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These consist mainly of Powell Obits from Kansas City newspapers.
Kansas City Times, March 14, 1992
VIVIAN L. POWELL, of Southeast Kansas City,a teacher, died March 13, 1992, at Trinty Lutheran Hospital. Mrs. Powell taughty third grade at Henry C. Kumpf Elementary School for 10 years. Earlier she taught at the Horace Mann and Douglass elementary schools; she taught in Kansas City for more than 30 years. She recived a bachelor's degree in English and music from Lincoln University in Jefferson City and attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas State University, Northeast Missouri State University and Avila College. She was a Catholic. She was born in Sapulpa, Okla., and lived in this area for 40 years
Survivors include her husband, Hubert W. Powell Jr. of the home; three sons, Hubert W. Powell III, Kansas City, Victor W. Powell, Washington, D.C., and Eric W. Powell, of the home; three brothers, Robert Davis, Leavenworth, Donald Davis, Oklahoma City, and Gerald Davis, Tulsa, Okla., two sisters, Maxine Carter, St. Louis, and Patricia Scott, Chicago; and a granddaughter. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Watkins Brush Creek Chapel; burial in Floral Hills Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the Leukemia Society of America.
Kansas City Times, May 10, 1993
BONNIE M. POWELL, 56, Lawrence, formerly of Springhill in Johnson County, died May 9, 1993, at the home. Services wil be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the McLouth, KS, United Methodist Church; graveside services at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Highland Cemetery, Iola, KS. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Warren-McElwain Chapel in Lawrence. The family suggests contributions to the church. Mrs. Powell was born in Iola, and lived throughout Kansas and in Springhill before moving to Lawrence in 1986. She was office manager for the Hill Chiropractic Clinic in Lawrence since 1991 She attended WestMar College in La Mars, Iowa. She was past president of the Lawrence chapter of the Business and Professional Women. Survivors include her husband, the Rev. Donald D. Powell of the home; a son, Ronald Powell, Lawrence; a daughter, Cheryl Gentleman, Beloit, KS; her mother, Marjorie Upshaw, Iola; a brother, Paul Ray Upshaw, Iola; and two grandchildren.
Kansas City Star, Feb 16, 2002
PATRICIA JUNE HUGHEY POWELL, 67, of Marmet, WV, entered her heavenly home on February 13, 2002. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, February 18, at Church of God-Holiness, 6801 W. 74th Street, Overland Park, KS 66204. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday, at D. W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf (913) 648 6224.
Kansas City Star, Feb 06, 1992
WINFRED MONROE "Win" POWELL
WINFRED MONROE "Win" POWELL, 86, Kansas City, KS, died Feb 5, 1992, at a hospital in Plainville, KS. He was born in Louisburg, KS, and lived in Kansas City, KS, most of his life. He alsoived in Pleasanton, KS. Mr. Powell was a heavy-equipment operator, retiring from the Union Construction Co. He was a member of the Scottish Rite bodies and the Fort Scott (KS) Consistroy. Survivors include his wife, Charlotte Powell of the home; a daughter, Shirley Mauck, Stockton; four gradchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Torneden-Coffel Chapel, Pleasanton; burial in the Pleasanton Cemetery.
Kansas City Star, June 27, 1992
EVELYNANNE POWELL, 80, Kansas City, KS, died June 25, 1992, at Bethany Medical Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Porter Chapel; graveside Daughters of the Nile services will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at the chapel, where Eastern Star services will be at 6 p.m. The family suggests contributions to the American Diabetes Association or the First Pilgrim Congregational Church.
Mrs. Powell was born in Emporia, KS, and moved to Kansas City, KS in 1937. She formerly taught art at Emporia High School and Emporia State Teachers College. She was a member and past deaconess of the church, past president of the Whatsoever circle, past chairman of the Mayflower group and a past menber of the chior. She was a member of the Wyandotte and Trailblazers camping clubs and the Progressive Study Ckub. She was a past honored queen of Job's Daughters in Emporia, a 60 year member of the Sherman chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star and a member of the League of Scottish Rite Women. She was a member of the El Maat temple of the Daughters of the Nile and of the temple's Ding-a-ling Band Unit. She received a bachelor's degree from Emporia State Teacher's College in 1934. Survivors include her husband, John C. Powell of the home; a daughter, Jonanne Rose, Kansas City, KS; a grandson, and a great-granddaughter.
Kansas City Star, 20 Feb 1993
DOLLIE J. POWELL, 86, Kansas City in Clay County, died Feb. 18, 1993, in the Alpine North Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Riverside. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Conn Chapel, Tipton, MO; buiral in the Tipton Masonic Cemetery. Friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at the chapel. Mrs. Powell was born in Locust Grove, OK and lived in Tipton before moving to this area 48 yearts ago. She was head cook at the Armour Food Co. caf eteria in the 50s. She was a member of the Gladstone Seniors Club, the Northtown Golden Agers and the Platte Woods and McMurry clubs for seniors. Survivors include a son, Jerry Powell, Kansas City; three daughters, Darlene Coats, San Jacinto, CA, Arlene Allen, Harlingen, TX \, and Carol Matthews, Independence; a brother, Clarence Sutherland, OK; 16 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Kansas City Star, Feb 24, 2002
PARRICIA ANN STEWART POWELL, age 57, of Warsaw, MO, passed away Friday, February 22, 2002, at the University of Missouri Medical Center of Columbia, MO. Cremation. Mrs. Powell is survived by two sons, Jim Steward, of the state of Kansas, John Steward, of Lee'sSummit, MO; three daughters, Michele Spencer, of Sugar Land, TX, Abby Powell, of Langhome, P, Amy Gurse, of Overland Park, KS, and five grandchildren. Also surviving is her mother, Velma Webb, of Leavenworth, KS; and one sister, Lynn Barry of Warsaw.
Kansas City Star, Nov 23, 1978
RICHARD C. POWELL, 52, of 5001 E. 9th, who was killed Tuesdaywhen he wa struck bu a forklift at the Tri-State Motor Transit Co., 4433 Gardner. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Thompson-Mackler Chapel, Madison, MO; burial in Sunset Hill Cemetery Madison. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tomight at the Carson Independence Chapel and from 7 to 8:30 p.m.Friday at the Thompson-Mackler Chapel.
Mr. Powell was born in Madison and had lived here 20 years. He was a truck driver for Tri-State 14 years.He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was a Baptist. He leaves two sons, Richard A. Powell of the home, and Danny V. Powell, Kansas City; two daughters, Mrs. Donna Tulloch, OLverland Park, KS, and Mrs. Diane Summers, Bunceton, MO; two brothers, John Powell and Austin Powell of Madison; five sisters, Mr.s Betty Meals, Independence; Mrs. May Staley and Mrs. Virginia Elsberry of Moberly, MO, and Mrs. Mary Apel and Mrs. Bertha Meals of Madison, and 10 grandchildren.
Kansas City Star, 28 February, 2002
Helen POWELL James, 98, Prairie Village, KS, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2002, at Somerset Health Center at Claridge Court. A memorial service will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2nd, at the chapel of Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Rd., Prairie Village, KS. Friends may greet the family in the church parlor immediately following the service. In Lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Village Presbyterian Church, the Salvation Army, 3637 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111 or the charity of choice.
Mrs. James was born in Napoleon, MO on march 27, 1903, the daughter of Joseph and Annie Powell and grew up in Odessa, MO. She was a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, where she met Gilbert Lee James of Bevier, MO. They were married for 40 years until his death in 1966. She had a great love of literature and gave book reviews for most of her adult life. She served several terms as chairman of the board of Armour Memoriaal Home, and was chairman during the fundraising and construction of a new medical wing. She was a member of the Village Presbyterian Church, Women's City Club, Chi Omega, Indian Hills Country Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, Janet Boopne Service Club and Round Robin Study Club. She is survived by two sons, Donald James and his wife, Georgette, Shawnee Mission, KS, and Philip James and his wife, Susan, Ft. Collins, CO; daughter-in-law, Nan Yost and husband, Howard of Shawnee Mission, KS; seven granbdchildren, Linda James Ransey and husband, Clark, Brian James and wife, Molly, Kathleen James Ring and husband, Brad, Elizabeth James Steward and husband, Terry, Melinda James, Ryan James and Kathy Newman; seven great-grandchildren, Grant and Erin Ramey, Christopher and Taylor James, Bailey and Bridget Ring and Lillian Stewart. In addition to her late husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Norine Allen and her brother, Lawrence Powell. The family wishes to express their deepest appreciation for the care and kindness of the caregivers and the staff of Somerset Health Center, Claridge Court and Odyssey Hospice.
Kansas City Times, 29 Dec 1987
HOMER POWELL, 54, Grandview, MO died Dec. 25, 1987, at Research Belton Hospital. He was born in Drew, Miss., and lived in this area for 32 years. Mr. Powell had been a shipping clerk for the Clorox Co. for 17 years. He was a member of Local 41 of the Teamsters union. Survivors include his wife, Gwen L. Powell of the home; four sons, Mevlin Powell, Stanley Powell, Reginald Powell and Steve Powell of Kansas City; six daughters, Hazel Tanner, Diane Powell, Joyce Powell, Shelis Powell and Shirese Powell of Kansas City and Judy Cardoza, Sacramento, CA; a stepson, Ray L. Tyson Jr., Houston; a stepdaughter, Toni Tyson, Columbia; his mother, Rosie B. Powell, Memphis, Tenn.; four brothers, Ocie Powell Jr., Memphis, and Ecel Powell, Earl Powell and Cliff Powell of Detriot; six sisters, Era Simms, Detriot, Jodie Johnson, Kansas City, Rose Parrott, Phelisa Powell and Alice Eskridge of Memphis and Mildred Worthmn. Jackson, Miss.; 21 grabdchildren; three step-grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at noon Wednesday at the Watkins Brush Creek Chapel; burial in Mount Moriah Cemeteray. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the chapel.
Kansas City Star, May 08, 2002
SYLVESTER POWELL, JR., 82, Mission, KS, passed away March 06, 2002, at St. Joseph Health Center. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, March 11, at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Burial in Resurrection Cemetery in Lenexa,KS. Visitation will be 4-7 p.m., Sunday, March 10, at the church, with Rosary at 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Pius X Catholic Church, 5601 Woodson, Mission, KS 66202.
Sylvester was born May 12, 1919 in Springfield, OH. He grew up in Springfield, graduating from Olive Branch High School and then attending Wittenberg University. He served as a Captain in General Patton's Third Army during WWII and was awarded four battle stars and the Bronze Star award. During the war he married Nerle Cline and on January 16 of this year they celebrated the 59th anniversary of their first date. After the war he received a law degree from the University of Kansas City and was later awarded the Juris Doctor degree. He was a trial lawyer in Kansas City, MO for 47 years, retiring in 1995. His law firm, Heilbron and Powell handled the defense work for Farmer's Insurance Group. He served as Mayor of Mission from 1955-1965 and again from 1977 until his death. Amoung the numerous awards he received were 7th Annual Litigator's Emeritus Award from the Kansas City Metropolition Bar Asspciation, Kiwanis Club Community Service Award and the Tecumseh (Ohio) School District Hal;l of Honor 2000. He was an active member of St. Pius X Church for 47 years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Sylvester and Jennie (Pasquinni) Powell; his brothers, Elmer, Rick and John; and his sisters, Nellie Blaine and Blanche Aldrich. Survivors include his wife, Merle; his son, and daughter-in-law, Stehen and Beverly Powell of Orlando, FL; his daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Andrew Simonsen of Overland Park; his daughter and son-in-law, Dianne and Kent Oliver of Canton, OH; grandchildren, Jennifer (Powell) and her husband, Lee Fella, Robert Powell, Peter Simonsen, Sally Simonsen and allison Oliver; and great-granddaughter, Jamie Fella. The family wishes to express their sincere graditude for the many cards, calls and prayers offerd by friends during the last few weeks.
Kansas City Star, 14 March, 2002
Kansas City Star, 2 WILLAIM R. "JACK" POWELL, JR., 76, of Topeka, KS, passed away Monday, March 11,2002, at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Powell was born Sept. 27, 1926, to Willaim R. and Alta E. Williamson Powell in Independence, MO. Mr. Powell graduated from Shawnee Mission High School in 1944. He attended and graduated from William Jewell College in Liberty, MO, in 1949, with a degree in History. Mr. Powell was a WWII U.S. Navy Veteran and a Korean Conflict Vetera and he served in the U.S. Airforce. For two years,
Mr. Powell taught History at Rushville High School in Rushville, MO. In 1952, he started his career with the Santa Fe Railroad and retired in 1986. Mr. Powell was a Material Supervisor at retirement, he had worked in the Argentine Yards in Kansas City, KS, and in their Topeka Offices. Mr. Powell was a member of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity and the Masonic Lodge, and a longtime member of Covenant Baptist Church. He enjoyed family, reading and golf and was a big U.S. History buff. In 1953, Mr. Powell married Beverly Jean Mendenhall; they later divorced. She survives and lives in Kansas City, KS. In 1990, he married Grace Alleen Morris; she survives and lives in Topeka, KS.
Other survivors include one son, John "Jeff" Powell and wife, Debra, of Overland Park, KS; one daughter, Mary Ann Jones and her husband, Bill, of Midland,MI; three stepsons, Jeff Morris of Overland Park, KS , Jamie Morris of Atlanta, GA, and Todd Morris of Altanta, GA; one stepdaughter, Pam Morris of Topeka, KS; 10 grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Mr. Powell will lie in state beginning at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 14, 2002, at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel, Topeka, where family will receive friends 6-8 p.m.. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 15, at the chapel; graveside services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, KS. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Assoc., 837 S. Hillside, Wichita, Ks 67211.
Kansas City Star, 16 March, 2002
Kansas City Star, ROBERT "BOB" E. POWELL, SR., 86, Overland Park, KS, died Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Monday, March 18, 2002, at McGilley & Hoge Chapel. Entombment at Chapel Hill Cemetery will military honors. Friends may call 4-6 p.m. Sunday, March 17, at the chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Assoc., P. O. Box 1013, Columbia, MO 65205.
Mr. Powell was born Jul 125, 1915 in Ft. Scott, KS, the son of the late Wallace Eugene and Laura (McGarger) Powell. He was a graduate og Rosedale High School in 1922. He served in the 358th Quarter Master Corps during WWII in the Army. In 1941, he entered into the insurance business and worked there 35 years, retiring in 1981 from Blue Cross, Blue Shield. In 1943 he was the champion of both the Kansas City, KS Medal Play Golf Tournament, as well as champion of the Match Play Tournament. He repeated as t eh Kansas City, KS Match lay champion in 1944. He was past president of the Kansas City, KS Golf Association.
He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Henrietta Powell of the home; two sons, Robert Powell Jr. and his wife, Mary Ann and Jim Powell and his wife, Kerry, all of Overland Park, KS; a brother, Wallace4 Powell and his wife, Jeane of Ft. Scott, KS; five grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; a niece, Connie Kern, Shawnee, KS. He was preceded in death by a brother, Claude Powell.
Kansas City Star: 14 June 2002
BARBARA JEAN POWELL, 53, of Santa Cruz, CA, passed away in Santa Cruz on September 10, 2002. Furneral services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, September 15 , at Amos Family Chapel of Lenexa. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. prior to service. The family suggests contributions to the Huntingrton's Disease Society of America.
Barbara was born in Houston, TX, lived in Kansas City, Omaha, Iowa, and Pennsylvania prior to moving to Santa Cruz, six years ago. Sh enjoyed painting, sewing, and traveling. She and her husband, Tom, visited 50 states and attended baseball games at all of the major league ballparks on three occasions.
Survivors include Barbara's husband of 34 years, Tom, of the home; daughters, Sheila Powell and Jennifer Cleaery; grandchildren, Ashton Nance, Jehna Cleary, and Ricky A. Miller Jr.; brother and his wife, John C. and Gail Boyce; brother, William Boyce; and numerious nieces and nephews.
Kansas City Star: Dec 27, 2001
COLONEL DUDLEY F.POWELL, 81, of Gaithersburg, MD (formerly of the Kansas City area), died on Friday, December 21, 2001, at the W Salter Eedd Army Medical Center, Washington, D. C. He was the husband of Jewel G. Powell. Born on May 22, 1920 in Buffalo, MO, he was the son of the late Ray Joseph and Fay Cox Powell. Colonel Powell served in the U.S. Airforce during WWII and Vietnam, retiring after a 30-year career with the Air Force. Surviving in addition to his wife are children, Dean F. Powell of Kansas City, MO, Lance B. Powell of Anchorage, AK, Gail Tinsman of Matinburg, WV and Billy W. Turner of Glen Burnie; seven grandchildren; nine great-grabndchildren; and one great-great-grandson. Friends may call on Friday, December 28, f rom 7-9 p.m. at the Olin L. Molesworth Funeral Home, 26401 Ridge Road, Danascus, MD, where services will be held on Saturday, December 29 at 11 a.m.Interment with full Military Honors will be in Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memoral contributions may be made to the American Heart Assn, Children's National Medical Center or Gideon Ministry.
Kansas City Star; 31 Dec 2001
LOIS A POWELL went to be with Jesus on Saturday, December 29, 2001, at 10:55 a.m. Funeral services will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 2, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. A visitation will precede the services from 6-7 p.m.. Burial will be in Holman WI. The family suggests contributions to the Full Faith Church of Love, 6824 Lackman Rd., Shawnee, KS 66217.
Lois was born July 8, 1922, in La-Crosse, WI. She was preceded in death by a son, David Powell, a brother, Dean Bahnub, and her parents, Fred and Mary Bahnub. Survivors include her husband, Ray Powell, Lenexa, KS; a daughjter, Patti Ann Clark and husband Joseph, Shawnee, KS; a brother, Gordon Bahnub and wife Beverly, Apache Junction, AZ; a sister, Mary Stechs and husband George, Onalaska, WI; two defaulters-in-law, Connie Powell, Mendots Heights, MN, and Judith Powell, Inver Grove Heights, MN; two grandaughters, Andrea Powell, Bloominghton, MN, and Kelli Caffey and husband Curtis, Cedar Park, TX; a grandson, Reed Ostrom, Kansas City, MO; and three great-grandsons, Nicholas Telken, Austen Caffey and Hayden Caffy.
Kansas City Star 3 Jun 2002
MARGUERITE (PEGGY POWELL) HESS, 97, of Overland Park, KS, Santa Fe Towers, passed away June 1, 2002, at Manor Care Nursing Center after a brief Illness. Funeral services will be 1 a.m. Wednesday, June 5, 2002, at Country Club Christian Church's Comb's Chapel, 6101 Ward Pkwy; private burial in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at D. W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf. In leu of flowers, memorail contributions are suggested to Country Club Christain Church, 6101 Ward Pkwy., Kansas City, MO 64113, or Tall Oaks, 12797 189th St., Linwood, KS 66052.
Peggy was born February 10, 1905, in Wheatland, MO, to Walter and Ethel (McCracken) Powell and grew up in Kansas City, MO, in the northeast area of town. She attended Scarritt and Gladstone Elementary Grade schools, graduated from Northeast High School in 1922, and attended Junior College. She and her Husband, Fran/k, owned the Northeast Market and the Hess Racquet Shop on the Concourse. She had also worked for Postal Life and Old American Insurance Companies.
Shewas preceded in death by her husband, Frank, in 1978, after 51 years of marriage, her brother, Evans Powell, as well as her parents. She is survived by her grandsons, John, and his wife, Emma, of Overland Park, KS, and David and his wife, Patty, of Olathe, KS; her three great-granddaughters, Jansen, Alyssa and Emliy; and many nieces and nephews. She was an avid radio sports fan of KU and MU Basketball, and the Royals and the Chiefs. Peggy was a member of Country Club Christian Church and its 50/560 Sunday School Class.
Kansas City Star, 24 Oct 2002
JEAN FRANCES (Orr) POWELL
JEAN FRANCES (Orr) POWELL, age 58, passed away October 24, 2002, at St. Joe Medical Center. Funeral services will be at Mt. Moriah Terrace Park (North) on Sunday, October 27 at 2 p.m. Visitation willbe Saturday. October 26, at 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers maybe made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Jean was a graduate of Park Hill High School and Central Missouri State University, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Education in 1966. She taught elementary grades in the Park Hill and Polo school districts for five years. She was also a substitute teacher for many years and loved children. She was amember of the Beta Sigma Phi and the Park Hill Christian Church. The eldest of five, she lived in the Kansas City area all her life.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Glenna Orr (Stovall) and her father, Tom Orr. She is survived by her Loving husband, Bill, and her daughter, Kathy. She also leaves behind one sister, Patricia Crews of Columbia, MO, and three brothers, Glenn Orr and Jim Orr, both of Kansas City, and Ed Orr of Liberty; and nine nieces and nephews, She was a terrific wife, mother, sister and friend. She will be missed by all.
Kansas City Star; Oct 27, 2002
KATHRYN ANN (Berry) POWELL
KATHRYN ANN (Berry) POWELL of Keesville, NY, formerly of Liberty, MO, was born February 16, 1960 inHonolulu, HI and passed away October 2, 2002. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, November 02, at Grace Episcopal Church, 520 South 291 Highway, Liberty, MO. The family requests no flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Grace Church, in her name.
Kathy's girlhood was spent in Liberty, MO graduating high school, Class of 1978. She culminated her education at the University of Missouri graduating Phi Begta Kappa with a Masters Degree.
Kathy loved literature, music, jewelry and people. once a friend-always a friend. She will be missed. Survivors include her husband, Dr. Thomas G. Powell; her parents, Tom and Theo Berry; her brother and sister-in-law, TJ and Shelly Berry; her nephew and niece, Alex and Sami Jo Berry; and grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert W. Berry.
Kansas City Star 23 Nov 2002
DAVID "CLARK" POWELL, 61, of Lee's Summit, MO, died on November 21, 2002, after a yearlong battlewith cancer. Clark was born July 15, 1941, in Davenport, IA. Clark was a 1978 graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Engineering. He was a 40 year employee of Honeywell International, Federal Manufacturing and Technolodgy, Kansas City, MO, where he held a variety of staff engineering positions spanning four decades. Clark was an honorary member of the Tribe of Mic-O0Say.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Powell, of the home, and four adult children, David T. Powell, Kansas City, Alice A. Powell, Lee's Summit, Major John Vannoy, Fort Leavenworth, and Jeffery D. Vannoy, Lee Summit. Clark and also the proud "Poppie" of Emily, Gavin, and Karson Vannoy. Clark will be remembered and loved by these whose lives he touched. Memorials should be made to Boy Scouts of America, Heart of America Chapter, Kansas City. Memorial services will be held at Langsford Funeral Home, 115 SW 3rd Street, Lee's Summit, MO at 5 p.m. Sunday, November 24th.
Kansas City Star, 14 Aug 2002
Kansas City Star, 14 Aug 2002 FAYE O. POWELL, 94, of Lawrence, KS, formerly of Kansas City, MO resident, died Monday, August 12, 2002, at Brandon Woods. Law reence. Services will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, August 18 at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, 16 N. Buckeye, Iola, KS. (620)-365-2948. Memorials to the American Heart Assn, McLouth United Methodist Church or Florence Presbyterian Church.
Kansas City Star, 27 Dec 2002
ASUDREY F. POWELL, 87, Appleton, MO, formerly of Kansas City, died December 26, 2002, at Appleton City Manor Nursing Home. Services will be 10 a.m. Staurday, December 28, at Hill & Son Funeral Home, Appleton City; burial in Appleton City Cemetery. Visitation 7-8 p,m, Friday at the funeral home. Memorieals to Evelyn Brown Laney Hospice.
Kansas City Star Jan 7, 2003
B. F. "Jack" POWELL
B. F. "Jack" POWELL, JR, 89, Lathrop, MO passed away Sunday, Jan 05, 2003 at Excelsior Springs Medical Center. Jack was born November 17, 1913 in Gilliam, MO to Benjamin F. and Flora Belle Whittle Powell. Jack was a lifelong resident of Lathrop where he was a member of the Lathrop Antique Car and Engine Club and the Seedman Association of Columbia, MO. He grew and sold Hybrid Seed Corn. Jack attended Central Missouri State University and worked in construction with his brothers. Dick and Robert. He also farmed and worked for Avesco. He was a member of Gilliam Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Helen Maxine Powell of the home, one daughter, Jacqulin Rex, Kansas City, two gandsons, Michael Lynn Rex and wife, Sara, their sons, Benjamin and Jacob of Milan, MO, Leslie Bryan Rex and wife Dixie, their daughter, Megan of Excelsior Springs, MO. He was preceded in death by five brothers and six sisters. Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, January 8, in the church at the Antique Car Grounds, Lathrop. Visitation 7-8 p.m. Tuesday at Bailey & Cox Family Funeral Service, Lathrop. Burial in Lathrop Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Antique Car Club c/o the funeral home.
Kansas City Star 29 Jan 2003
FRANCIS D. "FRANK" POWELL, 86, of Independence,MO passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at Rosewood Health Center. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Friday, January 31, at Mound Grove Cemetery. Survived by children, Gerald Powell, Kansas City, MO, Jane Nicol, Blue Springs, MO and Karen Kormeier, St. Charles, MO; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Kansas City Star, 10 Jan, 2003
THOMAS I. POWELL, 54, Iola, KS (formerly of Kansas City) died Wednesday, January 8, 2003, at St. Luke's Medical Center. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday, January 11, at First Baptist Church, Iola; burial in Highland Cemetery, Iola. Memorials are suggested to the National Kidney Foundation or Chikldren's Miracle Network.
Kansas City Star, December 20, 2002
ELYWIN POWELL, 82, Buckner, MO, passed away Thursday, December 19, 2002, at his residence. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, December 23 at Chapel of Memories Funeral Home, Grain Valley, MO; burial with military honors in Swan Lake Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 10-11 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.


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Terry Jones was allegedly expelled from a church in Germany for being a Christian fundamentalistPosted by: Malcontent
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The Christian fundamentalist threatening to burning a copy of the Koran this weekend was expelled from a previous church for Islamophobic behaviour and creating a 'climate of control and fear'.
Reverend Terry Jones plans to set the Muslim text alight in his Gainsville, Florida church despite the move being condemned by the White House and various religious groups around the world.
President Barack Obama even made a personal plea to cancel the event – set to take place on September 11 – on the ABC network's Good Morning America programme, urging the reverend to reconsider his actions.
He said the action – referred to as 'Burn a Koran Day' by Jones – could result in a 'recruitment bonanza for al Qaeda'.
But this is not the first time the pastor, 58, has attracted attention for anti-Islam behaviour.
The former hotel manager is author of a book called Islam is of the Devil and founded the Dove World Outreach Centre, which attracts radical evangelists.
And prior to bringing his own brand of preaching to America, he was ejected from a church in Cologne by congregation members in 2009 for being a Christian fundamentalist.
Stephen Baar, one of the current pastors of the Christian Community of Cologne church in west Germany, told news agency DPA Jones expected 'blind obedience' from those who came to worship.
In addition to forbidding free expression, there were a number of 'financial irregularities' when Jones and his wife Sylvia were in charge.
Andrew Schafer, an official responsible for monitoring churches in the region of Cologne said people who were ministered by Jones are still in therapy for 'spiritual abuse'.
Speaking to news website Spiegel Online, he also claimed the pastor taught a 'distinct demonology', telling congregation members to beat their children with a rod
'Terry Jones appears to have a delusional personality,' he added.
So, Jones is a delusional Christian fundamentalist for speaking out against Islam, even though he has never advocated physical harm to anyone, but Muslims shouting Death To America/Americans are apparently well rounded clear thinking individuals.
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
- Program in Translation and Intercultural Communication at Princeton.
- Link: http://www.nytimes.com
EVERYBODY has his own tale of terrible translation to tell — an incomprehensible restaurant menu in Croatia, a comically illiterate warning sign on a French beach. "Human-engineered" translation is just as inadequate in more important domains. In our courts and hospitals, in the military and security services, underpaid and overworked translators make muddles out of millions of vital interactions. Machine translation can certainly help in these cases. Its legendary bloopers are often no worse than the errors made by hard-pressed humans.


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While Charlie Master is now ensconced at Sketch, his former restaurant, Brix, is slowly settling into history. Although the original Brix space at 3000 East Fillmore Street is again empty (Barron's died within weeks), the second Brix location, downtown at 2200 Market Street, should reopen on Friday, May 1, as Otto's Grill.
Better luck this time.


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Oscar Mayer Shot In Cold Bologna Blood [AUDIO, FUNNY]
Guns are not toys. Never play with guns. Even if you're certified to carry and fire a gun, you still shouldn't play with it. Just ask the Sevier County, Tennessee Sheriff whose gun recently went off in a convience store, horribly injuring a pack of frozen bologna.
Sheriff Chris Huskey was recently suspended after his gun discharged inside a convenience store. No one was injured. The bullet from the weapon lodged itself in a pack bologna.
He and other officers were comparing the weight of their weapons when his accidentally discharged. Before hitting the sausage the bullet went through a 15-inch computer screen and a cooler door.
Apparently to Huskey the Bologna Song sounds like this:


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The Glen Iris Elementary School principal will come down from the roof of his school when he is ready, and it won't be before he has enough money to build his students an outdoor classroom valued at $200,000.
"Our goal is to increase inquiry-based instruction and every one of these kids and every one of these children deserve the best," he said, minutes before climbing a two-story ladder shortly after 1 p.m. today to get to the roof of Glen Iris Elementary School in Birmingham's Southside.
Wilson will spend the next 27 hours on the roof in an attention-getting event he dubbed "Rescue Principal Wilson."
The heat and high humidity -- along with the threat of rain and possibly thunderstorms -- did not deter him from climbing to the roof. He has everything he needs, including a tent donated by Academy Sports and Outdoors, his cell phone, food and water.
Wilson is asking passers-by to stop in today or Saturday up until 5 p.m. to donate money for the garden, as well as canned goods, non-perishable food items and clothing for Greater Birmingham Ministries and Southside Baptist Church.
There will be a festival Saturday afternoon that includes vendor booths, arts and crafts, a yard sale and a farmer's market.
"It's a wonderful sight to see teachers, students and the community here for the common good," Birmingham school Superintendent Craig Witherspoon told the crowd before Wilson climbed to the roof. "Students, we want you to dream big and we want you to dream big right now. Anything you want to do, you can do, and we're going to do what we can to provide you with those opportunities."
Wilson plans to descend from the roof at 5 p.m. Saturday. He hopes to have the outdoor classroom ready for students at some point in the next school year.
The outdoor classroom he envisions is nothing ordinary; this one, when completed, will have a butterfly garden, a pizza garden, fruit trees, rain barrels, a water feature, raised beds, turtles, birds and possibly even rabbits.
Each grade will take care of different sections of the gardens.
Science classes at the school already learn all about plans, gardening and soil. Students even grow plants as part of a project, but they have to be grown indoors and kept under growth lights. Doing the assignments in an outdoor classroom would allow students not only to plant and garden, but to take soil pH readings, chart temperatures and monitor plant growth during the different seasons.
Research has shown that students who engage in hands-on activities in an outdoor environment are not only more excited about learning, but retain the information longer.
"Some of the kids get tired of doing their stuff in class and they can do it hands-on and see it grow in an outdoor garden," said A'zhariya Ellis, a fifth-grader at the school.
Getting on the roof of the school, though, to raise funds for it?
"That's a bit crazy," she said, adding that she's been donating spare change all year for the garden. "I just want to help my principal get off the roof."
Kindergartner Tristin Newton, 6, uses big words when describing her excitement at the prospect of a new outdoor garden.
"It's wonderful because we need to discover new things," she said. "I hope the garden has butterflies."
Zaniah Ball, a third grader, watched in astonishment as Wilson climbed to the roof.
"I'm kind of scared for him because if it's a hard rain, it's going to hit the tent," she said. "If it's a thunderstorm, it can kind of hurt him and the tent can flip over and hurt him."
It will all be worth it, though, when the outdoor garden is built, she said.
"We can actually smell the different kinds of plans and see how they sprout and grow," she said. "I can't wait for the fruits and vegetables because you can eat healthier and try different kinds of fruits."
To find out more about or donate to the outdoor classroom, stop by Glen Iris Elementary, 1115 11th St. South, contact the school at 205-231-7440, or visit the Facebook page about the outdoor classroom.


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By Bob San
A blend of veterans and youths may be the recipe for a successful season for the Maple Grove girls' basketball team.
The Crimson return senior starters in all-conference point guard Angie Davison and forwards Maddie Ordner and Kelly Olzenak. The other seniors are guards Emily Zimmer and SJ DeGroote and forward Kyla Schmidt.
Crimson coach Mark Cook looks for top new players such as juniors Cora Bourbonais and Kaela Jones and sophomore Julie Hagert to see plenty of varsity action. So far, Cook likes the chemistry between the veterans and the younger players.
"We are excited about this group of kids," Cook said. "We feel like they play really well together. We are going to be an athletic team that wants to play fast and we think we have the athletes to do it."
Davison, who is starting her fourth season on varsity, feels this year's squad should do well.
"I love them all. There are so many good talented girls from all the ages and they work so hard all the time," Davison said. "Our younger girls are offering so much right now. I am really excited. We are so good right now and we are only going to improve."
Davison had to carry much of the offensive load and was the target of other teams' defenses last winter. She said this year's squad would have more scoring balance.
"No I think actually I will carry less than last year," she said. "We have a lot more girls who will step up this year. There are a lot of girls who will contribute for sure."
Davison is correct about her team as the Crimson opened the season with impressive wins over Irondale and Blaine. They played solid defense, holding Blaine to 13 points, and many players got into the scoring column. Cook sees promise in this squad.
"If we work hard and continue to improve, we feel like we are right there in the mix for both a conference and section championship," Cook said. 'Both our conference (Osseo, Park Center, Centennial and Champlin Park) and our section (Osseo, Champlin Park, Centennial and Roseville) are very strong this year so we definitely want to be playing our best basketball when we get to late February."


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QB Shaw misses practice again for No. 14 Gamecocks
Tue, 29 Oct 2013 22:15:56 GMT —
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH/AP) -- South Carolina starting quarterback Connor Shaw has missed practice for a second time this week due to the same virus that sidelined him at the beginning of last Saturday's win at Missouri.
Shaw missed Monday's practice and did not attend Tuesday's session either as he recovers from the virus. He is questionable for Saturday's game against Mississippi State. Early Tuesday, head coach Steve Spurrier said he did not know exactly what illness Shaw is battling.
The quarterback was also coming off a sprained knee when he entered the game against the Tigers in the third quarter and rallied the Gamecocks (6-2, 4-2 Southeastern Conference) from a 17-point deficit to a 27-24 double-overtime victory. That injury was originally expected to keep Shaw out of action for up to three weeks. Instead, he didn't miss a game.
Shaw threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns, earning the SEC's offensive player of the week honors.
Spurrier says backup Dylan Thompson would start against Mississippi State (4-3, 1-2) if Shaw can't play. Thompson has been taking snaps with the first team in Shaw's absence.
Running back Brandon Wilds also practiced Monday and Tuesday after missing four games while recovering from a dislocated elbow he suffered at Central Florida last month. He worked out in pads on Tuesday but did not participate in contact drills.


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Manuel prefers Mets trade for starter
Manuel prefers Mets trade for starter
Though Manuel hinted in the aftermath of Thursday's loss that he would like the Mets to acquire a reliable setup man, he would rather have a top-flight starting pitcher. Who wouldn't?
"If it's a top, top starter, I'd have to go with a starter," Manuel said. "I'll worry about those tie games on the road later."
The Mets figure to be active players for the two top starting pitchers available, Cliff Lee of the Mariners and Roy Oswalt of the Astros. With the non-waiver Trade Deadline now less than a month away, however, a shutdown reliever would be a fine consolation prize.
For Manuel, who has struggled to find consistent late-game combinations, the acquisition of just such a reliever would be critical.
"What we have, more than anything, is an unproven group for the most part," Manuel said of his current eighth-inning options. "That's what makes it difficult to nail it down."


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As the waves of the U.S. financial tsunami start to lap up against Canadian shores, voters are beginning to ask themselves who the candidates will sympathize with come crunch time: bankers or ordinary workers? Stephen Harper would have you believe that he, like Bill Clinton, feels your pain. While empathizing with working people generally lies outside the formal training of right-wing economists such as Harper, the Prime Minister assured a crowd in London, Ont. that he feels for people who have lost their jobs:
We know that some Canadian workers are transitioning between jobs, that's never easy and I don't want to minimize it, but we should never lose sight of how solid our fundamentals are and more importantly how fortunate we are to live in this country.
While those fortunate enough to own stock in the banks and the oil companies have certainly enjoyed the fruits of "solid" economic fundamentals, ordinary Canadians have most certainly not, according to a recent study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. It wasn't always so. "Between the Second World War and 1980, the economic pie was growing at all points in the distribution, even if income shares in Canada didn't change much" observes Lars Osberg, author of "A Quarter Century of Economic Inequality in Canada: 1981-2006".
With the exhaustion of the post-war boom, however, class warfare was reborn under the moniker of neoliberalism. Employers' hardened stance and an open assault on trade union freedoms – pursued by Tory and Liberal governments alike – would usher in a "new norm" of lowered expectations and "stagnant or declining real wages, despite unprecedented improvements in education and skills," for Canadian workers. The "fear of falling" for workers was also enhanced, with the poor facing "a much nastier reality now than twenty years ago, since cuts to social assistance have substantially increased the poverty gap – even in Canada's richest provinces."
(Stephane Dion's claim to represent both social justice and the economic legacy of the Chretien/Martin years is unproblematic only to those with a serious case of historical amnesia. It was precisely the deep cuts to social spending made by the Liberals during those years – after beating the Tories in 1993 on the promise of "Jobs, jobs, jobs" – that helped established this "new norm".)
While Harper sang the praises of Canada's economic fundamentals, ordinary Canadians were clear that the matter is not simply of "transitioning" from one job to another. "All the well paid jobs are turning into low-paid jobs with no benefits," Roy Jollymore, a retired General Motors worker, told the Canadian Press. "The life we've built up is not going to be available for young people," he said as his wife Joan stood by him outside the London Convention Centre.
To Canadian workers suffering the brunt of economic restructuring, Harper's callous message must sound a lot like Marie-Antoinette's advice to the sans-culottes of the French Revolution. Declaring "Let them eat economic fundamentals!" is cold comfort to those who are working harder and sinking deeper into debt just to stay in place, as so many Canadians are.
Yet for economists like Harper who fetishize economic figures like GDP growth, or for those who actually profit by them, the economy of the past quarter century has worked marvellously. The incomes of the richest 1% of Canadians have been growing very strongly, especially since the 1990s – with even greater gains going to the richest 0.1% and 0.01%. "They are literally pulling away from the rest of Canadians," according to the CCPA.
Harper was not urging Canadians to feel fortunate with respect to their recent past, however. As he continued his speech, Harper explained that what workers "should never lose sight of" is how fortunate they are not to be Haitians:
He then talked about how he travelled to a desperately impoverished slum in Haiti and how the people there looked hopeless, in stark contrast to Canada, which he described as "a land of above all else, boundless hope."
The demagogy is breathtaking. After all, it was Canada, in concert with the U.S. and France, who put Haitians in such a hopeless situation. Canada helped plan and execute the overthrow Jean-Bertrand Aristide's democratically-elected reformist government, in whom Haiti's poor had invested so much hope. After the coup d'État, Naomi Klein writes, there was "a wave of Falluja-like collective punishment inflicted on neighborhoods known for supporting Aristide," unleashed by the Canada-backed interim government and the UN "peacekeeping" mission.
The repression imposed a "peace of the graveyards" on these restive neighborhoods, so that Harper and other foreign dignitaries could visit like conquering heroes. During his July 20, 2007, visit to Cité Soleil, one of the hardest hit neighborhoods of Haiti's capital, Harper stated that Canada's presence in Haiti was "giving [Haitians] some hope and some opportunity," and that "Canadians should be very proud that they are offering to help, that our help is making a difference in terms in safety of people's lives." The sullen looks on the faces of the mothers present for Harper's awkward photo-op, however, told another story.
The savage violence of the occupation was necessary to impose a tremedously unpopular neoliberal economic plan on Haiti. The opposition was so great that Haitians began referring to IMF and World Bank strictures as the "plan lanmo", literally "the death plan". Today the "death plan" continues its march under the name of the Interim Cooperation Framework. Written largely by experts from the World Bank and the Canadian and American governments, the text of the ICF is explicit about the anti-democratic nature of the deal:
The transition period and the Transitional Government provide a window of opportunity for implementing economic governance reforms with the involvement of civil society stakeholders that may be hard for a future government to undo.
As part of a Latin American tour, Harper's visit to Haiti was a bellwether of the changed economic times. Canadian capital in the neoliberal age has aggressively expanded abroad, with foreign direct investment reaching $445 billion in 2004, representing nearly 40% of GDP (up from 5% of GDP in 1970). Latin America has been a favourite destination for Canadian investors, whose assets total $96 billion, making Canada the region's second-largest investor. This regional dominance isn't about to change either, with the growth rate of Canadian investments there far exceeding that of Asia or the EU.
Canada's corporate elites have urged a foreign policy centred on prying open markets and investment outlets, while forcibly integrating recalcitrant and "dysfunctional" or "failed" states like Haiti into the world economy. As the tour began, Scotiabank President Rick Waugh called on Harper to "place a particular focus on trade and investment opportunities in the Americas because of our historic cultural and political ties, our existing corporate links, and the tremendous growth potential and proximity of these markets."
While the situation of Haitians and Canadians are in many ways worlds apart, there are more similarities than Harper's crass "hopelessness" vs. "boundless hope" comparison acknowledges. Just days before food riots exploded across Haiti, the UN released a glowing report on Haiti's economy: "Macroeconomic indicators have continued to improve, and the country has experienced economic growth at a level that had not been possible for decades." Once the crisis broke, however, UN officials were forced to admit that while "economic growth has returned to a 1991 level of 3.2% a year and inflation declined to 8% in 2007 from 30%-40% a few years earlier, . . . there has not been any improvement in difficult living conditions of the vast majority of Haitians." Neoliberalism, in Haiti like in Canada, has created an economy whose economic fundamentals no longer correspond in any meaningful way to the well-being of ordinary people.
Economics are not the only area of convergence. Stephen Baranyi uses these broad strokes to describe Haiti's social order: "Haitian politics have historically been controlled by elites who have used their power to enhance their and their allies' privileges. It rests on an awareness of the continued influence of those elites, and the contemporary twist to this cruel tale by which some of these elites are now junior partners in transnational organized criminal networks that link kingpins in Colombia to their counterparts in countries like Canada and the USA."
Yet are Canadian politics that different? Or have they not also "historically been controlled by elites who have used their power to enhance their and their allies' privileges" with a similar "contemporary twist . . . by which some of these elites are now junior partners in transnational organized criminal networks" in Washington, in Paris, etc.?
Nikolas Barry-Shaw is a member of Haiti Action Montreal and Masse Critique, an anti-capitalist collective of Québec Solidaire.


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Mankweng - Three teenagers and a man accused of kidnapping a senior government official appeared in the Mankweng Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, Limpopo police said.
Their case was postponed to January 31, Brigadier Hangwani Mulaudzi said.
The four are accused of kidnapping Ephraim Mashiane, 54, a director in the province's economic development, environment and tourism department.
Mashiane went missing on September 1 last year. His burnt-out car was later found in Ga-Mothapo, about 35km east of Polokwane.
His body was found floating in Schoonoord Dam in Sekhukhune, about 150km from the initial crime scene, a month after his disappearance. He been stabbed several times. It was suspected that he was hijacked before he was killed.
The four were arrested on January 1. Two of them are 19-years-old, one is 16 and the other 20. They have been charged with kidnapping, hijacking, and murder.
Mulaudzi said because the kidnapping and the murder took place in two different districts they would appear in two separate courts. The cases could be joined later.
They would appear in the Sekhukhune Magistrate's Court on January 22 on the murder charge. They face the kidnapping charge in the Mankweng Magistrate's Court. - Sapa


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Three activists have sued the city of St. Paul over a home raid executed a couple of days before last year's Republican National Convention.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court, accuses officers of violating the activists' constitutional rights when they searched a duplex rented by one of the individuals.
Attorney Rachel E.B. Lang, who is representing the activists, said officers detained several people who were in the house but did not take any property or arrest anyone.
"Over a dozen police stormed a house with not only guns drawn, but also semi-automatic weapons, and they did not have a search warrant with them when they stepped on the yard and came to the door," Lang said.
Lang claims her clients were targeted for their political views.
The suit has also named more than a dozen St. Paul police officers, the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department, and the FBI as defendants.
St. Paul's city attorney said he will review the complaint and forward it to the insurance company handling the city's defense.


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Sergio Perez and Jules Bianchi will drive Ferrari's 2009 F1 car in a test in September.
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Alonso drives Ferrari's first F1 race-winning car
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Illumina Keeps Up Rapid Fire Volleys With Roche
Once again, Illumina, the target of a hostile $5.7 billion takeover by Roche Holding, didn't wait too long before responding to Roche's latest release.
Just a few minutes after noon in New York, Roche put out a slate of 11 possible nominees to Illumina's board, including five alternates.
Illumina just responded, less than 4 hours later.
Its CEO, Jay Flatley, said he received the "board packing" proposal from Roche, but that he believes the current 9 board members, including himself, are doing just fine.


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Kurt Cobain – Musician Mug Shots
Say hello to Nirvana legend Kurt Cobain five years before his sudden thrust to fame. Before Cobain's 'Come as You Are' became Aberdeen, Washington's official welcoming phrase, the musician was arrested on May 1986 for trespassing while intoxicated.
The Aberdeen police had run into Cobain before, with the future icon getting cuffed for a count of vandalism one year earlier.


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- Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir Klitschko are over — People
- Jon Hamm loved Obama's Trump jokes at the Correspondents dinner — Huffington Post
- Saoirse Ronan effortlessly steps into her young-star role — Lainey Gossip
- Mary Tyler Moore to undergo brain surgery — PopEater
- Do you think The Hulk is one of the best movies ever made? — Rotten Tomatoes
- Meet Entourage and The OC star Autumn Reeser's son! — TooFab
- Oprah gets a street in Chicago! — Us Weekly
- Is Gwyneth the latest star to love salvia? — Wonderwall
- Lindsay Lohan drank in rehab — Celebitchy
- The latest Katie Holmes pregnancy rumors — Amy Grindhouse
- Broadway's Spider-Man is finally ready to officially open — Fox 411
- Kim Kardashian's latest promotional photo op — The Blemish
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BYU students took cover in bomb shelter during Hamas missile attack on Jerusalem
Isaiah 1:15 Ogden, UTJuly 11, 2014 8:37 a.m.
Might I suggest to anyone that cares to watch first hand how Israeli agent false flag provocateurs infiltrate Palestinian areas to provoke and justify violence, watch "5 Broken Cameras". Note the False Flag part isn't even the point of the movie, its just an aside one hears when a group of "peaceful" Palestinian demonstrators are running to safety with the camera rolling and one of them points out that the people who started the rock throwing - which justified the guns - were Israeli's dressed as Palestinians. False Flags seem to be an Israel speciality. Look up USS Liberty too.
BobF2012 kitchener, 00July 11, 2014 7:28 a.m.
I found this to be a surprisingly balanced article. Israel has brutally oppressed the Palestinians for generations.Israel was established by the ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, forced from their homes with no compensation. Since then, Israel has built thousands of settlements that the world condemns as illegal. Genocide continues to this day, with the slaughter of innocent men, women and children in the Gaza Strip.
The fact that Palestinians are fighting for self-determination, a concept the U.S. supports except when it involves the Palestinians, should be encouraged. Israel is not interested in peace on any terms except the total annihilation of Palestine, its people and culture.
Abdulameer Chicago, ILJuly 10, 2014 1:21 p.m.
I find this article very biased against Israel.
First of all, there are no such cities as "East Jerusalem" and "West Jerusalem". Jerusalem is one city. The only time in history that it was divided is when Jordan illegally conquered it in 1948 and kept it for 19 years until the Israelis took it back in 1967. During the time that Jordan occupied it, the Jordanians drove out all the Jews and destroyed the Jewish religious sites. As a result, most of the Arabs in Jerusalem live in the eastern part of Jerusalem, but it should not be called "East Jerusalem".
Second, the article belittles the danger of Hamas's rocket aggression against Israel when the author says: "The rockets are largely ineffective and many have been intercepted by Israeli Iron Dome defense missiles." You wouldn't say that if hundreds of rockets were being lobbed against Salt Lake City. Hamas has been pursuing an aggressive, genocidal war against the Jews, just as its Charter says. If the Hamas rockets have not landed on a densely populated Israeli center it is only a matter of luck.
Vanceone Provo, UTJuly 10, 2014 8:44 a.m.
Indeed. And Auschwitz and Siberia, along with Cambodia's fields, are a shining testament to the moral forces of atheism.
Hutterite American Fork, UTJuly 9, 2014 11:25 p.m.
The 'holy land'. Nowhere else on earth does religion so singularly fail humanity.


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Quebec director Denis Villeneuve wows audience at Telluride Film Festival with Prisoners
According to critics, viewers at the Telluride Film Festival were "stunned" and "riveted" by Prisoners, a film by Quebec's Denis Villeneuve. The film was shown Friday night, Aug. 30, and will be shown again today.
Kristopher Tapley of Hitfix.com, who supplied the riveted comment, went on to say: "The narrative, in a nutshell, was set up nicely by a trailer many think gives away too much, but trust me when I say it doesn't. It's the story of a pair of kidnapped girls and the labyrinthine hunt for where they are, who took them and why. . . The ensemble is great across the board but Hugh Jackman gives what honestly might be his best performance as one of the desperate fathers willing to do whatever it takes to find his daughter. . .it is expert, tasteful craft in the Hollywood sphere. We just don't get it often enough."
Tim Apello of The Hollywood Reporter writes: "The thriller, which breaks the rules of genre by focusing on character and the degrading effects of violence on people's souls, played well. Even viewers who could not stand its violence agreed afterwards that it was a stunning, overpowering film. (Hugh) Jackman plays a father whose daughter's kidnapping, apparently by a psycho (Paul Dano), turns him into a vigilante, while cop (Jake) Gyllenhaal races to find the killer and keep Jackman's character from stepping over the line of criminality."
Producer Andrew Kosove told Apello that: ". . .Denis explores a dark side of humanity. It's tricky, because I think the way Hollywood deals with violence is deplorable, cartoonish, garish and ignorant. It plays a role in feeding a society that's far too violent. So we could only deal with violence in a way that shows its true horror and banality."
"When people recoil from it, I'm glad, because violence is a horrible thing. If art depicted it more realistically, I think there might be less of it. The point of the movie is that violence is a cancer. You care very much about the characters, because you see how this horror envelops their hearts and turns them into monsters."
Pete Hammond, of Deadline Hollywood: "This is a first class motion picture experience unlike any other that I , for one, have experienced in a long time."
Based on the articles I've read so far, the film has much in common with the Israeli film Big Bad Wolves, which was shown at the Fantasia Film Festival in July. In that film a policeman tries to beat a confession out of the man he believes is the serial killer of a dozen young girls. Later, the father and grandfather of one of the victims takes over the brutal interrogation.
Prisoners will be shown at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 6,7 and 13. It will go into general release in Canada and the U.S. on Sept. 20, 2013.
According to Tim Apello's Hollywood Reporter article, Villeneuve told the audience:
"This movie was finished last Friday, and it means you are the first audience ever to see this movie. For political reasons I don't understand, this is a sneak preview, but deep in my heart this is the premiere tonight."
Denis Villeneuve has a second film at TIFF, Enemy, based on the novel The Double, by the late Nobel laureate José Saramago. Jake Gyllenhaal is in that one too – he and Villeneuve must be great buddies by now! Gyllenhaal plays a morose history prof and his lookalike, a minor actor. The photo for that, on the TIFF web site, shows a bearded Gyllenhaal times two, reminding me of Viggo Mortensen's Spanish language thriller about twin brothers Todos Tenemos Un Plan (Everyone Has a Plan.)
Villeneuve's Incendies (2010) was nominated for the foreign-language Academy Award. He also directed Polytechnique, Maelström and Un 32 août sur terre


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Both Jun and Kai are flawed, flawed characters. Jun is trying to raise her son on her own, after being rejected by her tiger mother, who died shortly after. They never reconciled, leaving Jun wounded and defensive. Her mother was perfect and wise, and Jun obviously screwed up by listening to a smooth talker when she was 19 and ending up pregnant and abandoned by both the father AND her mother.
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I can imagine how frustrating this situation must be for you. You are clearly a loving and caring grandparent and that's so important and wonderful. So the first rule is don't give up and don't become too frustrated. Remember that he will pick up on your frustration and it will make him even more frustrated than he already is. Be of good cheer and end every conversation you can on a happy note even if it was not that fulfilling for you and was brief.
The first rule with autism spectrum where there is no severe verbal impairment (like with Asperger's Syndrome) is to stay concrete. Don't ask questions that are too open ended right away. So don't ask, was the activity fun? That can be a minefield for his brain. Ask instead very concrete questions: was the activity outside or inside? You'll see that sometimes even asking: was the activity in a big room? Or, were a lot of people there? can be too open ended for some, maybe him. His brain might be stuck on what is a big room nd what is a small room?
So get to know his level of concreteness. Don't assume just because it's concrete to you and me that it's concrete to him. Learn his level. So if big/small, lot of people/a few people is too open ended for him, after waiting a minute and seeing that he got stuck, just ask right away a different question: what color was the room the activity was in? I do this all the time in session. It's very important to help him get out of being stuck by giving him a second chance with another question.
Then, avoid feeling words until you know what he can handle. So, no: did you like the activity? That's often too hard. Or, Was it fun? Yes, these are feeling words even though we're all so used to them. Stick with thinking words: Do you think it was a good activity? He may get stuck on "good" so learn that one too. Did you learn something when you were at the activity? A new word maybe?
Think, learn, do, those are concrete words. Feelings are tough.
And finally, help him out. If he's stuck, try to say it for him. But don't overdo it. If you ask did you learn something new at the activity? He may get stuck because it's too open ended what something new actually is. So you might jump in with, a new thing that you might have learned at this type of activity is how to grill chicken and meat. Grilling chicken is a good thing to know. Did you learn about grilling chicken?
Filling in the conversation for him is an important cuing technique. But the number one technique is still the one I said before of just asking another question when you see he's stuck so he can move on: did you learn a new song? Did something make you laugh at the activity?
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KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) directed the Pak-Qatar Family Takaful and its CEO to pay Rs800,000 and Rs200,000, respectively, in fines to the regulator within 30 days for running advertisements containing "deceptive and/or misleading information" through one of its agents.
BankIslami Pakistan published an advertisement in Dawn on October 27 last year that promoted three Takaful products of Pak-Qatar Family Takaful.
However, the name of Pak-Qatar Family Takaful was not printed anywhere in the advertisement. According to the SECP order passed on February 26, the advertisement did not suggest any involvement of Pak-Qatar Family Takaful with the products; and therefore, it was "deceptive/misleading for the public at large."
BankIslami acted as a corporate agent of Pak-Qatar Family Takaful and, according to Bancassurance Guidelines, 2010, any sales-related material must be approved by both the insurer and the bank. Insurance Ordinance, 2000, holds the insurer liable for every act and/or omission of the agent of that particular insurer.
During the hearing proceedings held on January 28, it was mentioned that the wording, "Save Rs15,000 per month and get a coverage of up to Rs5,000,000" gave the impression that if an accountholder of BankIslami saved Rs15,000 per month in his account then he will automatically be entitled to a coverage of Rs5 million, which is "deceptive and misleading."
In its written response to the SECP on February 4, Pak-Qatar Family Takaful maintained that the advertisement was actually an extract from a publicity brochure. BankIslami published the same under the impression that it was already approved by the SECP, the Islamic insurer said in its response. The publication of the said advertisement was stopped, it added, while BankIslami published a new advertisement as per the SECP guidelines to remove any ambiguity arising out of the previous one.
The total amount of contribution underwritten by Pak-Qatar Family Takaful through BankIslami between October 28, 2012, and January 27 was Rs10.3 million, as it sold 149 Takaful policies.
A spokesperson for Pak-Qatar Family Takaful declined to speak to The Express Tribune for this story.
As opposed to seven conventional insurance companies, only two family Takaful companies currently operate in Pakistan.
Total gross premiums of Takaful companies in 2011 were Rs3.3 billion, which was only 2.8% of the gross premiums of conventional insurance companies in the same year.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 2nd, 2013.
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The world keeps getting lazier and lazier, and we keep coming up with ways to make life easier and simpler.
Looks like by sometime next year we won't even have to tie our shoes anymore.
Power Laces were created by amateur US scientist/inventor Blake Bevin. Bevin moved her start-up from Los Angeles to Melbourne with plans to start selling the shoe in 2013 for under $200.
"After the original Power Laces story broke on news.com.au last year I found that I've had a pretty large Australian following and interest in the project," Ms Bevin told news.com.au.
More than just fashion, she's hoping they could serve a purpose for people with disabilities.
"I can't say much about the medical uses of the product, but the lacing mechanism is secondary to things like sensory devices and things that will help with rehab and other monitoring for other motor disabilities," she said.
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These are just some of the errors it is throwing out now.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Foreign election specialists yesterday studied complaints from candidates in Afghanistan's first-ever presidential election, setting aside suspect ballot boxes and further delaying the vote count.
Despite the problems, a top US general said Saturday's vote ''spells the end" of the rule of the gun in a country still controlled by warlords.
With ballot boxes pouring in by road, air, and even donkey from across the rugged and impoverished land, officials had forecast that the counting could begin yesterday.
But a three-person panel set up to investigate alleged irregularities said that they were still examining 43 objections made by opponents of President Hamid Karzai and that the tallying cannot start until all the complaints are reviewed.
Craig Jenness, a Canadian lawyer who is one of the panelists, said the body had recommended that ballot boxes from 10 sites in four provinces be isolated.
Jenness did not say when the review would be completed, but assured that counting would begin ''very quickly" afterward.
He said candidates had until today to file additional complaints, but vote-counting would not be held up further.
It is widely believed that Karzai will secure a clear victory over the 15 other candidates when the final results are announced toward the end of the month.
The establishment of the panel appeased Karzai's opponents, who had threatened to reject the result.
Election staff were supposed to mark voters' left thumbs with indelible ink, but some apparently used pens meant for ballots or ink meant for stamping. The wrong ink was easily washed off, opening the way to claims of multiple voting. Election organizers had issued 10.5 million registration cards, far more than expected, fueling concern that some people had obtained several.
A spokesman for ethnic Hazara candidate Mohammed Mohaqeq said he also had filed written complaints to the panel about polling stations running out of ballot papers and a dearth of voting centers in west Kabul, where many Hazaras live.
Meanwhile, eight people stranded for 24 hours since a helicopter sent to retrieve ballots crash-landed at high altitude in northeastern Afghanistan were rescued yesterday, according to UN spokesman Manoel de Almeida e Silva.
The rescue helicopter was reassigned to pick up ballots from remote Badakhshan Province, though it was unclear when the collection would be complete.
While the complaints from many candidates have raised questions about the legitimacy of the results, the election has been a clear triumph for the massive security operation mounted to protect it from militant attack.
Lieutenant General David Barno, the top US commander in Afghanistan, said the lack of major violence and the enthusiastic turnout were a ''resounding defeat" for Taliban and Al Qaeda rebels.
''This turning point spells the end of more than two decades of the rule of the gun in this nation and confirms the bright hope of all the Afghan people in a democratic future centered on the rule of law," he told reporters in Kabul.
The upbeat assessment was made as NATO defense ministers met in Romania to consider issues that include the merging of US-led forces in Afghanistan with the alliance's separate contingent.
The US ambassador to NATO, Nicholas Burns, suggested Tuesday that the alliance could take over the military mission in Afghanistan as early as 2005, prompting Germany's defense minister to reject the proposal quickly.
Barno, who commands 18,000 mainly American troops in Afghanistan, said the timeline for such a merger was ''uncertain," but forecast that US forces would play a ''very, very large role and have a large percentage" of any combined force.
NATO is already expected to extend its 9,000-strong Afghan operation, focused on bolstering the Afghan government and its reemerging national security forces, from the capital and the north to the west next year.
Barno would not say when the number of US-led troops might drop.