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Japan AirlinesOverall score based on 4575 reviews
Overall, very good trip. I would definitely fly with Japan Airlines again. Food choices are Japanese-centric, flying back to Los Angeles after being in Asia two weeks, something different would have been nice. But overall, very good.
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Cons: "American airlines, No entartainment, no hi hello from the crew, no food, not even water... Funny guys, why the have flight people inside the plane :) domestic airlines are always joke compared to the world domestic or overseas...."
Cons: "Electricity didn't work in my pod"
Pros: "Crew was very polite. Great food and service."
Pros: "Happy crew."
Cons: "more selection of hollywood movies"
Pros: "All of the crews were polite and friendly, and the food was tasty."
Cons: "If there're more variety of movies, that would be great."
Pros: "JAL services on the plane is great. Food is much better than other companies. Ice Cream after dinner is great. Flight attendants are polite and nicer than other companies. Interior of the airplane was newer and comfortable."
Cons: "I feel like this is Japan Airlines's chance to present some great actual Japanese food in flight and instead it was a tuna melt and macaroni salad. Just saying."
Cons: "Kiosk, bag service, One World Integration"
Pros: "Seat in biz on 380 was comfortable. Crew good not great."
Cons: "Food terrible. Seat maintenance not good. Armless and remote didn't work properly. Boarding needed work. No biz priority."
Pros: "On time. Boarding was great. Flight wasn't full so plenty of room to stretch out."
Pros: "Pretty much everything"
Cons: "Almost missed my flight - they could not locate me as a ticketed passenger"
Pros: "The staff are really nice helpful and respectful."
Cons: "I dont l8ke the restrooms, they shoukd be always be cleaned most of the times. No cup noodles."
Cons: "No space for cabin bags. Late by 2 hours. Super rude and passive aggressive staff. Kept in bus at Frankfurt for 10 mins. Won't fly BA again if i can help it."
Pros: "none"
Cons: "very poor communication of information"
Pros: "Was fed a meal and snacks/drinks for this connecting 3 hour flight in economy. Hard to sleep in the economy seats, But with a blanket and thick clothes it would be better! Japan Airlines crew extremely nice!"
Pros: "Everything was excellent no complaints"
Pros: "New plane, excellent service both on the ground and air. Above average food."
Pros: "Very family friendly. Good entertainment system."
Pros: "VERY FRIENDLY"
Pros: "Polite friendly and attentive Staff. From checking in to inflight."
Pros: "I was randomly upgraded for the first 10 hours of my trip to Premium economy and it was amazing. Two big hot meals served throughout the flight and plenty of drink service. lots of leg room and could recline comfortably. Flight attendants were wonderful and very helpful. Lots of new movies to watch and games to keep you entertained."
Cons: "Flew economy for the 2nd part of my trip and the seat was very hard and was impossible to get comfy. Same meal service as premium economy and was once again delicious. Much colder on this flight and the thin blankets do very little to help."
Pros: "JAL is great!"
Pros: "Crew was really professional and friendly, I sat beside a mom with 2 kids and the crew really helped her in her needs and made sure we were all okay. Food was good and I loved the movie selection, watched all the Oscar movies I've missed."
Pros: "It was short flight.. I slept good through."
Pros: "Excellent service from flight attendants and crew. food and snacks were excellent. seating,movies and experience was above my expectations. no problems at all"
Cons: "BA flight with poorer screens and food than JAL"
Pros: "Wonderful crew!"
Pros: "The crew was friendly, and the view from the window was stunning."
Cons: "There wasn't enough leg space; it would be nice if the entertainment system had usb charging available."
Pros: "The crew, the flight, the pilot to cabin communications, the food, USB hookup, and the movie selection was amazing. I am so happy that I flew Japan Airlines on my return trip. I would highly recommend them for your international travels."
Cons: "The flight was extremely late to leave and I almost missed my connecting flight in Osaka"
Pros: "No major disasters, comfortable seats, on time."
Pros: "Hostesses were very nice. Lot's of room in aisles."
Cons: "Food was okay. Not a great choice of movies."
Pros: "The friendliness of the crew and the comfort of the seat + size of the screen"
Cons: "Possibly more food options could of been better, only had western or Japanese option"
Pros: "There was more leg room than most airlines, friendly staff, and good movies and food selection."
Pros: "Simply excellent !!!"
Pros: "Service"
Cons: "Food, especially before landing"
Pros: "best comfy seat! best food best service! I will use japan airline again!"
Pros: "From start to finish, we were amazed by the customer service of Japan Airlines. Altogether we we had a 14-hour day or so of flying with two small children and it could have easily been a 20-hour-or-more day of flying had Japan Airlines not been so great at what they do. We can't say enough about how amazed and blessed we were by their customer service."
Cons: "Having to pay for wifi and not having access to power outlets. Everything else was amazing and honestly these minor things were very forgivable given the great entertainment choices that came along with the plan ride and and the amazing customer service."
Pros: "Except for the tightly packed seating in economy class, everything else was beyond excellent. And even that was better than some US domestic flights. Large selection of Hollywood movies, gratis."
Cons: "I laughed at the Brace For Impact illustration on the safety card. It was not possible for me to double over with my arms under my thighs. The seat ahead was too close. The headphones produced tinny sound, and the two-pronged plug precluded using my own."
Pros: "Everything bad"
Cons: "Bad customer service, I don't speak English good , can't understand them jet blue"
Pros: "Went premium economy for such a long flight- NYC to Tokyo- to Sydney. Seats were great as was crew and everything!"
Cons: "No complaints!"
Pros: "Food was pretty good."
Cons: "There were so many people who walk around an aisle but the flight attendant didn't control them. They kept pushing my seat and hit. I was so uncomfortable."
Pros: "JAL used to be a premium airline like Korean Air"
Cons: "Now JAL is like American Air, just stuffing a greyhound full of souls."
Pros: "I enjoyed their food very much, and the bathrooms are so clean! It made my trip easy. You will never regret using JAL."
Pros: "I wasn't interested in the meal which i would eat in airplane before i got on the plane. So, without any expectation i got the meal. It tasted good and the service after meal was also good. If i have a chance later, want to take air Japan again."
Pros: "On the flight home they upgraded me to business class while apologizing my original economy seat was not available. Amazing. I had a rather unsettled stomach so when the food service came I wasn't hungry. I told the flight attendant, and she brought me some very bland easy to eat food without me even asking. She then checked on me constantly to see how I was feeling, and suggested sparkling water. When I deplaned, she checked one more time with me, if they could do anything. I was feeling much better, and give this airline my highest endorsement."
Pros: "JAL is curteous and professional. They had a flight attendant dedicated to helping me and my infant daughter and provided bassinet and assitant with luggage during the flight. Totally different experience from American carriers like United who treat you like cattle. I hope I can fly with JAL again soon. They are incredible. I was super satisfied."
Pros: "the crew was extraordinarily helpful in getting me through customs with my luggage which i was lead to believe did not need to be looked at in Tokyo because it was checked through to Osaka by finding me taking me back through customs and onto the flight in time for its departure. JAL's crews on both flights and the ground personnel were very courteous and always extremely helpful."
Pros: "As always on JAL 787-8 long haul flights, the crew was very courteous, entertainment was varied, food was alright and seats were better than some."
Cons: "The JAL first-generation 787s don't provide the great legroom that newer planes do, but is still infinitely better than older 767s and 747s."
The flight experience met my expectation of Korean Air. Keep up the good work.
Cons: "Perfect"
Pros: "Was able to get rest"
Pros: "All crew was super polite, friendly and professional, the food was amazing, and seat was comfy."
Cons: "The entertainment was poor, bad movies selection, small selection of movies, old movies."
Pros: "That the bathrooms are kept clean."
Cons: "Lack of beverage service. For an 11.5 hour flight they could have come around more often to offer pop or alcoholic beverages."
Pros: "Friendly staff."
Pros: "From boarding to meal to disembarking, Korean Air does it right. They are attentive to your needs and provide excellent customer service."
Cons: "On this particular flight, a nice glass of white wine would have been nice but they had beer instead. I survived. Additionally, an upgrade on their earphones would be nice. Their sound quality is not the best."
Pros: "Short flight"
Cons: "Dont have lots of option on movie"
Pros: "The Koreans are masters at whatever they do, super clean, polite and attentive. Always a smile. I'd fly with them anytime."
Cons: "They tend to keep the plane a tad warm and no individual "fresh air" control over head."
Cons: "Little leg room on shorter flights/smaller aircrafts."
Pros: "First Korean dish was good."
Cons: "The pasta was the worst meal ever."
Pros: "Got the seats we wanted. If you are travelling with an infant this is top priority and they delivered"
Cons: "Flight delayed by an hour"
Pros: "Always slippers and good seats. Lunch was good. Entertainment was just ok but good classical music selection."
Cons: "The food used to be something I looked forward to, but this time the beef and rice for dinner (because chicken was already gone) was so salty and awful I had to ask to change for fish, which was flavorless. 30 minute delay on unloading luggage made the end of a long flight rough."
Pros: "Nothing at all. It was hell and you should be ashamec ofhiw you treated me."
Cons: "Everything. You have THE worst customer servive evet."
Pros: "The staff"
Cons: "Business would be better"
Pros: "The leg room was pretty generous compared to other airlines."
Cons: "The entertainment system worked alright but a bit old-fashioned. The airplane safety video seemed like it was made in the 90s. The food on the return flight was really bad"
Pros: "Good legroom; great choice of movies and screen on back of seat makes it convenient to choose and see movies/music etc"
Pros: "Korea Air is a great airline. Jin Air (for the return part) was OK. The flight attendants of BOTH airlines are GREAT, but the seats in Jin Air are cramped."
Cons: "Korea Air is a great airline. Jin Air (for the return part) was OK. The flight attendants of BOTH airlines are GREAT, but the seats in Jin Air are cramped."
Pros: "The crew was nice and organized, polite, professionals, the airplan was clean. flight was on time too."
Cons: "The food did not include varieties, may be is good for korean people but not good for others, the dishes were plastics and foils which are not good for human consumption after being heated. I missed my flight from seoul to saigon because there was two flights with similar time, one with korea and the other with vietnam air, both with similar time but both are with different concourses , then , the ticket did not indicate the gate number , then the airport information operator directed me to the wrong gate resulting in missing my flight to saigon and being subject to penalties which all are not my mistakes. Please fix your system"
Pros: "Boarded on time and quickly. Smooth ride made me fall asleep for most of the flight almost the second I sat down (I had been out the night before so that probably also explains it). They left a note saying I was sleeping when they gave out meals and offered it to me even though we were about to descend. I didn't eat the food, nor did I use the in-flight entertainment, so I can't attest to the quality in those regards."
Cons: "Seats a little uncomfortable but this time around I got a window seat as well as two empty seats behind me so I was able to stretch out a bit more and be liberal with my space."
Pros: "Cool; collected; patient; helpful; calm; respectful; overall, people doing their best for their customers."
Pros: "Crews are kind and nice. No complain about the service the crews provided."
Cons: "The chair, need to be more comfortable"
Cons: "I'm not happy about the condition of my luggage. When I received my luggage, the latch to close my suitcase was badly damaged. Half of one of the latches was broken off! My suitcase was not locked in the first place so there was no reason for anyone to be so forceful with it."
Pros: "I really like the plane. It was my first time on an A380 and despite its size and volume of passengers, everything went well. Staff was excellent and helpful and the entertainment selections really good."
Cons: "Nothing comes to mind."
Pros: "Korean Airlines service is awesome. The flight attendants are attentive, sharp and customer service oriented."
Pros: "I like the City airport service in Seoul, you can drop off your luggage early so you can enjoy the city more."
Cons: "They are not quite ready for their electronic boarding pass and apple watch features. Although they have an App, it only goes far as checking in 48 hours early. The food is not good."
Pros: "Timely and professional services,well polite and corteous staff"
Pros: "By far the best airline i have ever travelled on"
Cons: "The service, quality of airport and new aircraft"
Pros: "Flight comfortable, service superb, clean and smooth flight. They went all out to make everyone feel as comfortable as they could."
Cons: "Scrambled eggs were overlooked. Breakfast lacked variety. Otherwise, it was all good."
Pros: "Very friendly crew and quick boarding process"
Cons: "Seat is a bit narrow,"
Pros: "I liked their positive & happy attitudes as well as their work ethic."
Cons: "Perhaps there could have been a larger & wider selection of movies. I would have liked to have had a hard copy menu so that I could make a more informed choice with my meals."
Pros: "Korean employees at LAX are no helpful!!!"
Pros: "International flight should be Two luggage check in, all other flights I used they are two luggage to be check in, and one carry on, but not this Korean Air, for sure I wouldn't be using again.,"
Pros: "Excellent service and comfort, from start to finish"
Pros: "Ground staff very friendly as in flight staff. Boarding orderly and seats comfortable."
Cons: "Food was not very tasty"
Pros: "The food, available movies, and crew were all very good. The crew did a wonderful job."
Cons: "The flight was late for take off and I was disappointed that there was only one Japanese movie available for the flight."
Cons: "special meals especially Hindu meals non vegetarian"
Pros: "The boarding was efficient and the crew was nice, polite, and mostly spoke English, which is a huge benefit. The crew provided a pillow+blanket combination, headphones, a toothbrush, two meals, several snacks, and lots of drinks including wine. As for entertainment, the flight includes several movies, tv shows, music, and games for free. I would definitely recommend Korean Air to a friend, but I would recommend that friend to bring a custom neck pillow."
Cons: "Although the crew dimmed the lights during the flight, I could never get comfortable enough in my chair to sleep. The chairs do not support the human body, they only offer rollercoaster type padding. There is no neck support, and the pillow handed out by the crew is too big to be used as a back or neck support. Even lying back, the chairs are uncomfortable. The food could have had some warning labels in English on them. Since I'm lactose intolerant and unable to read Hangul, it's difficult for me to pick food I can eat without problems."
Pros: "Service counter check in was very helpful"
Pros: "Great food selection;just the right amount."
Cons: "Improve sound system;selection of movies & music selections"
Pros: "Plane was spacious, clean and flight attendants were very nice and professional. Food and entertainment was excellent!"
Pros: "the food, the snacks, the special amenities for pregnant passenger, the transit airport"
Cons: "more entertainment channel options pleaseeee, it was kinda bouncy during the landing im not sure if it was because of the wind but its summer time.."
Pros: "Beverage service satisfactory."
Cons: "The fact that this JAL Flight was operated by Korean Air meant that not only was the staff different, the the plane itself was an older and smaller model with extremely little room and zero entertainment systems. Both of these developments were severely disappointing given that the 2 hour round trip was 440USD, and flying on a budget airline would have provided basically the same experience for much cheaper. Furthermore the flight was delayed for over an hour taking off at almost 10:00pm instead of 8:40pm. The meal service was quite disappointing as well given the long wait. This delay nearly caused me to miss the last train into the city, in which case I would have needed to take an incredibly expensive Tokyo taxi ride to my accommodation. This was avoided by luck alone, as the airport immigration lines at Haneda airport were uncharacteristically empty. All in all, it was a surprisingly frustrating experience and remarkably stressful. I have known JAL and Korean Air to both be excellent carriers and was quite disappointed to have such a poor flight experience could have been exceeded by an average Peach or Vanilla Air flight."
Pros: "The flight staff is always a pleasure to fly with."
Pros: "O"
Cons: "Overall flight was good except the long 12 hours stop in Korea was killing us. Maybe it's ok if just one on the way not back and forth of the flight."
Cons: "Again, my special meal request wasn't found and I ended up eating nothing"
Pros: "Flight attendants were on point! Great service with other luxuries such as a USB charge port!"
Cons: "The flight was to short to enjoy."
Pros: "Excellent entertainment selections on the flight."
OTHER AIRLINES WOULD CHANGE YOUR FLIGHT FOR A FEE BUT ANA DID NOT!!!!!!!!!
It's ok flying ANA. I'm going to fly again with this airlines and endorsed them to my friends
Pros: "Yes"
Pros: "Crews were friendly and helpful. I never had economy seat that goes as flat as theirs. I liked the safety instruction video."
Cons: "They seemed to run out of food options quickly. Wasn't a problem for me. But, they should know better."
Pros: "Crew was amazing, food was filling & plentiful."
Cons: "Overall no complaints but the landing in Tokyo was a little rough. Pilot seemed to descend quickly which hurt my ears but otherwise, smooth flight."
Pros: "The crew was excellent & seats were comfortable"
Cons: "Better boarding procedures. JAL is better."
Pros: "Staff were friendly. Alcohol beverages are free. Good upsated movie selections."
Pros: "Crew was amazing"
Cons: "The boarding"
Pros: "The crew was amazing! The food was really great! And the entertainment was fantastic! I would absolutely fly with them again the next time I book a trip."
Pros: "Outstanding service as always - ANA rocks!"
Cons: "Too many (redundant) service announcements. Suggest simplifying and keeping them short and less repetitive to avoid inconvenience, esp while enjoying entertainment."
Pros: "Your crew.they are wonderful,we are flying with ANA this morning we hope to have the same experience.thank you."
Cons: "There isn't a bad comment."
Pros: "Friendly attentive staff."
Cons: "The seat was narrow and after 9 hours, not comfortable... Normal for economy though"
Cons: "The food wasn't very good and the quantity of the snack meager. Worse, the crew refused to give a second roll to our 12 year old even which means that either they only have one for each passenger (and every passenger had theirs) or the crew are parsimonious."
Pros: "Crew tried to be friendly"
Cons: "Slow to depart after boarding on time, with an eventual delay of 1 hour (deplaning was extremely slow) before we reached the baggage claim area. The wait for baggage took another half hour"
Pros: "Flight check-in counter was so nice and accommodating. Makes me never want to go back to rude America."
Pros: "Food, service"
Pros: "Very smooth boarding process and excellent, lovely flight attendants"
Pros: "Friendly & helpful stewardesses, watched new release movies, good meals, overall a smooth ride."
Cons: "Quite a few passengers with young children crying throughout the trip but I can sympathize trying to keep them occupied on such a long flight."
Pros: "Service was excellent, landed on time, courteous staff and good food. Good selection of movies and programs."
Cons: "If the seat reclined a bit more, would be nice."
Pros: "Crew amazing and food very good."
Cons: "Crew woke us up 2 hours before landing, would ha e been great to sleep longer."
Pros: "Crew was very nice and accommodating ... refreshing change."
Cons: "Hoping for different movies on the long flight back...and less R rated ones...some different games (like trivia) would have been nice."
Pros: "Staff and crew and food!"
Cons: "We could not check in online. This was frustrating and we do not know why?"
Pros: "The food was great. There was a good selection of shows and movies. The stewardesses came around with water and juice often which was really nice. The bathrooms were clean."
Cons: "The decent into Japan was pretty steep. It made me feel a bit sick and I never get motion sickness. Hardest decent I've ever had and I travel every 2 years. The ascent was excellent though and the flight in general was perfect."
Pros: "Food was quite good"
Cons: "the plane was Hot! So hot we couldn't use the blankets. The staff in Tokyo did not want to let me and my twin 11 yr olds board early. We need extra time to be organised and in our seats for a very long flight. If not we block the aisle. And that is without consideration for the fact that my daughter has limited sight so needs my help and it takes time. I was disappointed that they didnt come through the cabin from time to time with snacks as most airlines do on long haul flights."
Cons: "19 hours overlay in ORD. I had to check out all luggages again. Terrible."
Cons: "I was pleased with all."
Pros: "Nice space between seats for the economy class."
Cons: "The entertainment center (sound) did not work in my son's seat."
Pros: "Friendly staff and great food. Cabin was spacious even for Economy."
Pros: "Excellent, polite service, very comfortable seats."
Pros: "Staff was wonderful and pleasant. Food was good for plane food. Entertainment was enough to get us all the way there."
Cons: "Seats in economy are a little uncomfortable, but to be expected."
Pros: "I've flown with ANA before and they never fail to impress. Service is impecable, staff are nice and the new boeings are awesome. Seats can be a bit cramped but we were in economy and it's a 9 hour flight so some discomfort is expected. The 3 meals served are complimentary and very much appreciated. The entertainment system is an easy to use touch screen with great options from Hollywood and other movie sources."
Pros: "Friendly and helpful airline staff and flight attendants. Efficient boarding. Departed on time. Great in flight service."
Pros: "787 was beautiful, great features, clean. Flight attendants were polite and helpful."
Pros: "I like the courteous and efficient service of the whole crew."
Cons: "I didn't like part of the journey to USA to be run by UNITED."
Pros: "The most comfortable economy flight I have experienced so far. The service, food and entertainment options were all excellent. Definitely looking forward to our return flight back to YVR!"
Pros: "I liked the Service and all. Airline offered me a wheel chair since it was on a record from last flight. They escort me to the plane.and plane to my daughter at the other end."
Pros: "Service was amazing."
Pros: "Excellent service, friendly staff, smooth check-in and boarding. I love the simplified, smaller Boarding Pass that can actually fit into your passport and doesn't stick out as a sore thumb."
Cons: "Nothing, really."
Pros: "Ana is the best"
Pros: "Hassle-free luggage check-in process. Amazing hospitality led to a great in-flight experience. Empathy and kindness of staff was exemplary. Every crew member goes above and beyond one's expectations. My wife and my kid had a lovely time and comfortable journey. Will definitely try to book this flight again in future."
Cons: "There was no Indian or vegetarian food. Luckily, my wife carried home-made food."
Pros: "Not overcrowded"
Cons: "Short flight, needed to purchase food"
Pros: "Very comfortable, and the crew was excellent."
Cons: "The international breakfast (Spanish Omelet) was mediocre. Poor movie selection – United has a much better and larger selection of movies."
Pros: "Very comfortable. Lots of room, wonderful crew."
Cons: "A little light on entertainment choices, the English translations of flight info were pretty rough and sometimes unintelligible. Not a problem on this flight but could be if there was a major delay or something that needed to be communicated."
Pros: "Everything :)"
Pros: "The movie selection and food served were pleasant surprises."
Cons: "Sore butt after 10 hours , but that's hardly anyone's fault. No complaints about my experience. 10/10"
Pros: "The service was great, complimentary movie selection was fantastic."
Cons: "I requested strict vegetarian meals in advance, was given items that violated this request. Further, the items which were in accordance with my dietary restrictions were generally not satisfying."
Pros: "Best flight I've ever had"
Pros: "Quick boarding, comfortable seating and amazing flight crew."
Cons: "The flight crew was great. Also there was more then enough in flight entertainment for the entire flight."
Cons: "Taipei airport lacks seating in general wait area. There is congestion and slow lines to proceed from there to larger waiting area below."
Pros: "Crew was very friendly. Flight was on time. Meals were good. Will be flying with EVA again"
Pros: "The food was pretty good and the crew was very attentive. Checking was easy."
Cons: "Nothing really."
Pros: "That's be ok"
Cons: "It was lovely to have a meal but there was no beverage service. Not even water. It may have been because of the strike."
Pros: "Checked and arranged seating accordingly."
Cons: "Crews could've been more friendlier and accommodating."
Cons: "The cabin crew was rude and the food ran out. The entertainment did not work. Plus we were over an hour late once we finally got off the plane"
Cons: "More legroom, but what do I expect in economy?"
Pros: "Great food, and lots of leg room in economy. The flights were on time."
Pros: "Bigger space for legs room"
Pros: "This is a bit weird, but it was the first time I flew Eva economy. I've taken this route many times in business and it would take pages to go through all the things that EVA does right in business class. So I was stunned when my first time in economy was so incredibly impressive as well."
Cons: "I'm really picky and there's nothing more I could have wanted in an economy flight experience."
Cons: "It' was awesome"
Pros: "Could be a bit more friendly"
Cons: "Movie selections going east and going west"
Pros: "Special meal options. Services from Cabin attendants were also nice."
Pros: "Bathroom very nice. Food nice."
Cons: "Economy seats a bit too cramped."
Cons: "Good"
Pros: "The crew were nice & the flight was on time."
Cons: "Food was ok but I was in the Economy class. I do agree with a review that no water was served during a long flight. Drinks were served only after a meal."
Pros: "Crew were very friendly and helpful. The flight attendants seemed to have a genuine interest in the needs and comfort of the passengers."
Cons: "For such a long flight, the seats were too small and not enough leg room."
Pros: "Entertainment was very good"
Cons: "Delayed on departure and arrival"
Pros: "With limited time service very efficient and pleasant. Can't ask for much more."
Pros: "Great friendly and efficient service! Very lovely hostesses"
Pros: "Service was great and plates of food were delicious."
Pros: "Food not bad"
Cons: "Boarding"
Cons: "the temperature on the plane fluctuates a lot. Sometimes very cold and sometimes too warm."
Pros: "Nothing ."
Cons: "Poor service ."
Pros: "Terrible experience"
Cons: "I was refused permission to board the plane"
Pros: "Service was wonderful"
Pros: "Very hardworking and friendly cabin crew and very efficient service onboard. Lots of little finishing touches like free toothbrush/paste, eyecovers, earplugs in washrooms. Larger and better quality LCD screens in their B777-300ER plane."
Cons: "Economy seat space is tight but not different from other major airlines unless you pay extra for more leg space."
Pros: "Nothing to like about."
Pros: "Overall great experience flying with Eva Air. Smooth flight and the food was pretty good compared to other airlines."
Pros: "Nice crew, comfortable ,no delate"
Cons: "We did not like all the meals in all the flights"
Pros: "Me & my wife were on Premium Economy. This was a connecting flight to Manila from Vancouver Canada. The food served was not visually appealing and very lacking in taste. The food can be improved for this sector. The food was a very far cry from EVA Air flight also on Premium Economy. Before this flight we took we took BR9 from Vancouver Canada. The Ground Agent at the boarding gate wanted us to check-in our carry-on baggage which was well within the measurements specified in the EVA Air website (23x36x56cm). My wife and I had only one carry-on each. The reason given the flight was full. I did not understand this since I could see there were lots of passengers who had carry-on baggage larger than the 23x36x56cm and more than one piece carry-on. Not sure why this female Ground Agent picked on us when there were lots more violations within her sight. Also, she was rude when we refused. Once inside the aircraft with all passengers boarded, there were lots of empty bins for carry-on baggage. The more I was not happy about this Ground Agent picking on our carry-on baggage. The more I did not understand why!"
Cons: "This is my wife & I flying with EVA Air. My wife and I have travelled with many international and domestic airlines for 38 years now since we started travelling. I'd recommend EVA Air's Premium Economy. The seats were wider and leg room was excellent. The amenities were great especially the entertainment part. TV Screen in front of the passenger (installed behind the seat in front) was very clear. it was the same as if watching movie on an iPad."
Pros: "Liked the seats, legroom. Good value for price."
Cons: "Food could be better. Crew could be friendlier. They did their job but did not have the warmth of crew of other airlines I've flown."
Pros: "Nice staff good movie selection good flight"
Pros: "Great crew, very attentive and efficient and nice, friendly. I spoke most with Lucy Tsai, really lovely person, I hope she's appreciated and recognized for her efforts. The aircraft was like new."
Cons: "Food just okay."
Pros: "I actually loved the whole trip. The aircraft still looked like it was brand new on the inside even though I'm sure that it has probably been in the air for a few years now. The service was great from the seemingly effortless takeoff and landing by the pilots to the flight attendants being very efficient and caring. The ambient temperature of the cabin was great. I had a wonderful experience and when I return home I will not hesitate to book with EVA again for any of my international flight needs."
Cons: "It's not really even something that I didn't like because I know learning a second language is hard any way but every once in a while when the flight attendants made announcements they would either run English words together into one word or pronounce it a little wrong but I still could understand everything that they were saying. So if I have to suggest something that is all that I can think of and it isn't even a bad thing at all. Thank you for everything!"
Pros: "Crew is so nice."
Pros: "In economy the seats recline more than your average airplane and also there's a bit more leg room so on a long flight this is a big plus. I also liked the fact that the washrooms are kept very clean during the flight and they offer toothbrush with toothpaste."
Cons: "Overall I liked everything is a very good airline. The flight attendants rush you too much for everything, that bothered me a bit."
Pros: "The service was excellent and the food was delicious."
Cons: "Not a very good selection of movies."
Pros: "I had a ile seat,and wasn't crowded"
Pros: "Wonderful staff, attentive crew, good overall experience"
Pros: "The food and drink service was great and at no extra cost"
Pros: "easy helpful checking,boarding and clean plants with meal service. On time helpful stewardess and friendly approach"
Cons: "Meals basic but food and wine free, no entertainment on board"
Pros: "This was my first time flying Eva. Overall a positive experience. Crew and staff were professional and polite."
Cons: "I was a little frustrated when standing in line to check in in Taipei. Only one active agent, a very long line and about six Eva employees chatting in the administrative area."
Pros: "comfy, modern interior on the plane. Staff was great."
Cons: "check in was smooth, and the staff knew exactly how to handle my surfboard bag and the correct price to charge."
Pros: "In flight food was delicious and crew was very friendly"
Pros: "There was nothing good about this experience. Management at the highest levels made decisions that showed gross inattention to the wellbeing of passengers and crews."
Cons: "My wife and I were scheduled to fly out of Taipei on the day a major typhoon made a direct hit on Taiwan. Taipei was shut down, offices and shops were closed, residents were sheltering at home, and other carriers had cancelled essentially all flights during the 10 hours when the storm was projected to be over the island and had posted long delays (of 8 and 10 hours and longer) on their uncancelled flights. Only EVA stubbornly clung to the fiction that our flight and others would actually depart -- and depart on time. EVA's refusal to acknowledge reality -- and timely communicate that reality to its customers -- made planning impossible, stranding passengers at hotels without bookings, preventing contingency planning and forcing many passengers to make needless trips to the airport over treacherous roads made hazardous by heavy flooding, downed trees, blowing debris, high winds and blinding rain. EVA's decisions cost us money, inconvenience, time and anxiety. For the passengers and crews on inbound planes that EVA actually landed or tried to land in Taipei that day, the consequences were worse: head and other injuries from extreme turbulence and hard landings, and then hours on tarmacs unable to deplane because the winds were above the maximum level for the safe deployment of jetways. Getting out the next day with an upgrade to business class doesn't do it for me. I am a United 1K-Star Alliance Gold flyer. I fly a fair amount and I expect, above all else, an uncompromising focus on safety and clear, candid and timely communication. Never again EVA."
Pros: "Large selection of free movies"
Pros: "Comfortable seats and great service."
Pros: "Everything was good . Yhe only problem is the small portions of food."
Cons: "Captain concern about security."
Pros: "Yes & yes"
Pros: "Everything"
Pros: "The departure and arrival times were good in order to sleep the night, and wake up in Tokyo refreshed. Cabin crew were fairly friendly, but not the Cathay of a few years ago."
Cons: "NONE of the business class center seats would recline. This meant in order to recline and get some rest, the crew had to dismantle your seat and release the locks manually. This meant the seat was in that position until time to land. So I had to make a choice to sleep or eat, horrible for CX."
Pros: "Professional and friendly Crew & the movies"
Cons: "Too cold, seats to narrow, food not so tasty."
Pros: "Crew is very good and efficient, generally very friendly and helpful. Seats are fairly spacious and comfortable. The flight was only slightly delayed. Food and drinks are quite readily available. Meal quality is nothing amazing, but it's definitely not bad."
Cons: "No wonder they are one of the best airliner"
Pros: "Everything was quite nice."
Cons: "Happy with everything. Staff were very friendly and helpful."
Pros: "Friendly, super efficient crew, great, comfy seats and a smooth landing made for a fantastic trip."
Cons: "Could have been longer so I could get more sleep!"
Pros: "Friendly and efficient staff."
Cons: "Did not inform us of a flight delay until way after the flight time had past. Waited an extra to take off."
Pros: "As per usual, Cathay's service was top notch. Friendly, courteous crew, good food, a great entertainment system with a great selection. This particular flight was very smooth and, as it was only around 65% full, I was able to stretch out and get some sleep."
Pros: "Nil"
Cons: "A very old product in the CX fleet. The old exonomy seat is terrible. Service was not attentive. Entertainment system was not responsive. CX is definitely going downhill."
Pros: "Crew were outstanding and food was awesome"
Cons: "The seat was a bit small for me, legroom a bit tight."
Cons: "Too salty for the meal"
Pros: "Comfortable. Good service. No wait for restroom"
Pros: "Leg room, food, airline staff"
Cons: "Too hot in the plane"
Pros: "Food great, smooth flight. Helpful stewardess. Fairly comfy seats"
Pros: "Excellent all around. The A350 is much quieter than older jets - a real asset on a long flight."
Pros: "Not much, quick though"
Cons: "Plane is old, seats are terrible, hard awkward, strange seatbelt clunk of foam plastic, food was horrible, never saw the crew, it was hot, needed water has to go track it down, it was an overnight flight so not all the crews fault"
Pros: "Boarding was smooth, attendants were great, entertainment had lots of options"
Cons: "They only had this tasteless shrimp slop leftover by the time they got to me for dinner. I didn't eat it and asked for a snack after and was refused. Other than being hungry it was great. The next meal was fine also."
Pros: "Great airline, punctual, attentive"
Pros: "Super friendly inflight staff, especially on my flight to canada"
Pros: "Seats weren't much comfortable."
Cons: "Food wasn't bad but above average."
Cons: "Ordered a vegetarian meal that was never delivered."
Pros: "Good food and service."
Cons: "The premium economy cabin configuration - it was a full flight, I was seated at the right-hand side of the cabin, and the toilet is at the left, and it was not easy and having to step on people's feet to go to the tooilet."
Pros: "Cathy service"
Cons: "Amazing"
Cons: "Seat didn't recline"
Pros: "Good leg room in coach. Comfortable seats."
Cons: "All good"
Pros: "All as expected - no surprises"
Pros: "Good entertainment and decent food"
Cons: "Boarding. Starting from the boarding call where everybody rushed the aircraft and weren't organized to the space allocation for bags. There were a number of empty seats. I would guess the aircraft was running at 70 to 75% capacity. However, there was no space for our carry one. The passengers who go in earlier had put their bags flat and horizontal thus taking maximum room in the bins. The airhostes did nothing to control this or direct the bags. I repeatedly said that I could move the bags around to crate room. They took no heed. There were also a number of partially empty bins that had been closed early , and the air hostesses did nott allow me to look in to. Finallymy partner and I had to cross over to thebother side and place one of ou carry ons 19 rows in front of our assigned seats, and the other smaller bag in the seat on front of us. For a 6'3" man, this was very uncomfortable for 14 hrs. The rest of the flight was fine, but the boarding was extremely inefficient"
Pros: "Flight staff was excellent and friendly"
Cons: "our flight form Vancouver to Hong Kong was delayed 3 hours which made our connection in Hong Kong to Denpasar short. This resulted in our luggage not getting to Bali and we had to wait 36 hours to get it. As we were leaving on a tour the next day it made it very difficult to get the airline to understand where we needed our luggage and how important it was to get it. It took numerous phone calls, all of which were costly long distance, to get them to commit to getting our luggage to us"
Pros: "More drink options were offered."
Cons: "Flight delay"
Pros: "The plane actually arrived an hour earlier than expected."
Pros: "Access to Cathay lounge. Went to the Wing noodle bar and coffee loft. Had a good bite to eat before boarding flight running 15 mins late. My request to have my meal service delayed was welcomed by staf."
Cons: "None experienced"
Pros: "The seats were very comfortable. Made it easy to sleep even in a middle seat."
Cons: "We had to wait outside the boarding area until right before boarding. Also they did not allow me to reserve a seat when booking."
Pros: "I do however appreciate that the plane did wait for us"
Cons: "My flight was delayed and although my connecting flight did wait this was only because a large number of other people on that flight where not only on my flight but where coming in from other flights as well. this seems like really poor management and practice"
Pros: "The crew was very cordial and respectful."
Cons: "My son did not do well with the food on the trip. He became ill. The food did not smell particularly delicious."
Cons: "After a stressful 15 hour flight from San Francisco, my connecting flight to Tokyo was delayed by an hour and a half, which is something I'd like to avoid in this long of a flight."
Pros: "The food"
Cons: "seat did not recline."
Cons: "I am not a frequent flier on Cathay. I would say I would think twice before buying my next ticket. Their call centers and counter staff leave a huge amount to be desired. I called their help desk when I couldn't access my reservation. My problem is their systems push your first and middle names together as a first name in their systems so I couldn't access my reservation. I really, really struggled understanding the person on their help desk. Then 48 hours before my flight I tried to book my seats and get my boarding pass. There were no seats for a party of 3 traveling together and only middle seats for the 3 of us. I waited for 20 minutes calling their support center. Of course their team could not help. All seats were booked. Luckily she offered to book my seats for the return and we managed to get the last 3 together in the back of the plane. If you book through Kayak recommend immediately calling to book seat numbers. I have ran out of room but returning from Vancouver their systems didn't read American passports and everyone tried to get tickets issued the staff at the desk laughed when told and said they knew it was a problem....but it did keep the many skiers busy in the self service line:) Also the desk opens 2hours and 59 minutes before departure so don't arrive early"
Pros: "Very good service and comfortable plane"
Pros: "Entertainment system"
Cons: "Crew did not offer beverages or bottled water for coach passengers. The lights were left on for most of the redeye despite it being a 5 hour flight. The plane was old - there was food from the previous flight in my seat when I arrived. The blanks and pillows looked used and worn. Our flight arrived 45 minutes late with no explanation - it seemed to be a result of the slow/delayed boarding process. I will avoid Cathay Pacific going forward."
Pros: "I like the snacks and the ice cream"
Cons: "Economy's seats a bit tightly packed in. Food was kind of Asian based and no choices for snacks but the Asian type nuts/pretzels that tastes wired"
Pros: "The staff was very helpful and friendly. Location was perfect."
Cons: "For the price per night i expected the hotel to supply complementary bottle water daily. The A/C was not very effective."
Pros: "amazing they offer a meal!"
Cons: "as it was a red eye flight it would've been great if there were more seats open so one could sleep. the leg room is pretty small even for a not-tall person (5'4")"
Pros: "Great service. Nice plane. Flight attendants were attractive"
Pros: "Great service."
Cons: "Nothing to complain about."
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ANA8.6
EVA Air8.5
Cathay Pacific8.0
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The swing: baby bliss, parental bliss. This is one piece of equipment that you won't want to do without, especially if you have one at home! Because some babies like to be rocked to sleep slowly, while others like something a bit stronger, we've chosen swings that have variable speeds and rocking patterns. Our swings & gliders can soothe your baby two ways, by swinging back and forth like a traditional swing or side-to-side like a cradle. It's easy to switch the seat from a swing to a cradle – just push a button and turn the seat. Some babies like music while others like peace and quite, and our swings play a variety of songs and have a volume control so you can turn that music up, make it soft, or operate the swing with no sound at all. In addition to music, the swings also play tranquil sounds, like crashing waves, running water and pouring rain.
Some swings & gliders have 2 positions: an upright position for older babies and a recline positions for newborns who are not yet able to hold up their head. The recline position is also great for older babies that fall asleep in the swing, and we've never met a baby that doesn't fall asleep in these swings! The swings have a 5 point safety harness and a removable toy bar.


Gaming chairs are executive & office chairs designed to improve the user's comfort for long periods of time. Most gaming chair designs are inspired by racing car seats mixed with a wide variety of colours and designs to appeal to the gaming audience.
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Robert Irwin, untitled (dawn to dusk), 2016. Photo by Alex Marks.
Beginning Friday, October 13, the Chinati Foundation will offer new hours for self-guided viewing of several different works in the permanent collection. The new viewing schedule follows below.
Donald Judd's untitled 100 works in mill aluminum will be open for self-guided viewing Wednesday through Sunday from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM.
Robert Irwin's untitled (dawn to dusk) may be viewed Friday through Sunday from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.
The John Chamberlain Building in downtown Marfa will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
Tickets for self-guided viewing of the Donald Judd and Robert Irwin works are $10 Adults, $5 students. The John Chamberlain Building may be visited free of charge. Reservations for self-guided viewing are not necessary.
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For more information, please contact Chinati at (432) 729-4362 or visit chinati.org.


One of Europe's biggest pathology firms has secured its first NHS contract as the Christie Foundation Trust becomes the latest trust to join up with a private provider to deliver pathology services.
The Manchester-based cancer centre, one of the UK's most prestigious specialist trusts, has entered into a joint venture with Synlab UK. The firm will now provide services at the centre.
The Christie Pathology Partnership will last for 10 years, with an option to extend the agreement for another five years after that, according to a trust spokeswoman.
The announcement comes at a difficult time for the trust after Monitor, the health sector regulator, recently launched an investigation into the behaviour of the organisation's leadership team.
The trust's current pathology service provides a diagnostic and monitoring service for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery.
A Synlab spokesman told HSJ that initial revenue from the deal is predicted to be around £7m.
All on-site pathology services and relevant staff will remain at the trust. Clinical staff working in the laboratories at the Christie will transfer into the partnership and all pathology consultants will remain employees of the trust, a statement said.
Roger Spencer, the Christie's interim chief executive, said: "The Christie Pathology Partnership reflects our vision to be a world-leading comprehensive cancer centre using the very latest technologies, working methods and diagnostic techniques to support improved patient outcomes.
The partnership will begin on 1 June, when staff, equipment and facilities at the Christie's pathology laboratories will transfer to operating under the joint venture.


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AZF ist der Name einer oder mehrerer Erpressergruppen in Frankreich, die seit 2003/2004 missglückte Anschläge auf das Eisenbahnnetz der SNCF verübt hatten. Das Kürzel AZF wurde in deren Schreiben nicht erklärt. Die Gruppe wurde vermutlich nach der Chemiefabrik AZF in Toulouse benannt, die am 21. September 2001 durch eine Explosion zerstört wurde.

Vermutlich bereits Ende 2003 drohte die AZF mit Bombenanschlägen auf das französische Eisenbahnnetz mit einer Forderung von 4 Millionen US-Dollar und 1 Million Euro. Daraufhin wurden die 32.000 Streckenkilometer der SNCF von mehr als 10.000 Eisenbahnern abgesucht. Auf einen Hinweis der AZF wurde eine erste Bombe an der Strecke Paris–Toulouse auf der Gemarkung von Folles (nördlich von Limoges) gefunden, mit einem Gemisch aus 2,5 kg Benzin und Ammoniumnitrat. Der Fundort lag neben der Abzweigung einer 5 km langen Bahnlinie zur Uranlagerstätte der COGEMA in Bessines.

Im März 2004 wurde eine zweite Bombe gefunden, auf der Gemarkung von Montiéramey in der Nähe von Troyes, am Waldstück Grand Orient, kurz bevor am 24. März die AZF von sich aus auf weitere Aktionen verzichtete. Aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Bauart der Bomben äußerten die Ermittler jedoch Zweifel an der Urheberschaft der AZF.

Im Oktober 2004 erhob eine Vereinigung namens AZF Lösegeldforderungen gegenüber mehreren Nahrungsmittelfirmen wie Coca-Cola unter Androhung von Giftanschlägen. Es gibt keinen Beweis, dass es sich um dieselbe Gruppe handelt.

Am 24. März 2005 stellte eine AZF Geldforderungen an die französische Regierung unter Ankündigung von Anschlägen für Mai 2005. Die Gruppe benutzte ein neues Logo und verschickte mit einem Zünder versehene Drohbriefe an das Büro des französischen Präsidenten und an das Innenministerium.

Am 18. April 2006 wurde eine weitere Bombe an der TGV-Strecke bei St. Sylvain d'Anjou gefunden. Dabei könnte es sich um einen zweiten Bombentyp handeln, der in einem der Briefe der ersten AZF-Gruppe beschrieben worden war.

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Florence Rena Sabin (1871-1953)
Florence Rena Sabin had successful careers as both a researcher and public health reformer. When Johns Hopkins University Medical School opened, accepting women and men on the same basis, Sabin was one of the first to enter. After the successful completion of her MD degree, Sabin went on to become the first female faculty member and later full-time professor at Johns Hopkins.
Robert Alan Good (1922-2003)
Robert Alan Good was an American physician and scientific researcher who explored the cellular mechanisms of immunity. His research and discoveries earned him the label of "father of modern immunology." Though his work in immunology is considered his greatest scientific achievement, Good is also well known for his work with tissue engineering. From his research on immunology, Good was able to perform the first successful allogeneic (donor and recipient are unrelated) bone marrow transplant.
Wilhelm August Oscar Hertwig (1849-1922)
Wilhelm August Oscar Hertwig contributed to embryology through his studies of cells in development and his discovery that only one spermatozoon is necessary to fertilize an egg. He was born 21 April 1849 to Elise Trapp and Carl Hertwig in Hessen, Germany. After his brother Richard was born the family moved to Muhlhausen in Thuringen where the boys were educated. The two brothers later attended the university in Jena from 1868 to 1888 and studied under Ernst Haeckel, who later convinced Hertwig to leave chemistry and pursue medicine.
Warren Harmon Lewis (1870-1964)
As one of the first to work at the Carnegie Institution of Washington Department of Embryology, Warren Harmon Lewis made a number of contributions to the field of embryology. In addition to his experimental discoveries on muscle development and the eye, Lewis also published and revised numerous works of scientific literature, including papers in the Carnegie Contributions to Embryology and five editions of Gray's Anatomy.
Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729-1799)
Lazzaro Spallanzani's imaginative application of experimental methods, mastery of microscopy, and wide interests led him to significant contributions in natural history, experimental biology, and physiology. His detailed and thoughtful observations illuminated a broad spectrum of problems ranging from regeneration to the genesis of thunderclouds.
Pope Paul VI (1897-1978)
Pope Paul VI, born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, has been crucial to the clarification of Roman Catholic views on embryos and abortion in recent history. His 1968 encyclical "Humanae Vitae" spoke to the regulation of birth through various methods of contraception and sterilization. This encyclical, a result of Church hesitancy to initiate widespread discussion of the issue in a council of the Synod of Bishops, led to much controversy in the Church but established a firm Catholic position on the issues of birth control and family planning.
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Edward B. Lewis (1918-2004)
Edward B. Lewis studied embryonic development in Drosophila, including the discovery of the cis-trans test for recessive genes, and the identification of the bithorax complex and its role in development in Drosophila. He shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric F. Wieschaus for work on genetic control of early embryonic development.
Harald zur Hausen (1936–)
Harald zur Hausen studied viruses and discovered that certain strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease, can cause cervical cancer, in Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Zur Hausen spent his research career identifying the viruses that cause diseases, particularly cancer-causing viruses (oncoviruses). He primarily focused on HPV and cervical cancer. Zur Hausen hypothesized that HPV was cancerous and discovered that two strains, HPV 16 and 18, caused cervical cancer.
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
The Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (Anton Dohrn Zoological Station) is a public research institute focusing on biology and biodiversity. Hereafter called the Station, it was founded in Naples, Italy, in 1872 by Anton Dohrn. The type of research conducted at the Station has varied since it was created, though initial research focused on embryology. At the turn of the twentieth century, researchers at the Station established the sea urchin (Echinoidea) as a model organism for embryological research.
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Pope Pius XII (1876-1958)
Pope Pius XII was born Eugenio Maria Giuseppi Giovanni Pacelli on 2 March 1876 in Rome, Italy, to Virginia and Filippo Pacelli. Known for his oft-disputed role in the Roman Catholic Church's approach to the Nazis and World War II, Pope Pius XII also contributed a number of important documents regarding conception, fertility, abortion, and reproductive control to the Vatican's collection of writings and doctrine on procreation.
Pope Innocent XI (1611-1689)
Pope Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi, made considerable contributions to the Roman Catholic approach to embryology by condemning several propositions on liberal moral theology in 1679, including two related to abortion and ensoulment. His rejection of these principles strengthened the Church's stance against abortion and for the idea of "hominization," meaning the presence of human qualities before birth.
Albert William Liley (1929-1983)
Albert William Liley advanced the science of fetal physiology and the techniques of life-saving in utero blood transfusions for fetuses with Rh incompatibility, also known as hemolytic disease. Due to his advances, fetuses too young to survive premature delivery, and likely to die in utero if their Rh incompabilities were left untreated, were successfully transfused and carried to term. Liley was as passionate as a clinician and researcher as he was about his views on the rights of the unborn.
Carl Gottfried Hartman (1879-1968)
Carl Gottfried Hartman researched the reproductive physiology of opossums and rhesus monkeys. He was the first to extensively study the embryology and physiology of reproduction in opossums when little was known about this mammal. Hartman worked in Texas where opossums, the only marsupial that lives in North America, were abundant. The female opossum delivers her fetal opossums in her pouch, where one can easily observe their development. After studying opossums for thirteen years, Hartman investigated the reproductive physiology of rhesus monkeys, also known as macaques.
Charles Bradlaugh (1833–1891)
Charles Bradlaugh was as a political and social activist in the seventeenth century in England. He held leadership positions in various organizations focused on social and political activism including the Reform League, the London Secular Society, the newspaper National Reformer, and the National Secular Society. Throughout his career, Bradlaugh advocated for better conditions for the working poor, and for the separation of government and religion.
Alan Mathison Turing (1912-1954)
Alan Mathison Turing was a British mathematician and computer scientist who lived in the early twentieth century. Among important contributions in the field of mathematics, computer science, and philosophy, he developed a mathematical model of morphogenesis. This model describing biological growth became fundamental for research on the process of embryo development.
Jan Evangelista Purkyne (1787-1869)
Jan Evangelista Purkyne, also called Johannes or Johann Evangelist Purkinje, studied cells in the cerebellum, fibers of the heart, subjective visual phenomenon, and germinal vesicle, in eastern Europe during the early nineteenth century. His investigations provided insights into various mechanisms and structures of the human body. Purkyne introduced techniques for decalcification of bones and teeth, embedding of tissue specimens, and eye examinations.
Pearl Mao Tang (1922– )
A licensed obstetrician and gynecologist, Pearl Tang worked to improve the health of women and children in Maricopa County, Arizona, during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Her work with the Maricopa County Health Department ranged from immunizations to preventing cervical cancer. Tang obtained federal grants and community support to establish various child and maternal health clinics throughout Maricopa County as chief of the Maricopa County Bureau of Maternal and Child Health.
Subject: People, Outreach
David Michael Rorvik (1944–)
David Michael Rorvik is a science journalist who publicized advancements in the field of reproductive medicine during the late twentieth century. Rorvik wrote magazine articles and books in which he discussed emerging methods and technologies that contributed to the progression of reproductive health, including sex determination, in vitro fertilization, and human cloning. During that time, those topics were controversial and researchers often questioned Rorvik's work for accuracy.
Betty Friedan (1921–2006)
Betty Friedan advocated for the advancement of women's rights in the twentieth century in the United States. In 1963, Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique, which historians consider a major contribution to the feminist movement. Friedan also helped establish two organizations that advocated for women's right, the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1963 and, in 1969 the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NAARL). Friedan argued for legalizing access to abortion and contraception, and her advocacy helped advance women's reproductive rights.
Annie Dodge Wauneka (1910-1997)
Annie Dodge Wauneka, a member of the Navajo Tribal Council in Window Rock, Arizona, from 1951 to 1978, advocated for improved lifestyle, disease prevention, and access to medical knowledge in the Navajo Indian Reservation, later renamed the Navajo Nation. Wauneka served as chair of the Health and Welfare Committee of the Navajo Tribal Council and as a member of the US Surgeon General's Advisory Committee on Indian Health. Wauneka advocated for initiatives aimed at promoting education, preventing tuberculosis, and reducing the infant mortality rate.
Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960)
Roy Chapman Andrews traveled the world studying fossils, from mammals to dinosaurs, during the first half of the twentieth century. Andrews worked and collected fossil specimens for the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, New York. Throughout his career, Andrews collected bones of many animal species, including a previously unknown species of a horned, herbivorous dinosaur, later named Proceratops andrewsi in his honor. Andrews published widely read narratives about his travels and field experiences, such as On the Trail of Ancient Man and Across Mongolian Plains.
Paul Eugen Bleuler (1857–1939)
Paul Eugen Bleuler studied autism and schizophrenia, among other psychiatric disorders, throughout continental Europe in the early twentieth century. Bleuler worked as a psychiatrist caring for patients with psychiatric disorders at a variety of facilities in Europe. In 1908, Bleuler coined the term schizophrenia to describe a group of diseases that cause changes in thought processes and behavior in humans as well as difficulties relating to the world.
Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777)
Victor Albrecht von Haller was an 18th century scientist who did extensive work in the life sciences, including anatomy and physiology, botany, and developmental biology. His embryological work consisted of experiments in understanding the process of generation, and led him to adopt the model of preformationism called ovism (the idea that the new individual exists within the maternal egg prior to conception). Haller was born in Bern, Switzerland, on 16 October, 1708. His mother was Anna Maria Engel, and his father was Niklaus Emanuel Haller.
John Philip Trinkaus (1918-2003)
John Philip Trinkaus studied the processes of cell migration and gastrulation, especially in teleost fish, in the US during the twentieth century. Called Trink by his friends, his social confidence and work ethic combined to make him a prolific and decorated developmental biologist. His scientific contributions included investigations of several different aspects of embryology.
Johann Gregor Mendel (1822-1884)
Johann Gregor Mendel studied plants and their patterns of inheritance in Austria during the nineteenth century. Mendel experimented with the pea plant, Pisum, and his publication, 'Versuche uber Pflanzenhybriden' ("Experiments on Plant Hybridization"), published in 1866, revolutionized theories of trait inheritance. Mendel's discoveries relating to factors, traits, and how they pass between generations of organisms enabled scientists in the twentieth century to build theories of genetics.

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How often is rsyslog installed?
Of course, how often a software is actually installed is an interesting number for each project. So it is for rsyslog. And, of course, we do not have any data. While you meet some users on the forum and mailing list, they are only a very tiny subset of the user basis. With infrastructure projects like rsyslog, people often do not even know that they run it (what a shame…). Anyhow, it is motivational (and useful for promotions) to know how often it is installed.
So I started to search for some metrics. A good starting point is the observation that beginning with version 8, rsyslog is the default syslogd for Fedora. So, basically, each instance of Fedora 8+ means an instance of rsyslog. Thankfully, I was able to find some metrics directly from the Fedora project. If I sum up the metrics for F8 to F10, I have around 8 million systems. I guess this includes upgrades and now-dead systems. So we are probably down to 5 million (or is this too optimistic?). As a side-note, I agree that some folks may remove rsyslog in spite of some other logging system. But that will probably be special cases, so I don't think it is useful to try to hard to find out a decent number of these (aka "I ignore that" ;)).
The next major source of installations is probably Debian Lenny. Since a few month, rsyslog has become there default syslogd, too. I have not yet found any metrics for Lenny (do you know? – if so, please mail me). I think the number will be way lower than current Fedora (given that it is not yet flagged as stable). So it will probably not add a big number of systems, maybe half a million?
Another source may be several smaller distributions (like centos) where rsyslog is the default. This adds another source of installations.
Finally, we have the cases where folks intentionally install rsyslog. Sadly, these are the fewest cases, but as I said: this is what you expect from an infrastructure project. And logging is definitely a niche. Few folks have big interest in it. So, if looking just for numbers, these cases are almost irrelevant (of course, from any other aspect these are the most important ones for the project, they really drive it!).
Not having any real Debian metrics, I think a reasonable conclusion is that we have around 5 million systems running rsyslog by today (January 2009). I'll probably refer to that number if someone asks (and some folks begin to ask). If you have a different opinion, metrics, ideas – please comment to this post or email me.
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I arrived to find Evelyn sitting in her chair, waiting patiently for my arrival.
She had photos and books lined up on top of her piano to show me. It was incredible that Evelyn was 103. She looked amazing, was very jovial, spoke eloquently, and enjoyed laughing. Evelyn's doctor recently told her, "You have got to slow down - you are doing everything too fast for your age." She answered, "Doctor, have you ever heard of an aircraft when it is zooming around? It has to keep up its forward momentum, otherwise it will drop. Well, that's me! If I don't keep up my forward momentum, I will drop." Evelyn sipped her cup of tea and said, "All my memories - they still flood back."
Evelyn Bovett joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during World War II.
I can just imagine my father putting my mother in a horse-drawn wagon to go over the Crown Range Road. It was a notorious road from Queenstown to Arrowtown to the private maternity home. That is where I was born.
Then of course I went back to the farm and did all my schooling there. That was Mount Barker. The hill itself belonged to my father. All of my sisters and two brothers would help our father with the mustering of the sheep on our mountain. It wasn't a terrifically high mountain - it would take about an hour to get to the top.
We would do other manual things but we weren't allowed to sow the crops or anything like that. Our father and brothers did that; we girls didn't do that. We did a lot of other things with horses. Then we bought a tractor so we had to learn to drive that. Well, it wasn't hard because we had been driving cars and trucks on the farm, so that was quite easy.
You have to remember that in those days, where we were, you wouldn't see a doctor or dentist for ages. If your teeth started to rot, you would just hope that they would wait until the dentist was able to get back up from Alexandra. Those were terrible days when you think back. You just had to put up with things, that's all.
My father, William Andrew Bovett, had plans of becoming a doctor. He was very young when his father died and he took over and did lots of things for people in the district. He would splint legs, knowing a lot from his studies about medical things. Father had the medical books and everything ready to go to Dunedin to become a doctor, but it didn't happen.
My mother's name was Adelina "Ada" Sophia (nee Brooks) and she came from a family of lawyers. Her second cousin was Kennedy, who was the Supreme Court Judge of New Zealand. I used to go and visit him with my parents when it came to holidays. Kennedy and his wife and sister had a holiday home in Queenstown.
There were a whole nine of us, and I was the eldest. There was me, John, May, Aubrey, Sylvie, Robin, David, Ray and Margaret. It was a big thing being the eldest. Margaret and I are the only ones left. She lives in Christchurch.
My mother and father put me in their black Model T car. A few people had cars in those days, but more people had horses and buggies. Anyway, I remember going with them from the farm to Wanaka to celebrate the end of World War I. The horses, buggies and a few cars were encircling the people singing and dancing. My mother was crying and I looked at her and wondered why. It turns out that her only brother had been killed in Gallipoli. It meant sadness for her and others that had lost people that were not coming back.
I went to Pembroke School and really enjoyed it, especially when it came to the sports field. I joined the Wanaka Golf Club when I was sixteen.
HMS Pinafore, Christchurch Armed Forces Operatic Society, 1944.
To get to school we had to cross the Cardrona River which flowed right down to Albert Town. Our father would drive us to the edge of the water and he would throw stones in to gauge the depth of the water. Then he would get in the car and away we would go! We would lift our school bags up off the floor because the water would come right through the car. Sometimes we didn't get very far, we just stopped. The water was coming in the back door and going out the other. Then our father would have to piggyback us to the shoreline.
We couldn't get to school on days like that, because we couldn't get over the river. Those were the days; oh my goodness - they were terrible! They have named one of the newer streets in Wanaka after my father. It is called Bovett Place.
My mother got ten and sixpence a night for playing at the movies. I would help her by turning the pages. She read sight music and didn't play by ear, like I did or my father did. I remember her saying to me to take over while she went to the ladies' cloakroom. She left and I thought, "What on earth do I play?" Because I had never done it before, you see. So the first thing that came into my mind was Beethoven's "Minuet in G" that I had been learning at music. So I sat down and started playing that, but when I looked at the movie screen it was a Wild West thing on. It wasn't very suitable music for the film. I got away with it. I don't think the audience would have noticed anyway. That was my introduction to entertaining.
I moved to Dunedin in 1936 to study light opera. I was a soprano. I had two or three years at that and I enjoyed it. It was my father's idea to study opera. They paid for my training.
I don't cost much to keep in food.
So take me while she's in the mood.
We'll raise a lovely little brood.
And I'll show you where I'm tattooed.
My aunt was horrified that I would sing these rude words. But that is what they wanted. I used to sing it way up high. My favourite songs to sing would be The Song that Reached My Heart, There's No Place Like Home and Pedro the Fisherman.
The first time I sang to a large audience was in Dunedin at the ZB studio. I had to remember when I took a high note to turn my head away from the microphone, because my voice was so loud. The song was Chiribiribin and it had so many verses, I often wonder how I remembered all the words. I also sang in a dance band with 4YA. It was a bit nerve-wracking. The plays weren't as bad; I was always a lead singer in the plays, a soloist.
I made my first recording privately in Dunedin in 1936 on an aluminium disc.
I still have my first recording I ever did. I performed war songs mainly in the big theatres and town halls. Every Saturday night I'd sing at Joe Brown's dances at the Dunedin Town Hall.
Whenever the hospital ship Maunganui came to Dunedin there was an influx of nurses and crew, and Hazel Connor and I always opened the dance with our signature song All Ashore. Hazel specialised in Betty Boop songs and I sang Gracie Fields numbers. The audience loved it. We were paid, but not officially, two guineas (two pounds, two shillings). It was big money compared to Air Force pay, so we kept it quiet.
W.A.L Evelyn Bovett 2767, RNZAF Transport Driver, Harewood, Christchurch, 1943.
I performed everywhere, all over the place. I used to go up to Timaru, to the Sound Shell. That was one of my bigger moments when I sang there on New Year's Eve. People were lined up on the streets and everywhere I could see and hear my voice reverberating all around the place. I always remember that.
I had a very big voice. I didn't need a sound system. I remember singing at the Paparua Men's Prison and being in this great big hall full of men.
I remember meeting Gracie Fields in 1945 when she came to New Zealand. I got her autograph! She was beautiful, but seemed a bit nervous when we met her.
Grand opera normally leaves me a bit cold. It's not me. I like the light opera.
When I was a teenager in Dunedin the boys from the YMCA used to come up and take us to the Saturday night pictures. Different ones would book us. There was a waiting room at the YWCA and sometimes you couldn't remember which one you had booked to go with. The dances were lots of fun too.
Oh! And then there were Larnach Castle dances. They were marvellous. We would go up in a bus, or the boy had to have a car. Sometimes if you looked away from the crowds you would see people standing around the open fires cooking potatoes. That was quite a novelty.
The Brown Owl was great, but the best place in town was the Savoy Restaurant in Princes Street. That was run by the Barling family and was just a beautiful place. I remember the waitresses wore brown outfits with little white lace caps on their heads. It was just out of this world. The owners had been overseas a lot and brought back gorgeous things that they put in the restaurant. They always had a five-piece band and they would wear cream with black bow ties. The pianist was often Rita Holmes; she was one of Dunedin's greater pianists. Those were the days.
In April 1941 I joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and served for four and a half years during World War II.
I went to the Taieri airfield, near Dunedin. One day, one of the pilots asked me if I wanted to go up for a dive bomb and we went up in a Tiger Moth. You see, in this type of plane the pilot sits behind you and this gave me the willies, because here I was sitting in the very front of this airplane. Nothing happened then. But you know, three weeks later, two Tiger Moths collided and all four were killed.
That put me off and I never flew in a little Tiger Moth again.
We used the trains to go back home on leave. When we came to our stop the train wouldn't stop. We had to throw our kitbag off and then jump off the train. I just can't believe the things we had to do. However, that was life I suppose.
That is what I used to drive, that big long truck with 50 men on board. It was my main job. I used to take the men to the shoreline where the boats would come in and take these boys to Canada for their next lot of training. I often wondered how many of these men would go home. It was quite moving and sad in a way, seeing them sail off.
I remember the time that I drove the padre and an officer to a house in Mosgiel to see the wife of an officer who was killed in a flying accident in Taieri. I sat in the car while she was being consoled and wished I could be involved as well. This happened about three times while I was there.
It wasn't an easy job. We had to lift up heavy boxes of ammunition from the ground up into the truck. We did all of those jobs. That is what we were there for, of course - to replace the men.
One of our jobs was dropping the men off at the rifle range. Once the men had finished shooting at the rifle range, we would collect up the 303s. We didn't wear earmuffs in those days and that's what I blame for having to wear hearing aids now.
After the war, I set up my own concert party and toured around with eighteen of us. We were known as the "Melody Stars". These were the pickings from lots and lots of people who entertained during the war years. We performed in and around Christchurch, travelling as far afield as Rakaia and Little River on the West Coast.
We performed about 300 concerts in all. My last public performance was in 1985 at Christchurch's Theatre Royal. I was 72.
My husband was one of those men that didn't want women joining the Air Force - there was no way that he wanted women coming into his domain! And he ended up falling for me! He was very likeable.
Keepers of History is out now but will be launched at the Dunedin Public Library on Saturday, April 6 at 11am.
My husband Thomas "Duncan" Hutchings was posted where I was in Harewood, Christchurch. He was overseas and back a lot. He was a Flight Sergeant.
While Duncan was in Bougainville after the war, he saw my photograph in the New Zealand Freelance. The article said that I was going to be taking the lead in HMS Pinafore. He thought, "I must write to that woman!" He must have thought he was in contention, but I was doing my own thing. I just played the field. I flirted with them all and didn't marry a soul. I told the men that I was married to my music and my singing.
Anyway, Duncan came back from Bougainville and he was only back a short while when he came to visit me. He asked me then if I would marry him. I thought, "Well, I suppose I am getting on in years. It won't hurt me to get married." It wasn't quite like that; there was a wee bit of romance there.
We got married and later on Duncan was in Fiji, while I was in New Zealand with our baby. I had to wait until accommodation was ready. I got on this Tasman Empire Airways flying boat, a big four-engine plane that took off on the water. It was an eight-hour flight from Auckland to Suva.
We had three children - Janice, Philip and Kay. When I was in labour with Philip in Fiji, the nurse was busy reading the newspaper while I was having contractions. Then she said to me, "Don't have the baby yet, I can't find the doctor!" "Heavens above!" I thought. The doctor was watching a soccer game on TV. Lucky for me the doctor did turn up in time but he brought with him a large audience to watch. The whole experience was a bit of an eye-opener for me.
We eventually returned back to New Zealand and lived in Weedons, south of Christchurch. Duncan was in the Air Force for 26 years altogether. That was his life - he just lived for the Air Force.
I went back to Fiji for my 90th birthday. It was wonderful and only took three hours to get there in the plane. We even went back to our old house.
When we moved to Newlands in 1962 I joined the Church of St Michael and All Angels, an Anglican Church. Sometimes I played the organ. I also trained the children for singing and taught Sunday School.
Every Anzac Day I laid the wreath at the Wellington Cenotaph for the Air Force girls. Recently, my family have walked with me to the Cenotaph to make sure I don't trip up. It is a real honour to represent the Air Force women. In 2016 I went up to Ohakea to celebrate women having been in the Air Force for 75 years.
I can walk without a walker but I am not supposed to. My knobbly hands have arthritis and have stopped me from playing the piano fluently. But never mind, I have lots of recordings of me playing from over the years.
I didn't think much about being 100. It was just another day. I told my girls not to make a fuss and have a small thing with family. But they had organised a big event with over 120 people there. A big stretch limo picked me up from my house and I sat in there with my friends and drank champagne. I couldn't believe it.
They came from everywhere for my birthday. On my 100th birthday, they played a recording of me singing.
Sadly, Evelyn died on 27 August 2018.


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Toni Cornell Shares First Original Song, Produced by Chris Cornell
Toni Cornell has shared her first original song and it was produced by her late father, Chris Cornell . "Far Away Places" is a tender ballad the 15-year-old wrote when she was 12. She recorded it with her dad in his home studio in Miami in February 2017, just three months before he died. The song...
Soundgarden Wants to Finish an Album, But Doesn't Have Access to Cornell Demos
Soundgarden released six studio albums before Chris Cornell 's untimely death in 2017, and there's still hope for a seventh. Cornell's vocals have been preserved on a series of demos that were recorded with the help of the band's techs, but there's one major problem – guitarist Kim Thayil , drummer...
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Tributes, condolences, and memories continue to pour in for Chester Bennington . Saturday marked two years since the Linkin Park frontman was found dead in his Southern California home. Chester's widow, Talinda , thanked friends and family for their love and support and said she wanted to pass...
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It's one of the most devastating coincidences in rock history. Friends Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell , two of the most talented and influential musicians of their generations, share July 20 in a heartbreaking way. It's the day Cornell was born, and the day Bennington took his own life – two...
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Guitarist Tom Morello is revealing that Audioslave is sitting on a vault of unreleased music. The tracks, featuring late singer Chris Cornell, could eventually see the light of day. "We'll figure it out at some point, but there's a lot of records worth of stuff that didn't get released," he...
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MoviePass, the almost all-you-can-watch buffet of movies on the big screen, is a pretty sweet deal at $9.95 a month. But what if I told you that deal could be even sweeter? We're talking scoring free popcorn, guaranteeing tickets to brand new releases, and easily avoiding the most common problems. All you need is the right tricks.
For most showings, MoviePass requires you to physically be at the theater in order for you to purchase a ticket (it checks your location via GPS through the app). Showing up to a primetime showing of that super popular movie in hopes of buying a ticket right then and there is not a good idea. If you want to use MoviePass for stuff like that, go to the theater the morning of the showing and buy your ticket then.
If you can't get to the theater earlier in the day to lock down your ticket, Peter Allen Clark at Mashable suggests you give the "Fandango swap" a try (my silly name, not his). For movies with reserved seating, buy a ticket in advance with the Fandango app. Once you get to the theater, cancel your ticket in the app (this needs to be done before the movie starts), then quickly try to buy that now-open seat with MoviePass. Clark admits this is a huge risk since so many things could go wrong, but if you're crazy busy and desperate to see that super hero thing opening night, it might be your only option.
Just tell them what's going on and they'll quickly check you in and let you buy your ticket.
Since we're talking about data feeds and how they can go wrong, it's a good idea to always check showtimes outside of the MoviePass app. What you see in the MoviePass app may not always be accurate, so see if the listings are the same on the theater's website before you head out the door.
You get 100 points for every dollar you spend, so I get roughly 1500 points (tickets are about $15 where I live) every time I see a movie, but you also get bonus points based on how many movies you see in a year. If you see 6 movies in a year (which I've done in less than a month w/ MP), you get an extra 250 points every visit. 10 movies gets you "Ruby" status, and 500 bonus points. 20 visits gets you 1000 bonus points. At that point I'm getting 2500 points every visit, which means I can get free popcorn/soda every third visit, or a free ticket (for your MoviePass-less companion) every 6 visits.
That's a huge bonus to an already great movie seeing deal!
If you've forgotten your MoviePass card, see if you can buy an e-ticket through the MoviePass app. Not all theaters support e-ticket purchases—MJR, Studio Movie Grill, B&B and Goodrich Quality Theaters do for sure—but it's worth checking. If that's not going to work, reach out to customer service through the app (same instructions as above in the "manual check in" section). They might tell you to purchase your ticket out of pocket and reimburse you later. Just be sure to take a photo of your movie stub and receipt to send to them later. Important: do not expect reimbursement unless you were instructed to purchase a ticket out of pocket by a MoviePass associate. Always reach out to them first.
In the event your MoviePass card is denied by a theater employee, declined at a kiosk, or there's some other error processing the payment, reach out to customer service through the app. They'll find a way to get you in—assuming you're at a supporting theater—even if it means reimbursing you after you pay for the ticket out of pocket.
Previously, MoviePass didn't allow some users to see the same movie over and over again. Their terms of service has since changed to allow multiple viewings of the same movie, but just in case you ever encounter a road block, there's a way around it worth knowing. YouTube channel The Reel Talk suggests you simply check in for a different movie with a similar showtime and ticket price, then go ahead and buy a ticket for the movie you're trying to see again.
I recently tested this myself and was able to see Coco just fine. Again, it was MoviePass that made it so their service does not work at these locations, not AMC. This situation does not mean that AMC is going to block MoviePass completely, nor can they without breaking terms with MasterCard.
That said, some theaters are going to frown upon you using MoviePass to visit their theaters more frequently and have more money for snacks for some reason. When you can, use an automated kiosk instead of an in-person box office to sidestep any issues.
Buying multiple budget/matinee movie tickets on the same day: The theater might only charge $6 a ticket on Tuesday afternoons (which means you might be able to buy two tickets at once), but it's against the rules even if it is a steal.
Buying food or snacks with your MoviePass: Some people have had success checking in to a movie theater and purchasing $15 worth of snacks then leaving (so a medium popcorn), but you'll get charged a fee if they catch you doing this! Just enjoy the fact you can see a movie for cheap and buy some snacks from the concession stand. Those sales are what keeps theaters in business.
Scalping movie tickets you bought with MoviePass: You shouldn't scalp tickets, whether you use MoviePass to buy the tickets or not, so just... just don't. Come on.
If you're caught doing any of these things, you might be charged a fee, but MoviePass might straight up cancel your account and ban you from signing up again. MoviePass is an awesome power—don't abuse it.


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Q: Migrations do not follow timestamp order I am working with Laravel 5.4 trying to run my migrations. I have read that the order of execution follows the timestamps of the migration files. But this is not the case, as I receive the following error:
SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1215 Cannot add foreign key constraint
(SQL: alter table `aplicantes` add constraint `aplicantes_pais_id
_foreign` foreign key (`pais_id`) references `pais` (`id`))

These are my migrations files:
2014_01_01_100004_create_pais_table.php
2014_01_01_100005_create_departamentos_table.php
2014_01_01_100006_create_aplicantes_table.php

And this is where migration complains:
class CreateAplicantesTable extends Migration
{
    /**
    * Run the migrations.
    *
    * @return void
    */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('aplicantes', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->string('nombre');
            $table->unsignedInteger('pais_id');
            $table->foreign('pais_id')->references('id')->on('pais');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }
}

This is my Pais migration:
public function up()
{
    Schema::create('pais', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->increments('id');
        $table->string('nombre');
        $table->timestamps();
    });
}

When I inspect the database, only the aplicantes table is created, which is the third in the order. I guess that is why the migration fails because the aplicantes table is being created first, which references a table that does not exist yet.
EDIT:
I have updated my migrations, creating an individual file for the foreign keys of every table. I'm getting an error when migrate:refresh, an access violation while dropping a foreign key, and I presume it's because of the same reason: migration is performing in alphabetical order, not by the timestamp.
UPDATE:
I had to rename every migrations file and now it seems working. Seems that migrate only care about days field in the naming convention of the migration files, not the seconds, as I was working with.
Despite that I see a correct order of migrate in migrations table, it complains of dropping foreign keys when I have my migration file like this:
class AddAplicantesForeignKey extends Migration
{
/**
 * Run the migrations.
 *
 * @return void
 */
public function up()
{
    Schema::table('aplicantes', function (Blueprint $table) {
        $table->foreign('pais_id')->references('id')->on('pais')->onDelete('cascade');
    });
}

/**
 * Reverse the migrations.
 *
 * @return void
 */
public function down()
{
    Schema::table('aplicantes', function(Blueprint $table)
    {
        $table->dropForeign('pais_id');
    });
}

}
I manage to disable the complains by turn off the foreign key constraints check in my migration create table:
public function down()
{
    DB::statement('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS = 0');
    Schema::dropIfExists('aplicantes');
}

I am not happy with this solution, but it seems to only be working this way.

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