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The cost of maintaining a home and appliances is often a major deterrent for those debating whether to rent or purchase a home. The unexpected expense of fixing leaky gutters and broken dishwashers can be budget breaking if it comes at the wrong time of month. Not to mention it's a huge pain.
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Chico State's Study Abroad office offers Peer Advisors as an incredible asset to students looking to learn more about traveling in their choice country by someone who has actually experienced it. April is the advisor for the Czech Republic and Russia programs offered, and studied abroad in Prague during spring 2009. I had prepared a list of specific questions and general inquiries to ask April when I went to meet with her on Monday. After showing me a video that she had put together of her stay, I proceeded to bombard her with my list. Here's what information I gathered on my most recent reconaiscence mission. The Housing Situation:- They will be furnished flats/apartments shared with either 1 or 2 other people
- Of the 2 bedrooms, 2 students in 1 room and 1 has their own room.
- There is usually one bathroom and each flat has a washer
- There is a kitchen with dishes and food storage
- Sheets and towels are provided
- April recommended bringing a laptop because the lab and library are on campus, not in the "dorms", but said that it wasn't required to bring one
- Bring multiple memory cards and back them up on your laptop or online often
- Must bring own adapters and transformers
- She brought her unlocked Blackberry abroad and just bought a Czech prepaid SIM card to insert into it
- She brought along a backpacker's backpack for traveling on weekends or holidays
- She left her stuff that she didn't bring traveling in her flat
- She seemed to think that the insurance covered just about everything, similar to traveler's insurance
- While she never had to use it, her friend did and her doctor's visits were covered
- She thinks that you pay up front at the visit and then keep your receipts to be reimbursed by the insurance
The Real Reason: Why Chicago Failed To Win The Olympics
Actually, it's not Chicago's fault. Nothing more could have been done. Nothing legal at least.
AIG won't cough up cash due to Miracle on the Hudson Survivors
http://finance.yahoo.com/insurance/article/107188/aig-balks-at-Claims-from-jet-ditching-in-hudson For the first couple of days after his flight ditched into the Hudson River, Paul Jorgenson was just glad to be alive. But then he started to need his laptop, his wallet, his car keys -- all the essentials he had stowed under his seat and left behind in the sinking plane. A pleasant woman at US Airways told him not to worry; he would be made whole for his losses.Winds of Change?
Winds of Change? Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times Thomas L.Funky spin on 60's Twiggy eye
Well, I was thinking of doing a natural eye today, and it turned out I was not feeling natural at all, so I spiced it up.
I was inspired by a look I saw on an old Vogue cover shot by Nick Knight years ago. Kate Moss was wearing this Twiggy like eye line just above her crease and it stayed in my head for years but never dared to do it, until today.
Keep, Toss or Tailor: Faux Snake Skin Skirt
My mom's cleaning out her closet when we came to this skirt. I asked for it initially thinking I'd use the fabric as a laptop cover or sew it into a bag. When I wore it though, I liked how it fell down my knees as a dress.
I need a laptop bag! Anyone feel like Fab Finding for me?
I'm tired of lugging around my gigantic, cumbersome, ugly laptop bag with my company corporate logo on it.
Notice the chunk that the dog chewed out of it. Stupid dog.
For frugalists, bargain hunting is a lifestyle
For frugalists, bargain hunting is a lifestyle For these extreme anti-consumers, your trash is their food, furniture http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24879628 By Allison Linn, Senior writer,MSNBC updated 2:39 p.m. ET, Tues., June. 3, 2008 For Rebecca, browsing Dumpsters also is a way to protest the country’s rampant consumer culture.Britney Article In Blender Magazine
First of all, no that is not Britney on the cover - It does say in small print "Truthlessness alert: This cover image is a composite photos. Britney did not pose for that photo. That, sadly, is not her body."
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