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Brandon Lloyd's unique personality has often been cited as a reason he played for six teams in his first 10 seasons.
Now, after a year away from the NFL, it's clear Lloyd still has a one-of-a-kind persona.
ON KNBR this morning, the 49ers newly signed wide receiver fielded questions about his rap-music career, role in zombie movie and job at Denver-based Re-Steel Supply Company, which builds composite components for airplane manufacturers.
Of course, Lloyd's myriad interests – combined with his decision to not play football in 2013 – inspire questions about his desire. Today, Lloyd, 32, who reportedly rebuffed six contract offers last year, dismissed the idea he's not fully committed.
"I'm a football player," Lloyd said. "… I consider myself a dynamic person, but I'm a sportsman."
Lloyd has also been described as a headache since the 49ers drafted him in the fourth round in 2003. During his three-year, 105-catch tenure with the team, Lloyd developed a style-over-substance reputation and his cockiness didn't endear him to a large segment of the locker room.
Today, Lloyd said he's "improved dramatically, as a player and as a person" since the 49ers traded him to Washington after the 2005 season. However, his personality was reportedly a reason the Patriots didn't pick up his $3 million option bonus and released him after his 74-catch, 911-yard season in 2012.
Citing a team and league source, the Boston Globe reported Lloyd's "erratic behavior in the locker room and on the practice field proved tiresome" after his lone season with the team.
Asked about reports that he angered veterans during his first stop with the 49ers, Lloyd said the team's 13-35 record from 2003-05 and his immaturity were factors.
"There's a lot different ways to look at that," he said. "The team wasn't very successful at that time and clearly people are going to look for excuses or ways to justify why the team isn't performing well. Unfortunately, I was at the brunt of that. That being said, 21 years old, living my dreams out. I was definitely having a lot of fun with it. And I still am."
Lloyd said he stepped away from the NFL in 2013, in part, to rest his body. He spent time with his family and at Re-Steel, where he's worked since 2011. Lloyd is serious about his role with the aerospace company: During the '11 lockout, he took a course at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Lloyd's small role in a straight-to-DVD zombie movie – "After Effect" – was often cited as a reason he didn't play in the NFL last year. However, the movie was actually filmed after Lloyd's 2010 season with the Broncos. It was released last year.
Said Lloyd of non-speaking role: "I play a part of the clean-up crew to clean up the remaining zombies in the secured facility."
In 2014, the 49ers hope Lloyd, who led the NFL with 1,448 receiving yards in 2010, can continue his role as a productive receiver.
Is he committed to the cause? Lloyd, laughing, said his reasons for returning to football change "every day," but cited a chance return to the 49ers, now an elite team, as a primary factor. Lloyd said Jim Harbaugh recently referenced his year away from the NFL, saying "In football, absence doesn't make the heart grow fonder."
Said Lloyd: "And that's true. Being away from the game, but being around it again, is really brings the fire out and the passion back."


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Hi house is worth about £300,000, mortgage is for £84,000
We have two other houses that we rent out, one is my husbands house where he lived before we met and the other is what we bought when together. We both work full time, he is a part time paramedic and a self employed electrician so not sure of his income. My monthly take home is about £1500. Eldest daughter is nearly 6 youngest is 20 months. Eldest is at school or holiday club and youngest is at nursery Monday to Thursday, I do not work on a Friday so look after her then.
Hi I think the other properties are worth about £130,000 each and not sure how much is outstanding on their mortgages as that is something my husband looks after. I am not bothered about those properties, I am just concerned about my family home that my late Father left me, this is where we all live at present.
I am willing to consider a divorce.
Hi Claire
Sorry confused by the sentence, there is little doubt... are you saying that I will be able to stay in my family home or that I will not.
Thank you. How long does it take to get a court order?
Yes in the past
I cannot remember the last time he hurt me, been it was this year, however, last weekend his behaviour was unacceptable towards me and in front of my best friend and her children.

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Burger King Worldwide Inc.'s second-quarter earnings rose 30% as stronger same-store sales in Europe, the Middle East and Africa helped offset the fast-food chain's weakness in North and Latin America.
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Remember the bad old days, when police inconvenienced you with long stops while they wrote you a ticket just when you most urgently needed to get somewhere? Well, those days are gone! Now, a pile of tickets will arrive in your mail each day without you ever being held up by those pesky police. We hope you appreciate the convenience we've brought you while you're speeding off to your destination.
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Woman Jailed for 4 Months on Suspicion of Being Undocumented
In a case which proves, once again, that race plays a factor in the way individuals are treated in the justice system of Arizona, an innocent woman was arrested and jailed on the mere suspicion that she was undocumented. An editorial for the Phoenix New Times points out that the woman, Briseira Torres of Glendale, was arrested on three counts of forgery for using her real name and real identification after officials asked her for documentation.
The Maricopa County Attorney's Office (MCAO) stated that although Torres used her real driver's license, officials maintained that she was using a forged document. One of the only witnesses during the proceedings, an investigator, claimed that Torres's birth certificate had been canceled because it was a forged document, a blatant lie which will probably foment very few consequences for the man in question.
She was held in jail for over four months without bail, a residual effect of the fact that after Prop 100 passed in Arizona, any undocumented immigrant who had committed a violent crime was to be denied bail, period. That frightening legislation was appallingly and loosely applied in this case when a Latino woman was merely suspected of forgery. As a result of her incarceration, she lost her house, her car, and was forced to separate from her 14-year-old daughter who she is raising alone.
Do I even have to mention that Briseira Torres was being held on false charges that no one was willing to investigate in any depth while she withstood the notoriously bad conditions of the detention facility of Estrella Jail? Just a small reminder of the fact that Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the man behind Tent City, is one of the star personalities in detention protocol in Arizona's history.
Fortunately, two attorneys came to Torres's aid quickly, Delia Salvatierra and Antonio Bustamente. They provided a statement from Arizona's Office of Vital Records which forced the MCAO to drop the case, because it proved that her birth certificate was completely legitimate. Why didn't anyone just go to Vital Records in the very first instance? She was finally released on August 3, but how can her mistreatment be addressed after she was wrongly accused of a crime of which she was innocent? Will the investigator who lied to convict a Latino woman face any charges for lying in a court of law? As Ana Kasparian of The Young Turks points out:
She was born in the United States. They didn't care. The prosecutor in this situation didn't even check the long-form birth certificate, right? And the judge who heard this case was like 'What are you guys doing?'
Torres' treatment at the hands of the MCAO is a clear example of how racial stereotyping and profiling is an integral part of the way immigration law is applied in Arizona. SB 1070 passed in Arizona back in 2010. The law makes it a misdemeanor not to have documented proof of immigration status on hand at all times. This law also makes it legal for law enforcement to demand proof of citizenship on "reasonable suspicion," which often means making split-second decisions about the way a person appears to assess their situation.
Jan Brewer and other supporters of SB 1070, along with a whole long list of legislation, argue that the law is not racially motivated, and that racial profiling does not occur. Yet, if Torres' treatment and the resultant stripping of her human and civil rights doesn't prove the racially motivated understandings of citizenship and identity in Arizona, then just consider that in July, e-mails were unearthed from former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce that had clearly racial undertones when discussing the passing of SB 1070.
The editorial for the Phoenix New Times really puts it the most succicntly. Stephen Lemons gives a definition of the term nativism as "[I]ntense opposition to an internal minority on the ground of its foreign (i.e., 'un-American') connections." Briseira Torres was forced into a position of a racially targeted victim at the hands of law enforcement, sealing Arizona's fate as a laughing stock on the international stage. The incident also shows that those who are supposed to be protecting people from serious crimes, such as murder and assault, are spending their time attacking innocent citizens based on their appearance.
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The Defense Department this week put a spotlight on the T2 Mood Tracker, a new smart phone application developed at Joint Base Lewis McChord to help soldiers and veterans track their emotions.
It's a tool that's intended to help service members monitor their own moods so they can report their findings to therapists, or create routines to address common responses to combat, like post traumatic stress.
"The very first question a doctor or a therapist asks is 'How have you been doing since I saw you last?' Everything that follows is based on that answer," said Perry Bosmajian, the psychologist who pitched the idea for the mood tracker and worked with a team of engineers to craft it. "With this, it's all documented, how you're feeling."
We're publishing a feature on the device and the program that spawned it this weekend. It was created by the National Center for Telehealth and Technology, a 3-year-old program housed at Lewis-McChord. The center is working on a mix of new smart phone applications it plans to release in the months ahead as it tries to find its reach soldiers and veterans where they spend their time – with their iPhones and Androids.
Also this week, the Defense Department issued a call for even more smart phone applications, including ones that could be used in combat.


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Corrinne May
"Corrinne May", (born "Corrinne Foo May Ying"; ) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. Born on January 19, 1973, she was named after her mother's favourite song, "Corinna, Corinna".
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Corrinne studied in Raffles Girls' Primary School, Raffles Girls' School (Secondary) and Raffles Junior College. She later majored in mass communications and English literature at the National University of Singapore. Corrinne left Singapore to further her music education at the Berklee College of Music, where she majored in songwriting and film scoring. In order to pursue her dreams in music, she moved to Los Angeles in 1999.
Corrinne co-wrote the song "If You Didn't Love Me" with the legendary songwriters Carole King and Carole Bayer Sager as part of her winning entry in a songwriting competition on the music industry website http://www.tonos.com Tonos.com. Carole King & Carole Bayer Sager wrote the lyric for the song and entertained submissions for the best musical accompaniment and melody. Corrinne's version was the winner. The song is featured on Corrinne's debut album. Corrinne has met Carole Bayer Sager but not Carole King.


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What does attractive mean?
Definitions for attractiveəˈtræk tɪv
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word attractive.
Princeton's WordNet
pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
"a remarkably attractive young man"; "an attractive personality"; "attractive clothes"; "a book with attractive illustrations"
having power to arouse interest
"an attractive opportunity"; "the job is attractive because of the pay"
having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull
"an attractive force";
Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.
Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
That's a very attractive offer.
Pleasing or appealing to the senses.
He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.
Origin: From attractivus.
Webster Dictionary
having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies
attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing
that which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement
Origin: [Cf. F. attractif.]
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'attractive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2019
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'attractive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2795
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'attractive' in Adjectives Frequency: #266
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of attractive in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of attractive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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Clariant is an attractive bride.
But the rates are clearly attractive.
Valuations are looking much more attractive.
Insecurity isn't an attractive quality in a man.
We think it's an asset that'll be very attractive.
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- جذابArabic
- притегателен, привлекателенBulgarian
- atractiuCatalan, Valencian
- atraktivní, přitažlivýCzech
- tiltalende, tiltrækkendeDanish
- anziehend, schön, attraktivGerman
- atractivoSpanish
- viehättäväFinnish
- attractif, attrayant, sympathiqueFrench
- tarraingeach, tlachdmhorScottish Gaelic
- מושכת, מושךHebrew
- मोह लेने वालाHindi
- vonzó, csábítóHungarian
- menarikIndonesian
- procace, attrattivo, attraenteItalian
- 魅力的Japanese
- ეშხიანი, მომხიბვლელიGeorgian
- gratusLatin
- rerehuaMāori
- आकर्षकMarathi
- attraktiv, tiltalende, tiltrekkendeNorwegian
- atrakcyjnyPolish
- atraente, atrativoPortuguese
- atractivRomanian
- симпатичный, притягательный, привлекательныйRussian
- attraktivSwedish
- கவர்ச்சிகரமானTamil
- ఆకర్షణీయమైనTelugu
- plitülikVolapük
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Student or Learner
"..."explains M.J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will... and Mr, Markova' business partner.
My trouble is in the above, Ryan and partner are two persons or one?
I realise now that you wanted to know whether or not there were two people or three in total in the piece, which would be the case if "M J Ryan" were one person, "Markov's business partner" was another and "Markov" was a third.
However, no, M J Ryan is also the business partner of Markov so in total, two people are mentioned in the piece. In my original reply where I wrote "two" I meant "M J Ryan and his partner are two people".
1. My initial and real question is whether Mr Ryan and the partner are
the same person. In order to simplify my meaning online, I said like that. They are two persons, I am afraid.
2. According to my English- Chinese dictionary, 'contradictious" means contradictory(archaic), and my Oxford Concise Dictionary ,1964, gives contradictory the last meaning of "contradictous.", without note of "archaic". By the way ,please say something about the difference between contradictory and paradoxical.
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Re: Brailsfords buried on Daniel Island
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Dianne Reynolds 11/19/09
Thanks Dianne - that helps a great deal!
I know from SC Archives that William Roper Brailsford Sr was a surveyor who was very active 1811-1847 and was in business with John V Parker in the 1825 time frame... do you have any other insight into what the Brailsfords of Daniel Island may have done for a living?I also believe that all folks buried in the Lesesne Cemetary on DI are related in same way to the Lesesne family by marrainge.WRB Jr was a confederate soldier by the inscription on his gravestone, but I dont know much more about him than that.
Any insights you might have into the lives of the Brailsfords, or any interred in that cemetary, would be most appreciated!
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An innovative investment strategy is providing nearly $230 million more for low-interest loans and grants for local drinking water and wastewater projects.
The state Environmental Facilities Corp. saved money over the last four years by more aggressively investing revenue from fees and by tweaking management practices. The strategy could soon be duplicated elsewhere.
The head of the Environmental Facilities Corp., Matthew Driscoll, says the additional funding available to local communities will mean more jobs to improve local water treatment facilities. The funding is used in the state's clean water revolving loan fund.
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Reading FC stats: Pavel Pogrebnyak
Having signed on a free transfer in the summer, Russian forward Pavel Pogrebnyak has enjoyed a decent start to life at the Madejski Stadium. However, Vital Reading looks at the 'nitty gritty' of his game what the stats say about Pavel's start to his Reading career in the Premier League.
- The Pog has already proved how clinical he can be in front of goal. Despite having just 8 shots in our first six games, he has scored 2 goals, with four of them being on target. The goals came against Chelsea and Swansea.
- However, despite standing at 6'2, the Russian hasn't done well in his aerial duels. He has challenged for 74 high balls, but has only come out on top in 17 of them. Pogrebnyak won the most aerial duels against West Brom and the least against Stoke.
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Pace adjuncts vote to unionize
By Elizabeth Obrien
Pace University adjuncts prevailed in their attempts to unionize on Tuesday, voting 308 to 165 in favor of representation by the New York State United Teachers American Federation of Teachers.
Im thrilled, exulted Susan Brownmiller, noted feminist and part-time professor of fiction at Pace.
The unionization efforts began just last summer, with part-time faculty lobbying for increased wages, better job security and health and pension benefits. Well over half of Paces faculty consists of adjunct, or untenured, teaching staff.
We want to again thank all the eligible adjunct faculty members and part-time instructors who participated in the election process, said Yvonne Ramirez-Lesce, vice president for human resources at Pace, in a statement. This was an important decision worthy of the broadest possible participation.
Adjuncts are unionizing all over the country, Brownmiller said. Locally, adjuncts at New York University, where Brownmiller teaches a course on travel writing, recently secured their first contract under the representation of the United Auto Workers.
Brownmiller cheered what she called the resounding victory of the Pace decision.
Its a lot of fun at a time when unions arent particularly strong, Brownmiller said.
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It seems an incredible tale that such a thing as that one described
could happen within the city of Washington, but often the very boldness
of a lawless proceeding is its principal safeguard, and that seemed to
be the rule in this case.
Of course, we must understand that Mustushimi had placed his
scouts out, to warn him of the possible approach of the police, and
naturally he had investigated to discover if any were in the immediate
neighborhood before he made the concerted attack.
But, even then, the thing could not have occurred without police
interference had not Nick Carter in a measure prepared for it, as has
been already outlined.
It may seem strange to the reader that he should voluntarily cut
off from himself all chance of police assistance until after a certain
hour; but Nick had plotted to capture as many of the members of the spy
system as possible, and he realized that his only means of success
existed in the possibility of inducing them to enter one the houses that
he had prepared for their reception.
The real genius of his plan existed in the foresight he had used
in calculating so exactly, as he had, that he could entice them there to
make the attack; but we must remember that Nick Carter had passed all
his life in the study of just such characters as he was pitted against
now, and, like the hunter who stalks the deer, or the lesser one who
seeks the hare, he knew just what courses they would take under given
He knew now, as be peered through the window toward them, that
the crucial moment had arrived; that the attack was already upon him,
and that now he had to depend upon the correctness with which his
instructions had been carried out, for the success of his plan.
"Come!" he called to the senator; and he sprang back from the
window, and led the way up the stairs to the second floor of the house,
where, as we know, the switchboard of the electric apparatus had been
The front door, which was to receive the first force of the
attack, was not barred against the intruders.
Nick knew that the very first blow of the improvised
battering-ram against it would force it open; and he intended that it should be
so. In that case, there would be no breakage, save that of the latch.As,
he dashed up the stairs, having forced the senator to go before him, he
wondered if the chief of the spies had bethought himself far enough to
have planned a concerted attack on each of the houses.
The two men reached the second floor before the ram touched the
street door; and then the detective said to the senator:
"Now, my friend, here is the place where you can assist me, and
where you will have a chance to make use of some of that nerve of
"As I told you before," replied the senator, "I brought it with
"Good! I don't doubt it."
"What do you wish me to do? Give your orders, and I will obey
"You are to stand here, at the bottom of the second flight of
stairs, where you can look over the balustrade at the advancing men, but
without being too plainly seen yourself."
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draw a chance shot from any of them if it can be avoided: but I hardly
think they will venture to shoot, now that there is a chance, as they
view it, of capturing us without."
"Taunt them, if you deem it advisable. Do what you can to egg
them on so that they will dash forward as much in a body as possible."
"I begin to understand what you want, I think."
"The thing I want is to get as many of them as possible on the
stairs at the same time. That is, I want all of them, if possible, lined
along the stairs between the ground floor and this one when I turn on
the current. In that case I can hold them all."
"But there will be some of them who are so crowded that they will
not be grasping the rail, and therefor will not feel the shock."
"My dear
senator, haven't you noticed that there are two strips on the stairs
themselves? The men who do not touch the rail with their hands will, in
all probability, be standing upon one of the strips or, if not that,
will be touching one of the men who is in contact with the 'live' wire;
and, besides, once I get them in the house, the wires run in so many
places that I don't thin that one of them will escape contact with it."
"What do you suppose is keeping them waiting? why don't they make
the attack?"
It was strange- the silence that had ensued.
"They will come on, in a minute," replied the detective. "They
may be awaiting a signal of some sort form the other house; or our
passivity may have alarmed them."
"Hark! They are coming again now."
It was true.
A murmur of voices could be heard outside the door; then the
shuffling noise of many feet upon the stones outside; then the dull blow
made by the impact of the heavy beam against the door itself.
And as the door gave way instantly, as Nick knew it would do.
It flew open at the first touch of the heavy beam against it, and
as Nick still remained beside the senator, they could both see that half
a dozen men at once forced their way into the lower hall.
But they paused there tentatively.
The utter absence of opposition seemed to alarm them greatly. It
was evident that they suspected a plot of some kind; it was not unlikely
that it might have occurred to them that a bomb had been prepared to
receive them.
But the voice of Mustushimi was now heard form the steps outside
the house, shouting to his men.
"Forward!" he called to them. "What are you waiting for?
Still they hesitated, while others crowded into the hallway
until there was a throng there- as many as could stand in the space at
the bottom of the stairs, and Nick chuckled to himself, observing it.
That was exactly the condition he had hoped for; exactly the
situation he wished, for while those who hesitated continued to stand
irresolute, others crowded in behind them until there was almost a jam
in the lower hall.
Two or three had stepped upon the stairs, and were waiting there,
undecided what to do, when again the voice of Mustishimi was heard,
ordering them onward.
"Forward!" he cried again, still from outside the house. "I will
discharge the man who hesitates now! Go on! Go on!"
They obeyed him this time.
With a wild shout, given, no doubt, more to buoy up their own
courage than to urge those who were behind, the men in front started
rapidly up the stairs, closely followed by the others, and Nick Carter
perceived that before the leaders could reach the top the others would
be behind them in a dense throng.
"Shout 'now!' when we are ready for the shock!" he whispered
rapidly to the senator; and then he turned and dashed into the room and
stood with his hand on the switch, waiting for the word.
The time was short until it came; perhaps five seconds-no more
than that; and then
"Now!" cried the senator.
Instantly Nick threw the switch all the way over, giving them in
the beginning the full force of that terrible shock; but as instantly he
threw it back again, half-way, so that only half of the awful current
But it was enough.
If you had been listening there, a mere observer of the
proceedings, you might have thought that pandemonium had suddenly broken
loose in that hallway, and upon the stairs.
A chorus of shrieks that would have done credit to the biggest
kind of a madhouse went up from a score of tongues; shrieks of terror
and of agony; cries of pain and of fright.
And these were followed by curses and moans; by cries for help
and yells of terror, and by the whole gamut of noises that men might
make under such conditions.
They can be better imagined than described.
From an almost silent body of men moving up the stairway these
were transformed into a horde of madmen who were too greatly terrorized
to think, too frightened to guess what had happened, and who were really
in too great pain to do more than shout and curse and cry out for help.
Nick left the current as he had switched it on with that second
move of his hand, and then sprang to another switchboard where he moved
another lever, and thus threw on the electric lights, so that instantly
the stairway was flooded with brilliancy.
Then he ran out into the hall, where the senator was clinging to
the balustrade, doubled up with laughter by the scene that Was enacted
before him.
And it was ludicrous-to the observer. It was not at all funny to
the victims of the incident.
The men along the stairs, from the bottom to the top, were
writhing in all sorts of shapes.
Their bodies and arms and legs were contorted; their faces were
drawn and haggard with pain. Their eyes were staring, and strained, and
filled with terror.
Some of them had fainted, partly from fright and partly from the
force of the shock itself; and these would have fallen to the steps had
it not been for the fact that the terrific force of the current held
them so that they could not let go their holds.
Down in the lower hall, one man held tightly to the brass knob of
the door, and he was struggling and cursing with all his might, in his
mad efforts to pull his hands away from the invisible forces that held
them, for in trying to release himself he had seized the knob with the
other hand, and it now held tightly to both.
And this man, the detective saw at a glance, was Mustushimi
He had doubtless been the last to enter the house, and had
perhaps been standing, grasping with one hand the knob of the door, when
Nick turned on the current; the result was that he had been held as well
as the others, for Nick perceived now that Chick in following out his
instructions had builded even better than had been the original
intention, and had carried a wire to every bit of metal that could be
The pandemonium of curses and cries was something awful to hear;
it is, almost as bad to contemplate.
But the noisiest had dwindled to moans now, and Nick could not
tell whether they were more frightened than hurt, or whether it was the
But he knew that his plans had succeeded; he knew that he held
every one of the men who had dared to force themselves into that house
in search of him; and he knew that they could not escape until he chose
to release them.
And then again he looked down upon the chief of them all, still
writhing at the door, with his hands grasping the brass knob.
But, even as he looked, a stronger wrench than the others on the
part of Mustushimi succeeded, and with a wild cry he tore himself loose,
and staggered backward so that he fell to the floor.
But in falling he tumbled through the open doorway,outside it,
and alighted on his back on the marble floor,without; and then with a
scream of agony he leapedto his feet and ran away down the steps
outside, withthe fleetness of a hare, and as if all the devils in
Hadeswere pursuing him.
Mustushimi, the chief of them all, had succeeded in making his
escape, and for a moment the detective considered dashing down that
charged stairway in pursuit of him.
Fortunately, however, he thought better of it; but, nevertheless,
the leader of the spies had, for the moment at least, made his escape.


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Mary Hoogstra Named to All-MIAA Second Team in Women's Lacrosse
Monday, May 06, 2013
All-MIAA Women's Lacrosse Teams
Calvin College junior Mary Hoogstra has been named to the All-MIAA second team in women's lacrosse. Hoogstra is the first individual in Calvin women's lacrosse history to receive All-MIAA honors of any kind as the Knights recently completed their inaugural season of varsity play.
A native of Grand Rapids and a graduate of Grand Rapids Christian High School, Hoogstra was a standout on defense this spring for Calvin. She was credited with 45 ground balls this spring and was successful in winning 21 draw controls. She was also able to be a part of the offensive attack, scoring five goals along with two assists for a total of seven points.
Calvin finished the 2013 season with an overall record of 4-13. The Knights were 2-4 in conference play which was good for a three-way tie for fourth place in the final league standings.


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Lawrence KENON, Illinois, 1790-1815
There was a Lawrence KENON (probably Keenan) who was listed as a member of Capt. Piggot's Company in the 1st Regiment of the Militia forthe County of St. Clair (Illinois), on April 26, 1790. [Edward G. Mason (Editor). EARLY CHICAGO AND ILLINOIS. Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1890, pp. 213-214.) He was likely the same Lawrence KEENON who claimed 400 acres of land in the District of Kaskaskia, Illinois, in 1811. He died in 1815 and his land was sold at auction for taxes due. (Index to Raymond H. Hammes Collection. Illinois Pre-Statehood Land Records, 1776-1816. Microfilm Roll 543598, Vol. VI, Kaskia Record Book, pp. 224, 323, 324. Monroe County Library, Waterloo, Illinois.)This Lawrence Keenan may have been part of the Clark Expedition.
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DON NICHOLS v. JACK COOPER TRANSPORT COMPANY, INC. ET AL.
Court: TSC
Larry R. McElhaney and J. Nicholas Harris, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Don Nichols.
Richard C. Mangelsdorf, Jr. and J. Paul Brewer, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Jack Cooper Transport, Inc. and Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Judge: WADE
The employee, who suffered two separate injuries during the course of his employment as a truck driver for the employer, settled his first claim for workers' compensation and filed suit on the second. Shortly after being laid off because of an unexpected work shortage, the employee elected to retire in order to maintain medical insurance coverage rather than face an indefinite furlough without pay or benefits coverage. When the trial court reconsidered the settlement and awarded benefits in excess of the lower statutory cap on the second claim, resolving the issues in favor of the employee, the employer appealed, and the Special Workers' Compensation Appeals Panel reversed. Because we have concluded that the employment relationship terminated when the employee was laid off, rather than when he subsequently retired, the employee was not meaningfully returned to work, and, therefore, qualifies for reconsideration of his first injury and is not subject to the lower cap on the second. The judgment of the Panel is reversed, and that of the trial court is reinstated.
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Court: TWCA
William B. Walk, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest.
Ricky L. Boren, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellee, Lee Meeks.
Judge: WALLACE
The employee sustained two compensable injuries on the same day. Before he reached maximum medical improvement, all of the stock in his employer was sold to another corporation. The trial court held that this transaction caused a loss of employment for purposes of Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-241(d) and awarded 33% permanent partial disability to the left arm, an amount in excess of one and one-half times the anatomical impairment. On appeal, the employer contends that the trial court erred in finding that a loss of employment occurred as a result of the change of ownership and that the award is excessive. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
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Court: TWCA
William B. Walk, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Zurich American Insurance.
Ricky L. Boren, Jackson, Tennessee, for the appellee, Susie Tomlinson.
Judge: WALLACE
The sole issue presented in this workers' compensation claim is whether a corporate transaction involving the sale of the employer amounted to a loss of employment for purposes of Tennessee Code Annotated section 50-6-241(d). The trial court found that it did and awarded permanent disability benefits in excess of one and one-half times the anatomical impairment. On appeal, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.
DEBBIE BAKIR, et al., v. STEVEN BRENT MASSENGALE, Individually and d/b/a MASSENGALE BONDING COMPANY
Court: TCA
Carol Ann Barron, Dayton, Tennessee, for the appellant, Steven Brent Massengale, Individually, and d/b/a Massengale Bonding Company.
Michael E. Richardson, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellees, Debbie Bakir and Mostafa Bakir.
Judge: FRANKS
The plaintiffs advanced monies for the creation and operation of a bonding company, in which plaintiffs were to be partners with the defendant. A dispute arose between them about the bonding operation, and plaintiff sued defendant for a percentage of the profits of the bonding company and defendant counter-sued for a monetary judgment as well. The Trial Court ruled that no partnership existed, but plaintiffs were entitled to recover $15,000.00 from defendant. Defendant's counter-action was dismissed. On appeal, we affirm.
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Robert L. Vogel, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Dennis B. Reece.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; John H. Bledsoe, Assistant Attorney General; Russell Johnson, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.
Judge: MCLIN
The petitioner, Dennis B. Reece, pled guilty to second degree murder in October 2005. In September 2008, he filed a petition for post-conviction relief in the convicting court. The post-conviction court dismissed the petition as untimely. On appeal, the petitioner argues that the Tennessee Supreme Court's opinion in State v. Gomez, 239 S.W.3d 733 (Tenn. 2007) ("Gomez II"), created a new constitutional rule entitled to retrospective application and that this court should deem the one-year statute of limitations period to extend from the publication of Gomez II. Following our review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
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Commerce Secretary Locke discusses intellectual property piracy in Nashville
U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke met with music industry representatives in Nashville today "to discuss the Obama Administration's commitment to global enforcement of laws against intellectual property piracy," according to the U.S. Department of Commerce. Locke was joined by Congressman Jim Cooper and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean for a tour of Music Row. After the tour, Gov. Phil Bredesen planned to join the group for a discussion with musicians, songwriters, students and other industry representatives at Belmont University.
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Protestors recall 'kneel-in' of civil rights movement
Fifty years after the "the kneel-in" at The Shell in Memphis's Overton Park, demonstrators went back to recall the night they were arrested for going into a white crowd at a religious rally sponsored by First Assembly of God Church. Their group of African-American students were from LeMoyne College and Owen Junior College. It was an incident from the Memphis civil rights movement that resulted in criminal convictions that were not dropped or overturned on appeal, although the group had a skilled team of lawyers -- legal pioneers such as
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Editorial: Holder should get on with cold case initiative
In an editorial,
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UT Law IL class 27 percent 'students of color'
The University of Tennessee College of Law has one of its largest classes in years, with 169 students enrolling. The class of 2013 was selected from more than 1,500 applicants. The class also is the most diverse in the college's history, with 45 students of color, which represents 27 percent of the entering class. Class members range in age from 20 to 40. Approximately 40 percent of the class is female and 60 percent is male, tracking the national applicant pool that is predominantly male this year.
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Assistant D.A. fired amid sex allegations
Assistant District Attorney for Tennessee's 25th District Terry Dycus was
fired last week
, shortly after TBI agents began investigating what went on inside the Hardeman County Courthouse. Two weeks ago, two female defendants with cases in court reported Dycus to the Bolivar police chief, for trying to coerce them into having sex in exchange for getting their cases thrown out of court.
WMC-TV has this update
Don't post on Facebook until trial is over, please
Attention jurors: Do not post your verdict on Facebook -- especially before the trial is over -- or you will hear from an angry judge, like this Michigan woman did. While serving as a juror, Hadley Jons wrote on her Facebook page that it was "gonna be fun to tell the defendant they're guilty." She was dismissed from the jury the next day.
WKRN.com carried this AP story
Sevier County clerk resigns while comptroller investigates
Sevier County Clerk Joe Keener announced his resignation today, less than a week after saying he was taking a leave of absence amid a state audit of his office. Deputy Clerk Karen Cotter has taken over day-to-day operations. The state comptroller's office began its routine survey of the clerk's office books about a month and a half ago and found "something interesting" that prompted it to move into a more detailed investigation, officials said.
The News Sentinel has the details
Election 2010
Anderson race still tied, commission set to vote despite protest
Zach Farrar, the Republican nominee who tied Democrat Brandon Fisher in the election for Anderson County's juvenile judge, on Friday filed the legal actions seeking both a recount and a restraining order blocking a scheduled commission vote set to break the tie. Chancellor William Lantrip denied the restraining order, ruling the commission's special vote wouldn't cause "irreparable harm." The vote is set for today (Aug. 30).
The News Sentinel has more
Loudon Co. General Sessions: Russell retires, Dale sworn in
Judge William Russell announced
his plans to retire
earlier this year, which put the position onto the August ballot. Loudon County lawyer Rex Dale won and
will be sworn in
tonight (Aug. 30) at the Loudon County Courthouse along with the other winners in the county. Russell was elected to the position in 1998, and while in office he has promoted the Court Appointed Special Advocates program. He will serve on its board after he leaves the bench. The News-Herald reported these stories.
Black, Zelenik and Aegis ordered to mediation
Davidson County Judge Hamilton Gayden has ordered former congressional candidate Lou Ann Zelenik, state Sen. Diane Black and Aegis Sciences Corp. into mediation over lawsuits regarding campaign advertisements. Aegis filed a defamation lawsuit July 28 over Zelenik's commercials criticizing state contracts awarded to the drug testing company owned by Black's husband, Zelenik's main opponent in the 6th Congressional District Republican primary last month. Zelenik lost to Black in the primary.
Read more in the Tennessean
Atherton, Fields to be sworn in Wednesday
On Sept. 1 at 9 a.m., two Chattanooga-area officials will be sworn in at the Chattanooga Convention and Trade Center. Jeffrey W. Atherton will be sworn in to Chancery Court Part II by the Hon. Howell N. Peoples, with robing by John T. Rice. James A. Fields will be sworn in to the County Commission District 2 seat.
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Origin of hurtleMiddle English hurtlen, frequentative of Middle English hurten: see hurt
to throw, shoot, or fling with great force; hurl
Old Poet. the act of hurtling; collision; clash
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To move with or as if with great speed: an express train that hurtled past.
To fling with great force; hurl.
Origin of hurtleMiddle English hurtlen to collide frequentative of hurten to knock against, damage ; see hurt .
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- (intransitive, archaic) To push; to jostle; to hurl.
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Timberwolves guard Malcolm Lee, out indefinitely with a chrondal injury to his right knee, said he's going to New York next week to consult with "a couple of specialists" to determine the extent of his injury and discuss treatment options.
Lee, who had started 12 games this season at shooting guard, was in the Wolves' locker room Saturday night, Dec. 15, before their game against Dallas wearing a brace on his knee.
"I'm just trying to stay off of it as much as I can until the swelling goes down," he said. "It's feeling better."
Lee was injured late in the second quarter of the Wolves' game against Denver on Wednesday night at Target Center.
The injury is the latest in a series of injury problems for the second-year guard. Lee missed most of training camp and the exhibition season with a groin pull. He missed the first 24 games last season after undergoing surgery on his left knee to repair a torn meniscus. Lee's left knee caused him more problems in the offseason, and he was forced to skip the Wolves' participation in the Las Vegas Summer Pro League in July.
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|Low-dose exercise training does not influence cardiac autonomic control in healthy sedentary men aged 55-75 years.
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|PMID: 17175612 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a realistic, feasible, and commonly used fitness training programme on cardiac autonomic control in 14 sedentary men aged 62.0 +/- 6.1 years (mean +/- s). All participants performed a one-year fitness training programme in which training intensity and frequency were specifically chosen to be compliant for the majority of the participants (2-3 sessions per week at moderate intensity). At the same time, a reference group consisting of 15 sedentary age-matched men (age 64.2 +/- 6.5 years) did not change their habitual physical activity. Measurements were performed before and after the training intervention. Cardiac autonomic control was inferred from resting values (supine and standing) of heart rate variability (HRV) computed in the frequency domain over 10-min intervals. Endurance capacity was evaluated during a maximal incremental bicycle ergometer test. In spite of an increase in peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) by 6.4% after training, heart rate in the training group remained unchanged at rest and at the same metabolic demand. No changes in resting parameters of HRV were shown for either groups or positions. Results from this study provide no evidence of a clinically meaningful increase in the vagal modulation to the sinus node at rest after one year of low-volume and moderate-intensity fitness training in men aged 55-75 years.
|Bart Verheyden; Bert O Eijnde; Frank Beckers; Luc Vanhees; André E Aubert
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|Type: Journal Article
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|Title: Journal of sports sciences Volume: 24 ISSN: 0264-0414 ISO Abbreviation: J Sports Sci Publication Date: 2006 Nov
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|Created Date: 2006-12-18 Completed Date: 2007-02-08 Revised Date: -
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|Nlm Unique ID: 8405364 Medline TA: J Sports Sci Country: England
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Crime boss Brian Rattigan was outraged after he heard his former lover gave birth to a baby boy last week, it was claimed yesterday.
The murderer's ex-girlfriend and love of his life Natasha McEnroe went into labour last Tuesday night with her son arriving on Wednesday.
The news is believed to have enraged Rattigan, 31, who is serving a life sentence at high-security Portlaoise Prison.
McEnroe and her current boyfriend already have a little girl together.
But last night a source said Rattigan still has feelings for McEnroe, the mother of his daughter.
The source added: "Despite Rattigan claiming that he is well and truly over Natasha he is still believed to be madly in love with her.
"At the end of the day they spent years together and had planned a future with each other.
"Rattigan felt very betrayed when Natasha went off with a new man. She had always promised to stand by him.
"She told him she was going to wait for him. It drives Rattigan mad knowing he is stuck behind bars for the foreseeable future while she is out enjoying life with her new family."
The brutal murder of Declan Gavin by Rattigan sparked the Crumlin-Drimnagh gangland feud. The 21-year-old victim was a childhood friend of Rattigan's and the killing split the West Dublin area.
Two years before his murder, Gavin and two other gang members had been caught with 200,000 ecstasy tablets worth €1million. Gardai did not charge him but his two associates were jailed. He was labelled a rat and murdered.
In 2011, McEnroe was arrested by gardai probing the attempted murder of Declan O'Reilly.
He was shot three times in Dublin's Harold's Cross but miraculously survived. McEnroe was arrested along with one man but was later released without charge.
Meanwhile, it has emerged tensions between members of Rattigan's mob and Fat Freddie Thompson's criminal outfit are at an all-time high in Mountjoy.
A prison source said: "There are concerns threats being made by various members of the two gangs will spiral out of the prison and onto the streets. If this happens there will be a bloodbath."


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post8388420685548312611..comments2017-08-18T19:17:55.967-04:00Comments on Pink and Green Mama: * Melted Disney Princess Crayon Rainbow Canvas!pink and green mama MaryLeahttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-85704801684535219272011-08-29T01:03:28.176-04:002011-08-29T01:03:28.176-04:00I agree with Janelle, that they look like genies. ...I agree with Janelle, that they look like genies. Still cute and adorable. And as long as she likes it...well who cares! lol I was so inspired I actually just made my own version. I had smaller canvases, and I had to split them up. One is warm colors, the other cool colors. Thanks for sharing!Kelley-Lou-Whohttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-63933013471172003152011-08-27T04:00:19.259-04:002011-08-27T04:00:19.259-04:00What a fun work you done. It almost looks like the...What a fun work you done. It almost looks like the continuation of the princesses dresses.usbhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-12589422739341910312011-08-26T12:10:07.208-04:002011-08-26T12:10:07.208-04:00You always have such creative ideas. I love your b...You always have such creative ideas. I love your blog!Yvonnehttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-23559075981057801842011-08-25T23:39:42.585-04:002011-08-25T23:39:42.585-04:00So so so so awesome! It almost looks like the cont...So so so so awesome! It almost looks like the continuation of the princesses dresses. So fun!Marie {Make and Takes}https://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-42653046002246362592011-08-25T20:57:15.627-04:002011-08-25T20:57:15.627-04:00They do sort of look like "princess genies&qu...They do sort of look like "princess genies" but I love the effect.Janellehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-69433736631114409612011-08-25T10:48:31.884-04:002011-08-25T10:48:31.884-04:00Thats really neat! We have melted old crayons and ...Thats really neat! We have melted old crayons and made new ones in different shapes and the kids have really enjoyed that... However thanks for the neat idea!The Zookeeperhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-64798515403025939862011-08-25T10:09:45.389-04:002011-08-25T10:09:45.389-04:00I love love LOVE this! I love the brightness of th...I love love LOVE this! I love the brightness of the princesses, but the coolness of the crayolas :) great tip with the palette knife/card etc. I look forward to trying this one day. maybe for our (australian) back to school sales when the crayons are so cheap :D
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Mamagot55+2=1https://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-1638535396565292062011-08-25T09:23:37.640-04:002011-08-25T09:23:37.640-04:00So fun, so lovely to look at. XxSo fun, so lovely to look at. Xxtwolittleseedshttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-14749134227963930542011-08-25T09:17:30.609-04:002011-08-25T09:17:30.609-04:00i think that just turned out ADORABLE! I tried to ...i think that just turned out ADORABLE! I tried to make 2 of these last week and ended up throwing them away :( i used my embossing gun and it just sprayed the colors all over, they ran together and it was a mess, BUT... yours are ADORABLE!!!
cmchinamommyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-6161855765572705582011-08-25T05:39:52.340-04:002011-08-25T05:39:52.340-04:00I haven;t left you a comment in forever but I have...I haven;t left you a comment in forever but I have been following along. I am SOSOSOSO excited to go this project. You and I both adore a good rainbow, but this is just so stunning. I can't wait to throw down a tarp and let my Lily create something. I think it would be perfect in the new babies room. It's not coming till Feb, but what perfect art for him/her. FUN!!! I will link back when we do it.brookehttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-81315000116549245.post-16941766712140801182011-08-25T04:17:10.773-04:002011-08-25T04:17:10.773-04:00It ended up coming out cute! The stumpy bottoms a...It ended up coming out cute! The stumpy bottoms are a little weird though (but so were the crayons to start with, LOL.) Kids are so easy to please, I'm glad she likes it! Good job, mama! ;)Tamara @ Southern Yankee Mixhttp://email@example.com


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today landed in Berlin, as the city was preparing for watching the Word Cup Final between Germany and Argentina, an event for which Chancellor Angela Merkel today had to be in Brazil. The Prime Minister's special Air India flight landed here in cloudy and wet weather. He was received at the airport by Indian Ambassador to Germany Vijay Gokhla and senior officials of the German Government.
The Prime Minister is taking a night halt here on his way to attend the sixth BRICS Summit in Brazilian coastal town of Fortaleza on July 15 along with leaders of member countries of China, Russia, Brazil and South Africa.
Mr Modi has no other official engagement here. Earlier, a meeting between him and Ms Merkel had been planned, but later it was shelved due to her national compulsion to be present in Brazil to cheer up her team.
The Prime Minister is accompanied by Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman, National Securty Adviser Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretray Sujatha Singh, besides other senior officials. He will leave tomorrow morning for Fortaliza where he will first have bilaterals with President of China Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Bilaterals with other BRICS leaders Ms Dilma Rousseff of Brazil and Jacob Zuma of South Africa will take place on July 16, on the last day of the Summit. Mr Modi will also meet a number of leaders of South American countries who have been invited for the event by the Brazilian President.
This is Prime Minister Modi's first visit overseas. Before departing for Brazil from New Delhi, he had said he was looking forward to his interaction with world leaders and exchanging views with them on matters of regional and national importance.
Mr Modi's first visit abroad as Prime Minister was to Bhutan last month.
He had said the Summit was taking place at a time when there was political turmoil, conflict and humanitarian crisis in several parts of the world, and persisting weakness and risks in the global economy. Mr Modi said he looked forward to the BRICS Summit as an opportunity to discuss with his BRICS partners how they could contribute to international efforts to address regional crises, address security threats and restore a climate of peace and stability in the world.


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44 roads built after monsoon already damaged, says audit
Despite the civic body spending nearly Rs6,000 crore in the last six years on city roads, here's why your rides have remained bumpy. Kunal Purohit reports.mumbai Updated: Dec 12, 2012 01:06 IST
Despite the civic body spending nearly Rs 6,000 crore in the last six years on city roads, here's why your rides have remained bumpy: In a scathing indictment of civic officials and contractors, a confidential report presented by Swiss-based third party audit firm SGS India said one in every three new major roads built in the last few months is damaged.
The audit was conducted right after the monsoon ended, to see the state of the 147 roads built by various contractors, who were allotted work last December to build 175 major roads in the city at a cost of Rs 550 crore. Of these, the internal audit found that 44 roads had been damaged - either by trenches dug by utility firms and civic departments, or by holes dug to erect Ganpati pandals. A few roads had started wearing out just months after being laid.
The most number of damaged roads were found in the eastern suburbs (21), followed by the island city (12), while the western suburbs had 11 such instances. Sources in the civic body said this practice, of letting the road deteriorate soon after building it, was in fact a way of furthering the nexus between officials and contractors, benefiting everyone in the chain. Except taxpayers who shell out the money for the roads.
"Constant digging leads to quick deterioration. It leads to potholes in the monsoon, paving the way for pothole-filling contractors," said an engineer from the roads department.
An engineer from the eastern suburbs, who did not wish to be named, said the BMC couldn't be blamed for these excavations. "Many a times, utility firms dig up trenches without our permission. Our policy does not allow any excavation of a road for at least a year after it is built."
Another senior civic official said: "We write to these utility companies at least six months before we build new roads, asking them to carry out excavations before work begins. They don't respond then and later, excavate new roads."
Additional municipal commissioner Aseem Gupta said he hadn't seen the report so yet. "The report has been submitted to us but I haven't been able to study it so far. I will study it soon and take action accordingly."