As flood waters go down, medical problems can go up. Pay special attention to your body if you are helping in a flood area.
Dr. Cindy Haines is a family physician in St. Louis, managing editor of HealthDay-Physician's Briefing and president of Haines Medical Communications Inc. Her weekly column on health care issues appears in the Beacon each Friday.
Marc Thayer, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's vice president for education and community partnerships, left St. Louis on July 1, and after stops in Chicago and Vienna, arrived in Erbil, in the Kurdish Autonomous Region of northern Iraq. Thayer and other American musicians and dancers will spend the next three or four weeks working with young Iraqi musicians. Following is Thayer's first in a series of reports on his work. This account presents details of his journey from St. Louis to Kurdistan and conversations on theme called freedom conducted along the way.
Three Republicans are vying for the 7th state Senate seat, which includes much of west St. Louis County. They are two former state reps, Jane Cunningham and Neal St. Onge, as well as Gina Loudon, wife of outgoing state Sen. John Loudon. Loudon is leaving the Senate because of term limits while Cunningham and St. Onge are vying for the Senate because they're term limited in the House.
As the Mississippi River forced Fair St. Louis from the Arch grounds, St. Louisans should check out two Websites about the development discussions that have grown out of a push to reinvigorate the Arch grounds by local groups, including the Danforth Foundation.
Photo by Rachel Heidenry | The Beacon
Opponents of embryonic stem cell research lost the first round in their effort to block Missouri's funding of life science research. Missouri Round Table for Life, Inc., had asked a court to immediately block $21 million in funding, but a judge refused and set Aug. 1 to hear arguments in the case.
The report that 8 percent of Americans now have diabetes mirrors an explosion of the disease worldwide. Biologist George Johnson looks at the parallel rise in obesity and the research that is being done and outlines the promising findings of studies with mice.
Fireworks will be going off from barges near the Arch, but the area offers many other places to see the pyrotechnics.
2007 fireworks | Tom Nagel, The Beacon
Another 4th of July, another production by the Lawn Chair Drill Team of Helfenstein Avenue. These neighbors come together each year for fun, and the Webster Groves Community Days parade wouldn't be the same without them.
Photo by Amanda King
Editors' Picks
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Mississippi reopens to traffic: Locks at Winfield and Clarksville were the last to remain closed because of flooding. Barge traffic can now resume. | KSDK
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Department of Education changes how schools assess progress under No Child Left Behind law: Under "growth model," students who miss proficiency targets but show growth will now count toward school meeting federal standards. | Southeast Missourian
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With Mississippi River receding, Corps of Engineers aims to reopen locks for barges: Worst Midwest flooding in 15 years forced river closing for almost a month. | Reuters
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Suit seeks delay in Missouri funding for life sciences: Opponents of embryonic stem cell research are behind the move. Ed Martin, former aide to Gov. Matt Blunt, filed the suit. | AP
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McCain taps Karl Rove associate to run daily operations in role shift for campaign manager Rick Davis: Other Rove stalwarts also gaining clout. | International Herald Tribune
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Flood-damaged voting machines put Indiana county in financial bind: 478 machines were destroyed last month, now Johnson County weighs $1.67 million replacement cost against repairs or leases. | Indianapolis Star
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Obama got a better than average home loan from Northern Trust: His spokesman says that was because he had a competing offer. Critics call it a sweetheart deal. He saved about $300 a month. | Washington Post
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Steelman opposes mandate for ethanol: The Missouri Republican gubernatorial hopeful says she's concerned about high fuel prices. Her primary opponent, Rep. Kenny Hulshof, says Steelman has flip-flopped. | Springfield News Leader
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Former Sen. Jesse Helms of North Carolina dies at 86: Lionized by many conservatives, loathed by liberals, Helms played a key role in turning the South from Democrat to Republican. His nickname was Senator No, and he considered that a compliment. | Politico
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GM stuggles against bankruptcy talk as shares fall to $9.98: Automakers' shares hit lowest close since 1954; Merrill Lynch analyst says General Motors may need to raise as much as $15 billion to remain solvent. | Detroit Free Press
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Zambia refutes reports of President Levy Mwanawasa's death: Zambia' leader, a fierce critic of Zimbabwe's Mugabe, suffered stroke, but did not die, vice president says. | BBC
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U.S. employers cut 62,000 jobs in June: Ever-increasing gas prices, falling home values add to beack economic picture. | Bloomberg
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Bradley Bailey, St. Louis University art history professor, hosts a session of Contemporary Art 101 at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 10 at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis . Bradley will look at conceptual art and the influence that John Armleder and Olivier Mosset have on a generation of younger artists. Click here to register. $10
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The Tour de Soulard bicycle race scheduled for July 13 has been cancelled.
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Go to the Black World History Museum, 2505 St. Louis Ave., to see "Imaging Blackness: 1915-2002: Film Posters from the Indiana University Black Film Center/Archive." This exhibit of 45 original posters opens July 5.
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Power Play comes to Lafayette Park at 6 p.m July 5 as part of that neighborhood's summer concert series .
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Future heat waves will be hotter than ever: Computerized modeling projects that during heat waves, high temperatures will rise twice as fast as everyday warming. l Associated Press
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Additional testing of new medication for diabetics is urged: An F.D.A. panel of advisors is recommending that new medicines for the treatment of diabetes be evaluated for cardiac complications. l New York Times
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German chancellor decries "suicide by reservation": At 79, Bettina Schardt could no longer live on her own. She wasn't seriously ill and she wasn't dying. But rather than move to a nursing home, she requested--and received--assistance in committing suicide. l New York Times
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Mushroom drug still working its magic after fourteen months: Two-thirds of participants in a study of psylocibin reported feeling a greater sense of well-being and an ongoing positive change in behavior more than a year after taking the drug. Researchers consider possible use of the psychedelic drug in treating alcohol and drug dependence. l Associated Press
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It's the American way: InBev's is just trying to do what many U.S. companies have done, including Anheuser-Busch, an expert on the brewing industry points out. | Maureen Ogle/Washington Post
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Obama's take on patriotism and Frederick Douglass's: On July 4, 1852, the abolitionist praised the nation's founding principles but told a white audience the holiday "is yours not mine." Obama, in his recent speech in Independence, embraced America as his own. | Colbert King/Washington Post
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European Central Bank raises interest rates to combat inflation. | The Economist
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Rising unemployment and inflation mean stock market woes are likely to continue. | Business Week
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Salute the flag
Reporter Bill Smith took his camera around the city on the eve of Independence Day and captured many of the ways St. Louisans are displaying the flag, from pinwheels to bunting to flying outside businesses. Bookending his pictures are two by Rachel Heidenry showing the Fire Department Honor Guard at the Shriners parade and the large flag flying over Market Street at Tucker.
Voices in the news
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Washington University hydrologist Robert Criss notes that the flood of 2008 should not have been a surprise. Experts have long warned that floods are becoming more frequent and
more severe, and that this succession of aggravated misfortune is
caused by Man. What should be done now?
Photo by Robert Criss
Columnists
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Columnist M.W. Guzy looks at an overview of the 2004 election and wonders how John Kerry lost. Exit polls, which are usually much more precise than pre-election polling, showed Kerry with a decent margin of victory in several states. But that margin evaporated when the vote totals were released.
Blogs
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Law Scoop
The Supreme Court's decision on the last day of the term to strike down the campaign finance law's "Millionaire's Amendment" didn't get much attention because of the gun decision. But the 5-4 ruling is an example of the kind of case where Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement makes a difference. It also poses an interesting question: Is this pro-First Amendment decision liberal or conservative?
The Lens
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Lens
The opera world is buzzing about an adaptation of Cronenberg's "The Fly."
The Beacon and KETC/Channel 9 are covering mortgage forclosures – how they're affecting St. Louis area residents and where you can find help.
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Thanks to all who attended the reception honoring Harper Barnes Wednesday, July 2, at Left Bank Books.
Barnes' new book, "Never Been A Time," tells of the 1917 race riot in East St. Louis. About 10 whites and dozens of blacks were killed, thousands of black residents fled and the episode helped spark the civil rights movement.
Read Barnes's commentary on racial memory and read an excerpt from 'Never Been a Time '.
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