. Bhattacharyya, M. Malinowski, B. Schiele and M. Fritz
Technical Report, 2016
Boundary prediction in images and videos has been a very active topic of research and organizing visual information into boundaries and segments is believed to be a corner stone of visual perception. While prior work has focused on predicting boundaries for observed frames, our work aims at predicting boundaries of future unobserved frames. This requires our model to learn about the fate of boundaries and extrapolate motion patterns. We experiment on established real-world video segmentation dataset, which provides a testbed for this new task. We show for the first time spatio-temporal boundary extrapolation, that in contrast to prior work on RGB extrapolation maintains a crisp result. Furthermore, we show long-term prediction of boundaries in situations where the motion is governed by the laws of physics. We argue that our model has with minimalistic model assumptions derived a notion of "intuitive physics".


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Los Angeles Times
June 4, 2005
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon late Friday confirmed five incidents of Koran desecration at the prison for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, wrapping up a high-priority investigation.
The findings concluded that one soldier deliberately kicked the Muslim holy book, other guards hit it with water balloons, and a soldier's urine splashed on a prisoner and his Koran.
Details of the incidents are contained in the final report of the inquiry headed by Army Brig. Gen. Jay Hood, commander of the detention center for terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
The report established that two other cases of desecration had occurred. In one, a two-word obscenity was written in English inside a prisoner's Koran. In the other, an interrogator deliberately stepped on the book. That interrogator was later fired for "a pattern of unacceptable behavior."
Charges of Koran desecration triggered vociferous protests in the Muslim world and were blamed for contributing to riots in Pakistan and Afghanistan that resulted in more than two dozen deaths. But Hood, in releasing his final report, said his investigators found no proof that U.S. personnel flushed a Koran down a toilet at Guantanamo Bay, an assertion reported but later retracted by Newsweek magazine.
"The inquiry found no credible evidence that a member of the Joint Task Force at Guantanamo Bay ever flushed a Koran down a toilet," Hood said. "This matter is considered closed."
Lawrence Di Rita, a spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, said that military policy called for "respectful and appropriate" handling of the Koran. "The Hood inquiry would appear to confirm that policy," said Di Rita, who was traveling with Rumsfeld in Asia.
Hood said the five confirmed incidents represented a very small number when measured against the fact that more than 1,600 copies of the holy book had been distributed to prisoners since the facility in Cuba was opened in January 2002.
And the general said his team gathered evidence that detainees themselves desecrated the Koran on 15 separate occasions. Two of them tossed their copies into toilets while another was seen "urinating on the Koran," the report said. Hood said that guards also spotted detainees using the Koran as a pillow and ripping out its pages.
"Mishandling a Koran at Guantanamo Bay is a rare occurrence," he said, noting that guards, interrogators, interpreters and other military personnel were trained to handle the holy book in specified ways. Gloves must be worn and both hands are to be used in a "manner signaling respect and reverence," the report noted.
At least some of the special handling rules were instituted after a rash of detainee complaints of mistreatment of the Koran in 2002 that led to a series of hunger strikes. After the rules were put in place, the International Red Cross reported that it received no further complaints.
"Mishandling of a Koran here is never condoned," Hood said. "When one considers the many thousands of times detainees have been moved and cells have been searched I think one can only conclude that respect for detainee religious beliefs was embedded in the culture of the [Joint Task Force] from the start."
Hood said his investigation took three weeks and involved the review of more than 30,000 documents. "We reviewed every available detainee record," the general said.
In Washington, Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group, issued a statement saying, "President Bush must address the climate of abuse that seems to prevail at U.S. detention centers worldwide." Awad said it was not enough to merely issue reports outlining abuse or to punish low-level personnel.
"Those at the top must be held responsible for the actions of the men and women they command," he said.
Hood's report described the five confirmed desecrations.
During an interrogation in February 2002, a detainee complained that guards had kicked the Koran belonging to a prisoner in a nearby cell four or five days earlier. The interrogator reported the complaint in a written memorandum and confirmed that the guards were aware of the allegation.
"There is no evidence of further investigation concerning this incident," the report said. "However, we consider this a confirmed report."
The second incident occurred on July 25, 2003, when a contract interrogator apologized to a prisoner for stepping on his Koran. The prisoner accepted the apology, and told other detainees "to cease disruptive behavior caused by the incident."
The report added that "the interrogator was later terminated for a pattern of unacceptable behavior, an inability to follow direct guidance and poor leadership."
The third episode took place Aug. 15, 2003, when two detainees complained "that their Korans were wet because the night shift guards had thrown water balloons on the [cell] block." Guards on a swing shift passed the complaints on to superiors.
"We have not determined if the detainees made further complaints or if the Korans were replaced," the report said.
"There is no evidence that this incident was investigated. There is no evidence that the incident, although clearly inappropriate, caused any type of disturbance on the block." Nevertheless, "we consider this a confirmed incident."
Six days later a detainee complained to a guard that a two-word obscenity had been written in English on the inside cover of his English-version Koran.
"We have found no evidence to confirm who wrote in the detainee's Koran," the report said. "The detainee speaks English at a conversational level. It is possible that a guard committed this act; it is equally possible that the detainee wrote in his own Koran. However, we consider this a confirmed incident."
The final episode happened on March 25 of this year. A detainee complained that urine came through an air vent and splashed him and his holy book as he lay near the vent.
"A guard reported that he was at fault," the report said. "The guard had left his observation area post and went outside to urinate. He urinated near an air vent and the wind blew his urine through the vent into the block.
"The sergeant of the guard responded and immediately relieved the guard. The sergeant of the guard ensured the detainee received a fresh uniform and a new Koran."
The guard was reprimanded and assigned to gate duty, "where he had no contact with detainees for the remainder of his assignment" at the prison.
"There is no record that this incident caused any type of disturbance in the block," the report said. "We consider this a confirmed incident."
In the 15 documented cases where detainees mishandled Korans, the report said, one occurred May 11, 2003, when a guard "observed a detainee rip up his Koran and state he was no longer a Muslim."
On June 5, 2003, a guard heard two detainees accuse a third prisoner of not being a man and saw the prisoner then "urinate on one of their Korans" in an adjacent cell.
And on Feb. 23, 2004, a guard saw a detainee place two Korans in his toilet and "state he no longer cared abut the Koran or his religion."
"Five minutes later," the report said, "after the detainee retrieved the Korans, he ripped several pages out of one Koran and threw the pages on the floor. Then he placed both Korans on the sink."
On Jan. 19 of this year, the Hood report said, another detainee tore up his Koran and "tried to flush it down the toilet."


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Volume 87 Issue 12 | p. 50 | Awards
Issue Date: March 23, 2009
Issue Date: March 23, 2009
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TREVOR H. LEVERE, University Professor Emeritus at the Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology at the University of Toronto, has been selected to receive the 2009 Sidney M. Edelstein Award for Outstanding Achievement in the History of Chemistry.
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We must Protect Unity 6 Biblical Ways to Handle Disunity – Words to Live by
By Pastor Lonnie G. McCowan
One of Satan's greatest weapons is "disunity" God blesses a unified church and he also blesses a unified community, families as well as a unified business. Many churches as well as communities, families and companies have tremendous potential, but they never achieve what God desires because to many of the members spend all their time fighting with one another, and unfortunately sometimes the biggest problems is we pastor spend way too much time and energy fighting each other.
The Bible talks more about unity of the church than it does about either heaven or hell. It's that important. Churches are made up of people, and there are no perfect people. So people get into conflict with each other. As pastors, we need to learn how to deal with those situations. Specifically, we're called to do these six things when disunity threatens our church.
1. Avoid situations that cause arguments. The Bible teaches in 2 Timothy 2:23-24 (NIV): "Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful." As Pastors we need to set the example for our whole church on this issue. When a minor argument comes along, refuse to get in the middle of it. You don't need to have an opinion on everything. Some discussions don't deserve your participation. Focus your conversation on topics that matter.
2. Teach troublemakers to repent. 2 Timothy 2:25-26 (NIV) teaches, "Those who oppose unity we must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of deception.
3. Warn those causing trouble that their negative words hurt others. 2 Timothy 2:14 (NIV) teaches, "Warn them before God against quarreling about words. It is of no value and only ruins those who listen." People need to know that their words have consequences.
4. Make a plea for harmony and unity. Paul did this in Philippians 4:2 (NIV). He said, "I plead with Euodia and I plead with Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord." There were two very strong willed women in the church named Euodias and Syntyche who were causing so much friction in the church that Paul's plea for them to stay united is in the Bible. Fighting in a church or a community doesn't just affect the combatants; it influences the whole church and community as people start taking sides. Just like Paul did, at times, you'll need to make a plea for unity directly to those causing problems.
5. Rebuke with authority if necessary. Paul teaches in Titus 2:15-3:1, these, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you. We all must remind everyone to be "Unity Minded" no exceptions and ready to do whatever is good. You may need to confront the contentious person as well, but be kind.
6. Remove them from the church if they ignore two warnings. Titus 3:10-11 teaches, "Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him. You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned." No pastor wants to do this but in a church this is the last resort we pastors sometime have to take, and that is to remove the contentious person from the church. You've got to protect the unity of your church. Sometimes that means getting rid of troublemakers.
As unity grows in your family, church, or community. The forces of darkness will do everything it can to cause division. Even well-meaning people, even believers, can be used as tools of darkness to hurt unity. It's not always easy, but it's what we've been called to do. In the community all of us must be the protector of unity!
Lonnie G. McCowan is pastor at The Miracle Center of Ventura, in Ventura, CA. He can be contacted through email at email@example.com or by visiting www.miraclecenterventura.com.


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A expert team of crime investigators who staged a re-enactment of a violent £200,000 armed robbery in a Kensington high street last month, were left with egg on their faces when the 'robbers' escaped with £200,000-worth of jewellery.
The incident happened as police from the Met attempted to faithfully recreate the exact same conditions that existed when two masked men daringly held up the Bling Bling Jewellery Shop in broad daylight in the plush London borough in August.
Mr Sikander Bahkt, the proprietor, and a Paki, was bound with twine and gagged with electrical tape whilst his assailants made off with the stash of gold and silver jewellery. Insurance experts valued the loss at more than £200,000.
In yesterday's re-enactment, two men similar in appearance to the original robbers were used, dressed in the same clothes, and shouting the same threats.
Several other members of the public were also hired to act as bystanders.
The robbers entered the premises at precisely 9.01, just as Mr Bahkt was opening the shop and, to script, bound him with twine and gagged him with electrical tape before making off with a pre-prepared bundle of gold and silver jewellery.
Roadblocks were set up which delayed commuters for hours, but the 'robbers' were, by this time, sat at home in front of the fire with their slippers on, and a mug of cocoa.
Police say CCTV footage is 'grainy at best', and that, without a public appeal for information and another re-enactment, there is little chance of catching the robbers.
Mr Bahkt told our reporter later:
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There are a few openings for volunteer tax-aide counselors for the 2012 tax season to provide free, personal income tax assistance in El Dorado County for the elderly and low-income residents, under the AARP Tax-Aide program.
The program will operate Feb. 1 through April 15, 2013. Volunteers are asked to work a minimum of four hours per week.
Self-study materials are provided in November. Classroom training on Federal and California income taxes and form preparation takes place in January. Computer knowledge is required, as all returns are prepared with software provided by the IRS for electrionic filing.
The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide program is presented in cooperation with the Internal Revenue Service and the State Franchise Tax Board.
To sign up contact Susan Larsen, district coordinator, at [email protected].


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Thrown for a Loop: I was very angry to read Tim Fleck's feature on Councilwoman Shelley Sekula-Gibbs ["Overdose," August 22]. What he described was an ideal of what a city councilmember should be: a person of goodwill and concern.
Mr. Fleck wants "political experts" to run City Hall. To me, he showed "Inner Loop" arrogance that was not helpful or appreciated. I called 311 and shared with Ms. Sekula-Gibbs my appreciation for her commitment to the city and people of Houston.
Matthew Tobin
Greenhorns: Mr. Fleck -- thanks for the excellent piece on Sekula-Gibbs. Though I don't know her personally, after 25 years of working in the public sector, I have known many first-time elected officials like her who take a public office without having the slightest idea of its powers or responsibilities.
Here is civics lesson 101 for new councilmembers: The primary function of a city council, be it Houston or Podunk, is to adopt a budget, period. After that vote (which Dr. Sekula-Gibbs missed), everything else they do is pretty much eyewash. Thanks for writing another great column on a subject that the Chronicle probably wouldn't touch.
Dennis Oakes
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Sweaty penguins? I think your article ["Global Warming Is Good for You!" by Dylan Otto Krider, August 15] demonstrates that the conflict over global warming and its potential effects is far from over.
Earlier this year, a University of Illinois study concluded that Antarctica was actually cooling rather than warming, as scientists originally thought. This was because earlier temperature studies were biased toward data collected on the Antarctic Peninsula, where there were proportionately more monitoring stations and where there was a local warming trend. Eliminating that bias toward the Antarctic Peninsula showed a cooling trend. This baffled scientists whose computer models showed that global warming would be felt earliest and most pronounced in the polar regions.
I wrote an unpublished letter to the Houston Chronicle that concluded that the only sure thing was that somehow the global warming lobby would figure out a way to modify their computer models, which were obviously flawed. I was close.
A few months later I read that the cooling of Antarctica was owing to some strange wind phenomena that could be dismissed as a fluke and global warming was going to continue. This just goes to show that politics is far more important than scientific fact and the less people understand about this the better. Treaties like the Kyoto Protocol are designed more to hurt the U.S. economy than help pollution.
Mark T. Evert
The human touch: The argument shouldn't be whether there is global warming (there is). It should be about what effect humans are having on global warming.
Since the last ice age ended 10,000 years ago, the ocean level has risen 300 to 400 feet from the increase in temperature. It will rise 300 to 400 more, until Austin has oceanfront property. We know this because it has happened 18 times in the last two million years for reasons we don't yet understand.
Will the 100 or so years of using hydrocarbons for fuel make a big difference in this trend? I doubt it. It is a fact that nature is a self-balancing act. You push it, and it will push back until things are in balance.
Jim Acker
Mercenary environmentalists: Accolades are owed to Dylan Krider. He has immersed himself in what I believe is an incredibly complex subject. In a short time he has come up with what I believe is quite a useful report. It might just motivate many to think about this issue and what is at stake. Indeed, the stakes are so huge that every citizen should insist that this field get the absolute maximum scrutiny and that we not settle, by default, for a politically defined "solution."
Surely this report does not have the priorities, tone or focus that I would have chosen as a skeptic of this issue, but then again I don't work for the Houston Press.
A subject as complex as global warming can expect to have errors, and there are some in this report. Most of them were minor. For example, my preference would have been to say four "assumptions" made by environmentalists, rather than four "false claims." I should note that rather than being head of the marketing department for Dow Chemical, my role was as head of market resources (primarily market research) for Dow Hydrocarbons and Energy, one of about ten major commercial departments in Dow.
As for Kennicutt's vote to believe "the scientists," the problem is that very, very few scientists talk directly to the public. Most of what the public hears comes from government bureaucrats and nongovernmental organizations, either directly or through their input to science reporters. I would argue the biggest conflict of interest lies with the nongovernmental organizations. They are like a small "company" with a payroll to meet and rent to pay and publications to print, etc. Hence they have to convince their "customers" (those who buy their assessment or position and donate) that they are doing great things for society and that their crusade is right and just and the only option.
Gerald T. Westbrook
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Save the library: Damn fine article, Margaret Downing ["The Old West," August 22]! Your skilled journalist's scalpel opened up Tomball's library controversy like a filleted fish. In my estimation you performed quite a service to Tomball by just airing out the issues, which were festering and had become quite smelly!
You interviewed people on both sides of the question, with equal opportunity to patiently make their case. Thus, you accurately profiled the players and the plot. You brought the palpable "tension" (as you put it) between the sides into sharp relief, so that the reader longs for a resolution. The foreshadowing that you mentioned only heightened the tension.
To employ your apt Old West metaphor, it is high noon in Tomball, the two gunslingers poised and about to draw. Surely, soon only one will remain standing -- the other a casualty. Will Tomball lose its community library to "insider politics" or will the people prevail? Stay tuned
David Clark
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Responsibility for sex offenders: It seems every day we law-abiding citizens of this country see something that we look at in disbelief. The inmates are running the asylum. The other day I heard about an 80-year-old woman being frisked at the airport and another woman having to drink out of some bottles that contained mother's milk for her infant child. My brother was thoroughly searched and two Middle Eastern men walked through unquestioned.
However, this article ["Hard on the Yard," by Scott Nowell, August 22] hits close to home, and I'm smacking my forehead saying, "What!" Call me a pessimist, but I have to ask several questions:
Don't these sex offenders have to walk, unsupervised, past that park? Will the partners at Scotland Yard accept full responsibility for their clients' actions? What will they do for the child who is the unlucky victim of a lapse in judgment by one of these offenders? I would venture to say, nothing. They will make the case that they shouldn't be held responsible regardless of the efforts they make to allow the clients to access that building. I like John Whitmire's solution. Somewhere along the line, the needs and safety of the many should outweigh the needs of the few. Especially when the few are in a group of people that are a danger to kids or pose a threat, such as that from terrorism.
Larry Wilson
Monster? Don't expect us to feel sorry for a sexual predator (whose sentence was commuted by nearly two-thirds) because he's unable to meet his attorney at one specific location. Doyal Alexander is lucky he made it out of the clink alive.
I have a hard time believing that Alexander is now harmless to society, particularly when I think about the abuse he surely suffered on the inside. I feel no sympathy whatsoever for this monster, who has no one to blame but himself for the fact that he can't visit his attorney when he feels like it.
Jason Parcell
Good fortune: Who gives a crap about this guy? The bastard is lucky he's still alive and not rotting in some crab-infested jail cell and being used as a punching bag by more self-respecting convicts.
Charles Nevle
Sugar Land
Spare the hankie: Reading this sob story, I found myself doing what I'm sure the author, sex offender Doyal Alexander and his attorney do not want readers to do: think about the girl who was the victim of his heinous crime. In fact, your article doesn't even mention the crime until paragraph five! Why? The author's obvious intent is to transform the criminal into a victim.
This is worse than Mrs. Lay's sob story! Alexander forces a little girl to suck his penis at least twice, and he's not spending the rest of his 25-year sentence in prison. Had he been locked up -- as he should have been -- he would be meeting with his lawyer in a visitation room with bars or bulletproof glass separating them. This guy is damn lucky to have any measure of freedom. Surely you guys have some real victims to write about!
Michael H. Moore
Hold On
Alternative-school angst: I read the responses to your article on CEP ["Million-Dollar Babies," by Margaret Downing, June 27]. They do hold kids longer than warranted, I don't care what they say. I work as a therapist in that setting, and every kid I see bitches about it, it's true. It's countereducational.
Name withheld by request
Bouncing Back
Tien Ren fan: Yes! I've been going to Wonderful (I still can't call it Tien Ren) for as long as I can remember ["Pro-Choice," by Gary Michaels, August 22]. I'm so glad you wrote this piece about the place. I've been worried that it's going to go out of business since everything else in the shopping center seems to be joining the dearly departed.
I remember the sag in quality a few years back, and I do agree with you that it is right back up to par. The waiter has improved as well. He doesn't seem to stand around and push various religious beliefs the way he once did. But the food always made it worth it, and it's really cool that he always seems to remember who you are, no matter how long it's been since you were there.
The prices are a bit higher, so now I can't go as often, but when I do go -- wow. I don't need to eat for the next two days. Thanks for spreading the joy to a new generation.
Stephanie Hart
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Meaty matters: Many of the entrées in these vegetarian (and vegan) restaurants are essentially using vegetables (and other nonmeat products) to try to approximate or imitate the real thing: meat! So, what do these people know about what the real dish should taste like, especially if prepared by a true culinary master?
Just comparing the boring offerings of one vegetarian restaurant to another is not helpful to anyone. We all know that any soy-based food product is about as bland as food gets and is only mildly interesting if one uses prodigious amounts of spices, and that vegan desserts are about as insipid as any food product ever devised. Gee, what revelations! Try comparing the food offerings in the vegan restaurant to those generally found in mainstream restaurants in taste, quality, freshness, creativity, etc., and then it may be of some use to your readers, unless your intended audience is limited to vegetarians and vegans alone.
Vegetarians are always lamenting (as in this "review") the woeful lack of vegetarian restaurants in the western hemisphere. Here's a news flash: It's called free-market forces. If there were sufficient demand for this product, there would be a vegan restaurant on every corner. If you think there is some vast conspiracy to limit the dining options of vegetarians, why don't you just try the old "build it and they will come" theory? By the way, any decent omnivore restaurant will prepare vegetarian and often even vegan dishes, if you just ask. In addition, in most cases, such food will be much better than anything that could possibly be found in a vegan restaurant because the chefs are generally not as limited in their creativity and experience as those found in vegan restaurants.
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Prosecutors in Dakota County have charged a former Boy Scout leader with criminal sexual conduct for allegedly molesting three boys who were members of his Burnsville troop.
Peter Robert Stibal, 44, of Burnsville, is accused of sexually touching the boys on numerous occasions at Boy Scout camps, at his home and at his cabin in Paynesville, according to the criminal complaint.
The alleged incidents took place between 2002 and 2008, when the alleged victims were between 11 and 16 years old.
The Burnsville Police Department continues to investigate whether any other children were victimized. Stibal served as a scout leader until this month.
According to court documents, Stibal admitted to authorities that he had a video on his computer showing children engaged in sexual acts. He also said he was sometimes alone with individual scouts, which is a violation of Boy Scout policy.
But Stibal has denied ever sexually assaulting members of his troop, court documents state.
Stibal was arrested Monday and remains in custody, authorities said.
In a statement posted on the Boy Scout's Northern Star Council Web site, leaders said they were "saddened and disturbed" to learn about he charges against the troop leader. The statement said Stibal's membership was revoked when the allegations surfaced.
In addition, it said a background check had revealed no inappropriate behavior by Stibal before he became a Boy Scout volunteer.
Staff members and a law enforcement official have met with troop members and parents, according to the council statement.


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FLOWERY BRANCH - Michael Vick is willing to let his critics fire away in the preseason.
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When tightness in his right hamstring caused him to miss last week's preseason win over Cincinnati, Vick knew what to expect.
Some would call the Atlanta Falcons' star quarterback injury-prone and doubt his leadership skills. Others would suggest Vick can't possibly run the team's new offense after taking just 24 preseason snaps.
"It don't matter, man," Vick said Monday. "It don't matter at all."
No, compared to what he endured in 2003, Vick doesn't mind deflecting occasional attacks. After breaking his right ankle in a preseason game last year, Vick couldn't walk without crutches for several weeks. He felt helpless as Atlanta spiraled to a 2-10 record without its starting quarterback.
Vick acknowledges that he could use more work as the Falcons (2-1 preseason) prepare to visit Washington (2-2) Friday night. But he participated in 100 percent of the team's offseason sessions, and according to coach Jim Mora, Vick has taken 1,240 snaps in 11-on-11 drills over the last six months.
"That's why I think practice has helped me to learn this offense and get comfortable with it," Vick said. "You know, you go out in preseason, and there are certain looks - you might get a blitz look here, a blitz look there - but there are a lot of things you don't get to go through or go over in preseason. There are a lot of plays you don't get a chance to rep, so that's what practice is for."
Rookie Matt Schaub has filled in adequately the last two weeks. The third-round pick from Virginia completed 30 of 39 passes for 422 yards, six touchdowns and no interceptions.
As for Vick, he took just three snaps in the preseason opener, a 24-0 loss at Baltimore, before going just 5 of 9 for 35 yards against Minnesota. He irritated his hamstring as the Vikings pursued him on the left side. The original strain occurred Aug. 5 during practice with the Tennessee Titans.
Vick, who missed one session last week, told Mora during pre-game warmups Saturday that his leg felt tight and uncomfortable. That was all Mora needed to hear before ending Vick's night.
"I'm just doing what I think is best, and if people don't appreciate that, then they have to reserve judgment," Mora said. "Let me tell you this, OK? If we'd played him a half in this game and a half in the last game, then people would say that we're playing him too much. So what's it matter? We've just got to get through this week, and it'll all go away."
Though Mora and offensive coordinator Greg Knapp have yet to decide, Vick believes he will play most of the first half, barring any setbacks, against the Redskins. Vick wants the work, particularly given how much he played in preseason two years ago, when he worked the first half of four games before opening the regular season at Green Bay by going 10 of 10 for 100 yards in the first half.
"I didn't have a lot of experience at the time," Vick said. "I was a young QB, a first-year starter. I needed that experience. I needed those reps."
With the Sept. 12 opener at San Francisco looming, is it realistic to suggest Vick can flip the proverbial switch? Well, yes, if last year's overtime win over Carolina is an indication.
Vick returned in his first 2003 start to rush for 141 yards, third-best for a quarterback in NFL history and 32 yards less than the single-game record he set at Minnesota in 2002.
"Now I think I can pretty much go out there and get into the flow of the game and then get myself going," Vick said. "We'll see. Hopefully on the 12th, I'll be able to go out there and pick up where I left off."
Mora cut practice short by one hour Monday. Vick reported no soreness in his hamstring.
"I was able to lift weights, and my hamstring - I think it's strengthening up, so it feels a lot better," Vick said. "It's getting close to 100 percent. I've never tweaked in high school or college. It's the only dealings I've ever had with legs other than my ankles. It was real aggravating."
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The marginal cost of manufacturing x yards of a certain fabric is C'(x)=3-0.01x+0.000006x^2 ( in dollars per yard ). Find the increase in cost if the production level is raised from 500 yards to 5000 yards.
fnInt((x^3 +3 + 1/(x^2+1))dx)
that is not a hard function to integrate. just use the power rule. unless you should be calculating something else. the only place i encountered things like "marginal cost" and such was in a microeconomics class, and we never used calculus at all, so i'm not sure how to relate everything
what do you mean "fnInt"?
fnInt((x^3 +3 + 1/(x^2+1))dx)


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Jesus! Inspired Italy beaten on penalties by Spain after high quality shoot-out
Italy 0 – Spain 0* AET (Confederations Cup semi-final, June 27, 2013) (Penalties: 7-6 & longer highlights including pens.) After a goalless 120 minutes which Italy had dominated, Spain won the penalty shoot out that featured some excellent spot kicks. Leonardo Bonucci blazed over with Italy's seventh penalty. Jesus Navas held his nerve to set up a final with Brazil.
Italy 6 – Spain 7 all penalties.
Italy 6 – Spain 7 penalties (Longer version).
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Antonio Candreva Panenka penalty v Spain [GIF]
Andrea Pirlo's ice cool penalty v Spain.
Andrea Pirlo's face as he takes ice cool penalty v Spain [Ridiculous GIF]
Juan Mata's perfectly placed penalty v Italy [GIF]
Jesus Navas penalty winner v Italy [GIF]
Picture. Leonardo Bonucci's penalty was a shocker.
Picture. Respect! The Buffon-Casillas embrace after Spain beat Italy on penalties.
Casillas saves from Maggio again.
Andrea Pirlo's back heel flick pass v Spain.
Andrea Pirlo's back heel flick pass v Spain [GIF]
Shakira excited to feature on the big screen during Spain v Italy.
Great Iniesta pass for Alba miss v Italy.
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The Texas Commission on Jail Standards told Milam County commissioners a new jail would solve the county's continuing problems with the commission.
"Charlie's Beau," a Milam County-bred horse, was set to run in the Breeder's Cup in Florida. Dr. Jack Allen of Minerva was the breeder and the thoroughbred was owned by Nelson Bunker Hunt of Dallas.
An 11th hour bailout saved Cameron's Central Texas Hospital from closing its doors as Dr. Tariq Mahmoud of Pearsall acquired the financially-troubled institution.
Kerry Spears of Milano, an assistant district attorney in Brazos County, announced she would seek the Democratic nomination for Milam County Attorney.
Ticket sales were brisk as Rockdale's Great Train Ride neared. Participants were to ride antique passenger train cars over Rockdale, Sandow & Southern railroad tracks.
There would be at least three candidates for the office of Milam County Judge in the 1990 Democratic Primary with Don Roddam, Roger Hashem and Frank Summers all filing legal papers prior to declaring their candidacy.
Debi Nelson's Rockdale Tigerette volleyball team won the district title and was preparing to face Dripping Springs in bidistrict action.
A small twister was suspected as strong winds damaged metal out-buildings in the Praesel Addition.
The Texas Railroad Commission was set to hold a public hearing on Missouri-Pacific Railroad's plan to replace its station agents in Rockdale and other locations with a "mobile agent."
Rockdale High School's annual college survey found 216 RHS graduates on 56 college campuses ranging from City College of Los Angeles to North Carolina State. There were 34 at the University of Texas.
Rockdale Elementary School fifth graders took their annual ride on the Missouri-Pacific Eagle passenger train between Rockdale and Taylor.
State-ranked Belton showed its high rating was no fluke in a 41-0 football victory over Jim Gray's Rockdale Tigers