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Texas School Board should uphold sound science, reject creationism
http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/ 2008/ 11/ 21/ texas-school-board-should-uphold…Religious Right Push For Creationist Concepts In Texas Science Standards Could Damage Textbooks Nationwide, Says AU’s Lynn AU Executive Director Barry Lynn Americans United for Separation of Church and State on Wednesday urged the Texas State Board of Education to stick to sound science and reject creationist concepts when revising its science standards.
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Barry Minkow saves souls and makes corporate sinners squirm
http://news.muckety.com/ 2008/ 11/ 17/ barry-minkow-saves-souls-and-makes-corpor…As a church pastor, Barry Minkow believes in forgiveness and redemption. As a crusader against fraud and resume padding, however, the born again former corporate con man likes to make his targets squirm.
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Is Trimble Navigation's Stock Repurchase Program a Pump and Dump for Insiders?
http://whitecollarfraud.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 11/ is-trimble-navigations-stock-rep…In my last blog post about convicted felon turned fraud fighter Barry Minkow’s expose of corporate officers and directors misrepresenting their resumes, I closed with the following comment, “As a convicted felon, I have learned that where there is smoke there is usually fire.” In this blog post, I take a closer look at Trimble Navigation Limited (NASDAQ: TRMB).
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Barry Minkow Exposes Corporate Scoundrels Misrepresenting Their Resumes
http://whitecollarfraud.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 11/ barry-minkow-exposes-corporate.h…My dear friend and mentor convicted felon turned fraud fighter Barry Minkow has a message for deceitful directors and officers of public companies: If you lie about your resume, past experience, and qualifications for your present job and such lies show up in SEC filings, he will find out about it and expose you to investors and regulators.
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Star Wars or Star Trek, your pick
http://www.oopstime.com/ news/ health/ 22008/ star-wars-or-star-trek-your-pick.h…Star Wars or Star Trek, your pick One target was the star HR 8799, which lies in the constellation Pegasus and is visible through binoculars. These new images show that it has three planets, making this discovery the first time that astronomers have directly imaged a As impressi...
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Science as a Threat to Freedom in Modern Society
http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/ 2008/ 11/ 03/ science-as-a-threat-to-freedom…Science as a Threat to Freedom in Modern Society November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Culture | C.S. Lewis expressed concern about how the modern state could undermine human freedom and dignity if policymakers adopted the approach of modern social science.
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Around the Blogosphere
http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 10/ around-blogosphere_29.htmlMichael Barber has a great quote from B. F. Streeter on form criticism. Deepak Chopra may be worth quoting on the subject of the upcoming election. The Austringer tells us what we can do to help support science education in Texas and warns of more Discovery Institute misinformation.
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Economic Slump For Some - Others See Business Opportunity
http://optree.com/ economic-slump-for-some-others-see-business-opportunity/While many businesses are shutting down or laying off employees, Pre-Paid Legal believes they are well positioned, despite its recent release of membership results and the ongoing problems with Barry Minkow.
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MIT Energy Storage Discovery Could Lead to ‘Unlimited’ Solar Power
http://cleantechnica.com/ 2008/ 10/ 25/ mit-energy-storage-discovery-could-lead-…Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have discovered a new way of storing energy from sunlight that could lead to ‘unlimited’ solar power. The process, loosely based on plant photosynthesis, uses solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen gases.
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Reports of the Demise of Materialism Are Premature
http://skepfeeds.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 10/ 23/ reports-of-the-demise-of-materiali…The New Scientist has recently discovered what readers of this blog have known for a while - that the denial of materialist neuroscience is the “new creationism.” In fact I have written extensively over the past year about the embrace by the Discovery Institute (an intelligent design group) of cartesian dualism, the notion that the mind is a different substance from the brain.
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