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On September 25, 2003, we issued our report on efforts by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to develop a corporate blueprint--commonly called an enterprise architecture--to guide and constrain its information technology (IT) systems modernization. (This report is available on GAO's Web site at http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-959.) We provided the FBI with a draft of this report on August 22, 2003, requesting that comments be provided by September 18. On September 23, the FBI provided us with written comments. However, the comments were not received in time to be analyzed, incorporated, and responded to in the report and still meet our September 25, 2003, reporting commitment to Congress. As discussed with Congress at that time, we did not extend the reporting date in order to include the FBI's comments and instead are transmitting and responding to them in this follow-up correspondence.
In its written comments signed by the Assistant Director, Inspection Division, the FBI made two primary points. First, it expressed its commitment to developing and using an enterprise architecture (EA), including (1) agreeing with our conclusion that it needs an architecture to effectively manage its IT systems modernization; (2) consistent with our recommendations, stating that it recognized the need for immediate attention to its architecture efforts; and (3) noting that it was managing its architecture effort as an IT modernization enabler and priority. Related to this first point, the FBI also stated that it has efforts currently under way to improve its EA posture, and that substantial and real progress has already been made in doing so. For example, it stated that an executive team had been established to (1) assess the bureau's EA status and resource needs using our EA maturity management framework and (2) formulate recommendations for improvement. Although the FBI's comments did not specify when it would complete the assessment, it did state that the necessary resources would be applied to architecture development, maintenance, and implementation following the results of the assessment.
Dec 10, 2014
Federal Retirement Processing:Applying Information Technology Acquisition Best Practices Could Help OPM Overcome a Long History of Unsuccessful Modernization EffortsGAO-15-277T: Published: Dec 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Dec 10, 2014.
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Cloud Computing:Additional Opportunities and Savings Need to Be PursuedGAO-14-753: Published: Sep 25, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 25, 2014.
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Information Technology:Reform Initiatives Can Help Improve Efficiency and EffectivenessGAO-14-671T: Published: Jun 10, 2014. Publicly Released: Jun 10, 2014.
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Federal Software Licenses:Better Management Needed to Achieve Significant Savings Government-WideGAO-14-413: Published: May 22, 2014. Publicly Released: May 22, 2014.
May 12, 2014
Defense Business Systems:Further Refinements Needed to Guide the Investment Management ProcessGAO-14-486: Published: May 12, 2014. Publicly Released: May 12, 2014.
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Information Technology:Implementing Best Practices and Reform Initiatives Can Help Improve the Management of InvestmentsGAO-14-596T: Published: May 8, 2014. Publicly Released: May 8, 2014.
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TIMELINE: Karen Shahan murder investigation
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (WIAT) – Homewood Police are have been investigating the murder of 52-year-old Karen Shahan since Tuesday. On Saturday a visitation will be held at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Birmingham. Following the visitation is a memorial service beginning at 12:00 p.m. Here is a look at the events of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Karen Shahan. Related Links: Body found in Homewood identified as associate pastor's wife Karen Shahan murder investigation continues PHOTOS: Homewood Crime Scene Investigation Copyright 2013 WIAT-TV CBS 42 © 2013 WIAT-TV CBS42 &...
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So tomorrow I restart Beachbody's Insanity program, as well as more regular cycling. I will also be doing a very low calorie diet which I will also log here.
My husband is a marathoner so I would love to eventually be able to join him doing that as well. :)
Craving meat like nobodies business. Especially something from that new Chinese place up the road...... *drooool*
8:30 breakfast
10:30 parfait (had to leave for class)
1:30 shakeology
So far so good though today. Discovered adding almond extract to my yogurt makes it awesome.
Plan to have my dinner around 4:45 before class again this evening.
Day One
8a.m. Breakfast Scramble with berries and almonds. Seasoned with garlic powder, turmeric, and hot sauce. Drinks included Coffee and Water
10:45a.m. Greek Yogurt Parfait with raspberries, blueberries, and a sprinkling of cinnamon and nutmeg. Drink: Water
At this point I had class from 11:30-1:00. Stomach grumbled loudly in class, but the hunger pangs weren't bad enough to distract me.
3:30p.m Shakeology shake. This is the one substitution I am making, since I have a metric ton of the stuff. Drink: Green Tea, Water
At about 4:00pm I began feeling ravenous. Stomach growling loudly. Getting very uncomfortable.
5:30pm - pot of coffee brewed, feeling much better and confident 7pm isn not an eternity away.
7:00p.m. Spinach Salad with berries, a hard boiled egg, and almonds Drink: Green Tea + Water
So.... despite the fact that I was positive I was going to raid the fridge around 4.... coffee saved the day and kept me satiated til dinner time.
Day 1 down!
It seems I have finally found a sport of sorts I really truly enjoy.
For a couple of months, my husband has been building his own road bike and has been taking some long distance rides with his friends. Well of course I want to join in the fun.... so about a month ago we bought for me a hybrid cruiser/street bike... as I've never ridden a street bike... I figure eventually I can graduate to a street bike and keep my cruiser for leisurely rides. :) I hope to trick it out with fenders and saddlebags and just give it some unusual character. Plus I LOVE riding around on it.
We've begun a tradition of riding 25 miles on Sundays to a nice little historic district and stop for a bike, then ride back. In this sweltering heat... it makes the ride that much more of a workout. Plus I'm getting a bit of a tan for the first time in YEARS!
So... lets hope I've finally found what will work for me! :)
Well... the wedding has come and gone, and I never did lose all the weight I wanted to in time for the wedding.... but I think I still looked fab!
But just because I didn't lose before the wedding, doesn't mean I am giving up!
A new 24 hour gym has opened up right up the road from my home, so starting on Thursday (my orientation), I am going to go there every morning before work.
The trainer there also told me I haven't been eating enough... even though I have managed to gain 5 lbs since the wedding! (Dec 1). I've probably been eating 2-3 times a day... but snacking on these horribly delicious pork crackles we bought in the UK. I am positive they are the weight gain culprit. Thankfully we finished them off over the weekend, so they wont be there to tempt me.
I've already started adding more food into my diet.... and aim to include some fruit. I am down a pound since yesterday... but I am sure it is mostly water.
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Hello everyone, I'm new to the site and I was wondering if there are any fellow CSN RN Spring '13 hopefuls out there. I just turned in my application today and I would love to get to know some of my potential classmates... Read More
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As far as the FB group, if it's set to private it's hard to search for. You'll have to be added by someone who is in there already!
- 0Nov 9, '12 by umpakcHi everyone...did i miss understand about enrolling in a pharmacology class...i thought we were supposed to do that basically as soon as we could but when i try it says i am not accepted into the program yet...is that something happening just with me or am i just rying to enroll too soon?
- 0Nov 9, '12 by christina731I just tried and it says I'm not admitted. The people who gave us our pink slips with our schedules said something about getting an email? Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention :/ I tried to call the nursing dept and they didn't answer.
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- 0Nov 9, '12 by Twinkle toezThat happened to us, too. Sometimes the registrar doesn't update the list of accepted students so you status is still pre-nursing. I had to take my letter of acceptance to the registrar. I'm not sure if it's the same this semester.


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Spotted in Beverly Hills last night, Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson have reconciled, but like the rest of us, they're probably just curious to see who will eventually murder the other. In the meantime, I want to make an escargot joke, but looking at Sam I should probably go with kielbasa. Or maybe even two kielbasas, I dunno. Wikipedia won't tell me how many wangs Man-Bats have. How's a man supposed to educate himself, dammit?
Lindsay Lohan returns to fake lesbiantry
First! Yeah!
Too thin. Good grief.
So I see that Lohan has decided to be fat again.
#1 – Take a screen shot and show it to your kids.
anyone going to try to say she doesn't have an eating disorder? anyone? c'mon its the internet, you can look like a stupid fuck and no one will ever know its you!
Is it me or does any one else for see Lindsay becoming the next Tara Reid?
Very worrying – I think I sort of fancy samantha ronson, but only because I have a bit of thing for scrawny scowling teenage boys, I am so female trapped in a male body.
Lindsey needs some FOOD! poor thing…
Is it me or does any one else for see Lindsay becoming the next Tara Reid?
Anorexia has struck again!
Actually If I saw them on the street I would think they were a couple of drug addicts. They are both sooooo thin and yukky looking.
Lindsay looks better every time I see her. I'd say right now her weight is about perfect. Bring on more ignorant and/or fat "EATING DISORDER!!!11″ idiots.
I'm fairly certain they already made that Batman, Batman & Robin with Alicia Silverstone. Probably the worst piece of shit Batman movie ever viewed by human eyes.
Glad she is back to her senses.
If Samantha grew her hair out and wore girly clothes, i think she would be pretty
linsdey is super thin right now– but let's be honest here— SHE LOOKS BEST THIS WAY.
if gay people are so into their own sex, why do some of them try to look like the opposite sex to take on the "male" role? friggin' weird!!!
Please Lindsay,get away from ugly lesbians
and put some meat on your borderline anorexic body.
You're still pretty but you could and should be beautiful.
Lindsay is 100 percent lesbian because she is the lipstick lesbian and Sam is the butch lesbian and together they enjoy each others pussy juice yikes!
I think Lindsay looks hot as hell in pick 1, but needs to cut off at least 6 inshes of that nasty hair
The coke sure is keeping her thin. Glad to see coke doesn't shrink her beautiful cans.
"Spotted" is the perfect word for 2 bitchy lesbians.
I realize she's a "lesbian", but I would certainly enjoy pushing and pulling my erect penis in and out of her lubricated vagina until it ejaculated some semen :)
they look like they're auditioning for Drugstore Cowboy the Musical. The paps should leave Lohan to her miserable junkie life and move on. Maybe then when the camera's go away that will be a wake up call for her and her first step towards sobriety. The paps and myspace are really all she has left and in a sick way they've become her enabler.
Thanx for sharing that whopper jr.
Who the fuck really gives a shit about these two skanky white trash whores??
ahh to lose weight & still have huge boobs…must be nice HaHa
Smokers suck!
#21 – You're still in high school, right?
I gotcha! MWAH MWAH MWAH MWAH!!!!
You limp-dick fuckers would kill for a chance to fuck LL and you know it.
Most of you jack-offs probably haven't seen the vagina of an actual living, breathing woman in years (if ever.) You wouldn't have sex with her not because you think she's a skank, but because nature won't allow you to, you disgusting douchebags. It would set evolution back thousands of years if you took your hands off your keyboard and your dick and made an attempt to have sex with anybody, let alone Lohan. Pathetic keyboard jockey's, you make me sick.
Useless peckers. Go die now, please.
#29: Let me put it this way. LL is attractive. But not all guys will gratify themselves at the expense of someone who obviously has issues. I hate to say "I feel bad for her" because that sounds (a) like I think I'm better than her and (b) that I've grown a vag myself. But I DO think she seems sad, and is taking the typical celeb route of trying to get as much attention as possible. Attention is like a drug.
She's looking anorexic again. She must be back on the rocks.
I have never tried kielbasa
Linds looks good in a burned-out, strung-out, backwoods-butch sorta way.
Cheetah Girls bwahahahahaha.
Goodness that girls name suits her well "SaMANtha" because that is exactly what she looks like: a coke-addicted, venereal-infested teenage boy with bad teeth.
Three cheers for double-sided dildos!!!
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She looks cool.
they both look like skeletors.
Lindsay, you're always looks great!
Your golden mane cascading down your shoulders is like a river of gold being split down the middle by large hills standing before an open valley which eventually spreads open to the void below.
Lindsay reminds me of Tails from the old Sonic games
#15. It's not that weird if you use your brain. People are raised with the male and female concept and many gay people have talents and interest that fit more into the stereotypical male or female box. People also emulate what's around them so often one person will seems more like the male and the other will often seem more female Still many lesbians and gay men do not fit the stereotype and you would never know they were gay by looking at them (like Portia de Rossi and Neil Patrick Harris). Also gay men and women aren't in love with themselves, if you are a girl and you like boys does liking boys mean you want to look like a boy? Um fuck no, so where is your logic. Samantha is attracted to GIRLS why would she want to look girly, do you want to look manly because you like men. It's only weird to you because it's not your life, but that's what all bigotry is based on "ew they're different" or they are inferior because they are different. Same thing happened to women, jewish people, black people, asian people, natives, hispanics, middlie eastern I could go on… if you were born into a world where the majority was gay but you just couldn't help love men then you'd see what it;'s like at the toss of a coin you can be part of the discriminated group.
P.S. I'm not gay and I'm married, I'm just not a bigot.
I realize he's a homosexual, but I would certainly enjoy pushing and pulling my erect penis in and out of Randal's lubricated sphincter until it ejaculated some semen :)
Do dykes ever make sex tapes? And do they ever "lose" them?
Man her weight goes up and down more than Chloe Sevigny. I'm the same size as lilo is here and have been since puberty (the last 12 years) and my mom and grandma are heather Locklear's size so I take offense to the fact that whenver people see a woman this size they assume she is annorexic, unless you guys are assuming it because she gets so porky and her wieght goes up and down so much. I think it might just be the drugs or she has no will power and get s in shape and then gets all pudgy again within a year. Anyway I'm sorry but she DOES look best this way, she is the kind of gal who needs to be really thin for her legs and abs to look good, when she isn't her legs and torso are gross and bloated looking. Also her face looks nasty as hell when she weighs more, all chubby and pudgy. I just don;t understand why she goes up and down so much (weight wise) we all know she stopped going up and down when she took a one way trip to carpet muncher valley.
#43. Nope only men do that, so they'd have to have a threesome with a man, an actual man not just a gollum thing that looks like a man, and that is about as likely as Lilo becoming a stable human being.
she's coking it up again. skinny bitch.
You make no sense at all. Lindsay is a lesbian and she looks feminine and is attracted to butch looking lesbians like Sam.
sam looks like a strung-out 12-year old boy in these pictures. yikes.
Lindsay looks like she needs some meat…
I'll volunteer my man meat for her to enjoy ;)
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UC President: 'Long past day where we can just cut the fat'
By Claier Trageser
City News Service
The University of California Board of Regents said tuition increases, faculty and staff reductions, and admitting more out-of-state students are all possibilities for keeping the 10-campus system running under reduced funding proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state schools Superintendent Tom Torlakson joined the regents on the second day of their three-day meeting at UCSD.
Regents Chairman Russell Gould told the board that in addition to the $500 million Brown proposed to cut from the UC and California State University systems, the UC system will have to absorb another $500 million in future costs, including pensions and rising utility bills.
"The proposed budget leaves this board with extremely difficult choices to make, choices that will affect the future of education," he said.
Although Brown's budget must be approved by the Legislature, UC President Mark Yudof said the university system's projected $1 billion budget shortfall would likely become a reality.
"I think the governor is dead serious in what he's saying," Yudof said. "We need to be acting under the belief that this reduction is coming, even as we continue to press our case with the Legislature and governor."
Yudof said the regents would look at funding reduction targets for each campus, and that administrators at each campus would need to develop a plan for reaching those targets. Those plans, which are due in six weeks, could include layoffs and the discontinuation of some programs.
"We're long past the day where we can just cut the fat," Yudof said. "That will not take care of absorbing a $1 billion reduction in one fiscal year."
While Yudof said the UC system provides accessibility, affordability and excellence to its students, "the newest budget cuts are moving us dangerously close to picking two out of the three."
"In my opinion, excellence is non-negotiable," he said. Yudof said he hoped not tuition increases would be needed, but he cautioned: "Never say never."
Left to cut are what Yudof called "terrible alternatives." They include providing less financial aid, fewer faculty members and campus employees, and the admission of more out-of-state students.
"The moment is fast approaching when the university system can no longer guarantee admission to all California applicants who meet its requirements," he said. "If we went to avoid that step, we have to do other things we really don't want to do."
Yudof also said reducing enrollment "could not come at a worse time," because high school students are so motivated to attend UC schools.
During his visits to low-income high schools, Yudof said he found "the yearning of these youngsters to enter the world of universities was palpable."
Newsom told Yudof and the other regents he did not want to give up so easily.
"I'm not just going to sit around and lose $500 million," Newsom said. Although 25 people were signed up for public comment during the board's first meeting today, only seven took the floor to speak. Students asked the regents to not change admission policies, and UC employees made cases for keeping their jobs.


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Side Note: "Speaking of sex being out there, two words: freak dancing. Tonight my job took me to the late night club scene and, my gosh, the freak dancing was completely sexual in nature. I won't go into detail but it was simulated sex acts of all types on the dance floor. When a kinda cute young asian woman started freak dancing at me, I'm not making this up, and trying to get me to freak dance with her I freaked out and told her I was working and couldn't dance."
DFO: Our good friend Side Note from west of the Cascades is no prude. By the nature of his job, he pokes his nose into all parts of area life in his community. If he sez "freak dancing" (which some call simulated sex on the dance floor) is over the top, no one should argue.
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As farewell parties go, it was certainly merry, not to say a little exhausting. Eamon Dunphy was leaving The Last Word, a two-hour radio show he hosted in Dublin each weekday evening for more than five years, and three dozen colleagues, family members, and friends had assembled to mark his departure. It was a true Dublin gathering—good craic, much fine food eaten, plenty of wine drunk, many speeches made (including one by me not long before midnight, I'm told; as the program's London correspondent, I had been flown over for the occasion), until we drifted home in the small hours.
The morning after the morning after I still felt rather queasy when I glanced at the papers, which made me queasier still. A huge headline on the front page of the Irish Sunday Mirror screamed, "DUNPHY'S 8-HOUR BENDER," and our little festivity was described inside over two lurid pages. On one of them, under the headline "ANGRIEST MAN TURNS INTO THIRSTIEST," an unflattering paparazzo shot showed Dunphy "supported by Last Word contributor Jeffrey [sic] Wheatcroft" outside the restaurant. I felt like telling the paper not to be so sure of who was supporting whom, and that anyway it had been more like eleven hours from when the first champagne was opened in the Today FM studio until the last hurrahs.
But if that tabloid said something about the local obsession with our guest of honor, it was nothing compared with what appeared in The Irish Times. In his column "An Irishman's Diary," Kevin Myers said that he would never again appear on a certain discussion program shown by RTE, the national television network, because Dunphy had been on it a couple of weeks earlier. In any proper society "with civilised standards, a serial drunk-driver such as Eamon Dunphy simply would not be brought on to a television programme to be consulted for his opinions on any matters of importance," Myers wrote. "But we behave differently in this wretched, sleaze-filled country"—and much more of the same.
Reading this diatribe, I thought of what was said about the Irish by Samuel Johnson, and also W. B. Yeats; I'll come back to that. But another bell rang in my mind. In an essay forty years ago Conor Cruise O'Brien mentioned those of his countrymen "who have attained the condition diagnosed by Myles na gCopaleen as 'Paddy Solemn.'" There are plenty of divisions in Ireland, but none is more fascinating than the one between the two types personified by Dunphy's enemies and Dunphy himself.
Most readers of this magazine will wonder who Eamon Dunphy is. It's an amusing question, because it illustrates yet again that huge cultural gulf—far greater than thousands of miles of ocean—separating New World from Old, even when Americans make a parade of their ancestral heritage. How many ardent Italian-Americans have heard of Alessandro Nesta and Giorgio Bocca (an Italian soccer player and a newspaper columnist)? How many proud Jewish Americans of Eyal Berkovich and Meir Shalev (an Israeli soccer player and a columnist)? And how many strident Irish-Americans of Eamon Dunphy (soccer player and columnist)? Even in the shamrock-infested bars of Third Avenue, in New York, and of South Boston, few are aware that Dunphy is just about the most famous, or infamous, man in Ireland.
Now in his late fifties, Dunphy is a Dubliner who left school early to play soccer. He joined Manchester United but soon moved to the less exalted Millwall, in South London, where he stayed until, in his early thirties, his club career dwindled away. Then he wrote a memoir. Only a Game? is one of the best books ever written about any sport, or, more exactly, about the grandeurs et misères (more of the latter than the former) of the professional sportsman—not the Shaq or Tiger with his mega-millions but the average-Joe pro for whom sport is a route out of poverty, a way of making a modest living, and better than the factory bench, but still likely to leave him bruised and broke.
That book was written with the help of a journalist, but Dunphy quickly found that he could write on his own, and made a new career. For years he wrote for the Sunday Independent, where he played the Desperate Chancer, as the Irish say: pugnacious, full of bravado, unpredictable to the point of recklessness. He is, to put it mildly, a man of flamboyant character and conduct: he was finally given a ten-year ban from the roads last year, after his ninth conviction for drunk driving, and he was suspended by RTE from his regular place on a soccer-discussion show after he turned up one Sunday lunchtime in a condition suggesting that, as the racetrack officials might say, he had not yet completed the excretion period for non-normal nutrients. There may be an element of poetic justice in the brutality of the attacks on Dunphy, who was once called the most scurrilous journalist in Ireland by O'Brien. A brilliant natural writer and broadcaster, as even Myers admits, he has himself over the years gored one by one the sacred cows of Official Ireland (his own happy coining)—the Ulster nationalist leader John Hume, the former President Mary Robinson, and even the poet Seamus Heaney, who is way beyond criticism in Dublin.
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To all my friends on Dogster I want thank-you all that has- given me all these gifts from the bottom of my heart all so- !!!!January 30th 2014 11:29 am
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Hard to believe you will be that old already. But you will be that old, Sweetie I look at you and remember how tiny you was when we brought you home... Now the years have gone by, and you sure have been growing and still little tiny. And yes you still get under my feet to this day but never mean to my Little Lady...
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The Answer is Within You
Want to know what I have learned? The answer is within you. No matter how many times you reach out or try to find a solution, sometimes you are drenched in a rain of failure. You can't believe how unfair life can be sometimes and you want to stay under the covers as you hang at the end of your rope.
The answer is within you.
Life is not easy. And this article is not meant to glide past that fact. Sometimes life can be incredibly unfair and so can people. Don't forget it. It is a lesson you never want to forget because when you make it past your hell - and you will, if you simply keep on fighting no matter the punches, no matter the failures, no matter the turned backs - you will never want to be there again and so it is important to remember it.
The answer is within you.
The trick in hell is not only to keep walking, to paraphrase Churchill, but it is to keep walking despite every failure. It means never accepting defeat. It means finding the solution within yourself. It means waking up every single morning and if everything the day before ended in loss, it means trying something new. It means not believing that just because everything before failed, that this too will mean defeat - you will never know until you try. But if it is yet another setback, it means you keep on going to figure out some way out of your challenge - through a door or window, or breaking down a wall. The answer will eventually come, just keep your wits and stay the course. Never stop. Never quit.
The answer is within you.
If you are fortunate enough to have a spouse, friend or stranger who has walked the fires with you, honor them, and yourself, and keep going.
And at the core of your being, no matter the temperature, the sweat that drips from your brow, the burden that you carry every single day - the answer is within you. Believe it.
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Benefit Boi-ing Reviews
Good, not perfectI do like this concealer a lot and it definitely camouflages my undereye imperfections but if you use this without prepping with some eye cream first, it will dry out the skin. — 5 years, 7 months agochanceuxlilas | 324 reviews
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a little cakeyI was between this and the erase paste and i decided to try both. I reviewed erase paste and didnt love it. Though i feell ike this gave better coverage to my dark circles, it wasnt as brightening as erase paste. It also came in easier packaging. WHile erase paste was creamy and globby, boing was thinner and more creamy going on. I did feel like there was some yellow undertones that didnt work ou...read moret so well on my fair skin. Didnt seem to last through the day either.. and i noticed it cake into my fine lines. not impressed, but i dont hate it — 3 years, 9 months agokatiecourtney | 167 reviews
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Not goodThis was one of the first "luxury" brand concealers I tried. I was unimpressed and remain unimpressed with this product. It is thick, cakey, and dry and settles into lines around eyes almost immediately. It doesn't conceal dark circles very well or brighten. This product almost prevented me from trying Benefit's "erase paste" but that product is actually pretty good. They should discontinue this concealer and leave erase paste in the line. — 3 years, 8 months agocherrypie | 196 reviews
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Second favourite concealerI really like this concealer for Summertime. I think it holds a lot better under humid weather conditions and is also a full coverage product so works very well with many skin issues. I don't like using it as my under eye concealer because it tends to get into the fine lines under the eyes and crease. That's basically my only issue with it, well, that and the fact that it is pretty expensive. Over...read moreall it is a very good product and since you don't need much to make it work, it'll last you quite a long time. — 2 years, 9 months agohananoire | 49 reviews
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Good Color Match But Too DryBoi-ing was too dry. I liked the thicker texture of this product and felt it covered imperfections very well. Its pot-style application worked for this product because it has a thicker texture, so it wasn't messy. Shade 2 was a good color match and I liked the matte coverage of this concealer. I think this concealer might work well for me if I mixed it with a little moisturizer so it wasn't quite so dry. — 1 year, 1 month agoposhinprogress | 179 reviews
I personally liked this productAfter reading some of the other reviews I was pretty confused. I actually like this product. My under eye circles are ridiculous so when a beauty blogger I follow mentioned this and said it was industrial strength I just had to try it out. I think that applying it is easy for under eyes and random spots but for more it's a little tedious because this product doesn't spread around easily I guess...read more you could say. I can see why others call it cakey, I've had that issue too but for the most part I think it's ok as long as you don't layer it too much. One drawback to this product is that when it begins to run low, getting it out of the container gets frustrating. You're supposed to apply with your finger but I have nails and that makes it difficult sometimes. — 8 months, 3 weeks agoMusic616 | 20 reviews
Love this productI purchased the boi-ing eye bright compact and I LOVE this little compact. Its great for travelling and gives you a big sample size of both products to try. The concealer is great for imperfections and under the eyes (doesn't crease) and the eye bright is very creamy and looks great as a brow bone highlight. Best of all this product is only $12, bargain!! — 8 months, 3 weeks agomlbowers | 45 reviews
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Hate it.Dry, cakey, thick. The color matches my skin which is nice but it feels like the concealer is just sitting on my skin. — 1 year, 3 months agoLazy_Girl_Makeup | 36 reviews
So far, my favorite concealer.My aunt bought this for me as a christmas present and I'm just now starting to see the bottom of the pallet. I really like this stuff because it's the only thing that can conceal my dark circles so far. Everything else is too sheer. It doesn't cake or make lines under my eyes. Sometimes I use it on my nose if it's particularly red that day. I don't like it as a blemish concealer though because it ...read morestarts to look bad over the day, but I rarely get blemishes so it's doesn't really matter. To apply, I usually put a little on my fingertip and blend into the skin. — 1 year, 3 months agothe_pink_petite | 14 reviews
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This mattress is wonderful for the price. It is much more firm than a traditional memory foam, but the firmness only lasts unitl you settle into the bed. Once it contours around you it feels great. I used to always wake up in the middle of the night, but I haven't since buying this mattress. No pressure points. 6 inches might seem small, but it fit perfectly into my full sized bed frame, without a box spring. I think the firmness compensates for the lack of thickness. Either way, you are not going to get a better mattress for the price. My parents bought a similiar one that was 10" and I cannot tell a difference. There's cost $200 more.
Very comfortable for a foam mattress. Foam mattresses in general take some getting used to, so try one out first if this is your first time using one. Ordering this online and having it shipped to the house is so much more convenient than buying a traditional mattress / box springs combo. This mattress came in a box that is light enough for someone in good shape to move. I took out the rolled mattress and unwrapped it directly on the bed (you need a platform style bed, fyi), unrolled it and let it air up for a couple days. So easy. The only problem is that it smells bad for the first 48 hours or so, but that smell has dissapeared.
Bought this mattress as an alternative to a regular mattress for teen daughter. She actually placed in on top of her old mattress and box spring to have a tall looking bed, but the sheets fit around the foam mattress well only. she loves it so far!
I was really disappointed with this because it was so firm. It did not relieve pressure points, but rather increased them. I decided to return it, having to pay the shipping. It nearly impossible to roll it back up after it expands. I had to order a mattress shipping box to return it. I would not recommend this item, or any other memory foam item, on-line, due to issues of returning it. It came rolled up in a big within the shipping box. The only way you could take it out was to cut the bag, which they instruct you do to. Even if you kept the original box, you would never be able to return it in that box.
I believe the quality is great. I have never had a foam mattress before so I have nothing to compare it too. The mattress is firm which is perfect for my three year old and I love it too, I want one for my room. I usually wake up stiff when sleeping on my 5 year old mattress but this mattress is wonderful. It forms perfectly to my body and falling a sleep takes me less time. It comes rolled up and took a day or two for it to expand. We went out of town on the second day so it was about 4 days till my son slept on it. We bought the tapered leg platform bed from o.co and it is a perfect combination.
I bought this to go along with the faux leather black bed I bed. she really likes the mattress too, very comfortable and just the right size!
Ordered because of need for extra sleeping room. It fits the bill. Excellent performance.....
I bought this mattress for my son. It is ok for the price and he will be able to sleep on it for a couple years. I could never sleep on it, not comfortable at all for an adult. This mattress is very thin and feels like can feel the bed underneath you. I think even for this price you could find something a little nicer.
It's slightly thinner than I thought it'd be, but you cannot feel through it, so I don't think that really matters. I bought it for my guest room, but I really like how it feels on my back, so I'll probably be looking to buy a 12" king sized version for the master bedroom following the holiday season.
I unpacked the box and laid out my mattress, and as soon as it had a chance to decompress I had a great nap on it. My back felt better the next morning and it has not disappointed yet.
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Most snakes are harmless, interesting additions to garden
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With the arrival of warm weather, it is likely that gardeners and yard workers may soon come into contact with snakes. I am writing this week's column on behalf of the snakes and asking that you who see them give them the benefit of the doubt before grabbing a shovel.
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Leeds United have told BBC Radio Leeds that Championship clubs are interested in striker Jermaine Beckford, but are yet to make firm bids. The player's agent Nick Rubery believed two offers had been lodged but Leeds say only enquiries have been made. Rubery claims troubled Newcastle United are an option for the 25-year-old. "It wouldn't be true to say Newcastle have missed out on Jermaine because of what is going on there," he told the Yorkshire Evening Post. "There has been inter.... read more
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Date: October 15, 2013
The Johnson Center for Philanthropy's VoiceGR initiative is seeking answers to some of the Grand Rapids region's biggest questions. They are polling residents about their satisfaction with the city, racial equality, housing, the economy, recreation, and public transportation, just to name a few.
The Johnson Center asks that residents take 15 minutes to share their voice about the community. Many community-serving programs in the Greater Grand Rapids region, such as ours, will have the ability to use information from the survey to inform their programs to support the community's needs more effectively.
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Driver Education Standards of Learning Review
The Driver Education Standards of Learning (SOL) are scheduled for review in 2015 as required by the Standards of Quality.
- SOL Review Schedule for all subject areas
- 2008 Driver Education Standards of Learning are available on the previous page.
January 16, 2014 – Board Initiates the Review Process
February 7- March 10, 2014 – Public Comment Period
July 9-11, 2014 – Review by Committee
October 23, 2014 – Proposed Revised DraftVDOE presents the Proposed Revised Driver Education SOL document to the Board of Education for first review. If approved, a 30-day public comment period is scheduled.
October 24 - November 24, 2014
December 2014 – Public HearingsFor hearing details see Superintendent's Memo 303-14.
January 22, 2015 – Board reviews and is expected to adopt the Proposed 2015 Driver Education SOLVDOE presents the proposed Driver Education SOL to the Board of Education for final review and adoption.


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Disney of the month club? Sign me up!
Im not sure exactly when I came up with the plan, perhaps it was always in the back of my mind, but, at some point this year I decided it would be awesome to spend time at a Disney park and/or a Disney resort every month in 2013. We are on track with completed trips through August plus a trip on the books for September and one for November. That just leaves October and December and my mission will be complete!
So, here is our cast of characters
Me, Jennifer, Disney obsessed mom of 2 amazing little girls, wife of almost 13 years to my darling husband who humors me while I feed my Disney obsession. Ive always loved Disney characters and movies but didnt begin my love of Disney World until we took our oldest for her first trip when she was 3. Now I cant get enough!
Peyton and I at Monsters University
DH, amazing husband and father who is not quite as impressed with Disney but is willing to let me indulge. He loves World Showcase, Disney resorts, Disney restaurants, and his girls!
Daddy and the girls in Celebration this past weekend.
Peyton, our oldest is 7 ½. She loves Disney princesses, Teen Beach Movie (please save me!), and her little sister. She has become a bit of a chicken when it comes to rides and the part of me that loves the thrills is having a hard time not pushing her. The part of me that remembers being terrified by my first ride on a wooden roller coaster when I was 7 and not wanting to ride another coaster until I was 10 is trying to be patient. I know shell come around in her own time.
My sassy 7 year old at Pop this past weekend.
Charlotte, our baby, will be 2 in October. She loves Disney Junior and everything about Disney parks, except getting in and out of her stroller. She has no fear of anything, especially water!
Charlotte checking out her accommodations at Pop
Rather than starting at the beginning, Im going to start with our most recent trip, one night at Pop Century in August.
Look what we got in the mail prior to our trip!
I was so excited to be part of the Magic Band test program. Apparently, a little too excited, as I missed opportunities to make them work better for us. More about that later.
Current pre-trip report -Free Dining Designing!
Previous pre-trip report -Who are we going to get to watch the horse? A Spring Break 2014 Pre-Trip Report
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Pop Century has been on my list of places to stay for a very long time. Whenever I look at value resorts as an option for trips, it is always the first one I check (I dont count AoA yet, not until they start applying passholder and Florida resident discounts I am cheap and hate to spend more money for the same room!). The stars aligned when I looked at August dates and Pop was just slightly more than the All Stars with our passholder discount.
The plan was to head out about 8am on Saturday, get to Celebration around 10:30 to explore prior to grabbing an early lunch and then heading to Pop to check in and head to the pool. We actually got on the road a little before 9, but it was no problem since we didnt have any real plans.
My girls ready to hit the road.
The drive down was uneventful, the girls were mostly good although Peyton complained about being bored. I am currently adding to my September trip to-do list to print out some of the road trip activities I have pinned on Pinterest so I wont have to deal with this again. We got off I-4 and headed towards Celebration. I was so disappointed, it looked just like Orlando that is, until we drove past the Publix. This was the Celebration I expected and I was immediately in love and so was DH. We actually spent our lunch talking about what needed to happen so we could move to Celebration. I dont know if it will be soon or if it will be when we are retired, but I think at some point we will have a Celebration mailing address. It is so quaint. It really reminds me of the little town in Ohio where my parents grew up. It also reminds me of the stereotypical Anywhere, USA complete with white picket fences and a town square. Maybe a little Stepford, but Stepford in a good way
Here are the pictures from around our future home
We ate lunch at the Celebration Town Tavern the onion ring appetizer is an insane amount of food for $6. We stopped at Woof Gang Bakery where Peyton carefully (and slowly) selected a treat to bring back for our Great Dane, Cooper. Once we had explored Celebration Town Center, we loaded back into the car and explored the surrounding neighborhoods. Definitely where I always imagined Id live to raise a family!
From there, it was a short drive over to Pop to check in .
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I am looking forward to reading about your monthly visit, and alittle jealous that you are close enough to visit monthly.
One day trips with Family 1972,1973, 1976, Honeymoon off site June 1985, Off site June 1986, Off site June 1989, Grand Floridian June 1992, Wilderness Lodge June 1995, Dixie Landing(POR) April 1997, Hilton at Downtown Disney April 2000, Beach Club June 2003, POFQ June 2005, Pop Century Dec. 2005, Pop Century Jan. 2006, Pop Century Sept. 2007, POFQ Jan. 2009, Pop Century Sept 2009, BLT 25th Anniversary Trip June 2010, CBR March 2011, PORS Sept. 2012, Pop Century Jan. 2013
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So neat to do that - I really need to explore Celebration.
Came over from Meom's joining in for the fun.
POOLRAT PATI am a Disney Dork. 75- Contemporary,77- offsite Hyatt,86- offsite 1 day trip,88- offsite 1 day trip,98- Contemporary w/kids,01- All Stars Movies,05- Boardwalk,06- Coronado,07- Carribbean Beach,08- Beach Club,Oct 09 - POP/Coronado, Dec09/Jan 10 ASMu/ CSR , July '10-POP, Sept '10 POFQ,Oct '10 2X for F&W @ POP Oct'11-ASSp Dec '11-DVC SSR/AKL July '12- BCV, Sept '12- DL, Oct '12- BCV, Dec'12-POP Jan '13- OKW May '13-BWV Oct '13- BCV DEC '13- BCV May14-POP Aug 14- VWL Oct '14-DL Feb '15 -AKVK
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Joining in on your trip report! Can't wait to read more!
Past trips
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Joining in on the report from MeMom's! How lucky are you to have a once a month trip??
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Alliance Healthcare Downgraded On Imaging, Prices
NEW YORK (AP) â¿¿ An RBC Capital Markets analyst downgraded shares of Alliance Healthcare Services Inc. Thursday, saying its diagnostic imaging volume will stay low due to the weak economy, and Medicare reimbursement should remain under pressure.
THE OPINION: Alliance provides diagnostic imaging and cancer-treating radiation services. Analyst Kevin Ellich downgraded the stock to "Sector Perform" from "Outperform" and trimmed his price target to $6 from $7, saying he thinks scanning volume and prices will not improve in the next few quarters. Ellich said scanning volume is down because of the weak economy, and since unemployment is holding steady, volumes should stay low. He thinks commercial reimbursement rates should be stable but Medicare rates may remain under pressure.
Ellich added that Alliance has enough cash to expand its business, and acquisitions could boost its stock, but its potential targets are not well priced now.
THE STOCK: Shares of the Newport Beach, Calif., company slipped 8 cents to $4.98 in midday trading. The stock has traded between $4.69 and $7.65 over the last year.
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STFU NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE CRYING OVER TT RIOT ESPECIALLY. Now stop posting mindless boo hoo's about why the new TT sucks and how riot ruined everything. For one riot has made that map more popular then its ever been and made a map that is not dominated by hyper carrys and people with wall jumps. Do you know how many got mad when tryndamere got changed to fury instead of re-sourceless ALOT. 100,000s of players commented on a massive petition that alone is more players then TT has ever had. And riot did nothing quit dreaming adapt or quit either way whiny people like you wont be missed.
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Don't get me wrong, the new TT is fun, on it's own merits. As is DOM, and ARAM. I just don't see why they're taking the old TT and transforming it when they could easily just have both going, and call this one something else. Like 3v3 dom.
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Weekly roundup
Stories around Scotia and Glenville you may have missed in the past week: If area car dealerships such as Salisbury Chevrolet in Glenville are forced to close, it will hurt the community, owners say. A preview of next week's annual benefit at the Animal Protective Foundation in Scotia. The Scotia-Glenville Industrial Park is in jeopardy […] [Read More]
Free ice cream at Friendly's next Saturday
On Saturday, June 6, everyone can get a free scoop of ice cream at Friendly's between noon and 5 p.m. There's one in Glenville on Route 50. We think Stewart's has the better ice cream, but Friendly's sundaes sure are good. And we'll never pass up a free scoop of any kind of ice cream. [Read More]
A new Web site focuses on Glenville
There's a new Web site that talks about issues in Glenville and Scotia that is worth checking out. Focus on Glenville was started by four people running for office in Glenville this fall. You have have seen the candidates walking with a giant Focus on Glenville sign near the end of the Memorial Day parade […] [Read More]
Weekly roundup
Stories around Scotia and Glenville you may have missed this week: Plenty of stories in the Times Union: Fortitech had its grand opening, the Scotia-Glenville school budget passed (more from the Spotlight), Salisbury Chevrolet will fight GM's cutback plan, the oak tree disease may have been contained, Pete Dougherty catches up with Scotia's Laura Diaz, […] [Read More]
The Scotia Memorial Day parade (with photos)
What a beautiful night for a parade. The Scotia Memorial Day parade was a great time Wednesday night. The bands, the dancers, the classic cars and the weather, all fantastic. If you have parade photos, share them in our Your Photos section. A clown near the end of the parade route. (Hank Domin / Times […] [Read More]
Fortitech in Glenville open for business
The new Fortitech warehouse on Route 50 had its grand opening Tuesday. From Larry Rulison's story in Wednesday's Times Union: The $4 million, 48,000-square-foot facility has more than 90 skylights. It has a conference room and space for offices and a laboratory. The building was designed by Architecture Plus in Troy. Fortitech Chief Executive Officer […] [Read More]
Officials: Glenville oak tree illness contained
Brian Nearing reported Tuesday that the fatal oak tree disease in Glenville may have been halted. From Brian's story: Seventy-two oak trees were cut down in the three-block Glen Oaks neighborhood off Spring Road. "We are hopeful that this was successful in eradicating the disease," said Rick Georgeson, a spokesman for the Department of Environmental […] [Read More]
Scotia Memorial Day parade is Wednesday
About 8,000 spectators and 3,200 participants are expected at the 81st annual Memorial Day parade Wednesday. The parade begins at 6:15 p.m. at the corner of North and South Holmes Street and ends with a left turn at Collins Street. The planning for the parade started in October. We asked Kurt von Maucher, parade chairman, […] [Read More]
The story behind Scotia's right-wing extremist (updated)
Chris Boniewski's emotions are written all over his Chevy. He doesn't like the president (You can keep Obama, I already have a Messiah). He believes in gun ownership (Glock 27: $400; Hydrashock bullets: $23.50; Protecting one's family: Priceless). And earlier this week, his target was the state of New York. He's a right-wing extremist. It […] [Read More]
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Stories around Scotia and Glenville you may have missed this week: Times Union columnist Marv Cermak writes about the Rev. Mike Zarkens, the longtime priest at St. Mary's who died late last month. Zarkens spent the past seven years did pastoral work while a patient at the Baptist Health Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Scotia. […] [Read More]
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We are pleased to announce that Math Genie East Brunswick location is moving to 275 Route 18, East Brunswick, NJ 08816 This is the same complex with stores such as Hong Kong Super Market, Lakeshore Learning Store, Dollar Tree etc. We hope to finish our construction soon.
Math Genie East Brunswick is moving to 275 Route 18. (Next to Hong Kong Supermarket)
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Math Genie Grand Opening Photos
Math Genie Marlboro Grand Opening was a grand success. We had a large turnout of parents and students from the surrounding are. Adam an existing student won the Six Flags Great Adventure raffle. Here are the photos. Our Front Door Body painting Henna
Math Genie Marlboro Grand Opening
August 24th Sunday 12pm to 4pm You are invited to our grand opening event! Your child can Attend a free Class FREE Assessment to check readiness for the next grade. FREE Face Painting, Henna Tattoos FREE Food and beverages & giveaways Enter to win a family pack of Six Flags Great Adventures Tickets. Address 316 […]
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Math Genie Marlboro has its first class today. Here are some pictures from today. The center is located at 316 Tennent Road, Suite 103. Morganville, NJ 07751 The Phone no is (732) 218-4100
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The Corner Hotel(3 stars)Mainzer Landstrasse 73 60329 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland View on map
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Great hotel and location for the price
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I had to stay here for a short transit before my next flight. Booked through the Hotel Tonight app on the same morning and the staff at reception already had all my details ready about 2 hours later. The tram is right outside the hotel which was great. The staff at reception was friendly and helpful. The room itself is very spacious and very clean. Wifi, which costs 2 euros per day, worked perfectly. It is just minutes to the main train station. I would definitely stay here again. read hotel review
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The hotel in general is very welcoming and has a great standard, since it is frehsly renovated. read hotel review
Frankfurt city hotel for city dwellers centrally..
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A good budget friendly hotel close to the central station of Frankfurt. No problem with getting breakfast in the naberhood. read hotel review
Great stay, centrally located hotel, very comfortable
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Great stay, centrally located hotel, very comfortable. Rooms nice and clean, bathroom small but excellent. Only bad thing is the staff who did not speak Italian, as described on Booking.com. read hotel review
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Comfortable room, with all the necessary features, in a very good location, close to the main train station. Did not disappoint, considering the price, and the purpose of the stay. read hotel review
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The Corner offers accommodation in the Westend district of Frankfurt, just 1km from the Fair Trade. It offers free Wi-Fi and an on-site sushi restaurant. The air-conditioned and soundproofed rooms at the Corner Hotel include a flat-screen TV with cable channels as well as tea and coffee making facilities. The functional en-suite bathrooms come with bathtub or shower and a hairdryer. International food and drinks are available in the My Sushi Bar restaurant. Located on the ground floor of the Corner Hotel. Frankfurt Central Station and the Frankfurt Opera are both within a 10-minute walk from the Corner Hotel. The Corner Hotel is a Nonsmoking Hotel Business hours of reception: Every day: from 00:00 to 00:00
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