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Bieber tweets about death of 6-year-old fan Justin Bieber is heartbroken today after one of his youngest fans, 6-year-old Avalanna Routh – who was better known as Mrs. Bieber – died of cancer. The “Boyfriend” singer tweeted a sweet message about the Boston girl on Wednesday afternoon, writing, “just got the worst news ever. one of the greatest spirits i have ever known is gone. please pray for her family and for her. RIP Avalanna. i love you.” About an hour later, he wrote, “please
show respect to her and her family. say a prayer for her and for them. i miss her.” Routh gained national attention last year when she pretended to marry Bieber in a wedding ceremony staged by the doctors and nurses at the Boston hospital where she was being treated. The day before Valentine’s Day, the singer himself flew her and her parents to meet him in New York, where
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — George Strait is getting ready to park his tour bus. The enduring country music superstar announced Wednesday during a news conference at the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum that he will embark on his final tour early next year. Strait will play 21 dates in 2013, then 20 more in 2014 on The Cowboy Rides Away tour. He plans to continue recording music and making occasional live appearances after that, but his road warrior days will soon be over. “I just don’t want to go to the point where I show up and nobody else does, you know?” Strait said in an interview before making the announcement. “It’s been great. I’ve been doing it for 30-some odd years and I’ve loved it. Sometimes I’ve not liked it as much. And here lately it’s just the walking out onstage part, that’s all great. I’m still loving that. It’s just the hectic part about touring and traveling and bam bam bam bam. I just feel like it’s time
for me to try something else.” News of Strait’s retirement will come as something of a shock in country quarters. He’s so entrenched in the genre he’s become part of the bedrock, a landmark to be marveled at repeatedly over the decades. The 60-year-old Country Music Hall of Fame member from Texas released his first single “Unwound” in 1981, before some of today’s top stars were born. Since then he’s had 59 No. 1 country
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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, George Strait performs during the Fire Relief, The Concert For Central Texas, at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
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they spent an afternoon playing board games and just hanging out. The Biebs even let the cutie play with his famous hair! At the time he tweeted, “That was one of the best things i have ever done. She was AWESOME! Feeling really inspired now!” and used the hashtag Mrs. Bieber. Routh appeared onstage with Bieber at the Apollo Theater, and when he appeared on “Today” in June, he said that the two continued to keep in touch via iChat and FaceTime.
George Strait hitting the road for the last time
singles and is the only artist to score a Top 10 hit in every year of his career. All his albums have gone platinum or gold, selling more than 68 million copies. Traditional country singer Joe Nichols acknowledged Strait’s impact when he called the singer “the Rolling Stones of country music” in a 2010 interview. And in a lot of ways, that’s been true. Until now. The Stones refuse to retire from the road, while Strait has decided to do it on his own terms. “I’m sure I’ll miss it. I’m sure I will,” Strait said. “How can you not after doing it for so long. It was a hard decision to make. It was tough. I’ve lost sleep. But I think about midway through this tour I’ll realize that, yeah, I did make the right decision. It’s just a part of it.” The first leg of the tour will kick off Jan. 18 in Lubbock, Texas, and end June 1 in San Antonio. Dates for 2014 will be announced later. Martina McBride will join Strait on tour in 2013. Strait said he was nervous about whether fans will come out and see him, but that’s rarely been a cause for concern over the years. His live show is one of country’s top draws. He’s sold more than 4.3 million headlining concert tickets since 1999, according to Pollstar, an average of more than 18,000 per performance. He said one of his most memorable performances was his last-minute replacement of Eddie Rabbitt at the 1984 Houston Rodeo in the Astrodome: “He just happened to get a case of laryngitis, which was a stroke of luck for me.” And he also fondly remembers opening for Willie Nelson in those early years: “I opened for Willie at a fair one time and we were right in the middle of our set and the crowd just starts going crazy and I’m thinking, ‘They’re really liking this stuff.’ I look behind me and Willie’s bus is pulling up.”
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Canadian singer Justin Bieber performs at a concert in Frankfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
DENPASAR - From year to year, the water needs in Balinese continue to rise in harmony with the rapid rate of population growth and massive development of tourist accommodation such as hotels and restaurants. Meanwhile, the water supplied by the Municipal Waterworks (PDAM) is often not enough in terms of quantity and quality. Even, hotels and people have to fight for the waterworks’ water.
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Chairman of the Center for Environmental Research (PPLH) of Udayana University, Prof. I Wayan Arthana, Ph.D., said the results of study indicated if the carrying capacity of water availability in Bali was very limited and Bali had been experiencing a water crisis. Balinese people were progressively more difficult to get clean water and the water turned more expensive. Fortunately, continued Prof. Arthana, Bali had four lakes such as the Lake Buyan, Lake Beratan, Lake Tamblingan and Lake Batur as water reserves. Hopefully, Bali could be free from severe drought. Unluckily, the lakes in Bali faced seri-
ous threats such as sedimentation or siltation. As consequence, their carrying capacity decreased. In addition, the lakes in Bali faced a threat of eutrophication because a lot of nutrients around the lake went into the lake and caused the lake too fertile. If the lake was fertile it would be overgrown by aquatic plants such as algae. As a result, it would add the organic matter in the lake and accelerate the siltation. To that end, there should be
a comprehensive effort to keep the lake in Bali. “If the four lakes in Bali experience siltation, it is tantamount to half the water reserves in Bali vanishing and when all springs turn dry Bali will experience severe water crisis,” he said. Further, he said the waterworks generally used surface water.
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The lakes in Bali faced serious threats such as sedimentation or siltation. As consequence, their carrying capacity decreased.