TSA has Thanksgiving travel tips for flying with food
11/9/2018, 9:50:45 AMIs pumpkin pie and green bean casserole a no-fly? The TSA has guidelines on what can and can't go in your carry-on bag over Thanksgiving. ✔ Priceline analysts dish on an easy way travelers can save on flights this holiday season ✔ -- Is your green bean casserole in its upright and locked position ✔ Both she and Gavin suggest tightly packing what you can and wrapping it in a plastic bag (or two) for your checked baggage
This Thanksgiving could be the busiest ever for air travel
11/9/2018, 10:45:31 AMThis year will likely be the busiest Thanksgiving ever for air travel, according to projections from the Transportation Security Administration. ✔ We have started to see a trend in which the Thanksgiving holiday period actually begins the Friday before Thanksgiving, TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein says to USA TODAY’s Today in the Sky blog ✔ These frequent-fliers did IN PICTURES: 30 cool aviation photos Travelers wait in line to go through security at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Nov. 22, 2017
'Red tourism' makes uniform-renting a hot business - Travel
11/9/2018, 8:18:52 AMundefined ✔ Things did not turn for the better until 2015 when we rented out 200,000 uniforms, he said ✔ Yan'an hosted the CPC headquarters and the center of the Communist revolution from 1935 to 1948 ✔ In my opinion, the uniform is the most fashionable clothes here in Jinggangshan
On 29th anniversary of Berlin Wall's fall, it's a different world
11/9/2018, 10:52:49 AMOn November 9, 1989, a most extraordinary thing happened: The Berlin Wall was torn down by ordinary people. Decades later, the world's a very different place, and the remnants of the wall are tourist attractions. ✔ Twenty-nine years ago, on November 9, 1989, a most extraordinary thing happened ✔ Once the symbol of oppression, it's now the city's symbol of free movement and newfound prosperity ✔ Brandenburg Gate: Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany East Side Gallery: You can see more than 100 large-sized murals painted onto one of the few remaining pieces of the wall left standing
Pound to euro exchange rate: Brexit could spark ‘sharp appreciation’ in GBP 6 month HIGH
11/9/2018, 8:37:59 AMTHE POUND to euro exchange rate is trading at a six-month high this week, as it operates at its best levels since April thanks to news that a Brexit deal could be imminent. ✔ The pound is being buoyed by Brexit optimism as hopes swell that a deal is on the horizon ✔ Pound to euro exchange rate: Brexit news triggers GBP ‘sharp appreciation’ - sterling soars (Image: Getty Images) Carsten Brzeski, Chief Economist ING Germany explained: The trade data ends a disappointing week for German industry
Terror as plane plummets 500ft in 18 seconds after pilot chose WRONG autopilot setting
11/9/2018, 11:10:28 AMA FLYBE flight from Belfast to Glasgow dropped 500 feet in just 18 seconds after the pilot chose the wrong autopilot setting, narrowly avoiding a crash, an inquiry has found. ✔ Flights: The Flybe plane descended rapidly after the pilot selected the wrong autopilot setting (Image: Getty Images) An AAIB report stated Flybe has taken several safety actions since the incident, including revisions to simulator training and amendments to the taxi checklist
A masterclass in Newquay on the original superfood - oysters
11/9/2018, 10:20:10 AMKaty Davidson's, aka The Oyster Lady, love of this shellfish began on a childhood holiday in France. Now, she gives masterclasses to people of all experiences about Cornish oysters. ✔ Surf and Slurp: The views over Towan beach, Newquay, where The Oyster Lady holds her classes The original superfood: Once plucked from the river Thames and handed out in pubs, now served in high end restaurants across the country Wielding a sharp knife, Katy patiently shows us how to slide the blade into the 'hinge' of the oyster before gently levering it open and severing the muscle that attaches the flesh to the shell
LNER rolls out app that tells passengers which seats are free
11/9/2018, 11:27:43 AMLondon North Eastern Railway has begun using seat sensor technology above seats on all its trains to make it easier for passengers to avoid having to stand. ✔ The research also revealed that confronting someone who's sitting in a reserved seat is too much for some ✔ LNER took over the operation of trains on the East Coast Main Line from Virgin Trains East Coast in June Forty per cent of passengers regularly book seats in advance to avoid run-ins with others, while over a half of people (56 per cent) have felt too awkward to ask another passenger to move out of their reserved seat or move bags off seats ✔ We hope this improves their overall journey experience.'
Terrorism warning: Airports launch lie-detector tests to catch terrorists boarding flights
11/9/2018, 9:56:53 AMAIRPORTS in Europe are set to introduce lie detector tests at the border to establish if passengers from outside the EU are terrorists or pose a terrorist threat to the country. ✔ Flights: Airports in Hungary, Latvia and Greece will be trialling new lie detector technology (Image: Getty Images) If it suspects they are lying, biometric information will be taken, such as fingerprinting, palm vein reading, and face matching ✔ It will be the first time Heathrow has carried out a full-scale rollout of the new technology and will mean the London airport will have the world’s largest deployment of biometrics trial next summer, bringing facial recognition to each point of the departing passenger’s journey
The world's most amazing desert hotels
11/9/2018, 11:35:55 AMWe round-up the very best desert hotels in the world, from desert-set remote luxury camps deep in the Sahara to sandstone palaces on the edge of Rajasthan’s Thar Desert, lodges in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, camps in the Kalahari Desert and resorts embedded in Abu Dhabi’s Empty Quarter. ✔ Swirling sands, towering dunes and endless arid plains - deserts may be largely uninhabitable, but it does not lessen their allure, or stop hotels from setting up shop in the sands ✔ This is the best way to experience the sandstone monolith, Uluru – your own glamorous five-star perch in the dunes with an unparalleled view of the rock from the foot of your bed
Hot Hotel: Silversands Grenada – in pictures
11/9/2018, 11:35:54 AMThis December, Silversands – the first resort project on Grenada's Grand Anse Beach for 25 years – will welcome its first guests. It will add a sleek, luxury edge not seen before on this Eastern Caribbean island. Take a look inside... ✔ The eagerly awaited Silversands – the first resort project on Grenada's Grand Anse Beach for 25 years – will welcome its first guests in December 2018 ✔ In One-Bedroom Suites and the Penthouse Suite, floor-to-ceiling louvre windows open up to ocean vistas
Confidence Is a Commodity in Short Supply in China
11/9/2018, 10:45:39 AMThe word “uncertainties” characterized Chinese companies’ near-term outlooks, despite a pretty healthy third quarter for many. ✔ One thing is certain in China these days: Businesses are feeling uncertain ✔ Ctrip’s stock plunged 19% Thursday, its largest one-day drop since it listed in 2003 ✔ Search-engine giant Baidu and rival Sogoubacked by Tencentwere among others to use uncertainties when describing the outlook
Ryanair winter sale launches including flights to Norway for less than £5
11/9/2018, 10:35:26 AMRyanair's winter sale is here and there are savings of up to 20% off up for grabs on flights across Europe ✔ Aurora Borealis (Image: AFP) Read More Cheap Northern Lights holidays: top tips for finding the best deals Plus, with the sale on travel dates between November through to March, it's perfect timing as these months coincide with peak Aurora-viewing season
US directs Iran to act like a ‘normal’ country. What is a normal country?
11/9/2018, 9:04:17 AMAfter reimposing crippling sanctions on Iran this week, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo threatened that Iran should “act like a normal country, or see its economy crumble.” But, how exactly does a ‘normal’ country act? ✔ Her work has appeared in Salon, The Nation, Rethinking Russia, teleSUR, RBTH, The Calvert Journal and others ✔ Germany’s population is four times smaller, but if it matched that of the US, only 56 people would have been killed at this rate ✔ Trends: Gun violence in the USIran news US newsUS sanctions on Iran
Tourist captures incredible footage of stampeding wildebeest
11/9/2018, 9:56:45 AMThe jaw-dropping clip was filmed by a tourist in Kenya during an early morning flight over the Masai Mara National Reserve in August. ✔ Wildebeest, also called gnus, belong to the family Bovidae, which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, sheep, and other even-toed horned ungulates ✔ Up to 80,000 of the creatures - some weighing up to 43 stone - risk death as they dash through the treacherous waters
17 Places You Must Eat At In Lima, Peru
11/9/2018, 11:03:21 AMLima is the food capitol of South America — and for good reason. ✔ Hi! My name is Arielle, and I am currently doing Remote Year which means I'm working remotely while traveling and living in a different country each month ✔ All your meals come with soup and toasted corn, and OMG the ceviche is fresh AF ✔ You've gotta try : Arroz Norteño at Agalles 8
The iconic aircraft disappearing from the skies – including the 747
11/9/2018, 8:16:10 AMNine of the most important aircraft facing extinction. ✔ Nine of the most important aircraft facing extinction ✔ A little over 500 are still in service and the oldest active 747, according to the website Airfleets.net, made its maiden flight on July 13, 1969 (exactly one week before man first set foot on the moon) and belongs to Iran’s Caspian Airlines
Picturesque cottage from The Vicar of Dibley is now available to rent
11/9/2018, 10:51:55 AMThree bedroom Windmill Cottage in the picture-postcard village of Turville, Buckinghamshire, was the home of stuttering parish councillor Jim Trott, played by Trevor Peacock, in the BBC sitcom. ✔ The rear garden has a gravel patio and lawn and there is also an allocated parking space ✔ 'Houses there don't often come up to rent or to buy, because it's the kind of place people move to and don't move away for some time so this is a rare opportunity.' In Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Cobstone Windmill is the home of Dick Van Dyke's character Caractacus Potts and his family ✔ In the distance is the Cobstone Windmill, which was the home of Dick Van Dyke's character Caractacus Potts and his family in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Pearl Harbor’s USS Arizona Memorial will reopen in March - Los Angeles Times
11/9/2018, 11:58:56 AMThe memorial to the battleship, which sank in the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, has been closed since May because of damage to a loading ramp. ✔ Oil still leaks from the sunken ship, bubbling to the surface ✔ 2, 1945; the USS Bowfin submarine, which went into service on Dec. 7, 1942, a year after the attack; and the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, which displays numerous aircraft, including a Japanese Zero and a Curtiss Warhawk Flying Tiger fighter
Cruise hub Miami gets its largest ship ever with arrival of Symphony of the Seas
11/9/2018, 10:45:28 AMAt 228,081 tons, Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas is a slightly larger version of the previous size leader in the cruise world. ✔ It made a turn in the basin in front of Miami's Museum Park before docking at the port's new Terminal A around 4 a.m. Symphony will be feted again late Friday with fireworks over the Miami harbor ✔ All of the Oasis Class ships are in excess of 225,000 tons more than 30% larger than the next largest cruise vessels
How to get a Quality Street Christmas advent calendar for free
11/9/2018, 11:52:16 AMQuality Street have launched their first ever Christmas advent calendar and there is away to get it for free ✔ Instead of shopping directly through a store online, you access the retailer through a cashback website who will then get paid (by the brand) for 'referring' you to them ✔ The John Lewis' festive experience allows shoppers to fill up specially designed Christmas tins with at least three different sweets from the famous line up of 12 Nestle classics
Gentleman Jack by Angela Steidele review – seductions of a secret diarist
11/9/2018, 8:27:34 AMA new account of a pioneering lesbian life draws on a diary with graphic descriptions of sex in code ✔ In July 2018 the first blue plaque to be encircled by the LGBT+ rainbow was unveiled at Holy Trinity church, Goodramgate, York ✔ Controversially, the word lesbian was not used on the plaque ✔ Steidele says that Lister may have had a personal interest in having her declared insane
Keeping This Fluffy, Fragile Beast Alive
11/9/2018, 11:05:34 AMA veterinarian told them that rabbits, under stress, tend to die quickly and easily. They hoped their rabbit — and their new love — would prove more resilient. ✔ Ashley would tenderly elevate the bundled rabbit to the couch, where I would hold Judy against the cushion like a football while Ashley tried to get a syringe nib past her lip ✔ Continue following our fashion and lifestyle coverage on Facebook (Styles and Modern Love), Twitter (Styles, Fashion and Weddings) and Instagram
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