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Dallas Union Depot, (ca.1885-1935) at the junction of Houston & Texas Central and Texas & Pacific Railroads
(Now Central Expressway & Pacific Avenue) Photo ca. 1910, Dallas Public Library, History & Texana Archives.
"... my trip was not in vain, Dallas is a bright young town, full of promise." 1873
These words were recorded in a letter by an early traveler upon his arrival in Dallas. His journey was by train. The year was 1873 and the railroad had just reached Dallas from Houston a year earlier. Dallas had been chartered a mere 17 years previous. This burgeoning town would soon become the intersection of the first east-west line due to skillful maneuvering by local politicians. The arrival of these two major rail lines set the stage for a period of growth ultimately making Dallas the center for commerce in the Southwest - unprecedented for a city without a major river or seaport!
With the arrival of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad (H&TC) in 1872, John Neely Bryan, considered the founder of Dallas, would realize his vision of the city becoming a rail destination. Several astute businessmen had followed the progression of the H&TC line as it built northward from Houston. They sold general goods to construction crews along the line, and would settle in Dallas on speculation that the Texas & Pacific Railway (T&P) would arrive from the east within a year. These entrepreneurs established businesses which are household names in Dallas today. In 1873, the H&TC continued to build northward to Sherman, connecting with the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad. This connection would link Dallas with industries in the Northeast and Midwest, providing a direct route for much needed materials and machinery for the bustling young town.
Texas & Pacific passenger train, Dallas 1870s, Dallas Public Library
Several North Texas towns had been keeping up with Dallas' growth, but that would change by the end of 1873. As the T&P Railway built westward toward Fort Worth and El Paso, it crossed the H&TC line at a point known as Browder Springs. Local politicians had introduced last-minute legislation in Austin that required the junction of the two railroads to be located at this little known spot. Unbeknownst to the competition at the time, Browder Springs was actually Dallas. This junction of two major rail lines would draw people and businesses from all over the U.S. as well as neighboring towns. Towns such as McKinney to the north and Ennis to the south were suddenly at a disadvantage.
Early Dallas railroading is depicted in this exceptional image of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad roundhouse. In this turn-of-the-century view, "Katy" steam locomotives await their assignments on tracks just beyond the turntable. Notations on the back of the photograph by roundhouse worker Frank Turner reveal priceless information about working for the railroad and living in early Dallas during the Trinity River flood. "Day Crew of Katy 'Fire Knockers,' January 21, 1908. MKT RR Roundhouse at Dallas. I am on left in picture. We got $1.60 for 10 hour day. On May 22 to 25th, 1908 the big flood came and there [were] 4 engines standing here and only the top of smoke stacks were above water."
Photo courtesy of Katy Railroad Historical Society
The increase in rail service and the attendant growth of Dallas' central business district was not without problems. By the early 1900s, the city found itself in daily conflict with the very source of its prosperity. Rail lines crisscrossed the downtown area, with passenger and freight stations scattered throughout. These crowded and confusing conditions were suffocating Dallas. The solution came in 1911 when the Kessler Plan was unveiled. This master plan for Dallas included a detailed proposal for building a "belt" rail line around Dallas to be used by the railroads currently serving the central business district. Along this line on the western edge of town would be a new "union" station, a consolidation of seven railroads and five passenger depots. The city quickly adopted nearly every aspect of the plan.
By October 1916, the Dallas Union Terminal Company opened its doors with its magnificent renaissance style station, the largest of its kind in the Southwest. Dallas was finally free to move about without interference from trains, while the railroads were able to serve the city from its perimeter via the new belt line. Union Terminal would see nearly 80 arrivals and departures a day during its peak years of the late 1920s. This marked the Golden Era of rail travel, when passengers to and from Dallas could enjoy a restful night's sleep in plush Pullman cars and dine on sumptuous meals in dining cars aboard long distance trains serving Union Station.
Burlington "Zephyrs" arrive & depart Dallas Union Terminal ca. 1950
R. S. Plummer, Burt C. Blanton Collection
Trains were the preferred mode of travel in the 1920s. However, by 1930, the affordability of the automobile triggered an irreversible decline in rail passenger service. After a surge in business during World War II, the once busy Union Station would see fewer and fewer trains. By the 1960s, the completion of the Interstate Highway system and the introduction of commercial jet aircraft would signal an end to passenger trains in Dallas. In May of 1969 T&P Conductor J. K. Welch would call "all aboard" for the final departure of the Texas Eagle and Union Station would close its doors on nearly 100 years of rail service. Dallas was left as the largest city in the U.S. without passenger trains.
But the story was far from over. Dallas would soon see a resurgence in rail service. The advent of Amtrak in 1971 brought passenger trains back to Union Station two years later. Today, Amtrak is joined by DART's Light Rail and TRE Commuter train service. Meanwhile, the private freight railroads were setting records in the transportation of intermodal traffic, chemicals, and bulk commodities. With the opening of RailPort just south of Dallas, the city is now adjacent to a major distribution center for rail freight traffic. This facility serves as an inland international port for rail and sea container traffic and reduces congestion at traditional border and coastal ports. Dallas is also a destination on several proposed high speed intrastate passenger rail corridors.
While Dallas is recognized more as an aviation center today, it owes its early growth and prosperity to the railroad. Without the intersection of two major rail lines being located in Dallas, McKinney was favored to have been the metropolis of North Texas. Ironically, rail has become the ideal mode to alleviate future congestion in the air and on the roads in Dallas and North Texas. The very form of transportation that put the region on the map will ultimately play a significant role in addressing critical transportation issues.
The Museum of the American Railroad at Fair Park now maintains an outstanding collection of early 20th century trains that contributed to the development of Dallas and the Southwest. But, what is old is new again. The museum's future programming will address current and new technologies unique to the rail industry that will ensure our mobility and a cleaner environment in the future.
Amtrak's southbound Texas Eagle departs Dallas Union Station, 1985
Southern Pacific / Cotton Belt freight yard on south edge of Dallas CBD, ca. 1951
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Dallas Yard, 1987, present location of Victory Park
The last vestige of early railroading in Dallas, Southern Pacific's (H&TC) recently closed Eakin Street Yard Office awaits an uncertain fate in Summer, 1963. This venerable building would move to Fair Park in September of that year, having escaped the wrecking ball during I-30 construction south of downtown. Today it serves as the Museum's visitor center, gallery, and retail store. Its original location at the southern end of SP's downtown Dallas yard is the site of today's Farmer's Market.
November 13, 2009 - Dallas County Judge Jim Foster unveiled a new historical marker by the Dallas County Historical Commission and the Texas Historical Commission commemorating the first railroads in Dallas. The marker is located on Pacific Avenue under Interstate 45 in downtown Dallas, . the original intersection of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad (1872) and the Texas & Pacific Railway (1873). This is the approximate location from which the original ca. 1910 photograph (at top) was taken.
Views at left and center are in relation to the new Historical Marker. Left view is looking east along present-day Pacific Avenue (former Texas & Pacific Railway main line alignment). Center image is looking south under present-day Interstate 45 overhead deck (former Houston & Texas Central main line and approximate location of original depot) adjacent to Dallas CBD. View at right is south of downtown Dallas looking north from Hickory Street. This view shows the last remnants of the original H&TC right-of-way into Dallas. This trackage, which is severed at both ends, is representative of the original line from Houston that triggered unprecedented growth in the fledgling city of Dallas beginning in 1872. This site is also near Browder, the location designated as the crossing of the H&TC and T&P Lines in 1873. Dallas Heritage Village is a short distance away to the west, which celebrates early Dallas life and culture. Photographs: November 13, 2009
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Top English football clubs this summer spent the highest sum on transfers since the introduction of the transfer window system, a study says.
According to analysis by Deloitte, the total reported spending in the summer by Premiership clubs was £300m.
That took total spending for the year in 2006 to more than £330m, with Chelsea the biggest spenders at £70m.
Spending was driven by expected TV cash income, and the World Cup "shop window" of international players.
The total amount spent this year was greater than in each of the previous three years, with £285m spent in 2005, £260m in 2004, and £250m in 2003.
Chelsea once again topped the list of spenders in 2006 with about £70m invested, taking their reported spending on player acquisitions since July 2003 to more than £375m - about one-third of overall spending by Premiership clubs in that period.
On Thursday, Chelsea ended a long-running saga by signing England full-back Ashley Cole from Arsenal in exchange for £5m and France defender William Gallas.
Other big deals seen this summer were Robert Huth's transfer from Chelsea to Middlesbrough for about £6m, Stilian Petrov's move to Aston Villa from Celtic in a deal worth £8m, and Nicolas Anelka's transfer from Fenerbahce to Bolton for £8m.
More than half (£180m) of the disclosed transfer spending by Premiership clubs in 2006 went to clubs outside of England.
Meanwhile, gross spending by Premiership clubs in summer 2006 was double that of the clubs in the Spanish Primera Liga, and about four times greater than clubs in the top divisions of each of France, Germany and Italy.
"Renewed financial confidence from the TV deals announced earlier this summer and the World Cup 'shop window' effect have helped fuel the increase in transfer spending by Premiership clubs," said Paul Rawnsley, director in the sports business group at Deloitte.
Football League clubs received more than £60m from Premiership clubs in 2006, with nine clubs benefiting by more than £2m each.
After transfer monies going to Premiership clubs, based on the disclosed figures, are taken into account the overall "domestic balance of payments" is an inflow to Football League clubs of about £45m.
Many clubs bought new faces on the expectation of swelling coffers when new, lucrative TV deals begin next season.
The TV rights auction for the three-year period beginning in 2007 generated £1.7bn ($3.1bn) for the Premiership, with BSkyB paying £1.3bn for its four packages and Setanta £392m for its two.
Alan Switzer, a senior sports business consultant at Deloitte, said: "The arrival of more star names is great news for fans and reflects the Premiership's status as the world's richest league.
"Nonetheless, over the next couple of years there'll be a continuing challenge to balance spending to ensure the benefits of revenue growth continue to be felt in areas other than player salaries and transfer fees."


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KORN, HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES, SAMMY HAGAR To Perform At 'Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding'
KORN and HOLLYWOOD VAMPIRES will perform at the 15th annual Alice Cooper's Christmas Pudding, set to take place Saturday, December 3 at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. Also scheduled to appear are GIN BLOSSOMS, Sammy Hagar, Las Vegas illusionist and magician Murray SawChuck and the winners of this year's Proof Is In The Pudding musical talent search.
Tickets are $120-$225, with VIP tickets starting at $650. They go on sale on Friday, September 30 at 10 a.m.
Proceeds from the event will once again benefit Cooper's Solid Rock Teen Center, whose mission is to "allow teens to build confidence and discover their passion through music, dance, self-expression and creativity" in a "creative sanctuary for troubled teens."
Cooper explained his vision for the center in an interview with AZCentral.com: "You get 100 kids in there, that's 100 kids off the street that aren't being influenced by drugs or gangs or guns, you know? If you take one kid that was gonna be in jail or in a gang or dead and he's playing guitar now in a band? You don't just change that kid. You change that neighborhood. Those neighborhoods know everybody. All of the sudden, here's a kid that's not going the route he's supposed to go. He's in a band. He's coming to this place. And I think they actually look up to that kid. Because he's broken the chain."
The Solid Rock Teen Center, built in partnership with Cooper's Solid Rock Foundation and Genesis Church, opened in 2012 after more than a decade of Cooper raising funds to build it with his annual Christmas Pudding concert.
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Worcesteria: Into the heart of history
Margaret Smith
This week in Worcester Magazine's Worcesteria, we take a look at February, and ties to the past, present and future, including a way to remember people and events in the history of Black Americans, with an eye to the future.
February is Black History Month, but there are stories that can and should be told all year long.
Some are stories of people whose names echoes through the years because of their achievements, courage and persistence, or because in their suffering and death, their names became calls for justice, and change.
At The Village Worcester, young artists found a way to remember history with an unlikely means: discarded folding chairs.
"When we inherited this building back in 2020, we had some rusty-looking chairs my mom absolutely hated," explained Sha-Asia Medina, director of The Village Worcester, which Medina oversees with her mother, Parlee Jones.
The Village Worcester is cultural learning and healing center focusing on Black history and culture, with activities to promote community-building and social justice.
In the spirit of the organization's mission, a collaboration with the Youth GROW program of the Regional Environmental Council gave the chairs new life, and new meaning, with the effort and talents of young artists.
Medina said, "They helped us to sand them, get them back into great shape, and spray-paint them, and put the names of powerful people and events in Black history."
Moments include the destruction of "Black Wall Street, a Black-majority section of Tulsa, Oklahoma, which white rioters attacked on May 31 and June 1, 1921, burning and looting one of the nation's most prosperous Black communities.
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People include Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teen killed by George Zimmerman. Martin's death prompted outrage, and the forming of Black Lives Matter, as well as The Trayvon Martin Foundation, created by Martin's family. Also remembered are leaders such as sociologist, writer and civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois, and Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana.
The chairs are painted in red, black and green, the colors of the pan-African flag, created with the support of Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey, to create a sense of unity for people of the worldwide African diaspora.
Medina said red represents the past, black represents the present, and green represents the future.
In this way, Medina said, "It's an opportunity for people to remember really, really important moments and people in Black history that the community should know about."
Share your love stories
February in Worcester County need not only conjure up visions of snowplows, though goodness knows, their operators deserve our gratitude.
In the "heart" of Massachusetts lies a great tradition of romance. This includes Worcester resident Esther Howland, who in 1847 took orders for samples of paper-lace-adorned greeting cards, which she made with materials from her father's stationery store.
Thus Howland took her place in the history of a practice that continues to this day.
So, let's make Esther proud. Worcester Magazine wants to share your love stories. How did you meet? What's the secret to staying together? What advice would you have for staying together? (A sense of humor? Make a habit of date night? A "Godzilla" movie fan is always a keeper? The answer to that last one is "yes.")
Send to us at wmeditor@gatehousemedia.com, with "Valentine story" in the subject line, with a photo of you and your sweetheart, and if applicable, wearing matching Godzilla T-shirts. You just might start a much-needed trend, and add to the city's romantic heritage.


Archie Cowan, formerly head of Lambert Smith Hampton's Central London agency, is set to join ATIS REAL Weatheralls as a director. He will replace Andrew Cruickshank, who left to join Weatheralls' City office.
Cowan is best known for his time as the head of Knight Frank's West End agency, but quit in January 2003 to join LSH. However, he was made redundant in February as part of the fallout from Chris Boulton's failed management buyout of the firm.
Boulton was ousted following the collapse of the MBO. Cowan, who was one of his closest supporters, was seen by the returning management team of Mark Rigby and Bruce Brown, as too closely identified with the previous team.
Commenting on his appointment, Cowan said that he was looking to increase Weatheralls' presence in the West End. "The firm has long been a leading player in the City and Midtown office markets but it is making significant investment to replicate this success in the West End", he said.


A single angel appeared to a group of shepherds out in a field and directed them to the animal shed where Jesus had been born. Verse 9 describes how the appearance of this angel overwhelmed the shepherds.
The angel appeared and the glory of the Lord shone all around him. (I'm not sure what that looks like, but it made grown men scared. It says, "they were filled with great fear.") These were outdoors-men, accustomed to dealing with wild animals and the dangers that lurk about in the late hours of the night. Yet, when they saw this angelic creature, they were struck with fear.
Evidently, one angel is adequate for getting the attention of a group of shepherds and directing them to a barn to see a baby. However, it was completely inadequate for just one angel to respond to the significance Jesus' coming. The importance of the angel's news and its ultimate outcome for mankind required an army of angels to proclaim it!
Verse 13 describes a scene that must have been truly awesome to behold. Here a multitude of "heavenly host" appears and proclaims the huge significance of Christmas.
I wonder if there were so many angels that it filled the entire sky?
I wonder if the glory surrounding this group shone so brightly that it was brighter than daylight?
Whatever it looked like, it must have been an incredible sight!


Although session establishment rate is 100%, some of calls did not pass through 3CX PBX. Reason could be in 3CX license limit of 4 G.711 channels. This is not clear because SIP Tester did not generate more than 4 simultaneous calls. For calls which don't pass PBX, it plays this audio.
Max post dial delay is 7.7 seconds, which is not good. CPU power should be enough to handle 4 G.711 channels.
Audio quality (MOS) is satisfactory for 99.99% of calls. Worst MOS (1.25) is observed because of large post dial delay - download recording. Recording of another call with MOS = 1.76 contains missing word. Reason could be in large jitter - up to 523ms.
We will make more tests of 3CX PBX in order to get better understanding of problem. Also, we will improve accuracy of jitter buffer measurements by capturing RTP packets directly from network driver.


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Dr. Benedikt Morschheuser is an associated, postdoctoral researcher at the Gamification Group. He holds a PhD on business informatics from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Information Systems and Marketing and also a Diploma in Business Engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
Dr. Morschheuser's research focuses on the use of gamification in collaborative environments, especially in crowdsourcing systems and online communities. He is the author of various scientific publications on the effects of gamification and the designs of gamified information systems which has been published in various international journals, such as the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, the Journal Computers in Human Behavior or the Journal Information and Software Technology. In the last 5 years, he invented and designed several gamification approaches for the Robert Bosch GmbH and the Swiss finance industry and has been working as an associated researcher with research groups at the University of Mannheim, the University of St.Gallen and the Tampere University of Technology.


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Asus Zenfone Selfie with 13MP Front Snapper
Asus the predominant Smartphone maker, which turned out the whole world to their side by launching the world's first mobile device with 4GB RAM indeed. There are few quite interesting features enabled with this branded Smartphone maker. One of the major stuff is that, they become the rival competitor to both the legendary mobiles makers Apple & Samsung within one year of their entry into the Smartphone world. Even today, Asus brought another interesting shock in the Smartphone market, which exclusive about the launching of supreme mobile with awesome Selfie Camera indeed.
New Reports of Asus Zenfone Mobile:
Hope you know the grand succes with the recently launched exceptional mobile phone by Asus, none other than Asus Zenfone 2. This mobile has got several versions within it. The major changes were highly concentrated with only the RAM followed by Octa Core Processor from Qualcomm and MediaTek family. It is reported that, Asus is planned to launch another exclusive and incredible features enabled stuff in the market by Q2 of 2015.
Amazingly. the new leaks from the Asus suggested that, it could launch a trimmed version of Asus Zenfone 2, with its improved camera at the front indeed.
Asus Zenfone Selfie Could Launched in Taiwan:
Some of unofficial news from the rumor mill suggests that, Asus could launch its exceptional mobile, Asus Zenfone Selfie on their upcoming official conference in Taiwan by next week. Another newest information debuted with the mobile is that, the camera of both ends could be gifted with same pixel capacities.
Yes, the newly launching Asus Zenfone 2 is expected to built with 13MP camera at both the ends.
First Smartphone With Dual LED flash @Front:
Asus is always keen in releasing Smartphones at it's best in class features followed by reasonable hype indeed. This time with the Asus Zenfone Selfie, the front camera could also be boasted with the Dual LED flashlight support. In an unconvincing way, the upcoming Asus Selfie is the world's first mobile to have this Dual LED flash facility at the front section.
In comparison with the ancestor Asus Zenfone 2, the new Asus Selfie has quite brilliantly done with the camera perspective, just to add meaning to named coined to the same. The Selfie of Asus is featured with 13MP at both, while the other as 13MP Rear Camera followed by 5MP Selfie sensor indeed.
Some of the other crucial information available with the recently leaked Asus Zenfone Selfie is that, it has 5.5 inches of touch screen user interface with full HD resolution categorically.


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Toddler Tales | Champaign Public Library
August 1, 2023 By From the Sponsor
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Bred by Cebrià Camprubí Nadal (Spain, 1936).
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1937 as 'Violinista Costa'.
Pink, orange highlights, yellow undertones. Strong fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Height of 30" to 3' (75 to 90 cm). Width of 3' (90 cm).


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Progressive Socialist Party (PRO-SPA)[?]
This page contains information about the Progressive Socialist Party (PRO-SPA).
User[?]: Carlomagno5
Nation[?]: Gweriniaeth Aloria
Seats[?] in Council of the Republic[?]: 0
Progressive Socialist Party of Aloria (PRO-SPA)
Formerly known as: Progressive Party of Aloria (PRO-PPA), the Progressive Party (PRO), National Progressive Party (PRO), Parti ar gyfer Democratiaeth (PGD) and Parti ar gyfer Cynnydd (PGC)
Founded in Sildar Urbem, Sildar; by Meleri Bloyd, she took office in the party leadership since. After Bloyd's retirement in 3912, she's been candidate for the presidency of our nation twice. Howell took office as the party leader in that year. In 3917, the PGD suffered its record low in the elections, which questioned Howell's capacities for running the party. The Party changed institutionally, but not their values, changing its name into "Party for Progress". In 3929 Camedyr Edris had to leave office due to a severe renal failure he suffered campaigning in Sildar. It was decided, for his health and the future of the party to elect a new leader. Laura Adams was elected for this. Laura Adams held the position for 13 years. She presented her resignation in 3942. Cymry Jeffries took her place for 19 years. In 1961 the PRO lost the elections, being the less voted party, with a disastrous result of having the 5% of the Senedd. After 17 years of Bentham's leadership, the PRO merged with a local party from Caermoel, in the context of the Early Elections of 4009. The Progressive Party of Caermoel, joined forces with the Progressive Party, with whom they shared many ideal; and created the Progressive Party of Aloria. The new abbreviation would become PRO (because of the Progressive Party) and also PPA (because of the former Progressive Party of Caermoel PPC). In 4045, the PROPPA joined its forces with the Socialist Party of Aloria
Party Leader:
Meleri Bloyd [3897-3912]
Gwylan Howell [3912-3917]
Camedyr Edris [3917-3929]
Laura Adams [3929- 3942]
Cymry Jeffries [3942- 3961]
Marcus Bloyd [3961- 3993]
Caroline Bentham [3993 - 4040]
Charles Bydden [4040 - 4055]
Madeleine Gwillym [4055 - CURRENT]
CURRENT LEADER BIO
Caroline Bentham was born in 3957 in Concordia, Caermoel.
From a small working class family who struggled to pay their bills at the end of the month, Bentham succeeded at her high school and got the Presidential Scholarship to go to University.
Bentham graduated Law with high honors from the National University of Aloria, with a degree in Political Science.
She worked in the Justice Ministry as an attorney, then she won her way into congress in 3985. Then she was appointed as a Justice Minister in the National Union Cabinet.
FORMER LEADER BIO
Marcus Bloyd was born in Craigtref, Carmoel in 3921, studied Law in the National University of Aloria. Despite his last name, Marcus is not involved in any way with the founder of the PRO, Meleri Bloyd. Bloyd (II) started to show interest in politics, being the National Secondary Student Representative, in 3937, at the age of 17. Later, when he entered the NUA and the NUPRO.
While he only got the charge of Vice President in the NUA Student Federation, he builded a strong political career.
He was elected for City Council of Craigtref at the very young age of 26. In such a big city like Craigtref, this was a huge deal and bloomed his political career even further.
He was elected as Senator for Carmoel in 3952, and held this position until 3958. Marcus Bloyd was then appointed as Minister of Internal Affairs of Aloria, having the important role of protecting the nation and its citizens of the National Socialist failed revolution.
Cymry Jeffries, born in Phillipsburg, Ultran in 3889. Maelon took part of an important role in the Youth for PROgress, fighting the Monarchy, when he was just a teen.
In 3907 he enrolled in the National University of Aloria (NUA) in its prestigious Law School. The NUA student federation was currently leaded by the youth of the Alorian Front Party, while the Youth for PROgress wasn't even known. He co-founded, alongside with Arthur Wallace, the "NUPRO" or "National University Progressive Youth". This meant the beginning for Jeffrie's political carreer.
Elected for the city council for Phillipsburg (3925)
Phillipsburg mayor (3929)
Senator of the Republic for Ultran (3933)
Re elected as Senator for Ultran (3936)
Then again Re elected as Senator for Ultran (3939)
FORMER-LEADER BIO
Laura Adams was born in Sildar Urbem. She was born in 3890, when the monarchy was in power. She was close to the PGC since she studied law at the Regional University of Sildar (RUS); being the leader of the Youth for Progress, and was elected twice as the President of the Major Student Council of the RUS. Her political carreer started there. Was elected for the PGC leadership in 3929. Elected as a member of the Supreme Court in 3942
We're a feminist, egalitarian, progressive party.
We do not believe in federalism as the answer to our problems as a nation,
and we propose a big government that take cares of the business once and for all.
We want a completely secular Aloria, free of corruption and authoritarianism. We believe that
democracy is the best way of representing the people's will in the government.
We vow to protect this democracy and fight for progress.
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Centralization moderate unitarist high perfect
Ecology moderate environmentalist moderate perfect
Foreign Relations isolationist-leaning excellent perfect
Government Responsibilities small government-leaning excellent perfect
Market convinced regulator excellent perfect
Military moderate pacifist excellent perfect
Morality progressive-leaning excellent perfect
Religion convinced secular excellent perfect
International Secularist Society
Socialist International
Fair Trade Union
Parties Against Hunting Endangered Animals
World Peace Society
Civil Rights Council
Artanian Socialist Congress
April 3901 7,773,218 53,807,800 14.45 +14.45 86 545 15.78 +86
February 3902 1,489,238 57,288,396 2.60 -11.85 14 545 2.57 -72
May 3904 7,637,914 53,309,530 14.33 +11.73 77 545 14.13 +63
January 3906 9,214,542 56,658,428 16.26 +1.94 87 545 15.96 +10
January 3911 10,966,501 61,083,895 17.95 +1.69 98 545 17.98 +11
August 3913 9,615,069 63,419,073 15.16 -2.79 83 545 15.23 -15
August 3916 4,024,599 52,532,910 7.66 -7.50 41 545 7.52 -42
February 3917 5,093,619 54,195,301 9.40 +1.74 50 545 9.17 +9
February 3920 5,583,764 54,080,055 10.32 +0.93 68 650 10.46 +18
February 3923 3,939,735 57,220,466 6.89 -3.44 43 650 6.62 -25
October 3926 7,379,706 59,395,349 12.42 +1.45 69 545 12.66 +10
October 3929 6,315,996 63,791,314 9.90 -2.52 54 545 9.91 -15
April 3931 3,284,269 58,067,180 5.66 -4.25 28 545 5.14 -26
April 3934 3,614,874 57,465,029 6.29 +0.63 33 545 6.06 +5
April 3937 7,192,190 55,652,310 12.92 +6.63 71 545 13.03 +38
July 3937 7,083,182 54,373,711 13.03 +0.10 70 545 12.84 -1
July 3940 3,326,569 57,315,213 5.80 -7.22 31 545 5.69 -39
October 3944 5,034,873 59,595,010 8.45 -0.34 45 545 8.26 -3
October 3948 5,661,295 61,540,710 9.20 +0.75 49 545 8.99 +4
July 3953 9,304,999 61,473,593 15.14 +0.10 84 545 15.41 +1
March 3957 5,801,132 56,358,990 10.29 -4.84 58 545 10.64 -26
September 3963 4,280,142 63,369,752 6.75 -3.58 35 545 6.42 -22
September 3967 3,114,180 61,264,258 5.08 -1.67 26 545 4.77 -9
September 3971 4,865,131 56,950,223 8.54 +3.46 47 545 8.62 +21
January 3983 2,954,240 43,795,788 6.75 -1.15 35 515 6.80 -7
January 3991 4,764,383 62,425,801 7.63 +1.08 39 515 7.57 +6
March 3997 7,452,934 54,761,999 13.61 +0.61 72 515 13.98 +4
June 3998 6,358,245 62,147,731 10.23 -3.38 55 515 10.68 -17
June 4002 4,743,996 58,995,617 8.04 -2.19 40 515 7.77 -15
June 4006 8,184,481 59,026,411 13.87 +5.82 73 515 14.17 +33
January 4014 12,037,289 62,938,100 19.13 -0.13 99 515 19.22 +0
January 4022 15,715,083 66,257,384 23.72 +4.67 121 515 23.50 +23
August 4045 16,290,689 41,848,391 38.93 +15.21 185 515 35.92 +64
August 4049 10,179,527 49,202,379 20.69 -18.24 108 515 20.97 -77
August 4053 11,803,284 52,044,941 22.68 +1.99 119 515 23.11 +11
August 4061 14,424,488 53,733,427 26.84 +1.90 135 515 26.21 +6
August 4065 13,218,703 54,046,333 24.46 -2.39 124 515 24.08 -11
August 4069 3,276,630 57,119,376 5.74 -18.72 28 515 5.44 -96
This is the voting[?] record of the Progressive Socialist Party (PRO-SPA).
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Religious Tax April 3807 April 3807 defeated
Prisoner of War act March 3807 March 3807 defeated
ParaFederalism March 3807 March 3807 defeated
Call for early elections, January 3807 January 3807 January 3807 defeated
Income tax proposal of December 3806 December 3806 March 3807 defeated
ALORIA TO HOST CRICKET WORLD CUP 3812 December 3806 December 3806 passed
Budget proposal of October 3806 October 3806 October 3806 passed
pick your mate act September 3806 September 3806 defeated
Education System Act September 3806 September 3806 passed
Freedom to Marry Act September 3806 September 3806 defeated
Death Penalty Reform Act September 3806 September 3806 passed
Higher Ed civil return Package June 3806 June 3806 defeated
The Civil Fix Act June 3806 June 3806 defeated
Torture no more act June 3806 June 3806 defeated
Energy Regulation June 3806 June 3806 defeated
Cabinet Proposal of June 3806 June 3806 June 3806 passed
Due Cause Act April 3806 April 3806 defeated
Higher Ed For the Poor Act April 3806 April 3806 defeated
Malpractice Suits March 3806 April 3806 passed
Removing Government from Divorce February 3806 February 3806 passed
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True Crime Show on Jens Soering, Elizabeth Haysom Boarded by Mediawan | #College. | #Students
January 10, 2022 Author: Walter Drake
German banner Elsani & Neary Media and France's Mediawan Rights are teaming up on "The Promise," a true-crime TV series revolving around the gruesome murders of Nancy and Derek Haysom in 1985.
"The Promise" will tell the story of Jens Soering, who spent more than three decades in prison for the double murder of Nancy and Derek Haysom, the parents of his girlfriend at the time, Elizabeth Haysom. The latter was convicted of orchestrating the murder and sentenced to 90 years in prison. Soering was recently deported to Germany and Haysom to Canada. To this day, the chilling double murder case has not been entirely solved as new DNA evidence pointed to the presence of two unidentified men at the crime scene.
Showrunners for "The Promise" are Anita Elsani ("55 Steps") and Ron Markus ("Bad Banks"), who is also executive producer. Marcus Vetter, who previously directed "Killing for Love," a critically acclaimed true crime documentary about the case, has been tapped to work on the show.
The six-part series opens in 1984 at the University of Virginia, where Jens, a gifted student from Germany, falls in love with fellow student Elizabeth Haysom, an attractive young woman from a privileged background. Their passionate campus love story turns into a nightmare when Elizabeth's wealthy parents are murdered in an act of inexplicable violence. Jens confesses to the murder only to later retract. The young German's murder trial — one of the first to be broadcast live on television — makes international headlines.
Jens, who has been claiming his innocence all along, wrote six books while in prison and has received the support of many public figures, including former Germany president Christian Wulff, best-selling author John Grisham and actor Martin Sheen.
"The story of Jens and Elizabeth is not only a crime thriller, but also a gripping love story about fateful dependence," said Elsani. "The case remains unsolved to this day and the search for the truth continues."
"Jens and Liz's journey from college to prison connects two dots that seem unreachably far away. Their story almost tortures me, that's how painful it is," said Markus.
Vetter, meanwhile, said "the story of Jens and Elizabeth has been with (him) for almost a decade."
"I'm delighted to be able to contribute my expertise as part of the creative team. A fictional series opens up a new narrative scope," added Vetter.
Mediawan Rights' managing director Valérie Vleeschhouwer described the series project as a "captivating and ambitious true crime project that will engage a global audience."
Bastie Griese, managing director of MMC Movies Köln ("The Fabulous Destiny of Amelie Poulain"), is a co-producer on the show.
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Judith Feld Carr,  (born 1938) is a Canadian musicologist and human rights activist known for secretly bringing to freedom thousands of Jews out of Syria over a period of 28 years.

Biography
Judith "Judy" Feld Carr was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She attained a Mus.Bac. in music education and the degrees of Mus.M. in both musicology and music education from the University of Toronto. Feld Carr taught high school music in Toronto for many years and also taught university musicology. She was a visiting lecturer at Yeshiva University in New York City, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and Youngstown State University in Ohio. She also served as President of Beth Tzedec Congregation in 1982–83.

Rescue of Syrian Jewry
Feld Carr used funds from the Dr. Ronald Feld Fund for Jews in Arab Lands (established at Beth Tzedec Congregation, Toronto in 1973), donated privately, both to negotiate ransom for the release of Syrian Jews, from prisons inside Syria and for passports and visas, permitting them to leave, as well as smuggling others across borders and out of that country. The process took over 28 years, in complete secrecy to protect the lives of those in danger, as well as to protect the whole process.  The majority of the Jews who were enabled to leave emigrated to Israel, New York, or South America. Feld Carr described the venture:

Her work focused on creating cells with Syrians temporarily abroad (who almost invariably had to leave family members behind as sureties for their return), those who had escaped, and Syrians inside the country, including Jews, Christians, and Muslims, to develop a reliable and secure information network.   The network used coded language, some of which involved Chinese cuisine and alcohol. Her codename was Gin, but she was also known as Mrs. Judy, or simply "the woman from Canada". Each Syrian Jew was rescued through individual bribes organized by Feld Carr. She recalled, "I bought them like you'd buy cattle...It was as crass and as disgusting a thing as anybody could have ever done." In certain cases, she arranged successful escapes when bribery failed.

Feld Carr facilitated the escape of at least 3,228 Syrian Jews.  In addition, she provided money to assist families of those imprisoned and she was able to smuggle out of that country many rare Jewish religious articles, including the famous Damascus Codex, known as a "Keter" (Crown), which had been written in the 12th century in Italy, found its way to Castile, Constantinople, and eventually Damascus, where it had been kept in secret for some 500 years.  It now rests in the Hebrew National Library on the campus of Hebrew University, Jerusalem.   As the chair of the Canadian Jewish Congress's National Task Force for Syrian Jewry, she publicized the plight of Syrian Jewry, made representations to the Canadian government to admit Syrian Jews temporarily to Canada, and urged it to bring to the attention of the Syrian government its denial of civil and human rights to its Jewish population.

Part of her story is told in  Harold Troper's book, The Ransomed of God: The Remarkable Story Of One Woman's Role in the Rescue of Syrian Jews,  republished by Lester, Mason & Begg under the title The Rescuer: The Amazing True Story of How One Woman Helped Save the Jews of Syria.

Awards and recognition
In June 2012, Feld Carr was one of the first six recipients of The Presidential Award of Distinction of the State of Israel.  The Award was created by President Shimon Peres earlier that year, in order to "recognize outstanding contribution to the Jewish People and the State of Israel".

Feld Carr has received numerous other awards, including the Order of Canada; the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 2002; the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012; the Abram Sachar Medal as "Woman of the Year", Brandeis University; the Saul Hayes Human Rights Award of the Canadian Jewish Congress; the Simon Wiesenthal Award for Tolerance, Justice and Human Rights; and the University of Haifa Humanitarian Award of Merit; Woman of Achievement Award of both Canadian Hadassah and B'nai B'rith Women; Dr Jane Evans Pursuit of Justice Award of Women of Reform Judaism of North America; co-honouree of the Jewish National Fund Negev Dinner, Toronto; Honouree of State of Israel Bonds, Toronto; co-honouree of the Human Rights Award of the Canadian Centre for Diversity.  She has received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Laurentian University and the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York.

See also
Jewish community of Toronto

References

External links
'Unbelievable' story of former Sudburian published twice
Investiture of the Order of Canada, May 31, 2001
Rescuing Syrian Jews
Order of Canada Citation
Mrs. Judy's Secret
Troper, Harold. "Judy Feld Carr", Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia

1939 births
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian educators
Canadian humanitarians
Women humanitarians
Living people
Members of the Order of Canada
Jews from Quebec
University of Toronto alumni
Activists from Montreal
Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Distinction of Israel

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Government Accountability Office report on continued failure with VA emergency care benefits despite 2014 report
On January 3, 2018 January 1, 2018 By The Warrior PhilosopherIn Health care, News articles, Veteran Affairs
This is news article was written by the journalist with KARE 11 out of Minnesota in September 2017. The report which also has a video component can be found here.
This was a follow up to a 2014 Government Accountability Office report that the errors were causing veterans to pay for emergency care out of their pocket, or traveling long distances to avoid VA emergency room costs.
This report is from 2014, but the problems with this program still exist. Read the full 2014 report here.
The following text is an excerpt from the first page of the 2014 report.
What GAO Found
The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act (Millennium Act) authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to cover emergency care for conditions not related to veterans' service-connected disabilities when veterans who have no other health plan coverage receive care at non-VA providers. However, GAO identified a number of instances where VA staff who processed claims did not comply with applicable requirements of the Millennium Act, its implementing regulations, or VA policies when they denied the claims. Specifically, at the four VA facilities included in this review, GAO found 66 instances of noncompliance among the 128 denied claims reviewed, which led some claims to be inappropriately denied. VA facilities subsequently reconsidered and paid 25 of these claims.
GAO also found that VA facilities may not be notifying veterans as required that their Millennium Act claims have been denied. Eighty-three claims out of 128 that GAO reviewed lacked documentation that the veteran was notified of the denial or of his or her appeal rights. These findings suggest that veterans whose claims have been inappropriately denied may have been held financially liable for emergency care that VA should have covered, and they may not be aware of their rights to appeal these denials.
GAO also found that, as a result of weaknesses in VA's oversight of Millennium Act claims, VA facilities are at risk for inappropriately denying such claims. For example, agency oversight activities do not focus on compliance with all applicable requirements but rather on the timeliness of claims processing. In addition, VA has limited assurance that deficiencies relating to Millennium Act claims processing identified during reviews are corrected because it only conducts limited follow-up with VA facilities. Moreover, VA does not collect adequate data for monitoring the appropriateness of Millennium Act claim denials. This lack of data hinders VA's ability to track patterns as to why Millennium Act claims are denied and identify areas where communications with veterans and non-VA
Full report can be found here
Health RisksVeteransVeterans AffairsVeterans Affairs scandal
My opinion article on General Mattis: "Conventional forces will assume more special operations force roles in 2018."
OIG report between 2014 – 2016 shows 1 million late payments made by VA to contracted health facilities


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Both retreats offer a combination of traditional Amazonian plant-spirit healing with Shipibo healers complemented by a comprehensive program of progressive therapeutic and Eastern psycho-spiritual practices to support effective processing and long-lasting integration.
13-Day Ayahuasca Retreat from June 10th to 22nd and costs $1,500.
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2) A Yoga Retreat: with daily classes lead by experienced teachers.
3) A Meditation Retreat: with regular guided meditations lead by experienced teachers and daily sittings.
4) A Self-Development Retreat: with particular focus on self-inquiry, self-reflection and deep shadow work.
5) Additional Components to Support Healing and Integration: all the above is combined with art therapy, dance and movement classes, singing, individual consultations, group processing meetings, time to reflect in the Temple grounds, floral baths, steam baths, traditional plant remedies, and vomitivos.
Lila was also born in the Shipibo community of Roaboya , but grew up with her grandparents on her father's side, who were well-respected Onanyas. At the age of 13, she became bed-ridden with a chronic infection for over a year. She had moved to live with and be cared for by her mother, Maestra Ynes, who started her on a dieta with catahua, a powerful medicinal tree. The dieta succeeded in curing her leg, and was the gateway for her path as an Onanya to open. However, Lila initially resisted the calling , in favour of leading a 'normal' life, but after having two children, the plants persisted in 'calling her back' to work with them.
For the last 12 years, she has worked with her mother and other extremely well respected healers all over Peru. She came to work with us at the Temple in 2015 and has developed a reputation for her incredible range of warmé ikaros; songs of the plants focused on relationships, connection and joy. Lila exudes an amazing amount of love and care, and has become treasured member of our team of Shipibo healers.
Like many other healers, Damian's path to the medicine began with a personal health crisis. He studied and taught as a teacher in schools in the Iparia district for a time before falling gravely ill. His uncle, a plant-spirit healer took him under his wing in another community, and along with his grandfather, also a healer, worked together to heal him. It took five years of arduous plant dietas to eventually heal his illness, during which time he learnt an incredible amount from the plants about his own healing process, and consequently, how to heal others.
He started to work as an 'assistant' curandero with his uncle, and when he died, with his grandfather for some years, until the local pastor convinced him that working with the plants was against his religion. As a result, he parted ways with the plants for around four years, got married and had his first children. During this time, the plants kept calling him back to work with them, which he ignored, and as a result, he fell ill once more. Fifteen years ago his grandfather helped him heal with the plants once again, and after making peace about his heart's calling to heal others, he began working again as a curandero. Having been through much suffering himself and following a sincere calling to help others, Damian brings an open heart and deep commitment to his work as an Onanya. He is a real gift to our team.
Jennifer is from British Colombia, Canada, and first started working with the medicine in 2008 and joined us at the Temple in 2011. Her commitment to the study and practice of yoga and psycho-spiritual integration have been integral elements to the deep personal healing and transformation that she has undergone in her journey with the plants.
Jennifer began practicing yoga in 2004. In 2006, she undertook a 250-hour yoga teacher training in Victoria, BC. In 2013, Jennifer completed a two-year, 500-hour advanced teacher training with the Insight Yoga Institute, founded by Ty and Sarah Powers, which fuses principles of yoga, Buddhism and psychology. One of her primary teachers is Jennifer Welwood.
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Q: pixel wise softmax with crossentropy for multiclass segmentation I am trying to implement a multiclass semantic segmentation model with 2
classes ( human, car). here is my modified implementation of unet architecture. I number of output channels to 3 (3 classes - human, car, background). How do i get pixel wise classification?
here are 2 examples from my ground truth masks.
i am using 1 channel for each object class ie.

*

*channel 1 for class=car

*channel 2 for class=background

*channel 3 for class=human

def conv_block(tensor, nfilters, size=3, padding='same', initializer="he_normal"):
    x = Conv2D(filters=nfilters, kernel_size=(size, size), padding=padding, kernel_initializer=initializer)(tensor)
    x = BatchNormalization()(x)
    x = Activation("relu")(x)
    x = Conv2D(filters=nfilters, kernel_size=(size, size), padding=padding, kernel_initializer=initializer)(x)
    x = BatchNormalization()(x)
    x = Activation("relu")(x)
    return x

def deconv_block(tensor, residual, nfilters, size=3, padding='same', strides=(2, 2)):
    y = Conv2DTranspose(nfilters, kernel_size=(size, size), strides=strides, padding=padding)(tensor)
    y = concatenate([y, residual], axis=3)
    y = conv_block(y, nfilters)
    return y

def Unet(img_height, img_width, nclasses=3, filters=64):
    input_layer = Input(shape=(img_height, img_width, 3), name='image_input')
    conv1 = conv_block(input_layer, nfilters=filters)
    conv1_out = MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(2, 2))(conv1)
    conv2 = conv_block(conv1_out, nfilters=filters*2)
    conv2_out = MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(2, 2))(conv2)
    conv3 = conv_block(conv2_out, nfilters=filters*4)
    conv3_out = MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(2, 2))(conv3)
    conv4 = conv_block(conv3_out, nfilters=filters*8)
    conv4_out = MaxPooling2D(pool_size=(2, 2))(conv4)
    conv4_out = Dropout(0.5)(conv4_out)
    conv5 = conv_block(conv4_out, nfilters=filters*16)
    conv5 = Dropout(0.5)(conv5)

    deconv6 = deconv_block(conv5, residual=conv4, nfilters=filters*8)
    deconv6 = Dropout(0.5)(deconv6)
    deconv7 = deconv_block(deconv6, residual=conv3, nfilters=filters*4)
    deconv7 = Dropout(0.5)(deconv7)
    deconv8 = deconv_block(deconv7, residual=conv2, nfilters=filters*2)
    deconv9 = deconv_block(deconv8, residual=conv1, nfilters=filters)

    output_layer = Conv2D(filters=nclasses, kernel_size=(1, 1))(deconv9)
    output_layer = BatchNormalization()(output_layer)
    output_layer = Reshape((img_height*img_width, nclasses), input_shape=(img_height, img_width, nclasses))(output_layer)
    output_layer = Activation('softmax')(output_layer)

    model = Model(inputs=input_layer, outputs=output_layer, name='Unet')
    return model

A: You are almost done, now backpropagate the network error with:
loss = tf.reduce_mean(tf.nn.sparse_softmax_cross_entropy_with_logits(logits=output_layer, labels=labels))
tf.train.AdamOptimizer(learning_rate=learning_rate).minimize(loss)

You don't have to convert your ground truth into the one-hot format, sparse_softmax will dot it for you.

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