announce, "She even wanted to be late for her own funeral," Morrison said.

Taylor died early Wednesday of congestive heart failure while surrounded by her four children at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks.

Taylor, who was infamously married eight times to seven husbands, converted to Judaism before her 1959 wedding to Eddie Fisher. Jewish customs call for a burial within 48 hours of death.

The roughly one-hour service began with poetry readings by actor Colin Farrell and Taylor's family members and included a trumpet performance of Amazing Grace by her grandson, Morrison said.

The casket was draped in gardenias, violets, and lilies of the valley before its interment in the cemetery's Great Mausoleum beneath a marble sculpture of an angel inspired by thework of Italian artist Michelangelo.

In addition to Jackson, the cemetery is the final resting place for such stars as Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, W.C. Fields, Red Skelton, Gracie Allen, Walt Disney and Nat King Cole.

Taylor, the star of such films as "BUtterfield 8," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "Cleopatra," won three Academy Awards, including a special one for her humanitarian work. She was an ardent and early supporter of AIDS research, when HIV was new to the industry and beyond.

"I admired Elizabeth Taylor enormously and feel heartsick losing her, especially with all of her charitable works," said Ann Berry, a fan and character actress who lives nearby and visited the cemetery with a friend to pay their respects to the star.

Several television news crews documented the service


from across the street while news helicopters swirled overhead and students got out of class at the nearby Cerritos Elementary School.

Taylor underwent at least 20 major operations during her life and nearly died from a bout with pneumonia in 1990. In 1994 and 1995, she had both hip joints replaced, and in February 1997, she underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumor. In 1983, she acknowledged a 35-year addiction to sleeping pills and pain killers, and was treated for alcohol and drug abuse at the Betty Ford Clinic in Rancho Mirage, Calif.Exclusive: Marin Mazzie Will Succeed Kelli O'Hara in Broadway's King and I

Three-time Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie will succeed Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara as Anna Leonowens in the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of The King and I.

O'Hara, who won the Tony Award for her performance in the role, will depart the production April 17. Mazzie is set to join the company May 3 alongside Daniel Dae Kim who will make his Broadway debut as The King of Siam. Analisa Leaming will play the role of Mrs. Anna prior to Mazzie's arrival.

This is Mazzie's first return to Broadway since going public with her battle with ovarian cancer last year. In December, she and her husband, actor Jason Danieley, announced that Mazzie is now in remission.

The singing actress was


last seen on Broadway in the short-lived Woody Allen musical Bullets Over Broadway. Her stage appearances in Passion, Ragtime and Kiss Me, Kate earned her Tony Award nominations.

"The decision to join King and I was very easy," Mazzie told Playbill.com. "They asked, and I said yes. I had taken my mom to see the show in December as I had not yet been able to see it, and Kelli is a friend so I was anxious to see her in her Tony Award-winning role. I had no inkling that Kelli was leaving or that I was being discussed to replace her. I absolutely loved the show. I was not only blown away by Bart’s gorgeous production and the extraordinary performances, but the story hit me in a newof South Pacific, directed The King and I, which opened April 16, 2015, at the Vivian Beaumont Theater and won the 2015 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.

The revival has choreography by Tony Award winner Christopher Gattelli (South Pacific, Newsies) based on the original choreography by Jerome Robbins. The original Robert Russell Bennett orchestrations are also being used with dance and incidental music arranged by Trude Rittmann.

The King and I reunited Sher with his Tony-winning South Pacific creative team, including scenic designer Michael Yeargan, costume designer Catherine Zuber, lighting designer Donald Holder, sound designer Scott Lehrer and musical director Ted Sperling. Casting is by Telsey + Company/Abbie Brady-Dalton, CSA.

The Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical, based on the life of Anna Leonowens as well as


Margaret Landon's 1944 novel "Anna and the King of Siam," includes classics such as "Hello Young Lovers," "I Whistle A Happy Tune," "Shall We Dance?" and "Getting To Know You."

The original production opened March 29, 1951, at the St. James Theatre. It starred Yul Brynner and Gertrude Lawrence and ran for 1,246 performances. The King and I has been revived on Broadway three times; the most recent production starred Donna Murphy and Lou Diamond Phillips.

According to LCT, "Set in 1860's Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher, whom the imperious King brings to Siam to tutor his many wives and children."

Visit KingandIBroadway.com.

View highlights below:Sarajevo Bussines Forum 2018

24th April 2018 - Nanopac (M) Sdn Bhd had an opportunity to join the Sarajevo Business forum. The forum has been held every year since 2010. This year it was held for 4 days start on 24th April 2018 until 27th April 2018. It has been attend by more than 70 speaker with excellent background from all over the world. This forum has been attend by our company director Dato' Cheng Kok Leong and our manager Mr. Jeff Ho. Beside that our representative (Dato' Cheng Kok Leong) have given an opportunity to share about Nanopac technology in Bosnian parliament.

The organizer of the Sarajevo Business Forum was Bosnia Bank International (BBI), in cooperation its shareholder (Islamic Development Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank)


and other international partners. SBF play a role as it gathered all the institutional and private investors and businessman from all over the world. It also represent a platform for business networking and exploration of investment and business opportunities in the Southeast Europe region with the sole objective to foster its economic development.violence, eroticism, and defecation, in a reply to Norbert Elias' famous The Civilizing Process (1939).
You can think of the variation in modesty and sexualization over cultures as a border of the public display of the body that can be moved along a continuum from the eyes (burqa)

via the extremities (Victorians had to cover their legs)

more and more towards the center of the body (swimsuit)

narrowing down to the secondary sex characteristics (bikini)

the genitals (penis sheath or female modesty girdle [pictured below])

and finally the male glans (kynodesme) and the inside of the female labia

That peoples that live totally nude are not without shame and modesty can be seen from their social rules and the reactions to their transgression that Duerr reports. A telling example is how the girls of one


Labor volunteers have been caught on hidden cameras bragging about using Australian taxpayer funds to work on a US presidential campaign and interfering with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaign signs. In a video posted online by the conservative undercover campaign group Project Veritas Action, four Australians are recorded saying they received taxpayer funds for flights, accommodation and daily expenses while organising for Democratic senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign, a possible breach of US election law. Project Veritas Action is one of many partisan outfits who use online videos and investigations to influence presidential elections in the US.

"Rob's bottom-up consulting for Thought Technology over the years to help us incorporate bottom-up thinking in our business and product development has been very valuable. It is a truly disruptive technique,The FD-A16 has a rectangular spot with a large beam area. Since the light receiving parts are on the upper and lower positions of the light emitting part, stable detection is possible even if connector positions are a little off.

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Horses Abandoned in Trailer, Driver Charged

Seven horses that were abandoned in a trailer on the side of the road in Edmonton, Alberta, last week are doing well in foster care and are waiting to be claimed by their owner. Meanwhile, the driver of the trailer has been charged under Alberta's Animal Protection Act.

On Sunday night, Edmonton police received a complaint about an abandoned truck and trailer near an industrial section of the city. A patrol officer responded to the call and discovered the horses standing in manure. They had very little feed and no water.

The horses had been left there at least two days, and possibly three, said acting Det. Gary Benoit. Police likely weren't alerted earlier because the truck and trailer were abandoned near an impound lot."There are lots of cars just left around there, so nobody really investigated, and it wasn't close enough to a place where someone would have heard noises," he said.

Police have not released the name of the driver of the vehicle, a 74-year old rancher from McBride, British Columbia. The driver, who was delivering the horses from a seller in British Columbia to a buyer in Manitoba, only said that his truck broke down and it was too cold to stay with the truck.

"He never explained why he didn't ask someone for help and that's what we don't understand," Benoit said.

Northlands, an agricultural venue in Edmonton, is fostering the horses temporarily while police try to contact the owners in Manitoba.

"We're more than happy to accommodate them," said Ken Knowles,


Diego Hunger Coalition. San Diego County Food Insecurity Report, 2018.)

Demand for Food Assistance

Due to our region’s high cost of living, tens of thousands of low-income families, including low-income military families, and fixed-income seniors rely on the Food Bank to put food on the table. Of the 370,000 people the Food Bank serves monthly, 39,000 are low-income military personnel and their dependents; 10,000 are fixed-income seniors; more than 100,000 live at or near the poverty level and receive assistance through our Emergency Food Assistance Program; and nearly 2,000 are elementary school children living in poverty who receive weekend backpacks full of food through our Food 4 Kids Backpack Program in 11 school districts in the San Diego County.Lower Makefield Backs Down on Weakening Preemption

Yesterday afternoon, we passed on an alert from a local gun club to gun owners in the area of Lower Makefield Township in Bucks County via Facebook. It turns out that a January meeting of the Board of Supervisors featured an anti-gun advocate who pressed the Board to engage in a bit of anti-Second Amendment lobbying on “behalf” of the citizens of the town.

While the anti-gun advocate initially demanded that the town leaders lobby federal lawmakers to support a ban on semi-automatic rifles, the Board was apparently cautious about entering the federal debate. However, they instead decided to pass a resolution calling on higher level lawmakers to end Pennsylvania’s preemption statute.

Pennsylvania’s preemption law says that only the state can pass laws that


Early in the 2019 season, the Kansas City Chiefs struggled to stop the run. They allowed 180 or more rushing yards in four consecutive games. It was a problem that looked to be the Achilles heel of this defensive unit.

Over the course of the past several weeks, they’ve become much more stout up front against the run. That includes holding Vikings RB Dalvin Cook, who was then the NFL’s leading rusher, under 100 yards with a long run of just 12 yards.

Part of the defensive resurgence has come from improved play from second-year defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi. He’s been really solid for the Chiefs as the season has progressed, playing with more violence, speed and momentum. Steve Spagnuolo credits Brendan Daly and Nnadi’s ability to embrace the defensiveRes was there in the ’90s when the supposedly really rich Trump was in fact really broke, with a net worth of minus a half-billion dollars. She reports that he only escaped financial ruin because the banks decided to leave the super self-promoter with enough to maintain the illusion of an empire. The continued association with the Trump name thereby imparted greater value to the properties the banks seized.

One thing Res knows to be genuine is Trump’s fury. She once watched him erupt into a rage over cut-rate Chinese marble in a bathroom that he himself had ordered because it was cheaper. She figured that the real source of his outsized rage back then was the actual state of his finances and the disorder of his personal life.

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people who worked for him.

“He was very mean and nasty to them,” she says.

But he had never treated her with anything but respect, and the offer to build this 68-story tower was too good to decline.

At the age of 31, Res became the first women to run a major construction project in New York, or likely anywhere else.

“Men are better than women, but a good woman is better than 10 men,” Trump opined.

Res surmised that Trump had chosen her because she stood up to even the most intimidating men in the man’s world of construction.

“He told me I was a killer,” she recalls. “That’s important to him. Apparently, he thought that was a compliment.”

In her 2013 book, All Alone on the 68th Floor, How One Woman Changed thewrites. “He was mad at his life. He already knew his marriage was over, and my gut tells me he knew that he had other problems as well.”

Res says Trump was wont to blame others for his troubles, but at another moment he confided to her where he felt he placed himself in jeopardy.

“He talked about how he was running around with all these women and he took his eye off the ball,” she recalled.

His financial difficulties were joined by a personal scandal in which his mistress, Marla Maples, was quoted on the front page of the New York Post as saying she enjoyed “the best sex I ever had” with him.

“I don’t know why he let that happen,” Res says. “He had three young children.”

She noted that


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Research funded byMinistry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (2016YFA0500700, 2015CB910503) | National Natural Science Foundation of China (91519304) |The present invention pertains to liquid crystal displays and particularly to a method related to the fabrication of active matrix liquid crystal displays (AMLCD's). More particularly, the invention pertains to electro static discharge (ESD) protection utilizing a shorting conductor across the external contacts during the fabrication of AMLCD'S to protect the display from electro static discharge damage to the display electronics. The invention further pertains to an effective and timely removal of the shorting conductor or bar.
The related art involves the use of a scribe or a laser to cut, remove or blow away the shorting bar between the contacts of the external leads to the AMLCD. Previous methods required prematurely cutting or removing the shorting bar before the polarizers were installed and the flex connectors were connected


Western Kentucky guard Jordan Brangers has left the school, WKU confirmed Monday.

According to a source, Brangers left the program due to an academic matter related to Brangers' junior college courses. In a statement from Western Kentucky, the program stated, "Brangers has not met NCAA transfer requirements and is no longer a member of the Hilltopper program."

Brangers, a National Junior College Athletic Association All-American and first-team All-American selection, played this past season at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas and was rated the No. 3 junior college prospect in the nation by JUCORecruiting.com. He shot 49.6 percent from the field and 46.2 percent from 3-point range while also averaging 3.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists.

His 151 made 3s this season led the nation and broke the South Plains school recordPart of the "Dragons and Dolphin" mosaic from ancient Caulonia, 4th cent. BC.

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Largest Hellenistic mosaic found in Calabria

Dolphins and Dragons

The largest and most articulated Hellenistic mosaic from Magna Grecia is believed to have been found in Monasterace Marina, ancient Kaulonia, in the southern Italian region of Calabria.

Last year, archaeologists Francesco Cuteri and Maria Teresa Iannelli (archaeological superintendant of Calabria), who supervise a team of archaeology students from all over Italy and from the college of Bahia Blanca, Argentina, had brough to light part of a mosaic depicting a dolphin and a dragon. This year they revealed the rest of the scene, showing a large dolphin fighting the dragon, another, smaller, dolphin and also a second dragon.

The area is now known as ‘the room of dragons and


doplhins’, while the mosaic is considered one of the largest Hellenistic mosaics from Magna Grecia, as it spreads over a surface of about 30 square metres. The mosaic dates back between the end of the 4th and the first decades of the 3rd century BC.

'Cowboy builders' blamed for Rome's crumbling Colosseum An ambitious attempt to save Rome's Colosseum from collapse is being undermined by the authorities' cost-cutting decision to employ ordinary builders rather than specialists to perform the delicate overhaul, restoration experts have claimed.

New finds at AigaiThree impressive funerary monuments which might open a new chapter to the study of the evolution of the so-called Macedonian Tombs have been discovered.

New finds at Kissonerga-SkaliaThe Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Antiquities announces the completion of the latest seasonXarelto safety issues in the elderly

Is Xarelto alleged superior effectiveness over its counterparts worth its harmful side effects in senior populations?Just like many other elderly citizens, the 88-year-old Gloria Glatz died in 2012 because of a serious complication caused by a lethal internal bleeding. Gloria Glatz was an atrial fibrillation patient, a medical risk factor for stroke. In December 2011, her physician prescribed her a new blood thinner medication: Xarelto (rivaroxaban). Xarelto is a Novel Oral Anticoagulant (NOAC), a group of four new anticoagulants, and was approved in 2010. The NOACs were widely advertised as more convenient and easier to use than the older alternatives, and became a staple of the modern treatments. The main difference between Warfarin (the old blood thinner) and NOACs, is that the first


and foods with high contents of Vitamin K are not forbidden. Patients also do not require to continuously check their INR values in specialized blood clinics. The investigators of the Journal Sentinel found that the British doctor who invented a new system for determining stroke risk that significantly increased NOACs sales, Dr. Gregory Lip, had extensive economic ties to the Big Pharma that manufacture these medications. The new evaluation method was quickly included in the standard treatment guideline used by leading European and American medical societies that also received important monetary incentives by the same pharmaceutical companies. The new risk scale invented by Dr. Gregory Lip to decide if a patient should take blood thinners, is called the CHA2DS2-VASc.

In 2013, a study published in The American Journal ofhowever. A 2012 letter in the Journal of Neurosurgery, a 2014 paper in a journal Haematology, and a 2011 letter to the New England Journal of Medicine, all described cases of subjects whose internal bleedings killed or brought them to the brink of death. All these patients took NOACs to treat their conditions, and the bleeding accidents were caused by simple domestic accidents.

In May of 2014, American citizens who allegedly suffered serious harm after taking Pradaxa, filed a lawsuit against the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim. Eventually, the drugmaker settled more than 4,000 litigations by paying $650 million. To date, an even higher number of Xarelto lawsuits have been filed against Bayer AG and Janssen Pharmaceuticals.

Another important selling point of the newer anticoagulants, was the reduction of the


Sewer district and City of Waynesville reach agreement

After years of dispute, the Pulaski County Sewer District and the City of Waynesville have reached a long-term agreement regarding territory in western Waynesville.

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Posted Mar. 6, 2013 at 10:37 AM
Updated Mar 6, 2013 at 7:41 PM

After years of dispute, the Pulaski County Sewer District and the City of Waynesville have reached a long-term agreement regarding territory in western Waynesville.

The ordinance, which was approved at Thursday's Waynesville City Council meeting and signed at a special meeting on Friday, makes a few changes in the 2010 agreement.

The dispute dates back to 1991 when when the City of Waynesville annexed additionalproperty in the West Waynesville area, extending into the boundaries of the Pulaski County Sewer district.

Both the city and the sewer district wanted to provide this area with sewer service and both parties filed law suits to take control over the area.

"For several years it was costing citizens money that really needed to be going into our projects," Waynesville Mayor Luge Hardman said.

"This is a historical moment for the county and the citizens. I want to thank the committee who worked so hard on the disagreement. This came awful close to just blowing up a few years ago," Pulaski County Sewer District president Gary Porter said.

Hardman said that the agreement signed on Friday answers many questions about territory and rates and addresses many issues the two parties have.

"It's


McBride's insurer, defendant-appellee American Medical Security, Inc.  ("AMS"), seeking reimbursement for Mrs. McBride's medical bills.  The United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois granted summary judgment in favor of the insurer, AMS.  We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

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In November 1987, Lois McBride was hospitalized in Santa Cruz, California for gallbladder surgery.  During this hospital stay, Dr. Singh, a cardiologist, diagnosed her as having silent myocardial ischemia,1 recurrent supraventricular tachycardia,2 and hypertension.3  Dr. Singh prescribed the drug Verapamil for Mrs. McBride's irregular heartbeat and high blood pressure, which she continued to take for one year.

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In August 1989, Jeffries & Sons Trucking of Cambridge, Illinois hired Lois McBride and her husband Larry McBride as truck drivers.  Jeffries & Sons Trucking offered the McBrides groupthat she had been diagnosed as having silent myocardial ischemia, supraventricular tachycardia, and hypertension.5  She received treatment at the Stockton hospital until November 30, 1990, when she was discharged in stable condition.

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Some two weeks later, in mid-December 1990, Lois McBride was admitted to Methodist as a patient.  Upon her admission to Methodist, Lois McBride assigned all of her health insurance proceeds to Methodist.  Mrs. McBride's condition deteriorated;  and she expired on December 31, 1990.  Lois McBride's medical bills from Methodist totalled $59,992.98.

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AMS promptly paid Mrs. McBride's medical bills from the Stockton hospital.  AMS, after receiving a copy of Lois McBride's death certificate--which listed as the cause of death ischemia cardiomyopathy and coronary artery disease of several years' duration--decided to obtain and review


her medical records.  Lois McBride's medical records from her 1987 hospitalization for gallbladder surgery related that she was suffering from silent myocardial ischemia, recurrent supraventricular tachycardia, and hypertension.  Her medical records from her 1990 hospitalization for severe chest pain revealed that she was aware of her heart condition because she described it to the treating cardiologist (Dr. Karabala).

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Following its investigation, AMS concluded that the McBrides had failed to disclose Lois McBride's heart condition on their application, and that this omission was material to AMS's acceptance of the McBrides for group health insurance coverage.  AMS advised Larry McBride that it was rescinding all health insurance coverage for his wife.  Thereafter, AMS notified Methodist of its rescission of coverage for Lois McBride.

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On April 30, 1992, Methodistpressure

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 During a subsequent telephone call, Lois McBride informed AMS that her gallbladder had been surgically removed on November 17, 1987

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 According to Dr. Karabala's deposition testimony, Lois McBride did not use these medical terms to describe her medical history.  Dr. Karabala testified that Lois McBride explained to him that her heart was not getting enough blood, but that her condition was silent.  Dr. Karabala concluded that she had silent myocardial ischemia.  Mrs. McBride also mentioned that she had had an irregular heartbeat for which she had been prescribed the drug Verapamil.  Based on the medication prescribed, Dr. Karabala concluded that she suffered from supraventricular tachycardia

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and politically motivated efforts to wreck his career….”

MacLean’s appeals to his supervisor went unanswered. The only explanation for grounding the air marshals was cost: the agency did not want to pay for their hotels, overtime and travel allowance.

Frustrated, and concerned about public safety, MacLean leaked the story to a reporter. The publicity prompted bipartisan outcries from Congress, and the air marshals were once again assigned to cross-country flights. But when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) discovered who had leaked the information, MacLean was fired.

He challenged the firing, claiming that, as a whistleblower, he was protected from retaliation under federal law.

MacLean fought a protracted legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. In 2015 the Court dismissed the TSA’s contention that the leak had jeopardized nationalBrockbank Place

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A modern hotel in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, centrally locatedpassed to the ZCS reactor L2. Namely, a differential current between the current passing through the step-up reactor L1 and a current passing through the ZCS reactor L2 is passed through the diode D12 to the smoothing capacitor C1, to supply power to the load RL. The current passed through the diode D12 linearly decreases.
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US President Barack Obama recently highlighting an ambition to send people to the planet by the 2030s.

Elon Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX is developing a massive rocket and capsule to transport large numbers of people and cargo to Mars with the ultimate goal of colonising the planet, with the tycoon saying he would like to launch the first crew as early as 2024.

WATCH: Is travel to Mars on the horizon?

The primary goal of ExoMars is to find out whether life has ever existed on the Red Planet. The current spacecraft, TGO, carries an atmospheric probe to study trace gases such as methane around the planet.

Scientists believe that methane, a chemical that on Earth is strongly tied to life, could stem from micro-organisms that either became extinct millions of yearsPolice take Crystal Figueroa into custody near Castleton Elementary School after the school reported a woman with a gun the grounds. Police said Figueroa took the unloaded gun from a friend’s car, but she did not try to approach the school.

CASTLETON — There was never a threat to public safety at the town’s elementary school Friday, police said, but that wasn’t immediately clear in the minutes after a woman was seen carrying a handgun on school grounds just before noon.

Officials at the school locked the facility down and more than a dozen law enforcement officers from four state and local agencies converged on the school in a furious response that anticipated the worst.

But the circumstances turned out to bear no resemblance to the types of school shootings that


have haunted the nation, Castleton Police Chief Bruce Sherwin said.

The chief said that what actually took place on school grounds Friday was a bit of thievery by Crystal Figueroa, 26, of Rutland.

As summer school classes ended at noon, a woman arrived at the school to pick up her child. She was accompanied by Figueroa.

When the parent went into the school, Figueroa remained in the car, Sherwin said.

As the woman was driving away, Sherwin said she realized a handgun she kept in the car was missing. The parent stopped a few hundred feet down the long driveway that leads from the school to Route 30 and confronted Figueroa, the chief said.

Staff at the school who watched the confrontation unfold saw the gun in Figueroa’s hand as she stood outsidetook place on the property of Castleton Elementary School today that came to the attention of school administration. School administration notified local law enforcement, who promptly responded to the situation. At no time were the students in (imminent) danger. For security purposes the building was placed on lockdown and students remained with their teachers until dismissal. No additional information is available at this time. As always, the safety of students and staff is our priority.”

Figueroa was taken from the scene in handcuffs and was later charged with a misdemeanor count of petty larceny. She was released on a citation to appear in Rutland criminal court on Aug. 26.

Sherwin said the handgun was recovered from the woods near the school where Figueroa allegedly tried to conceal it. The weapon


was unloaded, he said.

The school scare was the second of its kind to take place in Rutland County since a mass shooting at a school in Newtown, Conn., set nerves on edge for parents, school administrators and police across the nation.

An incident at the Poultney Elementary School just days after the Newtown shooting prompted a similar lockdown and large-scale police response. In that incident, staff at the school were alarmed by the behavior of a developmentally disabled young man who was waiting on the playground for his caretaker. No one was threatened or injured in that incident.45 Years Ago: Alice Cooper Taped for TV, Banned From the Airwaves

In the early ’70s, when ABC was considering dipping its toe in the world of rock ’n’ roll, the television network called upon music publisher and producer Don Kirshner. The American Broadcasting Company tapped the man who had previously helped bring rock and pop music to television, both in the form of NBC’s sitcom The Monkees and CBS’s animated The Archie Show. But this time, Kirshner was going to be involved in something a little more real.

The program was to be called In Concert, and the idea was just that – current and past music stars taped while performing “in concert” and later broadcast on ABC on Friday night (preempting usual time slot-holder The Dick Cavett Show).


a finale.

Although that’s what people living in most parts of the country saw, fans in Cincinnati were denied the entire spectacle. That’s because Lawrence H. Rogers II, owner of local ABC affiliate WKRC – Channel 12, became incensed over what was being shown on his station. It’s not clear how much Rogers saw of the band’s set, but at some point, he called in and directed WKRC to switch to a rerun of Rawhide. Rock fans, upset by the hasty switch, called in a bomb threat, picketed the station and sent in nasty letters. Channel 12 later rebroadcast the program, but with the Cooper performance removed.

WKRC Station Manager Ro Grignon had to do some chaos control, later telling TV Guide that the channel remained committed to rock performances:involved in fake street fights and enduring pretend execution if they didn’t want to.

Despite the rocky start, the first episode of In Concert became a big hit for ABC, especially among viewers in their teens, twenties and thirties. The broadcast even beat out The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson among younger demographics. As a result, the network ordered up more installments of In Concert, which continued to air through 1975 (and was resurrected by ABC in the ’90s).

Kirshner left his role with the show in mid-1973 to start a similar program over which he’d have more control (and also a role as host). The syndicated Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert began airing in September 1973 and lasted until 1981. During its run, the program featured a host of big-name


while greeting a line of other senior lawmakers that included both Republicans and Democrats.

Cummings was a fierce opponent at times of President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE and Republican policies, but it is not clear what prompted the moment. Rankin has not spoken about it.

Cummings, who died on Oct. 17, was the first African American to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall on Thursday. McConnell spoke at the Thursday ceremony honoring Cummings.

"By day, the congressman was here in the Capitol working and leading in these hallways of power," McConnell said."But every night, he rode the train back home and walked the neighborhoods, bullhorn in hand, encouraging unity and peace."

Cummings's funeral is Friday in Baltimore. Former Presidents Obama and Clinton are both slated to speak at the funeral for the former House Oversight and Reform Committee chairman.


Volkswagen has been fined one billion euros (RM4.7 billion) over diesel emissions from the company's cars, according to Reuters.

The latest billion-dollar fine follows the car-maker being found guilty for similar offences in the U.S., where VW agreed to pay $US4.3 billion ($A5.7b) to resolve both a criminal and civil charge. "Volkswagen is committed to its responsibility for the diesel crisis and sees this as another important step to its management", it said in a statement.

Volkswagen's diesel emission scandal started back in September 2015, and it's still ongoing today.

In the spiralling scandal, Germany ordered Monday the recall of some 774,000 Daimler vehicles across Europe, citing illegal defeat devices.

This had led to 10.7 million cars "being advertised, sold to customers and placed on the market with an impermissible software function"in the US, Canada and worldwide between mid-2007 and 2015, the company said.

VW shares closed 0.1 percent higher at 159.78 euros.

Palestinians urge UN to condemn Israel over Gaza
While resolutions in the General Assembly are not legally binding, they carry political implication that can spark global action. Over 130 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces during the protests along the border with Gaza that began on March 30.

India vs Afghanistan; Dhawan provides solid start
Afghanistan's confidence stems from the exposure their ace spinners - leggie Rashid Khan and Mujeeb Rehman - have had in the IPL. Though they will be playing their first worldwide Test match, they could still have a meaningful impact on the result.

Arsenal target wants to leave Manchester United
Phlippe Lamboley, the agent of Anthony Martial ,


has confirmed that the forward wishes to leave Manchester United this summer. Martial is under contract for next season and the United also have the option for the 2019-20 season.

"We must plan for interruptions to production in the third quarter", VW chief executive Herbert Diess told workers.

Poetsch, also CEO of VW's majority stakeholder Porsche SE (PSHG_p.DE), is separately being investigated by prosecutors in Stuttgart over the same suspicions.

Hausfeld represents aggrieved VW owners and shareholders on both sides of the Atlantic.

"The Braunschweig public prosecutor issues an administrative order against Volkswagen AG in the context of the diesel crisis and imposes a fine of EUR1 billion on Volkswagen AG", the company said in a statement.

Finance chief Frank Witter will update investors on August 1 on the implications of the finemaximize use of the tank and to minimize the impurities in the crude oil to be refined, cleaning of the tanks is occasionally required, wherein the sludge and sediment are removed by spraying the tank interior surfaces with a highly pressurized liquid. The cleaning liquid most often used is a petroleum-based solvent capable of dissolving the sludge, and is sometimes referred to as "cutter stock". Less often, water is used to achieve a similar, but less effective, result.
Typically, a number of workers will use high pressure hoses inside the tank and spray the cutter stock on the interior surfaces to dislodge the sludge material from the tank, and a pump is placed in a lower sink area or sump in order to suction out all of the mixture


Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan held their first meeting in Brussels on July 11 with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stefan Visconti of France and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America). The meeting was also attended by the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. It lasted for about 4 hours. Report informs, Spokesperson of MFA Hikmat Hajiyev reported.

Prior to this meeting, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs.

He noted that, during the meeting, the negotiation process on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict was comprehensively discussed and the continuation of the existing format of negotiations was noted. Continue Reading

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Bayern Munich are "very worried" by the Franck Ribéry case, the club's chief executive has revealed.

Preliminary proceedings were launched against the French national player for his part in the sex scandal involving underage prostitute Zahia D. (18). The 27-year-old could face up to three years in prison if convicted.

Bayern had not gotten involved in the matter before, indicating that it was a private matter for Ribéry.

But now, however, out of fear of a disproportionately severe sentence, the Bundesliga giants are going on the offensive.

Chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told BILD: "I think this is a politically motivated story because of the French national team’s poor performance at the World Cup. Ribéry is to be made the scapegoat.

"We are very worried over the outcome of the proceedings."

Background: Following France's embarrassingand scandal-hit first round exit in South Africa – which saw Nicolas Anelka sent home after insulting coach Raymond Domenech as well as a player strike – public anger turned on the players.

Even politicians became involved, with President Nicolas Sarkozy meeting star striker Thierry Henry for his side of the story.

Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot slated the team as a being in a "state of ruin, physically, technically and morally”. The squad had reportedly refused to meet her at their World Cup base.

Is politics now putting pressure on the justice system?

Radio station ‘Europe 1’ suspects similar motives as Bayern: “Is Ribéry now paying for the national team? Is the investigating judge a disappointed fan?”

Ribéry was questioned for seven hours on Tuesday. Reports from France suggest he made contradictory statements.

Judge


Yves-André Dando is now investigating possible 'solicitation of a minor prostitute' against Ribéry. He believes the player knew Zahia was only 17 during three meetings.

This is being denied by Zahia as well as Ribéry. Both reported the following dialogue to the authorities to the authorities from a meeting in Munich:

Him: "And how old are you?" Her: "I'm 18."

Ribéry travelled yesterday to South Tyrol for rehabilitation after undergoing an operation on his injured groin. The midfield star is due to report back with Bayern on Sunday.

How is Ribery dealing with the whole fuss? His lawyer Sophie Bottai admitted: "He is upset." The lawyer wants to submit an application for dismissal of proceedings.

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In an exclusive interview, Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery told BILD he "must now overcome this lowindicate there will be continued expansion of government powers in the future.

Lee Fang of The Intercept has a rundown of the new oversight committee members. To no one's surprise, they have ties to government contractors and secretive government agencies.

In January, Jeffrey Shockey became the most powerful staffer on the House Intelligence Committee after Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., named him staff director, the highest ranking staff assignment. Shockey has gone in and out of lobbying and congressional work for over two decades…

Before running for office, Hurd worked in offensive cyberoperations as a CIA officer, joined the Crumpton Group, a private intelligence firm led by a former CIA official, and later helped build a cybersecurity company called FusionX.

Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for


at the head of the brand new House Oversight Committee for technology. How fortuitous.It's not just the NSA and CIA that stand to benefit from appointees who empathize deeply with the work the agencies do, as well as the private companies that help them get it done. The DHS is also honing its synergy by appointing former Chertoff Group senior associate Jena Baker McNeill as Deputy Staff Director for the Senate Homeland Security committee. The Chertoff Group was founded by former DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff. McNeill's appointment keeps DHS control "in the family," so to speak.A lot of entities -- both inside and outside the government -- have grown accustomed to running a well-funded war machine. They're in no hurry to give it up. If the Snowden leaksshould be doing more besides just voting and
walking on pavement ;)

I got involved with this after working with one of the old mayor candidates,
Amara Enyia. The plan was to give her the parking ticket data which would be
used for her campaign. The day we were supposed to meet, two of the candidates
and an ex-senator effectively colluded to get her kicked out of the race by
questioning her signatures. The guy who submitted it was related to Dock Walls
and friends with Ricky Hendon, iirc. Her campaign manager then went to Bob
Fioretti's campaign, where they invited me over, where I gave Fioretti's
campaign manager and Amara's campaign manager the full data. Fioretti's
manager called it "fucking golden"..... I never heard back. A bit later, he
made parking tickets a big part of his campaign.

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Hearts owner Ann Budge speaks exclusively to BBC Scotland's Brian McLauchlin about her first six months in charge of the Edinburgh club, discussing the role of women in football, her long-term plans at Tynecastle - and the need for Scottish football clubs to adopt a "bigger picture" approach to their finances.

Credits:

Reporter - Brian McLauchlin

Camera - John Easton

Producer/director - Martin ConaghanNeolithic houses, and much more, at Stonehenge

An interesting piece in the Guardian by Maev Kennedy 'Neolithic houses built at Stonehenge - but not without modern tools' heralds the opening of the newly constructed Neolithic houses at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. This is part of an English Heritage experimental archaeology project: twenty tonnes of chalk, 5,000 hazel rods and three tonnes of straw used on houses based on 4,500-year-old designs.

'English Heritage has based the four oval houses and a small store room on the foundations of real houses built 4,500 years ago at the nearby settlement of Durrington Walls, where archaeologists believe the people who built the most famous prehistoric monument in the world gathered for seasonal rituals and feasting. The height of the walls and the size of


the roof could be estimated from the size of the foundations, but the roof structure remains guesswork - different techniques of thatch have been used on each house.'

As an exercise in experimental archaeology, it has revealed many unknown facts about building materials and techniques. Because of deadlines for the Stonehenge Visitor Center, however, not all techniques employed were Neolithic! But inside, the walls are daubed, furnished with timber and wicker beds and shelves, clay pots and jars, and a central hearth, the houses reflect a genuine Neolithic dwelling.a weapon. According to allhiphop.com, two 9mm handguns found in a hidden compartment in Jackson’s car were registered to Lil’ Kim.

Though details of the incident are scant, it is believed the shooting followed an argument between 21-year-old Michael Goody and the three men charged. Goody was hit once in the right leg and is currently in a stable condition in Brooklyn Hospital.

It is not the first time Cease has been allegedly involved in a shooting. He was arrested and questioned in February over a shooting outside New York’s Hot 97 club. No charges were brought.


teamster for the mines. He met Johanna Wilkinson, who with her sister, Francis, had set up tents to feed the miners and provide a place for them to sleep. After Harvey and Johanna married in 1887, they constructed Kingman's first hotel, the Hubbs House. It caught fire nine times and burned down three times including the Kingman Fire of 1898. Each time they rebuilt the hotel. The Hubbs House was later sold and with a partner, Harvey then built the Brunswick and Beale Hotels which still stand in Kingman on the site where Johanna first erected her tents. Harvey later served as Mohave County Sheriff and as a county commissioner and treasurer. He co-owned the Mohave Miner newspaper and helped bring about Kingman's first water system. His homeThe oldest person in the world, a 116-year-old woman in New York whose life spanned three centuries, has died, a research group says.

Susannah Mushatt Jones, the last surviving American born in the 19th century, died Thursday night local time in a nursing home in Brooklyn, said Robert Young, director of the GRG Supercentenarian Research and Database Division, which tracks the world's oldest people.

Ms Jones was born on July 6, 1899 in the southern US state of Alabama.

She was the daughter of a cotton picker, one of 10 children born to a poor family.

In 1922, Jones went to New York and worked as a nanny before moving to California in the 1940s, Mr Young said.

She returned to Alabama before finally settling back in New York.

"She liked bacon and eggs,


she liked to sleep a lot, she didn't drink and smoke, she did marry but she didn't have any kids," Mr Young said.

Ms Jones was entered into the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest person in July last year.

In 2005, when she celebrated her 106th birthday, she told New York's housing authority: "I surround myself with love and positive energy. That's the key to long life and happiness."

The world's oldest person is now Emma Morano of Verbania in north-west Italy, who was born November 29, 1899, Mr Young said.

She is the last known person in the world born in the 19th century and as of last year, she was still living alone in her two-room apartment.

Ms Morano credited her long life to being independent, having leftan abusive husband in 1938 and remaining single ever since, the New York Times reported last year.

She also cited a habit of eating two raw eggs and a cooked egg every day.

The world's longest-living person on record was Jeanne Calment of France, who died at 122 years and 164 days in 1997.

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There are several Syria tours operational, however due to political turmoil they may be suspended temporarily. Ask your tour operator as well as Foreign Offices for detailed information on the Syria tourism packages.

Officially known as Syrian Arab Republic, this country lies in the western part of Asia. Some of its neighbouring countries are Lebanon, Iraq, Turkey, Jordan and Israel. It also finds Mediterranean Sea towards its western side. This country has some of the most fertile plains of the region fed by the water of the river Euphrates which runs through it. Apart from this its topography also comprises of mountains as well as desertsaccelerating melt-off from glaciers and especially Earth's ice sheets atop Greenland and Antarctica are driving sea level rise.

'A world of higher seas'

Since 2005, the ocean has risen 2.5 times faster than during the 20th century. The rate at which the waterline rises will quadruple again by 2100 if carbon emissions continue unabated, the report found.

"Regardless of emissions scenarios, we face a world of higher sea levels," said co-author Bruce Glavovic, a professor at Massey University, New Zealand, noting that humanity is concentrated on the world's shorelines.

"It doesn't take a big rise in sea level to lead to catastrophic problems," he added. "Sea level rise is not a slow onset problem -- it's a crisis of extreme weather events."

By 2050, many coastal megacities and small island nations will experience


what were formerly once-a-century weather disasters every year -- even with an aggressive drawdown of greenhouse gas emissions.

And by mid-century, more than a billion people will be living in low-lying areas vulnerable to cyclones, large-scale flooding and other extreme weather events amplified by rising seas.

Hefty price tag

Some cities, such as New York, are planning to spend tens of billions of dollars -- and probably far more -- to shore up their defences.

Indeed, building dikes and levees along with other measures would reduce the risk of flooding caused by sea level rise and storm surges over the next 80 years 100- to 1,000-fold, according to the IPCC report's 42-page Summary for Policy Makers.

But with a heft price tag: up to hundreds of billions of dollars a year.

For many megacitiesthe central student publication of WU-P from 2005 to 2006. Three other editors of the publication became finalists of TOSP. Orlando Zarate Jr., Governor of Nursing Students Organization 2008-2009 was chosen in 2009 as one of the Top Ten Outstanding Nursing Students in the Philippines.

There are at least more than 35 active tertiary-level minor organizations in the university, each acting under the supervision of the Office of Student Affairs (OSA). Some tertiary-level clubs chartered as student arms are the Red Cross Youth (Red Cross Intl.), College-Y (YMCA), JPIA, JFINEX, JATO, JBAP, SaveMe Movement, Every Nation Youth Ministries, Campus Youth Ministry, Service for Peace Club, Solely Indispensable Nursing Arts Guild (SINAG, Foreign/International Students Organization and the International Youth Fellowship (IYF), Kabataang Pangarap ni Rizal (KaPaRiz) among others.  Meanwhile,


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According to this post, during the 1970's North Korea's government had a modernization effort. As part of this, the government mass purchased construction supplies to be used across the country. It's possible that many of these buildings were constructed at this time and in the same style.

Beautiful (Akon song)

"Beautiful" is the third single from Akon's third studio album, Freedom. The song features American pop singer, Colby O'Donis and a rap verse from Canadian rapper, Kardinal Offishall. "Beautiful" was released to radio on January 6, 2009. The song has also been released in other three international versions, with different featured artists replacing both Colby's vocals and Kardinal's rapping: in Portuguese with Brazilian singer Negra Li, in Dutch with Dutch singer Brace, and in Spanglish with Mexican singer Dulce María.

Different versions
The song has also been recorded in three international versions: in Portuguese, with Brazilian singer and actress Negra Li, in Dutch, with Dutch singer Brace, and in Spanglish, with Mexican singer/actress/songwriter Dulce María. The rap from the original was removed, and Colby O'Donis' vocals were also


and $25,000 respectively. The Man of the Match in the final will be $10,000 richer.

Battling for supremacy will be West Berbice, Blairmont, Bermine, Young Warriors, Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets, Port Mourant, Skeldon and Albion.

Guyana Times will profile each team ahead of the highly anticipated competition, which will be played at three venues in the Ancient County, namely, the Skeldon, Port Mourant and Albion grounds. Below is a mini-profile of the Bermine team.

The Bermine Cricket Club like West Berbice over the last five years has most times reached the semi-finals of the first division competitions, but has fallen at this stage to either Albion or Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets.

With one of the youngest teams in Berbice, Bermine is going through a learning curve and isBatman origin story. Explores the death of Bruce's parents, his return to Gotham as a man, and his early trials and errors under the cowl. Introduces several key Batverse characters, including Jim Gordon, his wife Barbara, Sarah Essen, James Gordon Jr, Catwoman, Holly Robinson and Carmine Falcone.

The Man Who Laughs: The definitive Post-Crisis Joker origin story. Events take place immediately after the end of Year One. Also marks the introduction of a vital element of post-Batman Gotham, the Bat-Signal. Since Joker is Batman's most famous nemesis, this story is recommended for new readers as it marks the beginning of their relationship as perpetual adversaries.

Optionally, new readers may also check out the Batman Confidential story Lovers & Madmen. While this is out of continuity as it differs from the


established Joker origin seen in The Man Who Laughs, this story offers fascinating insight into how the Joker's mind works --- as well as being the first chronological appearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane (aka The Scarecrow) and the infamous Arkham Asylum.

The Long Halloween: Considered a classic Batman story, The Long Halloween is a gangster-mystery that introduces characters like Harvey Dent (whose origin as Two-Face is revealed in this story) and Poison Ivy, and deepens ties with existing characters like Catwoman, Jim Gordon and the Falcone crime family.

Dark Victory: A direct sequel to The Long Halloween. Resolves the saga of the Holiday Killer once and for all, and ties up loose plot points from the former story. Most notable for the introduction of Dick Grayson, the first Robin.

Robin: YearOne: The early adventures of Dick Grayson as Robin. Not essential for Batman, but recommended considering Grayson's enduring impact on Bruce over the years.

Batgirl: Year One: The story of how Barbara Gordon took up the cowl as Batman's newest sidekick, Batgirl. As with Robin: Year One, this is not essential for Batman, but recommended nonetheless since it provides a context for several future stories.

Interlude

This section is a break in the chronology. Along with the Joker and Bane, Ra's al Ghul and his daughter Talia are the villains with the most lasting impact on Batman's stories. Recommending introductory reading for Ra's and Talia includes:

Birth of The Demon: The origin of Ra's al Ghul and his enmity with Batman.

Son of The Demon: The evolution of Bruce and Talia's relationship. Talia


becomes pregnant and gives birth to a boy, whom she gives up for adoption without Batman's knowledge. This ending is eventually retconned (more on that later as we return to regular chronology) and the boy grows up to be Damian Wayne.

These two stories provide a foundation for readers to understand the relationship between Batman, Ra's and Talia. Published in Birth of the the Demon tpb along with Bride of the Demon.

Dark Times For The Family

Apologies for the digression. We now return to regular chronology, following Batgirl: Year One.

Nightwing: Year One: Chronicles Dick Grayson's transition from sidekick to independent hero, as he sheds the Robin costume and chooses the name Nightwing. In response to this, Batman finds himself a new Robin: a young car thief in need of directionto the shooting can be viewed in The Batman Chronicles #5.

Following the end of her career as Batgirl, Barbara decided to put her technological skills to good use, becoming one of the DC Universe's most powerful information brokers under the moniker Oracle. She was established in her very own area of the Batverse as the leader of the all-female superteam Birds of Prey (follow the link to the team's series). This team and series also brought characters like Black Canary and Huntress closer to the Batverse.

New Faces

A Lonely Place Of Dying: Following the death of Jason Todd, Batman becomes reckless and throws caution to the winds during his vigilante outings, putting his life in danger unnecessarily. A young boy named Tim Drake grows concerned over Bruce's rash behavior,


and having independently discovered Batman and Nightwing's real identities, tries to persuade Grayson to don the mantle of Robin once more so that Batman will have someone to watch his back. Series of events later, Drake becomes the new Robin.

Tim Drake was the third Robin, and a very popular one at that. Like Nightwing, he had his own solo series: Robin. Readers who find him interesting, feel free to check that book out.

Batman: Sword of Azrael: Introduction of the character Jean-Paul Valley. He becomes a major figure in upcoming stories, so this story is recommended for the sole purpose of familiarizing readers with him.

Vengeance of Bane: One-shot issue that delves into the origin of Bane, his arrival in Gotham, and his reasons for starting a war with Batmanwith Gotham as the prize. The Knightfall Saga begins here, and as such this is recommended reading for a full appreciation of the story about to unfold.

Knightfall Saga

This one's going to take some explaining. Bear with me.

Prelude to Knightfall: In Batman #484-489, Bruce starts to fear he's lost his edge after failing to apprehend Black Mask. He finds it hard to maintain his focus and resolve, and contacts a therapist named Shondra Kinsolving for help. At the same time, he directs Tim Drake to train Jean-Paul Valley in detective work, hoping to make Valley a reliable ally in the war against crime. Against Dr. Kinsolving's advice, Bruce pushes himself further and further, causing his health to deteriorate.

Simultaneously, in Detective Comics #654-656, Bruce's fatigue is underlined more and more


clearly, and it is revealed that he is being closely monitored by Bane.

Knightfall: Bane destroys the walls of Arkham Asylum, freeing all its inmates. The effort required to fight and apprehend all the escapees further drains Bruce, leaving him physically and mentally exhausted once they are all captured and he returns to Wayne Manor. Once he arrives home, he is shocked to discover that Bane has been lying in wait for him, having figured out Batman's true identity by observing Bruce Wayne's body language at a social event. After a brutal beating, Bane lifts Bruce up and shatters the Bat's spine over his knee, leaving him paraplegic. He then proclaims himself to be the new ruler of Gotham, and the notoriety of being The Man Who Broke TheBat allows him to easily assume control of the city's thriving underworld.

While in rehabilitation under Dr. Kinsolving, Bruce asks Jean-Paul Valley to don the cowl and take his place as Batman in order to keep the city safe. Despite Bruce's instructions not to confront Bane, Valley attacks the villain one night and barely escapes with his life. Following this defeat, Jean-Paul's mental state starts to crack (as a result of a deep psychological conditioning called the System), and he becomes paranoid and arrogant. He builds a stronger Batsuit (often referred to by fans as the AzBat suit) and confronts Bane once again; this time, he is able to take advantage of the latter's dependency on Venom, deprive him of it, and beat him to within an inch of


his life. He manages to stop himself from delivering the killing blow, and Bane is taken away to Blackgate Penitentiary. With Bane defeated, Jean-Paul Valley is acknowledged by Tim Drake to be the new Batman.

Knightquest: The Crusade: Events of The Crusade take place at the same time as the events of Knightquest: The Search (below). This story follows Jean-Paul Valley's tenure as Batman. His System conditioning causes his mind to deteriorate further and further as the story progresses. He locks Robin out of the cave, stating that he does not need help from anyone. He becomes progressively more violent and unbalanced, viciously beating criminals to near-death and straining ties with Bruce's allies like Jim Gordon and Catwoman. He redesigns the AzBat suit, adding more bulk and lethal weaponry,and his mental instability reaches its peak when he willingly lets a serial killer called Abattoir fall to his death, dooming a civilian Abattoir had kept hidden in a secret torture chamber. He becomes driven by the desire to be a more efficient and ruthless Batman than Bruce ever was, deeming it to be his sole purpose in life.

Knightquest: The Search: At the same time, Bruce and Alfred journey to England to rescue Jack Drake (Tim's father) and Shondra Kinsolving when they are kidnapped by Shondra's brother, Benedict Asp. When Shondra and Asp engage in a telekinetic battle, the backlash heals Bruce's back, but shatters Shondra's psyche. Bruce reluctantly signs her into a mental institution, and returns to Gotham.

KnightsEnd: Jean-Paul starts to hallucinate that his dead father is


talking to him, commanding him to avenge his murder. Though the murderer was already brought to justice, Valley fixates on a mobster named Penn Selkirk, believing him to be his father's killer.

Bruce returns to Gotham and is initially impressed by the results Valley's approach to crime-stopping has brought, but when Robin informs him of the circumstances surrounding Abattoir's death, he confronts Valley in the Batcave. Valley proclaims Bruce to be a failure, maintains that he is the one true Batman, and orders Bruce to leave the cave and never return. Bruce realizes that it is his responsibility to bring down Jean-Paul, and decides to train under legendary assassin Lady Shiva to renew his skills following his period of invalidity.

His skills renewed, Bruce dons the cowl once again andstarts to build back his confidence. Meanwhile, Jean-Paul hunts down Selkirk, only to find Batman standing in his path. After a pitched battle with Bruce, Dick and Tim, Jean-Paul escapes back to Wayne Manor, only to find Bruce waiting for him there. In a climactic battle, Bruce manages to lure Jean-Paul into a dark, narrow space that forces him to shed his armor, and then finally emerges in front of Valley in a burst of light. The sight of Bruce standing before him in the Batsuit brings Valley to his knees, and he concedes defeat with the words "You are Batman.....you've always been Batman....and I am nothing.....". Bruce tells Jean-Paul that he will not take him to the police since it was his decision to let him don


the cowl, and thus Valley's actions were his responsibility. Valley is grateful and leaves Wayne Manor, wandering the streets of Gotham by himself.

Knightfall Aftermath

The stories of Killer Croc, the Ventriloquist, Ratcatcher an Two-face are concluded in the Prodigal arc, during which Bruce passes the mantle to Dick while he leaves to re-evaluate himself.

Troika tells the true retrun of Bruce Wayne as Batman with all the changes he decided to make to his life.

The tale of Jean-Paul Valley's redemption and return to heroics is told in the Azrael solo series and its follow-up series Azrael: Agent of the Bat.

The loose end of Alfred remaining in England after The Search is resolved in Nightwing: Alfred's Return.

Batman will meet up again with Bane in Batman: Legacy and Batman: Bane.

Dark Times forGotham

Contagion: An Ebola like disease outbreaks in Gotham. Batman tries to save the city from it.

Legacy: With the return of the lethal disease, Batman tries to find its origin that will bring him to the middle east.

Cataclysm: Gotham is the center of a massive earthquake creating chaos in the city.

No Man's Land: After multiple disease outbread, an earthquake and the instalment of chaos, Gotham is temporarly shut down by the government. Batman is trying to maintain order in the isolated city.

New Gotham

It directly follows the events of the No Man's Land crossover when Gotham is being rebuilt from the great Cataclysm.

A Batman storyline written by Greg Rucka.

New Gotham: Evolution: A story about a war between 5 mobs in Gotham City and the introduction of a new drug that


offers immortality.

New Gotham: Officer Down: After Commissioner Jim Gordon is shot, Batman has to employ his skills as the world's greatest detective to discover the true culprit.

Bruce Wayne: Murderer ?: Bruce Wayne is found, in his home, holding the dead body of Vesper Fairchild, an ex-girlfriend. He is put in jail and Gotham is without Batman, while Bruce awaits trial.

Bruce Wayne: Fugitive: Bruce Wayne escapes from prison after being accused of murder. He leaves the name Bruce behind and returns to Gotham as Batman while his friends try to clear his name.

Caught-up by his past

Hush: Bruce re-bounds with a lost childhood friend who happens to now be a renoun surgeon. While a misterious new vilain tries to eliminate Batman by manipulating all of his usual rogue gallerie. Batmanwill get help from Catwoman with whom he will have a love affaire. He will finaly reveal his identity to her.

Under the Hood: This story brings back the long-dead Jason Todd. He returns with rage against Batman and becomes the antihero Red Hood.

Batman & Son: Batman discovers he has a 9 year old son (Damian) with Talia Al Ghul when she decides to drop him on him while fighting the Joker who poisonned his friend Jim Gordon.

Batman against much greater forces

With Batman & Son, Grant Morrison starts a 7 years collaboration with Batman that can be considered as a super-arc.

R.I.P.: The black glove organisation leaded by Dr. Hurt try to distroy everything Batman stands for.

Final Crisis: Dr. Hurt's doing is part of a much larger plan lead by


Darkseid, an evil intergallactic god who intends to control every inhabited planets in the univers. In the final batle Batman tries to elimated Darkseid, with his last evergy, Darkseid unleashes the Omega sanction, sending Batman in travel throught time.

Batle for the cowl: This crosover story tells how the batfamilly and Gotham deals with the presumed deatht of Batman.

Batman and Robin - Batman reborn: Dick Grayson (aka Knightwing) is now Batman and patroling with Daymian.

The Return of Bruce Wayne: As an effect of Darkseid's Omega rai, Batman is sent far in time and jumps from eras to eras up to the present.

Batman Incorporated: Bruce Wayne has come back changed from his travel in time. He reveals that he has been funding the cape crussader in his task. Right afterBatman goes away on a world tour to recruite for his new Batman franchise.

New 52

After the Flashpoint event, every DC heros land on a new univers, with personality and memory alterations.

Born to Kill: It establishes Batman and Robin's position in the New 52.

The Night of the Owls: An organisation as been running Gotham in secrets for years. They want more control and start targeting key figures of Gotham City (such as Bruce Wayne), forcing all of Gotham's heroes to defent the city.

Death of the Family: Batman's arch-enemy, the Joker, is back and plans to destroy all of the people Batman has come to rely on over the years.

Batman Incorporated - Demon Star / Gotham's Most Wanted: Leviathan's sinister mission continues to develop! While someone is trying to kill


Damian. (must read Born to Kill before)

Requiem for Damian: Spinning out of the tragic events of Batman Incorporated.

Zero Year: A re-imagination of Batman's origin in the New 52.

Batman Eternal / Batman & Robin Eternal: Maxi series that explore other aspects of Batman and Gotham.

Hunt for Robin / Robin Rises: Sequels to Requiem for Damian.

Endgame: Following the events of "Death of the Family", the Joker returns to Gotham, determined to destroy Batman and the city once and for all.

Superheavy: After his final battle with the Joker, Batman is presumed dead, and after two months of his absence the Gotham City Police Department and Powers Industries decide the city needs a new Dark Knight, and recruit Commissioner James Gordon to don a robotic Batman suit in an effort to helpthe city.

Robin War: In the abscence of Robin (Damian Wayne), a mouvement "We Are Robin" formed. With Damian back, he will try to put an end to all this "Robin" mess.

Rebirth

After Flashpoint, Wally West, the current Flash at that time got trap in the speed force, and everyone forgot about him and how it was before. In this Rebirth event, Wally tries to escape his trap by reaching on his former friends (the different Justice League members). Bary Allen the current Flash will remember him, enabling Wally to have enaught energy to free himself. Having broken the barrier, every heroes will start to remember the past.

Batman Epilogue: Batman is taken to the future as well as his past, questioning who he is, how he came to be and


what his legacy must be. (Storyline includes Batman Rebirth special)

I am trilogy

A New team in Gotham

The Joker vs. The Riddler

The New team is falling appart

Detective Comics: Deux Ex Machina

Detective Comics: A Lonely Place of Living

Detective Comics: Fall of the Batmen

Detective Comics: Batmen Eternal

Batman is getting maried

Batman #24 - Every Epilogue is a prelude

Batman: The Rules of Engagement

Batman: Bride or Burglar

Batman: The Weding

Batman: Cold Days

The Return of Bane

Batman: The Tyrant Wing

Dark Nights: Metal / Justice League: No Justiceand the U.S. government doesn’t care.

In Kansas, a prank caller placed a fake 911 call (the tactic is referred to as “swatting”) that prompted a SWAT team to open fire on a 28-year-old unarmed man who had been spending a quiet evening at home with his family. The man was shot dead within moments of appearing outside his home, clearly confused to find his home surrounded by police on all sides, guns pointed in his direction, and orders being shouted at him. Thus far, all the blame has rested with the prank caller and little with the cops who shot first and asked questions later.

In New York, a 68-year-old former Marine was shot and killed by police who did a welfare check on him after he accidentally set


off his emergency medical alert device. Although Kenneth Chamberlain insisted he was fine, police refused to leave, eventually kicked open the door, zapping Chamberlain with a stun gun, shooting him with beanbag ammunition and then killing him with a pistol shot. The cops were not charged.

In Arizona, a police officer was acquitted after he shot an unarmed man outside his hotel room while the man cried, begged and pleaded for his life. As the Associated Press reports:

“The shooting occurred in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa after officers ordered Shaver to exit his hotel room, lie face-down in a hallway and refrain from making sudden movements — or risk being shot. Shaver, 26, sobbed as he begged police not to shoot and was ordered to crawl toward officers. AsON THIS DAY: The Sky Blues win the FA Cup!

30 years today since City lifted the Cup at Wembley...

16 May 2017

Mark Hornby

On this day 30 years ago, Coventry City lifted the FA Cup following a thrilling 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley.

The Sky Blues, with John Sillett and George Curtis at the helm, entered their first Final labelled as underdogs against a Spurs team who were regulars at the national stadium in the 80s and had never lost an FA Cup Final.

In front of 98,000 at Wembley, City fell behind almost immediately as Spurs striker Clive Allen headed his 49th goal of the season with just two minutes played.

However, the Sky Blues were a team full of spirit and determination, and levelled quickly with 8 minutes on


the clock. Greg Downs’ cross was flicked on by Keith Houchen and David Bennett pounced, rounding Tottenham keeper Ray Clemence and finishing from just inside the six yard box.

As the first half continued, both sides played the attacking football which became synonymous with the Final. City had a Cyrille Regis goal disallowed and a good chance for Micky Gynn – while Steve Ogrizovic got Sky Blues hearts pumping a little quicker when an adventurous dribble outside his box created two Spurs chances in quick succession.

With half-time approaching, Spurs took the lead. A Glenn Hoddle free-kick fell at the feet of City’s Brian Kilcline and Gary Mabbutt, and it was Spurs’ Mabbutt who diverted the ball fortuitously into the net.

On 62 minutes, the goal that would go into CoventryCity and FA Cup folklore was scored. Striker Keith Houchen picked up the ball just outside the Spurs penalty area, laying the ball wide right to David Bennett. The winger put in a delightful cross into the box, which was met by a diving header from Houchen which flew past Clemence and into the bottom corner.

Chances continued for both sides. Later in the second half City skipper Kilcline was injured making a challenge on Mabbutt, with Graham Rodger replacing him as the Final entered extra time.

It was Rodger’s through ball which released Lloyd McGrath, who had found space on the right wing having done a brilliant marking job on Hoddle for most of the game. Advancing to just inside the box, his low cross hit the knee of


a retreating Mabbutt. The ball deflected off Mabbutt’s knee and nestled into top corner of the Tottenham net.

The Sky Blues had taken a much deserved lead for the first time in the Final in the 95th minute of an energy sapping game. Chances followed for both teams, with the Sky Blues standing strong in defence in the face of a Tottenham onslaught, while creating chances too as the game became stretched as the clock counted down.

Referee Neil Midgley blew the final whistle and Coventry City had won the FA Cup, to unleash huge celebrations at Wembley and back home in Coventry. Brian Kilcline recovered from injury to lead the Sky Blues up the steps of the Royal Box to receive the Cup, and the Sky Blues were skyNews

Why We Are in Afghanistan

At some point that I missed, the New York Times shifted its daily count of the American dead in Iraq to a count of our dead in Afghanistan, now heading toward 800.

In keeping with the grim statistics of the growing war, the Times is also reporting that candidates in the coming election are staking their ground on how to negotiate with the Taliban—which logically portends eventual capitulation (wasn't the whole point of our being there to obliterate the Taliban?). Meanwhile, by apparently universal consensus, everybody in Afghanistan hates President Hamid Karzai—a figure of grand corruption—but is resigned to him getting reelected anyway. Oh yes, and we're putting more American troops on the ground there.

This is a certain sort of news paradigm: Everything is going


Top ten tigers on the big screen

Life of Pi has us thinking about tigers on the big screen. Here's our list of top ten tigers who talk, hop and stalk. Ang Lee's movie adaption of Yann Martel's best-selling novel Life of Pi is one of this year's most anticipated films garnering rave reviews. Cast adrift on the Pacific Ocean, young Pi Patel (Suraj Sharma) learns what it takes to survive in a lifeboat for weeks with an orangutan, a zebra, a hyena and Richard Parker, a 450-pound Bengal tiger who is hungry.60K Honda Vehicles Still Active With Dangerous Takata Air Bags

April 24, 2018—Honda says there are more than 60,000 people still driving vehicles equipped with a specific air bag related to the massive Takata recall, M Live reports.

This detail came out in an exclusive from The Washington Post asking the question why 62,307 people in the U.S. are "still driving around with explosive devices in their cars." The Washington Post article came to this finding while highlighting the story in the death of Jewel Brangman, who was killed 10 years ago in a "relatively minor crash" when her fatal air bag exploded with metal shrapnel and severed her carotid artery.

Brangman's 2001 Honda Civic was a rental car, and was equipped with an air bag that has a 50-50 chance


of exploding with metal shrapnel in crashes, known as "Alphas." The Washington Post reports says they are the most deadly of the air bags in the massive recalls, and that they are typically found in older Honda models.

The Takata recall is already the largest in U.S. automotive history, and has resulted in more than 20 deaths around the world. Across the world, 19 different automakers have recalled around 100 million inflators around the world. In the U.S., the 69 million recalled inflators represents the largest automotive recall in the country's history.Nosocomial infections are infections that are a result of treatment in a hospital or a healthcare service unit. Infections are considered nosocomial if they first appear 48 hours or more after hospital admission or within 30 days after discharge. This type of infection is also known as a hospital-acquired infection (or, in generic terms, healthcare-associated infection). In the United States, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that roughly 1.7 million hospital-associated infections, from all types of microorganism, including bacteria, combined, cause or contribute to 99,000 deaths each year. In Europe, where hospital surveys have been conducted, the category of Gram-negative infections are estimated to account for two-thirds of the 25,000 deaths each year. Nosocomial infections can cause severe pneumonia and infections of the urinary tract, bloodstream


McPherson wraps up 2012 street projects

Tuesday

Nov 20, 2012 at 12:35 PMNov 20, 2012 at 12:38 PM

City officials discussed the progress on street and sewer projects in 2012 at a town hall meeting Monday night.

By Cristina JanneyManaging Editor

City officials discussed the progress on street and sewer projects in 2012 at a town hall meeting Monday night.
A sewer extension for the Veranda project in north McPherson has been completed, and the new streets and storm sewers will be under construction shortly.
A member of the audience asked city officials if allowing a developer to finish buildings before streets and a storm water system is completed will be a new precedence.
Mayor Tom Brown said the city is trying to work with the Veranda developers. He said the developers were trying to getthe outer shells of buildings up before the weather turned bad so interior work could continue through the winter.
Brown said a certificate of occupancy will not be issued until the streets and storm sewer system are completed.
Also under development is the Barnstormer West Field Addition, which will be south of the Calvary Baptist Church.
The sewer extension and street and storm sewer system for the new addition is out for bid, Doug Whitacre, director of public works, told the town hall meeting.
Other 2012 projects have included a resurface of North High Drive, a mill and overlay for Briarwood, Arcadian and North Baer, a Hancock Street reconstruction, and reconstruction of the 1300 block of Eastmoor Drive.
The city will be gearing up for several large street projects in 2013.
The Board of


Public utilities is currently replacing the water main underneath Main Street. The utility wished to finish the project before the city did a mill and overlay project on Main Street from Kansas Avenue to First Street in 2013.
Main Street from Kansas Avenue south to railroad tracks will be Novachiped. This is a thinner layer of asphalt than is used in a mill and overlay project.
Finally, thanks to a sales tax passed during the August primary, the city will let bids on the First Street reconstruction project in spring.
Due in part to heavy truck traffic, the road has severely degraded.
Whitacre said construction on the First Street project will begin after school is out for the summer. The project is estimated to cost $8 million and take a year anda half to complete.
Mausoleum
Wayne Morgan of Oakland Avenue Craftsman Co. gave a final report at the town hall on the McPherson Mausoleum project. The $325,000 project, which began in February, is set to be completed today.
The project on the building, which was built in the 1930s, included repairs to the roof, addition of new storm windows, refinishing of the main doors, and tuck and pointing of the exterior of the building.
In addition, all of the marble facing of the crypts had to be removed to replace black granite at the base of the crypt walls that had cracked.
The heating and air-conditioning system for the mausoleum was replaced to allow the building to be kept at a more consistent temperature and prevent future damage.
The city is planning an open


Road crash in China from 2003 to 2005.
To analyze characteristics and causes of road crash and injuries in China from 2003 to 2005. The data of road crash in 2003-2005 were collected to study the characteristics including total vehicle number, occurrence rates of traffic accidents and serious traffic accidents so as to discuss the causes and characteristics of road crash in China. From 2003 to 2005, the numbers of traffic accidents, injuries and deaths as well as the mortality rates per 100,000 persons and per 10,000 vehicles declined in China. Until 2005, the total number of traffic accidents decreased to 450,000 and deaths to 99,000, with the mortality rate per 10,000 vehicles being 7.6 persons. While the drivers and passengers accounted for 33.2% and 26.6% of death casualtiesCosmetic Surgery Trends Upward

2013 Statistics from the US and UK Document Rise on Both Sides of the Pond

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New data from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) shows that US dermatologic surgeons performed 9.5 million treatments in 2013, up from nearly 8 million in 2012. Skin cancer procedures topped the ASDS list. Dermatologic surgeons performed 3.04 million skin cancer treatments in 2013, up 13 percent from the previous year, which regrettably indicates that skin cancer is also on the rise and hopefully more people are getting diagnoses and treated earlier. This includes nearly 190,000 for the potentially fatal form of skin cancer melanoma, a 27 percent increase from 2012.

Cosmetic procedures were also trending upward, the ASDS reports. Laser, light and energy-based procedures rose by 34 percent


procedures in the UK increased 17 percent on average since 2012. Liposuction popularity soared by 41 percent in the UK. In the US, liposuction seems to have taken a back seat to non-surgical body contouring systems that freeze, melt and remodel fat deposits and are readily available in all corners of the country.

Of note, there was a 13 percent increase in breast augmentation with implants in 2013 in the UK, just two years after the egregious Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP) breast implant scandal rocked Europe. PIP implants were filled with industrial grade silicone, and as a result are widely considered to be more prone to rupture. The scandal had wide-reaching implications for those affected and led to the development of a national registry that tracks every breast implantoperation performed in England. Clearly this setback did not permanently dampen women's enthusiasm for breast enhancement surgery.

"2013 saw the greatest rise in cosmetic surgery since the onset of the recession with double digit percentage increases in all procedures across the board. Patient confidence and also consumer confidence has returned with Britons choosing to spend on procedures with a proven track record such as liposuction which remains the gold standard for body contouring. The rise of cosmetic surgery includes statistics from right across the UK as well as representing the whole spectrum of ages as each of the different procedures are undertaken by a totally different demographic," commented BAAPS President London Plastic Surgeon Rajiv Grover.

He added, "The continued double digit rise of cosmetic surgery underlines the fact that whether


it is breast augmentation or antiaging procedures like facelifting, consumers are choosing tried and tested surgical methods rather than the quick fixes that fail to deliver promised results. The continued increase in male plastic surgery illustrates the popularity of cosmetic surgery amongst men with again a large increase seen in the treatment of "moobs" (man boobs). The BAAPS has recently established the National Institute of Aesthetic Research (NIAR) based at the Royal College of Surgeons to investigate which new treatments really deliver what they say and therefore take the "hocus pocus" out of choosing a cosmetic treatment."

While several other major players have yet to release their annual statistics, it is fair to say that we can expect to see more of the same. 2014 may prove to beexpiry of his seven-year term, was reappointed on 15 March 1950; he was thus not part of the intake of new members.  All their terms lasted to 31 December 1950.

Andrew Henson Allen (1877–1963)
John Southgate Allen (1883–1955) appointed 27 July 1950
Leonard Allen Alexander (1904–1968)
Cheviot Wellington Rangi Dillon Bell (1892–1963) appointed 27 July 1950
Cora Louisa Burrell Mrs (1889–1962)
Allan Richmond Cockerell (1891–1975)
Cyril Hendry Croker (1888–1958) appointed 27 July 1950
Harold Dickie (1874–1954)
Bill Endean (1884–1957)
John Alexander Finlayson (1890–1960)
William Girling (1882–1973)
Ethel Marion Gould Mrs (1895–1992)
Edwin Henry Staples Hamilton (1885–1964)
Francis Patrick Kelly (1883–1977)
Henry Livingstone (1890–1959)
Garnet Hercules Mackley (1883–1986)
Bruce McLeod (1890–1966)
Robert Thomas McMillan (1887–1962)
Hoeroa Marumaru (1890–1952) appointed 27 July 1950
Ossie Mazengarb (1890–1963)
David Murdoch (no bd years)
Āpirana Ngata (1874–1950), died before taking seat, replaced by Marumaru
Alexander Paterson O'Shea (1902–1990)
Hilcote Pitts-Brown (1905–1990)
William Polson (1875–1960) appointed 15


The Norwalk Department of Police Services oversees the city's Animal Control Program. The city employs a dog warden, assistance dog warden, and a kennel keeper, who handle the majority of calls for animal complaints throughout the city, as well as maintain the operation of the city's dog pound on Smith Street. Over 800 calls are handled and 60 arrests made each year (on average) in relation to animal control issues by the animal control officers.

The Animal Control Division enforces local laws pertaining to the keeping of dogs, cats, and other animals. In addition, it supervises dog adoptions when pets are not claimed by their owners. We do not house cats at the shelter.

DirectionsThe Animal Control facility is located at 13 South Smith Street, next to the city's YardBy Nga Pham

BBC News, southern Burma

Many survivors are still lacking assistance, particularly in remote areas It has been three months since Cyclone Nargis struck Burma, leaving 130,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands homeless. On a covert trip to the Irrawaddy Delta region, I found many of the survivors still in need, and the regime still suspicious of foreigners. Recently, the government started letting aid workers in, but foreign tourists and journalists are still not allowed to visit the affected areas. I had been warned by my Burmese colleagues that it would be very difficult to move around Burma, and I had to be aware of the many layers of security designed to keep a close eye on visiting foreign nationals. My plan was to fly to Rangoon,


if he saw any sign of danger at all, we would immediately make our way back. Temporary huts We left Rangoon early in the morning. We took the ferry cross the Yangon river, swollen, dark and muddy with monsoon rains. Along the road down into the Irrawaddy region, houses had been repaired, trees had been cut and replanted, pagodas repainted. Paddy fields were covered in the green of the new crop. However, it was still possible to tell where the cyclone hit, from the pockets of temporary huts scattered across the region. The cyclone struck at night, when we were sleeping - I saw houses collapsing around my house

Naing Win Most of the huts I saw did not have proper roofs but were covered with plastic sheets providedby international agencies. Some of the victims were sitting in the mud. As it is the rainy season, it rains almost daily and vast areas are still flooded. My guide told me that local people have been warned by the authorities not to speak to foreigners and it took us a while to find someone who agreed to have a chat. Mr Naing Win is a farmer whose family lost almost everything in the cyclone. I found him living with his wife and two children in a small hut. "The cyclone struck at night, when we were sleeping," he said. Crops are growing once more in paddy fields, but harvest is some way off "I saw houses collapsing around my house. Then the rain started pouring down through


Pyinya Wanttha. "But it is clearly not enough." Survivors have complained that aid from the government has been scarce. International charities warn that lack of food could affect millions. Limited access to clean water and unhygienic living conditions are other concerns. Thu Ya, a local businessman who runs a private relief campaign in the Irrawaddy Delta, said the victims urgently needed help - particularly those in remote areas. It is monsoon season and they are at risk contracting dangerous illnesses such as malaria, diarrhoea and lung diseases. Military checkpoints The United Nations has urged the Burmese government to assure continued access to remote communities, particularly for international non-governmental organisation partners. International agencies like Save the Children are worried that since the spotlight seems to have turned away fromnot wear a beret, nor does he do much standing in front of a blank canvas with a brush in hand. As a big name in contemporary art, his work involves fabricators, spreadsheets, and a solid knowledge of international tax law. Through his company, Kaikai Kiki, he employs a staggering 350 people. Some work at an animation subdivision in Tokyo; Murakami has always had a passion for cartoons. A few more are based in New York, where large-scale works are assembled on site to avoid customs duties. The majority work in a giant warehouse in Tokyo’s drab outer suburbs. This is Murakami’s studio, but unlike Warhol’s factory, which was almost as famous for its disco parties and recreational drugs as for its silkscreen prints of actor Liz Taylor,


it’s all business. Murakami is famed for his work ethic; Justin Paton, who has visited twice ahead of the AGNSW show, says the studio operates “24/7”. I resist the urge to ask the question I most want answered: what does a contemporary artist actually do all day? One of Murakami's Louis Vuitton bags. Takashi Murakami is sleeping. Erica, a young American minder from the artist’s Tokyo gallery, says he had a late night. At 9am on a Friday in June, his studio is humming. Twenty-something workers dressed in taupe or navy boilersuits are lifting canvases, typing on computers and hovering around half-finished sculptures. Murakami, meanwhile, is in a cardboard box which he keeps in the corner of his office. His best ideas come after dreaming. This might suggestlife has grown more complicated over recent years. Back in 2005, Murakami told The New York Times that he had no time for personal attachments. “I think he is a very lonely person,” said the cultural critic Midori Matsui. Since then, he has married and twice become a father: he has an eight-year-old son and five-year-old daughter. His challenge is to tame his son, who is, in Murakami’s telling, “super-bad”. Recently, Murakami moved his family from Tokyo to an estate outside Kyoto. He was worried about the continued radiation risk in the capital from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, and believes the Japanese government concealed the true extent of the fallout to ensure Tokyo’s 2020 Olympics bid was successful. Ideally, he would move his studio to the countryside,


other. Later, the translator Alfred Birnbaum tells me, “It was only with [British designer] William Morris that the idea of ‘art’ was introduced to Japan as a separate word from craft.” A sculpture from Murakami’s hyper-sexualised “Hiropon” series, one of which sold for $US427,500 at Christie’s in 2002. Credit:Getty Images

Now would be a good time to introduce Murakami’s overarching philosophy of “superflat”. He first coined the term in the year 2000 as a way to link the flat picture planes of nihonga, a traditional Japanese painting style in which he trained, to the eliding of high and low in Japanese culture. For Murakami, the gold-lacquered scenes of butterflies and tea ceremonies from the Edo period (the last gasp of old Japan which ended in 1868) lead directly toMark Mann

EXCLUSIVE: One of the widest-ranging film spec script auctions in years has ended with New Line winning the deal to finance and distribute Don’t Worry Darling, the genre script that Olivia Wilde will direct and star in.

Deadline revealed the auction last week, and it swelled to 18 bidders that included Netflix and monied production companies from Legendary to FilmNation, MGM, Village Roadshow Pictures, Apple and Universal-based Blumhouse. The bids were narrowed to six and then three, and Wilde made the decision to go with New Line, which was aggressive from the start.

Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee and Miri Yoon will produce the film with Wilde and Katie Silberman, who is rewriting the script. Catherine Hardwicke is the exec producer.

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