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"Way Back Jack" |
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05 Dec 2005 02:52:12 PM |
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Home Schooler Wins Science Competition |
All finalists are whites, chinks, dotheads, and, perhaps, one diaper
head.
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/competition/2005/2005Nationals.htm
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051205/ap_on_sc/science_competition
California Teen Wins Science Competition By JUAN-CARLOS RODRIGUEZ,
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A 16-year-old California boy won a premier high school
science competition Monday for his innovative approach to an old math
problem that could help in the design of airplane wings.
Michael Viscardi, a senior from San Diego, won a $100,000 college
scholarship, the top individual prize in the Siemens Westinghouse
Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
Viscardi said he's been homeschooled since fifth grade, although he
does take math classes at the University of California at San Diego
three days a week. His father is a software engineer and his mother,
who stays at home, has a Ph.D. in neuroscience, he said.
"It's unbelievable," Viscardi said of his win. "It's so incredible
that I'm in shock right now."
Viscardi tackled a 19th century math problem known as the Dirichlet
problem, formulated by the mathematician Lejeune Dirichlet. The
theorem Viscardi created to solve it has potential applications in the
fields of engineering and physics, including airplane wing design. He
said he worked on it for about six months with a professor at UCSD.
"He is a super-duper mathematics student," said lead judge Constance
Atwell, a consultant and former research director at the National
Institutes of Health. "It was almost impossible for our judges to
figure out the limits of his understanding during our questioning. And
he's only 16 years old," she said.
Anne Lee, 17, a senior at Phoenix Country Day School in Paradise
Valley, Ariz. and Albert Shieh, 16, a junior at Chaparral High School
in Scottsdale, Ariz., shared the $100,000 top prize in the team
category. They improved computer technology that could help locate the
genetic roots of some inherited diseases like Alzheimer's, autism and
bipolar disorder.
Lee and Sheih met at the gene research center at which they both have
internships. They were assisted on their project by members of the
institute.
"I would have been happy with anything," Sheih said.
Lee said dissecting a cow's eyeball early in her academic career
inspired and encouraged her to study science.
As part of the winners' celebration, they will get to ring the closing
bell at the New York Stock Exchange at the end of the business day
Monday.
The Siemens Foundation, founded in 1998, aims to increase access to
higher education among gifted students studying math, science and
technology. The foundation distributes nearly $2 million annually in
scholarships and awards.
Nineteen students competed in the national finals — six individuals
and six teams. Besides the winners' prizes, finalists won scholarships
ranging from $50,000 to $10,000. Team members share awards.
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: Home Schooler Wins Science Competition |
07 Dec 2005 12:26:23 PM |
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In article <4394a876.32673640@News.NuthinButNews.com> (Way Back Jack) writes:
All finalists are whites, chinks, dotheads, and, perhaps, one diaper
head.
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/competition/2005/2005Nationals.htm
Going by the pictures, I'd estimate 4 "whites" out of 19 finalists.
Abut 80% of he finalists in this most prestigious of American science
contests for young people were non-white.
-- cary
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| User: "Way Back Jack" |
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| Title: Re: Home Schooler Wins Science Competition |
07 Dec 2005 01:55:22 PM |
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:26:23 +0000 (UTC),
(Cary Kittrell) wrote:
In article <4394a876.32673640@News.NuthinButNews.com> (Way Back Jack) writes:
All finalists are whites, chinks, dotheads, and, perhaps, one diaper
head.
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/competition/2005/2005Nationals.htm
Going by the pictures, I'd estimate 4 "whites" out of 19 finalists.
How many negroids?
Abut 80% of he finalists in this most prestigious of American science
contests for young people were non-white.
Aren't Asian Indians considered caucasian?
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| User: "Cleopatra" |
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07 Dec 2005 04:17:24 PM |
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Way Back Jack wrote:
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:26:23 +0000 (UTC),
(Cary Kittrell) wrote:
In article <4394a876.32673640@News.NuthinButNews.com> (Way Back Jack) writes:
All finalists are whites, chinks, dotheads, and, perhaps, one diaper
head.
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/competition/2005/2005Nationals.htm
Going by the pictures, I'd estimate 4 "whites" out of 19 finalists.
How many negroids?
Abut 80% of he finalists in this most prestigious of American science
contests for young people were non-white.
Aren't Asian Indians considered caucasian?
Be careful here, WayBack. Liberals always "confuse" ethnicity and
nationality with race. Hell, they now even confuse sexual orientation
with race, as in homosexuals running to the blacks when they're losing
an argument. How else do you think these folks have managed to identify
close to 80% of the entire population as disadvantaged and deserving of
discriminating against whites in favor of them? Maybe they aren't so
stupid after all.
Cleopatra
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Home Schooler Wins Science Competition |
07 Dec 2005 05:52:40 PM |
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Cleopatra wrote:
Be careful here, WayBack. Liberals always "confuse" ethnicity and
nationality with race. Hell, they now even confuse sexual orientation
with race, as in homosexuals running to the blacks when they're losing
an argument. How else do you think these folks have managed to identify
close to 80% of the entire population as disadvantaged and deserving of
discriminating against whites in favor of them? Maybe they aren't so
stupid after all.
Okay, now THAT was an interesting little wombat.
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| User: "Cleopatra" |
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| Title: Re: Home Schooler Wins Science Competition |
07 Dec 2005 01:26:32 PM |
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X-No-archive: yes
Cary Kittrell wrote:
In article <4394a876.32673640@News.NuthinButNews.com> (Way Back Jack) writes:
All finalists are whites, chinks, dotheads, and, perhaps, one diaper
head.
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/competition/2005/2005Nationals.htm
Going by the pictures, I'd estimate 4 "whites" out of 19 finalists.
Abut 80% of he finalists in this most prestigious of American science
contests for young people were non-white.
-- cary
This is because we now have far more whiggers in this country than
caucasions as once commonly understood. They're all now running around
rappin' and grabing their dicks, too. Can't study when your entire day
is taken up imitating chimpettes and gorillas.
Cleopatra
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: Home Schooler Wins Science Competition |
05 Dec 2005 03:04:42 PM |
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In article <4394a876.32673640@News.NuthinButNews.com> (Way Back Jack) writes:
All finalists are whites, chinks, dotheads, and, perhaps, one diaper
head.
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/competition/2005/2005Nationals.htm
_________________
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051205/ap_on_sc/science_competition
California Teen Wins Science Competition By JUAN-CARLOS RODRIGUEZ,
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A 16-year-old California boy won a premier high school
science competition Monday for his innovative approach to an old math
problem that could help in the design of airplane wings.
Michael Viscardi, a senior from San Diego, won a $100,000 college
scholarship, the top individual prize in the Siemens Westinghouse
Competition in Math, Science and Technology.
Viscardi said he's been homeschooled since fifth grade, although he
does take math classes at the University of California at San Diego
three days a week. His father is a software engineer and his mother,
who stays at home, has a Ph.D. in neuroscience, he said.
"It's unbelievable," Viscardi said of his win. "It's so incredible
that I'm in shock right now."
Viscardi tackled a 19th century math problem known as the Dirichlet
problem, formulated by the mathematician Lejeune Dirichlet. The
theorem Viscardi created to solve it has potential applications in the
fields of engineering and physics, including airplane wing design. He
said he worked on it for about six months with a professor at UCSD.
No two ways about it: home schooling can give you a real head
start in life -- assuming your parents are both degreed hard-science
geeks, and you have the raw talent to attract mentoring from
a college professional.
In fact, if you have sufficient native talent, you can skip the "schooling"
part entirely (see Rananujan, Srinivasa)
-- cary
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