RIP Richard III

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It took After 530 years, but the late event was full of fanfares, music, poetry, and a special message from the Queen of England.

The proper and official reburial of King Richard III took place at Leicester Cathedral today as it was watched by millions of TV viewers all over the world.

BBC News - Richard III: Leicester Cathedral reburial service for king http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-32052800

Benedict Cumberbatch describing King Richard III's 'surreal' reburial http://bit.ly/1CdBPkt pic.twitter.com/swylqENFwb

CHINA CONTROL

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The Peoples Republic of China blocks access to what it deems as sensitive activities, or controversial commentary. For example, foreign news outlets like DOSE OF NEWS www.doseofnews.com sites like Google www.google.com Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and others are also blocked in China.

These restrictions comprise the world's largest and most effective government censorship program. They call it Golden Shield, but this old and outdated practice has gone too far.

AMERICAN TRAITOR?

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The US Military has thrown the book at an Army sergeant who abandoned his post in Afghanistan and was then held by the Taliban for five years, The Army will court martial Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on charges of desertion and avoiding military service. He will also be charged with misbehavior before the enemy.

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl charged with desertion http://upi.com/4218161

Platoon mate has ‘mixed feelings’ about Bergdahl’s desertion charges http://to.pbs.org/1GVFkx6 via @NewsHour

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Will Be Charged With Desertion, Lawyer Says http://n.pr/15IPoMw

Customer Service Outreach

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How many times have you heard the dreaded variations of the following message? You are very important to us...

However, we truly appreciate you and really want to hear from all of you about our content and your experiences. Go ahead and tell us what you think, and please identify yourself as 'good' customers, or could be 'better' customers if you did the following....

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Missing Weapons of Destructiion

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Where do we go from here? The US Defense Department says it can't track $500 million worth of weapons given to Yemen, while Al Qaeda and Iranian-backed groups fight to control that country, following its collapse and during US support. Yeman is soon turning into NOMEN as far as the US military is concerned.

BBC News - Yemen crisis: Who is fighting whom? http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29319423

The number of US enemies continues to grow. In Yemen, Houthis, ISIS and Al Qaeda are the worse of all eveils and gunning for Americans.

Alps Mystery Flight Kills 150

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Search crews have retrieved the badly damaged black box and cockpit recorder, which are considered usable. The two-minute span when the pilot of the German aircraft lost contact will be key clues into the cause of the tragedy.

Search teams probe wreckage of jet in French Alps http://reut.rs/1EPKI4H via @reuters

Germanwings cancels flight as pilots refuse to fly http://f24.my/1HDQQAz

French interior minister: Can't rule out terrorism, but it's not most likely explanation of #Germanwings crash. http://cnn.it/1HD48NP

RS: Rendezvous with Sabrina

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There is good news and there is not so good news. First the not so good news is that it took me 2 hours to travel 20 miles in NYC traffic today. Crosstown traffic was the usual mess and driving downtown was dreadful.

Now the good news. This was a very special meeting with someone even more special than I could have hoped for. She was in town for a few high caliber meetings with some very important people, the least of which was me.

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Online Writing Group

Winter may be stubbornly hanging in there, but believe it or not, Spring has sprung and Summer is right around the corner. Do you have a desire to write those cold wrongs?

We've decided to host a writing group on our blog... As with any writing group, the goal here is to use mild social pressure to help our writing process along. All we need is a blog. CITY IMAGES.

We're asking all participants to introduce themselves, and to lay out what they enjoy writing about and what they hope to get accomplished? Write below, or e-mail to admin@cimages.me

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