| Gotta love the bump -- to a better grade of service
They worked the system. To unlock the secrets of free or discounted upgrades for planes, hotel rooms, rental cars and cruise cabins, we went to industry experts and frequent travelers. Here are their tips. AIRLINE UPGRADES • Use the upgrade certificates airlines send you for being a frequent flier, or ask friends holding transferable coupons with looming expiration dates if you can take them off their hands. • Though airlines most frequently award their elite passengers upgrades, it never hurts to be the first in line at the gate counter and inquire about a bump in class. (Ask the gate representative, not the check-in agent, who does not control domestic first-class seating assignments.) Alternately, don't be the first to board; hang back in case economy seats are needed and there is extra space in first class -- you just might be offered that elite seat.
Global Warming Update: Snowfall Records Being Broken in New England
The road in front of the house, which is usually more than wide enough for two cars, is now so narrow that two cars have to slow down to a crawl to pass each other by. I've raked the snow snow off my roof 6 times this year because of the weight of the snow on the roof. More snow is forecast for later today. My question: where is global warming in a winter when ya really need it???? ;+} Liberal's Basic Rule For Discourse: I don't care if you agree with my premises, but I demand that you agree with my conclusions. .
McCain chides Obama on campaign spending
He is not the real choice of the Republican fat cats nor the leaner cats down in the rank and file. And that's why, of course, they will do anything they can to shut down the incredible Barack Obama fundraising machine." Obama, in an opinion piece in USA Today on Wednesday, said he may be willing to agree to spending limits - but only if McCain guaranteed that outside groups would not spend millions to run ads "swift boating" him as they did to Democrat John Kerry in 2004. Obama's fundraising advantage was once again clear as his campaign raised $36 million in January - the most ever for a single month during a competitive primary - which allowed him to run ads in two dozen states and out-organize his rivals. McCain, who has had to take out a series of loans to keep his campaign afloat, has accelerated his fundraising and raised $11.7 million in the same period.
Do Advanced Civilizations Communicate with Neutrinos?
It's one of the biggest questions in all humanity: are we alone in the Universe? Either way, the answer is significant. And so, scientists are searching for intelligence out there. Huge arrays of radio telescopes, like the Allen Array scan the skies for radio broadcasts. And researchers have also proposed that aliens might be using lasers to communicate with us. A Russian researcher is proposing another way that aliens might be communicating with us - with neutrinos. To borrow a quote from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is." When you're attempting to communicate across the vast distances of space, you need huge amounts of energy. Just look at a star, even though it's generating an incomprehensible amount of energy every second, the brightness drops dramatically with distance.
Is Hillary Due for a Comeback?
We who support her( Latinos, women, and working class people) share in a common value; when we need help, we ask and when we see someone in need among us we come to their aid (Obama will sell you out to his elite friends). Hilary needs our help now, she has been there for us, we should be there for her NOW. In the memory of my mother and my grandmother whose burdens were heavy and for the future of my sons and daughters whose world is in peril, I support and join Hilary in her lifelong struggle to make solutions real and meaningful change possible. To my brothers and sisters in the Latino community, thank you for standing with Hilary to build the new coalition for change. .
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