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What is Quality Score?
Quality Scores have huge impact over the expense and effectiveness of your paid search projects advertisements on Google – Adwords.
Google is a commercial company that makes billions of dollars from advertisements such as AdWords. AdWords appear at the top and to the right of Google search results pages. Every time a searcher clicks on one of the AdWords, Google earns money.
Google loves high quality information placed on the Internet because it encourages people to spend time on the Internet. About 1% of clicks on a Google results page is on an AdWords whereas about 40% will be on the first organic search. Google tells us "The 1-10 Quality Score reported for each keyword in your account is an estimate of the quality of your ads and landing pages triggered by that keyword. Having a high Quality Score means that our systems think that your ad and landing page are relevant and useful to someone looking at your ad." "In a nutshell, higher quality ads typically lead to lower costs and better ad positions. The AdWords system works best for everybody – advertisers, customers, publishers and Google – when the ads that we show are relevant, closely matching what customers are looking for."
Quality Score and SEO
Quality score relates to relevance of a landing page for a keyword. If this part of a Google algorithm relates to AdWords, it is more than likely that it would be included in the algorithm for organic search.
You can locate the quality score by placing your cursor over the box under status for an AdWord
In 2011, Google announced the Panda Update named after Navneet Panda who specialises in site quality. The patent provides a method to measure website quality which may influence how a website's pages may rank on Google for targeted keywords. "The site quality score for a site can be used as a signal to rank resources, or to rank search results that identify resources, that are found in one site relative to resources found in another site."
The quality score of an ad for AdWords might seem to be a useful metric for SEO because it includes the quality of a landing page for a keyword in comparison to the competition. However, the comparison is to landing pages for competition that are running AdWord campaigns. With few exceptions, the majority of competitors for a keyword would not be running AdWord campaigns.
The quality score of websites and webpages undoubtedly influence ranking for keywords but linking factors also play a major role. Wikipedia and directory websites that have high domain authority tend to have high ranking for the keywords they target because they have high domain authorities but they do not participate in AdWords campaigns. Furthermore, keywords targeting small locations such as a plumber in a small town or borough have such small search volumes that Google delcines them for AdWords purposes. The value of AdWords quality score as a metric for SEO would seem to be very limited.
The point needs to be made that Google is influenced by user signals in determining ranking. In addition to links, user signals including click through rates, bounce rate and time on site are key indicators of user satisfaction. If a website achieves high ranking and then falls, it may be that the initial success was due to a combination of on-page and linking factors, but the drop is due to poor click through rate, high bounce rate and short-time spent on the website.


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8" tall x 9" inches diameter at opening, outside to outside.....looks like another McCoy piece recently sold on ebay for 60+ but it had a matte glaze instead of a majolica like glaze as this one does. It had number 243 on bottom. I dont see anything on this one but it could be covered in glaze.Has the usual 3 markings on bottom where it sat on the cones when being fired in the kiln.....Same 3 cone spots on the inside...One of the 3 spots is whitish where it looks like one of the cones didnt come loose and had to be broken off (factory flaw)......I show a close-up of a group of tiny flakes in the bottom.... There are about 6 or so other flakes around the bottom area about the same size. Any others that might be present are too small to be worrisome...All are concentrated around the inner bottom, nowhere else. There is only one other factory flaw that stands out and that is the "pock" mark on the outside beneath one of the Satyre Heads...Roughly 1/4" inch diameter, its where there was a bubble in the glaze that popped, leaving a roundish pit in the glaze. International Bidders ~ Read information below the description before bidding ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING PRIORITY SHIPPING & INSURANCE ARE AVAILABLE ~ details below GOD BLESS AND ! i am striving to get "TOP RATED" ... read more


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Vintage American cars purring through the streets. Mile-high murals of revolutionary icons. Camera-worthy colonial monuments. If you're looking for Havana in a nutshell, this is the trip for you. You get the real 'rum and cigar' authenticity of this crumbling capital topped and tailed by tours of the best bits. Your day starts in the modern quarter where sights like El Capitolio – the bigger, younger sister of the White House in America's Washington DC, and the Malecon – the city's famous seafront promenade await. You'll also see Plaza de la Revolución, Revolution Square, where Fidel Castro famously addressed millions of Cubans. Then it's on to a cigar shop, of course cigars have been synonymous with Cuba for many years now. From here you'll head to a viewpoint over Castillo del Moro for a cocktail in a bar before setting off on a guided walking tour of Havana Old Town, Habana Vieja. This UNESCO-protected part of town is real time warp stuff. All faded Spanish mansions and plazas lined with grand old churches, it's a dusty 1950s nostalgia kick....
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Paris got the Moulin Rouge, New York got Studio 54, and Havana got the Tropicana. This world-famous club is the city's epicentre of glitz and glamour and a must for theatre and cabaret-lovers. All the acts perform, sing in Spanish & dance on an open-air stage cocooned by tropical greenery. As well as your seat, this tour entitles you to a small welcome glass of sparkling wine and a bit of Havana Club rum to enjoy throughout the performance....
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Ernest Hemingway made Havana his main home in the early 1930s and today, the author is as synonymous with this city as the mojitos he used to drink here. This half-day tour is a great way to follow in his footsteps. Your day kicks off with a scenic drive through Cojimar, a fishing village that inspired Hemingway to pen 'The Old Man and the Sea'. Next, it's on to Finca Vigia – Hemingway's one-time home and now the site of a museum dedicated to him. Although we can't go inside - you can view the interior through the windows to see how it has been preserved just as the family left it with his personal belongings which really bring the place to life. Then, rounding things off, you'll head to two of Hemmingway's favourite watering holes, the iconic La Bodeguita del Medio in central Havana, famous haunt of the author's, this atmospheric drinking den is rumoured to be the birthplace of the mojito, and La Floridita AKA the cradle of the daiquiri....
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If you really want to strut your stuff Cuban-style, this evening tour fits the bill. It rolls out the Cuban clichés, but it's all the more fun for it. A classic car will be waiting to whisk you away to one of Hemingway's favourite watering holes, Sloppy Joe's. Sample the house special here before setting off again and cruising along the Malecon, the city's favourite seafront meeting place. Finally, you'll be dropped off at the world-famous Tropicana, a club that's all about sequins, glitz and glamour. All the acts perform, sing in Spanish & dance on an open-air stage cocooned by tropical greenery. Plus, together with your ticket to the performance, this trip entitles you to a bit of Havana Club rum to enjoy throughout the show....
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You'll join a timeline's worth of audiences when you watch the Cannon Shot Ceremony at Havana's Fort of St Charles. The thunderous firing of a cannon ball has taken place on the ramparts since the 18th century. It was invented to signal the closing of the fort's doors. And, since its beginnings, it's been watched by everyone from the colonial leader of Cuba, King Carlos III, to his revolutionary predecessor, Che Guevara. You'll start your experience with a tour of the grounds and find out about the 200-year role the building has played in Cuba's military history. Then, with your ear plugs on standby, you'll witness the custom itself. With the sounds still ringing in your ears, you'll have time for a tour of Havana. Wind your way through the Cadillac-lined streets and take in the colonial monuments. Finally, it's on to Santa Angel, restaurant and bar, in Plaza Vieja for a Mojito or two....
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On this tour, you'll get to experience Havana's greatest hits. Kick things off with a drive past sights like the Havana Grand Theatre, Central Park and El Capitolio – the former home of the Cuban government. Then, you'll take in the coastal views along the Malecon seafront promenade as you travel to the modern part of the city. Your expert guide will make sure you don't miss anything as you drive through the avenues. Highlights like the University of Havana and the Vedado district are on the line-up, before you reach the iconic Revolution Square. Finish by sipping on a complimentary cocktail at the Art Deco National Hotel, before heading back to port....
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On this trip you'll take a step back in time to the 1950s, when rum-fuelled bar hops ended in an audience at a Cabaret Parisien. These shows had a movie star following back then and the Hotel Nacionale Cuba's performances, in particular, attracted Hollywood heartthrobs like Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Eva Gardener. The years haven't changed the productions much – they still tell the story of how Cuban music has been influenced over time. You'll arrive at the hotel by coach and head to your seats through the art deco architecture of the hotel. Then, it's show time. Expect to see Cuban dancers with naked navals and sky-high headdresses doing the salsa, rumba and mambo. Prepare to hear a musical style that combines the grumble of African percussion with the strum of Spanish guitars all sung in their native language....
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I am an advanced amateur photographer, taking mostly nature photos. I enjoy bringing to life the small things within a scene or landscape that people don't notice, but are integral to enjoyment of a scene. I was looking through a number of my photos and came across this group of tangled roots that had washed ashore at the Northwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula. This photo speaks to me on a couple of levels. The first is how my leg muscles used to get after playing basketball - adhesions and misalignments that caused my knee to flare up badly.Read More
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This tea was the greatest disappointment I've ever had with a tea. No matter how I tried brewing it, the fruit flavor just seemed diluted and instead there was just some light vegetal taste. Please, do not spend your time, energy, or money on trying this tea. It is not "yumberry" but more luck "noberry" or "blandberry." Wow this tea made me grouchy today!
Blending these teas is genius! The MateVana is this wonderfully smooth chocolatey-nutty tea, and the Rooibos Chai has a nice cinnamon flavor that is not overpowering. Together, they make one heck of a tea during the winter. I like to fill my cast iron pot with it and drink it while studying for hours; the caffeine in the mate and the cinnamon kick really keeps me up and going. Even after the tea cools it is still great!
I like a light cinnamon surprise in the tea, so for 16oz I make 2tsp of MateVana with 1tsp Rooibos chai and 1tsp of rock sugar. Both of the teas are very reasonably priced as well. Magnifique!
This tea is great iced – you can really taste the strawberries in it cold. I also pick up on this smooth caramel undertone in the tea, which may be due to the popcorn in the tea but I'm not sure. I initially tried this tea blended with Rooibos Sweet Amore from Teavana and that was a nice blend but it is very refreshing on its own on a hot summer day. I tried steeping the leaves twice and it had an odd taste, so this tea is good for one infusion but that infusion is well worth it!
I'm rather new to the green tea scene, but I know that this tea blew me away. If brewed with care, this tea has this incredible vegetal taste that is not overpowering but actually pretty smooth. The leaves are this beautiful dark green color that leave the tea almost a vibrant greenish-yellow. It is good with rock sugar but I prefer it with Teavana's Organic Volcano White Honey. I also like it hot or iced. I haven't had the heart to try it blended with other types of tea since I enjoy it so much alone, but I bet it would make interesting blends. Despite the higher price tag, I've been able to re-use the tea 3 times, with later steeps tasting better than the first.
I really enjoy this tea in the summer since it blends well with a lot of other teas to make delicious iced teas. I've steeped it with Pineapple Kona Pop in 8oz of water for 10 minutes, 2 tsp of rock sugar and add 8oz of ice and it is fantastic! It is great with Teavana's Lemon Lime Kampai Rooibos and Wild Orange Blossom, brewed the same as previously stated. Steeping it for 10 minutes in these blends did not taste bitter to me at all, and this tea seems pretty versatile for experimenting with other fruity blends if you like variety. The tea also wasn't bad hot, but it is so refreshing iced that I prefer it iced.


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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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An organization that unsuccessfully sought criminal prosecution of Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, last year for alleged fraud in three states is once again seeking a probe of Ivory — this time accusing him of misusing state resources and lying to investigators. The Campaign for Accountability filed the complaint with Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes on Wednesday, citing an alleged string of emails from Ivory's public legislative account conducting business on behalf of the private organization he once led as president, the American Lands Council. The Campaign for Accountability organization, which bills itself as a private, nonprofit and nonpartisan watchdog group, includes advisory board member Louis Mayberg, who co-founded the liberal Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, D.C., or CREW. Its director is Anne Weismann, who served as chief legal counsel for CREW for a decade and its communications manager, Dan Stevens, CREW's one-time senior researcher. In a news release, the Campaign for Accountability asserts Ivory lied to investigators about not using his state email account to promote the platform of the American Lands Council. The council was founded by rural county commissioners in 2012 — the same year Ivory ran and got passed the Transfer of Public Lands Act by the Utah Legislature. That law, which has since led to bevy of other public lands action in Utah, sets up the framework for a fight against the U.S. government over ownership of some 30 million acres of national forest and Bureau of Land Management lands within the state's borders...more
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Yes there is a pattern. These type of people are very predictable and one of their own even wrote a little book about the steps they have all agreed to follow in their effort to destroy the custom and culture of our communities(see Alinsy's Rules for Radicles).
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Intellectual property lawyer DENISE MCKENZIE has lateraled from Kirkland & Ellis to Arnold & Porter, where she joins as counsel based in Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. McKenzie litigates IP and patent infringement cases involving computer architecture, semiconductor technology, computer software and hardware, and Internet technology.
EMILY STUDEBAKER has jumped from Garvey Schubert Barer to Davis Wright Tremaine's Seattle office. Joining as a partner, Studebaker counsels heath care clients on regulatory compliance and transactional matters.
GARY JUNGELS has left Mayer Brown to be a partner at Freeborn & Peters in Chicago. He concentrates on private equity and venture capital matters such as fund formations and joint ventures.
The former assistant director of the real estate group in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's division of corporate finance, MICHAEL MCTIERNAN, has joined Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C. McTiernan is now a corporate partner focused on advising real estate investment trusts on securities matters.
In Palo Alto, intellectual property litigator MICHAEL ZACHARY has returned to IP–focused Kenyon & Kenyon as a partner. He was last at the firm in 2002 as counsel, and most recently practiced at Seattle-based IP boutique Christensen O'Connor Johnson & Kindness.
MICHAEL CAMUNEZ has joined Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in its government and regulatory policy division as a partner, concentrating on Mexican and Latin American issues. Working from the firm's Washington, D.C., Mexico City and Los Angeles offices, Camuñez will also be president of the firm's international consulting subsidiary, ManattJones Global Strategies. He was most recently the assistant secretary of Commerce for market access and compliance in the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.
Paul Hastings has expanded in London with the hire of commercial real estate partner DAVID RYLAND. Last at SJ Berwin—which has since merged to form King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin—Ryland concentrates on U.K. and European property funds, property finance, hotel transactions and development.
Ropes & Gray has added ANDREW THOMASES from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. A partner in Skadden's Silicon Valley office, Thomases focuses on patent litigation and trade secrets cases.
Sidley Austin has hired TIMOTHY SPANGLER, the former chair of Kaye Scholer's investment funds group, in its Los Angeles office. Spangler is a partner in his new firm's investment funds, advisers and derivatives practice, advising clients on investment vehicles, securities and regulatory issues.
GEOFFREY ETNIRE has moved from Nossaman to Venable's recently opened San Francisco office. Etnire joins as of counsel, representing developers, landowners and investors in real estate matters such as acquisitions, leasing and property sales.
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Since 2006 the Superbike-Coach coached groups and individuals in Europe and the United States
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Size: - Approximate Length 32m - Wing Span 47mm
Male: - (see above) This small darter is almost entirely black along its upper surface. The central black band on the thorax flank encloses three yellow spots.
There are yellow markings on the flanks of the thorax and abdomen. Abdominal segments 3 to 5 contract and expand to form a club-like appearance. As the males age the yellow markings darken, very old males being all black.
Female: - The female (see below) is predominantly yellow with a black underbody. The upper surface of the thorax is centrally marked with a black isosceles triangle, the base of which is just behind the eyes. The base of the each wing has a small area suffused with saffron.
Status: - Can be locally abundant, with a migratory habit. Widespread in the uplands of northern and western Britain and Eire; more locally confined within lowland heaths. Individuals may turn up almost anywhere during highly productive seasons.
Habitat: - Heathland and moors with bog pools, runnels, cuttings, margins of peaty ponds and lakes supporting bog moss, rushes and sedges.
Flight period: - Mid July to mid September.
General: - Males are not territorial and skit about actively seeking females. Before noon males will search out willing mates away from water and bring the female in tandem to the breeding site.
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Perhaps you've been working in the real estate industry for a while – you love the industry, the challenge and the opportunity for real success. As a smart and ambitious sales-professional you might be looking to take your career to the next level. And by starting up your own business, you could do just that.
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Hopefully, everyone shows up, the way they should and gets rid of these two clowns.
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Johannesburg - Former world powerboat champion Lionel Ball was found guilty by the Eastern Cape High Court in Grahamstown of raping and sexually exploiting an 11-year-old girl, it was reported on Tuesday.The Herald Online reported that Ball and his former domestic worker Nokuzola Ntonga were convicted on Monday.Ntonga was found guilty of conspiracy and aiding and abetting Ball to commit a sexual offence.Judge Judith Roberson said Ntonga and Ball had given conflicting testimonies about the arranged meeting between Ball and the child as well as what occurred afterwards.The girl testified she knew Ntonga, who had come to the house with a friend and told her she would take her to a social worker to get shoes and clothes.She got into the car, and was taken to Ball's home in Amalinda, East London, where she was raped.Afterwards Ball forced her into the shower and then locked her in the bedroom before driving her back home.Ball admitted the child was brought to his home, but denied he had raped her. He said he let her watch television in his bedroom before giving her food, some clothes and R200 for shoes.Roberson said she thought it inexplicable that Ball would take a child he "did not know from a bar of soap", allow her to watch television in his bedroom and then give her a relatively large sum of money.The case was postponed to December 15 for sentencing.
How much lower can humanity go??? Death is too quick for him and accomplice. Let them do hard labour for 10 years and then executed. There is no reforming these sickos-death the only solution!
Yes, Shirley.Rapists can never be rehabilitated so let's not waste resources.It must be an inadequacy and inability to enjoy sex as it should be done. Rape shows such inferiority that sickos like that might as well be done away with.
Proponents of death penalty, why don't you call for the execution of this man? I am waiting for to call for this man to be given a lethal injection.
yo veggie look 2 comments above you...mmmkay!
Hang the bastard. He won't do it again.
A lot of other paedophiles will also give up their stinking pasttime.
What the hell is going on in this country of ours nowadays...i'm completly out of words now. Death sentence pleeeeease!!!
Could someone describe this guy how he looks like to me pls asblief?
wat for?
he got 2 feet arms and apparently races boats he even won some silverware... i tell yo hwat why don't you google him...mmmkay!
he is white and wears a racing helmet
@ Jozwa. Perhaps he is the new stig?
Was he not born in Austria by any chance?
Amazing how hard some people work to build up a respectable reputation and in a moment of madness and a few minutes destroy all their hard work for carnal lust. Every society on earth abhors rape of children.
It was neither a minute or a moment seeing from the ruling it was planned
I penile injection to deal with this man's troublesome penis is ideal in this situation. We don't have money to feed him in jail. Just inject his troublesome member and let him go.
Send him to Paulsmore. The 26's will be happy to see him.
Stuff the guy full of cocaine and send him to China for swift justice.
Castration and hard labour until the day they die!
I have thought of an export that China are welcome to have. We should put some kind of trade agreement in place. Compulsary to take 5 child rapists/drug lords per 10 tons of valuable mineral mined... We should wrestle back control of our country in about 3 - 6 months...
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Thanx Jan. I accept the salary and cars, but he may keep his wives.
If this does not justify a death sentence then we have failed this child and every other child that has been raped
Disgusting. Hope they rot in jail for a VERY long time.
put his balls in the motor of that powerboat till its shredded to pieces...''paedophile muther f@#ker'..
No Raegan, not a muther, a child. An 11 year old. He has ruined her life.
My word! people don't read they just run for the comments section: the will drag? he was found guilty! the woman should also be charged? guilty too. they are waiting for sentencing get it?
you have to admit commenting is fun.
Yeah reading is soooo boring lol
Lol @ randomhero.
There you go, Honky24 has deleted my post.
Same thing happened to me now dave.
And swiftly too! someone is workin i see two questionable comments are deleted
Let's pretend we were in China and they'd been found guilty of drug trafficking...
Hey Lionel, the gangsters in prison are going to love your sweet @$$, have fun buddy, you reap what you sow!
Maybe in the US, but do jail birds also sort out child molesters here? Coz child molesters should never be safe anywhere!!
Rape is really getting out of hand in this country, anybody know what we can do rather than just whine here for castration to be seriously considered as a law against cut and dry rape cases??
Then again with recorded cases of women who lie about being raped to fix a guy, this might not pass, what to do- what to do??? we need a practical deterrent to this epidemic!!
I just believe all sexual offenders should be castrated!!! And then given jail term or death penalty. And for the sick hag that brought the kid over, she should not get less than 20 years with no probation. Seriously what is wrong with people that cant keep their hands off minors!!! Its probably not the first time the domestic worker pimps out a kid to him, sick sick sick
Get all these bustards on a farms chain them and let them work 16 hours a day, produce food to feed our poor people and never, never let them be free again. Failing this Death penalty will be very welcome.
like this. Bring back chain gang mentality. If we can't have the death penalty, the least we can do is make them work hard and suffer.
liquidate his assets and give the proceeds to the girl.
Best suggestion so far.
Send him to China and put him in front of a firing squad!!
With the recent convictions prison demographics are turning out nicely. All sectors of our population will be fairly represented in prison. Chinese population in our prisons need to increase too and this can be achieved swiftly if attention can be given to Rhino poaching and piracy. I mean piracy of everything from infant formulas to CDs/DVDs to ointments, clothes and medicines. That country's wealth is founded on evil.
Wat 'n klomp k*k. Like our esteemed president who gave his victim breakfast AND taxi money????? Sick society we live in. This child is only eleven. And she is watching TV in his bedroom???? Enough already. M
A girl child who is neither your relative or known to you cannot be in your bedroom watching TV. He is guilty as you say.
I must say he looks creepy.
ok so was she 11 or 15? not that it really matters but nice to have the facts straight. other reports say she was 11. and this happened in 2009 so its taken a while??
What a sick disgusting low life pig..!!
Men who sexually exploit and abuse children and women will think that their behaviour is normal if other men do not speak up and condone their behaviour. We need our brother, our fathers, our uncles, our spouses and our partners to speak up, to challenge this behaviour. We should challenge our men in soceity to act as positive role models to both our boys and girls because real men do not abuse, sexual exploit or rape children and women.
Exactly Geraldine
The firm who sponsored him should withdraw their sponsorship.
I can scarcely believe this....I used to race against this guy in the late 80's.....just shows, you never really know someone do you? what kind of person forces another to do something against their will, no matter what it is, sexual or otherwise.
What goes through the mind of a man who plots to rape a 11-year old girl? What goes through his mind when he is violating her? Is there no shame inside him? I mean, she is still a child... Stories like these are truly shocking.
Rape is a capital offence - the rope waits.
Comrade Zondi
This guy has some I paid her some money and she ate some food so it's not rape tendencies.
A very well known Anglican Priest from Port Elisabeth molested an unknown number of innocent little girls throughout his sick life. He died 2 months ago and his friends, family and all members of his parish believe him to be a 'saint', a 'hero' and a 'protector of the innocent'. It's such a shame that men like this get away with ruining young lives and die never having once taken responsibility for their actions. I hope this human pig, Lionel Ball, gets his just desserts and justice is served!
Ball,is dispicable scum! May he be jailed for life and be gang raped by aids infected inmates.
Sick! He better hope he doesn't drop the soap in jail!
First it was Bob Hewitt now this clown how many more to follow, years ago Japie Mulder and a small girl settled out of court payment
Pity there is no lethal injection.
One less Rapists around
Rot you pig
Death sentence
I actually raced against him, what scum, this is sick.
He was well respected in the inflatable boat racing community.
He deserves the harshest sentence for what he did.
There is only one way to send the message that child paedophilia will NOT be TOLERATED - DEATH to the GUILTY SCUM who perpetrate this VILE, COWARDLY act! Send that message, LOUD and CLEAR and CONTINUOUSLY, and the government will be doing their bit to PROTECT the INNOCENT! Right now, they FAIL every CHILD that has or will be a VICTIM of these DESPICABLE MONSTERS!
have HIS ball
2 + 2 does not = 4. To little info.
http://www.tourexpi.com/en-intl/news.html~nid=40016. Were the child taken to a hospital? Were tests done? Judge comment understood, although facts not clear. Nokuzola Ntonga had previous similar offences, why is she on the streets and how many lives will she be allowed to destroy? All is not what it seems.
What's the bet he'll be out of jail within five years, the justice system supports rape especially child rape.
WTF?! los die donnerse kinder uit!
Castration will be in order!!!!
This is gonna be a "Ball-ache" for this dude, go to jail you pig, see what rape is all about there.
How sick and sad! To think I actually went out with this man in my younger days! May justice prevail. No rapist, abuser or molester should be allowed to walk the face of the earth!


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* I don't care if Brett Favre plays another football game. And I haven't cared for two years, since he last took off a Packer helmet. A report on Favre comes on the tube ... click. A report on Favre in the paper ... next page. It's called over-saturation.
* I abhor the designated hitter; this is no secret. But there are two things in baseball today I like even less. The major leagues should not be in Florida. It's spring-training country, and the crowds the Marlins and Rays draw -- I use the word loosely -- would fit in stadiums where teams train each March. On top of the misplaced franchises, Tampa Bay -- in the Sunshine State, remember -- has the last permanently covered stadium in the big leagues. I hate this. Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford deserve better.
* I've been in lots of locker rooms and on lots of sidelines. But only twice have I overstepped my credential to seek out a post-game handshake. In both cases, it was after the last home game of a Memphis Tiger football player: Danny Wimprine in 2004 and DeAngelo Williams in 2005.
* The most awkward element of interviewing an athlete is when it becomes clear the athlete didn't watch his sport at all as a child. Particularly since I've become a father, I find it kind of sad when a young person discovers a talent for playing a game ... but honestly doesn't really like it. Happens more often than you'd think.
* I like listening to Dick Vitale do college basketball games. Okay, it's on the record. (My dream team would be Gus Johnson on play-by-play, with Vitale on color. Johnson: "Jackson through the lane, kicks it out to Barton on the wing. He shoots ... PURE!" Vitale: "No fair! No fair, Gus!! Too many diaper dandies on the floor at the same time! Too many, Gus!!")
* My primary rooting interest in golf is to see Jack Nicklaus hold on to his record for major championships (18). I cheer this way for my dad, may he rest in peace.
* I've long known the secret to Shaquille O'Neal's struggles with free-throw-shooting. (Why haven't I shared it earlier? He's never asked.) However Shaq has adjusted his grip or shot over the years, he's always leaned forward upon his release. This reduces the arc he's able to give a shot, which reduces the "softness" of the ball upon hitting the rim. The best free-throw shooters finish perfectly straight, or even lean back slightly.
* Among my life's missions is to see Hollywood do a major film on the 1934 St. Louis Cardinals, the Gashouse Gang of Ducky Medwick, Pepper Martin, and Dizzy Dean. Why it hasn't been done over the last 30 years is anyone's guess. (I've written Matt Damon's production company. Seriously, I have.)
* The single most troubling sports-related news of the last 12 months -- and I'm not sure what would be second -- was Chris Henry's autopsy report that indicated the 26-year-old football player had degenerative brain damage BEFORE he died in an accident last winter. If you have a child playing football, this story must keep you up at night. (Among the reasons I count my blessings for my two daughters. Though check back with me when the dating begins.)
* Josh Pastner will win a national championship. Only question is whether or not it will be as coach of the Memphis Tigers.
I guess I'm in the same boat as this theatre, really. They'll paint me gold again in three years.
— Robert Plant at the Orpheum Theatre, July 12th
I've thought a lot about the nature of celebrity this month. From the global phenomenon that is soccer's World Cup, to LeBron James's "Decision" (forever to be capitalized by sportswriters), to last week's major league All-Star Game, the sports world has managed to out-do its over-hyped self in a matter of a few short weeks. Add Serena Williams at Wimbledon and Tiger Woods at the British Open to the mix, and we have the kind of month that might see the equator wrapped in a red carpet. If you're not a star, you must certainly be in proximity to one.
In advance of the opening show of his latest world tour, Robert Plant was honored by The Orpheum last week with a Sidewalk Star. The former front man of Led Zeppelin is the kind of star who could power his own galaxy. Gracious and appreciative in accepting the award from Orpheum president Pat Halloran, Plant accommodated a small media contingent by answering a few questions and seemed, if anything, somewhat bored when the questions were centered on his days with the first (some would argue still greatest) hard-rock band on the planet. Those old enough to remember the Seventies and the impact Led Zeppelin made before downloading and file-sharing became a part of the music lexicon had to be wondering what had become of the Golden God?
And that's where I find a distinction between the continued star power of Robert Plant as compared with the likes of David Villa, LeBron James, or Albert Pujols, however mind-blowing those athletes are at times. With the Internet allowing 24-hour access to the most mundane "news" item, modern stars — particularly athletes with their legion of followers and fantasy owners — are with us in a way no star could be as recently as 30 years ago. My 11-year-old daughter has seen Pujols play more often than my father saw his hero — Stan Musial — over the entire course of Musial's 22-year career. Pujols has performed live for Sofia (in an actual ballpark), on a computer screen, and television. She knows him well enough to recognize differences in the way he shaves.
But somehow a celebrity as large — metaphorically — as Robert Plant, coming from the generation he does, is above the reach of every website, smart phone, or satellite feed. This has much to do with Plant's prime having unfolded just before the dawn of the Information Age. (Though the suggestion of Plant's prime having been almost 40 years ago would have drawn an icy stare at that press conference. I kept my mouth shut.) There will never again be a band like Led Zeppelin, because there can never be the kind of mystery and global disconnect that made the band so, well, god-like to those first listening to "Dazed and Confused" or "Whole Lotta Love." A band with equal talent and star power today would be saturated before they could even conceptualize a third album, thrown behind the latest Justin Bieber in the queue of pop-culture consciousness.
Standing 20 feet from Plant as he highlighted the reasons he's come to love Memphis and this region for its influence on his — and so many others' — music, I had a hard time connecting the man's professorial tone with the same vocal chords that made screaming an art form. (Plant, on his own fame: "Is it really such a big deal to be a great singer, or is there something else about all this? It's to keep changing, and stimulate yourself, no matter what you do, or whom you do it with.") Which is to say, I had a hard time connecting the star to the human being standing in front of me. Stars of Plant's magnitude — legends — never die. But humans all do. However many digital images, highlights, or songs celebrities leave behind — and these can now be counted in the millions — what is the lasting memory a person-as-celebrity wants to leave?
Unless you're a celebrity, it's an impossible question to answer. The best you can hope for, likely, is to be painted gold now and then.
All-Stars are in the air this week, a good time to reflect on some of the best players we've seen here in Memphis. The time has come for a Wall of Fame at AutoZone Park. With the Redbirds playing their 13th season in Memphis, enough baseball history has been made for a display to honor the former Redbirds who have made an impact in the major leagues. As for where the honorees will be displayed, the wall currently occupying images of John Elway, Mario Cuomo, and Kurt Russell — at the entry to the suite levels — would be perfect. (Okay, Michael Jordan "also played." We get it. Now let's turn our attention back to baseball players.)
Here are profiles of the inaugural class for the Redbirds Wall of Fame. (A note on criteria: A player must have played for the Redbirds on his rise through the minor leagues, as opposed to reviving a career, like John Mabry or Ryan Ludwick.)
Albert Pujols (played for Memphis in 2000) — Hit home run that won 2000 PCL championship for Redbirds. Three-time National League MVP. One of two players to have nine consecutive seasons with a .300 batting average, 30 home runs, and 100 RBIs. (The other is Lou Gehrig.)
J.D. Drew (1998-99) — Turns out he's not the second coming of Mickey Mantle. Nonetheless, an everyday outfielder for 12 years now, with three different teams. More than 200 career homers. Member of 2007 world champion Red Sox and MVP of 2008 All-Star Game.
Placido Polanco (1998-99) — Not many saw this career coming when Polanco hit .278 over two seasons with the Redbirds. Part of the deal with Philadelphia that brought Scott Rolen to St. Louis, Polanco has made that trade one of at least equal value. Hit .331 in 2005, a season in which he was traded from Philly to Detroit. MVP of 2006 ALCS for the Tigers, then hit .341 in 2007. A two-time Gold Glove winner at second base, Polanco will surpass 2,000 hits before his career's over.
Adam Kennedy (1998-99) — Remarkably, two members of the 1999 Redbirds won MVP honors in the ALCS. Kennedy hit three homers for the Angels in their series-clinching victory in 2002. Never an All-Star, Kennedy merely built a career as a steady, everyday second-sacker. We'll forgive him that second stint in St. Louis.
Dan Haren (2003-04) — There was Carlton-for-Wise, then Haren-for-Mulder. Worst Cardinal trade in at least 20 years. After appearing in the 2004 World Series for the Cardinals, Haren was sent to Oakland for Mark Mulder, whose career ended with a shoulder injury. Haren has won at least 14 games in each of the last five seasons. A three-time All-Star (now with Arizona), he has twice struck out 200 hitters in a season.
Adam Wainwright (2004-05) — Wainwright would belong on the Redbirds Wall of Fame just for his strikeout of Carlos Baerga to win the 2006 National League pennant for St. Louis. But that emergency work as a closer was merely prelude to the command he's taken of the Cardinal rotation. Since the start of the 2007 season, Wainwright has gone 57-28. Were it not for a blown save in what would have been his 20th win of the 2009 season, he likely has a Cy Young Award in his trophy case. Gold Glove winner last year.
Yadier Molina (2004) — Among the finest defensive catchers in the game (two-time Gold Glove winner), Molina's arm has thwarted would-be base-stealers at a nearly 50-percent clip over his six seasons behind the plate for St. Louis. Hit late-inning home run that helped beat the Mets for the 2006 pennant. Hit .304 in 2008, then .293 in 2009 when he played in his first All-Star Game.
Rick Ankiel (1999, 2007) — Won 11 games as a flame-throwing rookie lefty in 2000, only to lose his ability to throw strikes during an infamous meltdown in the playoffs against Atlanta. Worked his way back to the big leagues — again through Memphis — by becoming a hard-hitting centerfielder. Hit 47 home runs for the Cardinals from 2007 to 2009. Will always be a disappointment to those who saw him as the next Koufax, but one of the most compelling baseball stories . . . ever.
Two players to watch over the next few seasons: Colby Rasmus and Skip Schumaker. And if Jaime Garcia and David Freese prove their rookie campaigns aren't a fluke, this wall may get crowded very soon.
I've felt a kinship, however distant, to Ted Turner since the media titan delivered the keynote address at my college graduation 19 years ago. But until last weekend, I had yet to visit Turner Field, home of Ted's Atlanta Braves since 1997 (the year after it was the centerpiece of the 1996 Summer Olympics). Two tilts with the Florida Marlins were my first Brave games in Atlanta since I saw St. Louis clinch the National League championship in 1982. Some observations:


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gittin ready to head west this next month with Miss Izzy Cox. headed to farm fest and everywhere in between. dates thus far are added and more to come. hope to see yall out there! were super stoked bout this run! see ya soon! - HL
gearin up ta hit the road in december. it will be our offical release of our latest album "the unholy gospel..." on farmageddon records. we are also super stoked to be doin almost the whole run with our good buddy, label mate and real deal singer song writter Graham Lindsey. This should be the good run we been waitin for! got 2 new guys onboard, Eric K on guitar from quincy, il (mob action & walk the plank prod) And Matt on the upright from cookeville, tn (go get em & the break a legs). both great musicians and awesome doods! jus about wraped up on dates but heres what we got so far, More TBA: Dec 16 - New Orleans, LA - Hi Ho Lounge (w/ graham lindsey) Dec 17 - Mobile, AL - Satori (w/ graham lindsey) Dec 21 - Lake Land, FL - Evolution Records (w/ graham lindsey) Dec 22 - Sarasota, FL - Past Times Pub (w/ graham lindsey) Dec 23 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - The Poor House (w/ graham lindsey) Dec 26 - Lake Worth, FL - Propaganda (w/ graham lindsey) Dec 28 - Orlando, FL - Wills Pub (w/ graham lindsey) Dec 29 - Daytona Beach, FL - Tir Na Nog Irish Pub (w/ graham lindsey) Dec 31 - Jacksonville, FL - Shanty Town Pub (w/ graham lindsey) Jan 2 - Svannah, GA - The Orphan Cage (w/ graham lindsey) Jan 5 - Charleston, SC - The Mill (w/ graham lindsey) Jan 6 - Fayetteville, NC - Black Cat Lounge (w/ graham lindsey) Jan 7 - Charlotte, NC - The Milestone (w/ graham lindsey) Jan 8 - Asheville, NC - TBA (w/ (the go devils) Jan 9 - Greenville, SC - The Handlebar (w/ graham lindsey) Jan 10 - Atlanta, GA - The Basement (w/ graham lindsey) Jan 11 - Knoxville, TN - Longbranch saloon Jan 12 - Cookeville, TN - Char Jan 13 - Louisville, KY - The Mag Jan 14 - Chicago, IL - TBC Jan 15 - Green Bay, WI - The Crunchy Frog
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Pyramid Flipper's Cameras - The outcome
Thank you all a lot for your feedback!
The mutual understanding regarding cameras pointed out clearly that while there are seldom use cases for them and they are good to have in the upcoming Pyramid Flipper, they are not a must-have and we should not go overboard with their specifications.
Polls indicated that decent cameras would suffice all of you..
..while windows hello would be a definitive must-have feature with 84% approval if costs are in check.
To summarize the discussion:
We rarely take pictures with tablets rear camera as all of us have usually mobile phones in our pocket, equipped with better cameras. As such, it doesn't make sense to invest in the rear camera unless it can compete against high end cameras.
Based on the discussion, we will be looking for cameras that can fulfill the following use cases:
- front facing camera optimized for video chatting and calling, with a bonus possibility of wide-angle lens.
- Rear facing camera good enough to take decent pictures in normal lighting conditions
- Windows Hello supporting infra-red module to the front.
- Rear camera should clearly be positioned in a corner instead of center.
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As humans grow up, they tend to foster, along, some dreams and ambitions. Just like human body, these dreams and ambitions grow larger and stronger with age. A clear picture of these dreams gets painted on the portrait of our imagination and the desire to conquer these dreams becomes profound. While these dreams generally revolve around professions; possessions are also an important constituent of theirs. We harness a desire of being in possession of some of the most luxurious things in life and a beautiful house is one of those. Who doesn't want to have a haven which is not just made up of bricks and cement but also of love? We want our house to encompass happiness, memories, dreams, love and success. It is, hence, imperative that we work with qualified architects who can add such functionalities to our house which can accommodate everything we always desired.
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Went to the ubiquitous Panchos tonight and as usual the line was out the door for the stalwart Mexican. In lieu of waiting 30 minutes for a table, I grabbed Mr. G and wandered around the corner to Sazon Latin Fusion. It's a small place on the corner of Centinela and Washington. There's an August thread with very good praise for this small, non descript hole in the wall. But Claudia, the owner/chef, makes it all worthwhile. Home cooking that covers all the latin countries from Puerto Rico to Peru and of course our cousin to the South. We had some of the homemade Agua Frescas, Tamarindo and Jamacia, both were deliciously refreshing on this hot day. My acid test is the sugar factor and her drinks were NOT sickeningly sweet. Perfect. She also uses vegetable oil and little or no salt, but lots of veggies and herbs for flavor.
Next up was a spinach/cheese empanada and a meat empanada. The spinach was still bright green inside, not some mush and really delicious. The meat was tasty if you like ground beef taste. There's a salsa bar with the great mexican style carrots.
I had the Pollo Saltado which is usually with fried potatoes but Claudia makes hers with roasted. Mr. G had the Pollo stuffed with spinach served with rice, beans and lovely roasted carrots, squash and broccoli.
Finally, an amazing dense flan, again not too sweet, but really yummy. Mr. G had no idea that flan didn't only come in a plastic cup off the taco truck,
For approximately $15 each we enjoyed a healthy, wonderful home cooked meal.
The problem is we were one of three tables tonight at 7pm. This lovely little restaurant just struggled through their first year and if it continues like tonight, they may not make their second.
Don't wait to eat at Pacos or Mariscos Chente, try Sazon for lunch, dinner or weekend breakfast.
It's important to help support these small establishments in our neighborhoods. Claudia is a worthy cause...she really cooks with her heart and the foods shows it!


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MOVIE SYNOPSIS [ General Audiences ] With direction of Lorena Muñoz, this film in English (original language) was presented in 2016. This film written by Lorena Muñoz and Tamara Viñes was produced in Argentina. You can watch Gilda: No me arrepiento de este amor online on TV cable or theaters with original audio in Spanish at different dates. This film premiered in theaters in 2016.
Rating: 5 by 16 users./
Runtime: 100 minutes
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Drama, Biographic.
100-minute film (full movie) directed by Lorena Muñoz.
The original audio of Gilda: No me arrepiento de este amor has dialogues in or Spanish, it was produced in Argentina.
It premiered in cinemas or television in 2016.
Screenplay written by Lorena Muñoz and Tamara Viñes.
Eva Lauria, Maximiliano DuBois, Benjamín Avila and Lorena Muñoz.
This film was produced and / or financed by Habitacion 1520 Producciones.
Without commercial breaks, the full movie Gilda: No me arrepiento de este amor has a duration of 100 minutes; the official trailer can be watched in streaming on the Internet. You can watch this full movie free in English or Spanish in movie TV channels, renting the DVD or with VoD services (Video On Demand player, Hulu) and PPV (Pay Per View, Netflix).
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Patrol Officers Thomas and Williams, who were on duty in the section, received a complaint of the gambling in the rear of a house. They telephoned to headquarters shortly before 5 o'clock and asked for a radio patrol car to assist them in the raid. Officers Wright and Reese were sent on the call and the four officers moved in on the game together.
As Patrolman Thomas attempted to arrest a suspect his duty weapon discharged and struck Officer Reese in the chest. The bullet pierced Reese's chest just below the right collar bone and he died before aid could be summoned.
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Let's say you just woke up and there's a 7/8 full can of Lemonade Four Loko you couldn't bear to finish last night just sitting on the kitchen counter. What do you do? If you're thinking of chugging it and celebrating with a few fist pumps, you might as well listen to Jersey Shore's Angelina Pivarnick pull a Tyra on the pop music world with her new song "I'm Hot" afterward. If you're the type who wants to ruin your day with bad taste, then by all means do so. Otherwise, you're better off leaving it alone and walking away.
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Weird as it may sound, I am having weird thoughts about everything in general. The syllabus looks so vast that they can hold an exam just on the syllabus. Like whats in the second unit of paper 3. Write a note of the paper 4 and its contents.
My lab partner is getting married and she has politely said " I need your help ".. I was like cool! Is your husband impotent!!!... Am ready to help you!! -- sadly that wasn't the case and she wanted more of a materialistic help.
Why there has to be so much math in physics! Math is to physics what periods are to a girl.
Am experimenting again in my socializing skills.. With smaller changes in my behavior .. nothing huge, it has been a success till now.. haven't yet got slapped or mobbed. Will expand it slowly.. But then I don't wanna get raped in exams. So I have to take care that it doesnt happen at the expense of another. Its like .. having extra marital affairs.
So much sh!t happening around.. real life haven't been so bustling before :p
Also I had so many wrong assumptions about the opposite sex.. for so many years!!
Its like .. being with foster parents without knowing about it.. and being suddenly revealed one fine day...
Also online chatting sucks.. I am addicted to it I guess.. I hope I will " de -addict" one day like i did for gaming addiction.. Am sleepy now..


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Hodges-Lehmann Optimality for Testing Moment
This paper studies the Hodges and Lehmann (1956) optimality of tests in a general setup. The tests are compared by the exponential rates of growth to one of the power functions evaluated at a fixed alternative while keeping the asymptotic sizes bounded by some constant. We present two sets of sufficient conditions for a test to be Hodges-Lehmann optimal. These new conditions extend the scope of the Hodges-Lehmann optimality analysis to setups that cannot be covered by other conditions in the literature. The general result is illustrated by our applications of interest: testing for moment conditions and overidentifying restrictions. In particular, we show that (i) the empirical likelihood test does not necessarily satisfy existing conditions for optimality but does satisfy our new conditions; and (ii) the generalized method of moments (GMM) test and the generalized empirical likelihood (GEL) tests are Hodges-Lehmann optimal under mild primitive conditions. These results support the belief that the Hodges-Lehmann optimality is a weak asymptotic requirement.
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Fang, a lively and lovely girl from Qingdao, finds a violet which belongs to a little gentleman Yao. A true friendship starts to develop between them after this destined enounter. They grow together along with their friendship. However, Fang's mother wants Fang to get married and in order to escape, Fang decides to elude to Europe. Before her departure, the two young people finally realise love has already blossomed between them long time ago...
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Direct Capital IF YOU'VE BEEN SCAMMED BY THEM LETS GET OUR MONEY!! Read on..Portsmouth New Hampshire
My credit was getting really good so I did not worry to much, but then I get the email and they want me to pay BEFORE I get a consultation on my credit report? I did not pay for it, then I got a call from the secretary to set an apointment to talk over all the stuff on the report. So I set one up and Chris calls, he proceeds to tell me that I need to pay an attorney fee of $1800.00 to fix my credit score and wipe out all the past issues that I took care of back in 2006 & 2007. He guaranteed me that this attorney fee would wipe out all my adverse credit stuff and increase my score supstantially. I said I would have to think about it and that I would not make payments and that I would get back to them.
He did attempt to call me back the next day. I did not answer nor did he leave a message. I then found this site and boy am I thankful I did as I was consulting another local attorney to get his advice but he is in a trail so waiting for his return call I came upon this stuff. I will tell you I am very grateful to all of you to report this.
However, if my score drops like Jim in California's did I will be taking them to court and it wont be for peanuts either, and so I am saying if anyone would like to join me in this persuit, get your money back and get them put out of business and prevent them from scamming anyone else check back as if they do I will leave contact information for you to join me in regaining our good reputations and making sure people like this dont take advantage of anyone else ever again. Believe me they will not be happy campers. I believe the money they screwed everyone out of should be paid back to these individuals with the same amount of interest they charged them.
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Download and read online Bette Joan in PDF and EPUB This joint biography of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford follows Hollywood's most epic rivalry throughout their careers. They only worked together once, in the classic spine-chiller "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane" and their violent hatred of each other as rival sisters was no act. In real life they fought over as many man as they did film roles. The story of these two dueling divas is hilarious, monstrous, and tragic, and Shaun Considine's account of it is exhaustive, explosive, and unsparing. "Rip-roaring. A definite ten." - New York Magazine.


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RELEGATION is looming on the horizon for the Roughyeds as they limped to their eighth defeat in eight LHF Healthplan National League One matches.
If the previous week's performance at Halifax had been one step forward, this display was three steps back as unforced errors gifted York the initiative.
Backing up Steve Deakin's claims that they were the second best coached side in the division, York proved too good a side to look gift horses in the mouth by scoring 11 tries.
While the Roughyeds were slow to the point of ponderous going forward, York positively crackled as their offloading in the tackle and general support play laid the foundations for victory.
Although Deakin said afterwards that players and coaching staff shared the blame, this defeat illustrated what many have thought - his job is akin to cycling up Mount Everest on a bike with no wheels.
True, he picks the team and devises the tactics, but he cannot legislate for players gifting possession to their opponents by trying to offload or by knocking the ball on.
The tone was set early on when offloads saw Chris Spurr and Neil Law stopped just short of the Oldham line, but the Knights led when a penalty culminated in a Matt Blaymire try.
Lee Paterson's break ended with a try for the supporting Jonny Liddell as Jermaine Wray's brace of conversions made it 12-0.
That is not to say Oldham did not have their chances as Chris Maye was bundled into touch short of the line, Alex Wilkinson was held on his back over the line, while Paul Ashton knocked on Carl Jones' kick with a try beckoning.
Having lost Wayne Corcoran to the sinbin for holding down 10 minutes before half-time, Oldham had the worst possible end to the half with Mark Blanchard and Peter Fox going over, Liddell adding a goal.
If the first half proved bad enough, the second period was something more suited to nightmares as York scored 40 points in 34 minutes.
John Smith, Fox, ex-Roughyed Dan Potter, Law, Liddell and Austin Buchanan (two) all scored tries, Liddell adding a further six goals.
Liddell's try illustrated what sort of day it was as Buchanan broke down the left and kicked ahead, the ball bouncing off the post protector and into Liddell's hands for him to score.
With York left celebrating their maiden league win this season at the final hooter, Oldham were left wondering where their first would come from - and it could be a long time based on this display.
Oldham: Barber, Maye, Kilgannon, Wilkinson, Jones, Ashton, C Hough, Hayes, J Hough, Best, Baines, Hodson, W Corcoran. Subs (all used): Svabic, G Corcoran, Bottom, Gorton.
York City Knights: Blaymire, Buchanan, Spurr, Law, Fox, Paterson, Rhodes, Sullivan, Wray, Bates, Smith, Buckley, Liddell. Subs (all used): Ward, Potter, Blanchard, Helm. Tries: Buchanan, Liddell, Fox (two each), Blaymire, Law, Smith, Potter, Blanchard. Goals: Wray (two), Liddell (seven).
Attendance: 615.