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Our world is always in movement. Airplanes have become so easily accessible that I could just catch a flight for a weekend in Germany and it would end up costing me less than taking the train. This is why this week I have chosen to talk to you about an app I use fairly often because I love to travel and I'm always eager to see new places: Kayak. Unfortunately it has not yet been localized to Switzerland but since I am close to Italy I use it usually set on that location to see the prices in Euro.
The interface is rather simple but lovely to use! In a first glance you understand everything they offer you: hotel bookings, flight bookings, car rentals, alerts for different offers you are following and also a service of automatically compiling your itinerary by sending an email to firstname.lastname@example.com .
Booking hotels and flights is just a few taps away, you select your locations or destinations and all your other preferences and you will get a list of results. For the hotels, you can see how many stars they have from the first glance and of course also the cost for the booking. When visualizing the hotel you would be interested in, Kayak offers you the possibility to book from different websites and not just online but also by phone, for those of you that prefer the more direct approach. Of course also they also show you the details of the hotel with a direct phone number (just in case you want to book directly from them), address of the hotel but also reviews the bing map for the hotel directions and photos of the rooms.
For flights and also cars the app shows you the relevant information in a very easily accessible and intuitive way. Since sometimes some of the searches have a crazy amount of results, the awesome thing the developers have worked on is to have the results populated incredibly fast. Besides this Kayak offers also really useful filtering options but also sorting options and you can definitely notice they have taken in consideration the user's need to access fast concrete and helpful data.
As for the price alerts, I have not really used them but it seems you can add notifications for best prices depending on the exact dates you wish to travel, the lowest fares for your travel or by the top cities you would want to visit by having them bundled by continent.
Last but not least, they offer a way to take your travel plans with you by forwarding your booking confirmations to email@example.com . You can access this service either by logging in with Facebook or with your Kayak account. As all the other services they offer, Kayak has thought of how to best organize your trip and have all your schedule information in one single place.
Feel free to download the Kayak app and try it yourself. Let me know what you think of it or if you have any other apps that you use for the same purpose? I've also seen TripIt but never tried it so if anyone has additional feedback would love to hear it!
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Death notices for Feb. 4, 2009
Gazette Staff
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Orville C. Gilbert Jr., 45, Beloit, died Tuesday at home. Arrangements are pending at Hansen-Gravitt Funeral Home, Beloit.
Alice Youngwith, 90, Milton, died Tuesday at Edgerton Care Center, Edgerton. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church, Milton. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Schneider Apfel Schneider & Schneider Funeral Home, Janesville, and from 10 a.m. Saturday until the time of services at the church
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Congrats to all our KOOL listeners who won tickets and VIP party passes to the REO Speedwagon concert at the Wild Horse Pass Casino for tonight. Charlie gave away meet and greet pass for one lucky winner for after the show.
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The Los Angeles Clippers have signed free agent forward Brian Cook, bringing him back to the city where he began his NBA career with the Lakers.
The deal was announced Friday, a day after the Clippers signed free agents Randy Foye and Ryan Gomes.
Cook averaged 1.4 points and 0.6 rebounds in 15 games with Houston last season. The Rockets waived him in February.
The seven-year veteran has career averages of 5.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.3 blocks in stints with the Lakers, Orlando and Houston.
Cook was drafted out of Illinois by the Lakers in 2003 with the 24th pick. He played four full seasons with them, with his best season 2005-06, when he averaged career-highs of 7.9 points and 3.4 rebounds.


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My Summer Season was at 29.5 (shop scale)with the on-one wheels and finishing kit, revelation, and mountain king 2.4s. I've owned 22lb racing bikes, just not my thing anymore.
Bike Forum
Weight of your steel hardtail
Cove H/J - Average build (XT, Hope, Fox Vanilla forks)
27 lbs(ish)
OP, be pleased to know your FSA headset is lighter than King's £110 offering
(presuming that includes topcap/bolt and star fangled nut)
I'm hoping to break the magical 10kg when my Simple arrives in June.
SLR, Olympic Rims/rev spokes, Easton ec/ea90, XTR, Chris King, Mini X2 Pro, Racing Ralphs, foam grips ;-)......
Not sure if it will, but here's hoping.
456 Summer - currently 32lbs.
Scott Octane (wife's) - 29lbs (full sus).
Unknown make steel hardtail - 16lbs (missing drivetrain and brakes).
Appollo hybrid - 26lbs.
mine is about 25lbs.
Handjob 15.5" 26lb all in.
Pipedream Sirius at a smidge under 27lbs.
I haven't weighed a bike since I gave up racing in my teens. Anyhow on the bathroom scales mine comes out at 28.1lbs.
At first I thought bloody hell I could set up a full-susser that would weigh less, then I remembered that I'd have to maintain pivots and bushings and have another springy bit to tune and maintain as well. It might not be the lightest but at least there's less to go wrong.
Anyhow after looking at the spec of rs's Alpine I realise that it could be heavier as mine is a similar spec and 2.5lbs lighter.
It's a NS Bikes Society frame, 2008 Manitou Minute IT with 20mm axle, mainly X9 spec with a Stylo chainset and XT discs and not a bit of carbon anywhere.
ive a 456 and a five spot and oddly they both weigh in at 27.8 pounds.
I've not weighed it but my Deluxe is probably about 28lbs with XT, Hope hubs and brakes, 2.35" tyres, Vanilla fork.
14ish KG / 30ish lbs.
Dialled Alpine 15.5/21 TT
dt swiss/sunringle summitoravvah (front)
xt/ sunringle singletrack (back)
slx/xt drivetrain
slx brakes
syncros 'freeride' headset, salsa clamp, thomson post, syntace vector stem/bars
spoon ti
wellgo mags
could be less (depending on build or scales) but going up is always going to be a shitter.... 'it's for the downs, silly'
Evil Sovereign
31 odd pounds, around thereabouts.
Long version, with Race Face Atlas cranks / e13 bash, x9 gears.
Brown fox36r, DT Swiss 61.d Rims (on the way out) Hope Bulbs.
Thomson other bits / Blackspire bars er.... Hope M4s.
Needs to lose a tad where its not needed, ie wheels I think! Any recommendations that aint gonna cost me huge cash????
I dont find too heavy though, it rips on the downs and you just slog it to the tops!
Cotic Soul, 25.7lbs...
Nothing particularily out of the ordinary in the spec, Next SL seatpost, Truvativ Team stem and Noir Team bars are pretty light but the rest is just run of the mill, XT/717 wheels with 2.1 Nevegal/Blue Groove tyres, SLX triple crankset and XT 34T cassette, RS Revelation dual airs... Light enough to XC and tough enough to trail.
Anyhow after looking at the spec of rs's Alpine I realise that it could be heavier as mine is a similar spec and 2.5lbs lighter.
It's a NS Bikes Society frame, 2008 Manitou Minute IT with 20mm axle, mainly X9 spec with a Stylo chainset and XT discs and not a bit of carbon anywhere.
Probably about right your frame and fork are probably both 1-1.5lb lighter than what i'm running.
Rock Lobster 853 with xt/thomson - 28lbs
Orange 5 with xt/thomson/hope - 28.5lbs
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SAPD's accreditation restored in 3-year review
Department is largest municipal member of standards agency.
Updated 11:16 pm, Monday, August 1, 2011
The San Antonio Police Department regained national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Chief William McManus and City Manager Sheryl Sculley announced Monday morning.
The accreditation by CALEA recognizes that the department is now meeting "national best practices" set by the nonprofit organization, Sculley said.
It came after a three-year review that included an examination of more than 400 department policies and procedures by the CALEA commission and a local task force, along with a public hearing in April.
Sculley and McManus said the accreditation makes the department more transparent, adds protection against lawsuits and provides a way of comparing SAPD to police departments in other cities.
It lasts for three years, during which the city follows a maintenance program to make reapplying less of an undertaking, officials said.
The department allowed its accreditation with CALEA to lapse in 2002, according to budget documents.
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"(SAPD) is now conforming with all of the national standards," McManus said. "There were 464 standards we had to meet."
He and Sculley couldn't cite examples of any specific policies that were implemented or altered to earn the accreditation.
The Harris County Sheriff's Office is the largest law enforcement agency in Texas to have the accreditation.
SAPD is the state's largest municipal police department to earn the status, according to the CALEA website.
A Dallas Police Department spokeswoman said the agency decided not to apply for accreditation through CALEA because of budget constraints.
The total cost for San Antonio's participation came to $229,855 this year, department spokesmen said.
Mike Helle, the president of the San Antonio police officer's union, said he didn't think the "front-line officer would care one way or the other about accreditation."
The typical officer "just wants good working conditions," Helle said.


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Fact: Team Yum loves Kettle Chips. From jalapeño to cheddar and sour cream to Fully Loaded Baked Potato, we've never met one we didn't like. But just the other day, we discovered one that was good enough to be the end-all, be-all of all potato chips in this world. The best Kettle Chips we've ever had, right this way . . .
Behold Kettle Brand Zesty Ranch Krinkle Cut Potato Chips, the brand's newest flavor, which danced onto our tongues and forever into my life on precisely Dec. 28. I didn't realize I even had such a passion for chips until these changed my very existence.
When I eat them, my no-seconds policy allows for thirds. When I drop them, the zero-second rule becomes the 10-second rule.
Although I usually keep snack foods at my desk, these must — I repeat, must — be kept walking distance away in the depth of our kitchen cupboards.
Kettle Zesty Ranch chips are the perfectly calibrated amount of sodium, onion, and tang. They are the crunchiest chips I've ever tasted. I'm incapable of overhearing the juiciest of office gossip while eating them. And I'm perfectly OK with that.


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Derek Wiebenson sees himself as a laid-back kind of guy who can go with the flow.
He just wishes the reversible express lanes on the Kennedy Expressway would go with the flow of heavy traffic more regularly.
Derek Wiebenson sees himself as a laid-back kind of guy who can go with the flow.
He just wishes the reversible express lanes on the Kennedy Expressway would go with the flow of heavy traffic more regularly.
At about 8 p.m. last Tuesday, the travel time on the outbound Kennedy and the Edens Expressway from downtown to Lake-Cook Road in the northern suburbs was a brisk 24 minutes, according to data on the Internet provided by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Inbound traffic from Lake-Cook to downtown, however, was crawling at 64 minutes.
Why, asked Wiebenson, a biomedical engineer who lives in the West Loop and works in Lincolnshire, were the two express lanes on the Kennedy flowing outbound when travel times were almost three times longer on the inbound side of one of America's busiest highways? "I am constantly perplexed by the reverse commute. I don't understand why the express lanes can't be used more dynamically at times of ridiculous extremes to alleviate the traffic backup," Wiebenson said.
IDOT, which is responsible for the Chicago-area expressway system, finally opened the Kennedy express lanes to inbound traffic at 8:29 p.m. Tuesday, according to agency spokesman Mike Claffey. The logjam soon eased south of the Edens-Kennedy junction, but by then the evening was a traffic blowout for thousands of reverse commuters.
Many factors--accidents, weather, sporting events and big-name concerts--combine to cause traffic delays. But IDOT has considerable sway in mitigating the problems by quickly flipping the travel direction of the 7-mile-long Kennedy reversible lanes, built in the 1960s, in response to developing congestion patterns.
Illinois Transportation Secretary Tim Martin, a Chicagoan who frequently drives the expressway system, has made it a priority for his department to react quickly to real-time traffic conditions instead of following the set times of the reversible-lane schedule. From his car, Martin often calls IDOT's Chicago-area headquarters in Schaumburg when he sees traffic problems on the Kennedy.
"We are trying to get the reversible lanes to work a lot more efficiently," Martin said. "Will it be perfect? No. Traffic volumes are higher than what Chicago-area expressways were built to handle. But we are looking at different ways to make it more accommodating to traffic as congestion increases."
The results have been mixed. But the flexibility Martin seeks from his traffic engineers was demonstrated on Wednesday, the night after Wiebenson's disastrous commute home. The Kennedy express lanes were switched to favor inbound traffic at 6:47 p.m.--the tail end of the outbound rush period. Travel times were approximately balanced at about 7 p.m.--31 minutes outbound from downtown to Lake-Cook and 26 minutes inbound.
"It was beautiful," said Wiebenson, who moved to Chicago from the suburbs. "Chicago is such a great place, but traffic is discouraging people from living in the city."
The express lanes were flipped again, at 7:51 p.m., to alleviate increasing congestion in the outbound lanes, Claffey said.
"It's not a simple call," the IDOT spokesman said. "You may be driving on the Kennedy or the Edens, but we've got to also worry about the impact on traffic along the Dan Ryan and the Eisenhower Expressway coming in to downtown."
It takes a half-hour to 40 minutes to change the direction of the express lanes. The first step is closing the entrance ramps to the lanes and allowing the traffic already in the reversibles to complete their travel and exit. Once all cars are flushed out, the gates are opened in the opposite direction to allow cars to enter.
Daily traffic volume on the Kennedy shows a slight advantage in favor of the traditional inbound morning/outbound evening commute, although the numbers are growing among reverse-commuters, officials said.
The reversibles carry 15 percent of the inbound and 19 percent of the outbound daily volume, IDOT said.
IDOT's official reversible lane schedule is set to basically configure the express lanes for approximately 12 hours in one direction and 12 hours in the opposite direction on weekdays.
The reversibles are changed from outbound to inbound starting sometime between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. Sundays through Fridays, IDOT said. They stay in that configuration until they are switched to accommodate outbound traffic starting sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., returning to an inbound flow again late at night.
The Saturday schedule was altered in 2003 to better accommodate drivers heading downtown to restaurants and theaters. The change was largely at the behest of state Rep. Karen May (D-Highland Park), who complained it was "becoming impossible" to get into the city on a Saturday night.
On Saturdays, the express lanes are switched from outbound to inbound starting sometime between 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. The lanes are switched again in the outbound direction sometime between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.


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Release Date: 2013 |
Video for DR. FUZZ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM3AwzaXbQ4
Bandcamp http://kdnprs.bandcamp.com/
First ever review, go easy on me. Or don't. Feedback is feedback. I felt like this band deserved some more attention, really cool guys.
Hey man, welcome to Sputnik! I'll give you some constructive feedback (from my brand-new STAFF position!):
First of all, great summary and first sentence - immediately piqued my interest. Not sure if the summary is a lyric but it's really good nonetheless.
That said, this is a solid first review. You've nailed down the most important part of actually understanding how to construct a decent sentence in English, and with that there's no real limit on how you can improve. Given that, here are some things you can do better:
1. Don't go track-by-track. And no, you didn't explicitly say "Track 1: Classic! 5/5. Track 2: Average! 5/5" but the sentiment remains. It's an unspoken rule that a review should talk about the album itself and not just the individual tracks - feel free to bring some of them up, but all you say about the whole album is found in the first and last paragraph, making for two kind of ineffective ones.
2. Your descriptions of musical elements are standard for a first review - which is to say they are kind of vague. Granted, it took me about 40 or so reviews to actually figure out how to use terms correctly (and for the most part you have the wonderfully knowledgeable but ever-condescending Deviant to thank for that), and my expertise still lies mainly in beat-oriented electronic music so I can't really help you much with rock/rap. However, even I know that saying things like "a chill guitar accompanied by laid-back vocals open the track, wherafter the groovy bass and drums join in" isn't really that descriptive. Don't be disheartened, though - read some of any staff/contributor's early reviews and you'll see much the same thing. The easiest way to deal with this trouble is by reading music journalism/blogs regularly. I can recommend you some electronic ones, but if you're looking for more general stuff staff/contributor reviews here and Pitchfork reviews (despite how overblown the latter tend to be) are usually written with a pretty good grasp of musical terms.
That said, have a pos - quite a good first effort. Let me know if you want some more feedback later on, and I hope to see you around some more!
ooh, spookynewghostfriend sighting =]
although that one michael franti song always on the radio sucks so hard =[
Thanks for the constructive criticism. The summary is indeed a lyric that I thought fit very well. I used rock in the first sentence because I don't really know what else to classify the other elements of the album as. Perhaps alternative rock might be better as rock might be a bit too general. The track by track thing is hard for me to step away from and something I really need to work on as are my descriptive terms. English isn't my first language, that's not to say it's an excuse for being vague.
I'll look into some more reviews on here, thanks again for taking the time to respond.
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text: When we cruise RCL in May 2002, one of th Disney ships was in port with us in Cozumel. We did a beach excursion and saw that Disney passanger's had these great big beautiful beach towels while we had thse small rough white very little towels. We were impressed and felt that having these types of amenities was one of the reasons Disney charged so much more. I thought I read on this board that they have discontinued these towels. Is this true? Everyone one in my family is very tall (the shortest female is 5'8") and I hate those small towels and would bring my own if needed.


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Nestle Cereal Ad Complaint Rejected
Aug 30, 2012 09:05 AM EDT | By Sharon Robinson
In a surprise move, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) supported Nestle, when the Children's Food Campaign (CFC) accused the company of making wrongful claims in an advertisement.
Nestle UK's advert campaign "Battle of Breakfasts" caught the attention of the CFC. The group claims that the advert is breaking ASA's rules by asking children to "eat wholegrain three times a day,' even though ASA had ruled Nestle not to do so, in 2008.
However, Nestle hit back saying that though the advert previously said "experts say," it had now been changed to "experts recommend." Moreover, the ad also cites data from the USDA Dietary guidelines for Americans. According to Food Navigator, this prompted ASA to reject CFC's complaint.
The CFC, after the initial surprise over ASA's ruling, has decided to pursue the case, according to Food Manufacturers UK. According to a spokesperson from CFC, the case will once again be brought up Sept. 7, when the ASA Council meets next, the report added.
CFC also filed a complaint against Swizzles Matlow, a confectionery company, reports The Advertisement Journal. A section of the company's website, Swizzles Town, has been accused of using a licensed character for advertising, and the same section prompts children to eat candy, while hiding it from their parents, reports Food Navigator.
Food companies are usually placed in a dicey situation when it comes to advertising their products. Ads featuring food products like confectioneries, sodas, and crisps are usually targeted by health advocates, since these are considered to be "junk food" and unhealthy.
According to the American Psychological Association, advertisements featuring junk food are a major cause for child obesity. The study by the APA adds that the more number of hours children spend in front of the TV; the more likely they are to be obese. Even Disney recommended the reduction of ads featuring junk food in all channels.
Prince's Favorite Foods: Learn What The Music Legend Loved To Eat
Coca – Cola's 'Brand – Uniting' Move: Soft Drink Giant Introduces 'One-Brand' Packaging
Nestle's Anti GMO Move: Nestle Switches to Simpler Ingredients for Ice – Cream
Austin Food & Wine Festival 2016: Anticipated Storms Cause Cancellation of Food Festival
Latest Trend Show Soda Losing Its Appeal Fast
A recent Mintel study shows that a quarter of American no longer ordering soft drinks in restaurants compared to a year ago.
Unusual McDonald's Outlet Offers No Seating For Patrons
A new McDonald's concept outlet has to dining area. Instead, it offers a 'walk up" window to serve customers on foot. Food from this particular McDonald's store are all ordered to go.
Pineapple & Bubblegum Flavored Strawberries Launched in Australia
Raintree Nursery has launched pineberries (or pineapple flavored strawberries) and bubblegum flavored strawberries in Australia, which are absolutely "fabulous".
Burrit-OH! App: True Love Might Just Come With An Extra Hot Sauce
A new app wants you to find your perfect match solely based on burrito preferences.
Environmentally Conscious Canadian Creates An App For Budget Foodies
Feeling responsible for the planet, Pellegrini decided to make an app that could prevent leftover foods in eateries from making a trip to the landfill.
Vegan Diet Could Attract Alien Activity
Cosmic mythologist and medical astrologist Laura Magdalene Eisenhower, posited that our diet as humans play an important role in attracting alien life into Earth.


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That cracks me up! Hugo Chavez in La Mano Izquierda (The Left Hand) by Oliver Laric.
Since the once very well done web award called The FWA has introduced a fee to get considered as award receiver, it's selection has become rather money driven. Nice to see one of the latest winner, a very well shaped and educational interactive piece about the diverse history of Poland: www.commonwealth.pl.
Nice work by French Illustrator and Animator Matthieu Bessudo based in London.
Developed by Boston Dynamics. You can already imaging them caring American ammo though the mountains of Afghanistan. Scary.
Via Yates.
Made by Johannes Leonardo.
A new campaign from Think, England. Via Dan: www.dothetest.co.uk
Our dear David O'Reilly, Irish blood based in Berlin, comes up with new series.... Please say something.
One of the most beautiful recent short movie: www.mk12.com/videos/2007/20_120.mov
2007 has been a year of Ideas.
If you don't know Nieves yet, you should have a look at their website.
Nieves is an independent publishing house based in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 2001, Nieves' focus is on publishing Artist Books and Zines.


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HP to enter 3D printer market in mid-2014 says CEO Meg Whitman, via The Register:
HP CEO Meg Whitman has told the Canalys Channels Forum in Bangkok that the company will enter the 3D printer market in the middle of 2014.
"We are excited about 3D printing," Whitman said, adding that it is a natural business for HP to enter given its heritage in printers. "We want to lead this businesses. HP labs is looking at it."
The things HP's boffins are considering is the time it takes to print an object. "To print a bottle can take eight to ten hours. That's all very interesting, but it is like watching ice melt," she said. Lower cost is also on the agenda.
"3D printing is in its infancy" she said. "It is a big opportunity and we are all over it. We will have something by the middle of next year." …
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WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich widened his lead over his rivals, according to a poll released Thursday showing him with more than double the support of Mitt Romney.
Gingrich — the former House speaker who in recent days has surged in the polls — received 38% support from respondents in a telephone survey of likely Republican primary voters conducted by the Rasmussen poll organization.
That lead is the biggest attained by any Republican presidential candidate so far in roiling pre-primary jockeying that has seen several contenders claim the frontrunner mantle, only to fall back a few weeks later.
Most surprising, however, is the huge gap separating Gingrich and Romney, who earned just 17% in the Rasmussen poll.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor who consistently has been among the top Republican presidential contenders throughout the pre-primary season, had been deemed by many to be the default frontrunner.
However, in Rasmussen's national survey of 1,000 people, he appears to have lost a great deal of ground to Gingrich. No other candidates received double-digit support, the poll showed.
The result confirms a Quinnipiac University survey of Republican voters that showed Gingrich pulling ahead of Romney by a commanding 49% versus 39%.
Other polls from individual U.S. states also confirm the trend of voter support breaking decidedly in favor of the former Georgia congressman.
Gingrich's rise in the polls, thanks in part to some strong debate performances, has been meteoric: as recently as November 2, the 68-year old former lawmaker earned just 10 percent support, according to Quinnipiac.
The former congressman earned a boost at the weekend when he picked up a major newspaper endorsement in the pivotal US state of New Hampshire.
Gingrich however was recently forced to deny lobbying on Freddie Mac's behalf after reports emerged that he earned at least $1.6 million from the government lender between 1999 and 2008.
The confessed adulterer has also divorced twice and left his first wife following her treatment for cancer — actions likely to turn off many social conservatives.
His surge in the polls comes with the critically important Iowa caucuses little more than a month away, on January 3.
But voters there are notoriously unpredictable, meaning his rivals could still make a splash there and use it as a springboard going into New Hampshire, where the first U.S. primary vote will be held on January 10.
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◊ 2007-02-18 22:44
|Looks like a VTR or a VTS model
◊ 2007-02-19 00:02
|Yes, and a not very old one (at most 2 years old), which is strange for such crash scene, as they usually use old or more common cars.
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◊ 2007-02-19 02:37
|It's still a fairly cheap car.
◊ 2008-09-19 19:12
|VTS rather. The VTR name was in use mainly in Britain.
Black Bart
◊ 2008-12-25 22:56
|What's the red car? The only thing I know about, that it has to be french.
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|It's a prefacelifted Peugeot 406
◊ 2008-12-26 16:47
|Indeed. I just mentioned it there, in the page of the other 406, but it was not especially easy to find: /vehicle_3103-Peugeot-406-1996.html
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◊ 2012-09-08 10:49
|The Citroen Saxo is my favorite car. It's the car of my dreams.
◊ 2012-09-08 10:54
|Better look for another, this one's not in great condition
◊ 2012-09-08 16:30
If you want to have one, better hurry on. They are so worthless, that the sellers don't let their advertises infinitely in the lists Link to "suchen.mobile.de" If noone reacts, they bring them to the crusher.
◊ 2012-09-08 16:32
|I doubt he can get one very easily in the US.
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|I doubt that, too. So he has to arrange an import from Europe. Yes, I know, that it's not really easy, if the cars to too young. Otherwise: they are so cheap, that for a few bucks he can fill up a large 40ft-container with cars and parts, so that he will have enough stuff for the next decades.
On the other hand again it's not expectable, that the value will be highe, when the Saxo will reach the classic age. For that it's too dull, face- and reputation-less. Totally different than its ancestor 2CV. Very Saxo will be hard to obtain - because noone take care of it and keep it for the future as a classic.
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|I agree, these newer plastic cars rarely end up as collectible.
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|definitely a VTR, the VTS had the "S" in yellow on the door plastic.


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August is when the fledglings party, and perhaps do a bit of flying, maybe.(747 Posts)
Roll up, roll up to this special birthday month for the fledglings...
We are going to attempt to keep the dc happy, whilst flying. No mean feat in the month of holidays and adventures.
Rule 1.
yes even in a birthday month we have rules
It is not about perfection. A little is enough, no really.
Rule 2.
You are aloud to spend time doing fun things, don't regret them or feel guilty.
Rule 3. This one is a fat fairy rule.
you are never behind, jump in where you are
So newbies if you are reading this you are probably thinking wtf?! This is a wonderful system designed by the fly lady. in days gone olde one fledgling had a dream about the fly lady in which she was a fat fairy, thus the thread nickname fat fairy was born. Just so we don't confuse you like
Anyhows, this month it is Bitchy's turn to lead, and perhaps this should come with a warning. She has her own unique style of leading but don't let that scare you off, the fledglings are luffsly and generally far more sane then the bitchy one
just be aware of bitchy's special brew. Terribly high in caffine and can sometimes be found in the naughty corner. Which reminds me, the naughty corner if for those who are struggling for whatever reason or those just in need of a stiff drink.
So this flying thing. It has three stages:
stage one: the babysteps. these build a routine. some of them are contriversial, and some
a little wishy washy seem a little less significant. But most are really good.
Stage two: babysteps and missions one the routines are in place the missions are designed to help you tackle tasks room by room. These room by room approach is helpfully referred to as zones.
stage three: the mythical deep cleaning stage yeah lets just ignore that, none of us have got to the point where we have not only decluttered but got in control of the chaos
Oh yeah CHAOS - what the fat fairy calls "Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome"
That clear as mud? good. Let's Begin....
Anyone any inspiration they can send my way? I know I'm always unmotivated when I get home from work, but so hot tonight I just want to collapse!
Ta da
Dressed to shoes
To do
Read Flylady e-mails
Negative voices
Hot spot
5 minute room rescue
Shine sink
Lay out clothes for tomorrow
Another hot spot
15 minutes decluttering
Inspirational page
Ok, will try this power of three malarkey...do three things then 15 minutes collapse etc. will report back later
<wafts inspiration and cool air towards saturn>
Sorry to hear our thread leader is poorly . Hope ice does the trick, Bitchy.
Have had a busy and lovely day. Spent the morning out with DS2 (swimming, library, cafe), then took DS1 to his OT appointment. He has weak muscles in his right hand, poor hand-eye co-ordination and something to do with proprioception (which I don't understand), so OT will send us a report with some recommendations. I have already ordered the putty she recommended and will start daily strengthening exercises. It would have been good to have had this information several years ago, but hey ho!
Spent the afternoon meeting the bearded dragons. DS1 was wonderful with them. I am definitely letting him deal with the poo and live crickets <eek>.
Have done bugger all flying. Sorry thread leader .
Evening all. After a busy week, have bobbed up to the caravan for a couple of days for some r and r. Had a lovely afternoon at the beach and the dc's have been positively delighful.
One of my old uni housemates is staying on the same park for her holiday and am meeting up with her and her DH (who i also went to uni with) and dc's tomorrow night so am looking forward to that. Only seen her twice since I left uni 15 years ago. Plus a work friend is also here so meeting her for coffee tomorrow.
No flying whatsoever but lots of family fun time!
Thanks for that Toffee...it really helped as I am now done!
Glad you had a lovely day
Sorry didn't get caught up with everyone else hope everyone is ok! will do better tomorrow...
Sounds like you are having a lovely time, ellie .
saturn - happy to help. Well done on achieving your list.
Am aiming to get to bed at a decent time tonight, as I have been failing dismally at that recently and drinking coffee to get me through the day with the DC. So I will switch off from MN shortly (I will, I will....).
Night all.
Not a huge amount of flying today. Mission completed, 15 mins decluttering and washing done. But had a lovely day out with the DC in the sunshine! Flying can wait until it rains!
Bitchy hope your ankle is better tomorrow!
Too hot to sleep here ...
Big Fat Flying fail as well.
However, resolved issue of horse-riding with dd (turns out she was worried about one rather particular unpredictable four legged friend) so at least she will be doing something a bit more productive next week (and hopefully so will I).
A belated "happy birthday" to your dd Mercury!! Sounds as if you had a lovely day!
Asheth congrats on being the perfect Fledgling Flyer today: doing the minimum housework in as little time as poss leaving you time for the far more important priority of playing in the sun!!
Enjoy your weekend away Ellie!
Toffee glad OT appt was helpful (albeit a couple of years late!)
Ouch re: ankle Bitchy HOpe you recover soon.
Well done for ploughing on through Saturn
Big feathery wing flaps to eveyrone else!!
Oh shit forgot i was supposed to be posting the links. err one mo....
Right babystep 2 is contriversial. there are many ways to interrupt this one. Some interrupt this literally and then either follow or ignore it depending on their opinion on shoes in the house. Others interrupt it more losely and take it to mean get up straight away and get everything done (clothes, hair, make up) so you are ready to go out/recieve visitors straight away. Tbh i take it to mean the more lose version
and then ignore it anyway, naughty bitchy Anyhows babystep 2 is get dressed to your lace up shoes
It is friday which means it is Ellies' favourite day. Friday is clear out your car and purse day. It also used to be date night day but the fat fairy has got all politically correct and dropped this as to not offend those without partners. Meh. Date night can be as simple as being in the same room and watching a film together.
Still in zone one and your mission is at the bottom of this link
should you be arsed to find it
Err round up will wait as i had hoped for a pre midnight bedtime. and well clearly that is not going to happen if i even attempt to round up this chit chat.
i'd like to say flying but you know, not much of that going on really
<attempts the timer on the pot of special brew in the naughty corner again>
<leaves instructions on which switch to push and where to hit coffee machine should timer fail again>
Holy shit the fat fairy has got all miltant about babystep 2 Well clearly she is not as cutesy and fluffy as we had all imagined. err ....
<goes to sit in th naughty corner for 5mins before bed to recover from the >
Sorry about the late crash landing, but I'm finally here.
Thanks for leading in July Ellie and apologies for my absence lately - my dear Dad passed away suddenly. (I always seem to be turning up with bad news, don't I?! Sorry!)
Anyway I'm ready for a bit of
distraction motivation. I'm still staying with my mother and the house is in dire need of a gentle declutter.
Hope everyone has been having a lovely summer. Hope I didn't miss too much in July?
By the way - wonderful intro Bitchy! Looking forward to you leading the thread this month! :-)
Oh castle so sorry to hear your news.
So in the first day we can safely say that moods are mostly high.
Ellie has stuck two fingers up at flying and gone to play at the caravan. She is clearly having a blast.
Engles has returned from holiday and is in high spirits
Poor Mercury has discovered the office worker's tan
Toffee has been focusing on swimming lessons and OT appointments. Both very important things. Although it sounds suspiciously like she is considering getting a beared dragon. They are lovely
although their dinner can have a habit of escaping soo much fun
SC has dealt with the emotions of a pre-teen when faced with harsh life realities. Glad to hear DH is doing better. x
Pinches line from SC Asheth congrats on being the perfect Fledgling Flyer today: doing the minimum housework in as little time as poss leaving you time for the far more important priority of playing in the sun!
Saturn has been focused and determined to make sure she has her basic routines in place.
perhaps i need to follow her example?
goth has been pottering away quietly succeeding at flying. Although the resevoirs needed the recent rain and i suffer hayfever so I have been glad of the recent rain. glad to see the sun back though.
but not the 30C temp
feetheart rejoined us and is attempting to fly whilst undertaking building work. <reserves a permeant spot in the naughty corner for feetheart
Poor castles has popped back in with the sad news of a family death adn requiring some distraction. With the lack of flying and high amount of chit chat this lot are doing you may well be in luck. <hug>
Bitchy got reminded she can't spell and learnt the heard way that jumping the cracks in the pavement might not be such a good idea anymore
and has also clearly ignored the babystep whilst writing this
Time to move. May you all have productive days...
be it flying or otherwise
Morning all!
Toffee - I'm struggling with going to bed at the moment too, don't know if it is the caffeine I'm drinking to keep me going during the day that's keeping me awake...but then need the caffeine as haven't had enough sleep
Asheth - agree, make the most of the sun whilst it lasts
SC - glad horse riding issue now resolved, will be nice for you both next week!
Thanks for the links bitchy, hope your ankle is better today
Haven't clicked on the link for militant babystep no. 2 - will do that next...
So sorry to hear about your dad Castle...hope you are ok
As usual...
Ta da
Dressed to shoes
To do
Everything else!
Although the dressing to shoes is becoming a habit now despite my initial moaning about it, it's kind of becoming automatic and DD is just doing it now as well and we have been at holiday club/work on time since we started it and relatively stress free
Anyway, will be back later...can't guarantee any flying will have been done though!!!
Oh Castle it's so lovely to have you back but I'm so terribly sorry to hear of your very sad loss. Sending prayers xxxx
Morning all, happy as I managed yesterday's list AND finished buying DD's school clothes. (just have to check her shoes)
We're due a dry day today, only one until Monday, so it's going to be a focussed day.
Today's list
Beds -done
Laundry hung out -done
Another load of laundry in machine - done
Litter tray
Washing up
Bins & recycling emptied
Hang out 2nd load of laundry
Consider 3rd load
Paperwork & website
15 min room rescue in lounge (as I missed the earlier missions this week)
Today's mission
Wash up & SS
That's all do-able, especially as DD is in her bedroom reading.
Well done on school clothes goth - only 2nd August - very organised
I'm supposed to be going on this lunch thing and someone will be there whom I'm not sure I want to see and have been dithering all morning as to whether to just not turn up. Had finally decided on the just not turn up option, but now have just had a call to confirm I am going...was going to not turn up and pretend I forgot...so obviously can't do that now. Can't think of any way to get out of it now...it's in half an hour!
Castle - I'm so sorry to hear your sad news. What a dreadful shock. You have had such a tough time lately ((hugs)).
Bitchy - that piece about getting dressed to shoes is quite scary. Maybe the Fat Fairy's fame is going to her head and she's becoming a bit power crazed. She'll be running for president next.
Am just back from DS2's final group swimming lesson, but might get a couple of private lessons for him from the instructor next week, if we're lucky. Had another lovely long walk back, stopping off at the park on the way.
Have to take DS1 out to practise some CBT tasks today, then have to blitz the house. Am feeling exhausted now, though, in spite of a proper night's sleep last night. Think I might be fighting something off. I guarantee that as soon as I put my feet up for five minutes, DH will come home and it will look as if I haven't done anything all morning. He is making me jumpy at the moment because he is working hard and I think he thinks I'm not doing much. It's making me jumpy.
Will report back later. Hope you all have a good day.
Maybe the site's fluffiness is finally getting to her too?
I have done precisely fuck all. well not exactly fuck all but you know. nothing productive.
Need to get cracking with something, anything, everything. c.b.a. Anyone seen my motivation?
And I have done FA Flying since my last post too, Bitchy. Am going to shift my backside off this sofa now, make a coffee and get started.
Power of three:
Unload and reload d/w (or is that two?)
Put washing in tumbledryer (quicker than hanging it up outside)
Persuade DS1 to come out and practise his CBT task. This is going to be tricky because it's stressful for him.
Bitchy I think your motivation and mine have gone off on a jolly! (Meant to say earlier that I loved the round-up btw!)
I was full of good intentions this morning but gosh it's hot here - 34°C outside and nearer 40° in the upstairs rooms where I am trying to declutter. Went out to buy another fan but they've all sold out! It will be cooler tomorrow thank heavens.
Dh has come home for a sleep so it would be really inconsiderate if I carried on hoovering wouldn't it? Unfortunatley, that still means I can descend to the bowels and do the laundry
instead of watching channel 4 racing from Goodwood
Bitchy/Toffee Arf at Well I dont wear shoes in my house. "Well you do now, sister!" The Fat Fairy will be recommending that we wear lace up shoes to bed soon! (Although confessed to being seduced by blister argument.)
Saturn/Toffee sympathies over tiredness (I feel exhausted for absolutely no reason) Think eveyrone is struggling with sleep in this weather. Take it steady both of you.
Saturn hope you survived the lunch!
Toffee well if it's any consolation I'm very impressed by all the exercise your boys are getting and by the energy/commitment on your part that takes
even if your dh isn't
Castle Toffee is right, you have been through a lot this year. Take it steady xxx
Very impressed by early uniform organisation/purchase Goth I've so far only done winter coat/gloves/hat + some winter mufty items. Still need to do pinafores, shoes, and blouses as dd growing like a weed. Must cross it off the list before everyone gets back from their holidays and its bun-struggle time.
Waves to Engels Asheth PA Feetheart Ellie¨and everyone else I've missed!
[Leaves out bowls of ice and pitchers of home-made ice tea with mint on naughty corner bar]
That ice tea sounds marvelous SC currently in the middle of cleaning books and playing guess how ds wants his books arranged. he is very particular about the arrangement of his books. And apparently i just don't understand it. So clearly my work this afternoon will not be appreciated <sigh> but at least it will be dust free!
Thank you for the ice cream sc it is very needed at the moment.
Im very sorry about your dad castle Please take care of yourself.
Dp was at home today and we had a very productive morning. We decluttered dds toys in the conservatory and I sorted out all of the toys in her bedroom. We also completed the morning routines and hoovered downstairs.
We then rewarded our efforts by taking the dcs for a pub lunch
Dd and I bought the food and party bag stuff for her party tomorrow which she is extremely excited about.
Im at work now until midnight, but I will bbl to catch up on everybodys news.
I hope it cools down where you are tomorrow sc 40c is far too hot!
<swigs iced tea> (thanks, SC)
SC - Thank you for your positive words. I really have been working hard to get the boys out and busy this week and it's discouraging when DH only notices what hasn't been done instead of what has. I have spoken to him about it before, but I really don't think he knows he does it. Am thinking of listing all the discouraging remarks he says to me and presenting him with it.
By the way, it really does sound much too hot to Fly where you are today. I'm sure Bitchy would grant you exemption .
Right, I have a 'ta da' list. Failed miserably on the one-hour house 'blessing/bleugh'. I spent over an hour and didn't even manage to get further than the kitchen .
Unloaded/reloaded d/w
Put washing on again
CBT homework with DS1. Difficult for him, but he did it.
Stewed apples and plums for pudding at dinnertime
Practised times tables with DS2
Put towels in tumbledryer
Stripped DS2's bed
Suggested bored DS2 tidied his room
Hung rest of washing on line
Unloaded and reloaded d/w again
Put another wash on
Suggested DS2 tidy his room again
Tidied kitchen hotspot
Wiped down cooker and kitchen surfaces
Washed up saucepans, dried and put away
Persuaded DS2 to read a book for half an hour
Tidied second kitchen hotspot
Emptied kitchen bin
Cleaned kitchen bin with bleach
Put recycling out
Allowed DS2 to look up Reading Challenge website
Emptied and washed out vegetable basket
Wiped down cupboard
Hoovered kitchen floor
Cleaned kitchen sink
Mopped kitchen floor
Would love to have a nap now, but I have promised to take the boys to the playground next. It's the only exercise DS1 gets at present, because he finds going out too anxiety-provoking, so I'm trying to do it once a day. There are so many things he'd love to do if he could overcome his issues - swimming and cycling to name just two.
I have just reread your message sc and realised it was ice tea not ice cream you left out, which is equally welcome.
Gothyou have just reminded me I should get organised and make a list of uniform that the dcs need. I am very impressed you have managed to get it all done so early.
Ta da :
Playground - hide and seek, rope swinging, scooter, sibling scraps
Cooking dinner now. Must be time for a drink...
<opens bottle of and leaves in naughty corner>
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"And, for example, you have [task-force member] Ron [Saathoff], the head of the Firefighters' Union, who himself understands that he's got a conflict there. Not in a personal conflict, but I mean in the sense of his membership, you know, he wants to see to it that the city budget doesn't get raided in order that they have money for salaries and benefits, and they have money for new fire stations and new equipment.
"The flip side is, of course, a lot of them probably are Chargers fans. [Saathoff] discovered by December and early January that there was no way on God's earth that the Chargers were going to provide any meaningful data about whether they were competitive or what the profits were or what financial problems they had with Qualcomm, if any, you know. And that as a task-force member and head of the finance committee, he was going to be expected to just accept the representation by the NFL.
"I said, what they're [the Chargers] really interested in is creating a legal environment in which they can leave San Diego.
"And that takes you back to the original contract, and that's why they have to trigger, and that's why they're going to trigger, I told them. And these people said no, no, no. What they're going to do is they're going to agree to extend the trigger date and then, once they get that extension and we come back with the task-force report, they're going to agree to sit down and have voluntary negotiations and put off the trigger as long as it takes in order for the City to, in good faith, negotiate a new deal with them.
"And I said, that isn't going to happen. I said, you're absolutely wrong. They're going to trigger when it's convenient to them.
"The only question is, is there a deal to be done up in Los Angeles? And that's where it became critical that you had people [who knew what they were talking about]. For example, I had Tim Sullivan from the Union-Tribune come to me in the middle of February and say, 'Bruce, my sources tell me that everything in L.A. has come to a dead stop, and there is no deal to be made in L.A.' And I said, well, that isn't what my sources are telling me. My sources are telling me that the Rose Bowl deal is in the final stages, and it's almost ready to come to fruition.
"And he said, 'Well, that's not what I'm hearing.' And I said, 'Well, I hope you're right, and I hope I'm wrong.' But you see, those sorts of judgment calls of what's going on in L.A. are very critical in this whole process because if you assume that the Chargers have no place to go, then they don't need to trigger. The only reason to trigger under the contract is to start a process by which the Chargers are free to leave San Diego."
MP: "The Chargers' position was that they had to use the trigger in order to begin the negotiations."
BH: "Which, of course, isn't true. As the task-force members, and as everybody who thinks about it for a second knows, two parties to a contract are always free to sit down and talk to each other and negotiate to come up with a brand-new contract.
"In the middle of January, Watson came to me and he said, 'Isn't it interesting that people like [Ron Saathoff] are now saying that, "Uh, gee, it looks like Henderson was absolutely right about the Chargers."'
"[But] the task force said, 'Well, no, we don't want to deal with that. We want to negotiate with them even if they won't give us that data. Because we believe that and that's what they want.' In other words, they just ignored the reality and said, 'Well, we want to believe that the Chargers want to stay here in San Diego.' And if I'd say, 'Well, they don't,' they'd say, 'Well, they say they do.' I get these task-force members saying, 'Well, [Dean Spanos] says they want to stay in San Diego.' I'd say, 'Well, they have to say they want to stay in San Diego under the contract!' You know, it'd be a gross breach of the contract for [Dean Spanos] to say anything else.
"You have to watch what the NFL is doing up in Los Angeles. And that's where you have to pay attention to what people in Los Angeles are saying as to who is the likely team that's going to fill that slot up there, and they're all saying up in Los Angeles it's the Chargers. So, obviously the NFL is suggesting to people up there, 'Oh yeah, we've got a team that's gonna fill the Rose Bowl, all right,' as they put this deal together at the Rose Bowl. And on the QT they're saying, 'Well, it's the Chargers.'
"All during this process, there were two sources of information. There were some Reader articles, of course, going back years particularly, where all of this had gotten laid out. And then, secondly, you could follow it in the L.A. Times. You couldn't follow it in the San Diego Union-Tribune. There was just zero coverage. Not quite zero, but as a practical matter, zero coverage. It's as though -- and again, you saw it with the task force -- they seem to be paralleling or mirroring this attitude of the task force that we will not pay any attention to Los Angeles because it doesn't fit in with what we want to believe.
"And that's why, of course, the City was caught in such shock when the Chargers triggered. Because everything had been based on the fact that 'Henderson was wrong, and we're right. Henderson doesn't know what the Chargers intend to do. We know what they intend to do. Henderson is wrong about Los Angeles. Nothing is happening up there.' Of course, we now know that claim, that nothing is happening in Los Angeles, is ludicrous.


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In the firehouse next door, water had risen to the six-foot mark. Although they were warned about the surge of water, they were unprepared when in five minutes water rose from their ankles to their chests.
Meanwhile, winds off the ocean were blowing smoke and embers from burning, mostly wood-frame houses. The fires were set off by sparks as homes filled with gas because the mains had not been turned off.
Outside night had fallen -- 8:45. The question for those in the clubhouse was: Do we stay and risk asphyxiation from the smoke or do we take on waters that appear to be receding to make our escape?
They chose the latter. Miraculously, it seemed, volunteer fire chief Marty Ingram had timed it perfectly.
But there was another potential problem. What of the volunteer fire department's two custom-made fire trucks, Big Jack and Sand Flea? Would they start up? Or would the rising salt water have flooded them?
Another miracle. The trucks started up. After dropping civilians at a market, volunteers drove Sand Flea to the promenade, where fires raged. They saved perhaps 100 homes. And there were no deaths.
This is the story of superstorm Sandy as told from the front lines by volunteer firefighter and NYPD cop Sebastian Danese, the son of retired Lt. Sebastian John Danese and nephew of the late Gus Danese, the former head of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association. The younger Danese's self-published book, "The Battle of Breezy Point," is detailed and gritty and refutes some of what the city administrators said at the time about looting. Unlike what officials said, there was plenty of looting, primarily by men arriving in small boats from Brighton Beach, according to Danese.
In all, 125 houses burned. On the second anniversary of Sandy this week, two-thirds have been rebuilt, despite what Danese said has been haggling by insurance companies, price gouging for repairs, disappointment with agencies such as the Red Cross and FEMA, and human greed.
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- The remaining (15) credits are to be earned normally in 300 and 400 level literature, cinema or media studies courses from among the offering of Comparative Literature and the following participating departments: Asian Languages and Literatures, Classics, English, Germanics, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, French and Italian Studies, Spanish and Portuguese Studies, Scandinavian Studies, and Slavic Languages and Literatures.
- One course taken in the program must focus primarily on literature written before 1800.
No course presented toward fulfillment of the 50-credit major requirements may be taken on a credit/no credit or satisfactory/non-satisfactory basis. There is no formal application procedure for declaring the Comparative Literature major; however, a minimum GPA of 2.0 is required in order to be admitted to the program.
For information on the program, contact the Undergraduate Advising Center for Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies, Creative Writing and English:
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