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    Could a moderator please split the last few posts off into a thread devoted entirely to "The Niche", so this thread can discuss the 25-story development at Memorial and Studemont???
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    Wow... pages of discussion on the Chinese government. No comments on the Olympics 2008! Phelps tore it up. Go USA. EDIT: The mod split this topic off after I had clicked, before I had posted.
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    Sorry, but, isn't it common knowledge that the US military budget dwarfs all other nations? China's military neither rivals nor surpasses ours in terms of technology, and it approximates ours in terms of troop levels. World Military Spending Figures. US military spending accounts for 48 percent, or almost half, of the world
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    Pretty impressive display. No country is going to be willing to spend $300 million on their opening ceremony again, especially one with a democratic government.
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    Jeez... get over yourself. Herman Park is 445-acres... most dense activity is centralized near the lake/zoo area, which is where the 1600-sq ft cafe is going. There is plenty of space to do your own thing. The Hermann Park Conservancy is responding to public demand to improve the park experience.
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    Don't be a ****head, man. I was speaking in ideals.
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    It seems rather obvious, to me at least, that when a segment represents 11% of the general population and accounts for 44% of executions that some bias exists in the system. I do agree that the bias is primarily financial (think OJ), less racial, in terms of capital murder cases. But everyone is fooling themselves if they think the police and justice system in general is not tilted against blacks (ie. racial profiling by police, treatment of white collar crime vs. drug-related offenses, crack vs. cocaine offenses, people receiving probation vs. jail time for similar crimes, substance abuse program enrollment disparities, etc). Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice site, with statistics.
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    Pretty exciting development for Hermann Park. It should help make the park/zoo more of a destination.
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    Just for the sake of arguments based on sound logic, you do realize that absolute numbers don't mean a thing... State of Texas Demographics White 82.7% (Includes Hispanic/Latin at 35% and White non-Hispanic at 48%) Black 11.9%
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    Thanks Dave (and Zippy and Tiko). That is a pretty useful site.
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    There is no way Bush is losing sleep on this one.
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    Does memebag actually care or is he/she just trolling?
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    Yea... pretty tricky situation politically, with legal experts predicting retaliation against US citizens who commit crimes in other countries. I will say that while I believe the justice system cannot inherently be trusted to carry out the death penalty in a equitable way across primarily the socio-economic spectrum -- but, also the racial spectrum -- and thus is morally bankrupt as a form of crime deterrance, after reading about the Medellin gang crime, all six of these guys deserved to die. That was a long sentence. Outrageous quote from other Medellin story: But on his Web site, posted by a Canadian anti-death penalty group, he claims: "I'm where I am because I made an adolescent choice. That's it! "My life is in black and white like old western movies," he wrote. "But unlike the movies, the good guys don't always finish first."
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    A little off-topic, but does anyone know of any good places to do road cycling inside the loop? I am training for a triathlon, but I live in Midtown and there really aren't any good places to ride near me. I have mostly just been doing spin classes at 24 Hour as my cycling workouts.
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    It is barely raining at my apartment in Midtown, and we are in the orange/red bands on the satelite. Either way, UT-Houston is closed so I am taking the day off. I wonder how many dollars in lost productivity this "disaster" has caused today... granted that later today it could get worse and flood a little around town.
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    Hmmm.... to go to work or not to go to work, that is the question.
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    A nice Architecture Review from the New York Times. Expect to be overwhelmed. Designed by the Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, the stadium lives up to its aspiration as a global landmark. Its elliptical latticework shell, which has earned it the nickname Bird
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    What about "The Shops"? It seems everyone has acknowledged it as a nice foodcourt.
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    I think the City and a few of our billionaires should toss down some cash to make this building standout. Although, since no actual performances will occur in the building, that may be a stretch.
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    We need more live music options in Houston.
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    Pretty awesome find sevfiv. Gotta love all those Model T's... the car that put America on wheels, as they say.
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    Here's an interesting article on Micheal Phelps if you've got a little time: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/sports/p...amp;_r=1&hp
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    If they are only gonna fund 2 more, I think UH and Texas Tech should get the extra funding...
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    UTHSC and MD Anderson are separate entities... but, ya, the fluorescent box on top looks ugly and stupid. At least they could have used colored lighting like the Memorial Hermann professional building.
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    Did you guys catch this article about a proposal to create one or two more "tier one" universities in Texas? Lawmakers on Wednesday took one step closer to anointing a third public flagship by inviting leaders of Texas' seven "emerging" research institutions to pitch a case for why they should become the state's next tier one research university, and how much it would cost the state. "We think we can do it, but we have to be really strategic," said Renu Khator, chancellor of the University of Houston System. "It's all about vision. Nobody invests in whining." Didn't we have a $10 billion budgetary surplus last year? Seems like they could establish a fund to create 2 or 3 more tier one universities... The seven under consideration: University of Houston, Texas Tech University, University of North Texas, UT-Dallas, UT-Arlington, UT-El Paso, UT-San Antonio
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