Poland exhumes wartime leader's body for DNA tests Nov 26, 2008
This exhumation may bring a breakthrough in the investigation of Gen. Sikorski's death, said Andrzej Drogon of the National Remembrance Institute (IPN) unit in Katowice. The IPN, which holds Poland's communist-era files, is in charge of the investigation. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Century Casinos Announces Launch of Nationwide Mega Jackpot in Poland Oct 3, 2008
Slot machines at the following casinos of Casinos Poland have been connected to the Mega Jackpot system: the Casino in the Marriott Hotel in Warsaw, the Casino in the Hyatt Hotel in Warsaw, the Casino in the Hotel HP Park Plaza in Wroclaw, the Casino in the Novotel Bronowice Hotel in Krakow, the Casino in the Hotel Polonez in Poznan and the Casino in the Altus building in Katowice. The successful launch of the new jackpot system was accompanied by special events and promotions with attractions... (Canada Newswire)
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Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)
ARCADIS Wins Large Infrastructure Projects in Poland Sep 24, 2008
For the first 87 km section ARCADIS will cooperate with partner Mosty Katowice. The second 48 km section will be done by ARCADIS alone. (PR Newswire)
Husband and wife's lives hang in the balance Aug 17, 2008
Vivian's family, from Katowice in Poland's south, arrived three years after the Nowakowskis - she still has a pronounced Polish accent and speaks occasionally as though she's translating - and the two met at Washington Middle School, now the Washington Apartments. Andrzej helped the then Vivian Weber with her English as a Second Language courses, and, because they are the same age, they were classmates. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Polishing A Polish Jewel Aug 17, 2008
Szczawnica: ( ) Szczawnica, located about 250 miles from Warsaw (410 km) and 70 miles from Krakow (115 km), is accessible by PKS bus from Krakow, Warsaw, Katowice, Rzeszow, Lublin, Tarnow and smaller towns: Nowy Targ, Zakopane, Nowy Sacz. Jaworki: ( ) Village 4 miles from Szczawnica offers horseback riding and a club with live music. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely Jul 30, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)
Fuel hike forces Ryanair to cut flights Jul 18, 2008
Ryanair said it also was transferring some Stansted-based aircraft to new winter routes, chiefly to Spain's holiday islands and Costa del Sol as well as Katowice in southern Poland. Destinations facing reduced winter flights include Rome, Dublin, and Glasgow in Scotland. (CNN -- Travel)
Polish judge upholds convictions of police officers in killings of Solidarity miners Jun 25, 2008
The decision from the court in the southern mining hub of Katowice was the final word in a 15-year case that included three trials of the former police officers ... The Katowice appeals court lowered the sentence of Romuald Cieslak - a police commander convicted of giving the order to fire on the miners - from 11 years to 6. (International Herald Tribune)
Weekend Fights Apr 21, 2008
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) Tomasz Adamek, Poland, stopped O'Neil Bell, Jamaica, 8, in an IBF cruiserweight title eliminator. MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) Sebastian Zbik, Germany, outpointed Marco Schulze, Germany, 12, to retain his WBO Intercontinental middleweight title; Rene Marcos Maidana, Argentina, stopped Arturo Morua, Mexico, 3, light welterweights. (International Herald Tribune)
Hurley Captures Second Gold At Junior World Championships Apr 17, 2008
Fellow Fighting Irish freshman (Katowice, Poland) and her Poland squad placed ninth at the competition. Gerek Meinhardt (San Francisco, Calif. (Und.com)
'Stuff Happens' in Poland Mar 7, 2008
David Hare, left, and PAndrew Paul at the opening of "Stuff Happens" at the Slaski Theatre in Katowice, Poland ... Paul staged it successfully here last May, and a Polish director he employed at PICT, Tadeusz Bradecki, enlisted him to direct the same play at his Slaski (Silesian) Theatre in Katowice, about 60 kilometers from Krakow ... It brought Hare and his Algerian-Jewish wife, Nicole Fahri, to Katowice for the opening, which made Paul and Hare the media stars of the moment. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Notre Dame Fencing Set To Embark On Promising Campaign (season preview) Jan 12, 2008
(Katowice, Poland) Sabre: , Fr ... The 5-foot-8 Nelip (Katowice, Poland) continues Notre Dame's recent trend of adding fencers from Poland, which is Bednarski's homeland. (Und.com)
Hour-by-hour forecast Jan 3, 2008
Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)
Poland switch Dec 12, 2007
"The not-at-all-average Jim Parton met his Polish wife, Anna, at his London tennis club almost six years ago. Anna, who comes from near Katowice in south-west Poland, had come to the country to learn English and have an adventure. Stockbroker-turned-writer Jim was looking for something new after writing a few books "but not as many as I should have" and after waging a long campaign to win access to his eldest son, now grown up. They fell in love, married and around two years ago started thinking... (Guardian Unlimited)
Complete weather forecast Dec 7, 2007
Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Schneider is second-team Daktronics All-American Nov 30, 2007
OH Justyna Michon SR Dowling Katowice, Poland MB/MH Erin Clark SR Tampa Tampa, Fla. MB/MH Emily Schroeder SR Wayne State-Nebraska Belden, Neb. (Wwuvikings.com)
Polish authorities probe Taser use in Dziekanski's death Nov 29, 2007
A report published by a regional TV station in the Polish city of Katowice on Wednesday said Polish law allows for the pursuit of foreigners for crimes against Polish citizens abroad. The report said that if the police officers were found guilty in Canada, they could then theoretically be brought to justice in Poland, but that would hinge on Canada facilitating the handover of those officers to Polish officials. (CBC News)
Schneider named AVCA first-team All-American Nov 27, 2007
Jr., 6-0, Belleville, IL Justyna Michon, Dowling (N.Y.), OH, Sr., 5-10, Katowice, Poland Ashley Nachreiner, Minnesota State, Mankato, OH, Jr., 6-0, Round Rock, TX Luciana Rapach, West Florida, RS/Opp. Jr., 5-9, Porto Alegre, Brazil Maria Steinhagen, Concordia-St. (Wwuvikings.com)
Stream Reports 2007 Nine Month Results Nov 22, 2007
" (1) Unless otherwise stated, all dollar figures announced in this press release are expressed in Canadian dollars. Nine Month Results Revenue increased in the nine month period to $5,640,847 from $4,765,816, an 18% increase over the prior year period. The Company increased the number of revenue generating units [RGUs] by 4.9% by aggressively marketing internet HFC services more than doubling the number of HFC RGU's. The company did also focused on upselling cable services to existing... (PR Newswire)
Vikings to play Dowling NY in NCAA II National Quarterfinals Nov 19, 2007
Leading Dowling is 5-foot-10 senior outside hitter Justyna Michon from Katowice, Poland, who was named Daktronics Northwest Region Player of the Year and East Coast Conference Player of the Year for the second time. The school's career kills record holder with 2,259, she has 616 (4. (Wwuvikings.com)
Holy Smoke! Vatican TV claims image is Pope John Paul II waving from beyond grave... Oct 16, 2007
The bonfire was lit during a service at Beskid Zywiecki, close to John Paul's birthplace at Katowice, southern Poland, on April 2 - the second anniversary of his death. Hundreds had attended the ceremony. (The Drudge Report)
Kaczynski, Tusk Range Far From Home, Seeking Votes From Polish Emigrants Oct 10, 2007
So many people have left the country that the election campaign is unlikely to take place just in Poland,'' said Marek Migalski, a political scientist at Slaski University in Katowice. Poland is holding elections two years early after its ruling coalition collapsed on Aug. 13, leaving the dominant Law & Justice party unable to pass laws. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Boulder educator finds rapport key to success Oct 5, 2007
Prior to that, he taught English as a second language at the American Academy in Katowice, Poland, from 1998 to 2001, and then taught at Kiev, Ukraine, from 2001 to 2002. He also brings the experience of having learned from a master teacher while a student teacher in Helena. (Helena Independent Record)
ARCADIS Wins Major Highway Project in Poland Oct 4, 2007
The contract was awarded to an ARCADIS-led consortium with partners Mosty Katowice, Transprojekt Warsaw and DHV Polska ... The section will be part of the motorway Gdansk - Torun - Czestochowa - Katowice and further to the southern Polish/Czech border. (PR Newswire)
Polish cith of Wroclaw works hard to keep talent home Oct 3, 2007
With the big industrial enterprises located in nearby Katowice, it was an environmental and health hazard. Wroclaw had been a thriving merchant metropolis of Germans and Jews which, along with this part of today's Poland, had been part of Germany and was almost completely destroyed during World War II. In 1945, when the map of Europe was redrawn, Poland's borders shifted west, taking over Silesia in the south and the German city of Danzig in the north. (International Herald Tribune)
Epee Master Marek Stepien Joins Notre Dame Fencing As Third Full-Time Coach On Current Irish Staff Sep 18, 2007
Former Olympian Marek Stepien - pictured in formal attire from a recent event in London - has joined the Notre Dame fencing staff as an assistant coach, with specific oversight of the epee fencers and the overall team's training regimen. New assistant will combine with head coach Janusz Bednarski (sabre) and second-year assistant Gia Kvaratskhelia (foil) to give all Irish fencers quality one-on-one instruction; former sabre standout Patrick Ghattas ('07) also added to 2007-08 staff, as an intern... (Und.com)
WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible Aug 28, 2007
Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)
Poland Riles Capitalists in $4 Billion Government IPOs Communists May Love Aug 25, 2007
We bought these shares in a legal trade and now we could lose the profit we were counting on,'' Jacek Lesko said after meeting with similar investors in the southern city of Katowice. This kind of legal creativity makes people's lives miserable. (Bloomberg)
FAIR TO MIDLAND Debuts at #2 on Billboard New Artist Chart Jun 27, 2007
Bluebird 6/26/2007 Denver, CO Theatre With The 69 Eyes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/28/2007 San Francisco, CA Slim's With The 69 Eyes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Galaxy Concert 6/29/2007 Santa Ana, CA Theatre With The 69 Eyes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6/30/2007 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre With The 69 Eyes... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Stardom beckons for pianist janitor Jun 20, 2007
Aleksander Kudajczyk, 28, arrived in Scotland from Katowice six months ago ... The 28-year-old Pole, who arrived in Scotland from Katowice six months ago, has been dubbed "a musical Good Will Hunting", after Matt Damon's film, and is now entertaining crowds at Glasgow's West End Festival ... Yesterday, Aleksander, a graduate of Katowice's Akademia Muzyczna, gave his second public performance in the University Memorial Chapel, playing a selection from Chopin. (Telegraph.co.uk)
* Sports Briefs Jun 17, 2007
Each team plays at home and away against all group members over six weeks, with the final round to be played July 11 to July 15 in Katowice, Poland. RUGBY LEAGUE Wigan rout the Dragons Wigan ran in five tries in a 30-0 Super League defeat of Catalans Dragons on Friday in a dress rehearsal for next month's Challenge Cup semi-final between the two teams. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
International Trains to Vienna Jun 16, 2007
Katowice, Poland to Vienna, Austria: Train travel time 4h56. International Trains to Vienna, Austria from Slovakia. (Suite101.com)
Little progress cited in Iran-EU talks Jun 1, 2007
The decision drew loud applause from the packed courtroom in the southern mining center of Katowice. Many sang the Polish national anthem, despite calls from Judge Monika Sliwinska for order. (Boston Globe)
Blue Jays' Halladay set for early return May 27, 2007
American Steve Cunningham won the IBF cruiserweight title, outpointing Krzysztof Wlodarczyk in Katowice, Poland. Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
USA's Cunningham captures IBF boxing title May 27, 2007
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) -- American Steve Cunningham won the IBF cruiserweight title Saturday night, outpointing Poland's Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. "I feel great, I feel awesome," Cunningham said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- More)
For sale: Stem cell enhancers May 16, 2007
This is a somewhat plausible mechanism, according to at the Silesian School of Medicine in Katowice, Poland. An extract that acts as an L-selectin blocker could elevate circulating stem cells, which may "help with [cells] the bone marrow," Wojakowski told The Scientist. (The Scientist)
How the Eastern European influx has affected life in Scotland May 8, 2007
Please note: Your browser has been unable to load the stylesheet that accompanies this page. The page is still readable. (Scotsman)
Polish travel facts and trivia Mar 11, 2007
Poland: Information and statistics on the written constitution, Second World War, Palace of Culture and Science, holocaust, Bielowreza National Park, Katowice ... The most famous concentration camp of all Auschwitz is a short distance from Krakow and Katowice. (Suite101.com)
Pearl Jam Picks Europe Over Bonnaroo... Jan 27, 2007
June 8: Lisbon (Passeio Maritimo Alges)June 9: Madrid (Festimad)June 12: Munich (Olympichalle)June 13: Katowice, Poland (Chorzow Stadion Slaski)June 15: Italy (city/venue TBA)June 16: Vienna (Nova Rock Festival)June 18: London (Wembley Arena)June 21: Dusseldorf, Germany (LTU Arena)June 23: Tuttlingen Germany (Southside Festival)June 24: Scheebel, Germany (Hurricane Festival)June 26: Copenhagen (Forum)June 28: Nijmegen, Holland (Goeffert Park)June 29: Werchter, Belgium (Werchter Festival).... (Billboard.com)
Posaconazole Prophylaxis in Patients with Neutropenia Jan 25, 2007
From the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany (O.A.C.); University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium (J.M.); University of California, Los Angeles, (D.J.W.); Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (J.P.); University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany (A.J.U.); National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD (T.J.W.); Weill Cornell Medical College, New York (D.H.); Silesian Medical University, Katowice, Poland (J.H.); Sahlgrenska University Hospital, G. teborg, Sweden (D.S.); Singapore General... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Poland battered by deadly storm Jan 20, 2007
As the storm moved east, a Polish crane operator in the southern town of Katowice was reported killed when his machinery collapsed, and another died in Zaborow, near Warsaw, when the roof of his house fell in. At one point, in the Czech Republic a million people faced power cuts. (BBC News)
Storm Ravages Northern Europe, Killing At Least 27 Jan 19, 2007
A crane operator was killed in Poland as high winds snapped a 25- metre construction crane in half in Katowice, southern Poland. A second man was hospitalized as a result of the accident. (Playfuls.com)
Storms sweep Poland, killing six people Jan 19, 2007
An 82-foot crane was toppled by strong winds Thursday, killing its operator at a construction site at Katowice in southern Poland. A roof torn off a house killed a 48-year-old Pole, and a tree branch crushed a truck driver. (Washington Times, DC)
14 dead as gales lash Britain Jan 19, 2007
The Polish victims included crane operator who was killed when his crane broke in half in the southern city of Katowice. Salvage experts were today continuing to assess the condition of a stricken British container ship floating in the Channel. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
