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Vote! Semi-Finals, Round 1: Which Celeb Would Make The Worst Roommate Ever?
To commemorate Schooled Week on The Frisky, we're pitting celebrities against each other in the ultimate face-off: "Which Celeb Would Make The Worst Roommate Ever?"
Yesterday, Aaryn Gries entered the ring with Teresa Giudice for our fourth superstar battle, following Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus on day one, Kristen Stewart and Lindsay Lohan on day two and Kim Kardashian and Farrah Abraham on day three. In our closest duel yet, Teresa was voted as the worst celeb reality star roommate by 52% and will advance to the semi-finals, facing Farrah Abraham on August 12. Today, Miley Cyrus and Lindsay Lohan go head-to-head in the first round of the semi-finals.
Both notorious "bad girls" of Hollywood, Miley Cyrus and Lindsay Lohan's battle would be one we would LOVE to see in real life. Today, the queen of twerk and fiery redhead go at it in round 1 of the semi-finals.
And in case you missed the rules, here's how the tournament works:
For seven days (with a weekend breaking up the duels), we'll share a poll on TheFrisky.com where two celebrities battle it out to earn the title of Worst Celeb Roommate Ever. Each day, head over to The Frisky to vote for the contender you think would make the crappier roommate.
There will be seven face-offs:
Battle of the Singers (on August 5)
Battle of the Actresses (on August 6)
Battle of the Sex Tape Stars (on August 7)
Battle of the Reality Stars (August 8)
5) Semi-finals Round 1 (August 9)
6) Semi-finals Round 2 (August 12)
7) Finals (August 13)
The star who you voted as the Worst Celeb Roommate Ever will be announced on August 14th.
Let the battle begin! Oh, and don't forget to go to class.

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Ashley Greene & Anna Kendrick: TIFF Honorees!
They're both well known around Tinseltown so it comes as surprise that both Ashley Greene and Anna Kendrick are honorees for the 2011 Spotlight Initiative Awards.
The award show takes place at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, September 10 in the Roosevelt Room.
The official announcement reads: The Creative Coalition is pleased to announced that Ashley Greene (Butter, Twilight), Anna Kendrick (50/50, Up in the Air), David Paymer (Twixt, The American President), Morgan Spurlock (Comic Con: Episode IV – A Fan's Hope, Super Size Me) and Roland Emmerich (Anonymous, 2012) have been named as honorees for the 2011 Spotlight Initiative Awards. The awards will be bestowed to honorees during te upcoming Toronto International Film Festival.
Of this year's event, Robin Bronk, the Creative Coalition CEO, said, "The range of work from this year's honorees is a true testament to why we created the Spotlight Initiative Award."
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Crompton to take on holders
Date published: 14 December 2012
CROMPTON face a tough test at holders Middleton in the first round of the John Willie Lees Wood Cup.
Oldham entertain Clifton, and will travel to the winners of Werneth versus Rochdale if they progress.
If Royton come away from Monton and Weaste with a victory, they will hit the road to Norden or Littleborough in round two.
First round ties take place on Sunday, May 19. with round two on Sunday, June 16.
Semi-finals are penned in for Sunday, July 7, with Heywood hosting the final on Sunday, August 4. All matches start at 1.30pm.
First round draw: Oldham v Clifton; Middleton v Crompton; Radcliffe v Walsden; Unsworth v Heywood; Norden v Littleborough; Monton and Weaste v Royton; Ashton v Milnrow; Werneth v Rochdale.
Second round draw: Norden/Littleborough v Monton and Weaste/Royton; Unsworth/Heywood v Middleton/Crompton; Radcliffe/Walsden v Ashton/Milnrow; Werneth/Rochdale v Oldham/Clifton.
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Cold hard on critters, but wolves seem immune at zoo
FARGO — Call them the Ice Pack.
"They're playing and rolling around. They appear to be having a great day," said Sally Jacobson, business manager at the zoo, where many of the animals hail from chilly climates.
But the cold gripping the region is extraordinary, prompting the zoo to restrict outdoor access for many creatures, to Jacobson said.
The wolves are an exception. They have an outdoor den for a warming house and seem impervious to the cold.
The zoo keeps weekend hours in the winter, but it was closed Sunday because of the weather.
Jacobson said the decision to restrict outside access for zoo denizens helps its human handlers as much as it does the animals.
Even hardy creatures such as red pandas and Bactrian camels have been hesitant to leave their shelters these days, she said. During cold weather, animals get extra bedding and enrichment activities to make up for the stimulation they normally get from going outside, she said.
Fargo police Lt. Joel Vettel said police receive more animal welfare calls in the winter than at any other time of year.
He said in most cases community service officers handle the calls, and officers will try to work with pet owners to make sure animals are cared for.
If that isn't possible, officers will take animals to the pound, which in Fargo is Valley Veterinary Hospital.
Derine Winning, a veterinarian at the clinic, said a small number of animals were brought in over the weekend, all of them in good health.
That isn't always the case, she said, adding that for cats, in particular, frostbite can be an issue, especially when it comes to their ears.
Winning said when the weather turns very cold, pet owners should supervise their animal's bathroom breaks so they don't stay outdoors longer than necessary.
While livestock tend to do well in the cold, even the hardiest can suffer when temperatures fall and winds rise, said Kris Ringwall, a livestock specialist with the North Dakota State University Extension Service in Dickinson.
Whether it's a barn cat, a goat or the family dog, "they need wind protection and appropriate bedding and then feed," Ringwall said, adding that the latter is particularly critical for animals like cows.
"It's amazing how livestock survive and their only source of heat is the heat of digestion," Ringwall said.
The key, he said, is providing animals proper bedding to keep their bodies off the frozen ground and shelter to protect them from wind.
"That wind carries your body heat away," Ringwall said.
One challenge faced by livestock producers is making sure equipment operates in very cold temperatures.
"You're not a working farm in this country without planning ahead, and preparing for these kinds of situations is part of that plan," he said.
If animals that normally stay outdoors need to be brought indoors for warmth, care should be taken to make sure humidity doesn't become a problem, Ringwall said.
"If you bring something like cattle into a barn, they'll heat that barn up and then the humidity goes up in the barn and then you get respiratory issues," he said.
"The cow is quite capable — if she's out of the wind and she has bedding and she's fed — to handle this weather, she really is," Ringwall said.
"Sometimes taking them inside, if the air flow is not correct, you create more health problems."


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Lana Del Rey: I'm charitable like Jolie
Lana Del Rey wants to "become a sort of Angelina Jolie" figure with her charity work.
The 26-year-old singer looks up to the Hollywood actress, who has been heavily involved with African charities.
Lana believes more celebrities should use their star power for good causes and she raises money for an organisation that helps homeless people. She became involved after beating alcohol addiction and turning her life around with the help of rehab.
"Music was my passion, but my work with this foundation is more important. I myself had the chance to be [helped by an establishment]," Lana revealed to French magazine Madame Figaro. "Helping others now feels like it's my turn to give something back. [Through my time spent getting sober] I found more than an identity: I found a family. I want to become a sort of Angelina Jolie. Like her, I think fame is nothing in itself, but it can be put to good use - by using it to generate money for charity for example."
Lana's past still haunts her today. The Born to Die star often touches on themes of mourning and loss in her song lyrics and her alcohol problems still effect everything in her life.
"When you no longer drink, it is more difficult to celebrate," Lana continued. "In fact, when I quit drinking, I lost my life. It took my all to reinvent myself and find my roots. It was very difficult. At the same time, I have never felt rooted in whatever I've done or wherever I've been since."
This year Lana will be performing around Europe during her 34 date tour. Despite her success in the music industry, her heart lies with her charity work and she feels her purpose in life is to do something beautiful.
"Today, I spend less time at the foundation, but last July we opened two centres, one in New York and one in Los Angeles. For me selling records is incomparable to the dedication and commitment I feel for the foundation. It gives me another dimension to my life," Lana explained. "Even as a child I've always felt different. I've always wanted to make my life a work of art."
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POLICE will further examine a house on a Caernarfon estate where a seriously injured man was found.
North Wales Police said they return to the house at Ysgubor Goch today (Wednesday, January 8) after the man was found with serious head injuries on Saturday, December 21.
The man is still recovering in hospital.
A North Wales Police spokesman said: "Police are still trying to establish the circumstances surrounding the injuries the man has sustained and are keen to speak with anyone who may have seen something suspicious in that area between 5am and 10pm on Saturday, December 21."
Anyone with information on how the man sustained the injuries should call Caernarfon CID on 101, quoting reference number P207509.
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Forest Rescue activists board Japanese whaling ship in solidarity with Sea Shepherd
In the early hours of Sunday, January 8, three forest rescue activists boarded the Japanese whaling fleet security vessel Shonan Maru No 2 off Bunbury, Western Australia as an act of solidarity with Sea Shepherd in their campaign to stop Japanese commercial whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.
Geoffrey Owen Tuxworth (47) of Perth, Simon Peterffy (44) of Bunbury and Glen Pendlebury (27) of Fremantle, all from Forest Rescue came by boat from shore to intercept the Japanese vessel the Shonan Maru No2 which was tailing the Sea Shepherd ship the Steve Irwin 16.2 miles off the coast and 22 miles Northwest of Bunbury, Western Australia. The Shonan Maru's position when boarded was 32 degrees, zero minutes south and 115 degrees, 21 minutes east. They were met by two small boats from the Steve Irwin. The boats approached the Shonan Maru under the cover of darkness and the three negotiated their way past the razor wire and spikes and over the rails to sucessffuly board the Japanese whaling vessel.
A Statement by the Forest Rescue activists was released on the Sea Shepherd website that read in full:
We have come from the forests of Australia to defend the whales being slaughtered in Australian territorial waters.
Glenn Inwood, a New Zealand based public relations spokesperson for the Institute of Cetacean Research in Japan said in this report from the Age Newspaper:
"No decision has been made yet on the fate of the men who boarded the vessel," ICR spokesman Glenn Inwood said. "But they risk being taken back to Japan to face charges and possible imprisonment.
The Sea Shepherd vessel Steve Irwin had just finished accompanying the Brigitte Bardot wave piercing tri-maran vessel to Fremantle after a rogue wave had damaged the structure of one pontoon. The Shonan Maru No 2 had shadowed the two vessels to Fremantle and waited off the coast at the edge of Australian territorial waters but within Australia's economic exclusion zone and whale sanctuary.
Humane Society International and Greens Senators condemns whaling vessel off WA coast
The presence of the Japanese whaling security vessel drew comment from Humane Society International (HSI).
"The conduct of this Japanese vessel is entirely inappropriate and amounts to aiding and abetting Southern Ocean whaling operations," said Alexia Wellbelove of HSI. "In our view, the ship's presence and intent constitutes a breach of Australian environmental law."
In 2008, HSI succeeded in gaining a Federal Court injunction against Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd., the company responsible for whaling in the Southern Ocean.
Ms Wellbelove continued, "HSI believes that any person who aids or abets another to commit an offence may be liable as a party to the offence. The owners and persons directing the security vessel, as well as the crew, may therefore be deemed parties both to contempt of the Federal Court order as well as in contravention of Australian environmental law."
Ms Wellbelove concluded with a call upon the Federal Government to "enforce the 2008 Federal Court injunction on Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha in Australia's Antarctic waters, and urged the Coalition to support such actions."
One of the reasons the Shonan Maru waited offshore is that the vessel could potentially be impounded under Australian law for it's active participation in whaling in Australian Antarctic territory, which courts have found to be illegal under Australian law.
The two Greens Senators for Western Australia said the presence of the Shonan Maru in the whale sanctuary off the west Australian coast was inflammatory and insensitive in a media release.
"It is highly probable that the Japanese Vessel Shonan Maru 2 has entered the Australian Whale Sanctuary, which surrounds the Australian coastline," Senator Rachel Siewert said on January 6, "This would have occurred while the ship was shadowing the Sea Shepherd vessels Steve Irwin and Brigitte Bardot on their journey to Fremantle. The intelligence being gathered by the Japanese whalers is invaluable as they attempt to conduct their hunt in absolute secrecy. The Government must ask the Japanese Government to order it's vessels out of the sanctuary," Senator Siewert said.
"While it is not illegal for the Japanese vessel to be in the Australian Whale Sanctuary, the move is inflammatory and insensitive," said Senator Ludlam. "Even though the Government is unwilling to use Australian vessels to monitor the Japanese whale hunt, they could at least take action over the intrusion of this vessel into our sanctuaries. By not acting, the Government is making it easier for the Japanese to avoid Sea Shepherd vessels and escape international scrutiny for their actions," Senator Ludlam concluded.
The Steve Irwin has now left Fremantle after 24 hours of re-provisioning and refueling. The Shonan Maru No2 is in pursuit with the 3 forest activists now held captive. Like Peter Bethune, their fate may be an extensive trip to Japan via Antarctica and possibly a kangaroo court hearing in Tokyo and then immigration expulsion back to Australia after a short period of detention.
Sea Shepherd activists clash with Whaling harpoon vessel in Whale Sanctuary
The first clashes in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary occurred on Wednesday January 5h, when the Bob Barker moved in amongst the Japanese whaling fleet 190 miles North of the French Antarctic base of Dumont D'Urville. Sea Shepherd activists in 2 small inflatable boats clashed with the Japanese harpoon vessel Yushin Maru No3 for over 5 hours. According to an ICR media release (PDF) the anti-whaling activists cut across the bow of the Yushin Maru 3 more than 30 times deploying tow ropes and wires to disable the harpoon vessel. The radar mast of one inflatable was damaged when it come into contact with the bow of the larger vessel.
Further clashes occurred on January 6 with activists again deploying tow lines and throwing 3 smoke bombs according to an ICR media release PDF.
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Video - Sea Shepherd activists from the Bob Barker attempt to disable whaling harpoon ship
According to Sea Shepherd the whaling fleet has been desperately trying to avoid being caught by Sea Shepherd detection and has fled over 1500 miles to the South east of where they were first detected by a drone reconnaissance deployed by the Steve Irwin on Christmas day. The Nisshin Maru factory ship and the harpoon vessels have been constantly moving since first located by Sea Shepherd. According to Sea Shepherd they do not appear to have had any time to kill whales so far this season.
The Japanese Government was accused in December 2011 of diverting $30 million in Tsunami relief funds to bolster security measures by the whaling fleet. Japanese whaling is now uneconomic but a matter of honour and pride.
In October 2011 the Australian Government issued a statement condemning Japan's decision to continue whaling in the Southern Ocean under the guise of science.
Australia is presently taking Japan before the International Court of Justice over commercial whaling in the Antarctic in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Australia lodged proceedings in May 2011 against Japan over whaling in the International Court of Justice, but such legal action may take years before a judgement is made. Japan must lodge it's counter claim by March 9 2012.
There has been no official reaction by Kevin Rudd, the Australian Foreign Affairs Minister in the Australian Government on the three Australians now held captive on the Shonan Maru 2 heading for Antarctica.


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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Texas City with free breakfast and indoor pool
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Situated in Texas City, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Mall of the Mainland and Gulf Greyhound Park. Outlet Shops at La Marque and College of the Mainland are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
An indoor pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and a snack bar/deli are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and dry cleaning.
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All 62 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers, plus free WiFi and LCD TVs with cable channels. Other amenities available to guests include hair dryers, phones, and ironing boards.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Texas City features an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a snack bar/deli. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. This Texas City hotel also offers a terrace, coffee/tea in a common area, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Texas City is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 62
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 3
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Express check-in
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- 24-hour fitness facilities
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- Year Built 1996
- 24-hour business center
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- Smoke-free property
- Indoor pool
- Free breakfast
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- Family Hotel
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
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- Premium TV channels
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Air conditioning
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- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
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Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center.
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Question: My wife and I will visit Jamaica in the next year, and I am wondering about seat accommodations. Are seats on an airplane all the same size? I have been told to ask for the bulkhead seats or the seats near the exit. Do different airlines seat sizes differ, or are they constant between carriers? — Craig Smith, Kansas City, Mo.
Answer: Different airlines have different seats, seating configurations and "pitch" (the distance between the rows, measured from the back of one seat to the same position of the seat behind). A good bet is probably seatguru.com for help with seating decisions. Another site that may help you decide is airlinequality.com. Between these sites and checking with the airline's reservations specialists or customer service, you should come up with a good choice of seats.
Question: Let's say you make the 12-hour flight from Bangkok to Amsterdam (which I have done a lot). About 30 minutes from Amsterdam, the captain announces that he is "starting the descent into Amsterdam," and you can feel the slowing down. It is 5 o'clock in the morning, and I presume there is not a lot of other incoming traffic into Amsterdam at that time. Other than to give the flight crew time to "prepare for landing" (and now comes the actual question), is there also perhaps a technical or other reason why the plane must slow approximately 30 minutes before landing? — Martin C C Bakker, The Hague, The Netherlands
Answer: Airplanes do not drop straight down from the sky when it's time to descend. Their airspeed normally doesn't change much, but you probably think it does because you hear the engines change pitch as power is reduced for the descent.
Airplanes — at least commercial airliners — basically glide during their descent for landing. That is, we often bring the power all the way back to idle power, but, as we descend, we point the aircraft nose down and our airspeed doesn't change.
Commercial airliners have aerodynamic designs and "want" to fly; they're actually very efficient gliders. Don't forget the space shuttle is a glider, too; once it re-enters our atmosphere, it uses no engines at all.
Commercial airlines have what is called a "3-to-1" glide ratio, which means at 30,000 feet an airliner can glide around 90 miles. At 40,000 it can glide around 120 miles or so. The formula takes the number of thousands of feet in the altitude and multiplies it by three to get the approximate gliding range.
If air-traffic control has no intermediate level-offs assigned (though there usually are) and we are cleared for descent clearance, we bring our throttles to idle and start "downhill."
Typically, top of descent to landing takes about 30 minutes. Because this is a controlled descent with intermediate level-offs assigned by air traffic control and not a pure glide, we cover a lot of distance during that half-hour.
A speed reduction occurs along the way, but not until we're below a relatively low altitude and/or air traffic control assigns us a particular airspeed.
We often follow published procedures when entering the airspace around the airport and sometimes specific speeds are published as part of them.
To more directly answer your question, it doesn't take us 30 minutes because we slow down. Rather, it takes 30 minutes to lose all that altitude.
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Phoenix bishop must back off the moral precipice
The dispute between Phoenix Bishop Thomas Olmstead and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in his city has been brewing for some time. (For a quick recap of the situation, see Jerry Filteau's story: Phoenix hospital still belongs to Catholic Health Association.)
The bishop and the hospital differed in their moral evaluation of a November 2009 procedure, by which doctors removed a diseased placenta to save the woman's life and in the process brought about the death of her 11-week-old unborn child.
The doctors claimed that it was an indirect and unintended abortion -- allowed by the Catholic Church -- while the bishop insisted that the procedure was a direct and intended abortion, and therefore immoral.
In the eyes of the bishop the blame for the procedure fell upon Mercy Sr. Mary Margaret McBride, who had been a member of the hospital's ethics committee that had approved of the decision. Olmstead said that by her action McBride had excommunicated herself and he also stripped St. Joseph's Hospital of its Catholic identity Dec. 21 because of its supposed violation of "authentic Catholic moral teaching."t


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Located in Sandstone (the sunny side of Vail) area, this 2 story top floor end unit offers great Vail views and is just 50 steps to the free Sandstone Bus to the Village. Take a 10 minute ride and you're in Vail Village with access to Lift #1, and shuttles to both Gold Peak and Lionshead, Skiing, shopping and dining.
OR skip the shuttle and take a short 10 minute, 1/3 mile walk to the Lionshead Gondola. Great Spot to stay. We also have a new heated pool and two hot tubs, heated garage.
Guests can watch skiers & fireworks from huge picture windows that bathe this property in sunshine. Amenities , two hot tubs, Heated outdoor pool, Heated attached Garage & ski locker. Meticulously maintained, decorated and completely stocked w/ Plush cotton towels and a variety of robes and water shoes for the hot tub.
This 1900 sq ft condo sleeps nine with 3 queens and 3 twins. All bedding is top quality. The kitchen is fully stocked and has a huge variety of cooking gear from blender to crock pot to coffee grinder. High speed WIFI, gas fireplace, comfy seating, washer/dryer and wonderful seasonal decorations makes this your perfect home away from home.
Many Years of Very Happy Guests
A Great lodging Value. 26 Years of Happy Guests. Spectacular Vail Views, directly on Sandstone free shuttle bus route or Walk to Lionshead Gondola in 15 minutes. Two hot tubs, year round heated pool. Heated Garage and ski locker. Owner is a clean freak..Free High Speed WIFI.
This Condo is Lovingly owned by the Clark Family of Grand Junction, Colorado. Bonnie, an avid skier from Vermont/Connecticut, graduated from The University of Denver with a Bachelors of Fine Art and a secondary degree is skiing. Tom, an avid skier from California, graduated from the University of Denver with a Business Degree and a minor in skiing. Tom and Bonnie meet and produce a baby born with skis on. Our Son, Matthew 25, graduated from Western State College in Gunnison Colorado majoring in business and minoring in skiing.
We love to ski, love Vail, and love our Condo.
Bonnie Clark purchased this condo in 1989
We have both skied at Vail since 1964 and 1967. As poor College Students we would dream of owning a place in Vail. It took us until we were in our 40s to realize that dream. We had very clear desires about what we wanted. Views of the Ski Mountain, Top Floor End Unit, Directly on Sandstone Bus Route, Parking, Pool, Hot Tub, Room for our Family to grow and a place to call our second home. We Got it ALL
We love our Views, Our sunshine, Our abundant space, and privacy. I call our place 'A House on a Tower' because we have no shared walls. It handles a group extremely well.
Just great! The kitchen was equipped well, tons of dishes and everything we needed to cook. Refrigerator and freezer were large enough to hold food for 8 guys for 9 days. Washer / dryer were adequate. Sleeping was comfortable for 8. When I am in vail again I will be renting this condo again.
Nicely decorated condo with all the features of home! Easy access to Lionhead but make sure you carry your ski boots and wear your walking shoes, lockers are available at the base near the lift. Hot tubes and pool were very clean, the right temperature's and very assessable. Make sure you use the grocery store loyalty cards for a significant discount in cost, the cashiers allowed us to use theirs.
We enjoyed our stay over Christmas week! The condo was very well-equipped, cozy and felt like home! Perfect for a family of 6 to spend the week. Bonnie was very responsive during our stay and we enjoyed the easy walk into Lionshead too.
Five of us spent five nights in late January and were extremely impressed that the owners ensured that all conceivable amenities were provided. The owners have clearly thought of every detail that guests might want in a "home away from home." Combine the amenities with the fact that the condo appears to have been recently remodeled and this easily qualifies as a five-star property.
The property is very nice. The kitchen is a bit tight for large groups. Very close to a great bus stop that takes you Vail Village. Overall great experience.
Awesome Christmas Holiday base. We really enjoyed staying here for our Christmas Holiday. There was plenty of space for 6 adults and one teenager. The kitchen had everything you could ask for to cook a Christmas feast. The short walk to Lions Head was no problem and the bus was convenient to go further. Thanks Bonnie for the Chrstmas decorations. A very classy touch. On our next Vail trip we wpuld definitley stay here again.
Located in the Sandstone area of Vail, basically on the lower right corner of the ski area trail map. This property is close to everything the Vail Valley has to offer. 1/3 mi to Lionshead,less than 1 mile to center of Vail Village. Free shuttle bus to lifts. World class Alpine Skiing, Nordic skiing, snow shoeing, snowmobiling, fine dining, shopping, ice skating to name just a few.
And Vail Valley is just as awesome in the summer offering river rafting, mountain biking, hiking and fly fishing as well as great concerts. The crisp cool Colorado mountain air is a welcome relief from sticky weather elsewhere.
Other Activities: world-class skiing at the #1 resort VAIL
Golf: Vail Golf Course is 1 and 1/2 mile away. Beaver Creek, Singletree golf courses are within 15 miles.
Ski: Center of Vail Village is less than 1 mile. Lionshead is 1/3 mile. Beaver Creek Ski Resort is 10 miles and Summit County ski areas are within an hour. You can see skiers and some of the runs from our place.
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A Paul Diggin try two minutes from time saw Worcester have to settle for a losing bonus point on that day after earlier taking a 17-0 lead in the game.
Ruddock insists his team should take confidence from that display at Franklin's Gardens and now must raise the bar in order to end 2009 on the front foot in the domestic arena.
He said: "Northampton Saints are a very good side. But we pushed them all the way down at Franklin's Gardens at the start of the season and we have got to take some confidence from that.
"You have to give credit to Saints, they are often the masters at coming back at you and if you don't play for 80 minutes flat out with huge intensity they will beat you.
"We played well for 50 to 60 minutes down at Northampton on day one, but we dropped away and they came back at us and got that try.
"We are aware that they are a very dangerous team. Last season they beat us on home soil at the end of the game, we had a chance to take it until they broke through with a switch play and came back inside a tired defence.
"They won't lie down and they won't give up. We know we have got to be better than we have been in the last couple of games against them.
"It's a huge task. Saints have a talented team and are used to winning, they will see themselves as favourites going into this game and the league table tells us that.
"We have got to get stuck into them and the players will really be up for it, we know how big this game is for our season and the time is now to produce."


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For the 2nd year running, The Sufferfest is the Official Sponsor of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. But this year, we're really focusing on The Suffering with the introduction of The Suffer Prize.
Absolutely unique in the world of cycling – men's or women's – The Suffer Prize is awarded to the rider in each round of The World Cup who best demonstrates the Sufferlandrian values of riding through PAIN, MISERY and AGONY in the pursuit of HONOUR, GLORY and VICTORY. The judging panel is made up of the TV production team, the Chief Commissaire, the Race Director and the UCI. After all 10 rounds of the World Cup, the Sufferlandrian community will be able to vote upon which rider deserves the $1,000 USD CASH PRIZE for 'EPIC MOMENT OF SUFFERING.'
Race: Sparkassen Giro (2 Aug 2015)
Winner: Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Rabo-Liv team.
Story: Katarzyna is a 22 year-old climber from Poland who is currently leading the Young Rider classification of the 2015 UCI Women's World Cup. She put in a surprising performance on a course that would normally not suit a climber like her: multi-lap, flat, full of sharp corners and with only one 600 meter steep climb. Nonetheless, Niewiadoma launched herself to the front of the peloton numerous times causing the group to break apart not only on the climb but also on the flat sections.
"It was not my kind of race, but I enjoyed my work: to make it hard on the climb, attacking on every lap. For sure I Suffered – I think I Suffer more in these kinds of races than in hilly ones, so, yes, I Suffered a lot."Full race report here.
Winner: Lizzie Williams, Orica-AIS
Story: Williams crashed twice and had two mechanicals. She twice battled her way back from the caravan to the bunch before ultimately withdrawing because she was out of bikes to ride. Not only that, after she completed her interview for The Suffer Prize, she discovered that her team had left without her and she was forced to find her own way home.
"It was probably the worst day on the bike that I've ever had, but you have to take the good with the bad in this sport. I had a bad day and hopefully tomorrow will be sunshine and no crashes. You've got to get back. You can't give up. If you're going to give up, you might as well not be here. I've come all the way from Australia. I'm not going to give up just because I have a tumble. I got to the front and hit the cobbles tenth wheel, feeling really positive, and 500 metres later my derallieur broke off and snapped into my back wheel. That was the end of my day. I had no bikes left. I had two bikes and they were both broken."
Lizzie's interview is at minute 5:35 in the video to the right.
Winner: Jolanda Neff, Swiss National Team
Story: Neff, the World Champion in MTB, racing in her first ever Road World Cup, made it into the final break of six. She was dropped on the big climb before the finish, chased back gloriously with 1k to go and then attacked for the sprint.
"It was very new for me. (As a MTB World Champion), my races are normally 90 minutes and this was 3 hours. The suffering was most in the climbs – especially on the last lap when there were riders off the front. I really tried to hold onto a wheel and really tried to keep in touch – that was definitely my Suffer moment."
Winner: Annemiek Van Vleuten, Bigla Pro Cycling
Story: She attacked, rode solo for 10k, got caught on a climb, fought to hang on, recovered and then attacked again in the final to finish 4th at The Tour of Flanders.
"They caught me and I was already in front and I was – really Suffering there to hang on because I wanted to go over the top alone, but then they came over me and that was really hard. "
Winner: Luxembourg National Champion Christine Majerus, Boels-Domans
Story: As a domestique, Christine's job was clear: get to the front of the group and SUFFER – setting a high pace to bring back a break and control the peloton. Not only did she do that, but she also won TWO Queen of the Mountain primes!
"It was a tough day – I had to work for my two leaders. It's all about finding the right speed…as I have to keep going and do it again and again — at 90k I was empty. I know I do it for a good reason and so I'm a happy domestique today!"
Winner: Hongyu Liang, China Chongming-Liv-Champion System Pro Cycling
Story: This is the only World Cup her team gets to participate and one of the few races where she gets to race against the top riders in the world. She was the most active rider in the race, launching several attacks and being brought back by the peloton. She rode in front of the race for her team captain and Chinese national champion. She finally succeeded to break away when a rider attacked and she managed to bridge. They worked together for about 20km, forcing the peloton to increase the pace and chase them. They were caught 5km to the finish, with the race ended in a bunch sprint.
"It's not easy to stay in front of such a strong peloton, it was hurting a lot. Getting this prize in such a great race is a very good achievement for all my hard training and a source of motivation for the future."
Winner: Charlotte Becker, Hitech products
Story: Charlotte was always on or near the front, and pushing to get away. This was a race where riders were marking each other a lot in order not to let the favorites get away, whilst being careful not to show their hand too early. Becker didn't care about hiding and was in a couple of breaks early on. She was one of four riders that got a good gap on the penultimate lap, and then again on the last lap she rode away from the pack and went solo for about half a lap. She was really aggressive all day and finished off with an impressive solo effort.
Winner: Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Rabo-Liv team
Story: Katarzyna is a 22 year-old climber from Poland who is currently leading the Young Rider classification of the 2015 UCI Women's World Cup. She was awarded the Suffer Prize by The Sufferfest for a surprising performance in a course that would normally not suit her. The race is a typical city course: multi-lap, flat, full of sharp corners with only one 600 meter steep climb. A sprinter's paradise. Niewiadoma launched herself to the front of the peloton numerous times causing the peloton to break not only at the climb but also on flat sections. Happy to be recognized by her suffering, she said that fast and chaotic races like that are not her favorite, but she enjoyed that one very much because of the mission that was given to her (to make it a very hard race attaching on the climbs) and for accomplishing it.
Winner: Amanda Spratt, AIS-Orica
Story: Amanda had a clear mission in the Vargarda World Cup: Make it a very tough race for the other teams. And why did she receive this mission? Simple: to put her team mate, Swedish National Champion Emma Johansson, in the best possible position to win her home World Cup. Unfortunately tactics didn't work in Emma's favor, but we saw a very strong Amanda giving her everything at every possible opportunity and causing chaos in the peloton and damage to herself and others for the sake of an exciting race.
"I Suffered a lot out there today. My role today was to make it as hard as possible once we got to those seven finishing circuits. I had to pick my moments and keep attacking. I did Suffer – I stopped looking at my HR as it was maxing out…I was chewing a fair bit of handlebar out there!"
Winner: Evelyn Stevens, Boels-Dolmans
Story: The final World Cup round was made for Evelyn Stevens – exciting, full of tough climbs where all you need is power and boldness to attack. And that's what Evie did: she attacked, and attacked and attacked again. Her teammate from Boels Dolmans, Lizzie Armitstead (who eventually won the race and the World Cup title) said before the start that the team's tactics were to win the race, it didn't matter with which rider. Stevens took that to action and, after launching herself to the front on every climb, finished among a small group and celebrating her team mate's win.
"The plan was to make it really aggressive. Once I started going, might as well keep going until I can't go any more. I attacked, got dropped, came back, attacked, got dropped, came back attacked….I suffered quite a bit. But that's what bike racing is. If I don't suffer at the end, then I don't think I worked hard enough."
Suffering is a highly subjective state of being – nonetheless, we love figuring out how Suffered more than the others. To determine who wins The Suffer Prize each race, a jury of four individuals (the chief commissaire, the TV director, a V2 executive (UCI media crew) and a UCI representative) picks a winner based on the following criteria:
The winner is announced 10 minutes before the end of the race.
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CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — In a close vote, West Virginia Baptist delegates rejected a proposal to split from the American Baptist Churches USA in a dispute over gay issues.
The measure introduced by the West Virginia Baptists for Biblical Truth was defeated 391-325 at the West Virginia Baptist Convention's annual meeting last week, said Rev. David Carrico, executive minister of the convention, who opposed the resolution.


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Best Buy (BBY) shot up nearly 10% in Tuesday trading thanks to beats on both the top and bottom lines for its second quarter, putting BBY shares near tripling territory for the year-to-date.
If you're like most investors, you've gotta be wondering what the heck is going on.
A year ago, Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter lambasted newly hired CEO Hubert Joly, saying the following about the former hotel and hospitality executive: "We find Mr. Joly's resume unimpressive…He lacks sufficient experience to engineer a turnaround at Best Buy."
Pachter's insightful words makes me think of the movie Good Will Hunting when Will Hunting boasts about getting Skylar's phone number, saying, "Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?"
Joly could boast right now, but he won't because the man with supposed little experience knows the game is far from over:
The Past
When Joly was hired last August, he admitted it would take several months to learn about Best Buy's business. By December, he had put together a game plan including the hiring of former Williams-Sonoma (WSM) executive Sharon McCollam as its CFO. Joly's plan included six priorities, with e-commerce — an area it has woefully ignored — topping the list.
Anyone who follows Best Buy knows that the biggest threat to its existence are online-only retailers such as Amazon (AMZN). The term "showroom" had become Best Buy's calling card — and a bad one at that.
To change this reality, Best Buy needed to become price competitive. So in March, BBY introduced "price matching," which allows customers to go into their local store and get the same price they would pay at Amazon and 18 other online retailers. There are some caveats to this arrangement, but it has generally been well-received.
The other sore spot has been Best Buy's e-commerce capabilities. It matters little that it offers price-matching if it can't deliver the product. In the past, it was losing sales on between 2% and 4% of its online traffic each week because of out-of-stock inventory at its distribution centers. To rectify this, it has initiated a 50-store pilot program that turns the locations into additional fulfillment centers for the company. By Thanksgiving, it hopes to have a total of 200 stores handling online fulfillment.
This should definitely help increase Best Buy's online sales, which accounts for 6.1% of its overall domestic revenue.
The Present
There definitely was some good news in Best Buy's Q2 results. But once you subtract the $264 million legal settlement it will receive from several defendants regarding its lawsuit over price-fixing on LCD panels, its bottom line isn't nearly as impressive. Still, it's positive, and the trend is what counts in this situation.


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GATESVILLE — Dusty Boyd will recap his first year as 52nd Judicial District Attorney at a public forum in the Mayborn Science Theater planetarium at Central Texas College at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
The DA forum will be followed by a planetarium show, "Night Catch," an original CTC production.
Both events are free.
During his 30-minute presentation, Boyd will provide a statistical breakdown and summarize his staff's work for 2013 followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience.
"This is the first year the district attorney has kept numbers," Boyd said. "One of our goals for the year was to have a higher number of case closings than openings."
That goal was achieved with a year-end total of 840 cases closed and 771 new cases opened, according to Boyd's figures.
A total of 139 cases were consolidated with other cases, the report stated, and 132 cases were dismissed.
Defendants facing Boyd's prosecutors racked up more than 720 years in state prison, 206 years in state jail, 12 years in the county jail and 637 years on probation, according to the figures.
The casework resulted in the award of almost $187,000 in fines and more than $140,000 in restitution.
More than $106,000 in court costs and almost $92,000 in attorneys fees also were awarded, according to the figures.
In an effort to save time and resources, Boyd said, another goal will be to bring more cases through the use of a criminal-information process rather than a grand jury indictment.
In 2013, the grand jury system had 374 cases brought by indictments and 83 through criminal information.
A major objective of his office, he said, is to help ease overcrowding in the county jail by moving cases more quickly through the courts.


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Liberty 85, Mystics 55: After seeing his team struggle to score lately, Liberty coach Bill Laimbeer wanted a more uptempo offense.
So he inserted Bria Hartley back into the starting lineup for Sugar Rodgers. The move worked.
Hartley, the former UConn guard, scored 15 points to help New York beat the short-handed Washington Mystics 85-55 in New York on Sunday.
"We've been kicking it around for the last two games," Laimbeer said about the lineup switch. "We felt we needed to get more easy baskets because we were struggling offensively. Positive reinforcement is a great thing. It worked."
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The Briton, who beat American Kendrick 6-0 6-0 in their only previous encounter, looked on course for another easy win when dominating the first set.
A poor second followed and Murray was in trouble at a break down in the third, but he recovered and withstood a Kendrick fightback to seal the win.
Murray, seeded 17, will play Italy's Alessio di Mauro in round two.
"I knew it was going to be difficult," Murray said. "Robert hits the ball pretty hard. He's got a big serve. He's pretty flashy, can hit some big winners.
"But if you can keep enough balls in court and deep he can get a bit impatient and start making mistakes.
"Kendrick goes for shots that are not really on. He can he can do it for a set, two sets but to keep it up over five sets is really difficult.
"When you play high risk tennis like that the law of averages says that he's going to play two or three bad sets out of six. It's difficult to maintain a standard like that."
It was not a vintage performance from Murray but he was by far the classier player, as he proved in the first and fourth sets
The Scot's patience from the baseline was in marked contrast to Kendrick, who went for everything with varying degrees of success.
Murray broke serve in the opening game and did so twice more during the first set before letting his concentration slip.
A double fault in game two of the second set prompted a mini collapse, allowing the American to level the match.
After Kendrick broke at the start of the third, the key moment came in game four when Murray converted his third chance to break back in a tense game.
A run of eight straight games from 3-3 put Murray in total control, although dropping serve twice when serving for the match from 5-0 in the fourth was a reminder that there is more work to be done.
And Murray insists that he will not be dismissing the threat of Di Mauro, who beat him in a Challenger event in Barletta, Italy.
"I lost against him a year and a half ago," added Murray.
"He's a really solid player. Obviously, I'm playing much better than I was at that stage, but he's going to be difficult."


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John MacDougall was clearly well-respected as an MP and the obituaries that have been published following his death on Wednesday have all paid tribute to his decency and his commitment to his constituents.
But there was poignant observation in the Independent's obit which took me by surprise, because it contradicted one of the standard assumptions made about MPs.
According to the article, written by the former Labour MP Tam Dalyell (who has been writing excellent obituaries of Labour figures for the Independent for years), MacDougall wished he had never become an MP.
Dalyell wrote:
"Heavyweights of local councils, especially those who have led successful and well-regarded administrations, can come to the House of Commons and feel very disappointed. In 2001, having been a huge fish in a relatively small pool, John MacDougall found himself a small fish, and perhaps a fish out of water, in the pool of Labour backbenchers of the House of Commons. On our plane journeys back to Scotland on a Thursday night, when we often sat next to each other, he would tell me that he thought it was a great mistake ever to have come to London."
If so, why did MacDougall, who had had a distinguished career as a council leader, want to go to Westminster in the first place? Dalyell suggests it was to do with party loyalty.
"The circumstances of his election were that with the establishment of the Holyrood parliament in Edinburgh, the MP for Fife Central, Henry McLeish, had become the deputy first minister (and was soon to be the first minister on Donald Dewar's death in 2000). It was perceived by the Labour party that there was a good deal of ill-feeling in Fife and that they had better have a popular person as a local candidate and take nothing for granted. As a man of many friends, MacDougall was elected, very much with the blessing of his parliamentary neighbour Gordon Brown."
It's easy to assume Parliament houses 646 men and women who are all obsessed with ambition and determined to cling to their seats at all costs. It's healthy to be reminded that, just occasionally, that's not true.


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Why didn't the Athenians give the women the vote?
I have had a dreary cold, which in other circumstances would mean postponing teaching and taking to bed with a glass of whisky and a DVD. But the term-time schedule here (see previous moaning blog) means that if you put off an afternoon's teaching, there's really nowhere to put it except 7.00 in the morning or 10.00 at night sometime beyond next week. And I can assure you that students find that no more agreeable (or quaintly idionsyncratic) than you or I.
So you muddle through, like I did this afternoon from 2.30 to 7.00 solid, spreading your germs, trusting your voice will hold out, and hoping that the young will get you interested enough to forget you're feeling so ghastly. It usually works. I can't claim I was particularly looking forward to the three consecutive hours on the Critics (ancient and modern) of Athenian Democracy, but the students – pairs of my college first years – got me engaged. (If they didn't, this job would be a lot less worth doing.)
One of the issues we skirted round was, of course, the Woman Question. Why didn't those lovely democratic fifth-century Athenians give women political rights? And do we think worse of them for not doing so?
It's easy enough to toe the party line here. You can't apply modern criteria to ancient Athens. Within Athenian culture women were assumed to be un-political animals. Their job was to bear citizen children (and weave -- neatly captured in the picture to the right). They were, almost by definition, incapable of taking the responsible, informed decisions demanded of the (male) citizen body. Different from us, of course; but that's how the ancients, not just the Athenians, were.
So far so good. But the problem is trying to imagine what it would actually be like to think of women in those terms. What would it feel like to feel that women were, by definition, excluded from political power, that it would be simply bonkers to include them (a question, needless to say, that applies to many cultures other than fifth-century Athens).
The analogy we tried was children. If someone were now to suggest that the under-tens should have the vote, we would bring out all those arguments that the Athenians would have brought out against women. They can't understand the decisions they would have to make. They still need the protection of their parents. It would be irresponsible to entrust major decisions of state or finance to them. In short it would be bonkers.
Yet could we imagine a world in the far distant future where children had the vote? Could we imagine a world which derided our twenty-first-century "folly' in depriving a clever nine-year-old of her citizenly rights, while driving the frail 95 year-old to the polling station to put her cross by whoever happened to take her fancy on the morning?
Maybe we almost could? And maybe in the process we were beginning to empathise a bit better with the assumptions of the Athenian misogynists – and so understand the ancient world in a different way. And maybe in the process we were beginning to understand something more about "the invention of childhood" too.
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All of the sudden Lent has passed, Spring is nigh and the Lord is risen. Death has been destroyed and winter overcome. The Lord certainly provides; not only for our earthly well-being, but our Redemption as well.
In our second reading of Easter from Paul's letter to the Colossians, he exhorts us to seek what is above, not what is on Earth. What a great theme for the Easter season…a perfect way to complement our Lenten sacrifices and preparation to meet the Risen Jesus. Our Lord has given us more than great hope; He has given us a reason to live; and a new prescription for our eyes with which to see the world. The earthly gospel of self-love, immediate gratification, beauty and power as the determinants for valuing life has been refuted by Christ's Gospel of Truth, Unity, Goodness and Beauty. Good has triumphed over evil, and the fruits of Christ's love are ours for the taking.
Easter season is the time to claim the graces we seek for the sake of our heavenly aspirations. The rigor of Lent has led us to the joy of the Resurrection. This is a perfect time to receive what Christ has to offer. As this time of grace and favor unfolds, remember that He offers us life; not an interminable existence of toil and fleeting happiness, but inconceivable, everlasting joy before our Creator.
If Lent is like winter, then the Easter season is just like spring. The blossoms of grace have appeared and our squinting eyes have welcome back the bright light of earthly and heavenly glory. We have begun again anew, and earthly anxieties have been put in their proper perspective.
Live in joy and praise, knowing that Christ has ransomed us all from the certainty of death. We are made for union with God. While the promise and effect of Christ's Resurrection gives us a foretaste of this union in our Christian lives lived well, it is the supreme happiness of heaven to which we aspire. Christ has ensured this happiness to those who know Him and follow the will of the Father. This is how we can suffer for the sake of Christ, endure any hardship and bear any foe. The will of the Father has brought us this far, and it will help us all the way home.


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The Madonna eyelift uses the regenerative powers of fractional lasers to diminish dark circles and wrinkles around the eyes while firming eyelid skin and lifting drooping eyebrows. Fractional skin-resurfacing treatments help to tighten skin and lighten age spots, sun damage, and wrinkles all over the face. Both treatments work by delving a grid of pinpoint laser beams deep into the skin, causing the untouched skin between the beams to jump-start their healing processes and boost collagen production, leading to firmer, plumper tissue. Most treatments heal in around three days and take up to six months—sometimes with subsequent treatments—for results to fully appear. All treatments are administered by the doctor.
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Under the medical direction of cosmetic expert Dr. Sajadi, Lipo Body Enhancement Center restores façades to their factory settings with SmartLipo laser lipo, Vaser ultrasound lipo, standard liposuction, varicose vein treatments, fat grafting, cosmetic injections, and laser skin-resurfacing services effective for most skin types. The doctor can customize laser treatments to focus on a specific area of concern, such as acne scars on the cheeks. Chemical peels and microdermabrasion treatments slough off dead skin cells to reveal the youthful layers below, and cosmetic eyelid surgery allows patients to speed up their transformations.


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SimplybonitaModel Female Greensboro, North Carolina, US
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About MeHello, my name is Shay and I am an aspiring model. Im interested in working with u. Please look at my photos and let me know if u would like to work with me also. Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
◆ Im very open minded and versatile. Creativity is in my nature.
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