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April 27th, 2013 07:35 PM #21Senior Member
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That is too precious! I absolutely love the idea of siblings having a say in their little siblings' names. If the name is way out there, then it makes sense not to do it. But if you all like the name a lot and it feels right when she's born, why not? It only makes it more special that her brother named her (sort of unintentionally, but still), not less special. Lauren is not nearly as popular as it used to be. I would be pleasantly surprised to meet a baby Lauren. I also like the suggestion of Laurel, which is beautiful and less common and still inspired by your son.
I would be careful of the spelling, though. I knew a boy named Loren in high school, so if you're going with Lauren, I'd spell it that way. I'm not a fan of ys subbing in for other letters, but Lauryn at least still looks and feels like a girl's name. Just a thought. Also, I like the idea of the name Linden and the unusualness of it, but if I heard a sibset of Lyrik, Ledger, and Linden, I would be 100% sure they were all boys ... just something to think about.
Good luck! Thank you for sharing this sweet story!
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April 27th, 2013 07:48 PM #25
I think it's adorable and that it might be cool to incorporate Lauren in the name somehow, but definitely wouldn't let it dictate the actual name. There's been some pretty great suggestions already but I'll throw in Lorien.
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April 27th, 2013 08:11 PM #29
If I didn't like it, no. I wouldn't use it. Because as adorable as the story is, I still would want to LOVE the name of all of my children. I think Lauren would make a lovely MN, though, and you could pick a FN you really love. I think similar names like Laurel, Lorelei, Laura, and Elora are lovely, though, and would work well with Lyrik and Ledger.Ashley | namenerd | Christian | storyteller
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Hi, I had a problem that when I switched the lights on the rear near side along with the number plate light did not work. I called out an auto leki, he disconnected the battery, re-connected after a couple of minutes and it rebooted itself. Cost me £40 for something as stupid as that. So don`t go thinking it`s a fuse gone or a broken wire.
Submitted: 2015-04-01 | ID: 114166
Purchased the Peugeot 307 Coupe Cabriolet HDI Sport 2d last year for the wife. To be fair the car had plenty of extras (leather interior, cruise control, air con, CD etc) and was very stylish and nice to look at. The boot is impressive in size and when the roof is down it's still reasonable. BUT THAT'S THE ONLY POSITIVES about this car. We had nothing but problems with this vehicle. There were problems with the airbag light being constantly on! The drivers window did not retract sufficiently to open the door and everytime you opened it the top of the glass window 'catches' on the rubber seal around the room causing it to erode. Another fault that developed was the drivers electric window once opened went back up at a snails pace. More issues with all the windows not closing automatically once the roof was closed. Had to take the car into the Peugeot dealership as on closing the roof the boot raised up ready for the roof to fold back and it just stayed stuck up and wouldn't budge. An error message popped up "roof malfunction" if the problem persists seek attention. As the heavens had opened up I had to drive the car to the nearest Peugeot dealership which was through the local town center with the roof half up/half down with people looking and laughing! I felt like a right knob to say the least!!!!!! The visibility is very poor. On the car there were reversing censors fitted which was a good job as the wide pillars simply block your vision. The dynamics of the car had not been thought through by Peugeot. When it rains and you open the door, water 'puthers' over the front seats/into the car. The cabin trim is very poor. A piece of trim came loose and dropped off under the dash board on the passengers side. This caused a wire to dangle down. The ESP functioning fault kept flashing. The car due to being quite heavy isn't great on miles per gallon either. This has got to be one of worst cars I have had the misfortune to purchase. I wouldn't advise my arch enemy to purchase a Peugeot 307 cc. Go for a VW or Audi they may be more expensive initially but in my experience so much more reliable.
Submitted: 2014-05-31 | ID: 96584
We have just traded our 307 (purchased 11/2007) on a demo 508. The 307 gave us trouble free motoring. It was mainly a city car (Adelaide) and over the last 3 years averaged less than 10L/100km (or just better than 30 mpg). Handled well in the hills. Main gripe was having to spend AUD $1,200 (about GBP650) 12 months ago for timing belt change, as well as water pump and major service. Also 4 speed auto gearbox was a couple of speeds short. The HDI model had 6 speed auto, but we were advised that unless we were going to do lots of miles, the petrol would be more suited. This from the dealer. I'm in the local French Car Club, but the only member with a 508. Our club has lots of 404's and a couple of 406's. This Pug was extremely comfortable, my wife loved it but I wanted the 508. Not many around in our city - seem to be lots more 308/307's. Would recommend - maybe we were lucky but after a manual 406 did not want to go for another make.
Submitted: 2014-02-10 | ID: 45114
The 307 Peugeot was bought because the Focus 1.8 I had was a bit greedy on petrol, and the Peugeot is miles better being diesel. For its age this car is amazingly cheap to run, it's tax band E, and insurance group 6, and pretty comfortable doing long journeys; I have done Aberdeen and back a couple of times in it. This is the 90 bhp model, however, so it's not the fastest vehicle on the planet as the body is quite heavy, but it will cruise at reasonable speed and it's not exactly a snail either, though I find I do have to use the gearbox to get the best from it, although that is no real chore as its not a bad gearbox. On the debit side, however, the fit and finish while reasonable is nothing to write home about and inferior to the Ford's, although later Peugeots have improved and the electrics can have funny turns in very cold weather. In fairness though the car has never let me down, even starting first time with temps at -8c. I would say that a well maintained 5 door model would be the one to go for, you will find that you have comfortable, decent handling, relaxing to drive car with cheap running costs, which is good for the kind of second-hand prices these go for.
Submitted: 2013-04-28 | ID: 45113
Only positive thing, cheap insurance for a sporty looking car. To many negatives to list. Do yourself a favour, and avoid. Buy cheap, buy twice!!
Submitted: 2012-04-16 | ID: 45104
For me this car is great, I have had no problems other than normal wear and tear. I would recommend it to anyone.
Submitted: 2012-02-13 | ID: 45112
As I am a driving instructor I wanted a solid, reliable, cheap to run and comfortable car. I had previously had a 206 1.4 HDi which was a fantastic little car, clocked up 160k on the clock and required little attention. The 307 is another fantastic car, as it stands today 20/08/11 there is 136,561 miles on the clock and it's still as tight as a bolt. The only complaint I have is the dual mass clutch; they only last 30k, but I am gratefull because another driving instructor I know needs a new clutch in his Mark 6 Golf TDi every 18k, as do the Leon's! I paid £17k for my 307, with that there was full leather interior, 4 electric windows, cd changer, climate control, electric folding mirrors, cruise control and speed limiter etc. I am now in a position where I want a new car, but to get one to the same spec as my 307 it would take £24k. I think I'll stick to my 307! I go through £40 of diesel per day, and I do that 6 days a week for the past 4 years, that's a hell of a lot of driving and it never stops going at all. Highly recommended!
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Hi, I am considering this car and only have an average mileage of under £12K annual. I have heard that stop/start motoring (school runs mainly plus few extra 30 mile round trips weekly) can cause problems with particulate filters. Any feedback welcome on this model? - Jo Thompson from Oxfordshire
Hi Joe, I have had the Anti Pollution light appear on my car on a few occasions but nothing has ever happened in terms of the engine stopping on me. I am a driving instructor and the car never leaves the town unless I am driving home which takes about 15 minutes on a dual carriageway so I'm assuming that's what cleans out the FAP filter. But I definitely recommend these cars, mine is a 2007 1.6 HDi 110 Sport and the equipment level is superb as is the running costs. I looked at a few cars to replace the 307 but cannot find one which I'd be prepared to the the 307 up for, it's that good! Currently got 150,000 miles and it's going great. Hope that helps - from Northern Ireland
Submitted: 2011-08-30 | ID: 45109
This car does not even deserve 1 star!!!! I have been a rep for years and have run diesels up to 150,000 miles with no problems. I brought this car from a local dealer and it has caused me nothing but issues and money. Like one of the previous reviews my car completely lost power just as I was joining the M25 and refused to come back to life. The garage had it for over a week and I was just fed stories about 'forced regenerations' and 'changing the glow plugs', which I am now led to believe wouldn't cause an issue like that in this country. The anti-polloution light comes on at random, but eventually it won't go away, which most likely means you will need your Particle Filter changed at a cost of £600.00, but not before topping it up with diesel additive at £160.00 and if you are really unlucky you will need a new tank as the sensor in the additive tank gets stuck at the bottom so will cost you another £280.00. The latest issue I am faced with after just recently dealing with these issues is the EGR valve needs to replaced at a cost of £500.00. I will never buy a Peugeot again. I have only had the car 6 months, it has done 81,000 when I got it which I do not believe is a lot for a diesel and it should not be costing this much. All this for the sake of cutting emmisions?! This is the worse designed car I have ever had. I wish I had got a Ford.
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I think you have either bought a spud or your garage are having your pants down. None of the problems you stated are common to 307's, instead of blaming Peugeot maybe you should be blaming yourself for buying a spud or being nieve in the face of mechanics - Jeremy Hunts from England
Contrary to what has been said it is not safe to say that any given problem is not 'common to 307's' since it is a Peugeot and by definition most problems that can occur with a motor car will occur given enough examples of this half baked vehicle on the road. There is an element of luck involved with buying a Peugeot, or indeed a Citroen or Renault- there are good ones and bad ones, and it has to be said that a few are bad straight from the factory. The whole concept of an engine management system and peripheral systems interface based on digital processing causes massive problems if the algorithms can't be relied on due to badly thought out programming, or the wiring loom chafes, or the processes get corrupted by a trivial operation like disconnecting the battery without following a dubious 10 stage reprogramming procedure. Specifically on Peugeots there are very many of these problems occurring, and fault tracing is very difficult since incorrect or spurious fault codes can be generated by the on-board systems, and certain failures will not reliably trigger the correct fault code. In bad cases you would have more luck interrogating the fault diagnostics using a Ouija board. I don't believe you were excessively naive in getting this car. Just bad luck. - d philpott from Essex
Submitted: 2011-08-14 | ID: 45105
I've had the car just over a year and covered approx 25,000 miles, in which time we have had the worst winter for years. The car had no issues, starting and running at -20 for a prolonged period. It's comfortable, easy and a pleasure to drive. With the 2.0L engine this car combines the ability to be an easy going car to one that can really move and take the corners under "spirited" driving conditions! It's well equipped with cruise control/speed limiter, 5 disc changer, auto-dimming rear view mirror, auto lights, auto wipers, follow me home lights, electric folding mirrors, dual zone climate control, leather seats and the list goes on!! I fully intend to replace the 307 with a 308 when the time comes, I love this car!
Submitted: 2011-08-03 | ID: 45107
I went for a Peugeot diesel specifically because Peugeot were well known for building pretty bulletproof engines, but the 307 is a complete dog. In 18 months I have had to have a new flywheel, new clutch and new clutch release bearing, all at a cost of £900. There is a very annoying anti-pollution warning that comes on at random and limits the car to 2500RPM and nobody, even Peugeot can resolve it. The electrics are terrible. Things come on and off at random as if possessed by demons! The display for the clock/radio fades when it's sunny and the wipers often get stuck in an upright condition and can only be moved by either disconnecting the battery or main fuse. Peugeot invented a rather silly economy mode that I guess is supposed to preserve the life of the battery. If you sit in the car for 10 minutes 'Economy Mode Activated' flashes on the display (if it's not sunny and you can read it) and turns off all electrical systems. Including the hazard lights as I found out on Saturday when I was broke down on the side of the A380 because the turbo decided to implode and squirt sump oil into the combustion chamber of the engine. Needless to say I am rather unhappy with the 307 and will be holding a sacrificial burning ceremony at the weekend to finish it off once and for all.
Submitted: 2011-07-26 | ID: 45108
The Peugeot 307 is a great car with enough space for 5 persons and the car doesn't have any problems. I recommend for anyone to buy it, but I prefer the HDi becuse the 1.4 petrol engine drinks too much petrol, spend around 9 litre/100 km in city.
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Are you crazy or what? How can it consume 9l/100km and it has only a 1.4 Diesel motor? Max it could go to 6 and 6.5. Go home, you are drunk - Adi A from Albania
Submitted: 2011-05-29 | ID: 45098
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Bought my 307 in June 2002 after the engine in my 99 Focus TDDi blew up. I was going to sell the car in January 2007 for a new car but ended up keeping it and buying a new 308 2.0 HDi 140 . To this day I still have the 307 with 189,000 Miles on it and it is still tight as the day I got her. In its earlier days I had a few minor electrical problems such as the electic boot release and the horn playing up. Mechanically the car is bomb proof. I rarely drive the 308 because my wife uses it alot, but she loves it too. Overall a good sturdy, reliabily nice driving motor.
Submitted: 2011-05-03 | ID: 45100
Absolute c**p, the most unreliable and expensive car I have ever had. Buy one and you need to be committed!!!! You have been warned.

Submitted: 2011-04-19 | ID: 45101
Bought this car of a neighbour who was going to scrap it, clutch had gone. Luckily my dad is a mechanic, he had the clutch changed quickly, he said the release bearing had blown up and it looked like it had been made out of a coke can and it was a terrible design. Cuts out going through puddles, the door leaks, water drips on your head, the list goes on. Electrics are c**p, my dad says buy Ford, he has no problems.
Submitted: 2011-02-27 | ID: 45102
All in all a good car with a good fuel consumption if you drive tidy. I've had the car for three yrs with no probs and it will keep up with the other diesel cars if not pass them on the motorway. All you have to do is regularly service. Peugeot, the drive of your life........

Submitted: 2011-01-17 | ID: 45103
Got this car from new on motability for my wife. We decided on this car because at the time my wife could drive and it had enough room for 3 kids in the back but 3yrs down the line kids have grown so need bigger car now. Had trouble with the radio/cd system cds kept jamming inside and radio wouldn't pick up the stations properly took it back to dealers and they said it needed a new program, which was done and hey presto an hour after leaving the dealers it went back to jamming cds. So when it was due for its sevice I mentioned the cds again and they said it needed a new cd/ radio which was replaced. And guess what this new one has the same problems. Also got a squeaking noise everytime I turn left but they can't find a fault with it, been back 2 times but they reckon I needed new tyres on the front but that has not fixed it either. Overall as a car for driving it has been a good vehicle but not great on fuel around town but pretty good on motorways, getting a diesel next an mpv.
Submitted: 2010-12-20 | ID: 45091
Peugeot 307 1.4 petrol 2007 I bought from main dealer in Galway, and like all dealers, the aftersales is rubbish. The car itself is a good motor, which I mind and service at regular times myself and now with over 100,000km on the clock I am well pleased with this car. Would like the hand book to explain more about servicing the car and any tips on maintance would be welcome from Peugeot.
Submitted: 2010-10-19 | ID: 45093
I bought this car in December 2008 as an ex-lease with 27k on the clock as I needed a new car quick. This car was 1 year old and £10,000 cheaper than when new. Bargain I thought!! and so far I have been right (currently 50k miles). I have had no problems with this car, I drive it daily up and down the motorway and it never skips a beat, the only issue I have had is that when one of the rear bulbs goes it seems to knock about 3 more out with it!! Other than that the car is good, the engine seems strong and I drive my cars hard! In the past I have killed Fords and a Vauxhall due to my driving style but 2 years on this one and it is still going strong. So the car is good but as for the dealers... they are some of the worst I have come across. I work in the motor trade and was frankly shocked when I took my car in there for a recall on the lights, they could not get their computer to work with the car and then tried blaming me for doing something to the car. Once they got it working one of the tech's sat in my car with his foot buried to the floor with the engine revving its little heart out, they said they were de-stressing it?!?!? The service advisors were rude and I hear cleaner language from the blokes down the pub on a Saturday night than I did from them! Then it came to service time, I phoned and asked for a quote, got told a price before he even asked what car I had then would not tell me what was involved and said "Do you want to book in or not?" So I went elsewhere, to a local garage who were more than polite, used all genuine parts, explained everything that they did to the car. So overall the car has been great and puts up with all of the abuse I give it but stay well clear of the dealers!!
Submitted: 2010-09-30 | ID: 45092
Hi I would like to say my opinion about my 307 1600cc 110hp. Very good car. I have this car 8 years. I am very haappy and for right now I do not want to sell it. When new it had some small problems but the Peugoet company fix them with no argument. My opinion? If you find this car buy it.

Submitted: 2010-09-19 | ID: 45096
From 1800 miles back in 2003 this Pud has spent a total of 147 days with a main dealer who till cannot find why this car has been in limp mode for 70% of its existence. Is it the car or the mechanics?!
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My Peugeot has been in limp mode for 14 months with the dpf sign on the dash board, abs, esp, so many electrical problems. I have spent £500, replaced egr valves, removed dpf and cleaned it up and it`s got worse. I can`t even use it. It started smoking like mad and is the worse car I ever had. I will never buy Peugeot again, - keep away – Alex Begg from London
Submitted: 2010-08-11 | ID: 45094
Had so many problems with this car, bought from new, problems with ecu switch, air condit unit now radiator with only 25000 miles on the clock. I would never buy this make again all you do is pay out on it big time.
Submitted: 2010-07-13 | ID: 45097
Bought the car in 2006 from a Peugeot dealer have had trouble free motoring since then. Comfortable drive. Big problem with the bodywork; bonnet is actually bubbling with rust. I have never seen a modern car rust like this. Peugeot dealer not interested.
Submitted: 2010-06-17 | ID: 45085
Do not buy this car. I had two Diesel Rovers prior to this, between them covered 260,000 miles without major incident. I bought this car as an approved used car from a Peugeot garage, mistake No.1. Within the first two weeks the anti-pollution message came up and it went into limp mode, whilst driving, nice one Peugeot! The car had done 18,500 miles at the time and the car salesman tried to tell me this was a lot of mileage, that's a trip to Australia and back he tried to tell me. When I told him that 18.5k was not high mileage, 186,000 miles was a lot which my Rover 25 TD covered without major fault he tried to claim that someone else must have had issues with it (I had it from new!). Rear disc brakes needed replacing at £350ish because the disc are integral to the bearings! What manufacturer would design a car such that replacement of a wear and tear item would be so expensive? Peugeot! Every year the anti-pollution light has come on. Last year a local garage solved the issue by topping up the Deisel additive. This year has been a barrel of laughs. My clutch finally went this year about March time, at about 106,000 miles, no problem I thought, I had one replaced on my rover for about £400ish. I had this replaced, needed a new fly wheel, total £1152. On the plus side the garage who did it found that a suspension link arm needed replacing and did that for me (included in the £1152), for the first time since I have owned the car (just over three years) there is not a knocking noise when a drive the car( bear in mind the car was like this when I picked it up from Peugeot as an approved used car). For the first time the diesel additive minimum level message has come up, and the anti-pollution light has come up, again, there is a smell and a sucking blowing noise. My local dealer quoted £2235 to fix. which included fuel filler cap sensor, glow plugs, injectors seals, EGR valve, particulate filter replacement. The guy at the dealer told me that the particulate filter is scheduled for replacement every 72,000 miles at a cost of £740, the service book just says maintain particulate filter. He said they usually recommed leaving it until it fails. I asked why I wasn't told about this when I bought the car (I cover 72k in a 2 to 3 years), the guy just shrugged his shoulders. If i had known about this when I was buying the car I definately wouldn't have bought it! I went to an approved Peugeot repair centre and they recommended replacing the fuel filler cap sensor and the injector seals. Ok, done that and had an MOT at the same time. Car seems better at starting but now, Diesel additive message is not on and anti-pollution light has only come on once, however, it now lacks power and smoke is coming from my turbo unit, BL**DY HELL! So, to sum up, I hate this car! When the knocking noise went I started to think that maybe this could be a good car. I even looked foward to driving a car that didn't smell after having the injector seals done and imagined actually that i would be reservedly happy with the car, but I can't now. This car has been a nightmare, I have never spent so much on a car in my driving life. services are expensive! A minor service, at Peugeot, costs £214 and all they do is replace the oil and filter and do some checks!!!! I feel that Peugoet have a place in the market that they do not deserve and would never buy another french car again. I get the impression that most, if not all, modern Diesel car are fitted with a particulate filter which will need replacing at an exhorbitant cost. If your going to buy one I would recommend asking how much to replace and when it is scheduled for replacement. If Rover were still around I would have bought another one and now I am considering going back to Ford, who were always reliable. If there was an option to give this a no star rating I would have done so!

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If you buy a ford tdci chances are it's a Peugeot engine in it too! I've had my 55plate 307s 1.6 hdi 90 bhp and for 2 years now the only trouble I've had is the front discs and pads. Had changed for £80, the main dealer wanted £170 just for the parts! Buy all my service parts on ebay and all the parts have been genuine pug parts and half the cost; my local grease monkey fits it for me and I only pay for labour. Full service and all filters air, oil, and fuel for £75 with labour! My mate got the same car but a 110bhp and has had nothing but trouble new gear box flywheel clutch £1600 ouch! New sump, new head gasket £400 and now needs hid fap topped up. So he's in the same boat as you, sorry - Rob Lloyd from England
Hi there, first let me tell you I'm a mechanic, and I drive and work with a lot of different makes. I know cars are getting complicated with all these sub sytems, computers at the end all due to emissions. Is very hard and mega expensive to design and produce a car just to be rubbish don't you think?, on these days nearly all are good, I know in the past you could get them running again after just checking, points, carburettor, coil and plugs, all you needed was just with a screwdriver and a set of pliers that's all. But I remember also becoming a kind of car mind reader at the time of staring it on the cold mornings, too much choke will be flooded, then the battery will die and you will ending giving a big push down the road to get it going again, my wife never could use the choke properly back then she heated them cars!. On these days you just jump in and go very simple and your ecu will do all for you! Easy for the normal user, a bit harder to the mechanic, but if you keep up with the technology and constant changes you will be ok. of course you have to know from were the car is coming when buying and if is being serviced properly using the original service schedule and tools, (being working in several main dealers and there is just few people who knows and do things as they should, 60% of the times your car is half done by an apprentice and because they are on time bonus they omit some of the items to do to save time and earn a bit more, if don believe me go to any dealer and check they tools boxes they are all full of spares they don't fit. When I saw this I left and started working at my own! I own one of these Peugeot, I bought second hand from a genuine source with 170K on the clock yes 170.000 miles!!, replaced cambelt, w/pump and I gave it a good service, I always change the oil and filter twice a year and I'm use Castrol or similar on it, two years on and done 190K! Still going ok, not a single problem apart of the A/C in need of a recharge. is good to give some gas to them in order to keep things hot and burning as they should be, short trips are not good, and you could have loads of problems all just due to carbon build up every were!. And at last knowing cars inside out for the last 20 years, I can tell without being a fan of any particular brand! What I look in a brand is a car which evolved, a car which is being the evolution of years of customer feed back and reliability. some brands are using the same engine and power train, with some modifications and upgrades based again on reliability, I don't like brands doing radical changes they don't know how they will be, Of course if you spend 20k on a BMW you might have less problems, but you are paying for the engineering a BMW wheel bearing is designed to last almost for ever, and when you look at the they are oversized, wile on a Renault Clio they are like bicycle ones and they last around 40k, but the whole car is around 8k new!. Then you have British cars for example Rovers they are a big mix, nearly all are based on Hondas, chassis, dashboard, suspensions etc, apart from the engine, petrol ones they always goes on the cylinder head gasket!, I think they are terrific engines, but again, because they are a mix, the cooling hoses ,and radiators are badly arranged ,so is likely to go wrong just for having the coolant level low, or a hose to be over cooked for being too near of the exhaust (Freelanders etc) diesel are better because they use on some cars BMW engines, but again what fail is always the weakest point of the mixture, could be driveshaft, clutch, gearbox etc they are conversions not genuine makes, Jaguar the same used to be nice, now they use ford gear, You just need to go under on and You will see all the ford stamps on gearbox, engine, switches knobs etc. the diesel X-type uses a transit engine! Clutch and gearboxes and on the mix again something will fail! Citroen and Peugeot they use they own gear which is being in an constant evolution, but apart of all if you buy a new car and you stick to the service schedule done in a garage which does what is charging, you treat your car right (not driving like mad when cold and giving some motorway time to time) you will be ok. I'm think you bought a problem instead a car, the main dealer was the responsible, who knows from were the car was and the true history, some of them buys cars from auctions in which they estate "the mileage could be incorrect on they description. So don't give up to a nice car just spend more time when buying and making sure they are 100% genuine. Before I go a little example: I have a customer, she bought BMW mini, from a main dealer, and she paid extra to have a year free service and extended warranty. It was looking good and done only 30K from new, so on one of the "free services" they advised about a power steering pipe leaking fluid, and despite the extended warranty they quoted £400 to fix it. So she contacted me to have a second opinion, and I did, looking at it on the ramp, I found no leak, just some oil spill from the oil filter which is on the upper portion of the engine, and on these days is hard to replace without spilling, they are a cartridge type and difficult to do, anyway, the fluid on the power steering pipe was that not steering fluid and after cleaning and testing no leak was found. But after letting the car go, I checked the oil level and It was half way down, removed the air filter and was all black, full of leafs and flys and dust, even contaminated with some oil!. So ordered an air filter, and I topped the oil level up, when she came to collect it I asked her, when was the last "free service done" and she said just 2 days ago!! And it was stamped on the book! By a BMW respectable dealer!! she was very upset, I gave her the old filter and now she is trying to get some money back from them, what they done was just give a good wash she said!. So please be aware they don't do all what they charge! is impossible to have running a big business just charging like they advertise on the TV (MOT and Annual service for just £99) at the time of buying an car or service ask around ask friends and family and go for the honest garages which are recommended by real people no computer search engines!! - from England
Submitted: 2010-05-04 | ID: 45086
Peugeot 307sw 1.6 110 Bought car from 2nd hand dealear and it broke down next day. Turbo inlet pipes and air filters apparently loose. Peugeot garage replaced turbo sensor and fuel cap sensor but anti-pollution light came back the following day and usual, brilliant power still seems lacking. Chap at 2nd hand garage awesome so far, paid repair(?!) bills and apologetically even suggested we had our old car back (p.exchanged it) but we dont want to as love the 307, if only it sodding worked right! Apparently the glow plugs also b*lls up the ECU and how it runs?! Doesn't seem to make sense though, despite what Peugeot say as glow plugs simply assist cold-starts?! Any ideas?! Help!
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Glow plugs on modern diesels do much more than just assist cold starts. They perform 'post heat' which means individual plugs can operate at any time on one or more cylinders to help combustion and improve idle and ultimately, emissions - Bill Mason from England
Submitted: 2010-03-26 | ID: 45083
It was fine at first, drives great nice and powerful even with a full load. After a year it all went wrong: Turbo packed in Rear wheel bearing, another rear wheel bearing, front wheel bearing, full set of brake pads, EGR valve, fuel cap, sensor, battery, new rear discs and pads, very expensive, full hub bearing, front spring snapped, anti-pollution light coming on intermittantly, needs tyres and pretty sure turbo on way out again. In 8 months!! Too much, should have listened, don't buy French cars!!
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Whilst taking my grandaughter to Derby, the heater packed up. Got several quotes - £500 for new air con, £700-800 to fit. Found a local lad, he changed a fuse with a bright blue top fixed no prob 7.99 for fuse - Jock Keily from Staffordshire
Submitted: 2010-03-24 | ID: 45081
Purchased when 13 months old and it seemed like brand new! It's been very reliable and a pleasure to drive.. obviously not a 'boy racer' type car but not sluggish either! Passengers also seem surprised at the space inside the car and comment on the good leg room in the back. We've been very pleased with our choice of our Peugeot car and I love the Cruise Control and Speed Limiter...very useful around town and with all the speed cameras that have appeared over the years!!
Submitted: 2010-02-03 | ID: 45080
I have had my Peugeot for about three months, and I have already had to repair the horn, front passenger window switch and the indicator stalk. It seems to be all electrical stuff that goes wrong and maybe I need to be a bit more gentle with these things. As far as driving goes, it it a great car to drive. Sticks to the road beautifully and performs in all situations. I can change down a gear and put my foot down and she moves. Im pretty happy with her so far, but hope there is no more electrical 'issues' with her. I think the fuel efficiency is great for a car of this size and stature.
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I had to get the horn replaced in my old 2002 307 HDi Rapier. My local Peugeot delealership told me it was something to do with a matrix, whatever that is? Also expect trouble from the electronic boot switch/ handle, it gave me lots of trouble and so did the automatic wipers and lights. The lights would switch themselves off when I was driving in the dark sometimes. Good luck - from County Armagh
Submitted: 2009-12-21 | ID: 45089
F***! We're on our way to office, we are lucky because I drop my wife off at her office first... while I was driving on my way to work I'm on the motorway they called "killer highway" and my engine stops in the middle of this highway... I bought this car one day ago from an auto market, after one day she almost put my life in danger... I called recovery for me to go direct to the garage for checking on what exactly the problem and I was not able to report on duty because of that incident. After one week of waiting they found out that the problem is the timing belt - they changed everything - then they fixed it and the car is ready to pick up... When I checked it out, I found out that the brakes are not working... what to do? I want to be out of this problem.. I spoke to the car dealer in order to return or change the car but there is still no response.
Submitted: 2009-05-27 | ID: 45115
After weeks in the garage the steering problem has not been rectified. The garage says it is something to do with the size of the wheels (17" alloys) and that it is fine with smaller wheels. Any reasonable size bump in the road results in the steering jumping to accommodate the bump (I never have this problem with my bog standard NHS Corsa). The steering also feels as if it wants to follow the contour of the road. I have little or no faith left in the car. Anyone else experienced similar problems? BEWARE....DON'T BUY
Submitted: 2009-03-19 | ID: 45116
Maybe I was lucky, but bought this in 2004 with no experience or preconceptions of Pugs at all, & am happy to say it's been an almost trouble free nearly 5 years. Only problem has been the dreaded anti-pollution fault which went on for a fortnight. This was where I encountered my main gripe - the Peugeot dealer. I paid £80 for their all singing all dancing diagnostic test, to be told that half the fuel system was contaminated with the dodgy biodiesel I had been using & would need replacing at the princely cost of £1200!! However, on seeking a third & fourth opinion, the problem was actually confined to the fuel filter at only £120 - 3 years later, the allegedly ruined fuel system is still going strong. The car has buckets of room in the boot & the rear passenger seat. It's £35 a year to tax, & the fuel economy is still impressive at nearly 90000 miles. It's far more zippy on the motorway than a 1.4 diesel engine has any right to be. Common problem seems to be the indicator stalk sometimes not cancelling & the odd part of the carpeting working loose from under the seals - but quite frankly these are fairly minor gripes for what has been a damn good car to own. I would happily recommend a 307 to anyone, especially the diesel.
Submitted: 2009-01-07 | ID: 45117
After a year of problems with air pollution warning light coming on, losing power etc. The dealer garage that were so friendly when they sold me the car now treating me as though I am mad! Never again.
Submitted: 2008-11-05 | ID: 45120
Avoid Pug like the plague - nothing but problems from buying. Where to start with the faults?? Bought it on the Friday and on the proceeding Monday I had NO SPEEDO ELECTRICS ETC. Six months later "anti-pollution fault", limp mode mmmmmm aren't we all happy with that Peugeot gem!! Be aware that all 2.0l diesel pugs have an additive that reduces the emissions and this is a wonder £400 to fill +VAT!!! They don't tell you that when you buy it!!!! Buy at your own risk, Service and customer relations are SH1TE to say the least.
Submitted: 2008-10-20 | ID: 45121
Piece of sh*t!! Do not buy one - so many problems. Here's a few - air-bag light is on constantly, pollen-filter warning comes on when the car wants and does not drive properly when it is on, CD changer is a joke and works when it feels like it, folding mirrors sometimes don't work, passenger window works when it wants to and dealers are sh*t as well - never had a courtesy car no matter how much in advance you book - prices are a joke. NEVER BUY A PEUGEOT - NEVER BUY FRENCH - I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A FORD FOCUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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YOU SHOULD NOT BY A FOCUS. My aunt had a 2007 1.8 TDCi 125 Zetec S and it gave her tremendous trouble. Electrics gave woefull trouble and gearbox, clutch and flywheel had to be replaced after 33500 miles, They are not the car they are supposed to be - from Cheshire
Submitted: 2008-10-17 | ID: 45118
As you would expect from Peugeot this car delivers an excellent ride without the hard jarring 'sports' suspension of it's German counterparts. The diesel is the one to have as it is torquey and keen to accelerate whilst the petrol engines tend to be thrashy and feel a little underpowered lower down the rev range. High quality feel to the cabin too!
Submitted: 2007-09-04 | ID: 45122
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A story on hydraulic fracturing – written by Associate Press reporter Ramit Pushnick-Masti – ran in many newspapers in Texas and across the nation recently. The story included many inaccuracies including allegations that drilling operations "may have tainted" water wells near Fort Worth.
The case brought national attention in 2010 to the process of hydraulic fracturing, because the regional director of the Environmental Protection Agency, Dr. Al Armendariz, issued an emergency order against the company. The EPA said in a news release that the people living near the contaminated water wells were in imminent danger.
However, the facts clearly show that the water wells were not contaminated by wells drilled by Range Resources.
A variety of scientists from the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas activity in Texas, and private industry conducted extensive research of the situation, and found that the water wells were contaminated by methane gas from the Strawn formation, which is about 400 feet deep, and the water wells ranged between 120 to 200 feet deep. The wells that were drilled were fraced at more than 5,000 feet deep.
The RRC tested the water and soil around the wells, and it performed pressure tests on the wellhead of Range's two wells, which the EPA failed to conduct. The wells passed pressure tests, showing that the leak did not come from the gas wells drilled by Range. And with the total depth of the wells being more than a mile below the depth of the water wells it is virtually impossible for natural gas to migrate all the way up through one mile of solid rock to the water wells.
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They've got the money to spoil their kids rotten, but some Hollywood stars have been accused of not pulling their weight when it comes to supporting their offspring. The ENQUIRER has the scoop on some of TinselTown's ugliest child support battles. Chances are some of these guys won't be getting ties this Father's Day!
MEL GIBSON Mel was married when he got Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva pregnant. His 29-year marriage to wife Robyn fell apart, and Oksana gave birth to a daughter, Lucia, in October 2009. And that's when the REAL trouble started! The two split in 2010, and after a few brawls, Oksana filed for a restraining order. Meanwhile, Mel refused to pay child support unless she paid "rent" in the home she was living in – that he owned – but a judge put an end to Mel's shenanigans. The 58-year-old "Braveheart" star was ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars in back support and Oksana was awarded $20,000 in monthly payments. Eventually, the pair reached a settlement of $750,000 and a house.
JESSE JACKSON Civil rights activist, Baptist preacher and married father of five Jackson, 72, had a lot of explaining to do when his mistress Karin Stanford started sporting a baby bump. A breast cancer survivor, Karin was warned by doctors that the pregnancy could be life-threatening, but she went forward with it anyway and gave birth to their daughter, Ashley, in 1999. In 2012, Stanford claimed that Jackson owed her $11,694.50 in past due support. Jackson claimed he's been paying child support and reportedly went to court to formalize the $4,000 a month child support payments he was already making to Stanford.
TOM SIZEMORE The "Saving Private Ryan" star was slammed with a lawsuit in 2009 for allegedly owing a whopping $58,800 in child support for the twin boys, Jagger and Jaedon, he fathered with his former girlfriend, Jinele McIntire. And Jinele didn't pull any punches. In her lawsuit, she stated: "Tom Sizemore is a deadbeat dad!" The 52-year-old actor, who has battled drug and alcohol addiction problems that landed him in jail, also did time for belting his former girlfriend, "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss, and even allegedly punched Jinele when he visited her home to discuss his late child support payments. Jinele later went after Tom for health insurance coverage for the kids and $50,000 in attorney fees. Sizemore claimed that McIntire made up allegations against him, and that he had it on tape.
DAVID CARUSO A nasty paternity suit erupted in 2009 between the "CSI: Miami" star and his ex-girlfriend, Miami yoga instructor Liza Marquez, the mother of his two children. While Caruso, 58, was paying $25,000 a month in child support, Marquez slammed him with a lawsuit charging fraud, breach of their settlement agreement and emotional distress. They eventually settled, but the following year she claimed she was pressured into signing off on the settlement. However, a judge denied her request to set the settlement aside.
PAUL MICHAEL GLASER Glaser's ex-wife Tracy Barone went after the "Starsky & Hutch" star in 2011 for $16,000 in child support for their daughter, Zoe Anne. Even worse, Barone charged that Glaser spent very little time with the girl, seemed disinterested in her welfare and refused to pay for half of her schooling. Glaser, 71, married Barone in 1996 after his first wife Elizabeth tragically died from AIDS. Barone, who had to sell their Agoura Hills, Calif., home in 2011, filed a court action against the actor claiming that he was behind on $3,224 in child support and $13,000 in alimony. A judge ordered Glaser to pay for half of his daughter's schooling plus $3,500 in attorney's fees.
JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME The "Muscles from Brussels" action star had a stormy relationship with his fourth wife, model Darcy LaPier, but they still produced a son, Nicolas. The marriage was rocked by domestic violence and police calls, and when they divorced in 1997 after three years together, she was awarded $27,000 in monthly child support and $85,000 a month in spousal support. But Darcy later claimed that Jean-Claude, 53, skipped out on his child support payments for seven years by remaining out of the country. She also claims he cheated on her frequently during their marriage. Van Damme never admitted or denied that he stopped paying child support.
VAL KILMER "Tombstone" star Val, 54, was wed to British actress Joanne Whalley- Kilmer, his "Willow" co-star, from 1988 to 1996 and they had two children – Mercedes, 22, and Jack, 19. But in 2011, Joanne charged that he'd fallen seriously behind in his child support payments of $27,500 a month. She took out a lien on his 6,000-acre ranch in New Mexico, where he raised bison. He ended up selling it that year. It's not the first time the two squabbled over child support – Joanne also took out a lien on his home in Los Angeles in 2007, but it was removed when he paid her off.


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ISA Pharmaceuticals
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European Cancer Congress 2013
: Strong Synergies Between Cancer Vaccine ISA101 and Chemotherapy
Leiden, The Netherlands, September 30, 2013 – ISA Pharmaceuticals B.V., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on rationally designed therapeutic vaccines against cancer and persistent viral infections, today announced that it had presented novel data on its lead compound ISA101 at this year´s European Cancer Congress (ECCO-ESMO-ESTRO) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
In a preclinical mouse model of cancer, chemotherapy with cisplatin increased the therapeutic response to subsequent vaccination with an HPV16 synthetic long peptide (SLP®). While cisplatin or HPV-SLP® treatment alone increased survival, long-term survival was only achieved by combining chemotherapy with the vaccine.
These findings are further supported by a Phase I toxicity / immunogenicity study in 18 women with advanced or recurrent cervical cancer eligible for chemotherapy. Concurrent with standard chemotherapy (including carboplatin and paclitaxel), 12 patients received ISA101, a therapeutic cancer vaccine consisting of 13 synthetic long peptides from the E6 and E7 oncoproteins of HPV16. The control group (n=6) did not receive vaccination. The study demonstrates that chemotherapy does not cause lymphodepletion or suppression of cellular immune responses in patients. Patients showed shifts in leukocyte composition associated with increased dendritic cell function and improved memory T cell responses to common recall antigens. Patients treated with chemotherapy and ISA101 exhibited robust and sustained HPV16-specific proliferative T cell responses.
"We are pleasantly surprised that standard chemotherapy for late-stage cervical cancer is not immunosuppressive for T cells, and that it permits robust proliferative T cell responses to ISA101," said Cornelis Melief, Chief Scientific Officer of ISA Pharmaceuticals. "Contrary to long-held beliefs, these results demonstrate that chemotherapy combines well with therapeutic cancer vaccines."
About ISA Pharmaceuticals
ISA Pharmaceuticals B.V. is a biopharmaceutical company developing rationally designed, fully synthetic therapeutic vaccines against cancer and persistent viral infections. The company has built a proprietary vaccine platform based on the Synthetic Long Peptide (SLP®) and AMPLIVANT technologies, which permit the generation of safe and effective vaccines with a known mechanism of action. SLP® vaccines are broadly applicable to multiple targets and ideally suited as monotherapy or as essential components in combination with conventional cancer treatments.
Two SLP® vaccines are currently in clinical development: ISA101, targeting human papilloma virus (HPV) induced diseases, and ISA102, targeting p53-overexpressing tumors. Clinical proof-of-concept has been established with ISA101 in vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN), a pre-cancerous disease caused by HPV.
The company was founded in 2004 by Aglaia Oncology Fund and is based in Leiden, The Netherlands. For more information, please visit www.isa-pharma.com
About ISA101
ISA101, the lead product of ISA Pharmaceuticals, is a synthetic long peptide vaccine for the treatment of human papilloma virus (HPV) type 16 induced diseases, including cervical cancer, most ano-genital premalignant and malignant lesions, and head and neck cancer. Among others, it has been tested in women with vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN). In this study, ISA101 was well tolerated, and proved to be clinically effective with complete or partial regression of lesions in women with high-grade VIN. Clinical response was strongly associated with the induction of a robust and broad HPV-16-specific immune response. At present, ISA101 is evaluated in a Phase I/II Clinical Trial of ISA101 in patients with anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN).
The vaccine has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the EMA (2007) and the FDA (2011) for the treatment of HPV-positive VIN.
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It Must Be Belgium
With its mussels, beer and chocolate, Belga Cafe would be right at home in Brussels
Sunday, January 16, 2005; Page W31
514 Eighth St. SE (near E Street)
Open: for lunch Tuesday through Sunday noon to 3 p.m.; for dinner Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday 5:30 to 10 p.m., Friday and Saturday 5:30 to 11 p.m. Closed Monday. AE, D, MC, V. Smoking in bar area only. Metro: Eastern Market. Prices: lunch appetizers $4.95 to $11.95, entrees $7.50 to $18.95; dinner appetizers $5.95 to $13.25, entrees $15.75 to $21.95. Full dinner with wine or beer, tax and tip about $50 per person.
Looks can be deceiving, as Deborah Meyers of Columbia recently found out. The bathroom door of a restaurant she was visiting had an accessibility sign on it, and the wheelchair she was in fit through the frame. Yet she was still unable to use the facilities. "Once inside," she wrote me via e-mail, "I could not shut the door, as there was not enough room between the sink and doorway." It was just one of many such obstacles she and her wheelchair have encountered in restaurants: "hallways that become too narrow to navigate because extra chairs or excess inventory" are in the way; bathrooms crowded with restaurant supplies or "overly decorated with furniture, making them cramped"; and paper towel holders placed too high on the wall to reach from a seated position. She concluded, "An accessible restroom is more than just a couple of handrails on the wall." One useful resource for disabled diners is www.disabilityguide.org, which includes accessibility information on restaurants in Washington, Maryland and Virginia.


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WE ARE GOVERNED better when each major party has a voice in the Legislature. An equal Democratic and Republican moderate voice is best. Thus, happily, we read that the California Republican Party is trying to recover from its past.
But it is sad to see how and why we and they have suffered over the last 50 years.
It may take two new generations to erase the memory of this seeming anti-minority and female phobia. So sad.
In 1963, California passed a Fair Housing Act but only three Republicans, myself included, voted for it.
In 1964, a California Platform Committee approved sending "Negroes back to Africa." Only a quorum call prevented a final vote of the party convention.
Again in 1964, a Republican-sponsored initiative attempted repeal of Fair Housing and school desegregation.
In 1967, Gov. Ronald Reagan called for the repeal of Fair Housing. Republicans in both houses (except three) voted "aye," but we killed the bill by my not convening a conference committee before adjournment.
To his credit, Gov. Reagan signed a major "choice" bill and sponsored a 20 percent tax increase to support education. Yes, a 20 percent increase.
Then in the 1990s, Gov. Pete Wilson sponsored Proposition 187, denying all government services to undocumented immigrant Latinos.
In Marin, the county Republican Central Committee picketed our United Markets because its grocery bag pictured a 10-year old Mexican boy crossing the border to join his Marin mother.
And in 2012, presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggested the unlikely massive self-deportation of 11 million Latinos and the Republican platform would reverse Roe v. Wade, rejecting the votes of most women.
The party's base extremists had taken control — rule and ruin. It could be worse. When registration narrows, in any party, the extremist ideologues take over.
In the 1960s, Marin Republicans supported New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller over Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater, 2 to 1.
And the county rejected the repeal of Fair Housing.
Registration then was 48 percent Republican, 48 percent Democrat and 4 percent decline-to-state. Today, Marin registers 18 percent Republican and in San Francisco it is 9 percent. The almost 30 percent no-party registrants should be the recruits for a new Republican effort — they all vote in the new "Open Primary" elections system finally adopted in 2010.
Also, in Democratic districts, Republicans who reject the far right now can — and should — vote in the primary for the more moderate Democrat.
A new Republican Party should support spending control, less onerous regulation, less "Nanny" government, freer markets and should fight both the far right and the far left — and fight for all civil rights.
Equally, the Democratic Party must beware of its far left, its extreme-control folks and its anti-pension reform element — for therein lies the seeds of a Republican resurgence in California, which remains many many years away.
Bill Bagley of San Rafael represented Marin and Sonoma in the Assembly from 1961 to 1974. He served on the UC Board of Regents, many other public bodies and has practiced law for 60 years.


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The Library Resource Room supports the graduate studies and professional development programs on the SMU-in-Plano campus. It accommodates group and individual study and is equipped with computers.
Open any time the SMU-in-Plano campus is open.
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Charles Bock is a big fan of rock poster art, which led to a friendship with Chuck Sperry, one half of San Francisco's Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company. Sperry even created a release poster for Bock's debut novel, Beautiful Children, when it came out earlier this year. So when Bock found out he'd be reading with Richard Price at Central Park's Summerstage next week, he told me, "I thought, what can I do to make it special and commemorate the event. Then I thought, yeah, poster. I showed Richard Price the poster Sperry did for my book and he was totally on board."
"Coincidentally," Bock added, "Chuck also is a huge fan of Richard Price, going back to The Wanderers, and he was more than stoked to do the poster." I've tucked the full art in the backend of this post; be sure to take a look. And if you're up for seeing Bock and Price together in New York for the first time since the online literary talk show Titlepage (though they did do a panel together at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in April), head out to Central Park on July 31. And afterwards, if you go up to them with a book to sign, they'll give you a print of the poster… until they run out, that is.
And here's some bonus artwork: Leia Bell created this poster for the Beautiful Children reading tour, which Bock gave away (along with Sperry's first poster) at various events.


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Many scientists committed to naturalism claim life's rapid emergence on Earth establishes that life must be common in the universe. However, an Australian physicist, arguing from a naturalist perspective, asserts that life's rapid appearance on Earth does not prove that life is common in the universe. At least ten complex steps exist between Earth's first life form and humans, and only 3.8 billion years separates the first life form from humans. Therefore, all the steps, including life's origin, must take place rapidly on Earth regardless of the natural probabilities involved. Thus, it is unlikely that all these steps have been duplicated elsewhere in the relatively short time period the universe allows.
V. V. Flambaum, "Comment on 'Does the Rapid Appearance of Life on Earth Suggest that Life Is Common in the Universe?" Astrobiology, 3 (2003), pp. 237-239
Charles H. Lineweaver and Tamara M. Davis, "On the Nonobservability of Recent Biogenesis," Astrobiology, 3 (2003), pp. 241-243. In their reply Lineweaver and Davis incorrectly assume that the human species can remain on Earth for at least another billion years.
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April 1, 2014
Spreading Her Wings
She and my mother messaged me that her graduation is on April 3. She also tagged me in her graduation picture in FB and here it is above. She said they are not going to wear toga but some kind of a sash. I can't wait to see more of her graduation pictures! I will definitely share it here with you folks. Wink!
She's the one in light pink blouse and black slacks on the picture above. She's with her classmates as they celebrate their success after a Mock interview. She said she got 100 percent score! Good Job Sis!
She's the one on the left on this picture. I'm glad one of her friends offered to let her borrow a nice dress for her school's Seniors Convocation before they graduate. Ain't she pretty? Smile.
She's the one on the left. She is with one of her best friends. She's wearing their school's Community Health Nursing uniform.
She's the one on the very right on this picture with a pink backpack. She's wearing their school's Nursing Uniform.
She is asking prayers for her preparation and success in taking the Board Exam or Nurse Licensure Exam on May. We're all praying for her intentions. If you have a moment, please pray for her too. Thank you!
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Huge congratulations to your sister. That is quite an accomplishment and I wish her the best of luck on her exams in May!!ReplyDelete
Congratulations to your sister! What is such a fabulous accomplishment! Definitely something to be proud of!ReplyDelete
How exciting! My sister should graduate in December, it's been a very long road. She's switched majors a few times and we are all looking forward to celebrating her accomplishment.ReplyDelete
Congratulations! That is so exciting to be finished with school! Good job on putting in all that hard work!ReplyDelete
Congratulations to your sister! I will be sending her my thoughts and prayers.ReplyDelete
Congratulations to your sister! Wishing her best of luck on her exam!ReplyDelete
wow congrats on graduating and good luck on her exam.ReplyDelete
Aww many congratulations to your sister! And best of luck to her in her future carrier. xReplyDelete
Congratulations on the graduation. It must be really exciting for your younger sister.ReplyDelete
Congratulations to her! I hope everything goes well on her board exams!ReplyDelete
Congrats to her! That's always awesome when a sibling graduates.ReplyDelete
She is so beautiful. What an accomplishment, I have heard how hard nursing school is. I will pray for her to do well on her boards which I am sure she will.ReplyDelete
Congratulations to your sister I am a nurse and I graduated from a BSN program many years ago. This brings back lots of memories including taking the state boards. Good luck to your sister and I will say a prayer.ReplyDelete
Congratulations to the entire family! Cheers to her success and to more graduates in your family!ReplyDelete
That's wonderful! You are a proud sister! Congrats to her, and I wish her all the best in her careerReplyDelete
Big congrats to your beautiful sister, and hurrah that she offered thanks for those supporting her. You clearly sound proud of her, and I think that's awesome. :)ReplyDelete
Congrats to your sister! You're love for her shows.ReplyDelete
Congrats and Good Luck to her!!! I hope she does well!ReplyDelete
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About A Crucial Catch
The NFL, its clubs, players, the NFL Players Association, and the American Cancer Society are committed to saving lives from breast cancer and addressing the unequal burden of cancer in underserved communities.
Our campaign, "A Crucial Catch," in partnership with the American Cancer Society, is focused on the importance of regular breast cancer screenings. Throughout October, NFL games will feature players, coaches, and referees wearing pink game apparel, as well as additional on-field and in-stadium branding -- all to help raise awareness for this important campaign. Much of the apparel worn at games by players and coaches, along with special game balls and pink coins, will be auctioned off at NFL Auction, with proceeds benefiting the American Cancer Society's Community Health Advocates implementing Nationwide Grants for Empowerment and Equity (CHANGE) program.
Since 2012, CHANGE grants have been awarded to community partners to provide education, outreach, navigation and access to cancer screening within communities experiencing an unequal burden of cancer. These community partners have provided more than 260,000 outreach and education engagements and have contributed to more than 120,000 breast cancer screenings provided at low or no cost. This life-changing work continues in 2016 with the goal of providing breast cancer education and screening resources to even more women. Prevention and early detection programs such as the CHANGE grant program bring us closer to the vision of a world free from the pain and suffering of breast cancer.
A Crucial Catch Day
On Tuesday, October 25, 2016 grant-funded community health system partners are teaming up with the American Cancer Society and the NFL to launch their third nationwide breast cancer event -- A Crucial Catch Day -- to provide breast cancer education and free or low-cost screenings within underserved communities.
About Grant Recipient Communities and Their Events
The following grant-funded communities will provide outreach, education, and breast cancer screenings on Tuesday, October 25: Asbury Park, NJ; Atlanta, GA; Aurora, IL; Baltimore, MD; Casa Grande, AZ; Cincinnati, OH; Cleveland, OH; Dallas, TX; Dunkirk, NY; Englewood, CO; Fremont, CA; Houston, TX; Indianapolis, IN; Jacksonville, FL; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; Milwaukee, WI; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA; Olathe, KS; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Ossining, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; Renton, WA; San Diego, CA; San Jose, CA; St. Paul, MN; Spartanburg; SC; Taylor, MI; Washington, DC; and Worthington, MA.
Once again, in 2016, youth and high school teams around the country will support A Crucial Catch with fundraising events at and around their games.
Overview of the NFL's Fundraising Efforts for the American Cancer Society
Since 2009, the first year of the NFL's "A Crucial Catch" campaign, the NFL's work has raised nearly $15 million for the American Cancer Society, with the majority of the contribution coming from the sale of Breast Cancer Awareness-identified pink merchandise at retail and via the NFL Auction website. The NFL does not profit from the sale or auction of breast cancer awareness-identified ("Pink") merchandise. Beginning with the 2011 season, money raised via the "A Crucial Catch" campaign has supported the American Cancer Society's Community Health Advocates implementing Nationwide Grants for Empowerment and Equity (CHANGE) program. This program promotes health equity and addresses cancer screening disparities through community based cancer prevention and early detection programs that increase access to breast cancer screenings. The program officially launched in 2012 within 17 communities across the country (each within 100 miles of an NFL city) where data showed that the population had lower breast cancer screening rates and higher mortality rates relative to other communities. In 2016, communities near each of the 32 teams will receive CHANGE grant funding.
Additional Details:
1. NFL Auction: 100% of the sales price of Pink products auctioned on NFL Auction goes directly to the American Cancer Society (ACS).
2. At Retail: 100% of the NFL's proceeds from Pink product sales go to the American Cancer Society.
Background on Retail/Licensed Product:
- All NFL Pink product is produced by official NFL licensees. As NFL licensees, such companies pay a royalty (% of wholesale sales) to the NFL when selling officially licensed products to retailers worldwide. The NFL receives payment of that wholesale royalty once licensees sell their respective NFL licensed products to distributors and retailers (i.e., the royalty is not based on retailers' consumer-facing prices in-store or online).
- The NFL does not retain any profits generated by royalties received due to the sale of Pink products. All dollars are donated to ACS.


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Back in the 'speaking saddle'…
… that's right folks, despite being a dreaded vendor, I have recently spoken at the UCISA Using Social Media For Training event at the kind invitation of the lovely Gillian Fielding. Gillian and I met several months ago and discussed potential subjects and settling upon me looking at the use of YouTube, whilst other facilitators delved into other areas. As always, I'd like to share my 'take aways' from the sessions that I attended, as well as the content from within my session. Sue Beckingham – Looking in from the outside: Developing your own windows of opportunity using Social Media. Sue delivered a great session that I'm sure would have had a HUGE impact on those individuals who were still debating/in the tentative stages of using Social Media. The takeaway for me from this session, wasn't the content as such, it was the way that Sue delivered that content using Infographics – which Helen Keegan has done a good job of capturing here. Thanks for the inspiration Sue! Matthew Stephenson – Legal and Policy implications of Social Media I have to be honest here and say that I didn't enjoy this session. Whilst I understand that there are implications of using Social Media incorrectly and for that very reason it is important to provide a balanced view during an event such as this, I felt that this particular session involved a lot of scaremongering, which I actually tweeted and which attracted quite a few ReTweets Some scaremongering taking place here. Suggestions that no1 should push boundaries & should wait for 'top down' direction #UCISASoMe18/04/2012 12:28 via Osfoora HDReplyRetweetFavorite@CraigTaylor74Craig Taylor the notion of not pushing boundaries and waiting for 'top direction' seems very 'old school thinking' to me and I hope didn't put any of the attendees off! Gillian Fielding – Facebook for Facilitating Gillian took us on a whistlestop journey of a recent 'QR codes' course that she had facilitated in Facebook and the successes and challenges that this had brought. We were then asked to discuss whether the constant changes and updates to Facebook (which, unlike an LMS are obviously out of your control) meant that this platform was unsuitable as a VLE/LMS. Having had some time since the event to reflect upon this question, I feel that as long as the changes/updates haven't lost any content and still allows the learner to interact with that content then it's not really a big deal. Let's be honest, there will be a few reasons why you are choosing to use Facebook and as long as one of those reasons is because that's where your learners eyes are then the chances are they have already cottoned onto the changes (as happened with the recent Facebook Timeline changes) Yours Truly – Using YouTube for Training Given that it would be somewhat ironic to attempt to do deliver my sessions content without using YouTube coupled with the fact that I only had 30 mins to facilitate my session I decided to record and publish a number of YouTube videos focussing on some 'less obvious' uses of YouTube and encourage attendees to view them in advance, interact with them and then use them as a catalyst for conversations during the the f2f session itself – a 'flipped' approach if you will! My greatest concern over doing this, was that the attendees may not have taken the time to view the content ahead of the session, however of the approx 50 people that attended my session (split over 2 x sessions), only 2 or 3 people had failed to viewed the videos in advance. I've no...Read More
On the bus….
… off the bus, is probably how I would describe the last few months, in relation to a few speaking gigs I'd had lined up. Between August and December of last year I was fortunate enough have been asked to speak at a number of events in 2012 on the subjects of: Getting started with mobile learning Getting the most from the Learning Technologies you already have Needless to say, I was very excited at the prospect of this and started to do some tentative prep work. However the early part of 2012 brought some disappointing news. One of the events 'people' contacted me to let me know that given my "change in circumstances", I would no longer be able to facilitate my session????? When I dug (and believe me, I had to dig) for what exactly my "change in circumstances" was I discovered it was because I was now a 'vendor'! Despite my assurances that the content of the session in absolutely no way was designed to sell a product/service etc (in fact it was all about using the tech you already had) it was to no avail, I was out on my ear! Not to worry, I still had my second session to look forward to…… ….. that was until about a week later I got an email to say that 'due to unforeseen circumstances' I would be unable to speak at that event too – I don't think I need to tell you what the unforeseen circumstances were. Again, had I been trying to flog a product or a service, then I could've understood, but it was a completely tool/platform/vendor agnostic session, that would've helped people maximise their learners 'own' mobile devices. But the purpose of this blog post isn't to whinge about those instances, but to let you know that I have been asked to speak at a forthcoming UCISA event on the subject of 'Using YouTube For Training' with the full knowledge of the organiser that I am "dum, dum, dummmmmm" a vendor!!!! I'm really excited about the prospect of this for a couple of reasons It's for an audience that I haven't specifically worked with before Given the nature of the subject I've been given, it will really allow me to play around with the 'growing in popularity' idea of the 'flipped classroom' by delivering the raw content via YouTube itself. More on this in a future blog post… Image...Read More
Gearing Up For Learning Live
A few months ago Don Taylor asked me to facilitate a session at the IITT's Learning Live conference, a request that (as always) I jumped at for a number of reasons; there are the obvious ones: An opportunity to meet up with colleuages who I have only ever interacted with online To meet new people and further enhance my network To attend (for free!) some fantastic looking sessions facilitated both by people I know, trust and respect as well as some people who I do not (yet) know To showcase my skills amongst the wider industry But there is an additional reason that may not be obvious and may not be everybody's 'raison detre' for speaking at conferences and workshops and it is this It challenges me to 'do' and 'be' something different. As regular readers will know the opportunities for me to show my passion and interest in this area are restricted within my organisation so any opportunity to do so to a like-minded group of people is not only seized upon, but I guess it also acts as a testing ground for all the things that I am unable to do within my normal working day. Not only do I want the content of the session to resonate with the attendees who have (very often) paid good money to attend these conferences, but I also want the audience to leave with some additional ideas as to how to facilitate sessions and workshops in a different manner, a 'meta' session within a session if you like. I always find that a reliable way of doing this is to add a great deal of interactivity within the session and in particular within the navigation of the session. Now this can be a little tricky to do as you are essentially stepping away from the linear type of presentation that we all know, that is easier to put together and to a large degree is 'safe'. I have in the past even managed to tell a story using a non linear approach and allowing the audience to choose wether they wanted the beginning, middle or end bit and in what order – and it worked!!! For Learning Live I have once again chosen to take a non linear to the session but this time I have decided (or as I have never done this before it may be accurate to say 'gambled') to take the navigation off the screen as I have previously done and bring it physically into the classroom, but to then take any decision that the audience makes and put it back onto the screen…… …… sound complicated? Well actually it isn't and if you're attending my session at Leaning Live then you'll see (fingers crossed) how it all works – who knows it may give you some ideas in the future??? As a little clue as to how I'm going to work the navigation aspect here is a short video that I have made to 'set up' my forthcoming session See you in...Read More
So there I was, wandering around YouTube, minding my own business….
…. when I stumbled upon the 'edit video detail' toolbar at the top of the page. Now I had seen this previously and had chosen to ignore it as my video editing is done in either Flipshare or more recently in Windows Movie Maker. What an oversight on my behalf!!! Within the video editing options there is an option to add annotations. Now this in itself is nothing startling as many video editing tools allow you to annotate on top of the video footage, but what this allows you to do is to add a 'spotlight' on top of anything that is being shown in the YouTube footage. This spotlight (imagine a hot spot) will then allow a URL (including another YouTube video) to be added to it. This then allows your YouTube video to become interactive in so far as the viewer can be steered towards making a choice which then jumps them from one YouTube video to another to another etc etc depending upon their choices. For a far more in-depth account as to how to do this then check out this blog post. Of course I almost fell over myself in an attempt to try this out so I hope you'll all be able to see past the poor lighting and dodgy camera angles to the real potential that this approach to using YouTube can bring. My only niggle at this moment in time is that upon completion of the clip it jumps (as any YouTube clip does) to a 'related videos' window, this in turn stops the viewer from making any on-screen selection at the end of the clip, so it prevents the viewer from being able reflect upon the available choices. Confused? Then try watching the following short clip without making any selection and you'll see what happens at the end of the video. Then you can replay the video and start taking part for real… So what do you think? Is this something you could use? If so, what...Read More
Guess who's back, back again…
Craigy's back, tell a friend (if you're not an Eminem fan, then this blog title was wasted on you!) As you will have spotted by now, I have been absent from my Blog for a couple of weeks, admittedly some of that absence has been down to the fact that I have been moving to this self-hosted WP site, which I am hoping will 'futureproof' some of the ideas that I want to take forward and also to be honest, it's been Christmas and I've been a bit lazy!!! But we're half way through January so it's about time I pulled my finger out and started putting fingers (both index ones only) to keyboard. Here are a few of the blog entries I have got lined up over the next few weeks: Overview of a storyboarding session that I have arranged to be delivered by Julie Wedgwood. Reflections on my first use (as a facilitator) of Elluminate My 'alternative' view to the Learning Technology Trends To Watch In 2011 post. Reflections on my participation of a Virtual Classroom facilitators workshop facilitated by Onlignment. A little look at something quite……. special, that I have discovered in YouTube. Commentary on my progress through an online Rapid eLearning Development programme If you haven't already added this new web address to your subscriptions/aggregator, then make sure you do as I don't want you to miss...Read More


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Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011 | 7:22 p.m.
WASHINGTON — Looks like Republicans aren't the only party infighting over the issue of payroll tax cuts.
Nevada Democrats gunning for the House of Representatives in 2012 have been having a field day watching from home as the payroll tax and unemployment insurance debate plays out in Washington, and throwing blame from the sidelines at incumbent Republicans angling against a bipartisan interim extension of the expiring programs.
But now, one of the Democrats running for Nevada's 1st Congressional District has brought the fight within party lines.
"I am glad to see that Dina Titus has changed her mind and now says she supports cutting payroll taxes for Nevada workers. Just a few months ago she adamantly stated on the radio that there were more important priorities than extending payroll tax cuts," said Dan Chavez, a spokesman for state Sen. Ruben Kihuen's congressional campaign. "I guess that was when she was planning to run in another district. It's a flip for Dina and a flop for families."
Kihuen is the current underdog in a fight to represent the 1st District, where he's facing off former 3rd District congresswoman Dina Titus for the Democratic nomination. The only poll of the race thus far — one commissioned by the Titus campaign — puts him at 11 percent to her 77 percent.
Titus put out a release at midday Wednesday calling on House Republicans "to quit playing partisan politics and reconvene to pass the middle class tax cut" or else "Nevada families will see a tax hike on January 1st at a time when they can least afford it."
The Kihuen campaign is basing their charge on a September interview Titus did with the Las Vegas Sun, in which she expressed concerns about President Barack Obama's jobs plan proposal's payroll tax cut plan.
"I don't think people realize what the payroll tax is, is a payment into Social Security," Titus said in September. "That money might be better spent on infrastructure … if you extend the payroll tax now, that's a cost."
The payroll tax cut under Obama's proposal was actually an expansion of the existing tax cut for workers and a new initiative for employers: it would have lowered the rate from the standard 6.2 percent to 3.1 percent for workers' salaries up to $106,800 and employers' payrolls up to $5 million. (The current, cut payroll tax rate that would be extended by the compromise bill is 4.2 percent.)
Obama's proposal was not paid for. Current proposals shift money from the general fund to cover the loss to Social Security; the sticking point is where exactly the money being shifted should come from. Democrats want to bring in fresh funds through a millionaire's surtax; Republicans want to increase Medicare premiums for millionaires, freeze salaries for the federal workforce and eliminate some government jobs.
That still is money that could be used to pay for things other than replenishing Social Security. Titus would not be the only Democrat to have expressed concerns about the precedent that expanding payroll tax cuts set for Social Security; it's a sentiment Senate Democrats have expressed as well — though most in the end voted for the compromise bill that passed 89 to 10.
But Titus's campaign manager says Kihuen's charge is misrepresentation of the facts: she voted for the current payroll tax cut in 2010 when she was in Congress, and tweeted weeks ago that she was in favor of extending them as presented in the current Democratic proposals.
"They're trying to stir up controversy that's not there," campaign manager Jay Gertsema said. "It just doesn't make any sense."
Meanwhile John Oceguera — who came out swinging with statements and press conferences on the payroll tax bill more than 24 hours before Titus — has been keeping up the steadiest cannonade of criticism, his focused on Republican Rep. Joe Heck, who he's trying to unseat from the 3rd District in 2012.
"Make no mistake, Joe Heck's refusal to pass [the short-term bill] is a tax hike on Nevada's middle class," Oceguera said. "It's a tax increase on 1.2 million working Nevadans, and 160 million folks across the country."
Heck has maintained that he objects to the compromise because a two-month bill is a raw deal, and Congress should pass something longer-term.
"To do it for two months, what happens to that person who in February is looking for employment, what are they going to do? They don't have a guarantee of their next unemployment check," Heck told the Sun this week. "You can't do patchwork in two month increments, that's been the problem with this ... it basically pulls the rug out from underneath Nevadans."


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Despite the end of the "Cold
War", the threat of nuclear war, or the explosion of a
nuclear device exists today. A number of states possess
nuclear devices, and are considered at high risk of
deploying them. No one can say that a nuclear event, by a
state, or terrorist group is unlikely. The risk remains as
significant today as it did during the Cold War.
On April 13, 2012,
President Obama, spoke at the 47-nation
Nuclear Security Summit in Washington
with a warning about the potential of nuclear terrorism.
The president says al-Qaida and other terrorist groups are
trying to acquire nuclear material, and must be stopped.
"Two decades after the end of the Cold War, we
face a cruel irony of history: The risk of a nuclear
confrontation between nations has gone down, but
the risk of
nuclear attack has gone up," Mr. Obama said.
Nuclear terrorism by non-state organizations is an unknown
factor in nuclear deterrence thinking, as states
possessing nuclear weapons are susceptible to retaliation
in kind, but sub- or trans-state actors are not. The
collapse of the Soviet Union led to the possibility that
former Soviet nuclear weapons might become available on
the black market (so-called 'loose nukes'), while no
warheads are known to be have been mislaid, it has been
alleged that suitcase-size bombs might be unaccounted for.
A similar threat may exist via dirty bombs, where since
the 9/11 attacks the fear of terrorist groups using dirty
bombs has increased significantly. The present assessment
of the possibility of terrorists using a dirty bomb is
based on cases involving one terrorist organization,
namely Al-Qaeda. This is because the attempts by this
group to acquire a dirty bomb are the most well-described
in the literature, in part due to the attention this group
received for their involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
A study presented at the annual meeting of the American
Geophysical Union in December 2006 asserted that even a
small-scale, regional nuclear war could produce as many
direct fatalities as all of World War II and disrupt the
global climate for a decade or more. In a regional nuclear
conflict scenario in which two opposing nations in the
subtropics each used 50 Hiroshima-sized nuclear weapons
(ca. 15 kiloton each) on major populated centers, the
researchers estimated fatalities from 2.6 million to 16.7
million per country. Also, as much as five million tons of
soot would be released, which would produce a cooling of
several degrees over large areas of North America and
Eurasia, including most of the grain-growing regions. The
cooling would last for years and could be
"catastrophic" according to the researchers.
Nuclear winter is a predicted climatic effect of nuclear
war. It has been theorized that severely cold weather and
reduced sunlight for a period of months or years could be
caused by detonating large numbers of nuclear weapons,
especially over flammable targets such as cities, where
large amounts of smoke and soot would be ejected into
the Earth's stratosphere. The nuclear winter scenario
predicts that the huge fires caused by nuclear explosions
(particularly from burning urban areas) would loft massive
amounts of dark smoke and aerosol particles from the fires
into the upper troposphere / stratosphere. At 10-15
kilometers (6-9 miles) above the Earth's surface, the
absorption of sunlight would further heat the smoke,
lifting it into the stratosphere where the smoke would
persist for years, with no rain to wash it out. This would
block out much of the sun's light from reaching the
surface, causing surface temperatures to drop drastically.
To help resist this form of catastrophe, the Vivos
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• 3-bars of blast
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The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army (Compact Disc, Abridged)
Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army
Random House Audio, 9780739385081
Publication Date: October 13, 2009
They were four exceptional soldiers, a new generation asked to save an army that had been hollowed out after Vietnam. They became the Army's most influential generals in the crucible of Iraq. Collectively, their lives tell the story of the Army over the last four decades and illuminate the path it must travel to protect the nation over the next century. The careers of this elite quartet show how the most powerful military force in the world entered a major war unprepared, and how the Army, drawing on a reservoir of talent that few thought it possessed, saved itself from crushing defeat against a ruthless, low-tech foe. In The Fourth Star, you'll follow:
H Gen. John Abizaid, one of the Army's most brilliant minds.
H Gen. George Casey Jr., the son of the highest-ranking general to be killed in the Vietnam War.
H Gen. Peter Chiarelli, an emotional, take-charge leader who felt the sting of the Army's failures in Iraq.
H Gen. David Petraeus, a driven soldier-scholar. When he finally got his chance in Iraq, he changed the Army's conception of what was possible.
The Fourth Star ranges far beyond today's battlefields, evoking the Army's tumultuous history since Vietnam through these four captivating lives.
About the Author
Greg Jaffe is the Pentagon correspondent at the Washington Post and previously held the same position at the Wall Street Journal.
Praise For The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army…
"Cloud and Jaffe are gifted writers, who use their access to these senior commanders to good effect. They provide a lively, personalized account of the successes and setbacks of the four highly able and ambitious servicemen as they climb the military career ladder.
Cloud and Jaffe have produced a worthwhile and fascinating account packed with many insights about officership, promotion and command in the army and civil-military relations."--The Washington Post Book World
"A sparkling account of today's U.S. Army–a work of art that offers novelistic details but also carries the impact of well-reported fact. I learned something on nearly every page, and much of it astonished me. This is the best book I've read on the military in a long time."
—Thomas E. Ricks, New York Times bestselling author of Fiasco and The Gamble
"Important and illuminating . . . sheds light on the epic struggle now being waged within the U.S. military over whether to heed the hard lessons of the past eight years or bury them in the same forgetfulness that marked our post-Vietnam years."
—Linda Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me How This Ends and Masters of Chaos
"Compelling . . . Cloud and Jaffe provide us with an insider' s view of the war, drawn from remarkable access to the men who designed the battlefield strategy. . . . The Fourth Star is an eye-opening portrait of today's Army and the four men who have done more than any of their generation to shape it."
—Rajiv Chandrasekaran, author of the National Book Award finalist Imperial Life in the Emerald City
"If you care about winning tomorrow's wars, then read this book. . . . Jaffe and Cloud draw intimate portraits of four members of the Army's high priesthood, and the implication is clear: The future of the Army is up for grabs."
—Nathaniel Fick, author of the New York Times bestseller One Bullet Away
"A fascinating, intimate look at the men who are leading our wars and trying to change America's largest institution, the U.S. Army. A must-read for students of history, leadership, and engrossing prose."
—Dana Priest, Pulitzer Prize—winning author of The Mission
"This book will provoke envy, if not plain awe. The fact is, the Army gets it: The best do rise to the top, and the chosen few are not all the same. Too bad Wall Street didn't follow the four in this book."
—Bing West, author of No True Glory and The Strongest Tribe