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Legendary country singer George Strait called reporters to AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Monday morning to announce details about the final leg of his big farewell tour -- including dates, locations and opening acts.
"It'll be a hell of an ending," the 61-year-old singer said of the tour's last stop at AT&T Stadium next year, though the date is still to be determined.
The 61-year-old singer first announced the tour in 2012, saying he planned to finish in 2014 but would continue to record new music and play the occasional concert.
"My plan is to keep doing things here and there, when I feel like it," he added. "Hopefully those opportunities will come along for me, 'cause I can't see hangin' it up for good forever. As long as I enjoy it, I'm gonna keep doing it. To be able to end the tour here, like Louis said, it's gonna be incredible."
Strait's tour will have a new opening act each week. So far, the roster of names includes Sheryl Crow, Vince Gill, Merle Haggard and Miranda Lambert.
Here's Strait's confirmed dates and cities:
Jan. 9: Bossier City, La. Jan. 10: Austin, Texas Jan. 17: Omaha Jan. 18: Kansas City, Mo. Jan. 30: San Jose, Calif. Jan. 31: San Diego Feb. 1: Las Vegas Feb. 7: Phoenix Feb. 8: Los Angeles Feb. 14: Auburn Hills, Mich. Feb. 15: Columbus, Ohio Feb. 28: Philadelphia March 1: Newark, N.J. March 7: Louisville, Ky. March 8: Chicago March 21: Nashville March 22: Atlanta. April 4: Wichita, Kan. April 5: Denver April 11: Portland, Ore. April 12: Tacoma: Wash. April 18: Des Moines, Iowa April 19: Tulsa, Okla. May 23: Baton Rouge, La. May 31: Foxborough, Mass. TBD: AT&T Stadium


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Neither the Memphis City Council nor Mayor A.C. Wharton feels its important to protect LGBT people from discrimination. Therefore, Janis Fullilove (pictured), who last month received death threats and a dead cat on her lawn over her sponsorship of the anti-discrimination legislation, has withdrawn it, the Commercial Appeal reports:
"The Tennessee Equality Project and councilwoman Janis Fullilove this morning withdrew the proposed ordinance, which would prevent the city from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity in hiring or promotion of employees, and an accompanying resolution that would have included the ordinance's language in city contracts. Fullilove and TEP members said it was clear the ordinance, which was scheduled for the second of three readings this afternoon, lacked support from the 13-member council and Wharton's administration, which said two weeks ago that it favors a more general ordinance approved by the Shelby County Commission earlier this year. Michelle Bliss, vice chairwoman of the Shelby County Committee of the TEP, said council members were making decisions based on 'fear and prejudice.' … 'At this time we don't think we can get a fair hearing,' said Bliss. Fullilove said she was disappointed that she had to withdraw the legislation."

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The septic system that serves the Joslin Memorial Library and the Waitsfield town offices has failed.
The system has been in distress since last fall, according to Joslin Library Trustee John Reilly, and has been in trouble for over 10 years.
Reilly said that 10 years ago when the system – the provenance of which is unknown – first ran into troubles, the library and town had the tank replaced with a 1,000-gallon tank and unsuccessfully attempted to purchase an easement for a leach field from neighboring property owners.
"When we could not negotiate an easement for a leach field, we decided to have the tank pumped regularly and wait for municipal septic," Reilly said.
Municipal septic, as a townwide proposal, was voted down in 2006 although the town is now working on a plan for decentralized wastewater systems to solve location-specific septic issues in the town. State and federal funds that the town would have used for one large townwide system will now be available for low-interest loans to individual property owners and groups of property owners seeking to create smaller decentralized solutions.
But that fix is at least one year, possibly two years, out and the situation at the library worsened considerably in the past week or so. Reilly said that the tank was pumped early last week and was completely full seven days later because the leach field is backing up into the tank. He said that the specifics of the leach field (location, depth, soils) are unknown.
The cost of pumping the system is $300 per month, with an additional $100 to flush the lines if the overflow alarms aren't heard in time, Reilly said. That cost makes monthly pumping an untenable solution.
Reilly discussed the situation with the Waitsfield Select Board this week where a proposal to install a port-o-let in the veterans' memorial park adjacent to the library was discussed and approved on March 11.
The Mad River Valley Chamber of Commerce also discussed the port-o-let idea at a board meeting on March 12 and board members asked chamber director Susan Klein to write a letter opposing the installation of a port-o-let as an "unnecessary visual element to our historic downtown."
The chamber letter also asked why neighboring property owners were not asked about other alternatives and Klein took the issue to the neighboring Waitsfield United Church of Christ where she received permission, and a key, for town and library staff to use the church bathroom for the time being.
Waitsfield town administrator Valerie Capels, on March 13, reported that she would not pursue a port-o-let yet and thanked Klein for her efforts.
"The church's offer of a key makes a huge difference," she wrote in an email.
The library trustees are also discussing the issue as The Valley Reporter goes to press on March 13.


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For the last five years, (I think, maybe more.?), the Afton Fat Ass has become a tradition. I'm all over traditions. Scott Wagner (Thank you Scott, for starting this tradition and for all you did for the Minnesota Ultra Community) began this tradition and called it the Afton Fat Ass. The Saturday after Thanksgiving a group of us would run upon the deer trails of the Afton State Park. Most of us have no idea where we are running as these are not the designated trails on the maps or the trails used for the Afton 50K. These are trails deep within the park, in the woods, which I believe, only Scott and John Storkamp and the deer know about. After a run upon the trails we always finish the fun with a pot luck and visiting.
This year and last year John took the torch from Scott and has held the Fat Ass. He does a fabulous job. This year he and Pierre were out in the dark before 6 AM pulling coolers, stashing sparkling cider, cheese, oreos, grapes, water and other delights upon the trail for us to enjoy. It's truly amazing.
19 of us headed out upon the deer trails yesterday morning. After only a few miles we were removing gloves, ear bands, hats and jackets. The sun was out and the temperature climbed up into the 30's; much warmer than I anticipated. With gloves, hat and a neck gaiter stuffed into my pockets and a jacket wrapped around my waist, I felt like a burrow making my way through the forest.
I trekked up hills, climbed rocks, scampered down into ravines, went across water on suspended trees; all the while with a laugh in the throat and a smile upon my face. It was fantastic and I couldn't help from saying so-over and over. I kept on thinking: how fortunate I am to be out here, in the woods, running upon beautiful trails with a group of people in which I have so much fun and have so much in common with. Wonderment.
John led us deep into the woods, upon the trails, a group of 19. The front runners would stop every so often, waiting for the whole group to arrive. We'd talk and drink, heading out again. It was enjoyable to find a different spot in line, a different group of people to speak with for a while, then again, finding myself in another place, with someone else to speak with. What a great way to catch up with what is going on in someones life.
At one point we were climbing down into a ravine; Maynard decided to take a skinny tree across the ravine. I didn't think it would hold him. I was afraid he'd end up with a broken ankle in the rocks below. Thankfully he was able to scamper across and make it to the other side, safely. He promptly lifted his leg and said "PSSSSSSSSS". My mouth fell open and I then shrieked. It was the funniest thing I had seen! He is a member of the Dog Pack you know, so, upon doing something risky, or reaching an accomplishment, or what have you..he lifts his leg and psssssts. It was hilarious! I've run many hours with the Dog Pack guys but had never seen one lift his leg before! You know that I will now be watching out for it, you Dogs.
Later on in our run, at about 4 hours, we were running along the St. Croix river shoreline. We came to a campfire where John dug a torch out of the woods and started a fire. He then pointed to a milk jug well into the river and stated that he needed someone to fetch it for him. The someone that did would receive a free entry to the Chippewa 50K AND the Afton 50 K. Luckily I told Wynn I would volunteer for Chippewa so I didn't even think about submerging myself into the freezing cold water. However, Maynard, Valeria, Karen, Helen and Pierre were going to take the plunge. They began to remove outer layers and shoes. God, I was cold just watching them. Helen just finished IM Arizona last weekend; she is the swimmer of the bunch so my money was on her. They began to enter the water before Valeria was ready so she stayed on shore. Karen and Pierre began but came back and Maynard and Helen were off to the buoy. Oh man, out they went and then Maynard looked like he was going to reach it first, but Helen did and she dove under to retrieve the anchor (!), they both arrived safe and sound to the shoreline, dripping wet and cold. Good Lord. Maynard was steaming himself near the flames, Helen stripped out of her base layers and back into her outer layers. Brrrrrrrr. Way to go, Helen!
Of course, I asked Maynard if he was going to lift his leg..this was lifting the leg worthy..he agreed; and did so.
Back we went to the Vistor Center to change ourselves and enjoy conversation with all. It was fabulous. Hot coffee, a hot fire and plenty of food for everyone.
Thank you so much, John :)


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Why oh why oh why… Really, why Scissor Sisters? Have I done something horribly evil that, despite my best efforts, I simply can't recall? Is that why you, whoever you are, are buying up copies of Scissor Sisters records like there's going to be a camp-glam-pop famine three months from now? And punishing me via Radio 1/TMF/other free-to-receive channels are available? Are you expecting some sort of rationing a little later down the line, so you're getting your fill now? Oh God tell me… Please?
In case the above didn't suggest as much, the aforementioned purveyors of over-the-top Bee Gees-raping ridiculousness sit depressingly atop both the UK singles and albums charts. 'I Don't Feel Like Dancin'' (review) is one place ahead of The Killers' 'When You Were Young' in the singles chart, with the remainder of the top five comprised of Justin Timberlake at three, Nelly Furtado at four and Fergie at five. One question: is the song 'Promiscuous' really what we want our kids exposed to on Saturday morning television? "Roses are red, some diamonds are blue / Chivalry is dead, but you're still kinda cute"? Yup, our daughters are gonna grow up great.
On the new entry front, Lil' Chris makes nineteen with 'Checkin' It Out'. Clearly, despite all the time he spent outside of English class making not-so-sweet music with Gene Simmons, the cap-sporting whippersnapper knows his way around an apostrophe or two. Janet Jackson's Nelly-aided 'Call On Me' (review) debuts a place above Lil' Chris, while Jet's 'Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is' (review) swaggers its way to twenty-three, a place above The Zutons' 'Oh Stacey (Look What You've Done)' (review). The Automatic complete a kinda indie triumvirate in the mid-twenties as their 'Recover' (review) makes twenty-five.
Quickly rounding up the remainder of the chart's new entries: Lily Allen's 'LDN' (review) makes twenty-seven, although that's based on downloads only; Evanescence miss out on the top thirty, entering at thirty-two with 'Call Me When You're Sober'; and OK Go's treadmill-rocking 'Here It Goes Again' debuts at fifty-eight. Nicky Wire's 'Break My Heart Slowly' just about breaches the seventy-five, landing at seventy-four.
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Great service. AAAAAA+
Buyer: lightinggal , Feb-25-10 14:43
Great seller will use again A ++
Buyer: jordiemac77, Feb-25-10 08:02
Beautiful chandeliers, very good service
Buyer: 02037378, Feb-25-10 04:13
Item as described - Thanks!
Buyer: janatasa, Feb-24-10 16:20
Buyer: 619.max123, Feb-24-10 14:58
Rec'd quick - Thanks !
Buyer: amgk1234, Feb-24-10 07:14
Super fast shipping Items as described Will add to Favs list Thank you
Buyer: winiscritterhill, Feb-23-10 17:03
arrived well packaged in perfect comdition, just as described, Thanks!!!!
Buyer: artvango, Feb-22-10 21:05
Thank you, beautiful product, great communication, great follow up
Buyer: 2004caprice, Feb-22-10 16:44
Excellent everything! Thank You!
Buyer: siliconaudiolabs, Feb-22-10 15:58
The Chandelier is up and looks beautiful, my girls are loving it.
Buyer: stacymc1119, Feb-22-10 13:31
Great sell and quick shipment
Buyer: joelaird405, Feb-22-10 05:46
This member was great to deal with, prompt and courteous
Buyer: msteinhour, Feb-22-10 04:29
Item as discribed :) would use again.
Buyer: jessicamazie, Feb-21-10 18:50
Excellent seller - just as described - would definitely use again. Thanks!
Buyer: limeyladytoo, Feb-21-10 15:14
This Crystal Chandelier with pink crystal hearts is just gorgeous!!!
Buyer: evaprescilla143, Feb-21-10 13:55
Beautiful Item. Very Happy!
Buyer: flyboy412, Feb-21-10 05:37
Buyer: carafinha, Feb-21-10 03:37
Very good seller
Buyer: bigostomasz, Feb-20-10 12:59
Good Product & Fast Ship
Buyer: texan-mudbug, Feb-20-10 11:07
Beautiful Product. Will order from again. Fast shipping. Thank You!
Buyer: angelsports_2013, Feb-20-10 10:22
Nice item. I will be back for more. Thank you.
Buyer: homeschool334, Feb-20-10 09:59
Fast delivery!!
Buyer: glen9752, Feb-20-10 06:56
Beautiful, could not be happier, A++++
Buyer: barmanxxl, Feb-20-10 06:34
Love it! Perfect transaction! Thank you!
Buyer: charmingofcourse, Feb-20-10 03:29
Great- thanks!
Buyer: imagine1949, Feb-19-10 15:53
Beautiful chandelier...fast delivery. Thanks for the great communication.
Buyer: roxrcp, Feb-19-10 15:28
Good transaction
Buyer: curios1234, Feb-19-10 15:02
Excellent transaction!!! quick delivery
Buyer: slmiha, Feb-19-10 14:47
Fast and Quick Shippment Great Seller
Buyer: anissaquickcashpawn, Feb-19-10 14:44
Gr8 items,many thanks****
Buyer: catta124, Feb-19-10 10:24
Fast shipping just as described thanks!
Buyer: razor_99_us, Feb-19-10 08:40
Would buy from again, fast shipping
Buyer: bohemian*dreams, Feb-19-10 07:41
A+++ Seller. Great transaction, fast service. Highly Recommend
Buyer: ddrullin, Feb-18-10 20:19
Arrived sooner than promised;advertised as 'crystal' - this is glass not crystal
Buyer: pupsik67, Feb-18-10 18:55
Very committed to solving problems when they arise. Helpful.
Buyer: tesstrueheart11702, Feb-18-10 17:52
Easy transaction-would buy from this seller again!
Buyer: slmiha, Feb-18-10 16:36
Would deal with this seller again!
Buyer: slmiha, Feb-18-10 16:34
Doesn't combine shipping, but ships together?
Buyer: allen4847, Feb-18-10 14:27
No combined shipping, yet shipped together
Buyer: allen4847, Feb-18-10 14:01
Great seller, beautiful crystals.better than expected.thank you
Buyer: angelsports_2013, Feb-18-10 13:49
Beautiful items super fast shipping great service A++++++++++
Buyer: bettyjb2006, Feb-18-10 11:36
Omg!!! WOW! WOW! ... (did i say "WOW!" yet?) thanks! 5-stars all the way!
Buyer: pretty_darn_good!, Feb-18-10 10:40
Fasrt delivery........beautiful....may need more.
Buyer: friskie1993, Feb-18-10 05:45
Gr8 seller/QUICK to ship/SUPER packing/ quick replies to emails, Many Thanks***
Buyer: catta124, Feb-18-10 04:25
Great seller. Fast ship & perfect description!!!! A+++++
Buyer: j.nitro1, Feb-17-10 21:58
The item arrived in great condition and packed very well!!! AAAAAA+++++++++++
Buyer: mi137917, Feb-17-10 21:27
Beautiful merchandise - fast shipping. A+
Buyer: brenda7908, Feb-17-10 18:47
My wife was very pleased with this. Thanks!
Buyer: sonofsoundman, Feb-17-10 10:06
Arrived well packaged in perfect comdition, just as described, Thanks!!!!
Buyer: artvango, Feb-16-10 17:12
Exactly as described
Buyer: katydo21, Feb-16-10 16:09
Exactly as described,
Buyer: katydo21, Feb-16-10 16:08
The item was nicely packaged and arrived within the timeframe indicated.
Buyer: gmutzalot, Feb-16-10 13:45
Very fast
Buyer: licka20035, Feb-16-10 11:55
Love it fsat shipping
Buyer: hissy1988, Feb-16-10 09:03
Thank you very much. This is a beautiful item.
Buyer: tlgos142, Feb-15-10 15:53
Buyer: bluesuzy27, Feb-15-10 12:03
Great item and a great price! Thank you!
Buyer: angel-collector, Feb-15-10 11:24
Outstanding thank you
Buyer: altog1, Feb-15-10 11:13
Thank you
Buyer: debo0615, Feb-14-10 18:26
Buyer: akattic, Feb-13-10 20:31
Wonderful pendants!!
Buyer: joankbl, Feb-12-10 23:02
Very committed to solving problems when they arise. Helpful.
Buyer: tesstrueheart11702, Feb-12-10 20:50
I appreciated the care taken in packing for shipping
Buyer: dusterjim1, Feb-12-10 19:01
Second order from this seller. Still satistied, very happy.
Buyer: mary-c-p, Feb-12-10 16:50
The chandelier is beautiful. Fast delivery! Good to do business with. A-1!!
Buyer: kyterry, Feb-11-10 19:51
Beautiful ++++++++++++++++ super fast +++++++++++++++++++
Buyer: janeraul, Feb-11-10 16:58
Items arrrived quickly, as described. Nice crystals!
Buyer: gcl200035y8, Feb-11-10 15:12
Very pleased
Buyer: stickerorange, Feb-11-10 14:56
Quick shipping.
Buyer: lesfabriques, Feb-11-10 09:54
Very happy with the product and service...we'll buy from again!!
Buyer: twistedeveryway, Feb-11-10 09:43
Thanks for a smooth transaction,they worked great on my chandelier
Buyer: legacylady, Feb-11-10 08:57
Great service
Buyer: jvsone, Feb-11-10 07:46
Thanks for everything, very pleased
Buyer: brvance1948, Feb-10-10 14:56
Absolutely Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Buyer: jasha16-71, Feb-10-10 12:51
Buyer: kcstresures1, Feb-10-10 11:35
Just as pictured & as described!
Buyer: allardk3allard, Feb-10-10 08:32
Very beautiful package well
Buyer: abbyabby58, Feb-10-10 04:54
Had a few questions which were answered promptly
Buyer: paints4me2, Feb-09-10 17:07
Buyer: jimmyn1, Feb-09-10 16:51
Absolutely perfect transaction! Thanks
Buyer: judy4848, Feb-09-10 10:53
GR8 item, SUPER packing, many thanks**** & QUICK to ship
Buyer: catta124, Feb-09-10 07:41
Nice crystals good size
Buyer: dottiesdancingsews, Feb-09-10 07:11
They are beautiful and were shipped very fast
Buyer: marilla28, Feb-09-10 06:20
Thanks for the great product A+++++++++++++
Buyer: 1redfeather1, Aug-10-09 00:50
Great Deal! Beautiful Product! Works Great! Perfect transaction! Fast Shipping!
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Buyer: kaligryza, Aug-05-09 16:32
Absolutely gorgeous! Super fast shipping and great communication.
Buyer: mr_shorn, Jul-30-09 20:43
benjamin54321, Jul-30-09 13:47
Fast shipping and honest
Buyer: traceycute, Jul-20-09 06:54
You shipped my beautiful chandelier in record time as promised. Awesome. Thank you
candv1976, Jul-17-09 16:01
Arrived, not unpacked, thank you
baroness1942, Jul-15-09 05:06
Beautiful chandelier, exactly what I wanted, looks great in my foyer! Thanks!
Buyer: 913silver, Jul-14-09 16:35
Best Customer Service experience in many years, exceptional! A+++++++++++++
Buyer: ched454, Jul-11-09 22:05
Nice item GREAT STAFF
Buyer: harleysgarden, Jul-02-09 03:17
Very quick delivery, packaged well. The crystals are gorgeous!
Buyer: faithieg, Jun-20-09 11:29
I like it. Thanks
Buyer: vinnitsa1, Jun-17-09 19:44
Fantastic merchant!! Shipping was super fast and chandelier was beautiful.
Buyer: aligurgu, Jun-15-09 09:49
Shipped quickly. Professional transaction. Thanks!
Buyer: classic5776, Jun-14-09 15:50
Very good customer service. Thank you.
Buyer: mortir ,Jun-13-09 08:14
Perfect, exactly as pictured
Buyer: scottwiens, Jun-05-09 13:55
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The present report provides an overview of major developments in inter-agency cooperation within the framework of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB) in 2012.
Documents tagged with ICT governance
Date published
CEB: Annual Overview Report (July 2013, New York) 23.02.2017
DTN: Report of 4th Session (March 2005, Vienna) 23.02.2017Document reference: CEB/2005/HLCM/R.3/2
DTN: Report of 5th Session (September 2005, Geneva) 23.02.2017Document reference: CEB/2005/HLCM/R.191
DTN: Report of 7th Session (October 2006 , Dubai) 23.02.2017Document reference: CEB/2006/HLCM/ICT/27
DTN: Report of 8th Session (May 2007, New York) 23.02.2017
Agenda Items discussed included: Country-Level ICT Coherence; System-Wide Business Practices; ICT Strategy: Development of Business Cases; ICT and Development; Special Interest Groups: ICT Knowledge Sharing.
DTN: Report of 9th Session (December 2007, Brindisi) 23.02.2017
Agenda Items discussed included: System-Wide Business Practices (prioritization of the initiatives, with the lead and participating agencies identified); Country-level ICT Coherence; ICT Strategic Framework; Special Interest Groups: ICT Knowledge Sharing.
DTN: Report of 12th Session (March 2009, Bangkok) 23.02.2017
Agenda Items discussed included: Adding Business Value; System-Wide Business Practices (Shared Service Centres, Data Centre Consolidation, UN System Directory); ICT Special Interest Group Updates; Business Continuity.


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Editorial: Football is still a business, ticket-seekers discover
It's understandable that Denver Broncos' season-ticket holders are upset at the team and NFL because they didn't get chosen in a lottery to buy Super Bowl tickets.
But, people, there are tickets available, and we wouldn't be having this discussion were it not for the team's success.
Celebrate, don't hate.
One fan told The Denver Post's Jennifer Brown "what this really comes down to is that they are driven by profits."
Should that be a surprise?
The NFL is big business, earning about $10 billion in taxable revenue every year.
A big business doesn't keep getting bigger by selling its prized possessions - Super Bowl seats - to the lowest bidder.
The NFL won't reveal how many tickets it sent to the Broncos to sell. It doesn't have to. It is a private business out to earn money.
Too bad the NFL doesn't accommodate faithful season-ticket holders. But that's the way it is.
Besides, 4,281 tickets were available on StubHub Tuesday with the cheapest ticket selling for $1,763.
Seattle fans so far outnumber Denver's. Broncos fans aching to go should snap up those remaining cold seats. And start cheering.


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Born: August 23, 1911, Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland
Henryk was raised in a religious Jewish family. His father was a cantor, and his parents placed an emphasis on education. In 1916 the Lubelskis moved to Rawicz, a town in German-occupied Poland. Henryk was first in his class in secondary school, where he also excelled in wrestling and soccer. After graduating, Henryk became an apprentice in a business.
1933-39: In 1935 my father secured a good position in the city of Katowice. There, I worked in the sausage business. Since Katowice was close to the German border, many there spoke German fluently. When the war broke out in September 1939, I fled east towards the USSR, but I turned back when I realized that I didn't know if conditions there would be any better than they were in Poland. My route back took me through many small Polish towns.
1940-44: I was in Kolomjya when the Germans set up a ghetto there. In 1942 I was deported by train with hundreds of others. En route I decided to escape, but before I jumped from the train, a family begged me to go to Budapest to find their daughter, Erzebeth, to tell her goodbye for them. I jumped, and escaped. In 1944 I joined Czechoslovak partisans in rebellion against the Germans. In the Carpathian Mountains we sabotaged the Germans by supplying Soviet troops with information about German artillery positions.
After the war, Henryk traveled to Budapest to keep his promise to look for Erzebeth. Henryk and Erzebeth married, and in 1951 they emigrated to the United States.
Copyright © United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC


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And the Oscars went to
List of winners at Sunday's 86th annual Academy Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences:
Best Picture: "12 Years a Slave."
Actor: Matthew McConaughey, "Dallas Buyers Club."
Actress: Cate Blanchett, "Blue Jasmine."
Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, "Dallas Buyers Club."
Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong'o, "12 Years a Slave."
Directing: Alfonso Cuaron, "Gravity."
Foreign Language Film: "The Great Beauty," Italy.
Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, "12 Years a Slave."
Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, "Her."
Animated Feature Film: "Frozen."
Production Design: "The Great Gatsby."
Cinematography: "Gravity."
Sound Mixing: "Gravity."
Sound Editing: "Gravity."
Original Score: "Gravity," Steven Price.
Original Song: "Let It Go" from "Frozen."
Costume: "The Great Gatsby."
Makeup and Hairstyling: "Dallas Buyers Club."
Animated Short Film: "Mr. Hublot."
Documentary Feature: "20 Feet from Stardom."
Documentary (short subject): "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life."
Film Editing: "Gravity."
Live Action Short Film: "Helium."
Visual Effects: "Gravity."
Honorary Oscars:
- Peter W. Anderson.
- Film-processing labs over past century.
- Angelina Jolie.
- Angela Lansbury.
- Steve Martin.
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What a stunning bridal shower! Thanks for sending in these photos, Nathalie! Im loving how your "mum" used the patten of the British flag to line the fabulous cupcakes, cake pops, and desserts! Love the umbrella invitation, and fish and chips too. The colors happen to be such a bright and gorgeous contrast. I'm sure it looked "smashing"!
Hi Marlene,
My mum, Daniella Salem, made me the most amazing shower when I was getting married last year. The theme was British because I grew up there. The invitation was an umbrella because it always rains there. Everything was red, white and blue and she even made fish and chips to stick with the theme! But the most spectacular part was the dessert table which was covered completely in flowers with white desserts only. It was the most magnificent shower! She used the center flower strip for a gorgeous table later in the week. No one does it like my mum Best,
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Front versus rear seat injury risk for child passengers: evaluation of newer model year vehicles." Traffic Inj Prev. 2009;10(3):297-301."
Graduated Driver Licensing Decal Law: Effect on Young Probationary Drivers." American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2013;44(1):1-7."
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Injury risk to restrained children exposed to deployed first- and second-generation air bags in frontal crashes." Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005;159(4):342-6."
A latent class analysis of injury patterns among rear-seated, seat-belted children." J Trauma. 2006;61(5):1244-8."
The learning classifier system: an evolutionary computation approach to knowledge discovery in epidemiologic surveillance." Artif Intell Med. 2000;19(1):53-74."
Making the most of the worst-case scenario: should belt-positioning booster seats be used in lap-belt-only seating positions?" Traffic Inj Prev. 2009;10(6):580-3."
Miles to Go: Establishing Benchmarks for Teen Driver Safety. Philadelphia : The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute; 2011.
Miles to Go: Focusing on Risks for Teen Driver Crashes. Philadelphia : The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute; 2013.
Miles to Go: Monitoring Progress in Teen Driver Safety. Philadelphia : The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute ; 2012.
Misuse of Booster Seats." Injury Prevention. 2000;6(4):281-4."
Non-fatal and fatal crash injury risk for children in minivans compared with children in sport utility vehicles." Inj. Prev.. 2009;15(1):8-12."
Occult head injury in high-risk abused children." Pediatrics. 2003;111(6 Pt 1):1382-6."
Optimal restraint reduces the risk of abdominal injury in children involved in motor vehicle crashes." Ann. Surg.. 2004;239(1):127-31."


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Welcome to My Personal Page
On October 24-25, 2020, I will be riding around Galveston Bay annual Bike Around the Bay cycling event. I am riding to support the largest and most productive bay in Texas. Galveston Bay provides amazing recreational and tourism opportunities like boating, fishing and bird watching while also supporting an important commercial fishing industry that puts Galveston Bay shrimp, oysters and blue crab on our dinner plates. It also serves as the home for a large amount of industrial activity including shipping and refining that drives our local economy.
Did you know that half the population of Texas lives within the Galveston Bay watershed? You can help make a difference in preserving and protecting the Bay right in our own backyards by making a tax-deductible donation to my ride. Your contribution will support the Galveston Bay Foundation which works with all Bay users to preserve the beauty, tranquility, and health of Galveston Bay. Every donation, no matter the amount, helps create a better Bay!
About Bike Around the Bay and the Galveston Bay Foundation
Bike Around the Bay is a fully supported two-day, 170-mile cycling event sponsored by Shell and benefits the Galveston Bay Foundation. Started in 2007, Bike Around the Bay showcases the natural beauty of Galveston Bay and raises awareness of the need to protect it.
Galveston Bay Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded in 1987 to preserve, protect, and enhance Galveston Bay. The organization's program areas include advocacy, conservation, education, and research.
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Texas Nature Trackers
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
4200 Smith School Road
Austin, TX 78744
(800) 792-1112 ext. 8062
Texas Nature Trackers: Texas Whooper Watch
In 1942, there were only 16 Whooping Cranes left in what was to be the last flock in the world, a small group of birds that wintered on the central Texas coast near Rockport and nested in northwestern Canada. Throughout the 1940s and 1950s, this last remaining band of Whooping Cranes still precipitously clung to existence with numbers in the 20s and 30s. Slowly, over time, with habitat conservation and protection from shooting, numbers climbed. In 2012, the Texas-Canada flock approached 300 birds, and now Whooping Cranes also exist in several experimental flocks and captive breeding facilities.
While the traditional wintering grounds on and near Aransas National Wildlife Refuge are well-known, biologists have much less information about locations used by Whooping Cranes in migration. In addition, as the Whooping Crane population continues to grow, whoopers are beginning to explore new wintering habitat away from traditional areas.
Texas Whooper Watch seeks the help of citizen scientists in identifying Whooping Crane migration stopover sites and non-traditional wintering areas, in assessing whether any hazards exist to whoopers at these sites, and in learning more about behavior and habitat use at these sites.


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Following a successful five week run at Ruffin Gallery in 2014, I put together some video documentation. The video shows the four main visual pieces of the installation, along with the audio component, as they appear and sound at different times of day.
WoodEar opening at UVa's Ruffin Gallery, August 29 – October 3rd, 2014.
I am very excited to announce that a large scale solo exhibit of my piece, WoodEar, will show at Ruffin Gallery from August 29th to October 3rd, 2014. The August 29th opening, which will run on a Final Friday from 5:30 – 7:30, will include live choreography with multiple dancers directed by UVa Choreographer Katie Schetlick. The installation will also include new digital and fixed media pieces with significant contributions by my collaborator, New York-based sculptor and video artist, Jennifer Lauren Smith. The piece will
WoodEar featured on WVTF
On May 1st, 2014, Charlotteville NPR affiliate, WVTF, broadcast a story by local radio producer, Sandy Hausman, about WoodEar. A transcript of the story and the original audio are available for reading/listening at the WVTF website: http://wvtf.org/post/wood-ear-exploring-feelings-trees
WoodEar @ The Bridge, April 21st – May 2nd, 2014
WoodEar made its first appearance in Charlottesville in late April, 2014 with a show at the The Bridge Progressive Arts Initiative. For this installation, I used two projections – one a piece I had created for the Pace show, and the other a new piece that runs in the Chrome using Javascript and the HTML5 Canvas element. While it wasn't a heavily trafficked show, it did attract the attention of a WVTF, a local NPR affiliate, which did a short radio
WoodEar at the Pace Digital Gallery, April 16 – May 3, 2013
On April 16, 2013, WoodEar had a successful first opening at the Pace Digital Gallery in downtown Manhattan. The piece is spread over three floors, using three flat-screen displays, one projection, and six channels of audio. The video footage used in the piece was created by Jennifer Lauren Smith. After it closes on May 3rd, I intend to revise it and install it at other venues. The installation at Pace was made possible with the help of Turbulence.org and funding
Interview in Neural Magazine
In late 2012 I was interviewed by artist, critic, and editor of Neural magazine, Alessandro Ludovico. We discussed my early net pieces through my latest, WoodEar. While you need a subscription to access the entire magazine, you can download a PDF of the interview here.
Present Day (2012), audio for film by Jennifer Lauren Smith
Continuing our collaborations, I created a soundtrack for Jennifer's installation film, Present Day, earlier this year. The film is intended for a large vertical projection. Per Jennifer's description: "Present Day depicts the silhouette of a present-day shaman performing a sequence of movements beneath a crescent moon. His routine is expressive and random and it becomes apparent that his dance is not grounded in a specific cultural tradition but is more a mash-up of idiosyncratic references. As the routine ensues, the
WoodEar (2012), a commission by Turbulence.org
A tree is a biological network: roots gathering water and nutrients, leaves using sunlight to produce food, and phloem and xylem running throughout to move water and nutrients across the structure. WoodEar attempts to extend the dynamic qualities of this biological network into the digital network. A series of sensors attached to the tree stream data on the state of its environment – light, temperature, air pressure, and wind. This live data is merged with photos and recordings of the tree's immediate
WoodEar receives funding from Turbulence.org and the NEA
I'm excited to announce that my proposal for a new piece called 'WoodEar', has received a generous grant from Turbulence.org with funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Turbulence.org previously funded my 2007 web-based piece, ItSpace. WoodEar will use data from sensors and microphones embedded in a living tree to drive a physical and online sound installation, and will explore the musical and network mappings that can be created when a tree is considered as a resonant object. In
Pixilerations 2011, Providence, RI
Following a successful showing at SIGGRAPH 2011 in August, the newly rebuilt ItSpace went for a 10-day showing at the Pixilerations [v.8] New Media Fringe Festival from Sept. 22nd to Oct. 2nd in Providence, RI. It is an annual joint festival between the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and Brown University. ItSpace was displayed in the lobby of the recently built Granoff Center for the Creative Arts on Brown's campus.


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MOROCCO: A foundation stone was laid in Tanger on September 29 to mark the start of construction of a high speed line to Casablanca.
The ceremony was attended by King Mohammed VI and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, reflecting the close relationship between the two countries which has underpinned the project to date. Also present were the French and Moroccan transport ministers, Thierry Mariani and Karim Ghellab, Mohammed Rabie Khlie, Director-General of Moroccan state railway ONCF, SNCF President Guillaume Pépy, and UIC Director General Jean-Pierre Loubinoux.
Under the plans, a 200 km high speed line is to be built from Tanger to Kénitra, from where trains would use the upgraded existing line via Rabat to Casablanca. Services are expected to begin by the end of 2015, when journey times between the two cities should be reduced from 4 h 45 min to 2 h 10 min. A future second phase is planned to extend the line from Kénitra to Casablanca.
ONCF has ordered a fleet of 14 double deck Alstom Duplex trains equipped to operate at up to 320 km/h on the 25 kV AC high speed line and at up to 220 km/h on the existing 3 kV DC network.
Project costs are expected to comprise 10bn dirhams for infrastructure, 5·6bn dirhams for railway equipment and 4·4bn dirhams for rolling stock. The Moroccan government is providing 4·8bn dirhams in funding alongside 1·9bn dirhams from French and European sources, while 12·3bn dirhams has been raised in loans, including a 740m dirhams contribution from the Kuwait Fund for Arab & Economic Development.


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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Jerome Simpson brought his holiday best to the field today.
In their second-to-last regular season game of the year, Simpson caught a pass from Andy Dalton and took off at the two-yard line, leaping over a Cardinals defender … who was standing up. Check out the spectacular play here:
So, is this the touchdown of the year? If not, who gets your vote?


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Humans are very good at finding meaning or significance where there is none. Psychologists call the process of validating words, initials, statements, or signs as accurate and personally meaningful and significant subjective validation. Since most of us are innumerate, we often find significance in purely coincidental events. If you think of all the pairs of things that can happen in a person's lifetime and add to that our very versatile ability to find meaningful connections between things in ambiguous situations, it is likely that most of us will experience many meaningful coincidences, but we are the ones who give them meaning. Given the fact that there are billions of people and the possible number of meaningful coincidences is millions of billions, it is inevitable that many people will experience some very weird and uncanny coincidences every day. Put another way, with a large enough sample size, just about any possible weird coincidence will happen. This is sometimes called the law of truly large numbers.
In their article on coincidences in The Encyclopedia
of the Paranormal, Persi Diaconis and Frederick Mosteller write about a woman who won the New Jersey lottery twice. The New York Times called her chances of doing so "1 in
17 trillion." However, statisticians Stephen Samuels and George McCabe of Purdue
University calculated the odds of someone winning the lottery twice to be something like 1
in 30 over a four month period and better than even odds over a seven year period. Why?
Because players don't buy one ticket for each of two lotteries, they buy multiple tickets
every week.
Most people are surprised when they discover that In a random selection of twenty-three persons there is a 50 percent chance that at least two of them celebrate the same birth date. Bruce Martin provides the calculations, for those who are interested.
Mathematician John Littlewood (1885-1977) defined a miracle
as something deemed to have special significance and occurring with a probability of one in a million. Littlewood calculated that a typical person would experience about ten miracles a year during his or her lifetime. He based his calculation on assuming that
the typical person is awake and alert about eight hours a day and that events occur at the rate of about one per second.
The odds of something happening at a million to one might strike you as being so large as to rule out chance or coincidence. However, with over 7 billion people on Earth, a million to one shot will occur frequently. Say the odds are a million to one that when a person has a dream of something happening, soon afterward something similar happens. With 7 billion people having an average of five dreams, there should be about 35 billion dreams each night. That many of those dreams can be matched up with real events isn't that surprising. Each person has thousands of thoughts and experiences each day. That some of them can be found to match up to real events seems more likely than not, especially if one considers that we are not too stringent in setting criteria for what counts as a dream come true.
When we think of coincidences as meaningful, we should remind ourselves that the meaning or significance of events is provided by us, not by the events themselves or by any "Event Planner in the Sky." It is natural to think magically, to think that events which we connect in some meaningful way happen for a reason. For many people, it is nearly impossible to accept that most of the time stuff just happens.
A follow-up to the book "Unnatural Acts: Critical Thinking, Skepticism and Science Exposed!" by Robert Todd Carroll, creator of The Skeptic's Dictionary. The blog will offer irregular postings about cognitive biases, logical fallacies, and illusions.
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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the U.K.-based energy charity Ashden, has announced a new award for innovators who use or supply clean energy technologies to increase production in the agricultural sector.
The contest is open for entries until November 5. The winner will receive an award of up to £40,000 (approximately $64,000) at a ceremony in London on May 22, 2014.
USAID is supporting this award through its Powering Agriculture Grand Challenge for Development, an initiative that is engaging a broad range of innovators to find new ways to bring clean energy to farmers.
"Ashden is a well-respected organization that understands energy needs in the developing world. This collaboration is the perfect opportunity to amplify the efforts of our Powering Agriculture Grand Challenge program, and we are proud to be joining with Ashden for this award," said Alex Dehgan, science adviser to the USAID administrator.
The USAID-Ashden Energy for Agriculture Award will carry out the work of supplying renewable energy or energy efficiency products or services to improve agricultural processes in developing countries. These innovations are designed to help farmers to mechanize their operations, improve irrigation or add value to agricultural products through processing or refrigeration.
"We are looking for innovative, market-based sustainable energy solutions to increase rural farmers' agricultural yields and incomes," said Ashden founder and director Sarah Butler-Sloss.
For further information and to apply for the 2014 Award visit http://www.ashden.org/apply/2014/int_awards or contact the awards coordinator at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Having so many options to customise your concert with makes for a huge amount of replay value in Hannah Montana Rock Out the Show. You'll never grow tried of playing to the screaming crowds as you hurl out guitar and drum solos, whilst all the amazing effects you put into place unfold on stage at the same time. For Hannah Montana fans, it really is the perfect game to live out your rock star dreams in!
The show must go on
Each level sees you guide Hannah through her stage show routine by following the on-screen button prompts in time with the music. Each section of the performance is broken down into mini-games for you to master, and once completed, you're again asked to follow the on-screen directions before entering another mini-game section that represents a piece of the show. These tasks range from controlling Hannah as she dances on stage using a combination of the directional buttons and the analog stick.
With the drums, you're required to tap both the L and R buttons in time to the beat, while the guitar riffs use a combination of the X, Circle, Square, Triangle and directional buttons. Lastly, playing the piano is controlled by using the X, Circle and Triangle buttons. As you match the beats with the button taps you'll see a colourful vine form around the edges of the screen before being greeting by a butterfly icon that fills with light to show you how successfully you have been performing to your fans.
In Rock Out The Show's story mode, your goal is to plan and manage the show as Hannah's father, Billy Ray Cyrus, has been taken ill. From here, you'll have to figure out what to do throughout the tour (with stops including Tokyo, Venice and Nashville) planning everything from designing the stage, deciding what outfits Hannah and her band wears on stage and, more importantly, figuring out where the Rockstar Moments take place in each performance.
Make it a special edition
Once you've designed your stage show, you have the ability to share your amazing creations with your friends and use what they have created to help you turn future performances into rocking Hannah Montana moments. Plus, with downloadable content including brand new stage props, special effects and outfits, there's plenty of room left to build brand new stage shows to show off to everyone.
Packed with addictive mini-games, a sizeable amount of customisable options, great Hannah Montana songs and seven cities for you to stage the ultimate Hannah Montana event in, Rock Out The Show packs plenty of hours of entertainment, and is perfect for fans of the smash hit Disney Channel small screen series. And if you want to go all-out, look out for the special Lilac Purple PSP-3000 which comes with a copy of Hannah Montana Rock Out the Show and the brand new colour.
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About £2.5bn was lost to fraud and error in benefit payments over the last year, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
The figure is down from £2.7bn over the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) previous financial year, but was still deemed too high for the NAO. Consequently, the watchdog refused to sign off the accounts – the 18th consecutive year in which this has happened.
Publishing the report, DWP Resource Accounts 2006-07, NAO head Sir John Bourn said: "Once again I have had to qualify my opinion on the DWP accounts because of the significant sums lost to fraud and error: 2.5bn or 2.1 per cent in the last year."
The report identifies limited IT integration as one reason for the high level of error, as well as complex benefits rules, poor business process design and human mistakes.
However, Bourn accepted that progress had been made in introducing new systems and procedures to reduce fraud and error and improve the recording of identified debts.
The report acknowledges a number of anti-fraud initiatives adopted by the DWP, including advanced data matching and comparing data from government and external sources.
It adds: "There are plans to further develop data matching using advanced IT systems, which will allow more timely identification of fraud and error and, in particular, help to target organised fraud rings."
In 2005, the DWP introduced its Debt Manager IT system to help cleanse data and put in place processes to support the valuation of overpayment debts recorded in its balance sheet.
Commenting on this project, Bourn remarked: "Work by my staff has confirmed that this has been done well and provides a sound basis for the future."
This article was originally published at Kablenet.
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This talk was given at TISA's Annual National Conference.
Today I'm going to try & walk the walk as well as talk the talk. To be successful, you need to focus on what it is your customers want and how do they want it.
What will separate the winners from the losers in the banking sector, is the ability to recognize what it is that customers want and delivering it.
Likewise, this session will be driven by you. I will do my best to tackle the questions you want answered. So we'll have a look at what's going on, why is it happening, how far have we come, where are we heading and what can we do about it?
As well as deliver it in the way you want it – the presentation will be kept short..


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my little girlie just turned 12.
our labor and delivery was not smooth. it was a bit rough, actually. in fact, i was in so much pain and goofy from the medications that i didnt hold her for hours...until she finally landed with me. i remember holding this itty-bitty bundle and feeling such a warmth in my heart knowing that she was mine...for a minute...it was kind of scary how much i loved this kid.
she snuggled right into me and we seemed to have stayed that way ever since. you know how you hear people say' "oh, she's a daddy's girl?" well, this is my girl. we seem to have this connection. i love that.
she has changed so much. the blonde curls, cute lisp and chubby cheeks are long gone. but the night she turned 12 i snuck into her room while she was sleeping. she was snuggled under her mound of blankets, surrounded by her stuffed animals and clutching her baby. in the dark i could still see the baby she was. i could also see who she is becoming. i am excited for her journey. i am sad for the time that has passed.
i dont know. 12 seems...big, old, independent. she is such a wonderful person. i just hope that as she outgrows her "kid stuff" she just doesnt outgrow the need for a mom hug.
{sniff, sigh}
i love you lovey!!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
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my little girlie just turned 12.
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(New York Times) For decades, scientists have been on the lookout for killer objects from outer space that could devastate the planet. But warnings that they lacked the tools to detect the most serious threats were largely ignored, even as skeptics mocked the worriers as Chicken Littles.
No more. The meteor that rattled Siberia on Friday, injuring hundreds of people and traumatizing thousands, has suddenly brought new life to efforts to deploy adequate detection tools, in particular a space telescope that would scan the solar system for dangers.
A group of young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who helped build thriving companies like eBay, Google and Facebook has already put millions of dollars into the effort and saw Friday's shock wave as a turning point in raising hundreds of millions more.
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