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Not sure what this plant is. Offered it as a donation to my yard. Would like to adopt but want to know more about it's needs (sun, water, max height/pruning, bird food?). It is now about 12 feet tall, has been cut back in the past. It has multiple thin trunks, about 2" in diameter. It now (October) has red berries turning to black. And I am told that the blooms were white. Any help appreciated.
Large shrub, white blossoms, NC
Could be a viburnum but if dmail shots to DG member viburnumvalley he will tell you for sure. Or if it is somehing else he will most likely know its ID. Patti
is it a gardenia, or camellia? i'll take picks of mine
Definitely not a gardenia or camellia. Leaves on those two are shiney and dont have that wrinkled? look.
Patti (bbrookrd) - who is so accurate she quotes herself - has hit the nail on the head.
AND - I demand more images of the whole (intact) plant, instead of only snippets. This plant deserves no less.
That is certainly a Viburnum (note opposite foliage, clasped leaf buds, exposed/naked terminal flower buds). It most favors Viburnum rhytidophyllum, but it might also be Viburnum x rhytidophylloides. More images should ascertain that answer.
I have my doubts about a successful transplant of a plant that has been cut back in the past and is now 12 feet tall with 2" caliper stems. You are welcome to take heroic efforts, but in Raleigh NC you could buy this as a 5 gallon pot or maybe a 48" balled and burlapped specimen, and it would grow to that 12 foot size in a few short years.
I think you'd be hard pressed to get sufficient roots while transplanting that large a shrub, and all you'd do is watch it die back a lot and produce new basal suckers trying to regenerate. BUT - I also appreciate the prospect of "a free plant." At least it's a Viburnum...can't have too many.
You accurately caught me trying to edit my text as in the first one the word, "you" is missing. so it didn't make sense. I had intended to just edit in in sito, but I some how got a second post. But I should get some credit for at least assuming it was a Viburnum.
I need to move a couple of small ones this week. Viburnum plicatum f. tom. 'Weeping Magic' & Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Conoy & maybe Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum Summer Snowflake
which is blooming now. Odd? Sorry to hijack this thread, but I knew you would pop up to solve all Vib ?. Patti
answer from bbrokd was appreciated (twice) and also hardy confirmation from ViburnumValley. I will post full size pics soon - the donor site is distant. Hmmm, buying a plant - hadn't thought of that in the last ten years I have been collecting hundreds of orphans and bringing them home ;) You might be onto something.. Nah, that would be too easy - it is a labor of love :)
Question: the target spot I have picked out is a border/privacy berm - which has my side sunny and the neighbor side deep shade. Ligustrum, Cryptomeria Japonica, and various hollies are doing okay there. Will the viburnum like it?
You should be fine to move small Viburnums this time of year (cool, moist weather). I'd make sure that the plants are turgid before you dig, and then keep them moist till dormancy.
As far as the location chosen for the big Leatherleaf: some sun will be just peachy for this plant.
"I have to trim about 3 ft off of it each year to keep it down"
Sounds like it was planted in the wrong spot. That is a lot of pruning!
Diana, Yes maybe, but I am trying to keep it bushy and it wants to grow up. Probably because it is in mostly shade. It shoots up branches after the first bloom in the spring, I don't have a problem with trimming it back below the eye level of our deck. It seems to be filling out better now.
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The 50th Anniversary Shelby American tour, which got rolling a couple of months before Carroll Shelby's death, concluded last week at the Barrett-Jackson collector car event in Las Vegas.
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Shelby, a Texan who grew up in Dallas and went on to international acclaim as a racer in the 1950s, died May 10 in Dallas following a lengthy illness. He was 89.
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Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
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The Marquess of Clanricarde, 1847.
|Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
|In office
1 December 1830 – 16 July 1834
|William IV
|Prime Minister
|The Earl Grey
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|The Earl of Macclesfield
|Succeeded by
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|Ambassador to Russia
|In office
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|Postmaster General
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|Prime Minister
|Lord John Russell
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|The Earl of St Germans
|Succeeded by
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|Lord Privy Seal
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Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde KP, PC (20 December 1802 – 10 April 1874), styled Lord Dunkellin until 1808 and known as The Earl of Clanricarde between 1808 and 1825, was a British Whig politician.
Background and education[edit]
Born at Belmont, Hampshire, Clanricarde was the son of General John de Burgh, 13th Earl of Clanricarde, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Thomas Burke, 1st Baronet. Henry de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, was his uncle. He succeeded in the earldom in July 1808 at the age of five, on the death of his father. He was educated at Eton.[1]
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In 1825, at the age of 24, Clanricarde was created Marquess of Clanricarde in the Peerage of Ireland,[2] a revival of the title which had become extinct on his uncle's death in 1797. The following year he was made Baron Somerhill, of Somerhill in the County of Kent, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom,[3] which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords. In January 1826 he was appointed Joint Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (alongside Lord Howard de Walden) by the Earl of Liverpool, a post he held until August of the same year. In 1830 he joined the Whig government of Lord Grey as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords[citation needed]), which he remained until 1834.[1] He was sworn of the Privy Council in December 1830.[4]
Between 1838 and 1840 Lord Clanricarde was Ambassador to Russia. In 1846 he was appointed Postmaster General, with a seat in the cabinet, by Lord John Russell, an office he retained until the government fell in 1852. He held his last ministerial post when he was briefly Lord Privy Seal under Lord Palmerston for a few weeks in February 1858. Apart from his political career he was also Lord-Lieutenant of County Galway between 1831 and 1874.[1] In 1831 he was made a Knight of the Order of St Patrick.[5]
Lord Clanricarde married the Hon. Harriet Canning (13 April 1804 – 8 January 1876), daughter of Prime Minister George Canning, on 4 April 1825 at Gloucester Lodge in Brompton. The couple had seven children:
- Lady Elizabeth Joanna de Burgh (22 February 1826 – 26 February 1854); married Henry Lascelles, 4th Earl of Harewood
- Ulick Canning de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin (12 July 1827 – 16 August 1867)
- Lady Emily Charlotte de Burgh (19 October 1828 – 10 October 1912); married Richard Boyle, 9th Earl of Cork
- Lady Catherine de Burgh (c. 1830 – 8 April 1895)
- Lady Margaret Anne de Burgh (c. 1831 – 31 March 1888); married Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Baron Allendale
- Hubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde (30 November 1832 – 12 April 1916)
- Lady Harriet Augusta de Burgh (c. 1834 – 18 January 1901)
Lord Clanricarde died at Stratton Street, Piccadilly, London, in April 1874, aged 71, and was succeeded in the marquessate by his second but only surviving son, Hubert. The Marchioness of Clanricarde died in January 1876, aged 71.[1]
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- ^ a b c d thepeerage.com Sir Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
- ^ "No. 18182". The London Gazette. 8 October 1825. p. 1813.
- ^ "No. 18259". The London Gazette. 17 June 1826. p. 1478.
- ^ "No. 18753". The London Gazette. 3 December 1830. p. 2537.
- ^ "No. 18863". The London Gazette. 21 October 1831. p. 2167.
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The Pedro Menendez football team has already made progress by earning its first District 5-3A win this year. Now it's looking for the next step.
The Falcons (3-5, 1-3 in 5-3A) will be at home tonight against Bradford (3-5, 1-3 in 5-3A) looking for a second district victory.
"They are pumped up and ready to play another district game," Menendez coach Dwaine Fisher said of his team.
Menendez is coming off a difficult stretch in which it played No. 1 St. Augustine and county rival and playoff contender Bartram Trail.
And while Bradford has not played at the level of those two teams, Fisher said his squad can't take this game lightly.
"Everybody we play is good," he said. "You can't sit back and take it easy."
The Tornadoes struggled in losses to St. Augustine and Bartram, but they have been able to move the ball at times.
In a 27-24 win at Nease on Sept. 20, Bradford rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit.
That's the kind of effort Fisher wants to see out of his team. He was happy with the way the Falcons continued to play hard last week in a 35-7 loss to Bartram.
"The guys didn't quit," he said. "They stayed in there."
Menendez would like to get more big plays out of its offense. Last week, Darnell Morgan caught a 45-yard touchdown pass from Mickey Gilyard.
However, the Falcons were held to just 152 total yards by a stout Bartram defense.
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Football practice opportunities for children in primary five, six and seven are set to increase after the Scottish FA opened up two new 2020 Development Centres in the region.
Banks o Dee Astroturf in Aberdeen and the Garioch Centre in Inverurie are now running the programme.
The centres are the link between the grassroots game and elite performance.
Along with professional clubs, players are selected from across the non-professional game to take part in specialised, two-hour training sessions over a 36 week period.
The aim is to have these players enter the Scottish FA's Performance School programme when they reach secondary school.
The addition of the two new centres means there are now six centres operating in the North region. To view a map of all the centres, click HERE.
Ritchie Wilson, the Scottish FA community development manager who oversees the programme, said: "I'm delighted we have opened these two extra centres in the region.
"The project is part of the Association's Performance Strategy and, working in partnership with both grassroots and senior clubs, provides an additional training opportunity for young players to develop their potential.
"Moving into its second year of operation, the project has so far been well received by clubs, players, coaches and parents from the football community and with almost 1000 players now involved in the initiative, there is real potential to develop and support the next generation of Scottish future talent."
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To judge by the more than 30 narrative features, documentaries and television shows selected for this years Los Angeles Israel Film Festival, Israeli cinema turns ever more inward from the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians to focus on the tiny states rapid shift from its early consensual idealism to the vibrantly fragmented mess characteristic of pluralistic societies everywhere. With that in mind, its easy to see why writer-director Shemi Zarhins Aviva My Love, which opens this years festival, was Israels biggest domestic hit in 2006. The titular heroine (played by the admirably understated Assi Levy) is a hotel cook and fledgling writer in the predominantly Sephardic northern town of Tiberias. She is introduced to a famous writer who promises to nurture her career, then exploits her, exacerbating her own insecurities and bringing to a head simmering tensions in her family. This funny, moving and sharply written family drama not only honors Israels large but cinematically neglected community of North African Jews, but confers on them a psychological and artistic life independent of their underdog status. A far guiltier pleasure set among Israels Egyptian-Jewish population, Dina Zvi-Riklis Three Mothers is an enjoyably over-the-top soap opera about triplet sisters, prematurely deprived of their mother, who grow up to be more loyal siblings than they are parents or spouses. Felix Gerchikovs absorbing Children of CCCP frames the plight of disaffected Russian immigrant youth in a drama about a bunch of ill-assorted street kids efforts to form a soccer team, while Yuval Shaffermans sophisticated Things Behind the Sun channels Jules Feiffer in a drama about the internal warfare of an upper-class, emotionally strangled family. Also playing is Israels candidate for the Oscars, Dror Shauls Sweet Mud, a sullen drama of kibbutz life with a chip on its shoulder so large one wonders how the movie managed to carry off this years world cinema Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Noteworthy among the documentaries is Joel Blasberg and Arnie Pelts searing Withdrawal From Gaza, about the planned Israeli withdrawal from parts of the occupied territories that pitted Jewish settlers against leftists committed to returning Israel to its pre-1967 borders. Israels actress diva Gila Almagor and Sony Pictures honcho Amy Pascal will be honored with special achievement awards. (Sunset 5, Town Center 5, Fallbrook 7 and other local venues; March 7-22. www.israelfilmfestival.com.)
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We're back again to pick your brain for questions for DC Executive Editor Dan DiDio. The last round stuck the proverbial stick in the hornet's nest when it came to Batman R.I.P., and so it's once again time for 20 more questions.
Like last time, we're looking for 20 good questions that cover things that DiDio can answer: things touching upon storylines, creative teams, scheduling and the characters. Like last time, we're looking for questions that you'd ask DiDio at a convention panel – the stuff that's been bugging you. And having spoken with DiDio himself about it, he's ready and willing to tackle the tough stuff – just please, please – be polite in the asking.
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If you have a thriving landscaping business, franchising is an avenue worth checking out to expand your brand,and make more money.
But before you make the leap, you'll need to do some homework.
Jeff Sturgis, president of Florida-based Franchise System Advisors, which works with franchise companies nationwide, says there are three key areas that you need to address when it comes to franchising their business:
Legal – "There are strict FTC guidelines as to how a franchisor must document their franchise offering," Sturgis says. "In addition, various states have additional regulations that must be followed before a company can begin offering franchises in their state.
"In addition to the legal template that must be followed, there are operational and strategic decisions that must be made that have to then be addressed in the franchise disclosure document. That includes how much will the franchise fee cost, how much is payable in royalties and how to determine territory size."
Focus on operations. You'll need to have a solid system of training and tracking the performance of your lawn care franchisees. "To successfully franchise your business, someone must have a proven and documented system of operations, an ability to train franchisees on this system and people to help franchisees follow the systems," Sturgis says.
Know the details. For a development strategy, Sturgis warns there are numerous considerations to mull over. And that means asking yourself some tough questions, and not rolling out your own lawn and landscaping franchise business before you get good answers to them.
"Where will you grow your franchise – local, regional, or national? Who is the ideal buyer for your business? What is the role of the franchisee? What are the key selling points of your franchise opportunity?
"How and where will you market/advertise the opportunity and what is the process you will use to engage and screen people who inquire about your franchise? Only when you have thought about and addressed all of these issues will you be able to successfully franchise your business," he says.
Set good goals. Richard D. Yelton, a certified public accountant and a practice leader at Windham Brannon, an Atlanta-based tax and accounting firm, says that lawn care franchisers need to establish some achievable goals, as well.
"The decision as to whether or not to become a lawn care franchisor depends upon the goals of expansion," he says. "If the overall goal of expansion is merely to create a strong local presence, then franchising may not be the right path. However, if the goal is to create a regional or even national network, then the franchising model may work well."
Make a plan. Once that decision on expansion is made, Yelton says, it's time to develop a strong business plan.
"Keep in mind that a business plan for a franchisor looks much different than a business plan for solely an operating company," Yelton says. "The business plan may also address how the company will transition from an operating company to a franchisor."
The business plan will also help in determining how quickly a franchiser wants to expand – just not too fast.
"Franchisors that attempt to sell as many franchises as possible, and as quickly as possible, often do not have the long-term success compared to those franchisors that grow at a more manageable rate attracting quality franchisees," he says.
Find your money. The next major item on the to-do list is to secure sufficient funding. "Often start-up franchisors underestimate the capital needed to embark in franchising," Yelton says.
"Capital is needed for brand development, trademarks, professional fees, marketing, regulatory compliance, training, and management personnel.
"Start-up franchisors should consider getting involved with local or national franchise groups and associations that could provide valuable resources and support," he says.
In the end, you'll want to convince entrepreneurs that they'll earn a good return on investment by franchising with you.
Do that, and you'll get a great head start on growing your business and expanding your brand via franchising.
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After revisiting Brandon's big meltdown that we were subjected to last week, the Favorites take turns bashing his memory. Phillip is genuinely perplexed about why Brandon hates him. Corrine compares Brandon to "Mel Gibson or any other crazy person." But everyone is happy that Brandon's gone, leaving just one crazy person — Phillip — left in the tribe.
Phillip announces he's done with Brandon, and now it's time to move on to another of his top secret stealth operations, getting rid of Corrine.
Meanwhile, over at the Fans camp, they read tree mail about an upcoming reward challenge. Reynold says he's giving up on trying to play a social game. He's just going to eat rice and save his energy for the challenges. Nothing is going to happen to change anything, he says. Cue the horns of foreshadowing.
As they meet for the challenge, Jeff Probst decides they need to talk about what happened the last time they met. The Fans say they felt sorry for the Favorites, but they're feeling pretty good. The Favorites say life is much better without Brandon. Probst concludes that both sides are feeling a lot of unity. Well guess what. Things are switching up. Probst gives everyone an egg, which they must smash on themselves revealing orange or purple paint.
The new Gota tribe is Reynold, Eddie, Brenda, Malcolm, Andrea, Sherri and Eric; Bikal is Phillip, Corrine, Cochran, Michael, Matt, Dawn and Julia. The tribes are even again, and they each get a new bag of rice. Probst sends them on their way back to their camps.
At the new Gota camp, Reynold tells the new tribe members that he and Eddie are sort of gods, but that Sherri has been trying to vote them off since day two. Eric thinks Reynold sounds like a used-car salesman. Meanwhile, Sherri is telling Brenda and Andrea that Reynold is a snake who had an idol and is looking for another one. Malcolm and Andrea are pretty happy because with Eddie, Reynold and Sherri gunning for each other, they have nothing to worry about.
At Bikal, Corrine likes her new tribemate, Michael, mostly because he's gay, but she's planning to stick with her alliance. Meanwhile, Phillip tells Julia the only way she'll survive in the game is to join his secret agent alliance. He then reports back to Corrine, who doesn't think they need to flip anyone. She tells Dawn about Phillip's general un-federal agent behavior and Dawn says Phillip can't be left alone. Corrine wonders if the country is in such bad shape because of federal agents like Phillip. We'd wonder, too, if we believed Phillip was ever a federal agent. He may have been an agent of the federal government, but that doesn't make him a federal agent.
Immunity challenge
Day 16 and it looks like we're going to see the challenge that we were supposed to see last week. It involves two tribe members at a time rolling six giant crates to the start line and then stacking them on a raised platform to build a staircase that spells out "Fans vs. Favorites." First to do so wins immunity.
Gota takes an early lead and get all of their crates back first. Phillip somehow ends up going out three times, including two back-to-back trips, which he complains about. Bikal seems to spend all of their time arguing about what to do and Julia tries to help, but when they mess up, everyone blames her. Gota wins before Bikal gets even one crate in place.
With the Bikal tribe back in camp, Phillips give a speech about how sometimes the better team wins. They tried their best, so no one should hold their heads low. Rah, rah, rah.
Corrine says Phillip is the most annoying player ever, like sitting next to a crying baby on an airplane, and the baby has diarrhea. Now that's annoying. But she has to keep him because he'll never turn on her. Do we hear horns? Only distant ones.
Meanwhile, Phillip is going sort of Godfather on Matt and Michael, telling them that sometime, somewhere, someone will approach them and give them a task to do and they should do it unless Phillip tells them not to. There are two secret leaders, Phillip being one of them. He set up that way in case something happens to one of them, Stealth R Us could continue. Matt does a credible job of not laughing in his face.
Michael and Matt then talk to Julia, who wants to vote off Dawn. Michael wants to vote off Julia. Cochran would like to vote off Julia, too, but he's worried about Michael and Matt being so close.
Then Stealth R Us meet and Cochran tells them his idea of voting off Matt, which Dawn is on board with. Phillip and Corrine aren't convinced, though. Phillip wants to vote off "a girl" and Corrine thinks Julia is boring and has a nasally voice, plus she likes Matt. Oh what to do, what to do.
Tribal council
It becomes clear that it's still Fans against Favorites on the Bikal tribe. Michael says it's 100 percent sure that one of them will be going home. Corrine says she likes Michael because she likes to play with a gay man — say what? Phillip says what's important to him is loyalty and trust, and whether they will do what he tells them to do at the merge. My gosh, he is the Godfather.
But now it's time to vote. We see that Julia votes for Dawn, and Matt and Michael vote for Julia. No hidden immunity idol gets played and Probst reads the ballots. Julia, Matt and Dawn all get votes, but in the end, the seventh person voted out is Matt. Aw, he and his amazing beard head off to Loser Lodge.
Next time: Phillip talks the talk, but can't keep up; Malcolm is giddy with the belief that he's about to take over the game.


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The pro-Romney Drudge Report welcomes Mitt Romney to tonight's southern primaries.
What do voters know?
Obama takes on Palin takes on Obama.
Game Change drew 2.1 million viewers.
Rush Limbaugh says he isn't finished.
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Black On Black Racism: The Effects Of Slavery
It seems that with the election of the country's first black president Barack Obama that America would be turning the corner on racism in general. However this is not the case. Why? It seem that quite honestly, we (black Americans have issues of our on that has not been addressed. Black On Black Racism which is much more challenging to address. Some B.O.B racist are not even aware that they have a self image problem as a result of slavery , a mental disorder that is a psychological effect of slavery that impairs the minds of blacks. A sort of mental slavery have kept blacks in bondage well after the chains have been broken. The results of BOB racism can be detected in black neighborhood deterioration and the lack of support of black businesses by blacks. " If it's Black It's Wack "
So as we can see the white racist more easily , it is the BOB racist that is often over looked. BOB racist are even more dangerous than white racist. The question is… How do a black person sue another black person who violated their civil rights because of the color of their skin? Often time litigation of BOB racism cases are dismissed or never even argued. In a recent phenomenon many conservatives are identifying BOB racists to push their conservative agendas. In a recent News telecast Charles made headline news when his poor self image problem became headline news after saving the Ohio kidnaping victims : he said: " I knew something was wrong when a pretty girl ran into a black man's arms. Something is wrong something is really wrong"
For his bravery Charles Ramsey received McDonalds for life but for the black community it was a subtle diss heard around the world. The fact that he said "black man" meant if he were a different color he would be more accepted. The chances are great that Charles is a BOB racist and may not even know it.
Politically BOB racist are common for conservatives. Every year conservatives bring a new BOB racist to push their political agendas that will in effect have negative consequences for blacks.
Supreme court judge Clarence Thomas a BOB racist from a small town in Georgia comes from a humble background. He knew what it was like to be cold and to be hungry. He grew up in the small African-American community of Pin Point, Georgia. However Thomas vote against allowing former death row inmate John Thompson — who was wrongly accused and convicted — to sue and collect for spending 18 years behind bars, 14 of them on death row. Thomas also voted to strike down affirmative action and the civil rights voting bill.
The judge elected to replace civil right activist Thurgood Marshall had this to say about his voting record:
"Perhaps some are confused because they have stereotypes of how blacks should be and I respectfully decline, as I did in my youth, to sacrifice who I am for who they think I should be."
Clarence Thomas and Wife Virginia Lamp
SEE ALSO:The Psychological Effects of Slavery and Colonization on the Negro
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text: quote:Originally posted by UncleVicSad news to report, the Little Mexico Cafe on Grand Rapids West Side has burned down. The West Side has 2, well had 2, decent authentic Mexican food places, now we're down one. Hopefully they'll rebuild.The cafe has always been popular for its neighborhood bar atmosphere, good food, original art work and murals painted by artist Bill Bouwsema to represent the Aztec Indian civilization and Morales' heritage.For a time, it was a popular place for dignitaries to visit.Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, dinned with a local family at Little Mexico while campaigning in Grand Rapids in October 2000.And former President Gerald R. Ford, Gov. Jennifer Granholm and singer Willie Nelson were also counted as customers.GR Press Article: http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/09/little_mexico_cafe_a_total_los.htmlEarlier Article: http://www.mlive.com/grpress/news/index.ssf/2008/09/grand_rapids_firefighters_batt.htmlVideo:http://video.woodtv.com/?video_id=13972http://video.woodtv.com/?video_id=13975http://video.woodtv.com/?video_id=13978


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Yeah, but the ones in Gothic world are more interesting for some reason. I think:
- they are quirky in mannerism and speech.
- they speak in fragments that seem like you're catching parts of a conversation. In Oblivion it feels like they try for the speech to actually make sense - which actually makes it feel more like nonsense to me.


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Fertig, Michael
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Fertig, Michael
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- found: First- and second-generation migrants in Germany, 2001: t.p. (Michael Fertig)
- found: Google search, April 19, 2006 (Michael Fertig; Ph.D. in economics at University of Heidelberg in 2002; research interests include applied econometrics in the field of international migration, the economics of education and program evaluation, with a particular emphasis on active labor market policy; he joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in November 2000 and became a Research Fellow in December 2002)
- found: Author's WWW home page, Jan. 4, 2008: cv (Michael Fertig; b. Oct. 20, 1970)
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this picture is from a train station just outside of tokyo, japan. as we were getting on the escalator i noticed this poster. i know that the trains in japan are pretty notorious for this kind of behaviour, but i didn't realize they had cordoned off sections of the station where it is condoned. what a weird poster.
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" Genre: Fiction / Author: Louise Bagshawe / Paperback / 544 Pages / Book is published 2009-08-20 by Headline Review "
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For a long time, I have really enjoyed books by both Bagshawe sisters but Louise Bagshawe's stories really do have the power to keep me captivated through to the end. Once I have read the story and if it's a while since I've read one, then I strangely find myself reluctant to pick up another, as I always imagine that It was a bit of a fluke that I like her books; that really the next one will be poor and I will have wasted my time.
For this reason, "Passion" has sat on my bookshelf for a couple of months now ( a long time in my world where If I have a book that is unread, it doesn't take me long before I've picked it up and devoured it!) and once again, I cannot for the life of me think why I left it so long as once again, I enjoyed every word of it.
For those not initiated, Louise Bagshawe's books are like the crème de la crème of that horrid term "chick lit" - I usually cannot stand the sappy girl next door type and rarely read these, but Bagshawe's heroines are all these sappy girls but times ten - prettier, brainier and most of all, ballsy. She takes the general romantic storylines of those normal generic chick lit books, mixes it with a bit of sex and spice from writers such as Jackie Collins, and adds a modern twist.
This book is no different, although Bagshawe has made a departure slightly from the usual storylines and has taken the reader to a more dangerous situation, and not only that, there is a strong male lead as well in this book which makes a refreshing change.
Book Summary...
Will Hyde and Melissa Elmett were too young to marry so young, so it was no surprise when the marriage ended, Melissa breaking Wills heart. Little surprise then that Will channelled that anger and hurt into carving a very successful career for himself and is now world famous and crazily rich - and with a beautiful fiancé in tow.
In contrast, Melissa is stuck as a professor at Oxford with a fiancé that she doesn't love - as her only passion has always been Will and she still regrets the day she chose her family and their snobbishness over her one true love.
Neither of them expect to see each other again, but years later, Wills training saves Melissa's life when he realises she is a target in an assassination plot that is trying to cover up something that Melissa's father had discovered.
Soon they are on the run - will they survive and will their passion for each other ignite?
So as you can see from the book summary, this story has all the elements to make it a racy, exciting and romantic book, and as always, I feel that Bagshawe has delivered. At first, I worried if she would be able to pull such a story off, especially when I realised that unlike the rest of her books where the woman is usually slightly downtrodden but ultimately successful and determined, this one was about a man who was already successful whilst the woman that was left behind was poor and unhappy. Luckily, both characters are developed fully and my opinion of Melissa especially, changed within the first quarter of the book.
At first, I wasn't really inspired by her; portrayed as a poor and "mousy" teacher, she didn't seem to have any spark at all and even when Will contacts her to warn her, I was almost disappointed by her lack of personality. However, this was a good set up for the character and only served to depict how downtrodden she had become and how, buried for all this time, she is a feisty and intelligent character that could give Will a run for his money.
Like all of Bagshawe's men, Will is a man that epitomises the ideal man for most readers; attractive, smart, successful, romantic, strong, rich...yes of course you have to suspend belief and as the story takes off in a completely unbelievable tale, it only gets worse, but these books are just pure escapism, and who better to escape with than a character as charming, sexy and strong as Will Hyde? He isn't without flaws, arrogance being one of them, but this doesn't last long - just long enough to make me feel like this man could be real after all!
What you can also guarantee in Bagshawe's books is that there is a nemesis that the protagonist is usually trying to beat throughout life and usually it is someone that the character has met and has had a fight etc with. In "Passion", the enemy is in actual fact someone that neither Will nor Melissa has had with contact with before. Going along with the change of tact in her storyline, Bagshawe has created an interesting enemy in the form of a icy, cold hearted hit woman.
Lola was an interesting character for me, she was always someone to despise but also there were times when I almost felt sorry for her. Although not as interesting as the main characters and obviously not the main focus, I did enjoy reading her sections of the book, how feisty she was, how determined but also how cold and calculating she could be. I loved the way Bagshawe built her up to be this ice queen but after a while there was a chink in her armour which made her really compelling.
Writing and Storyline...
Bagshawe has a way with words like no other, and I don't really mean that her writing is powerful or anything like that its just that she can tell a good story and knows how to make it interesting, captivating and un-put-downable. Her writing is direct and to the point but becomes fanciful when discussing the riches of the characters themselves. I love reading about what the characters are wearing, rich surroundings of hotel rooms and the appearance of the characters . She manages to go into delicious detail of these materialistic things and these descriptions can really be quite beautiful.
As it stands as a book, her strength is in her direct way of telling a story, at no point did the story drag, did I tire of a character or want to skip a scene, all of the story is written carefully with the ideal reader in mind, and the book was finished within days of reading it.
It's been described as "James Bond" for girls, and I can kind of see where that idea has come from; there is that chase, Will has a past as a spy and the characters are constantly trying to stay on top of the "baddies". This book does try to give another dimension to the traditional romantic storyline that appears in every book in this genre, and although it is obviously not going to live up to the thriller and action packed books that make their money from this kind of storyline, I still think she successfully gives this a damn good try and it does add a little extra bit of excitement to the story!
I hadn't read a Louise Bagshawe book for a few years when I was given Passion by my best mate. I started reading Louise Bagshawe books when I was in my early twenties as they were a bit raunchy! My best mate really raved over this book, so I couldn't wait to get started on this book. I was a bit apprehensive when I saw how thick the book was, with 530 pages. Unless a book is impossible to put down, I struggle to get through a book a week at the moment with my little man running me ragged. I need not have worried - from the moment I started reading passion I knew it would be a book I'd struggle to put down!
Will Hyde and professor's daughter Melissa Elmet were childhood sweethearts at Oxford university. The Elmet's never believed that orphan Will was good enough for Melissa, and forces her to annul their marriage breaking Will's heart in the process. Will flees from Oxford and joins the army, before being recruited by MI6.
Now over a decade has passed - Will is a millionaire banker living in New York with a model girlfriend, while Melissa is a professor at Oxford barely scraping by. When there are four high society murders all linked to a project Melissa's father was working on, Will suspects Melissa will be the next target, but will put it all on the line for the girl who broke his heart.....
Melissa is not a typical heroine for a Louise Bagshawe book - she is studious, almost frumpy and on the verge of becoming a spinster. However underneath she is very gutsy and likeable, and you really see her character develop as the story progresses. She does seem to take a bit of a back seat to Will, who really is the star of the book. It makes a change to have a man as the lead character of a chick lit book who is not a single dad, or love torn. Will is every girls dream, well mine anyway, as he is rugged, handsome, tough, a bit complex and loaded - what girl wouldn't want to be rescued by him!! I also liked the character of Lola, the assassin - she was well written and a contrasting hard to Melissa's softness. Most chick lit books have a bad guy or girl, but Lola takes bad to the next level....
Passion is billed as James bond for girls, and that is an accurate description! I wouldn't be surprised if this was made into a film. The narrative is in the third person, and Louise Bagshawe's descriptive style of writing means I could see the story unfolding in my head - a sure sign of a good book for me. It takes you on a rollercoaster ride from start to finish, and although it is not as saucy as some of her earlier novels, that really doesn't matter. The book is packed with intrigue, murder and of course passion, and despite being quite a thick book I couldn't put it down, and cracked through it in 2 evenings. This book makes a refreshing change to the romantic chick lit I have been reading lately, and I would recommend it to anyone! Definitely the best book I have read for a while!
Paperback 530 pages by Headline Review. £4.44 on Amazon.co.uk
Melissa Elmet and William Hyde fell madly in love when they were teenagers and end up marrying in secret. However Melissa's family get involved and the marriage ends up being annulled and the pair never see each other again. Melissa now lives the life of an academic whereas Will is now a billionaire. Their worlds are incredibly far apart but they're thrown back together when Will, an ex-MI6 agent, notices a link between recent killings and fears Melissa is next. The pair end up on the run as Lola, a beautiful female assassin, chases them all over the world in hot pursuit.
Louise Bagshawe is an incredibly talented writer and I loved Sparkles when I read it a few years ago. Her books have always been quite complex but as her writing has developed her books have gotten more and more complex and Passion is, undoubtedly, her most complex yet. The book is billed as James Bond for girls and that's an accurate description.
Passion begins by introducing us to Dimitri who has hired Lola, an assassin, to take out four people. It's a very intriguing start to the book. We then go back to the past and see how Melissa and Will first met and fell in love before, ultimately, ending up being separated. We then come back to the present and see how the heartbreak has affected both Melissa and Will. The difference between the two is apparant and quite surprising: Melissa is now a shy, academic whereas Will is now a billionaire banker. The killings start quite quickly and after many years apart Will and Melissa are now thrown back together again, on the run from a very determined assassin.
As Melissa and Will try to outwit Lola the chase is indeed on. The book takes in many places around the world as they all try to find or outwit each other and the book is incredibly fast paced. The plot is ultimately the chase between Melissa, Will and Lola and it goes on throughout the book, pretty much from the first page until the last. Will being an ex-MI6 agent provides an extra twist to the book because it means he knows what Lola is trying to do so he can try and outwit her that way. Both Will and Lola are incredibly clever which makes for compulsive reading. Of course it wouldn't be a Bagshawe book without romance and Will and Melissa fight their feelings for each other throughout the book.
The characters are all well-thought out and I liked seeing Melissa change from a shy, retiring academic into someone thinking like an assassin as she learns what it's like trying to evade Lola and being constantly on the run and fearing for your life. At first Melissa didn't seem to be a very strong character but as her life was threatened she became stronger as the book progressed. Will was a fantastic lead male character; yes he's an ex-MI6 agent but I could tell he really cared for Melissa and only wanted the best for her. He may have done a lot of bad things when he was part of the MI6 but after leaving that life, it was like it was a part of him he put away. He didn't forget about it but that was a part of life he felt he needed to do and when he was done, he was done. I actually liked Lola, which surprised me, as she's hardly likeable. But the thing is she knew what her targets were and went after them like a woman possessed. She was incredibly fierce and hugely determined and I liked that in her. Melissa, Will and Lola are the three main characters but there are lots more behind the scenes who have orchestrated the whole thing.
Passion is told in the third person and flicks from Melissa's point of view, Will's point of view and Lola's point of view as well as those involved in the bigger picture. I found it very easy to keep up with all of the changes of view and I loved switching from one character to the next. I wasn't a huge fan of those involved in the bigger picture - those people who were the reasons Lola is chasing Melissa - but it helped make a rounder picture of the whole story. The reasons why Lola is chasing Melissa are quite complicated but Bagshawe explains it all well, and I did eventually make sense of it all. It was a very clever plot and I thought the chasing between the three main characters was very compulsive. Because it was told in the third person we could see just how close/far Lola was from Melissa and Will and I had no idea how the book was going to end.
The book is a huge blockbuster of a book. My trade paperback has 472 pages but the fun never stops so the pages just whizz by. I started it this morning and didn't expect to finish it as I saw how large it was. I whizzed through it though and ended up rushing head-first towards the end. It was a hugely satisfying read and I can't wait for Louise's next book as she's a fantastic storyteller.


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Dallas Mavericks' Shawn Marion on Washington Wizards PG John Wall: He's a one-man fast break
Wizards at Mavericks
7:30 p.m. today. TV: FSSW Radio: KESN-FM (103.3), KFLC-AM (1270 in Spanish)
Scouting the Wizards
They are 2-4, coming off a 106-105 overtime loss Sunday at Oklahoma City despite a career-high 34 points by Bradley Beal. … Beal, a second-year shooting guard, and third-year-point guard John Wall comprise one of the NBA's most dynamic young backcourts. Shawn Marion called Wall "a one-man fast break." Rick Carlisle said there might be a couple of NBA players as fast, but none faster, adding, "End to end, you wouldn't put much wear on the stopwatch." . . . Beal and Wall, however, are each shooting 38.9 percent from the field. … Washington's starters — Beal, Wall, Nene, Trevor Ariza and Marcin Gortat — average between 13.5 points (Gortat) and 21 points (Beal). … Carlisle called the Wizards a team on the rise, adding, "They've got a bunch of young guys that have been getting … beat for a long time, and they've stepped up their game a lot." . . . Washington is coached by Randy Wittman, an assistant under Quinn Bucker in Dallas in 1993-94.
Scouting the Mavericks
They are coming off a three-game road trip in which they went 1-2. … Dallas is 1-3 on the road, 3-0 at home. … The Mavericks have won six straight meetings against Washington and 17 of the last 22, but coach Rick Carlisle warns that the Mavericks won't be able to match Washington's athleticism. "We've got to win games on grit and guts. … We've got good athletes, but if you lined us up with these guys [the Wizards] in Speedos, it'd be a wipeout if it was based on that." … Dallas will play at Washington again on New Year's Day. … The Mavericks are second in the NBA in scoring (107 points per game), thanks in no small part to a 30.1-point first-quarter average. … After Tuesday's game, Dallas is off until Friday's game at Miami, followed by a Saturday game at Orlando.


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Testing For Kids In Idaho Panhandle's Silver Valley Encouraged
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — The Panhandle Health District in northern Idaho is offering incentives...
Category: Religious News
Libya Christians
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian Christians who recently were released by Libyan militias say they were tortured while in custody.
Two of them told of being rounded up in a market by gunmen who checked their right wrists for tattoos of crosses.
They're among scores of Egyptian Christians who were detained by Libyan militias in the eastern city of Benghazi for alleged proselytizing. One died in custody and his family says he was tortured.
The first word that dozens of Egyptian Christians had been detained spread after a video clip surfaced last month showing a Libyan militiaman in uniform holding a group of Christian Egyptians.
The video showed Bibles and Christian books next to the detainees. It surfaced only few days after authorities announced the arrest of an Egyptian, South Korean, South African and Swede, who had an American passport, for allegedly spreading Christianity.


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Majesco CFO Announces Resignation
Majesco's Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, John Gross has announced that he will be leaving the company. Majesco says via press release that their current Senior VP, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer Michael Vesey will serve as temporary CFO when Gross leaves, effective August 20, 2010.
CEO Jesse Sutton said, "John has provided strong financial leadership to the company for the last five years, effectively managing the balance sheet, reducing operating costs and helping guide us towards improved profitability. He's done a great job representing the Company and we thank him for his service. Mike has worked closely with John and will have an easy transition to his role as Interim CFO."
Currently, Majesco is in danger of being delisted from the NASDAQ stock exchange. They received the warning back in March, and they have until August the 30th to hold their stock above $1 for at least 10 consecutive trading days. As of the time of this writing their stock closed at about 68 cents a share. If delisted, Majesco will lose their awesome NASDAQ symbol: "COOL." That would probably make them very unhappy.
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BUSINESS FORUM: THE DETROIT NEWSPAPER WARS; Competition Is Now Up to the Courts
By STEPHEN R. BARNETT; Stephen R. Barnett is a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley.
Published: October 23, 1988
The future of daily newspaper competition will be at stake next Friday. That is when a Federal appeals court in Washington hears arguments concerning a plan to create the nation's biggest business combination of newspapers in the same city.
The case focuses on the proposed joint operating agreement between The Detroit News and The Detroit Free Press, owned respectively by the Gannett Company and Knight-Ridder Inc., the nation's largest and next-largest newspaper chains. The plan was approved in August by outgoing Attorney General Edwin Meese 3d. Challenged by a hastily formed coalition called Michigan Citizens for an Independent Press, the deal has been blocked by the appeals court until it decides if Mr. Meese's action was legal.
Mr. Meese ruled The Free Press a ''failing'' newspaper under the 1970 Newspaper Preservation Act, which seeks to preserve independent editorial voices by letting two newspapers merge their business operations if one paper otherwise would disappear. Such joint operating agreements exist in 21 cities. They probably have kept some papers alive, but the harm they do is greater. They raise advertising and circulation rates to monopoly levels, dampen journalistic competition, hurt suburban and weekly papers, and confer on the publishers monopoly profits.
Beyond that, the act may kill even the papers it's supposed to save. After using a joint operation to strip one paper of its business and production capacities and competitive strength, the two publishers may decide they can make more money by killing that paper and sharing a single-paper monopoly. Such a scheme rubbed out The St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Last week the same fate was proposed for The Miami News - a proposal made jointly by The News's owner, Cox Enterprises, and its partner in the Miami agreement, Knight-Ridder.
Whatever one thinks of the failing paper concept, the Detroit deal would give ''failure'' a new meaning. The Detroit agreement not only would be the biggest yet - The News and Free Press are both among the nation's top 10 dailies - but the ''failing'' Free Press has fought the News to a draw. Gannett and Knight-Ridder in fact negotiated over which paper they would call ''failing.'' They further recognized the competitive parity by agreeing to split equally profits from their joint operations.
But The Free Press has been losing a lot of money (some $70 million, pretax, from 1980 to 1987), and the News almost as much. Why? Because they have been waging an all-out price war making Detroit about the most underpriced newspaper market in the country. It is a war planned, on both sides, with an eye on a joint operating agreement. A Knight-Ridder five-year plan in 1983 said the company's objective in Detroit was an acceptable joint agreement. Before buying The News in 1986, Ganett held talks with Knight-Ridder about an agreement. An internal document showed that while keeping prices low the companies discussed their ''economic window of opportunity - if both papers become marginally profitable, no joint agreement.''
On this evidence, the administrative law judge hearing the case saw no real ''failure.'' Both papers were seeking dominance and taking big losses, he said, ''in the belief that failure too had its reward.'' Take away the reward for failure and both would have to rethink their strategies, since neither could vanquish the other and the alternative was endless red ink for both.
Having lost on the law before the judge, Gannett and Knight-Ridder sought non-legal ways to win before the Attorney General. They began a lobbying and public relations campaign, had the Knight-Ridder board vote to close The Free Press if the agreement was not approved, used this threat to scare off opposition in Detroit and bought off the unions opposing the pact.
Mr. Meese indeed approved the joint operating agreement, saying he accepted the judge's factual findings but reached the opposite conclusion. The Free Press was failing, he said, because its losses could not be reversed ''unilaterally,'' and because The News was ahead in the market and was ''committed'' to its ''depressed pricing practices.''
The chief issues before the appeals court Friday are whether Mr. Meese was arbitrary and capricious in concluding, despite the judge's findings, that The Free Press's losses would continue if the operating plan was denied and that the losses were not caused by a desire to obtain a joint agreement.
If Mr. Meese's ruling is upheld, it points to the end of daily newspaper competition in the 20-plus cities that still have competing dailies. Publishers there need only do what Gannett and Knight-Ridder did in Detroit: slash their prices and take several years of losses. Either the rival paper folds or the owners can cash in their losses for shared monopoly profits.
Gannett is already applying this strategy in Little Rock, Ark. Six days after Mr. Meese's ruling, with the Detroit agreement apparently in the bag (the Michigan Citizens filed their unexpected lawsuit two days later), Gannett's Arkansas Gazette reduced its subscription price by more than half. ''We're investing money now; we're not in a profit mode,'' the Gazette's publisher told The Wall Street Journal.
Apart from its impact on newspaper competition, Mr. Meese's Detroit ruling highlights the threat to democratic and free-press values that results from giving a high political official the power to make decisions worth so much to newspaper publishers. Combined annual profits under the Detroit agreement are estimated at $177 million after five years - and the pact runs initially for 100 years.
That kind of money can buy a journalistic soul and it may have bought Knight-Ridder's. Members and friends of that often-admired news organization have watched in dismay as the news pages of The Free Press were commandeered for the publisher's public relations campaign to influence Mr. Meese and as editorial cartoons critical of Mr. Meese were banned.
The Federal appeals court lacks jurisdiction over journalistic principles. The court's Detroit ruling is likely to determine, though, whether Congress's newspaper preservation plan has any limits short of destroying what's left of daily newspaper competition in our cities.


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Robbie's Farrell label closes
Robbie Williams's foray into fashion has come to an end with his label Farrell closing.
The singer launched the menswear firm in 2011, which he named after the surname of his sharp-dressed grandfather.
He has also worn clothes from his collection in photoshoots and on stage, including his performance for last year's Diamond Jubilee celebration in front of Buckingham Palace.
But the company - together with a pop-up shop in London's Covent Garden - ceased trading on Monday, according to a statement.
Items from his range, which was overseen by Ben Dickens, a former design director at Burberry, were stocked at Selfridges and House of Fraser stores.
Williams expressed his thanks for the support of the retail industry and added: " I have also been fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with the talented Ben Dickens and will miss creating and working with him and wish him every luck for the future."


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HUNTS VALLEY, Md. CoverGirl cosmetics has confirmed that Ellen DeGeneres is its newest face, marking the first beauty campaign for the comedienne and Emmy award winning talk show host.
DeGeneres will be the focus of new advertisements beginning in January.
"Ellen is the quintessential CoverGirl. She is smart, confident, natural and beautiful from the inside out. Her beauty and down-to-earth personality fit perfectly with what CoverGirl represents," stated Esi Eggleston Bracey, vice president and general manager for global cosmetics at Procter & Gamble Beauty.


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Hi there Mateys! You make think that this older posts are kind of boring and with the need of more information but, TODAY its going to be different. As you know this is my major assignment post so I will make it a little bit more special. Today I'm going to tell you the… wait for it MOST awesome pirate adventure ever and I'm not telling this because this story is about a legend known all over the seas. Im going to talk you about a female pirate that personally I would like to have few characteristics that she had. Her name is Mary Read was born in England and raised as a boy so that her widowed mother could get money from her husband's parents.
About the age of 12, Mary served as a "footman" for a Lady. Later she joined the Flemish army and fought as an infantryman. No one knew the soldier was a woman until her heart got the better of her. She fell in love with a fellow soldier, who at first was alarmed at the advances of this "man." She finally revealed herself to be a woman and the soldier became enamored of her. At the end of the conflict, they revealed their secret to their fellow soldiers. The unit gave them a lavish wedding and chipped in to buy them a tavern near Breda, The Netherlands.
Alas, happiness was not to last and Mary's husband died of an illness soon after. Having nothing better to do with herself, Mary donned her male disguise and went to sea on a ship to the West Indies. As was common in that time pirates captured the vessel and pressed the captured crew into pirate life. Mary apparently took to the life of piracy very well. She was said to "Swear and Shoot as well as any Mann." She fell in love with a sailor — who apparently didn't return her affections. When the sailor offended another pirate and was challenged to a duel, Mary created an offense with the pirate that also demanded a duel — only she scheduled their face-off a half-hour before her would-be lover's. Then she promptly killed the man, thus saving her love interest. He was less than grateful.
As luck would have it, the ship Mary boarded belonged to "Calico Jack" Rakam. Aboard this vessel was the only other woman pirate of the Caribbean,Ann Bonny. Bonny, although she was openly living with Calico Jack, was attracted to one of the new crew and made her interests know to the "fellow," who revealed "himself" to be Mary Read. There are some historians who believe there may have been a sexual relationship between the two.
Simonds, Jacqueline Church. "Women Pirates." Beagle Bay, Inc. - Books That Enlighten, Empower and Inform. 23 Mar. 2009. Web. 06 Sept. 2011. <http://www.beaglebay.com/women_pirates.html>.


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Girls BB coaches may be charged this week
The Lake Park-Audubon School Board accepted the resignation of girls basketball head coach Andrew Schwan and assistant coach Darrin Myhre on Thursday.
They both resigned from teaching, coaching and other positions at LP-A following allegations of impropriety with players during a tournament in St. Cloud.
Schwan taught social studies and Myhre taught business education. The district will advertise to fill those vacancies.
The St. Cloud Police Department is investigating the allegations. No charges have been filed, according to the Stearns County Court Administrator's Office.
A police spokesman said he expects the case to go to the Stearns County Attorney's Office late this week for review of probable cause and a decision on whether to file criminal charges.
"You as board members seem to get only bits and pieces of information," Superintendent Dale Hogie told the board. "But you get everything I can share."
Within a matter of hours after the allegations surfaced, the two coaches were placed on paid administrative leave, pending an investigation by the school district and the police, Hogie said.
Even though the two resigned, the district will continue its investigation, gathering information for the Minnesota Board of teaching and the district's insurance company.
Newspaper news
After some debate, the board agreed to stop producing The Raider newsletter, which cost the district about $100 a month.
Instead, it will provide a $200-per-month stipend to a new free-distribution monthly newspaper, the Lakes Country Connection. It distributes 3,200 copies to residents of the Lake Park-Audubon School District.
Most school board members said they liked the look of the newspaper, but only wanted to kick in $200 a month as long as it remains free-distribution.
The Becker County Record lost a lot of its reach in the school district when it switched to paid distribution, said school board member Dale Hogie, and school board members were concerned the same would happen to the new newspaper if it switches to paid circulation.
The newspaper does sell subscriptions and seeks to publish twice-monthly and then weekly eventually, according to a note to readers from Editor Marc Ness.
The new paper is produced with the help of the Hawley Herald, and School Board Member Vicky Grondahl said staff members there were pressuring the district to drop Detroit Lakes Newspapers as the official school newspaper for legal notices.
"That's not going to happen," at this point, she said.
School Board Member Bryan Anderson said he didn't mind dropping the Raider newsletter, but wasn't wild about donating to the new newspaper.
"I have a problem with giving out $200 a month to a private business. If they keep putting out a good product, they'll get the advertising (they need to succeed) and they'll cover the school news anyway."
Hogie explained that the $200 figure was a compromise. The newspaper wanted official newspaper status, or in lieu of that, a $650 monthly donation.
"We thought that was excessive," he said.
But the district wants to support the new newspaper.
"We're getting color photos and more notoriety than with the Raider," he said.
"I see this as an opportunity to really support the school district with additional coverage."
School Board Member Jeff Swetland said he believes that, with the monthly donation, the new newspaper should distribute school district election inserts and similar informative pieces for free.
The district is free to quit making the monthly donation at any time, pointed out School Board Member Rick Ellsworth.
"As long as we have the ability to opt out if we see anything really detrimental, I see no problem with it," he said.


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KHL Week of Hockey Stars 2018: Surprises in store
Tight at the top. November 11 round-up
A week of returns - KHL week in review
Koshechkin, Kulyash, Kuzmenko and Petunin. Players of the Week
Battling CSKA edges Neftekhimik, Westerlund gets a boost. November 19
Kovi grabs a hat-trick, Spartak climbs to eighth. November 18 round-up
Skille banned for 2 games
More pressure on Salavat Yulaev, another shut-out for CSKA. November 17
To mark the end of the twenty-third week's play of the Championship and the final week of the regular season, the Kontinental Hockey League has named the best players of the week in four categorie:
Sekac wins single-handed. Top Ten Goals, Saves and Hits of Week 5 (video) 27 September 2017, 12:00
Skille's sixth sense. Top Ten Goals, Saves and Hits of Week 4 (video) 20 September 2017, 12:03
Tryamkin's tribute to Yakushev. Top Ten Goals, Saves and Hits of Week 3 13 September 2017, 12:15
Larsen unstoppable; Koshechkin unbeatable. Top Ten Goals, Saves and Hits 5 September 2017, 18:28
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Surveillance camera footage from Checkers burger drive-thru on Brown Road in Orion Township shows a huge explosion Tuesday morning. Restaurant owner Valerie Latshaw and Orion Twp. Fire Chief John Pender talk about it.
Aerial footage provided by the Oakland County Sheriffs Office shows a huge crater at the site of an underground gas line explosion, which happened around 11 p.m. Monday night.
A large gas fire could be seen on the border of Orion Twp. and Auburn Hills.
Patrick Beal, CEO, Detroit Training Center, and Ed Houchen, instructor, Detroit Training Center, speak about the tiny house being built by students at the Detroit Training Center.
Detroit Police are hoping to locating two male suspects wanted in connection to a non-fatal shooting that occurred on the city's west side.
Thousands attend the 14th Annual Detroit Tree Lighting.
Fr. Larry Webber talks about the beatification Mass for Fr. Solanus Casey, Detroit's beloved Capuchin friar, at Ford Field Saturday, November 18, 2017.
Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron talks about Fr. Solanus Casey and how his beatification is a call to us to follow his example of generosity, faith and helping one another.
Officers get into an altercation with each other during a raid of a suspected drug house.
Detroit police department seeks assistance in identifying and locating two male suspects involved in break in on Sept. 14.
- Security camera captures gas line explosion in Orion Township
- Video: Aerial footage of gas blast damage
- Gas fire near Brown Road in Oakland County
- Students learn skills to build a tiny house
- Shooting victim robbed near Palmer Park
- 14th Annual Detroit Tree Lighting
- Fr. Larry Webber on the beatification of Fr. Solanus Casey
- Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron on Father Solanus Casey
- Detroit Police officers fight each other
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Adopt a Trail
Do you love the outdoors? Are you good at organizing things? Do you enjoy meeting new people? Do you like plants and flowers? Are you already an active user of the PATH greenway trails? If so, PATH needs you! We are looking for people who want to adopt a section of trail.
The PATH Adopt-a-Trail program is an informal agreement whereby citizens, organizations and local businesses can support PATH by augmenting the maintenance programs with special care.
Adoptive "parents" are asked to:
- Visit the trail at least once a week during the season to remove litter and report maintenance or other problems.
- Trim around signs, fence posts, etc., after mowings.
- Clear trail of large debris such as limbs, rocks, etc.
- Make a one year committment to your section of trail.
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Volunteering for PATH can be a fun activity for the whole family. Seniors and students are welcome. Ask your spouse or a friend to help out, too!
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One million houses per year by govt is possible – Architect Ezekiel
The new housing policy by the Federal Government to encourage the growth of a profitable mortgage system and planned construction of 1 million houses per annum has been described as a possible projection if all stakeholders come on board.
This was confirmed by the Chairman, Ministerial Sub-Committee on Low-Income Housing, Architect Nya-Etok Ezekiel on Sunrise, where he enjoined the private sector, state and local government to all come on board and make the project a collective success.
The Architect who was a participant at the last retreat on housing organised by President Goodluck Jonathan, revealed that a mortgage company with an initial capital base of N5billion will soon be launched to provide mortgages at affordable interest rates.
According to him, "there are currently just about 20,000 mortgages in the country right now and the company will create about 200,000 mortgages at affordable interest rate in the next two years."
The company – Mortgage Re-Financing Company (MRC)-he noted is expected to be launched by mid-2013.
The building experts also revealed plans by the federal government to harness funds from financial accounts that have been dormant for ten years and above, into a pool fund that will be utilised to create social homes at single-digit interest rate.
Enterprise Estate
Another guest on the program, Mr Wale Bamiro, a Development Consultant, decried the nation's mortgage system saying "what obtains in Nigeria is Home Loans and not Mortgages because paying interest rate at 16-20 percent is not mortgage."
He however revealed an indigenous mortgage plan which will incorporate low income earners and probably jobless people to become part of a mortgage system that will provide employment through the construction of the buildings.
Architect Ezekiel noted that further information on the coming overhaul of the nation's mortgage system can be gotten on www.socialhousingnigeria.com


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Unanswered: Vanishing Menu and Tool Bars
I have a strangish XP problem (Though it may not be XP's fault.
Here goes:
I run Kazaa on XP Pro. and have used Ad-Aware to remove all the Brilliant spyware and adware. I've indtalled the dummy cd_clint.dll in the Winows/System directory and Kazza runs fine with no ads and seemlingly with the spyware removed.
Now, the only problem is; since that moment - when I double click an XP folder , any folder, the window opens, but minus the menu or tool bars. I've checked folder options and everything seems to be alright, but no bars.
If I open XP Explorer, the window opens with the menu bar and all the tool bars, as does any folder I click from explorer. But if I close explorer and open a folder, I get the same problem, no bars........... Can't work this out at all myself........
Anyone out there with any ideas?
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I dont think its a problem with the KaZaA thingie but its just a common XP error and I have it aswell
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I have it too!
To all concerned with this problem:
It seems that I have this problem too. I have XP installed in a dual-boot OS setup (multiFAT, using SC7). Although I do have Kazaa installed under 98se, it is NOT installed under XP Pro. Nonetheless, when I open up an Explorer window, OR an Internet Explorer window, the menu bar, with "File", "Edit", etc. is gone! Now, I use PowerDesk in XP, so that helps, but those are kind of handy in the IE. Perhaps if I upgraded it, but I still want to find out more about the current service pack first.
If this is a common error, a few good Copernic searches have failed to turn up mention of it anywhere else on the entire web. Nonetheless, three people have it here. I have a hypothesis as to how it might come about. Perhaps it stems from one of those websites that pops up a window without the menu bar. Then, perhaps someone either coded it wrong, or XP somehow set that as the default behavior. I don't even know the code for that, much less how to turn off a global disable. Another possibility is that when I was editing some of the system policies, I accidentally turned it off. I don't see an entry like that again, tho.
Anyway, it seems to be an issue that affects XP generally, and three ppl here have it. The solution, if it is on the 'Net at all, is nowhere in evidence. Does anybody have a fix?


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For most of us, there's no more dysfunctional relationship in our lives than the one we have with self-help books that purport to tell us the secrets to relationships. We know they're silly, full of crap, and oftentimes detrimental (hi, Why Men Love Bitches!), but the human heart is a confusing place. And when we get lost, where do we go? To those blasted books. Maybe they'll be different this time, we rationalize. Maybe the next one will tell me the ultimate secret to love and everlasting happiness.
Well, probably not. But as a longtime lover/hater of such books, I've become a bit of a connoisseur. And I can tell you that if you read one of these five (admittedly not your typical self-help books, but instructional and relationship-oriented nonetheless), you won't hate yourself in the morning. In fact, you'll learn something useful along the way:
Plus: How To Stop Playing The Blame Game When You're Single
Against Love
Yes, it seems weird to start a list of "good books about love" with a book called Against Love. But here's the thing: Nobody can really be against love any more than they can be against puppies or babies or beautiful sunsets. We do, however, sometimes need a bracing punch in the face about what, exactly, we want so badly when we go trolling for partners in smoky bars, at singles soccer league, online. Don't worry, Kipnis' very entertaining look at all our dumb societal ideas about love will hardly turn you celibate, or even unromantic. It'll simply send you into the dating battle clear-eyed and (a little) more rational. As a bonus, it'll give you loads of intellectual conversation material.
Set aside your annoyance with author Elizabeth Gilbert's breakthrough, Eat Pray Love. (It's not her fault the movie made it worse.) Here she merges the confessional memoir style that made her famous with the journalism that she practiced for years before that in an examination of what makes marriage marriage. As she ponders marrying her longtime boyfriend, partly because he needs a green card, she comes to terms with her aversion to the institution by exploring its history around the world. You'll learn a lot about love and commitment's cultural underpinnings and come out with a better understanding of what you're looking for in a life partner.
Plus: Why It's Perfectly OK if the First Date is Just… Average
Meeting Your Half Orange
Amy Spencer's guide to using optimism to attract your perfect mate is far more reasonable and rational than its scare-tactic brothers and sisters in the relationship aisle. She also uses actual science to back up her approach, which essentially makes you into a beacon to attract the right person for you — by being totally comfortable with your authentic self. If you're going to read a traditional how-to on dating, this is the one.
Marry Smart
Author Christine Whelan also wrote Why Smart Men Marry Smart Women. She uses real, legit data to back up her claim that, yeah, smart people marry smart people. So take comfort. You're welcome.
Plus: Do I Tell My Best Friend I'm In Love With Him Even Though He's Taken?
Yes, this is a feminist dating book written by Feministing.com editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay. That's why it's reasonable, smart, and awesome. She shows you the ways that, as the subtitle says, "dating is ruining your love life" — but, more accurately, how media and pop culture and self-help books and so-called experts are ruining your love life. You are not crazy, she tells you; the culture of gender wars and commercialization is. It may not solve all your problems, but awareness is half the battle.


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My dd has curly hair but is using an inexpensive flat iron that my mom gave her (not as a gift, my mom bought it and then decided she didn't like it). I would like to get her a nicer one that works a little better. My dd's hair is VERY curly and although this one works, it takes a while and doesn't work great. Are there any brands/features that you would recommend?
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My last two flat irons have been Jilbere. Ion is also a good iron. I just bought this one a couple of weeks ago and have been happy with it: GVP
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Fake yuan warning as Christmas approaches
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A noticeable increase in the seizure of counterfeit mainland banknotes in Hong Kong this year has prompted police to warn the public to be aware of fakes in the lead-up to Christmas.
Latest figures show the number of bogus yuan notes in different denominations increased by 25 per cent to 7,406 in the first 10 months of this year, compared with 5,930 in all of last year. There were 5,101 fake notes discovered in 2005.
Police said most of the forgeries were 100 yuan bills. In the first 10 months, 5,789 forged 100 yuan notes were seized, 22 per cent more than the 4,739 discovered in the whole of last year.
The number of counterfeit 20 yuan notes discovered increased sharply to 433 in the first 10 months of this year compared to 93 in the whole of last year. There were 930 fake 50 yuan bills and 251 bogus 10 yuan notes in the same period.
Police said most of the counterfeit banknotes were detected when deposited in banks.
'As the volume of renminbi banknotes flowing into the Hong Kong banking system has immensely increased, it is not surprising to find that the number of counterfeit renminbi has surged,' a police spokesman said.
'Officers of the Commercial Crime Bureau will maintain their efforts in combating counterfeit banknote activities in Hong Kong.'
He added the bureau regularly met their mainland and overseas counterparts to exchange intelligence on the currency counterfeiting problem.
The yuan has become more prevalent in Hong Kong as more department stores and shops accept the currency.
According to police, the forgeries incorporated security features such as watermarks and security threads.
Chief Inspector Yu Shi-cheung, who has been the police counterfeit expert for more than 20 years, said the quality of bogus mainland banknotes was considered to be 'average' and could be easily detected by examining the security features.
'Unlike genuine notes, the fakes are made by offset printing so that bogus bills do not have an embossed effect,' he said.
'The watermark in forged notes is unclear and blurred but the watermark in genuine notes is clear and sharp.'
But Mr Yu said the public and retailers should be aware of fakes.
'If you receive a note, you should spend a little time to have a look at it and check its security features,' he said.
Although the number of seized bogus Hong Kong banknotes in different denominations dropped to 4,500 in the first 10 months of this year from 6,681 for all of last year, there has been a sharp increase in fake HK$1,000 notes seized this year.
Figures show there were 2,717 fake HK$1,000 notes seized, 92 per cent more than the 1,416 found in the whole of last year.
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The number of bogus HK$1,000 notes seized in a March raid which saw such seizures leap 92 per cent from the previous year: 1,721
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Living near a ski lift is one thing – a very chic property-enhancing thing in a resort town such as Coloroado's Beaver Creek. But a ski-hill roller coaster is another matter: It's grounds for a lawsuit.
Two homeowners' associations plan to file a lawsuit Thursday to attempt to prevent the construction of an "amusement park" that is proposed to be built at Beaver Creek, just up the road from Vail.
"An amusement park is not a good fit and is very off-brand for Beaver Creek," states a homeowners' news release announcing the lawsuit just days after the ski area announced it was beginning to prepare an area for summer tubing and was ready to start construction on a ropes challenge course.
Vail Resorts is not calling its proposed package of ziplines, rope courses, tubing hills, coaster structure and trails an amusement park. The resort is promoting the additions as "a summer mountain adventure."
In what is shaping up to be a lawsuit that hinges partially on semantics, the plaintiff homeowners are calling a proposed loop of coaster-like structures through the aspen trees "a roller coaster." Vail Resorts calls it the "Forest Flyer" – an alpine slide on raised rails.
Such mountain-adventure options became possible when the Ski Area Recreational Opportunities Enhancement Act was passed in 2011. That law allows for year-round facilities on U.S. Forest Service lands leased by ski areas. The law excludes tennis courts, water slides, swimming pools, golf courses and amusement parks.
One association that is suing Vail Resorts includes 715 homeowners who are arguing that the summer amenities would scar the face of the mountain and alter the character of the valley. The coaster, which could handle up to 500 riders an hour, would require the cutting of 350 aspen trees and would be within earshot and in the view of homes.
Beaver Creek announced last week that such additions are not going to impact residential areas but are going to let visitors explore nature from "a different perspective."
Vail Resorts also owns the ski areas at Vail, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado and Heavenly, Kirkwood and Northstar at Lake Tahoe.


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Ron Paul just posted the following message at his campaign website:
For 17 months we brought the message of peace, freedom, and prosperity to millions of Americans. The response overwhelmed me: more Americans believe in liberty and the Constitution than I ever imagined. I am deeply moved and honored by your hard work and sacrifice on behalf of our cause.
However, after much serious thought, I have decided to end my campaign for the Presidency of the United States. It is time now to take the energy this campaign has awakened and channel it into long-term efforts to take back our country. We have some exciting plans and projects to move the revolution forward that will come together in the next several months. Watch for them.
I will work until my last breath on behalf of this great message. That I promise you. We don't have to live in the kind of America the two major parties have in store for us. Together, let us continue to lay the foundations for an America worthy of our Founding Fathers.
Ron Paul
To carry on the Ron Paul Revolution, Ron Paul has launched the Campaign for Liberty.


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A NEW tattoo parlour in Darlington is raising money for life-saving research whilst inking skin.
The Mad Tatter studio opened on Parkgate last week and its owner Mike Green is supporting Cancer Research UK by donating £5 to the charity for every custom ribbon tattoo it completes in the next fortnight.
Mr Green, who lost his grandfather to cancer and whose brother suffered from hodgkinson's disease, said: "Cancer has had quite a big effect on my family so it is good to try and give a little something back to a charity like Cancer Research.
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HP to Demo Itanium-Based Systems at Intel Developer Forum(August 27, 2001)
-- Itanium server demonstrations.
-- HP executives will be available for interviews to discuss
new applications and the company's roadmap for Itanium.
-- Cing-Dao (Steve) Kan, director of simulation and modeling
research at National Crash Analysis Center, shares his
company's experience with Itanium.
-- Launch of HP Guru service for porting and migration to the
Itanium architecture. HP Guru service offers experts who
work with customers to address technical questions and
issues during the porting or testing phases of projects.
-- HP also will announce the September availability of the HP
Server rx4610 with the Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Advanced
Server Limited Edition 64-bit operating system.
Where: Intel Developer Forum, San Jose, Calif., Booth No. 524
When: Aug. 28, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PST
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2.Command on English language and pronunciation.
3.Job Location is Dubai
4.Command on the subject and the activity based learning.
5.Should have hand on experience on the subject matter.So as be able to conduct club activities.
6.Should be able to teach using Interactive Board/Smart TV.
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March 15, 2004
For Immediate Release
Washington, DC -
John Kerry, Democratic Candidate for President, issued the following statement today on Reverend Al Sharpton's endorsement of his campaign for the presidency.
"Over the course of the past year, I have come to appreciate the warmth and candor Reverend Al Sharpton exhibited in so many primary debates and forums across America. No one can argue with his ability to cut through the double-talk we see coming from this Administration.
"I welcome his endorsement and thank him for helping to unify the Democratic Party toward our common goal: to beat George Bush in November and put America back on the right track.
"As Al Sharpton has pointed out so many times, in so many places, this Administration's policy toward America's cities has been one of neglect. The unemployment rate for African-American males in New York City is near fifty percent. Three million more Americans have slipped into poverty while George Bush has been in the White House and serious crimes are back on the upswing. Al Sharpton and I agree on the need for a real urban agenda that brings change and progress to America's cities.
"I thank Reverend Sharpton for his endorsement and look forward to working with him and all Democrats in the months ahead. It is time to lead America in a new direction and give those who have been ignored for too long a government that hears their voices and addresses their concerns."


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that those who have "looted the poor and the middle classes will have to return what they have looted," hours after businessman Vijay Mallya was arrested in London on loan default charges.
"Indeed. There is no place for corruption in India. Those who looted the poor & middle classes will have to return what they have looted," he tweeted in response to a follower.
He was responding to a tweet by a follower who wrote that "...corruption not only robs us of hard earned money but also of our dignity."
Mallya, who has been declared a proclaimed offender, was arrested in London by Scotland Yard on India's request for his extradition in a loan default case. He was arrested after he appeared at a central London police station this morning.
He appeared before the Westminster's Magistrates' Court in London for his bail hearing and was released on a bail.
Mallya has been declared a proclaimed offender and there are multiple warrants pending against him in India in several cases including loan default and money laundering.
Mallya, whose now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owes more than Rs 9,000 crore to various banks, had fled India on March 2, 2016.
Senior Indian officials described his arrest as the first salvo in the case, which will now involve a legal process in the UK to determine if Mallya can be extradited to India to face charges in Indian courts.


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Season finales of Supernatural and Big Bang Theory bring H.P. Lovecraft and Star Trek sex fantasies
Supernatural's sixth season comes to an end, with the first appearance of... H.P. Lovecraft! And The Big Bang Theory's season finale features Star Trek salaciousness. Plus Maria Hill vs. Hydra, Chuck's big day, and Family Guy Return of the Jedi!