| New York comptroller challenges O'Charleys
The administrator of a New York pension fund wants to change how Nashville's O'Charley's Inc. is governed, after years of disappointing financial performance. New York City's comptroller, William Thompson, submitted a shareholder proposal to elect each member of the O'Charley's board annually, instead of the current staggered three-year terms. .
Woza update - women stripped, some missing and still detained
It has been confirmed that 82 members are in custody in Bulawayo this evening following arrests after protests at ZESA offices. Others arrested were released this afternoon. Four mothers with babies were released into their lawyers custody and are required to report back to Bulawayo Central tomorrow morning. 28 are being held at Bulawayo Central, 10 at Sauerstown, 34 at Queens Park and 10 at Mzilikazi. Disturbing reports have emerged that the 18 members who were being held at Luveve Police Station were made to strip naked, spending the whole day in a state of undress. When two members of the WOZA support team attempted to bring food into the group, they too were arrested. One of these young girls, aged 18, was tortured by Detective Assistant Inspector Tshuma and Sergeant George Levison Ngwenya of CID Law and Order.
Saving a piece of the painted past
Prisoners of war captured by the Allied troops during World War II brought little with them to the internment camp here.Three of them left a gift -- 16 large murals of western scenes, likely drawn from portrayals of movies and books about the Wild West.Now, one small building is all that remains of what was once a small city across the North Platte River from this town. Inside the stucco-covered walls of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows building -- once the officers' club of a World War II prisoner of war camp -- are 16 murals depicting Western scenes of legend n cowboys taking up arms at a frontier fort, outlaws shooting up a storm inside a saloon, buffalo grazing on golden meadows. Painted between 1943 and 1944 by Italian prisoners housed at the camp, the murals are among a few scattered historic treasures of that time.
Google Map of GTA IV's Liberty City
The gang over at Games Radar, who apparently have way too much time on their hands, have Google Mapped GTA IV's Liberty City to try and get an idea of just how big it'll actually be. First we used Google Maps editing kit and dropped in all the known locations that have been seen in the trailer. Then we added the Liberty City/NYC boroughs revealed by the Game Informer preview. Finally we drew a boundary around certain geographical locations that we can imagine serving as useful boundary points in the game - sea, major roads and the JFK airport for example. A pretty creative idea, I must admit, but seems like a long way to go just to figure out if the game will be bigger or smaller than previous entries in the series. Anyway, go ahead and check out the map. GTA IV Gets Google Mapped [Games Radar] .
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