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Mathias Lauridsen - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Mathias Lauridsen, born January 13th, 1984 in Copenhagen, is a Danish model, perhaps best known for his print ad campaign for Gucci Pour Homme II in 2006. With his unique look and charming nature, he has become a firm favorite for many fashion houses. Mathias is popular across the modelling spectrum, with success in runway, editorial and advertising. He"s easily recognisable thanks to the visible scar on his left cheek (an accident with a bottle) - the scar helps give a...
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Olivia Wilde - Description, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Born in New York City on March 10, 1984, Olivia Wilde was christened Olivia Jane Cockburn (her later change of surname was inspired by Oscar Wilde). She was brought up in Washington DC, by her father Andrew, a National Geographic reporter and her mother, Leslie, a writer and also a producer for "60 minutes" from CBS.
After leaving the Georgetown Day School in Washington, Olivia enrolled at the Philips Academy in Andover, MA, studying acting. She appeared in over...
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Chihuahua - Information, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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The smallest of the toy dogs, the Chihuahua is a firm favorite, fulfilling the twin roles of fashion accessory and loving companion. The Chihuahua gives the cute appeal of a toy dog, mixed in with all the protective and hunting instincts of a larger breed. They come in both short and long haired varieties, both have soft white undercoats. Colors vary all the way from white to blue, with a whole range of marking patterns.
History The origins of the...
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Coronado Beach, California - Information, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Coronado Beach is a glorious stretch of sand on the Pacific coastline of the barrier island centered in San Diego bay. To reach Coronado Beach take Interstate 5 to travel through the city. Hang a right onto the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge. Cross the bridge, continue through Tidelands Park, then turn left down Orange Avenue. Carry on for about a mile to get to the beachfront. There"s a lot of parking alongside Ocean Boulevard, but it can fill up quickly on weekend...
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The Beach - Description, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800, Videos
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Richard is a young American back-packing through South-East Asia. He"s searching for somewhere undeveloped, somewhere different, somewhere off the tourist trail. In a filthy guest-house he has a bizarre enounter with the crazy Daffy, who gives him a map showing the secret location of a paradise beach. The next day Daffy has commited suicide. Richard joins up with the occupents of the next room, a French couple, Etienne and Francoise, and together they set out...
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Sugar Bowl, California - Description, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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In 1938 Walt Disney was amongst the visionaries who helped pick this picture perfect location for Sugar Bowl. The ski resort is set in a superb position next to the Donner summit, a place of tall peaks, steep narrow chutes, and wide open bowls. It also happens that Sugarbowl"s easier to get to than any other ski areas in the Lake Tahoe area, situated close to Interstate 80, five miles west of Truckee.
There are two base areas at Sugar Bowl. The first is Judah...
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Thomas Eakins - Description, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Thomas Eakins grew up in Philadelphia. His father was a master calligrapher, and the young Eakins was instilled with an enthusiasm for careful and accurate line drawing. After finishing high school, Eakins went on to study drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In addition to his art coursework, he attended anatomy and dissection at the Jefferson Medical College, and for a time considered becoming a surgeon. On leaving college Eakins worked as a calligraphy...
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Killington, Vermont - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Perry H Merrill, well known for his work promoting state parks for Vermont, realized that the north facing slopes of Killington Peak, the second highest mountain in Vermont, were ideal skiing territory. He persuaded a commercial organization to purchase the land and begin the development of skiing facilities. Killington Ski Resort opened for the first time in the winter of 1958. The resort grew at a phenomenal pace, thanks in part to the inspired decision in the mid...
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Odette Yustman - Description, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Odette was born and raised in Los Angeles. Thanks to the exotic parentage of a Cuban mother, and Italian-French father, Odette was blessed with more than her fair share of beauty.
When just 5 years old, Odette made her first appearance in a hollywood cast, playing one of the incredibly cute kids in the fun movie Kindergarten Cop. Obviously a memorable experience, because all...
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Salt Lake City - Description, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Salt Lake City is nestled in a wide valley between two mountain ranges - the Wasatch to the east, and the Oquirrhs to the west. The city shares the valley with Great Salt Lake, the largest salt lake (so undrinkable water) in the western hemisphere.
The city has a unique history. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon church), founded by Joseph Smith in 1830, had a turbulent and tumultuous beginning. By the early 1840s the church"s...
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Credit Scores - Information, Photos
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Even the most money savvy of us need access to credit at one time or another in our lives. Mortgages and college loans provide funds for the life"s basics - putting a roof over your head, and receiving a good education. Auto loans and credit cards perhaps are a little harder to justify, since why buy something when you cannot afford it. (Sorry, that"s my grandma talking!) So credit matters, and if you are planning on taking a loan in the near to medium future, you...
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THE List Of Best Bands
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THE List Of Best Bands including many of your favorites like "MGMT", "Panic at the Disco", "Kings Of Leon", "Flyleaf", "Paramore", "Linkin Park" and more. Includes pictures, wallpapers (1280x1024, 1024x768, 1280x800 resolutions), and videos.
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Robert Pattinson - Description, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Robert Pattison was born and raised in west London. His mother Clare worked for a modeling agency, and his father Richard ran a business importing veteran cars from the US. One day Robert met some pretty teenage girls at a hamburger cafe in Barnes town. The girls let on they were members of the local drama group. A little female encouragement was all Robert needed, as soon he"d joined the group...
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Alta, Utah - Information, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Alta Ski Area is situated at the end of Little Cottonwood Canyon in the heart of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Snow conditions are reliably good - the average annual snowfall is a huge 500?. There"s no ski village as such, just 2 ski base areas, about half-a-mile apart. Alta is a skiing-only mountain, and no snowboarding is allowed.
Alta has its origins as a silver mining center in the late 20th century. The town (sited near present-day Albion lift) was...
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Saving Abel - Description, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800, Videos
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Jared Weeks and Jason Null come from the small town of Corinth, Mississippi. In 2004 the two were playing in separate local bands. At a chance meeting they hit it off straight away, and together started to write new material.
Early in 2005, the producer Skid Mills offered the pair a recording slot at the 747 Studios in Memphis, to cut an EP. To beef up their sound, Scott Bartlett (guitar), Daniel Dwight (bass) and Blake Dixon (drums) were recruited. (Eric Taylor...
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Edward Hopper - Info, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Edward Hopper grew up in the small town of Nyack, New York state, on the banks of the Hudson river. From an early age he developed an interest in drawing and painting. His parents, keen that Edward could turn his love of art into a living, suggested he looked at commercial art as a career option.
So after finishing high school, Hopper enrolled on a course in commercial art at the New York...
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Olga Kurylenko - Description, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Olga has a very racy history - if it"s naughty she"s done it - everything from modeling naked in fetish outfits, to stripping off for a bondage scene in the erotic movie Le Serpent.
Born in Berdyansk, a small coastal town in south west Ukraine, Olga was raised by her mother and grandmother (her parents divorced soon after Olga"s birth). They lived in cramped state housing, sharing a small flat with several relations. Despite the relative poverty the young...
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Municipal Bonds - Info, Pictures
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Municipal Bonds (or Munis) are issued by state and local governments to finance the construction of schools, highways, bridges, sewers and other public works. Municipal Bond Income is free from federal taxes, and if you live in the municipality that issued the bond, free of local taxes. For example NYC Munis are "triple-tax-exempt" (free of federal, state and city taxes.) when purchased by a resident of the city.
Typically munis pay out about 20% less than...
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Tyson Ballou - Description, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Tyson Ballou comes from Garland, Texas. He"s the eldest of 3 boys. When Tyson was 9 years old his father died in a freak accident, crushed when his car, which he was trying to fix, toppled onto him. At school Tyson was a quiet and reserved kid, who played for the basketball team. Susan Kaleta of the Page Parkes agency (based in Dallas) met with Tyson when he was just 15. She immediately spotted his great looks, and signed him to her agency. During the final years at...
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Kate Beckinsale - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Kate Becksinsale spent most of her early life in London. As a child she grew up immersed in the acting world, as her mother was a stage actress, and her father was the hugely popular comedy TV actor Richard Beckinsale (who died of a heart attack at the age of just 31). Kate went to drama school from an early age, and made her acting debut on TV in 1991. At school she majored in languages, then went...
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Sand Harbor, Nevada - Description, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Mark Twain, on visiting Lake Tahoe, exclaimed "Every little pebble was distinct, every speckled trout, every hand"s-breadth of sand". The water quality might not be so amazing now (apparently it"s deteriorated slightly due to global warming), but the waters are still crystal clear with a deep blue color that no camera can catch.
Lake Tahoe is fringed by several fantastically scenic beaches. Sand Harbor has perhaps the best. The sand here is very fine, and so...
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Ski Northstar - Description, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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From the late 1940s, a Christmas Tree farm was operating on the slopes of Mount Pluto. The farm was bought up by the Fibreboard corporation, a large business concern which had its roots in industrial insulation. In an effort to diversify, the company decided to create a ski resort to replace the farm. Construction started in 1971, and Northstar opened for skiing late in 1972. After over 20 years of developing and managing the resort, Fibreboard sold Northstar to Booth...
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Makalawena Beach, Hawaii - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Drving north from Kailua-Kona along Route 19, make a left onto the unpaved access road to Kekaha Kai State Park (midway between mile markers 88 and 89). Drive for about 10 minutes along the bumpy road, and you"ll come to a parking lot at a 4-way intersection. Straight ahead lies Mahaiula beach, left lies Makolea beach, but you need to hike along the path heading right (northwards).
Make sure you pack plenty of provisions and water (there are no concessions at...
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Andy Warhol Artworks - Information, Photos, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800, Videos
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Andy Warhol was born and raised in Pittsburgh, the son of poor Austro-Hungarian migrants. His birth name was Andrew Warhola, but he shortened this when a young adult to the name famous today. As a child he suffered acutely from scarlet fever - this left him with a market skin blotchiness, which stayed with him for life. (He was teased with the name Spot by his school mates). From early on, Warhol showed artistic promise, going to the Carnegie Institute of Technology to...
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James Franco - Info, Pictures, Wallpapers 1280x1024,1024x768,1280x800
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Actor James Franco was born in Palo Alto, California. He grew up in the Bay Area. His interest in acting began early on, and by high school he was making regular appearances in school plays. When he moved to UCLA to study literature, it dawned on him that becoming a professional actor was a serious proposition. He finished his course early to join the fracas of the Los Angeles auditioning...
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