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Omnicare DentalOne Rockefeller Plaza New York City, New York U.S.A.
Omnicare Dental Performs procedures without permission, then bills your insurance company until your deductible is gone. New York City New York
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First, the dentist never even saw me at the first visit. No one came in to get my history or ask me if I'd been having any pain or who my previous dentist was so they could get a copy of my records or when the last time I'd been to the dentist was. Nothing like that. A woman comes in and immediately begins scraping my teeth.
Figuring this is my free cleaning and the dentist will be in later, I wait. After 45 minutes, she tells me that she'll have to finish another time and to schedule an appointment for the following week. When I ask if I'm going to see my dentist at all today, I am told that will happen next week.
When I show up the next time, the same thing happens. No dentist. This woman just comes and scrapes my teeth for a long time without telling me or asking me anything! (Also, she was not very gentle: I was bleeding pretty badly by the time she was finished on both occasions.) Another tech takes xrays at the end though. I am told to show up the next week to get the results.
The following week is the first time I meet my dentist, and Indian woman named Gupta if I remember correctly. I am told that the x-rays revealed I needed a root canal. I told her I was not surprised since my previous dentist had told me I had a cavity there, which I never bothered to get filled. She had no idea about this, as she had not seen my records yet, only the x-ray results from the previous week.
At this point I started asking about everything. Why hadn't she gotten my records yet; why hadn't I seen a dentist before now; why was that woman who did my cleaning so rough; et cetera? She had no idea. She just found out I was to be her patient that day. I went ahead and scheduled the root canal, and selected a crown material. This required three more visits to perform, rather than the usual two (one for surgery, one to replace the temp crown with a permanent crown).
I should take a second to say Dr. Gupta (if I have the name right) was very nice. No matter how bad or corrupt the organization around her, it should be pointed out that she was exceedingly professional and did excellent work putting in my crown.
When the bill came the next month, I was shocked to find that I had exceeded my deductible already! The entire thing was billed as me having seen a Dr. Fils-Ami. They reported his initial examination plus five other office visits, a cleaning, four scaling and debridement treatments (totaling over $800), and multiple surgeries (totaling over $2000). They even billed separtely for trhe x-rays. None of this was authorized!
The dates were all faked as well. Apparently they were deliberately performing services on multiple dates to collect extra office visit fees. Then, when possible they tried to bill the procedure as being on two separate dates well, so they could double charge for it.
I called the office to inform them of their mistake. They have clearly had this call before. The secretaries had a stock answer memorized. No one would let me talk to the elusive Dr. Fils-Ami. So I reported them to my insurance company. They had created fake documentation for everything, claiming I gave verbal authorization at the first appointment (when the exam and cleaning was supposed to have taken place) to do debridement at the second appointment. My insurance company said there was nothing they could do without documentation from my end.
I refused to pay, and reported Dr. Fils-Ami to the ADA. The matter was sent to collection, which interfered with a business loan I was applying for. I threatened to sue if the matter was not removed immediately from my credit report. Well that finally prompted a call from Dr. Fils-Ami.
His position? He'd drop the matter for $600. As my new small business needed the start-up capital, I paid up. I honestly felt dirty. Dr. Fils-Ami is a crook and an extortionist. His license should be pulled. The whole place is a scam. Avoid if for your own good.
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when I try to install a plug-in I'm getting this error
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I saw one suggested work-around, don't know yet if it works. FYI.
Thanks but I managed to fix it :D
Looks like this error is very common, but the mistake I was doing is funny. I was installing a theme in plugins. :)
The plugin (oh sorry the Theme) is installed here
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Complaint Review: www.instantcheckmate.com
www.instantcheckmate.comInternet United States of America
www.instantcheckmate.com Deceptive worthless information MUCH not even true Internet
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I put my name to check personal information, and my birthday was wrong. My estimated income was very wrong. The value of my home is wrong. Residents at my address is wrong. Some had never lived here, and some did many years ago.
Under Marriage Records: no records found. I've been married three times.
Under Divorce records: no records found. I've been divorced twice.
Under Birth: no records found. I was born right here in Dallas.
Before you sign up, it says they can provide your e-mail address. It did not have mine, or any others.
I feel scammed, and I just wasted $59.16 for six months of membership, and their information is worthless. Today, the system "has a bug" and the tech support team is working on it. That's okay. I can never find what I'm looking for anyway.
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SLA-Based Resource Provisioning for Hosted Software-as-a-Service Applications in Cloud Computing Environments
Issue No.03 - July-Sept. (2014 vol.7)
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Rajkumar Buyya , Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems (CLOUDS) Laboratory, Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Cloud computing is a solution for addressing challenges such as licensing, distribution, configuration, and operation of enterprise applications associated with the traditional IT infrastructure, software sales and deployment models. Migrating from a traditional model to the Cloud model reduces the maintenance complexity and cost for enterprise customers, and provides on-going revenue for Software as a Service (SaaS) providers. Clients and SaaS providers need to establish a Service Level Agreement (SLA) to define the Quality of Service (QoS). The main objectives of SaaS providers are to minimize cost and to improve Customer Satisfaction Level (CSL). In this paper, we propose customer driven SLA-based resource provisioning algorithms to minimize cost by minimizing resource and penalty cost and improve CSL by minimizing SLA violations. The proposed provisioning algorithms consider customer profiles and providers' quality parameters (e.g., response time) to handle dynamic customer requests and infrastructure level heterogeneity for enterprise systems. We also take into account customer-side parameters (such as the proportion of upgrade requests), and infrastructure-level parameters (such as the service initiation time) to compare algorithms. Simulation results show that our algorithms reduce the total cost up to 54 percent and the number of SLA violations up to 45 percent, compared with the previously proposed best algorithm.
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A friend of mine used to put her flavored creamer in a Tupperware bottle with the label "breast milk" on it to keep people from using up all of her creamer.
Well, somebody invented the refrigerator locker, so it must be pretty common unfortunately. Had this issue in our break room once- we all knew who the culprit was, but had no proof. Oddly enough, once said suspect did something stupid enough to get himself fired, no more break room lunch theft.
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My MSN and DNP research is about this very topic. (I've long lobbied for a separate discussion board about night shift issues- but alas...)
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Not Worth The Price
January 4, 2015
I just stayed here the end of December for 4 nights. I had to call the first 3 days (several times a day because I would get no answer or call back from my voice mail ) because the hot tub didn't work and no outside lights. I was told to reset the breaker which didn't work. Finally day 3 the guy was there to fix the hot tub. It worked for a few hours and quit again. When asked for the a refund for it not working I was told the manager would get back to me and I still have not received a response or credit. Stay away!!!
Denise Pilkerton
Louisville, ky
September 6, 2014
Great house. Everything u need. My two little babies loved it. They loved running upstairs and looking dowsn on living room. Thanks for all u did to make our stay wonderful, Denise
Carolene Teichmiller
Cullman, Alabama
Family Vacation
July 21, 2014
We stayed in "Our Hiking Hideaway" with our daughter, son in law and 2 grandchildren. It was very easy to get to right off Wear's Valley road. The owners were very nice and answered all of our questions. The unit was very spacious. Would recommend this cabin to anyone. Enjoyed the fire works every night. You had to walk up to the large cross to be able to see them.
Crystal Thomas Perel
Nashville, TN
Good place to stay
July 23, 2013
This property is very close to the main strip in Pigeon Forge, which is great for the convenience factor. The property itself is well-maintained, and stocked well with blankets/pillows/ and general information about the area. The shower door upstairs was not in the track, so had to be careful getting in and out. If we were staying in Pigeon Forge, I would not hesitate to stay here again!
Jan Smith
Outstanding experience
May 5, 2013
Arrived to find the owner up on the roof! Now that was a new one! Townhouse was spotless & equipped with everything necessary for a delightful vacation! Location was quiet yet convenient! Would absolutely consider again!
carol Manowski
Palm Coast, Florida
We absolutely loved the cabin! Had a great time in the mountains other than getting a little bruised from tubing down the river. The cabin was beautiful and our kids loved the bottom level they basically had their own house down there. Thanks again and we will rent from you next time we visit the Smokey's!
This is a great rental. Cabin had plenty of room for our family. Location is near everything we wanted to do. Finishing our day at this relaxing retreat was a big plus on this vacation.
Lovely, very clean & great location!
This cabin was beuatiful and there was so much room. We will go back again!
Cabin is family friendly, more room than you could ever imagine in a 2 bedroom. Easily could sleep 8 people. The hot tub is perfect for relaxing after a long day of activities. Also, we loved not being in Gatlinburg. I have never been to Pigeon Forge before this trip and preferred Pigeon Forge location over the hustle and bustle of Gatlinburg. There are so many family activities less than a 1/2 mile from the cabin but you can still drive 5 miles to Gatlinburg to ski or tube. I cannot say enough about the cabin and the wonderful owners.
We have found the perfect Pigeon Forge spot here at the "Hiking Hideaway". Kristin has been so helpful and this cabin is beautiful. The accomodations were perfect. We are already planning our next stay.
Just wanted to tell you we loved the cabin. I was afraid it was going to be too small for the 8 of us but it was perfect. It was so relaxing we just wanted to stay at the cabin but we did venture out some. Our youngest grandson loved Baxter the Bear. We hope to stay here again.
We had a blast. Our young one loved Baxter the Bear. Loved the fireplaces.
We loved staying at your cabin. Our boys enjoyed the lower level; it was their man cave. Perfect location as well; had the mountain feel but close enough to everything
We had the best vacation we could have imagined. We hiked to Rainbow Falls, saw a big black bear, went ziplining, bungie jumping and even braved the cold waters whitewater rafting. I have told all of my friends about this vacation. I will refer your cabin to everyone. I cannot thank you enough. The kids said it was the best vacation they have ever had. Better than Mexico and Florida! Thanks again!


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Cramer is the kiss of the death, I cannot stand that moron, pumped COP to no end until it tanked, pump SodaStream the same way it tanked, now pumping EPD, is like when he pumps we need to sell, I have notice a trend with this man, he might not be able to trade so he says, but I betcha his buddies do...
Cramer did say sell/take profits in SODA. He still liked the concept but wanted to at least scale back. You have to watch his show link to keep track of all of changes from buy to sell.COP is a long term recommendation as they will spin off their marketing and refining operations, probably by he end of 2012. I looked at COP and did not think the 3.5% yield at ~$75 was enough. A friend looked at it but thought crude oil would sell off more. Another friend looked at it and felt the valuation was too high. None of us bought.Now, COP has a 4% yield which is a little bit better cushion and the P/E has come down. I still have not pulled the trigger on COP.Pull up EPD and COP on Google Finance and do a YTD comparison: COP -4.92%, EPD -2.6%, S&P 500 -8.11%. So both COP and EPD have outperformed the S&P 500 but outperforming is still no fun when you are down less than something else.I did buy RDS.A but at such a good price and yield (close to 5%) that it is not down much for me but it is down a little. RDS.A is -4.58% YTD so it is a mirror image of COP. My point here is that the price you pay is important. When COP gets closer to 4.5% I will take another look. The restructuring should mean $10 to $30 of extra value for shareholders, but there is too much time until the deal is finished to just buy as soon as JIM mentions COP or any other stock for that matter.
Did he say OAS was a buy or buyout?
If you can't stand it then sit down.
Here's a positive from listening to Cramer. He can bring attention to companies not widely known by the public. Perfect example is Soda Stream - the CEO segment w/ Cramer is what catapulted the stock price over the following weeks/months. W/out the exposure Cramer brought, I doubt the share price sky-rockets so quickly.However, when it comes to 'name' companies, you have to consider Cramer's opinion as just that, 'another opinion'. You can incorporate it in your process good or bad.But, pay attn to the hidden gems that he sometimes exposes.
If you did your own due diligence you would know that in the past 30 years there has been two other versions of soda stream... both came into existence during bad economic times catering to a market willing to settle for lesser soda only to find that there was a limited market and people in the final analysis would pay for great soda rather than settle for the garbage that soda stream is selling. Furthermore, when soda stream announced getting into bottled water that is the kiss of death. They can never compete on price with Coke or Pepsi or Dr. Pepper.... Soda Stream is all done.As for COP..... CVX is the better stock.... paid a lot less for natural gas ppties than COP and you chased after the gold ring hoping for a quick killing on the proposed splitup of COP... so you have yourself to blame again for lacking the discipline to ignore chasing after the fast buck.Finally, EPD.... which is falling in a falling market of all MLPs so you have nothing to complain about in terms of pumping.... perhaps you should have found EPD when it was in the mid $20s rather than wait for Cramer to anoint it for you as a good investment.Do your own DD and you can find great stocks before Cramer jumps on board.Cramer didn't like EVEP at $25 but loved it at $40... many of us found it at $17.So don't blame Cramer if you lack your own ideas and chase after his picks have already advanced significantly.
You gotta all wrong, I don't follow cramer, nor do I buy the stocks he pumps, I do not own soda stream, I Have had COP for 11 years, and EPD for 3, next time read and think, not jump to conclusions, So let me repeat again...Cramer is the kiss of death, every stock he speaks of it tanks..I also know there is talk of removing the tax breaks for the MLPS if that is true, then we are in trouble.


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THE ENTIRE CO2 CONFERENCE WEEK – December 8-11, 2015
"It's where the field and office come together to make things happen"
The 13th Annual (2015) EOR Carbon Management Workshop
– Midland, Texas
This year's flooding conference was held on Tuesday, December 8th from 8am thru noon on Friday (11th) at Midland's Downtown Civic Center. The week's activity began with our 13th annual Carbon Management Workshop and the latest in carbon capture (utilization) and storage (CCUS) demonstration projects, future plans, legislative initiatives, and policy matters related to CCUS (presentations are posted here on the site). We had the CO2 week welcoming reception that evening sponsored by BP, Chevron and Mitsubishi. Then, starting at 8:00 am on Wednesday, a ½ day seminar was conducted that included a review of residual oil zone (ROZ) research underway and an update on the exciting new ROZ demonstration projects. Much has developed in the time since the last conference as the CO2 EOR implementation projects have moved to greenfields (no overlying main payzone) and with the upper ROZs are just now being exploited via horizontal drilling where results look very exciting. We concluded those subjects at noon. A 1/2 day trip to the Seminole San Andres Unit (SSAU) project followed that with briefing from our host, Hess Corporation, and stops at their injection and producing well locations and a satellite (fluid gathering and metering) station as well as a drive through of their recycle and NGL/sulfur extraction facilities. The full day of Wednesday was followed by a networking reception sponsored by Kinder Morgan, Denbury, and Chevron, at the Midland Center.
On Thursday the 10th we kicked off our 21st annual CO2 Flooding Conference Theme Sessions lasting through noon on December 11th. The Thursday session opened with a summary presentation of the Tuesday workshop and then followed that with a panel on "induced austerity measures" and CO2 supply and operational issues of CO2 floods. The keynote luncheon talk was given by Mr. Ken Golden of Exxon Mobil on the subject of Exxon's Energy Outlook to 2040. The Thursday afternoon and Friday morning sessions provided two new promising surveillance techniques, CO2 and ethane miscibility studies and several CO2 flooding case histories. Speakers not only presented their newest field tested ideas and best practices but also provided some discussion of business aspects of flooding during the talks. A reception sponsored by the Permian Basin Section of the SPE, the Applied Petroleum Technology Academy, Kinder Morgan and Chevron was held Thursday evening at the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum where a walk-through of the nearly complete renovation and new set of exhibits were witnessed.
This 2015 conference was attended by over 300 individuals representing 18 different states and 89 countries. It concluded on Friday noon with a networking lunch at the Midland Center.
Learn about actual Case Histories of CO2 Flooding
"The CO2 Conference Week is the only place you can immerse yourself in all of the exciting aspects of CO2: from the latest developments in and actual case histories of CO2 enhanced oil recovery to carbon capture, utilization and storage; all the while networking with the professionals working within the World's premier field laboratory for enhanced oil recovery


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160 candidates in race for Balasore Municipality
By Express News Service - BALASORE
Published: 31st August 2013 12:42 PM
Last Updated: 31st August 2013 12:42 PM
After scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination papers, 160 candidates including 70 Independent candidates have been left in the fray for election to Balasore Municipality.
Apart from Balasore Municipality, three NACs in the district are also going to polls on September 19. While 64 candidates are contesting in 19 wards of Soro NAC, 52 are in the fray for Nilagiri NAC consisting of 13 wards, followed by 60 candidates in 17 wards of Jaleswar NAC.
Sources said 91,000 voters will exercise their franchise through 85 booths in 31 wards in Balasore Municipality. Even as the Sadar constituency is considered as the citadel of the ruling BJD, an Independent candidate has been capturing the civic body's Chairperson post since long.
Last time, of 31 wards in the Municipality, the Independent candidates had captured 21 wards thereby registering an absolute majority. This time too, the Independents are likely to play crucial role.
After sudden demise of the two-time chairman Anup Das, who was in fact a deciding factor in the civic body polls here, his wife and outgoing Chairperson Sujata Das has joined BJD and is contesting the election from Ward no. 10. She will face tough competition for the coveted post within her family as Anup's brother Swarup Das is contesting as an Independent from Ward no 5. Both Sujata and Swarup are considered potential candidates for the Chairperson post if elected.
This apart, both Congress and BJP too have fielded their own candidates and hope to form the council with support from the Independents. However, infighting in the Congress and BJP may spoil their chances.
Of 31 wards, Congress has fielded its candidates in 26 wards and in the rest of the wards it is supporting the Independents. BJP has fielded 30 candidates.
Meanwhile, all eyes are on Congress MP from Balasore and Union Minister Srikanta Jena, who is facing the civic body election in the district for the first time. Known for his maverick politics, Jena seems to have made up his mind to contest once again from this Lok Sabha constituency and hence he would be trying to get as many winning candidates in the civic body election as possible.
BJD district president Ananta Das, Sadar MLA Jiban Pradip Dash and BYJD district president Jajati Das are confident of the ruling party doing better in the polls and forming the Council with absolute majority for the first time.
The role of veteran politician Arun Dey will be crucial. Barring a few wards where his party NCP has fielded its candidates, in many wards he is supporting Independent candidates who are all set to capture at least 10 seats.
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Newcastle United Message Board
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Which Striker - You decideby Robert Jul 9, 2012 14:50Jay Jay Jul 9, 2012 15:20 Flag
Remy and Damiao would both be a good fit....We need to get a striker soon though, hopefully Adebayor will sign too. COYS
- Jay Jay Jun 27, 2012 14:42 Flag
Coming from a geordie that's rich......2 words...Sam & Allardyce. :0)
- Jay Jay Jun 27, 2012 14:40 Flag
When you stop sucking off sailors....
- Jay Jay Jun 26, 2012 17:08 Flag
Just realised that was same link but page gone funny...if you click on the full highlights after the vid has finished you will see the game in all it's ahem....glory!
- Jay Jay Jun 26, 2012 17:06 Flag
The whole game was a disgrace....
Check out the highlights, not much footy being played here...
- Jay Jay Jun 25, 2012 17:45 Flag
I wondered if you were still about Fab....
Just joking about the "winding up" mate....at my age it's more about winding down!! lol I'm staying away from the Gooner board as I wouldn't want to catch anything nasty...I see you are still a closet Yiddo though.. :0)
To be honest mate I don't really know what's gonna happen this year at Spurs...it's a bit squeaky bum at the moment! Hopefully we can compete with The Arse again this year, especially with no Van Persie to worry about.. hehe
- Jay Jay Jun 25, 2012 17:40 Flag
The Italians highlighted a weakness in our play last night.....when teams like Spain and indeed Italy had 2 or 3 players closing them down they used it as a positive that there was space elsewhere on the pitch for their teammates and were cool and calm in releasing the ball to one of their own players. We, on the other hand, when presented with opposition players closing us down, panicked and ended up either hoofing it or giving the ball away. We need to instill some kind of confidence or something in our players to stop this happening....the world football scene has changed into a game about tactics and possession rather than a game where guts win out....we are f*cked basically! lol
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Levy versus Redknappby Gilley Jun 24, 2012 18:50Jay Jay Jun 25, 2012 17:28 Flag
Just said the same kinda thing elsewhere on this board....there are a lot of eyes on Levy at the moment...I just hope he does us proud!! COYS...
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redknapp's Firingby Gilley Jun 22, 2012 01:39Jay Jay Jun 25, 2012 17:26 Flag
The one statement that rings true from this thread for me is that 'Arry leaving has left big shoes to fill...the facts that cannot be reputed (but I am sure they will be!) are...
1. Harry came in and made a big difference to a team that was struggling after 8 games (2 points) and we finished in a decent enough position that year.
2. Harry got us to the Champions league.
3. When in the Champions League we acquitted ourselves well with exciting football.
4. Harry got us to 4th this year which 99% of the time leads to the Champions League.
These are very simplified points about 'Arry's time at White Hart Lane. I think he did rather well for my beloved team and I am sad to see him go. I too can blather on about this signing and that and the England job but the basic fact is that Levy NEEDS to bring in someone who is going to do as well or better and I have my doubts whether this can be done, which would make Harrys sacking a mistake for me....but we will see, won't we?
- Jay Jay Jun 25, 2012 17:08 Flag
Overall I think the performance at the Euros was much as I had expected...I felt a little let down by individual performances, for example, how many times do we see Walcott/Young skinning defenders in a rush to get to the byline and put in a cross yet that never really happened except the one time that Walcott went for it...
It seemed to me that the players were afraid to express themselves, I don't know whether this was the system/Roy stifling them or if they just bottled it?
On the plus side there was one highlight for me in the Ukraine game...Scotty Parker had just been twisted up severely on the edge of our box until he lost his footing and fell to the ground, instead of giving up the ghost he actually tried to tackle the player from a prone position....with his head!!! That's commitment for ya! :0)
Until we get a manager I don't know what is going on at the Lane?! If we do well next season and don't lose half the squad to the circling vultures there is a fair bet that we will see Spurs players in an England kit once again...I hope!!
- Jay Jay Jun 25, 2012 16:57 Flag
Know what you mean John....The only place I really ever explored when away working was Bangkok, but that was cos there was a delay on the job I was doing over there....I just wanted to get the job done in Bolivia and get back home so pretty much worked non-stop. Travelling on business sucks ass to be honest, I've got a 4 year old and a 7 year old and I have missed alot of things when I have been away. I always say never again but then the money starts changing my mind. I'm working in Portsmouth for the next 6 months so just down the road for me...excellent news!
- Jay Jay Jun 25, 2012 15:35 Flag
Thanks for the replies guys....I should be back on here regularly now I'm back in Blighty.
Didn't get to see much of Bolivia except the inside of a print factory and some of Santa Cruz, mostly just got pissed in the hotel and talked footy with the bar staff. Didn't feel like I could come in here and talk about the prem when I was not at the lane or immersed in the English footy scene...
Bolivia is a great country but a little scary if you are not a tourist or loacl..I had a guy who picked me up from the hotel, took me to work and then dropped me back to the hotel...felt a bit weird going out on my own so I just did a Alan Partridge and stayed put in the hotel. It's nice to be back with my wife and kids, missed them loads.They came out and met me in Cancun for a holiday which was great.
I will read up on the threads and start joining in soon....a part of me wants to go on the Gooner page and start winding them up for old times sake but I think I'll leave that one well alone!
- Jay Jay Jun 20, 2012 17:18 Flag
Obviously I am not that memorable...lol
I come back from a year in South America and can't quite believe what is happening....We didn't make the Champions League because Chelski fluked it...Harry is not England Manager and not Spurs Manager either! We are chatting up Villas Boas to be the new boss (what the f*ck??)...Modric and Bale are rumoured to be going...What the hell is going on? It's like I turned my back for a second and suddenly I'm getting raped by a whole rugby team!! My beautiful Spurs are falling to bits and nobody seems to have a clue about putting them back together.....Distraught is not the word...coming back to a Britain where a pint of milk is the same cost as a whole weeks shopping in Bolivia was bad enough!! oy yoy yoy!!
- Jay by Jay Jun 20, 2012 13:47 Flag
Hiya Yiddos, Anyone on here from the good ol days?
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Open Letter to You - the Supportersby A Yahoo! User Jul 18, 2011 07:08Jay Jay Jul 25, 2011 17:16 Flag
Sorry an all that.....moment of temporary insanity. I turn up back to the board and the first thing i get is this Frank lampard abusing me. Overreacted.
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Change of heart over Modricby Jay Jul 12, 2011 17:03Jay Jay Jul 19, 2011 16:46 Flag
When you say "they say yiddos are supposed to be smart..." you acknowledge that it is a wide ranging opinion that Tottenham fans are more intelligent than the average football fan of say....Chelsea, for instance.....Thank you for the compliment.
I didn't read your post with the "salient points" in it by the way......because you are quite obviously, now how shall I put this......a w@nker.
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Nikos' change of heart :)by me Jul 12, 2011 13:44Jay Jay Jul 12, 2011 17:07 Flag
True SB. He's pure class....the goals when he came on at the back end of last season were priceless and did make me wonder if we had been wasteful with his services. I quite like Thudd though...Jenas on the other hand always looks like he just smoked a joint before coming on the pitch!
- Jay by Jay Jul 12, 2011 17:03 Flag
Hi all you lovely Yiddos.
2 days ago I was sat in my office telling A liverpool fan and a fat manc (I completly ignored everything that the gooner in the corner said, understandably!) how Modric would stay at Spurs and that everything that Levy had said out the window of his Merc was spot on. I was having none of it and insisted that he would stay and we would put his wages up and we would get back in the CL (Yes I got carried away a bit!). I was hopeful that a truce would be made and we'd all be happy as a Palace fan in the prem.
Then it happened...I heard that Modders had actually thrown all his toys at Levy and asked for his ball back etc. (we all know the details). Something in my belly started rumbling (may have been the last of the Saussis au sec). If Haye and Klitscho had been in the room I would have knocked the pair of them out with my stapler....I suddenly had flashbacks of Dimitart and Carprick smiling wearing another teams shirt and I had a complete turnaround in my opinion and I felt I had to voice it on the World Wide Howard Webb...here goes...
F*ck off then you horrible little c*unt. Better men than you have sweated blood for the shirt that you have p*ssed all over with your little rat like features. Go to Chelski and sit on their bench you tw*t, just make sure that the club that we ALL love get a decent price and don't show your face around WHL again. I repeat again....F*CK OFF!
Phew...sorry about the foul language there everyone but that's just how I feel. I don't particularly care about the politics of Levy and the people who are going to be arguing against me. If we are all honest with ourselves on the basest level I am sure that we all should feel betrayed and a bit narked. I know I'll probably get some stick but sod it. Nuff said.
PS Thanks for the welcome back messages although my return has not brought us much luck so far! I will if neccesary return to France if that's what it takes I promise. I can do a pretty good mime....Cheers Jay
- Jay Jay Jun 16, 2011 17:25 Flag
Arsenal are now a feeder club......
- Jay Jay Jun 16, 2011 17:21 Flag
Hi Fab, You still on here then? You f*cking love Spurs mate dont ya?
How is life as a Gooner treating you, you happy with your season?


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New ownership awaits Vermont Castings
Vermont Castings Group, a leading maker of wood and gas stoves, is being sold to a financial services firm, the company announced.
We are pleased to be moving forward with the sale of Vermont Castings Group to a high-quality financial buyer, Dan Clifford, president and CEO of Vermont Castings Group, said in a statement. The combination of our strong brands and products, a solid team and an aggressive growth strategy with this additional investment will ensure continued success in both the short and long term.
Shannon Quinn, a company spokeswoman, declined to identify the buyer until the sale is final. Quinn did say the buyer is a financial services company.
Vermont Castings has manufacturing facilities and offices in Randolph and Bethel.
In an email Thursday, Clifford said his hope is that it will remain business as usual in Vermont and throughout the Vermont Castings Group.
Headquartered in Paris, Ky., Vermont Castings Group was formerly known as Monessen Hearth Systems Co. In January, the company adopted the Vermont Castings name to reflect its well-known premium brand of wood- and gas-fired stoves.
A month later, The Riverside Co. announced it decided to sell its investment in Vermont Castings, which it acquired in 2006. In 2008, Monessen acquired Vermont Castings after its parent company, CFM Corp. of Ontario, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Tim Gosline, partner in The Riverside Co., said at the time of the February announcement that his company had supported Vermont Castings (Monessen) through a difficult and protracted recession.
With the company now on stable footing, and the economy strengthening, we believe now is the appropriate time to seek new investors, Gosline said.
The sale is expected to close within 45 to 60 days.
Vermont Castings Group manufactures hearth and grill products under four brands: Vermont Castings, Majestic, Monessen and Ambient Technologies.
The products include direct-vent, natural-vent, vent-free, wood-burning and electric fireplaces, inserts, log sets and stoves.
In addition to Vermont, the company also has manufacturing facilities in Kentucky and Mexico. Total employment as of January was 700, including 200 workers in Vermont.
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Buffalo's RiverBend to be site of two new clean-energy research companies By Chris Caya and WBFO News • Nov 22, 2013 Chris Caya / WBFO Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a $225 million state investment to create a new campus center of clean-energy on a former brownfield site in Buffalo. The RiverBend project will create 850 new jobs at the former Republic Steel and Donner Hanna Coke site in south Buffalo along the city's waterfront as part of the governor's "Buffalo Billion" promise. Refugees changing the face of an already diverse Syracuse Northside By Ryan Delaney • Nov 21, 2013 Ryan Delaney / WRVO The Innovation Trail is taking a look at how the thousands of refugees coming to upstate New York are weaving their way into the region's economy. Turnout may be low this night because of first snow, Nicole Watts tells those gathered in her entryway. Even as she tries to explain this, there's a near steady knock on the front door. Every Tuesday evening, this home at 129 Lilac Street on Syracuse's Northside turns into a community center. SU bookstore project risks losing its controversial tax break By Ryan Delaney • Nov 21, 2013 Cameron Group, LLC. The construction of a new college bookstore on the Syracuse University Hill is in danger of losing its tax break if construction doesn't start in the next month. The university and the developer it selected, Cameron Group, won over Syracuse's city council and industrial development agency (SIDA) for approval of the deal in August 2012. But since shovels still haven't broken ground on the project a year later, the city's economic development agency this week voted the project in default of its contract. The developer has another 30 days to begin work. Anti-gas pipeline group warns residents of I-81 pipeline By Ellen Abbott • Nov 20, 2013 Stop I-81 Pipeline Group Homeowners along an abandoned gas line across three central New York counties are getting advice about how to deal with gas companies who may come knocking. The Millennium Pipeline Company is trying to get federal approval to build a 60-mile pipeline from the town of Onondaga down to the Binghamton area in order to connect several east-west natural gas pipelines. In order to do this, the pipeline company, which is an affiliate of National Grid among other energy companies, will need the help of homeowners. Refugees revitalize Rust Belt city of Buffalo By Ashley Hirtzel • Nov 19, 2013 Ashley Hirtzel / WBFO Upstate New York cities take in around 90 percent of all current refugee resettlements in the state. All this week, The Innovation Trail is taking a look at how that diverse population has weaved its way into the region's changing economy. In Buffalo, a handful of students from countries all over the world are sitting in a class at Journey's End Refugee Services. They are learning how to become janitors for local businesses. The group nods as a student explains an assignment to them. Refugee communities pump new energy into post-industrial Utica By Ryan Delaney • Nov 18, 2013 Ryan Delaney / WRVO Since 2004, upstate New York has taken 90 percent of all refugee resettlements in the state. This is the first part of the Innovation Trail reporting series looking at how upstate New York's refugee population is influencing the region's economy. Utica has long seen itself as a city of immigrants. The arrival of Italians, Germans and Irish drove the city's population to peak at around 100,000. During the mid 1970s in the wake of major changes to the city's industrial base and dwindling employment opportunities, the population fell by nearly half. Save I-81 group out with poll showing opposition to tear down By Ryan Delaney • Nov 11, 2013 Zack Seward / WXXI A group of suburban politicians and business owners that support keeping Interstate 81 running through the city of Syracuse are out with a poll they say shows most residents agree with them. State kicks off Startup-NY tax-free program By Ryan Delaney • Oct 23, 2013 Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office / via Flickr New York's plan to attract new business and jobs to the state by offering them tax-free space at public colleges is underway. Officials Tuesday outlined for the first time specifics about how the program will work. They tried to lay out the plan as simply as possible: "There's no fine print. There's no trips and traps, caveats; there's no taxes," said Executive Vice President of Startup-NY Leslie Whatley in a conference call with reporters. More layoffs hit upstate N.Y. Lockheed Martin facilities By Ryan Delaney • Oct 18, 2013 Lockheed Martin / via Flickr Workers at Lockheed Martin sites in central New York and the Southern Tier are being hit with another round of layoffs, but the company says the move is not tied to the government shutdown that just ended. A total of 600 workers across the country will be out of a job early next month, according to the defense contractor. Old prisons could become homes for business startups By Kate O'Connell • Oct 15, 2013 Google Maps Some abandoned prisons in the upstate area could become home to start-up companies under Gov. Andrew Cuomo's Start-Up New York initiative. The initiative aims to provide major incentives for companies to relocate, develop, or significantly expand in New York by offering state and local tax-free zones on university and college campuses. Three Finger Lakes wineries join forces to promote international sales By Kate O'Connell • Oct 14, 2013 baristaj9 / Flickr Three upstate wineries have come together to create an import-export company designed to increase Finger Lakes wine sales in Europe. The new company, called New York Wines, will be registered in Belgium and the partners are hoping it will help to increase sales at home as well as abroad. John Martini, president of one of the vineyards, the Anthony Road Wine Company, says the costs associated with overseas shipping can be prohibitive for a single winery. But shipping produce from several wineries in bulk makes it cheaper at both ends, he says. Upscale hotel coming to Syracuse's Inner Harbor By Ryan Delaney • Oct 4, 2013 Ryan Delaney / WRVO An upscale hotel chain has signed on as the first tenant in the redevelopment of Syracuse's Inner Harbor. Starwood Hotels and Resorts announced Thursday that will build an $18 million, 130 room "Aloft" hotel at the former barge canal, as part of a larger redevelopment of the now rarely used site. In all, COR Development is working on a $350 million overhaul of the site. It plans more commercial and residential space. Farm Bill expiration worries New York's farmers By Karen DeWitt • Oct 2, 2013 Doug Kerr / Flickr While the focus has been on the partial federal government shut down, another important piece of legislation, the federal farm bill, has also expired. New York Farm Bureau President Dean Norton said this is the third time in three years he's seen negotiations go down to the wire and beyond on farm legislation that regulates crop subsidies, milk prices, and nutrition programs. "It's like déjà vu all over again," Norton said in a statement. Opposition to gambling amendment heats up By Karen DeWitt • Sep 30, 2013 Another anti-gambling group has released a study debunking Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the state legislature's claims about the benefits of permitting more casino gambling in New York. So far opponents have been more vocal than supporters about the November 5 ballot referendum. Software patents spark conversation about viability and protection By Kate O'Connell • Sep 24, 2013 It's taken 13 years, but an upstate New York company, Logical Images, has finally received a patent for the software that runs its visual diagnostic system. The tool is used by physicians to lower the rate of diagnostic errors. Though the company says the patent was vital to their commercial viability and the protection of their product, not everyone thinks software should be patentable. N.Y. regulations like 'death by a thousand cuts,' say manufacturers By Ellen Abbott • Sep 20, 2013 Ellen Abbott/WRVO The one phrase that kept coming up at Friday's New York State Senate hearing on regulatory reform in Syracuse, was "death by a thousand cuts." Manufacturers were the focus today as lawmakers travel around the state trying to identify regulations that are getting in the way of business.One of the regulations State Sen. John DeFransisco called asinine at today's hearing, springs from the Wage Theft Prevention Act. Employers are required to provide employees with a yearly notice regarding their compensation, information that is already on their paycheck. Business group pushes for tax cuts, fracking to revive upstate economy By Karen DeWitt • Sep 4, 2013 WBFO An upstate pro-business group says regions of the state north of Westchester need special attention in the coming months to help the floundering economy. The group Unshackle Upstate is proposing a series of tax cuts, as well as a start to hydrofracking as the remedy. New York in the World: Interview with Jonathan Bowles By Garrick Utley • Aug 23, 2013 The SUNY Levin Institute's New York in the World report was prepared by the Center for an Urban Future headed by Jonathan Bowles. Bowles sat down with Garrick Utley to discuss the current state of New York's economy, and its future. Garrick Utley: Jonathan Bowles, you and your team worked on this report New York and the World for a long time. You examined the state of New York, the city of New York. What impression did you come away with in terms of the state of New York in the world today? 2013 New York State Fair prepares to open By Ellen Abbott • Aug 22, 2013 Stu Gallagher / New York State Fair The 2013 edition of the New York State Fair opens on Thursday, drawing hundreds of thousands of fairgoers to the Geddes fairgrounds during the 12-day exposition. In recent years, there has been more of a focus on agriculture at the State Fair, and State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel Aubertine says there's more evidence of that at this year's event. Historic architecture improved with new technology By Ashley Hirtzel • Aug 21, 2013 Ashley Hirtzel/WBFO A western New York business is creating terra cotta architectural features with the help of the latest technology. The objects are an important element in restoring and maintaining historic buildings, and building new ones. The work done at Boston Valley Terra Cotta dates back to the late 1800's. The gargoyles, statues, and feature tiles they create can be seen on buildings like Grand Central Station, the Philadelphia Public Library, and the Poptahof in the Netherlands. 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Improve Your Night Sleep with Redshift and F.lux
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A bad night's sleep can affect your productivity like nothing else. And spending evenings in front of a bright computer screen does absolutely nothing to make you sleep better at night. The bright light emitted by the computer screen tricks your brain into thinking that it's still daytime -- not a good thing at 11 p.m. when your gray matter should be preparing itself for a good night's sleep.
Redshift and F.lux provide a simple fix for this problem. The utility adjusts the color temperature of the screen according to the time of the day at your specific geographical location. So as it's getting later (and darker) outside, the color temperature of your screen becomes warmer, making your brain (correctly) think that it's already evening.
Redshift is a command-line utility (although it does have a graphical front-end which can be installed separately), and its binary packages for popular Linux distros are available on the project's website. Users of Ubuntu-based distros will be pleased to learn that Redshift is also available in Ubuntu's official software repositories, so it can be installed using the sudo apt-get install redshift command. The utility accepts a handful of parameters, and you need to specify at least one: the latitude and longitude of your current location using the -l switch as in the example below ( you can use the Where Am I? page to quickly find your exact coordinates):
redshift -l 52.5:13.4
Usually this is enough to make Redshift do its job, but the utility sports other parameters you can tweak. Check the project's website for further info.
If you don't fancy Redshift, then you might want to give F.lux a try. A packaged version of the utility for Ubuntu is available in a separate PPA, and you can install F.lux on your machine using the following commands.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kilian/f.lux sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install fluxgui
Once up and running, the utility adds an indicator applet. Click on it, and choose the Preferences item to configure the settings. All of the available options in the Preferences panel are self-explanatory, so you shouldn't have problems configuring F.lux.
Really cool.This is an awesome utility. I'm using it as I type this (it's completely dark out right now where I am), and it doesn't look as bad as I expected. Kudos to the developers.
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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Shredded Salsa Chicken
Shredded Salsa Chicken
Ingredients: 1 envelope of taco seasoning, 6 boneless skinless chicken breast, jar of salsa (enough to cover the chicken), toppings-lettuce, cheese, sour cream, tomatoes, more salsa-whatever
Instructions: Dump the chicken into a crockpot. Cover with the seasoning and salsa and cook on low for 6-8 hours or high 4-6. Shred and serve.
Posted by Christy Robbins at 12:00 AM
Labels: Chicken, Crockpot, Mexican Food, Recipes
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"gee, he's hot, i'd straddle him any day!"
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text: Posted January 28, 2010 panthers/cougars are around one has been seen around iredell county. a couple friends of mine saw it crossing the road one evening. i don't think that they are migrating back this way, most likely the result of someone keeping one as a "pet" and then releasing it or letting it get away. there were some people i lived near in wilkesboro (actually millers creek) a few years back that had quite a few exotic big cats on their property...and we have coyotes in yadkin and surry county now that we didn't a few years ago so new species are moving in. the conditions are right for them to live here, i don't know why they wouldn't/couldn't make a comeback. The "pet" theory is the best one and what many 'experts' point to if there were actually a handful of Cougars in the foothills/mountians. However, I have been out of college many years now and they could have been re-introduced to the area without my knowledge of it. In the late '90's there was a push by local biologists to re-introduce native species to the Carolinas that were extirpated. Wild turkey and coyotes were still here, they just had low population levels that rebounded nicely. Elk was re-introducted to Maggie Valley in the late '90's and DEFINITELY were extirpated for the Carolinas for hundreds of years. Anyway, all joking names aside, Cougars would have been a cool name if Panthers didn't stick. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Virginia -- Graeme McDowell's playoff win over Tiger Woods in the Chevron World Challenge earned him a Top 10 spot in the men's world golf rankings released Monday.
McDowell beat Woods on the first playoff hole Sunday. The victory jumped him from 11th to a career-high no. 7 ranking. He ended last year ranked 39th.
Lee Westwood won the Nedbank Golf Challenge and kept the No. 1 spot in the rankings. Had he not won and Woods had taken the Chevron title, Woods would have returned to the top spot.
With Westwood and Woods first and second in the rankings, Martin Kaymer is still third and Phil Mickelson fourth but the rest of the Top 10 had some juggling.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. -- Graeme McDowell forged a tie with an 18th-hole birdie and then bested Tiger Woods on a playoff hole Sunday to win the Chevron World Challenge.
The clutch performance on the final regulation hole allowed McDowell to close with a 3-under-par 69 and catch Woods atop the leaderboard. Woods, who led by four entering the final round, struggled to a 1-over 73 and finished the 18 holes tied for first at 16-under 272.
McDowell sank a 20-footer for birdie on the final hole and forced Woods to respond with his own 3-foot birdie putt to extend the match.
McDowell then won it thanks to a birdie putt and a miss by Woods on the extra hole at Sherwood Country Club in California.
Thousand Oaks -- Tiger Woods shot a steady 4-under-par 68 Saturday that kept him four shots in front with one round to play at the Chevron World Challenge.
Woods missed the tournament's 54-hole scoring record by two shots, but stayed on pace to win for the fifth time in an event he hosts.
He produced a three-day total of 17-under 199. Graeme McDowell, who finished second here last year and then won the U.S. Open in June, was alone in second at 203 after shooting a 68. Paul Casey was third at 207.
Hunter Mahan, Sean O'Hair, Luke Donald and Rory McIlroy were tied for fourth at 209. Both Donald and McIlroy stumbled to rounds of 73.
Thousand -- Tiger Woods, returning to the form that has won him 14 major championships, built a four-shot lead Friday after two rounds of the Chevron World Challenge.
Woods shot a 6-under 66 at the Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., for a 36-hole total of 13-under 131. He is trying to win the event, which he hosts, for the fifth time.
A victory here would be his first in 2010, although it would not count as an official PGA Tour triumph. He has not won since his personal life collapsed following his admission of marital infidelities and his subsequent divorce.
His last major title came at the 2008 U.S. Open, after which he underwent season-ending knee surgery.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. -- Tiger Woods, winless on the PGA Tour in 2010, shot a 7-under 65 Thursday to grab a one-shot lead in the Chevron World Challenge.
Woods hosts the event, which is not an official stop on the tour, and has won it four times.
Rory McIlroy and U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell were tied for second place at 66 while Dustin Johnson and Stewart Cink both shot a 69 at the Sherwood Country Club.
This was the first year since he turned professional in 1996 that Woods did not capture a tour event. His winless season came as his marriage collapsed and ended in divorce.
Virginia Water, England -- Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer are poised to take golf's world No. 1 ranking from Tiger Woods.
Woods had been ranked No. 1 for the last 281 weeks -- and 623 weeks overall -- but the reign is about to end. If Kaymer, who moved past Phil Mickelson and into third in the world golf rankings released Monday, finishes no worse than a two-way tie for second at the European Tour's Andalucia Valderrama Masters in Spain, he will be the new No. 1.
However, if Kaymer doesn't finish that high, Westwood, even though he's out with an injury, would become the 13th player to be ranked No. 1.
New York -- A sex tape purported to star golfer Tiger Woods actually features a Philadelphia boxer paid to be filmed as Woods, the boxer says.
Teneal Goyco, 29, claims prostitute Devon James and her husband offered him $1,000 to fulfill her fantasy of having sex with Tiger, the New York Post reported Tuesday.
"I was in it to make a couple bucks and have sex with a pretty lady," Goyco said.
"I just thought I was fulfilling this woman's fantasy of having sex with Tiger Woods, as she had said she wanted," he said.
Goyco said he only realized he had been duped when he saw James' advertisements for the video, which she is selling for $25.95 on the Internet and promoting as the real deal, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Phoenix -- Tiger Woods' older half-brother says their father would have been "very disappointed" with the golfer's extramarital affairs.
Earl Woods Jr. told KSAZ Fox 10, Phoenix, "I think my dad would be very disappointed with him. He would probably want to know how he's going to fix it. You're grown enough to get into this mess; how are you going to repair it?"
Earl Jr. said the there was respect between Elin Nordegren and her father-in-law, Earl Woods. He said, "She was family. My dad and her really connected."
Earl Jr. said Tiger paid a steep price for his infidelity: "It cost him a family.
Devon James, the porn star and escort who claims the ace golfer fathered her secret love child, has sold a sex tape allegedly of herself and the golfer to a DVD production company, RadarOnline reported Friday.
Newport -- U.S. golfer Tiger Woods was all business at a pre-Ryder Cup press conference Tuesday in Wales, saying he was ready to have a good tournament.
Woods, facing reporters at the Celtic Manor resort, said he had been working on his swing with new instructor Sean Foley and tersely deflected questions about his personal life and other queries seemingly meant to stir controversy, Sports Illustrated reported.
Woods indicated he was learning from Foley.
"I have an understanding of what he was trying to teach, and now it's just a matter of getting reps," Woods said. "The biggest thing is understanding the fixes. Out on the course today, I hit some bad ones, but I automatically knew what the fix was."
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One of former S.S. Seward star Gladys Loyas' uncles from the Dominican Republic mentioned to her in passing last month about the possibility of playing for the country's women's national soccer team.
Sure, Loyas told him. Why not? Sounds exciting.
Still, for all Loyas knew, that would be the end of the conversation. Or, in this case, the start of a whirlwind summer soccer vacation. On Monday, Loyas returned to Florida after playing two games with the Dominican Republic national team in the Caribbean Cup, a qualifier for the 2015 women's World Cup.
"It was really random and almost rushed, but it was a great experience," said Loyas, a midfielder entering her sophomore year at N.C. State. "It just all came to be. I got my passport and I went to play. I loved it. Playing international soccer was a great experience for me. The players were older and more experienced, but I think I held my own."
Once the Dominican Republic team became interested in Loyas, she declared and received dual citizenship from the island country. Her mom, Rita, was born in the Dominican Republic. Loyas started for the Dominican Republic in a 7-0 win over St. Lucia in the Caribbean Cup on June 11 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic.
She remained in the country and also started in a 7-0 loss to Jamaica last Sunday, which eliminated the Dominican Republic from women's World Cup qualifying.
"This was a huge opportunity for Gladys, a big jump," said Seward coach Joe DiMattina. "It kind of fell into her lap and she took it and ran with it. To me, the sky is the limit for Gladys. Every year, it's something else with her. Who knows what this could lead to?"
Loyas, 19, said she hopes to play with the Dominican Republic again in November in games in Mexico.
"It will definitely be exciting to be part of the team in the future," she said.
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My header is looking slightly blurry no matter what I've tried (gone into my css's header's height/width sizes; gone into function php and attempted to make the image header area smaller---this only cuts out the frame but keeps the header image the same; uploaded an entirely new header and reverted back to the old). Nothing is working.
I've tried gif, bmp, jpg, and still to no avail. This issue spreads to my sidebar images as well EXCEPT for images inside my content area (as you can see in the Motor Rehab and Mental Health pages.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- News 12 has learned Richmond County deputies are on the scene of a party after shots were fired.
It happened around 9:14 p.m. at a home on Shirley Avenue near Roosevelt Drive in Augusta.
We are told there are two victims. One was shot in the leg but the injury is said to be non-life threatening.
No one is in custody at this time.
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The 2009 Amarone della Valpolicella opens to a dark, midnight color and spicy aromas of old spice, Middle Eastern bazaar, waxed furniture, honey-roasted ham, cured meat, caramelized sugar and dark road pavement. The wine shows impossible extraction and concentration that will make it difficult to match foods that don't involve a hearty piece of red meat. Despite the bulk, there is beauty here and the wine will surely appeal to die-hard Amarone enthusiasts. Drink 2015-2025. - Robert Parker 93 Points
Deep ruby-red. Spicy aromas of floral red cherry, quinine, pink peppercorn and fresh herbs. Enters richer and deeper than the Nicalo, with ripe red cherry and red berry flavors lifted by aromatic herbs. Finishes clean and long, but this still needs a lot of time to express itself. A very good Valpolicella Ripasso that does not aim at being a cheap Amarone knock-off but has a Valpolicella dignity all its own. From a selection of grapes from different hillside vineyards than those that give the grapes for the Nicalo. - Stephen Tanzer 90 Points
This has fragrances of ripe black cherry, raisin and a touch of leather. The palate delivers raisin and raspberry flavors, along with spicy black pepper notes. The palate is a bit evolved, showing tertiary notes. - K.O. - Wine Enthusiast Magazine 89 Points


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The start at the Aintree course in Liverpool will be moved forward 90 metres, further from the crowd, and measures will be introduced to stop horses getting caught up in the starting tape.
The landing zone of the famous Becher's Brook jump will be levelled out and fence designs will be reviewed, the BHA said on their website.
Two horses, Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised and According To Pete, died in the race on April 14 this year, the second successive year there had been two fatalities.
The deaths led to questions about the safety and future of the race and criticism from animal rights organisations.
Aintree Racecourse and the BHA believed the course could continue to accommodate a maximum of 40 runners but they would monitor the issue of field size, the BBC reported.
In this year's race, Synchronised and 28-1 outsider According To Pete had to be put down after meeting grief at Becher's Brook during the four-and-a-half-mile race.
Synchronised had already unseated champion jockey Tony McCoy as they approached the starting area. Vets cleared him to run after examining him but the race was delayed, with a number of false starts.
Neptune Collonges eventually won the 165th running of the race in a photo finish from Sunnyhillboy.
According to the BHA, 10 horses have died in the Grand National in the last 12 years while 20 horses have died since 2001 over the Aintree fences in other races.
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