Y2K readiness tested as 2000 nears in corporate checks
As 1999 ends, firms confront year 2000 fixes by IVV independent verification and testing. Sapiens International Corp leads a growing fix and test industry auditing code, running simulations and moving clocks to year end 1999 to expose faulty date logic. Clients include Holiday Inn IBM Siemens Energy Arkansas and the Virginia Farm Bureau.
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New York
Sapiens
Holiday Inn
IBM
Siemens Energy & Automation Inc
Weather Toll: Childress Endured 65 Days Over 100
Residents of Childress suffered through 65 days with temperatures above 100 degrees last year, as cited by Jerry English of the Lubbock National Weather Service. The scorching heat marked 1998 as an especially hot year for the Golden Spread.
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Childress
Lubbock
National Weather Service
Jerry English
Record heat marks 1998 in Amarillo and Clovis
The year 1998 brought extreme heat to the Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico with multiple 100 degree days. Amarillo logged 23 days at or above 100 and tied all time highs at 108 degrees. Clovis saw 19 days above 100 with two record highs, while rainfall was below normal across the region.
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Childress
Pat Steed
Amarillo
Panhandle
Amarillo Nws
Ed Andrade
Andrade
New Mexico
Albuquerque
N.M
Charlie Liles
Liles
Clovis
Outgoing commissioner blasts Wood for courtroom
Randall County Judge Ted Wood sidestepped commissioners by crafting a juvenile justice courtroom without their vote. Former commissioner John Dodson criticized the move, saying it irritates him and the public. Wood said the issue will go before commissioners for a vote, with remodeling funded by county tax money and labor.
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Randall County
Ted Wood
John Dodson
Dodson
Norwest Bank
Wood
Randall and Potter counties swear in new juvenile judge
Newly elected and re elected officials from Randall and Potter counties are sworn in IC as the county names a new juvenile judge. The Randall County Juvenile Probation Board will meet Tuesday to pick the next judge from among five members plus Wood and state district judges Patrick Pirtle Samuel Kiser and David Gleason. Former judge Darrell Carey who previously served as juvenile judge lost the March Republican Primary to Thorpe Amarillo attorney.
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Randall County Juvenile Probation Board
Wood
John Jay Thorpe
Patrick Pirtle
Samuel Kiser
David Gleason
Darrell Carey
Thorpe
Amarillo
Carey
Commissioners Court
Dodson
Avalanche kills nine in Quebec Inuit village New Year tragedy
An avalanche swept through a New Year celebration inside a school gym in Kangiqsualujuaq Inuit village, killing at least nine people including five children and injuring 25. Victims ranged up to 69, with 10 children among the injured. Rescue efforts faced a fierce storm as residents dug through snow to reach the buried without full casualty details released.
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Kangiqsualujuaq
Quebec
Harvey
Ronald Melnnis
Minnie Grey
Ungara Tulattavik
Kuujjuag
Grey
Montreal
Kangiqsualuijuaq
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Comuter
Sapiens International Corp
Monica Wooden
Sapiens America
Year IN Review
Coby Fuller
Dallas
Ruby Tequila
Blasts Wood
Herman Guetersloh
Globe-News Star
Randall and
Potter Counties
Luc Harvey
Kativik
Kangiqsualujjung
Montre
Ungaya Bay
Pocne
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