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They're BAAACK. Shelter Development, LLC whose proposal earlier this year to construct a Brightview Senior Living facility in conjunction with a parking garage in the downtown area stirred months of controversy before being defeated at the polls and at Town Meeting, has filed a new application for a 137 unit assisted living facility at approximately […]
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Galvin demolition conjures ghosts of schools past Watching the big yellow CAT's giant claw rip through the old Galvin Middle School last week, one couldn't help but wonder – if those walls could talk, what would they say? (Besides "Get that damn machine away from me!") They don't build them like they used to. The […]
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A Fistful of Dollar Stores
Economic revitalization of downtown areas is usually aimed at sprucing up what's already here through things like improved, uniform signage and dressing up storefronts as well as attracting the kinds of new businesses that reflect the quaint, warm and homey small town feel that we either remember from our childhoods or have seen on postcards […]
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Pleasure Island: 1959-1969
New book on legendary Wakefield, Massachusetts Amusement Park "It's been highly rewarding," says local author Bob McLaughlin of writing his second book on famed local amusement park, Pleasure Island, published this month by Arcadia. The best part, according to the affable Water Street resident, was getting "to meet a lot of people I never would […]
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Like other secular national holidays, Independence Day brings its share of reminders of the "true meaning" of the holiday. Enjoy your three-day weekend, we're told, but take a moment to think about why we observe the day. This seems especially appropriate on Memorial Day and Veterans Day, when we pay tribute to those who fought […]
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Immovable Objects
For the first time in living memory peddlers in Wakefield, MA are being asked to abide by the town's regulations. But from the reaction, you'd think that instead of being asked to move 100 feet every two hours they were being forced to run the gauntlet. Contrary to popular belief, local regulations have always indicated […]
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Are You Alive?
I am alive and well! Thanks for coming by and taking the time to read my blog! The trees are popping here in Western Massachusetts and the weather is perfect. It's over 60 degrees with bright sunshine everyday as far ...Read More »
Where's Jeremy This Weekend?
Coming out to the World Championships this weekend in Louisville, Kentucky? If you're not, you definitely should get there as soon as possible! If you are in town, and you want to know where you can find me this weekend, ...Read More »
A Tale of Two Knives
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A Day in Roubaix
I had a couple of requests to write a more in depth report from yesterday's World Cup in Roubaix. Because the trip to France was so short, Sam and Behind The Barriers wasn't there, so i wanted write a blog ...Read More »
CrossVegas Replay
You may have heard CrossVegas was this week. If you missed out on the live broadcast, check it out here!Read More »
Here Comes 'Cross!
Cross season is starting and that crisp morning air when you wake up is what I live for. Nothing like having a cup of coffee with the cool weather outside. I just wish this season – with 50 degrees in ...Read More »
Road Season and CX Camps!
It's been a while since my last update! If you don't follow my Facebook or Twitter accounts it probably seems like I fell off the face of the earth. BUT… fear not, I didn't! There's been tons of racing and ...Read More »
Koksijde World Championships Bar Cam Footage
Check out some footage of the Koksijde World Championships course, plus a little extra bonus footage to show what riding along on that course is really like!Read More »

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- KaimukiMan Oct 17, 2013 05:51 PM
Saw this on Facebook. I'm sure it rings true in a lot of ways to a lot of people from what you bought at the store and brought home to how you prepped, cooked or stored some food. My own favorite was forgetting to tell someone NOT to store things in the oven, then turning the oven on without checking it first. I knew full well that his family never used the oven and routinely kept things in there when they wouldn't fit elsewhere. Sort of a revolving overflow bin. I know others who do the same with the dishwasher - although thats less prone to an accidental use.
re: foodcompletesme
If you click on the photo, can you read it?
re: c oliver
oh yes, thanks.
that is hysterical. and sad.
re: foodcompletesme
Well, without a doubt the husband was quite a smartass. Peel half the potatoes, indeed!
re: Tripeler
Seriously, I don't think he was being a smartass!! Some guys are just too logical and literate for me. :)
I know I've posted this before, but when Mrs. ricepad was younger (preteen, I think), she was helping her mother unload the groceries after a shopping trip. Her mom asked her to "pick all the brown spots out of the apples before you put them away." Mrs. ricepad was pretty baffled by this request, and asked her mom to repeat herself. Her mom said, "I always pick the brown spots out of the apples." So...Mrs. ricepad dutifully got a paring knife and dug all the brown flecks out of the apples until they looked like they'd been blasted with a 12 gauge at 20 paces.
About the time she was finishing with the apples, her mom looked over and saw the pocked apples, and just about had a fit. It turns out that the 'brown spots' to which she had been referring were the shriveled remnants of the flower blossoms, not skin imperfections.
re: ricepad
ohhh... too funny. that was even better than the potatoes.
and as to the potatoes picture, i think it was a "left brain" in action, not a smart ass. (and if that means nothing to someone, google "jeanne robertson, grocery store")
re: KaimukiMan
"They had avocadoes."
re: John E.
That's the punch line to the story of the hubby who is sent to the market with specific instructions:
"Buy a gallon of milk and if they have avocadoes get six."
When wifey asks: "why did you buy six gallons of milk?"
He says: "They had avocadoes!!"
re: KaimukiMan
Oooooh, that's hysterical! I laugh myself silly every time the story of 'the shopping list' comes onto the radio. Here's a link if you've never heard it...
That's hilarious !
OK, this isn't 100% a mis-communication thing, but sort of falls into the "guys' logic" faux pas category. A friend of mine once had her boyfriend babysit a neighbor's 2 yr-old while she (my friend) and the neighbor went out for the evening. Feeding the toddler was part of the BF's tasks. When my friend returned to her home, she saw a bunch of Chinese takeout containers lying around, still full of greasy meaty and deep fried dishes. Shocked that he fed the toddler such inappropriate unhealthy foods, she gave him an earful of what a nimwit thing it was for him to do. To which he vehemently countered: "but the kid's CHINESE !!!"
Many many moons ago, when I was in junior high, we had a world cultures class. One assignment was to find/prepare a dish from our assigned country. I don't recall what my assignment was, nor do I recall what "Bob's" country was (name changed to protect the innocent. But when Bob's turn to present came, he walked us through his recipe. Then he got to the point where the recipe said to stir the mixture by hand, but he wouldn't recommend that as the mixture was *really* hot (as it had just been heated on the range in the previous step). Gotta' say though, he was obviously a trooper.
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Years ago, my non-cook sister made a doozy of a cooking error. She was complaining to my mother about not having any ideas about what to cook. My mother suggested Bisquik oven-fried chicken. My sister thought that was good idea. She got out the Bisquik but didn't look at the recipe. She made biscuit dough and attempted to wrap the dough around the chicken. I don't think she got so far as to putting it into the oven. I remember my mother telling the story about getting a phone call saying her chicken idea didn't work.
re: John E.
Perhaps she should develop an affinity for simply roasted chicken.
re: John E.
Had she deep-fried it, she might have invented a chicken equivalent of corndogs !
When I was in high school I had a girlfriend who, at that time, was an extremely inexperienced cook. (Her parents ate out ALL the time.) We were in my parents' kitchen preparing a St. Louis favorite, "toasted" ravioli. I had an empty saucepan waiting on the stove and a frying pan with a half-inch of oil or so warming. My back was to the stove as I had a breading station set up to coat the ravioli. She wanted to do something to help, so I asked her to take some tomato sauce and pour it into the pan. Sure enough, a big crackling sound -- she poured the tomato sauce into the hot oil.
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And then, this ........... http://runbritchickrun.files.wordpres... ?
Everytime this subject comes up I HAVE to post this link. This is funny as all get out!!!
re: PotatoHouse
That was worth every second. Hilarious!!
re: PotatoHouse
glad im not the only one who loves that clip. no matter how many times i've seen it, it makes me laugh. you can google her pound cake recipe, here it is:
re: KaimukiMan
I had seen her videos before and I just watched this one again. I now realize my earlier reply to you might seem out of context, so here is what I was referring to.
A wife asks her husband, "Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk and if they have avocados, get 6."
A short time later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk.
The wife asks him, "Why did you buy 6 cartons of milk?"
He replied, "They had avocados."
re: PotatoHouse
Thanks PH. I just discovered a new comedian (comedienne) I can watch safely with my kid around. Not easy these days.
re: LotusRapper
You're welcome. Another one of my favorite family-friendly comedians is Chonda Pierce.
re: PotatoHouse
And every time the link gets posted, I HAVE to watch it again (and again, and again). Especially since my husband does the grocery shopping!
re: PotatoHouse
hmmm...any chance my husband is secretly married to her as well?? lol!
re: cleobeach
Mine, too, and Mr. wouldn't even understand why I'd be rolling on the floor laughing myself silly.
re: cleobeach
I like a bit of peel but not a ton in my mashed potatoes, so I sometimes do cook some potatoes with peels and some not at the same time. I actually find it a lot easier to peel the first half of a potato (when you have the rest of the peel to grip) than the second half of the potato (when you're trying to hold a slightly slippery potato) so I can now totally see myself peeling half of each potato instead of peeling half the potatoes I'm going to cook.
AMELIA BEDILIA, anyone? I LOVED those books as a child. Classic misunderstandings of the English language, many food related haha.


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The record strongly indicates that T.J. was suicidal before and during the Heritage High School shooting incident, despite the contention of prosecutors to the contrary. It is possible, though uncertain, that he may have been influenced by biological predispositions or examples in his own family. His mother's brother killed himself; his suicide occurred after he discovered that he had an incurable illness. And T.J.'s father had been institutionalized for suspected suicidal behavior; whether he had actually been suicidal is unclear, but he had been committed for observation after the breakup with T.J.'s mother. T.J. himself never learned of the incident involving his father prior to the incident at Heritage High School. Other experiences much later in his life are far stronger indications of T.J.'s own suicidal intentions.
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I have several machines all running Windows 7 RC, and one WHS (aka Win2003). All of the machines worked together fine, except for one Windows 7 machine that had trouble accessing network resources. I set up a virtual XP machine on one of the other (working) Windows 7 machines for testing purposes -- sure enough, same issue connecting to it as connecting to WHS. I figured if it affected XP then it would affect tons of real-world users, so that's what I searched the web for as I tried solution after solution. As you can imagine, many hits pointed me to this forum, where I found many good ideas to try -- but even here there were many many threads left unresolved, including my poor machine.
- all connections TO the affected Windows 7 machine worked as expected
- the affected machine worked fine to & from all other Windows 7 machines
- could see the XP/2003 machines in Explorer
- could resolve XP/2003 host names
- could NOT enumerate (\\xpbox) nor access XP/2003 resources (\\xpbox\share, \\xpbox\printer). despite matching accounts, I'd always get a login dialog; and no matter what I typed there, I'd get "access denied"
- could NOT install the WHS connector software. similar error message indicating a permissions issue.
- could NOT join a homegroup. ditto. (I now believe this is unrelated -- starting to see this on other machines)
Things I tried without success:
- turned off all firewalls
- set all Windows 7 sharing settings to be identical to other machines that were working ok
- set all Windows 7 sharing settings to be as permissive as possible (and several combos in between)
- checked & rechecked that usernames/passwords matched all around
- checked that users were in the Administrators group on target computer
- checked NTFS permissions
- created new admin accounts on all machines with passwords that were impossible to mistype, then entering those credentials into the login dialog after the 1st failure
- restarted both machines
- connected from the "Network" root node instead of browsing
- connected via "net use" at the command line -- with and without explicit /user parameter
- checked that there was nothing cached in the Windows credential manager
- clean install of 7100: not 7057, not an upgrade of anything, no 3rd party networking or security software
- checked that all machines were in the same workgroup
- ensured that LLTD was installed (via XP SP3 in my case)
- switched network profile to Work (to disable any HomeGroup features that might be in play mistakenly)
- ensured all machines were on the same subnet
- removed router, set up static IPs on each machine
- kept DHCP, but tried browsing via IP
- set NetBT to force broadcast mode via registry
- disabled IPv6
- forced use of WHQL nForce Networking drivers instead of the ones included with Windows 7
- swapped in a known-good Intel NIC
- turned on "include anonymous users in Everyone group" in Local Security Policy
- turned off blank password restrictions in the registry
- wipe/reinstall with 32-bit Windows 7 RC (instead of x64)
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Near the point of frustration, I had taken to combing the Windows event logs for clues. At some point I noticed that log times were 1 day behind. After I adjusted the system time everything suddenly worked.
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Modern versions of Windows use the system time during SMB authentication. (NTLMv2 - within the client response; Kerberos - all tickets) My guess is that Windows 7<->Windows 7 SMB is smart enough to fall back to NTLMv1 even if both machines claim they support NTLMv2. I probably could have gotten this working on XP/2003 by forcing one or the other into NTLMv1-only mode.
I'm not sure how I got in this state, since the machine was set to synchronize with the same time servers (time.microsoft.com) as everyone else. But hey, it worked. Hope this helps someone.
If not, try the other solutions in the list. I think I've managed to collect all of the troubleshooting ideas listed on this forum & others.
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I am having the same issues but my time is synchronized with the PDC emulator in my AD. All machines are at the same time.
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Please.. Dont hijack threads, it makes it too confusing when answering questions. Start a new thread specific to your problem ... and remember to fill out your system specs when you do..
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Please.. Dont hijack threads, it makes it too confusing when answering questions. Start a new thread specific to your problem ... and remember to fill out your system specs when you do..
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You must be new to all of this...
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thank you.
omg, this was the perfect fix.
i went through every step that you listed as 'did not work' and YES, i was totally frustrated.
then i ran into your post.
*the lightbulb went off like.. 'ugh'
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Sisters resident Michael Cooper has started a petition to get legislation to stop balance billing in emergency room cases, which means those doctors would not be able to bill patients for whatever their insurance companies don't pay. Cooper had to visit the emergency room following a hip injury from a fall in his home. He is fighting a bill from Central Oregon Emergency Physicians that resulted from the treatment.
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Photos and Description of this 4 bedroom holiday cottage in West Poland - PKA141
This thatched, cozy country house in enclosed property was built in 2008 and is furnished with tasteful furniture. In a quiet place, it offers its guests a relaxing holiday. The cottage sleeps seven people. On warming fireplace you can spend tranquil hours. Lakeside only about 100 meters away, you can order a fishing license and rent boats. The owner also rents bicycles. Excursions on horseback are offered in about 2km away riding.
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In Mi Bandera es la Tierra (My Flag Is the Earth), performance artists Nicolás Ramiro Valdez and Maria Alejandra Ibarra mix poetry, dance, music and video to show the effect of globalization on Mother Earth (bad globalization, bad!). 8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Talento Bilingüe de Houston, 333 South Jensen. For information, call 713-222-1213 or visit www.tbhcenter.com. $7 to $12.
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Social Media is now an integral part of Global Aviation Industry.
More and more airlines are using social media to engage with their
customers just like they use the phone for issue resolution. Qatar
Airways is now ruling the social media game as it has transcended the
5,000,000 Facebook fan milestone, reclaiming its position as second most
liked international airlines on Facebook. It has 300,000 plus Twitter
followers and has gained 3rd position on Instagram among airlines,
upholding its ever increasing online media engagement with the fans.
Adding another feather in the cap, Qatar Airways has been conferred with
the award for the Best Use of Emerging Platform for 2014 by
SimpliFlying, one of the best aviation marketing consultancies.
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San Francisco is the Mecca for shoppers around the world. The city
offers the best shopping experience for the tourists as well as the
shopaholics. The shoppers love to browse the various shopping complexes,
malls and districts in San Francisco. Westfield Centre, Hayes Valley,
Haight-Ashbury, Fillmore Street, Chinatown and Union Square among many
others offer an incredible style of shopping, suited to the consumer's
needs and mood. Also, contrary to the popular belief, you will find
various shops where you would not have to splurge.
Westfield San Francisco Centre
Westfield San Francisco Centre, located on Market Street, is the paragon
for all the shoppers and tourists. In this splendid mall reside the top
notch American brands for consumer products which include but are not
limited to a two level Abercrombie & Fitch, a five storey
Nordstrom's store, Bloomingdale's, Bebe, Victoria's Secret, Kenneth
Cole, Guess and Club Monaco. The mall is also home to Century Theatres
multiplex and Bristol Farms greengrocery.
Union Square Shopping
The California's Historical Landmark is a colossal collection of gift
shops, fancy boutiques, supermarkets, galleries and salons, making it a
prime shopping district in the United States. Marked by the Goddess of
Victory statue atop the Dewey Monument, the Union Square Park is a
popular tourist attraction with its history dating back to the Civil
War. The square is home to leading chain stores including Macy's, Saks
Fifth Avenue, Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus. Various fancy fashion
boutiques for Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Stuart Weitzman, Chanel, Hugo
Boss, Burberry, Giorgio Armani, Tiffany & Co, Cartier and Marc
Jacobs are also located in the shopping district surrounded by Post,
Geary and Stockton Streets.
Chinatown Shopping
The Dragon Gates marking the entry of Chinatown lead to a different
world of shopping spiced up with red hues and everything Chinese.
Baroque lampposts, pagoda domes, Sing Chong Building and Bank of America
in a Chinese Style Building are few of the prominent places to see in
this largest Chinatown outside Asia. At every turn, you will find
vibrant fabrics draping the window fronts where hawkers sell carved
Buddha statues, paper lanterns, parasols perfect for decorating your
house. Various apothecaries sell green tea, fragrant black tea and other
refreshing beverages. For your sweet tooth and a surprise, don't forget
to check out Fortune Cookie Factory on Ross Alley (featured in the
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom).
Fillmore Street Shopping
Fillmore Street is home to one of the chicest fashion and beauty
retailers. You can check off your wish list for shopping with home
furniture stores like Nest, Jonathan Adler and Zinc Details and beauty
stores like MAC Cosmetics, BeneFit, Posh, Hats of the Fillmore and many
more. For a quick break from your shopping spree and refueling your next
round, pay a visit to Pizza Inferno, Fresca, Starbucks or Royal Grounds
coffee. The shopping experience is a distinctive mix of elegance and
vibrancy, upscale yet approachable and comfortable without being
tedious. From antiques to accessories, jazz clubs to blues club,
Fillmore has it all.
North Beach Shopping
North Beach, San Francisco's Little Italy, is rich in Italian style and
spirit that infuse every diner and fashion store. North Beach is an
ultimate shopping retreat as you will shop as the Romans do while
passing through murals, European antique stores and grocery stores along
the oldest street of Grant Avenue. At Old Vogue, you can delve into
vintage varsity jackets and everything retro. The avant garde jewelry by
Peter Macchiarini designed to your specifications screams "Bellisima!"
Hayes Valley Shopping
The Hayes Valley is an ultimate blend of commerce and art located on the
Hayes and Gough Street jammed with interior design boutiques, art
galleries, wine bars and outdoor restaurants. Hayes Valley is an haute
couture haven and famous for Scandinavian Fashion, Ver Unica for unworn
vintage clothes, Mac (Modern Appeal Clothing) for Belgian custom design
clothes and Dark Garden for corsets and wedding dresses. Hayes Valley is
all about local artists and designers displaying their works of art to
the visitors. Shoppe Unusual is one of the largest vibrant retail spaces
in Hayes Valley displaying designs and art works from more than 30
local artists.
Mission Street Shopping
The Mission Street is for shoppers with liberal choice of fashion and
art. It is the perfect destination to tend to eccentric desires. The
Mission is a vivid neighborhood with bohemian stores. You will find
anything to everything eccentric including toddler boots in snakeskin
and a lot more. If you are looking for the best taquerias, dive bars and
everything Latino, the Mission is for you.
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Chinese tourists traveling to Boston will now find their stay and
travel to the city more convenient and hassle free as Hainan Airlines
has now decided to provide them Chinese-language maps of Boston.
Hainan Airlines had earlier this year launched direct flights between
Beijing and Boston. The airline partnered with a travel consultancy
named Attract China for providing the Chinese-language maps of Boston to
the tourists.
The airline has decided to co-brand the map and provide it to all the
passengers flying into Boston's Logan International Airport.
Zhang Ning, General Manager of Hainan Airlines Boston office, said that
an increasing demand by Chinese travelers is being recently witnessed
for travel to the United States. He said that by providing a resourceful
Mandarin map to the Chinese tourists, they will find it easy to access
and navigate the city of Boston.
The passport-sized map of Boston is presently available at city
information kiosks, Chinatown restaurants and over 100 hotels in Boston
area. By providing the Chinese-language maps to the tourists Hainan
Airlines and travel consultancy Attract China want to ensure outstanding
travel experience. The prime objective of providing the map is to
provide the travelers with insights and adequate information on the
types of destinations that interest them the most.
The map will be prominently highlighting the major shopping areas in
Boston as well as 21 recommended destinations such as the USS
Constitution Museum, the Freedom Trail, and Freeway Park.
Chinese-language maps for other important cities in the United States
such as Chicago and Seattle are likely to be released by the end of
2014, while more U.S. cities would be covered in 2015.
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Hawaii is attracting keen interest from various markets and airlines.
This has been made clear at the recently-concluded 2014 Hawaii Tourism
Conference when Mesa Air Group's go! interisland subsidiary said that it
was becoming rather too difficult to compete with the Hawaii's flagship
carrier Hawaiian Airlines in the interisland market.
Hawaii currently has the most diverse airline network. This has prompted
numerous airlines and markets to show keen interest in Hawaii. This has
also made the State of Hawaii less vulnerable to significant swings in
the travel market.
Media reports quoted Brad DiFiore, cofounder and managing partner of
Ailevon Pacific Aviation Consulting, which operates interisland go!
airline, as saying that the seat capacity to Hawaii from North America
has increased 19 percent over a decade. Interisland air travel has
significantly lowered than what it was 10 years ago despite the fact
that revenue and average fares continue to be higher. DiFiore however
said that the seats are likely to return with the growing travel demand
now and Hawaii also proving to be a big market for airlines.
DiFiore said that for an outsider like Mesa Air Group's go! interisland
subsidiary competing with a homegrown airline like Hawaiian Airlines is
rather difficult as it has been proved now. He said that Hawaiian
Airlines had 82 percent market share while go! had only 9 percent share
for the interisland market.
Apart from Hawaiian Airlines, other carriers such as Alaska Airlines,
Allegiant Air, Air Canada's Rogue, Cebu Pacific, Virgin America and
Jetstar have also made forays and focusing on flights to Honolulu.
The 58th edition of World Air Transport Statistics has recently made
public some of its findings outlining the air traffic results for the
year 2013. According to the findings, Delta Air Lines transported most
passengers than any other airline in the world during the year. The
findings also revealed that the route between Taipei and Hong Kong
remained the world's busiest.
The World Air Transport Statistics is considered to be a "yearbook" of
the global aviation industry's annual performance. The International Air
Transport Association publishes the World Air Transport Statistics
every year from Montreal.
The stats also prominently provided a snapshot of the aviation industry
100 years after the first commercial flight took to the skies. It may be
noted that 2014 is the centenary year of commercial aviation.
Media reports citing the stats said that the commercial aviation has
come a long way with a single aircraft transporting a single passenger
in 1914. The report said that the global commercial aviation has now
become a $2.4 trillion industry carrying above 3 billion passengers and
48 million tons of cargo on about 100,000 flights per day.
According to the report, the largest number of passengers transported
was from the Asia-Pacific region, which stood at 1.012 billion. Europe
and North America were in the second and third place with 825.9 million
and 818.9 million passengers respectively. The biggest increase
percentage-wise was also by Asia-Pacific region, up 9.3 over 2012.
The report further said that South Africa stood at first in Africa with
the highest passenger traffic on both domestic and international routes.
China gained first position in Asia-Pacific region with most passengers
being transported from here. British carriers held sway in Europe,
while Brazilian carriers transported most passengers to the Caribbean
and Latin American countries.
The top five airlines in terms of total passengers carried included
Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, China Southern Airlines, United
Airlines and American Airlines.
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If you frequently take business class flights to travel around the
world, you must surely be expecting various facilities being provided at
the business class lounges. Here is a brief preview about all that you
can expect at business lounges at London Heathrow and Frankfurt.
British Airways Galleries Club Lounge
Get ready to brighten up your day at the British Airways Galleries Club
Lounge at London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5. The business class
lounge, which offers access to Oneworld passengers, is decked up in
dazzling cheery colors and is located quite a distance from the noisy
common waiting area. It's quite relaxing to refresh yourself at the
well-appointed washroom space, complete with branded, lotions and
sweet-scented hand washes. Spend some comfortable moments sitting in the
armchairs at a low tea-table or complete your official chores on the
high tables using free Wi-Fi. Feeling hungry? Treat yourself to a
breakfast buffet and savor gluten-free milk and cookies, cornflakes and
nuts, and fresh fruits as well.
Lufthansa Senator Lounge at Frankfurt Airport
The Lufthansa Senator Lounge at the Frankfurt Airport provides a
private, homely and comfortable feeling. It's a home away from home,
particularly in a foreign country. Pick a regular table or high-table to
enjoy your hot meal and drink in the food and beverage area of the
business class lounge. The business centre at the lounge fully equipped
with printers, fax machines, photocopy machines, internet access, PCs
and free Wi-Fi are there for you to fulfill your official chores. Still
have few hours left to board your flight and want to take a nap, then
head to one of the five 'relaxing rooms' fully-furnished with
comfortable beds, a lamp and a table stand. The lounge also has 10
individual shower rooms as well.
Philippines' national carrier Philippine Airlines has finally
permanently phased out its entire Boeing 747 fleet. The Boeing 747
aircraft conducted its last flight between San Francisco International
Airport and Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport on September 1,
The airline's Boeing 747-400 aircraft had been into operations for the
last 35 years. It continued to be the airline's flagship aircraft until
retirement. Philippine Airlines said that it has permanently phased out
the Boeing 747 fleet and replaced it with more fuel efficient Boeing
According to Philippine Airlines, the Boeing 747 aircraft was the first
to enter service in December 1979. It was during this period that the
airline received the delivery of its first Boeing 747-200 aircraft,
which was considered to be the most modern and largest aircraft in its
fleet. This allowed the airline to launch new products and services. The
new product included the first ever lie-flat beds known as "Skybed" for
First Class passengers.
Philippine Airlines also became the first airline to operate nonstop
flights to the United States and Europe across the Pacific using its
Boeing 747 aircraft during the 1980s. The airline later on received its
Boeing 747-400 aircraft. It was the first model of its kind to join the
airline's fleet in November 1993. By the year 2003, the total number of
Boeing 747 aircrafts in the airline's fleet reached up to five.
Over a period of 35 years the airline used its Boeing 747 fleet to
primarily operate long-haul high-density routes spanning North America,
Middle East, Europe and Australia. The Boeing 747 fleet was also
occasionally used to serve some domestic and regional routes as well.
The tiny Emirate of Dubai in the UAE will have its second airport in
future. An ambitious project has been relaunched to develop a second
airport, which is billed as being the largest in the world so far. The
new airport is expected to handle some 120 million passengers annually.
Media reports said that a strategy has been prepared to expand the
Al-Maktoum International Airport within a period of 8 years. The move is
aimed at shifting the increased operations of Emirates Airlines from
the Dubai International Airport.
Media reports quoted Paul Griffiths, Spokesman of Dubai International
Airport, as saying that the first phase of second airport's development
has already been launched. During this phase, the entire focus will be
on building a facility for handling 120 million passengers which will be
required for relocating Emirates Airlines' hub to Al-Maktoum
International Airport being built in Dubai World Central economic zone.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, has already
approved the $32 billion expansion project and has allocated a timeframe
of 6 to 8 years for its completion.
Earlier, the plan to develop Al-Maktoum International Airport was first
launched in 2009 before Dubai was hit by global financial crisis. The
aim was to build the largest airport in the world with a capacity to
handle 160 million passengers annually. The proposed airport was to have
six runways. It was because of the global financial crisis that the
ambitious plan was put for some years on the backburner, only to be
resumed now.
According to the final plans, the Al-Maktoum International Airport will
be featuring five runways each stretching 4.5 km. The runways will be
spaced wide apart for allowing simultaneous use. The plan also envisages
a capacity to handle 200 million passengers annually.
More pre-clearance facilities are now being sought in the UK and
several European countries for travelers to the United States. Media
reports recently said that the U.S. government is believed to have taken
this move insisting pre-clearance facilities for U.S. travelers from
European nations.
According to the reports, the U.S. government has requested that
pre-clearance facilities be installed in at least five European
countries. The reports said that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) officers would be stationed in the said European countries for
questioning transatlantic travelers before boarding flights to the
United States.
Some of the pre-clearance facilities are already being operated by the
CBP officials in Ireland's Dublin and Shannon airports. The
pre-clearance being conducted at the two airports incorporate
immigration and Customs. Under the pre-clearance process, the passengers
who have been cleared by the CBP officials are treated as domestic
flyers and upon reaching their destination within the United States,
they don't have to undergo the unnecessary hassle of going through the
lengthy immigration queues at U.S. airports once again.
The reports said that similar pre-clearance facilities are already
functioning in Canada and the Caribbean nations. Earlier this year a
pre-clearance facility was also installed at Abu Dhabi International
Airport. It was however strongly resented by the U.S. airline industry
as they thought that the balance was tilted in favor of UAE's national
carrier Etihad Airways.
The U.S. pilots' body ALPA, which protested the move vehemently, said
that by allowing a CBP pre-clearance facility at Abu Dhabi International
Airport the U.S. government was handing a state-subsidized airline a
major competitive edge over many U.S. airlines. No U.S. carrier is
presently conducting flights to/from the Abu Dhabi International
The ALPA officials said that a pre-clearance facility in the UK would be
in fact less controversial when compared to the Abu Dhabi International
Airport. A number of U.S. carriers offer daily services to/from the UK
multiple times and a pre-clearance facility here would be quite
A statement issued by the UK's Home Office said that pre-clearance,
which is currently operational in Dublin and Shannon airports, is an
effective means of hastening the entry of passengers through the
airports in the United States.
Air New Zealand is refurbishing its Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. The
first of the airline's refurbished Boeing 777 has now taken to the
skies. This significantly underscores the airline's ongoing evolution in
its long-haul customer experience.
The airline is making extensive efforts to progressively refit its
Boeing 777-200ER fleet promising the best on-board customer experience
to its customers that would be at par with the top quality in-flight
innovation and comfort that are being presently enjoyed by the customers
flying on the Boeing 777-300ER aircrafts and newly-acquired Boeing
787-9 aircraft.
Air New Zealand has undertaken a massive $100 million fleet
refurbishment project under which its eight Boeing 777-200ER aircrafts
will have their interiors gradually stripped out and replaced with new
The customers traveling on Air New Zealand's flights NZ135 and NZ136
traveling between Brisbane and Auckland are now enjoying the
transformation and were the first to get a new flying experience on the
refurbished aircraft.
According to Air New Zealand, the refurbished aircraft will be featuring
new luxury leather Premium Economy seats, which have recently been
introduced on Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircrafts and nine rows of
award-winning Economy Skycouch product. The refurbished aircraft will
also have Business Premier lie-flat beds and newly-designed Economy
Class seats. The aircraft is also being refitted with new Panasonic eX3
seatback in-flight entertainment system with improved touch and
resolution capabilities.
The airline indicated that its entire Boeing 777-200ER fleet will be
progressively refurbished. After refurbishing is complete, the final
aircraft is scheduled to be deployed for operations late 2015.
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A great stealth game worth playing
Metal gear solid 2 is probably the most disliked game of the franchise by fans, and I can't figure why.
The gameplay is what you would expect from a metal gear game: infiltrating an area completely filled with ennemy soldiers, slowly working your way from having no weapon but your wit to a collection of rocket launchers and assault rifles stored in hammer space and taking out crazy bosses with them. The AI is very solid, even by modern standard, as the HQ frequently makes sure that all the patrol are safe and dispatching assault teams when you are spotted.The game is split in two areas: the tanker and the big shell, an offshore plant. Both are claustrophobic areas that really help you get in the mindset of being alone in hostile area. Be aware though that the PC controls are horribly ported. For example, you aim with WASD and move with the directional pad. It takes a while to get used to it although it's workable.
The story is probably why everybody has a problem with this game. Yes, legendary badass solid snake is replaced by a whiny androgynous dork halfway into the game. Yes, the plot gets pretty confusing, especially toward the end. Despite this, I found myself liking Raiden a lot because he is so lame. I tought the contrast between the skilled soldier and infiltrator and the unlikable twat very interesting. The story to gameplay ratio is a problem, but then, it's metal gear, what did you expect?
You will probably want to replay this game a few times, to understand the story better and because the gameplay is so solid. There's a wide variety of tactics you can use and the increased difficulty are dependent on playing well, rather than trial and error. The only thing you should know about the higher difficulty level is that there is one obnoxiously hard thing you need to do near the end that I won't spoil, but found incredibly annoying.
Overall, this games holds up against modern game. The graphics are very good for its era, the gameplay is excellent and the story is solid, overall. A must try if you own a
, and pc owner should also give it a try despite the controls.
I never had a problem with Raiden, but then I've never held a deep seated grudge against guys having longish hair. Why is androgynous even a bad word? Don't people feel silly using it? For all the talk of 'in this day and age'
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