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The 47th edition of the Ome 30 km and 10 km Road Race is just around the corner on Feb. 17. Once again this year runners will pour in from across the country to take part, with 15000 entered for the 30 km and 5000 for the accompanying 10 km division. We profile five people from among the elites and amateurs who will pass through the early-spring streets of Ome this Sunday.
Ryuji Kashiwabara (23, Team Fujitsu) - Men's 30 km
The star of the Hakone Ekiden from 2009 to 2012, Kashiwabara is targeting an ambitious time of 1:30:30 in his 30 km debut. Earning the nickname "the God of the Mountain" through his heroics on Hakone's uphill Fifth Stage, Kashiwabara is now ready to take on the next stage of his career. Until now he has never run as far as 30 km in a race. "I want to take some chances in the race and try different things," he said. "I want to make it something that is going to help me build toward bigger things. Coach says I should go for 1:30:30, so that's the time I'll be shooting for."
With 85.8 m elevation difference and constant, rolling ups and downs the Ome course is a difficult one. Running it as a training run before his win at the 1981 Boston Marathon, Toshihiko Seko ran the fastest time ever in Ome, 1:29:32. Next in the record books is 1980 winner Randy Thomas' 1:30:44. If Kashiwabara runs as planned it will be the biggest men's result in over 30 years.
Kashiwabara's coach at the Fujitsu team, Tadashi Fukushima, 48, says that they have established a long-term plan to prepare Kashiwabara to run the marathon at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. "His first year [with Fujitsu] he will run 30 km. He will make his marathon debut in or after his second year. The tough ups and downs in Ome are made for Kashiwabara." His run in two weeks will be the first step in that plan.
At the New Year Ekiden corporate men's national championships Kashiwabara finished only 4th on the 12.5 km Sixth Stage, but he showed great strength in starting out fast right from the beginning of the stage. As a student at Toyo University he won Hakone's Fifth Stage, 23.4 km with 864 m of climb, all four years, three in course records. If he can bring the same talent and power that commanded the attention of the entire nation to Ome there is no doubt that the world-class level will have drawn one step closer. "I'm not right on the edge of making my marathon debut yet," Kashiwabara said, "but I plan to get there before Rio. I have to find the secret of being competitive in flat races." Looking to upgrade from his "God of the Mountain" moniker, the Ome 30 km will be Kashiwabara's runway to the stars.
Masaki Ito (23, Team Konica Minolta) - Men's 30 km
Right now Ito is on a roll in the best shape of his life. In his New Year Ekiden debut on Jan. 1 he won the 15.8 km Fifth Stage to help lead the Konica Minolta team to its first national title in five years. A month later on Feb. 3 he ran a PB of 1:02:00 at the Marugame Half Marathon, 7th overall and the third Japanese man in the field. "The New Year Ekiden was good, but in Marugame I wanted to run 61," he says unhappily. "Missing it by one second is like an itch I can't scratch."
Nevertheless, Ito has grown through the good examples of some noteworthy role models. Running both for Kokushikan University and the Kanto Region Select Team, he ran the Hakone Ekiden three times, twice on its ace Second Stage. Last spring after graduating he joined the Konica Minolta corporate team, where he now trains alongside 5000 m and 30 km national record holder Takayuki Matsumiya, 32, and 2012 World Half Marathon Championships national team member Tsuyoshi Ugachi, 25. Watching some of the best athletes in the country train, Ito says, "I've been studying their running form." He has paid close attention to both their arm carriage and leg motion. Applying what he has learned to his own running, he has already seen results. "Compared to how I've run up to now," he says, "I have a lot less pain in my calves."
Ito's goal in Ome is the win. He is also burning with the desire to beat Kashiwabara, who was the same class year as him in college. Last year Ito ran 1:31:20 at the Kumanichi 30 km Road Race, showing that he has the potential. "I want to be internationally competitive on the track and on the roads," he says. "To help me get there I am totally focused on winning. I don't want to lose to either Kashiwabara or my other teammates." His first step on the road to follow the greatness of Matsumiya and Ugachi will come in Ome.
Kota Shinozaki (29, Tokyo Police Department) - Men's 30 km
Shinozaki wants to make it to the world level one more time. A policeman with great ambitions, he will return to Ome again this year. Running the 30 km last year with bib number 110 [the Japanese equivalent of 911, the police emergency phone number], Shinozaki finished 3rd to earn an invitation to run the Boston Marathon. Making his marathon debut there in 30 degree temperatures he ran 2:25:45 for 17th. "It was my first time racing overseas and my first marathon," he recalls. "I had never experienced the buildup to a marathon or the excitement right before the race before, and I want to feel that feeling again."
After graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University, thinking, "I want to do work that will help give the public a feeling of peace and safety," Shinozaki joined the Tokyo Police Department. He normally works in eight hours a day in a police station in Fuchu, but once or twice a week he must pull additional patrol duty. "I never know when it's going to be or what's going to happen, so it's always interesting," he says. After patrol duty, he always gets in one hour of running without fail. Including workouts with the Police Department team his normal monthly training is from 700 to 800 km. "In long-distance running it's important to keep training regularly," he says, having found a successful way to balance his work and training schedules.
Shinozaki's goal in Ome is to run close to the same time as last year's winner Hideaki Tamura (Team JR Higashi Nihon), 1:33. Having received a leave of absence from work duties with the rest of the Police Department team to focus on the New Year Ekiden, Shinozaki was given a special extension on his leave and he has been training specifically for Ome since mid-January. "Since they were kind enough to open up my work schedule and give me this leave to train I really want to come out of it with great results," he says. Bound by the need to repay his gratitude, Shinozaki is ready for the attack come Sunday.
Asami Kato (22, Team Panasonic) - Women's 30 km
Last year's women's winner Kato returns to the site of her big breakthrough. Having won May's Sendai International Half Marathon, she made last year's Japanese national team for the World Half Marathon Championships in Bulgaria in October where she finished 12th and helped the Japanese women win team bronze. "Winning in Ome last year showed me that I'm capable of racing with confidence," she says.
Now she wants to repeat last year's pattern in the marathon. Aiming for August's Moscow World Championships, Kato will make her marathon debut at the Mar. 10 Nagoya International Women's Marathon. Beginning in mid-January she trained for a month at altitude in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Running primarily on cross-country surfaces at 2000 m elevation she put in 1000 km before returning to Japan on Feb. 14. "I'm still jet-lagged, but give it a day or two and I'll be fine," she says confidently. "It won't affect the race. The first half of Ome is mostly uphill and the second half downhill. It's a tough course, but my only goal is to win again this year," she says. If she does, she will join 1988-89 winner Misako Fujii (Team Konica) as only the second woman in Ome's 47 years to win two straight races.
To help get a feel for the atmosphere of a national team selection marathon Kato ran as a pacer at November's Yokohama International Marathon. Assigned the task of splitting 16:55-17:00 per 5 km, she had no trouble doing the job. "I could feel that the level of tension was different from other races, and that was a big plus," she says. Yokohama was a hop, Ome will be a step, and in Nagoya she will take the jump up to the world level. With any luck she will be in flight come August.
Kanako Uemura (25, Ome City Hall) - Women's 10 km
In Ome City Hall there is a civil servant runner who can boast of national-level achievements. As a student at Kumagaya Joshi H.S. in Saitama, Uemura finished 5th in the 800 m final at the 2005 National High School Championships behind future Beijing Olympian Yuriko Kobayashi (Team Toyota Jidoshokki). After entering Saitama University she continued to compete on the track, but after graduating she retired from racing to take a job at Ome City Hall, a place totally unconnected to her life up that point.
What drew her to Ome was the Okutama Keikoku Ekiden. Running with some friends from university, she was inspired by the feeling of warmth from the crowds cheering along the streets and decided to look for work in the town. Comparing Ome to Fukaya, Saitama, where she was born and raised, Uemura smiles, "Even though it's part of Tokyo there is an incredible amount of nature. The first time I ever saw fireflies was in Ome."
Having come to Ome through its local ekiden, Uemura continued running as a hobby. On weekends she trains back at Saitama University with ten of her former teammates from her university days. Almost none of them have experience with long distance. "Back in the day we were always focused on times and there are a lot of tough memories, but now we are really having fun with our running," she says. Like "The Original," Yuki Kawauchi (25, Saitama Pref.), she is enjoying her running life above all else.
Before the race Uemura will be working as a volunteer to help with bib number pickup. After picking up her own number she be lining up on race day. "Running in Ome you can feel the real connection between people," she says. "It's a race you can truly enjoy." Having worked at Ome City Hall for three years, this will be her third time running. Ome's early-spring starting gun has come to be the moment she looks forward to the most each year.


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When most people hear of golfing, they think of a sport that needs no form of exercise whatsoever. They think that golfers just go to the field and swing their golf sticks, and that is it. They all have it wrong. Golfers exercise more than they want to admit. They have to keep their arms in good shape or the swing, their legs in good shape to keep them from cramping and generally their whole body so that they are fit for the game.
Here are some of the exercises golfers do and how they do them:
Front planks, side planks, bent knee, back holds work well as well as saws, bent knee back presses with an exercise ball are some of the exercises each golfer has to do. Golfing requires a certain posture. If you do not get it right, then you throw the entire game away. It is therefore important that each golfer maintain a fixed angel spine. This calls for exercises that focus on the core region. The exercise listed above give them this.
Windshield wipers, performs stretches, kneeling hip flexor presses, and stork turns. These are the exercises golfers do for flexibility. In this game, flexibility is key. You need it for the posture, the swing and the turns. By doing flexibility exercises, golfers are able to increase their mobility during the game thus allowing them to move around with ease without feeling overworked or tired.
Warm up exercises. This is a must for each golfer before the game. In most cases, they just do the stretches and light exercises. This helps them warm up their muscles before the game. It keeps them from muscle cramps and fatigue. Other golfers prefer to do a jog before the game as their warm up exercise.Other than these three, golfers also engage in different exercises for their health benefit. For this reason, they have personal trainers who guide them differently depending on their goals.
Golf in itself is exercise. The fact that golfers walk around the golf course following the ball around makes them burn fat, sweat and keep fit. At the end of each game, the golfer goes home tired and fatigued from all the walking s/he has done. The second thing that qualifies the golfing sport to be a form of exercise for those who engage in it is the swinging and the pausing. To get the right pause, you engage several muscles and the golfer has to do the perfectly. To swing and hit the ball the right way and with the right amount of energy is also strenuous. At the end of the game, the golfer will have engaged most muscles in their body and ill have had a full body workout.

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DiehardMagazine.com: Tell us what it feels like to be selected by the Red Sox?
Mike Miller: It's a dream come true, really. Being on the west coast we still see a lot of Red Sox games. There's a lot of excitement from Boston fans out here, and it's cool to know I'm going to be a part of an organization loved by its fans, and one with such a dedicated front office and staff. Really, I was hoping to be chosen by the Red Sox, and I think it will be a good fit. I'm just still in shock I have the opportunity to play for an organization with the personnel and fans like the Red Sox'.
DiehardMagazine.com: Talk about your game a little bit. What type of player are you and how do you see yourself fitting in with the Red Sox?
Miller: I played some second and third base in summer ball, but primarily I've played shortstop my entire career. I like to think of myself as a player who tries to play the game the right way; I'm not a guy who jumps out physically at 5-foot-8, 170, so I find different ways to be successful, you know. That could mean always making sure you're mentally prepared, asking questions, and just being a student of the game. You know, studying pitchers, watching the way the ball comes off the bat of some hitters. I really take pride in being knowledgeable about the game. As far as how I'll fit in with the Red Sox, I'll do whatever they ask of me, and whatever happens, happens. I love the game of baseball, and anything that gets me on the field and allows me to play everyday, I'll do. I've always taken pride in putting in the work and working hard to be successful, and I believe the results will come.
DiehardMagazine.com: What are your strengths and your weaknesses?
Miller: I just need to keep working on my offensive game, and work on some footwork stuff in the infield. Footwork-wise at shortstop I feel pretty good, but I think I could improve on some footwork at second base and I could be really good there and make myself more valuable to the organization. As far as offensively, I need to keep improving and play my game. I'm a line drive hitter who can drive the ball in the gaps, and a guy who can help out my team in certain situations. That could mean laying down a bunt to move a runner over or to get on base to start an inning and get my team going, or it could mean making sure I at least get the ball in the air with a man on third for the sac. Really what it comes down to is I'll do whatever is best for the team in that situation.
DiehardMagazine.com: How about your defensive game?
Miller: Since I first started playing baseball, defense has always been very important to me and a strong part of my game. Offensively, there will be slumps, but defensively, I feel you can always stay in the game. I really take pride in being solid defensively, and want my pitchers to trust that I can make the play if they get a ground ball to short or wherever it may be in the infield.
DiehardMagazine.com: Who would you compare your game to at the Major League level so Sox' fans have an idea of what your game is like?
Miller: I don't want to sound like I'm close to the level of Pedroia, but he's definitely a guy I look up to, and I kind of model my game after him. He's scrappy and plays the game hard and I play the game that way as well. Mike Aviles and Nick Punto are other guys I kind of compare myself to. Aviles has the scrappy style and plays the game the right way and Punto has got the job done for a lot of teams and plays solid defense. Things like getting the guy over with a sac bunt of fly, or finding a way to knock the guy in; those are things those guys do that I feel I do as well. Also, another guy I grew up idolizing and I feel I model my game after is Ozzie Smith, who's a Cal Poly alumni. He was tremendous defensively and I feel a little underrated as a hitter, so it's cool following in his footsteps.
DiehardMagazine.com: Were you expecting to be drafted by the Red Sox or were you surprised when they selected you?
Miller: I had a little contact with Boston before, so I wasn't too surprised, and I was hoping for the best, which for me was being drafted by the Red Sox. Like I said, I love the way the organization is run and how faithful the fans are, and it just seemed like an organization I could fit into. One of our outfielders Mitch Haniger, who was drafted 38th overall by the Brewers, garnered a lot of interest from the Red sox, which ended up being beneficial for me and helped me out because they started talking to me and seemed to really like me. I think they kinda saw I was a baseball rat, and I worked hard and just loved being out on a baseball field, and I'm glad it all worked out.
DiehardMagazine.com: Do you see yourself staying at the same position or do you think you'll be moved to another position?
Miller: I'm more comfortable at shortstop, but like I said I have had experience with second and third before so I feel I can play all three positions. If I work on a little footwork, I feel I could be just as good at second than I am at short, but I'm not worried about where they're going to put me. I'll play wherever they want me to play and whatever happens, happens.
DiehardMagazine.com: What would you say is your best moment in baseball and why?
Miller: Probably this year in a doubleheader against Tony Gwynn and San Diego State. I hit a walk-off double in the bottom of the ninth to even the series. We'd been struggling in prior weeks, and it kind of turned our season around and we were on a roll for awhile after that. You could see the energy on our team change and our confidence pick up, so that ended up being a really cool moment for me.
DiehardMagazine.com: Who was your favorite team and player growing up?
Miller: I grew up in the Bay Area, but my favorite team growing up was actually the Seattle Mariners because of Ken Griffey Jr. My dad brought me to a game between the A's and the Mariners at the Coliseum when I was about four and Griffey Jr. had a few hits and made some nice catches in centerfield and I liked them ever since. I think another reason I liked them was because they had an 18-year-old kid named Alex Rodriguez playing shortstop and I thought that was cool that an 18-year-old was playing in the major leagues. I love taking ground balls, and that's kind of where I got my love for shortstop and the infield.
DiehardMagazine.com: Do you have any advice for up-and-coming players who aspire to play professionally?
Miller: The biggest piece of advice I can give that has helped me the most is to just work hard. There's no substitute for hard work, and you can always hang your hat on being a hard worker and doing the best job you can possibly do. You don't want to have any regrets or say 'I could've done more.' Another is to be a student of the game. Study pitchers, study hitters, study the game in general. The more you learn about the game, the more you'll be able to understand, and you'll end up being more prepared and successful because of that.
DiehardMagazine.com: As a senior I'm assuming you want to start your professional career immediately.
Miller: I'm definitely going to sign and start my journey as a professional baseball player. It's been a lifelong dream of mine to play the game of baseball everyday for a living. I just graduated and I'm in the process of moving out of my house in San Luis Obispo, and I fly out to Lowell pretty soon. I haven't seen much of the East Coast so I'm definitely looking forward to that, and I honestly couldn't be more excited to have the opportunity to play baseball professionally and in the Boston Red Sox organization.
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Today is Friday 11/14/2008.. Currently 10:10am eastern.
Spiceworks has a bar, showing problems for a computer or two for 11/16/2008.
Can I also get winning Lotto numbers?? (;->
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Didn't know this first question had gotten thru.. When I submitted it, I got a Server Error back.


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Our big announcement on the Trump-Russia scandal.
Over the weekend, Kevin Drum had a fantastic post about why we need universal health care. Just to add to everything he said, it's utterly bizarre and twisted that a person in this country can receive government health insurance after losing all their life savings in a hurricane, but if a person who loses their jobthrough no fault of their ownand can't pay for chemo injections, well, tough luck. It's bizarre that Medicaid will cover those under the poverty line but not, quite frequently, those at twice the poverty threshold, or just over the cutoff, or often certain parents below the threshold. At present, people in very similar circumstances aren't at all treated equally, and we'd do just as well tossing darts at a dartboard to determine who gets coverage and who doesn't.


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Listing information
- Year Built: 1993
- Status: Active
- New Construction: No
- Above Ground Sq. Feet: 5,600
- County: Grand Traverse
- Property ID: 103986928
- Beds: 7
- Stories: 0
- Foreclosure: No
- Lot Area: 3.33
- School District: Traverse City Area Public Schools
- Style: Ranch
- Baths: 6 (Full: 3 3/4: 2 1/2: 1 Other: 0)
- Parking Type Description: Attached 4 cars
- Total Square Footage: 5,600 ($223.21 per sq. foot)
- Lot Size: combo
- Body of Water: Chandler Lake
ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS Garden/Storage Shed, Guest House, Secondary Garage(s), Workshop
APPLIANCES/EQUIPMENT Blinds, Ceiling Fan, Dishwasher, Disposal, Drapes, Dryer, Oven/Range, Refrigerator, Washer
ASSOCIATION FEE INCLUDES None
Bedroom 1 Floor Covering Carpet
BR3 Floor Covering Carpet
BR4 Floor Covering Carpet
CONSTRUCTION Frame
Deeded Waterfront Yes
DEVELOPMENT AMENITIES None
Din Rm Floor Covering Wood
DOCUMENTS ON FILE Sellers Disclosure, Septic Information
Driveway Blacktop, Easement
ECO Features No
Exterior Features Balcony, Bay View, Countryside View, Covered Porch, Deck, Garden Area, Landscaped, Multi-Level Decking, Patio, Porch, RV Parking
EXTERIOR FINISH Wood
Fam Rm Floor Covering Wood
FIREPLACES AND STOVES Fireplace(s), Gas, Stove
FOUNDATION Slab
HEATING/COOLING SOURCES Natural Gas
HEATING/COOLING TYPES Baseboard, Hot Water, Radiant Floor
Interior Features Breakfast Nook, Built-In Bookcase, Cathedral Ceilings, Den/Study, Exercise Room, Formal Dining Room, Foyer Entrance, Game Room, Granite Kitchen Tops, Great Room, Island Kitchen, Jetted Tub, Mud Room, Pantry, Solarium/Sun Room, Walk-In Closet(s), Workshop
Kit Floor Covering Wood
LAND FEATURES Evergreens, Rolling, Wooded, Wooded-Hardwoods
Liv Rm Floor Covering Carpet
Master Bath Private
Other # Baths: Lower - 0, # Baths: Main - 3, # Baths: Upper - 3, Above Gr. FINISHED SF Apx - 5600, Below Gr. UNFIN. SF Apx - 0, Development Name - Metes and Bounds, TOTAL Baths - 5.5, Water Front Footage - 300, Year Remodeled - 1998, Year Updated - 1998
Possession Negotiable
PRIMARY GARAGE Attached, Door Opener, Finished Rooms, Heated, Paved Driveway
Principal Residence Yes
Private/Shared Private
ROAD Blacktop, Public Maintained
Roof Asphalt
Sign (Y/N) Yes
TV SERVICE/INTERNET AVAIL Cable TV, WiFi
UNIVS DESIGN/BARRIER FREE None
Utilities / Sewer Private Septic
Water Private Well
Water Features All Sports, Deeded Easement, Priv Frontage (Wtr Side), Private Dock, Sandy Bottom
ZONING/USE/RESTRICTIONS Building-Use Restrictions, Outbuildings Allowed, Residential
Bedroom 1 Upper Floor 19x17
Bedroom 2 Upper Floor 26x17
Bedroom 3 Upper Floor 17x11
Bedroom 4 Upper Floor 10x11
Family Room Upper Floor 26x17
Laundry Room Upper Floor 19x7
Dining Room Main Floor 11x11
Kitchen Main Floor 23x14.8
Living Room Main Floor 25x20
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Local Lighthouse15991 Red Hill Ave Tustin, California United States of America
Local Lighthouse Tustin, California *NOTICE..!! this ripoff has nothing to do with Google search engine - many rip-off businesses use the Google name to fool consumers.
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LOCAL LIGHTHOUSE SCAM: Local Lighthouse cold-calls you and claims that for $299.00 per month, they will "optimize" your website, so that it will be on the first page of Google. Local Lighthouse may even promise not to charge your credit card until you are on the first page of Google. BS. Local Lighthouse charges your credit card immediately, and never does anything to optimize your website.
BEWARE: Local Lighthouse does just one thing. It aggressively tries to force your c-card company to pay them the ripoff monthly fee, even after you've disputed it. The way many c-card companies work, is that the last voice wins. In other words, when Local Lighthouse responds to the c-card company with some bs, the c-card company will reinstate the charges. You must then call the c-card company and re-dispute the monthly charges every few months, whenever you see it back on your statement. Last voice wins. thieves, crooks, avoid
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#1 Consumer Comment
They do use Google's name
SUBMITTED: Thursday, April 10, 2014POSTED: Thursday, April 10, 2014
I just received a call from these people. They specifically said that they were a "contractor for Google".
Are you an owner, employee or ex-employee with either negative or positive information about the company or individual, or can you provide "insider information" on this company?
#2 Consumer Suggestion
Local Lighthouse Still Uses Google Telemarketing Bait & Switch
SUBMITTED: Thursday, February 13, 2014POSTED: Thursday, February 13, 2014
On February 13, 2013, I received the deceptive telemarketing call "important information for the Business Owner regarding your Google Lisiting" (just because other SEO companies do it, doesn't make it right). The pitch, a 6 page website for $199 first month, $99 per month thereafter with submission to 12 directories (6 month agreement term). The claim is that the site will end up on the First Page of Google, Yahoo & Bing (as most Digital Marketers know, this is nearly impossible).
After hearing the pitch, I received information form the following email footer:
Local Lighthouse
1381 Newort Ave., Ste 153
Tustin, CA 92780
Here's the part that I would like to see Local Lighthouse change:
1. Telemarketing Call - It is deceptive to small business owners to represent the service as "important information about your Google Places listing or Google listing". Again, just because other telemarketing industries (auto warranty) doesn't make it right.
The purpose of including Google in the script is to take advantage of small business owners into thinking there is something wrong with their Google listing. They should remove the word "Google" from their Telemarketing War Dialer Script.
Finally, just because other SEO Company do it, doesn't make it right.
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#3 REBUTTAL Owner of company
I did contact the Customer Service Department at local Lighthouse
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, November 20, 2013POSTED: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
To Local Lighthouse:
First and foremost the issue is not that you are claiming to be with google. When you sign people up you use the bait and switch technique. I was told that you would make an amazing website better than one we have. The website you made is the most basic website I have ever seen. No way is it anywhere near as good as the website I have now. I was told my company would be on the first page of google no later than 90 days based on my keywords. Its been 7 months and after numerous emails and complaints to your company we cannot even be found on google for the main service we provide. One of our other services we provide we were already on the first page so your company did absolutely nothing there. When calling your customer service today your representitive was extremely rude, condecending, interrupted me non stop, told me I was wong and wouldnt listen. I decided to call your company becasue my emails are never answered. The rude represtitive told me something completely different told this was all exspalined when i signed up. Told me I was wrong!!! So at that point I told her i will cancel and her exact words were "that is your choice". So we call call your company all we want. I wouldnt bother because your customer service reps are rude and much more. Nothing was resolved and she argued with me terribly. Not to mention you have 14 complaints against you on scambook and who knows where else. If you take one more penny from me you will be sued.
Are you an owner, employee or ex-employee with either negative or positive information about the company or individual, or can you provide "insider information" on this company?
#4 UPDATE Employee
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, December 26, 2012POSTED: Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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Learning Magic
Antonia, Ewan, Matilda and Axel, on their quest to master the magic!
Age 13
Antonia, 22nd April
"Antonia!" my dad yelled in his thick Jamaican accent.
"What?" I yelled back in my strong London one.
"Get the balloons out of the front room! I can't stand the things. I can't see why you have to have them. You're too old for them!"
"Ugh!" I groaned. "They release the child in me! It's not like there was much else to do!"
"Oh please, your friends were bored. Bored, I tell you."
"That's 'cause there was nothing to do!"
"Just do it, girl!"
"All right!" I sighed and reluctantly pushed my laptop off of my crossed legs. Sometimes I really couldn't believe that man. Doesn't like balloons. Pfft. I shook my head and smiled as I walked into the living room of our small, one bedroom bungalow. From the sight I saw I couldn't put Dad wrong. Balloons are OK, but when they basically fill a room it can be too much. It was just a multicolour mess of floating, inflated ovals. I decided that the best way to go about this would be to pop them all, but since I had neither the patience nor the co-ordination to do so I just settled for putting them all in the back garden and letting them float away.
It was going quite well for roughly ten minutes, but there was this one balloon and every time I tried to grab it, it would float away from me as if I was trying to force two magnets of the same pole together rather than just trying to grab helium inflated rubber. It was a purple balloon, which is strong in my memory not because of how it wouldn't let me get to it, and not because of why it wouldn't let me get to it. I remember it so well because of the strange blue stripe that ran down it from top to bottom.
At last I managed to corner it by the TV, and I gently took it, upon which it promptly popped, spilling a pile of silver glitter onto the cream carpet.
"Oh," I blinked stupidly. I heard a chuckle from behind me.
"Hey, don't worry," said the guy, obviously responding to the look of shock on my face. "Your dad knows."
"Knows what?" I asked. I've never been one for suspicion, and that's probably why I wasn't even bothered that some random guy was in my living room.
The boy sighed, seeming a little impatient. "You're coming with me."
"Before Christmas, please. I was supposed to pick someone else up before you but you got Summoned first so I didn't have a choice."
"What are you talking about?" While I wasn't one for suspicion, I did like to know what the hell was going on when I'm being taken away from home.
"You're going to school. Can we please get a move on?"
"But… it's Saturday," I said pointlessly, and also stupidly, as always.
"School starts on Sunday and you get Monday, Tuesday and Thursday off."
"Oh," I couldn't help a little smile at that. Me and my friends had always said it would be better if we had three days off. "I guess I have to go then."
"Yes," the guy looked utterly relieved that I'd finally got the point. "What's your name?"
"Antonia Presley. What's yours?" This was my automatic response.
The boy sighed. "Just call me Bankley, all right?"
"Great. Now, let's go." He grabbed my wrist before I could object and then we were gone.


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How do you turn your iPod into an android?
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Come see this chick get a shiny new pearl necklace as a gift. She fondles them and strips for your viewing pleasure. If you're a tit man, you can't lose with this this chick video. If you're not done playing the skin flute, play to your heart's content in the Bigtits.Com archives.
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Is this humanity died bodies of peoples are take off by jcb machines like animals at mecca.There is no humanity.this is so shamfull. Saudi arab governmamt should show some humanity for these dead bodies
The Hajj is an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. It happens every year, and every Muslim man must make the pilgrimage at least once in his life.
Two accidents happened during this year's Hajj. Two large groups of people arrived at a crossroads outside of Mecca. There was a crush in which 700 people died and 863 were injured.
The incident happened because people did not respect the timetables, and too many of them moved. People are investigating the incident.
The second disaster happened two weeks ago. A crane collapsed at a square and killed 109 people.


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How fitting that on the same day boats were sinking and snapping masts in the famous Sydney to Hobart yacht race, England's skipper Andrew Flintoff should allow his listing ship to drift aimlessly on to cricket's equivalent of the rocks.
When Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds incredibly took Australia from rags to riches in two sessions on the second day of the Fourth Test, Flintoff's scattered fields at the MCG more resembled arrangements fashioned by schoolkids in a local park. All the pre-Test bravado about playing for pride subsided in a tsunami of numbskull negativity. How disappointing.
Luckily the Shane and Glenn Roadshow rolls on and its irresistible last tango still guarantees quality in an Ashes contest which is now no more than a line in the itinerary. The duo continue to stir up theories about the sure-to-change face of the game once Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath are history. The evidence was on the scoreboard.
C Read not out 26. Gutsy, but at the start of his innings against Warne he might have been swinging a white cane, not a bat. His discomfort confirmed the weight of the millstone that will be lifted from batsmen's shoulders.
Other outcomes are camouflaged in gripping moments, under pressure: K Pietersen c Symonds b Warne 21. To appreciate this scoreline go back to the last day in Perth, where Pietersen used his dancing feet to advance to Warne's best, the flighted ball drifting to leg, and then with a forward thrust of his wrists, powered through the shot when seemingly beaten by late drop and sent the ball scooting to the midwicket rope.
Warne's counter-attack was a more off-stump line, three balls in a row, each one subtly wider and differently flighted. Twice Warne had Pietersen playing dangerously away from his pad, bat face riskily open. The third was the sucker ball, the one Warne hoped Pietersen would run at in frustration and try to hit over cover. Pietersen, playing smart, let it go.
Wily Warne did not let the memory go. At the MCG he persisted, shackling Pietersen, who clearly wanted to dominate the man with 700 wickets. The offstump line frustrated Pietersen so much he forgot the lesson of Perth, survived a stumping when stranded yards down the pitch to a wide one, then later succumbed, miscuing a "dropper" to long-off.
Sad to say, Warne-Pietersen cameos will be history, unless you toddle down to Hampshire, where they could promote a "special event net".
A Strauss b Warne 50. England's theory that the premeditated sweep is a useful tactic should be history, too. It muddles a batsman's mind, and it did for Andrew Strauss, who after missing a ball pitched very wide of off stump, tried an angled flick to a ball more fit for sweeping, and offered Warne his 700th reference. The great man's CV includes a comment that he is the Bradman of bowlers. So, when Muttiah Muralitharan cracks Warne's record, will the Sri Lankan be regarded as the greatest, or just the Babe Ruth of bowlers?
A Flintoff c Warne b Clark 13. When Flintoff, seeking batting salvation in the Perth Test, went on the front foot and belted Brett Lee, his opposite number Ricky Ponting, even with a few hundred runs in the bank, instantly rewound to the movie set of Ghostbusters - when you want to lay to rest the ghosts of Kevin Pietersen's Oval slogathon in 2005, "Who you gonna call?"
Who indeed? McGrath was immediately on and almost sliced Pietersen in half with an off-cutter and snuffed the momentum England were building. Ponting will need a new game-breaking theory. He can throw the ball to Stuart Clark, but who else? Oppositions will no longer be so easily strangled.
A Symonds - 21 balls to get off the mark. A fringe player fidgets because his spot in the team is wonky. New players will do that, too. Theory: Australia, with new opening batsmen, will not score as quickly, so more draws are in prospect.
Australia four, England nil. It should cost Flintoff the captaincy. If coach Duncan Fletcher is under pressure, what about the new Australian coach who will take over from John Buchanan after the World Cup?
Australia's Cricket Academy will hasten restoration, but former coach Bob Simpson worries: "History has shown that once a great team lose their key players and the rest get older there are few, if any, ready replacements in the domestic competition." Those in the Test waiting room might be over-keen to impress, scrambling form when consistency is needed.
Thought provoking if you're an Aussie, but... Australia's Parliament recently voted for embryonic stem cell research and therapeutic cloning which, the scientific lobby assure us, means there will be cure-alls for anything. Imagine Lord's in 2009, Warne and McGrath running in, bodies rebuilt, and all by Prime Ministerial decree!Reuse content


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Mount Buller Running Festival Fun Run in Victoria
The Mount Buller Fun Run is a 5km family fun run as part of the Mt Buller Mountain Running Festival, which also features the Victoria Mountain Running Championships, Mt Buller Vertical K and Mt Buller Sky Run.
This event is a beautiful run around Mount Buller Village on an established trail with a short but sharp ascent to the summit of Mount Buller.
Mount Buller Fun Run
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This event starts at the playground just up Athletes Way from the Village Tower then heads up past Arlberg Lodge and joins the Nature Trail up to the summit of Mount Buller before looping back down and around to the village again.
Note: map location(s) may be approximate.
Event listings are based on information found on the official website and/or from event directors. All information presented is as accurate as possible but is subject to change without notice. Always check with the official event website for up to date information.


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Mobile Devices, Capabilities, Apps, Web(enabled) Apps, Local Apps, Cellular, Satellite, GPS, Telephony, Data Management, Email, Markets, Gaming, Computing, iPhone, Droid, Cellular
Web App (SaaS), Rich Internet Application (RIA), Google Apps, e.g. GoogleDocs, Content Delivery, Search, Aggrigation, News, e.g. Drudge Report, Archival, e.g. LexisNexis, Internet Browser, e.g. Google, Ebooks?, Social Media, Twitter, Etc., Networking, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn
Caching/Storage, Cloud Tech
Desktop Applications, Gaming, Massively Multiplayer, Persistent World, e.g. World of Warcraft, Second Life, Session, e.g. Battlefield, Multiplayer, e.g. Call of Duty, VOIP, e.g. Skype
E-Commerce, B2C, E.G. Amazon.com, User 2 User, e.g. Craigslist, Ebay
e.g. CNN's "iReport"
Twitter (a la ham radio)
Intercultural Comm
Workplace Changes
News Interests Broaden
Esoteric Social Rules, Online Rules, e.g. posting rules, "flaming", Offline Rules, e.g. using cell on train, texting while talking face-to-face, checking email during a meeting
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Bulgaria's countryside of stunning mountains, plains and Black Sea coastline is no longer the preserve of communist dignitaries; it is now more open to western tourists. Rich in history, it contains numerous ruins left over from earlier reigns, including those by the Romans, Byzantines and Turks.
The population of 7.7 million people, over 1.2 million of whom live in the capital, Sofia, is mainly Bulgarian. Owing to the earlier Ottoman domination a sizeable Turkish minority still live there, as do 800,000 Gypsies. Bulgaria's transition to a free market economy did not go smoothly and a succession of different prime ministers and the war in Yugoslavia did nothing to help.
The situation is hopefully now more stable, although environmental problems remain: accidents have occurred at a nuclear power plant north of Sofia, and pollution around Burgas on the Black Sea does the nearby resorts no favours. Bulgaria is also due to join the EU in 2007, but this is far from plain sailing. A series of Mafia-style contract killings highlight the problem of organised crime and corruption which, along with the judicial system, must first be addressed.
Best sites
· Bulgaria Travel. Comprehensive official travel guide.
· Bulgarian music. Information on all types of music from folk to classical, with audio clips.
· Melnik wine. History, locations and how to buy Bulgaria's best known export.
· Bulgarian monastery guide. Advice about visiting some of Bulgaria's monasteries - and the history behind them.
If you only do three things ...
Walk or ski in the Rila mountains not far from Sofia; visit Bulgaria's smallest and most romantic town of Melnik near the Greek border; and peruse the museums and monuments of Veliko Tarnovo.
News and current affairs
Bulgaria's online publications from the world news guide.
Bulgarian, a Slavic language which, like Russian, uses the Cyrillic alphabet. Turkish and Russian are the second most spoken languages; English and German are spoken a little in tourist areas. Note that Bulgarians nod their heads to mean no and shake them to mean yes.
Lengthy cold winters, especially in the mountains where it is usually possible to ski well into April. Winter temperatures are below zero, but slightly milder on the coast. Summer temperatures average 25-30C (77-86F). Springs and autumns are pleasant, but it takes a foolhardy person to brave the sea in April or October.
Vaccinations against typhoid, tetanus, hepatitis A and polio are advisable. Tap water is chlorinated, but generally drinkable; bottled tastes better and will put your mind at ease.
Like much of south-east Europe, the diet is based around meat, potatoes and boiled or fried vegetables. Food can be very good, especially in summer when ingredients are fresh and meat will be grilled with fresh herbs in front of you. Shopsky salads (like Greek salad, with the Bulgarian version of feta) are tasty; banitsa, a cheese pasty, is delicious when fresh, but vegetarians may overdose on these. Vegans will struggle, but could stumble upon a spicy stew of aubergines, garlic and chilli. For those wanting foreign fare, fast food joints abound in the larger towns, but tend to be pretty dire. Bulgarian beer is drinkable, the spirits of knock-out quality, and the wine is generally better than what's exported.
June-July: Stara Zagora: lively festival of Gypsy music.
August: Pirin: Pirin Pee folklore festival - performances of local dances and songs; Koprivshtitsa: annual folklore festival with musicians and dancers from different regions of Bulgaria; Rila: celebrate the birthday on August 18 of St John of Rila (Ivan Rilski) in the beautiful surroundings of the monastery.
October 18: Melnik: festivities to celebrate the wine harvest.
New Year's Eve: Razlog, Sandanski, Pernik, Petrich: torchlit Kukeri processions in nightmarish costumes through these towns.
What to buy
Wines and spirits: red wines from around Melnik; rakiya, a strong, cheap brandy, and mastika which is similar to ouzo. Attar of roses: scent from the Valley of Roses, near Plovdiv. CDs: Bulgarian folk music - open-voiced harmonies of mainly women's choirs (look out for John Peel's favourite, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares). Handicrafts: locally made and painted ceramics, woollen rugs or even icons.
Embassies and visas
UK: Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria, 186-188 Queens Gate, London SW7 5HL (020 7584 9400/9433).
Bulgaria: British Embassy, 38 Boulevard Vassil Levski, Sofia 1000 (359 2 980 1220).
Visa requirements: EU and US citizens do not need a visa; Canadian, New Zealand and Australian citizens should check with their embassy for recent changes in their situation.
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"I am originally from Greenville, Mississippi." Guidry shared. "Just about all of my mom's side of the family is still there. If I went to Mississippi State, it wouldn't be that far from family and it's only about three hours from where I live now. My family could call come and see me play if I went there."
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Lena never knew her parents. She had a vague memory of her mother - a soft, pale face, framed by soft, blonde hair - but that was the only token of her parents she had. She had lived all of her so far seven years with her grandmother Branwyn in the retired lady's centuries old manor about a mile from the village she was born in, Ramble Stone. She didn't resent her lonely upbringing, as the crumbling large house and grounds presented many an afternoon of explorations and promised adventures; she was, however, always curious as to why there were no photographs of her parents anywhere in the overlarge residence. After all, there was a large sepia photograph of Grandpa in the sitting room, and another smaller one in a frame on Grandma's bedside table. She was too intimidated to ask her grandmother - the old woman was caring enough but was strict with feminist principles.
She was distracted from her ponderings one day when she was sitting in the garden, on a blanket under the giant withering apple tree, on a dusky-skied afternoon towards the end of summer. She was reading a book taken without permission from her Grandma's library, when a boy dropped out of the tree. She screamed, of course, as small startled girls are wont to do; once she had recovered, she jumped to her feet and demanded with an authority learnt from her mother figure the name of the intruder and his reason for being there.
"I'm Eirian, Miss," the boy answered with a cheeky grin, a little breathless after his fall, as he swept off his too-big flat cap and performed a comedic attempt at a bow. It broke Lena's frosty grand demeanour and she giggled, introducing herself to the ragamuffin boy who must have come from the village.
"Hope you don't mind, but I was out for a walk and I got a bit hungry," he explained more seriously in his little-boy voice. To Lena he looked much older mainly because he had the advantage of a few extra inches in height, though in truth he was only at the time around nine years of age. "I saw this tall tree over the garden wall, and I thought p'raps I might maybe have an apple or two. So I climbed over and climbed the tree, then you arrived, Miss, and I was a bit afraid of being caught."
"No need to be scared," Lena laughed, a little-girl trill. "I think you scared me more. Almost gave me a heart attack, you did... Eirian."
She pronounced his name carefully, like she was savouring it like a sweet. He was the first thing she had ever had that was close to a friend, and though they had only met a few minutes ago she felt excited for what their friendship might become.
"You can have as many apples as you like, if you promise to visit me every day," she said solemnly, twirling one of her plaits with a small finger.
"If you want," Eirian said, looking thrilled to have been accepted so easily. "Would you like an apple?"
He scurried up the tree like a monkey, swinging up through the sturdy branches to pluck the ripest ones and throw them down onto the blanket, careful to avoid hitting Lena. She had watched him clamber up in awe, and now, determined, she pulled up her white frilled socks and adjusted her gingham skirt before reaching up for the lowest branch, a little way above her head. Suddenly Eirian and his mane of golden-brown hair were right in front of her face, his twinking blue eyes gazing into her own hazel ones and taking her a little off balance. Even as a seven-year-old, she felt something.
"Here," he grinned, grabbing her hands as he perched on the branch precariously and helping her to struggle up until they both straddled the branch. He handed her one of two apples and then crunched into his own heartily. Lena couldn't help but watch him for a minute, struck by the beauty of his tanned skin and calloused palms and muddy shirt, his stubby nose and splattered freckles. She had never seen a boy before. The shopping was always brought by the housekeeper Mrs Cole, so Lena had never had reason to leave the manor's grounds. The only girl she had ever met was Mrs Cole's redheaded five-year-old daughter Rosie, the one time she had brought her along to help clean the house.
He stopped chewing to exchange a smile with her, and then she held up her own red apple and took a bite. It was the first time she had ever eaten anything like this, freshly picked and wild, and she would remember the sharp sweet taste for years to come.
They sat together on the branch, legs swinging and tales of families and experiences falling back and forth (of course Eirian had much more to tell) until the sky faded to black and it became much colder. Eirian noticed Lena was shivering in her dress and shuffled closer to put his arm aaround her tiny shoulders and lend her some of his heat.
"Hey!" he exclaimed, pointing out of their leafy shroud to the brightly speckled sky. "Look at that, a shooting star! D'you know you're supposed to wish on stars?"
Lena nodded; she had read about a person who did that in one of her books.
"Go on, then, make your wish."
Eirian nudged her with his elbow, winking cheerily. Lena smiled widely, closed her eyes and wished. I wish you'd be my friend forever.
Just then, the back door of the house opened. Yellow light spilled out in a long stern line, staining the grass where it fell. The light was blocked by a figure leaning on a stick. Then Grabdma's voice called crossly into the dark garden.
"Where are you, child? Making me come to look for you, with my bad leg. I s'pose you've fallen asleep under that tree again. Lena! Come in now."
Lena let a little sigh of disappointment flutter from her lips and join the gentle wind in rustling the leaves. She returned Eirian's farewell smile and let him lower her by the hands until her patent shoes touched the blanket. She collected it up, with her book, aimed one last smile up into the tree's foliage and then scuttled across the lawn to the door.
"There you are. Don't ever stay out so late again," the old woman scolded, chivvying the girl inside with her black lacquered cane. Before the door closed, plunging the gardens into blackness, Lena thought she saw a small rugged figure darting for the wall and hauling themselves over it. Goodnight, Eirian.


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The Argentine football establishment is experiencing one of its biggest ever schisms and breaking new ground in the global business of 21st-century sport with a deal between the local FA and the government to ensure that all domestic top flight matches can be broadcast for free by any national television channel wishing to do so.
The deal puts an end to 18 years of exclusive broadcast rights by Televisión Satelital Codificada (TSC) and is expected to cost the administration £94.5m a year. The FA and the government say the deal is necessary to end TSC's monopoly over local football broadcasts.
The events that resulted in the deal were unleashed in early August when the footballers' union filed complaints requesting the suspension of all teams with overdue salary payments. The total debt claimed by the union is around £6.4m, a third of which corresponds to top division teams – paltry sums by international and domestic football standards. The complaints forced a delay to the start of the season, with opening day being moved from 14 August to 21 August - an announcement that led to rioting in Buenos Aires.
Overdue salaries are part of Argentine footballing lore. Local football officials are mostly terrible at administrating the accounts of their clubs, which are non-profits run by members – much like Real Madrid and Barcelona. Officials are rarely made accountable for mismanagement by either the FA, the clubs themselves or courts.
All teams would have disappeared long-ago if they had been made to comply to the financial regulations used on business firms. This applies even to well-managed institutions like Boca, Vélez, Lanús and Estudiantes, who may be in the black now but have spent their share of time in the red as well.
Desperate to obtain cash to cancel their debts, club officials did what they almost always do: beg help from Julio Grondona, who has chaired the FA as if it were a one-man-show since his election in 1979. Grondona is one of most important men in world football. He is both Fifa's senior vice-president and that head of its finance committee – a striking job given his record stewarding Argentine football financially over the past 30 years. It is in part because of his power in the international scene that Fifa, usually averse to seeing governments mingle in its business, has not complained about the Argentine administration's intervention in the new television deal.
Once the club directors requested his help, Grondona in turn did what he has done for years: go to TSC and ask for cash advancements over future contracts – money he would subsequently distribute among clubs. TSC offered a £7.08m advance, but the clubs rejected the offer, saying they wanted a "better and more permanent solution", and demanded twice the total £42.63m the FA was entitled to annually over the upcoming six years.
Grondona simultaneously sought a second alternative to improve the clubs' finances by asking the government to condone the clubs' tax debts – a total of £14.64m. This was when the government leaped at the opportunity to push its own agenda.
TSC has held exclusive rights over FA organised football since 1991, and in 2007 Grondona extended the contract until 2014. TSC has two shareholders: Argentina's leading sports channel, TyC, and Grupo Clarín, the largest media group in the country, who own cable television operators, free-to-air broadcasters, radios, newspapers and internet providers. Before 1991, TyC had been the major holder of domestic football television rights.
Negotiations with TSC were always managed personally by Grondona and far from the public eye. "Monopoly" has been a term tirelessly used to describe TSC's stronghold on the game, and the label hardly seems exaggerated. The firm regularly intervened in regular programming to fit the need of TV ratings.
The administration has used this idea of a monopoly in its drive against TSC and says "everybody has a right to watch football". One can only wonder why such a right has never been included in the Human Rights charter.
The truth is that Clarín and the two consecutive Kirchner administrations have always had a complicated relationship, which is getting sourer by the day. The government accuses the media group of opposing its policies and is seeking a way to curtail its power. Snatching football from it is a major step in this direction.


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Great roundup Megan, I'm on the hunt so these are a great start where to look! If only indoor rugs were as 'inexpensive'. :)ReplyDelete
I just recently learn about Napa Style last time I was in the bay area....we went to a warehouse sale and I was pretty impressed!! I like the Ballard Design rugs myself!ReplyDelete
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I smell a DIY coming in my future from those Ballard rugs. My outdoor patio needs a new rug. Badly.ReplyDelete
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