Travel is My Life; Work and Pleasure

Originally: World Travel Market – It’s the annual largest travel show in London.  Having been there last week I should advise them to change the name to:

Walk - the milleage you walk there is unreal, I advised my partner to the trip to dump her high hills and move to Nike – she only took my advice on the second day…

Talk – the amount of Bla Bla you hear is enormous – everyone wants to sell you something.

Money – Everyone wants to make money, close a deal, bring tourists.  The Travel business is a perishable market; a room at the hotel cannot be stored to be sold tomorrow, nor can a seat on a flight etc.  It’s very much like the Fish Industry = if you don’t sell you smell…

Therefore, you find yourself walking & talking all day long about how to make money in the travel business. 

More than ever, I enjoyed South America booth and Iran.  South America was very happy, colorful and in motion; which attracted many visitors to their stands – look at the photos bellow.

Being an Israeli the visit to Iran booth was special, I was invited by the Azadi International Tourism Organization to have tea with Mr. Mahmood Karimi and discuss world travel issues.

Did he gave me his card so i will not forget his face ?

      

     

 

 

I flew out of Stansted Airport a couple of days ago; quite an experience; I assume its due to the crowd – the Low Cost Airlines Travelers.

At the current situation everyone wants to cut costs, I just wonder at what price.  In my humble opinion as long as passengers’ safety is not on the line all means are acceptable. 

If you look at the photos you would be able to see that all the airlines; EasyJet, Air Berlin, Ryanair, Thomson; all connect to the Air Sleeve Terminal for passengers to be able to board and off board safely.  However, you will see the; “take a walk on the tarmac” style of German-Wings Airlines who are saving money by not paying for such services to Stansted Airport.

Why use the old style AirStair when the airport is equipped with top of the range Jetways, afterall,  Stansted Airport is a well equipped, designed and functions like a Low Cost Airline hub.

 

Its not me who says it; you could all watch Ryanair CEO; Michael O’Leary saying it out loud;
Ryanair at a press conference talking about flying UK to USA - over the Atlantic for funny prices.  Thus, if you fly transatlantic for 10 Euro you would probably have to pay for the BJ whereas, in his business class its gonna be for free…

Thats an airline i want to fly with tonight

A new UK based airline has opened by a private group of investors.

“Air Sylhet customers will always be treated with respect, due care and consideration and be offered a pleasant flight experience”

Having said, that there is great concern in the security community regarding the whole concept of a Muslim Only Airline; Air Sylhet.

Is it a pure tourism concept or a new terrorism highway between the British Muslim community and the Arab World?

How will they check who is a Muslim? I hope its a joke and we can all enjoy the airline service.

BTW: Sylhet, also known as Shilhat in the ancient times, was an expanded commercial center in Bangladesh

According to the latest USA Visa Weaver Program the following passport holders will be granted electronic US entry permit, thus, will avoid the long queue and interviews to receive a US entry visa.The online application must be done at least 72 hours prior to entry into the United States of America. https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov

 

Then, who is so lucky to avoid the hassle of getting a visa?Andorra; Australia; Austria; Belgium; Brunei; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; ; Japan; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Monaco; Netherlands; New Zealand;  Norway; Portugal; Sun Marino; Singapore; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom. 

I actually read a cool post by Tony Wheeler (founder of Lonely Planet) comparing embassies attitude between encouraging and discouraging tourists through their visa departments.

Those are the moments I wish I had more than one nationality.

I have a few friends and clients who are going to be very disappointed from the hottest travel news; No more Porn on in flight WIFI.

Sorry guys: Lior, David, Alton, Amit, Ori and especially you Samantha, but you will not be able to view porn on flight anymore.

I wonder why not, after all, airlines have introduced the WIFI on flights to generate new revenues.  I don’t see the reason why airlines don’t enjoy rev-share with porn sites to increase their revenues even more. 

If you fly Low Cost Airlines, such as Ryanair, you will be allowed to gamble on their up in the air casino.  So, what’s so wrong with some virtual sex? Does it harm anyone, on the contrary, I would assume it makes people stick to their seats rather than walk around the air craft - only line could be to the loo… 

 

 

Does it mean Jet Blue will only be Jet from now on?  They were my preffered airline thanks to their free porn access using the in flight WIFI

Come’on guys who is gonna unblock them? 

lets open a statup, I bet you; we will make a fortune from Porn on flight.

 

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh  i am fed up of this stupid situation.

Too many travel companies collapse, when will it stop? where will it take us?  It has such a hugh effect on it all, its crazy.

We have heard and read a great deal about Iceland in the past month; the world’s financial situation has crashed the country to pieces, actually shreded it.

It has been publically announced today, that Sterling DK has shut its operation and all flights are cancelled.

What a shame, we have lost today an amazing low cost airline; Sterling, which served Europe greatly by connecting West and East with Scandinavia for reasonable prices.

I hope they will find an investor to lift them back up in the sky.

                                                   

Driving in a foreign country can be deadly, and not because the drivers are crazy, its simply because you are not aware of the local driving norms.

Driving is totally different from sexual behavior where in most cases everybody in the world knows what you mean J

Examples;

1)      When you flash your car’s headlights:

a.       In The UK it means; “Go ahead, I give you way”.

b.      In Italy: “Be careful I am coming fast and I am in no real wish for you to enter my space”.

c.       In Israel;  “Be careful there is a police radar nearby…”

2)      Driving in a roundabout is always confusing, but in France its crazy, it’s a real suicide…

I have driven in many places, and everywhere when you are in the roundabout you keep driving; i.e. you have the right to move on; main idea behind it; clear the roundabout.

In France – be careful, the cars who want to enter the roundabout have the right to drive in; and in high speed… which means you block the roundabout as you stop in the middle.

 

3)      Hand signals; in Israel if you wave you hand in a unusual manner, closing your fingers together upwards -  means please wait, give me a minute, “savlanut” i.e. patience, I need time to do what I want to do; whereas in Italy it means cursing your mother…

Take it easy out there, be smart not right.

 

Today airlines charge for everything; overweight luggage, extra bag,  a soft drink, a blanket, extra leg room, stereo ear sets, food, preferred seats, and of course alcohol.

So, when I first heard about it I thought it was a onetime joke, then I dag into the issue and learned that indeed airlines plan on charging Obese passengers more for their air fare;

In the past 20 years being a travel agent, I have experienced the very odd feeling when I have had to advise a client to buy an “Extra Seat” because they could not fit into a regular economy class seat. 

I knew the routes, the airline regulation, the aircraft seats configuration, and most importantly I knew those clients very well.

 

Having said that, it was all based on the size of the chair, nothing to do with the new trend which is based on economical reasons not physical.

 

Derrie Air was a marketing teaser by Philadelphia Media Holding, “demonstrate the power of our brands in generating awareness and generating traffic for our advertisers, and put a smile on people’s faces.

 

When I read the words: Derrie-Air; two things came up my mind:

• Sounds like the French word: Derriere; in simple English; ass / backside …

• Sounds like Dare Air – who will be the first to dare charge according to weight.

Nice play on words when you want to deliver a message about fat travelers.  

 

The one thing I have learned so far is that the airlines are looking into categorizing weight passengers based on fat people not tall people. 

A non official response from an airline spokesman is: “Height is genetic and you cannot fight it…”

The truth of the matter is that it’s not a pleasant experience to sit by an Obese a 12 hour flight.

                                                   

I wonder what will the effect on the airline’s branding and who will be the first mover…

I have recently returned via Paris CDG Airport, I was early and the flight was delayed, so I decided to use the spare time to check on my emails.  (flight delays is in growth)

I switched on the laptop, and I managed to see there are about 6 WIFI hot spots, having said that, the price per hour is outrageous.  The price of 1 hour was 3 x more than what I pay for a month back home.   I decided to give up; I rather snooze for that price…

Having thought about it, the airport small restaurants / café / sandwich places should give free WIFI connectivity and we all go eat and drink there, after all, its expensive anyhow to drink a diet coke…

                                                   

For that reason I have gathered a list of FREE WIFI connections at worldwide airports.

International

Antigua
V.C. Bird International Airport - departure lounge after security

Argentina
EZE Airport - before check-in, near arrivals gate and near gates 6-8 - Buenos Aires

Armenia
Zvartnots International Airport - Yerevan

Aruba
Aruba Airport terminal - Aruba

Austria
Vienna Airport - Vienna

Australia
Adelaide Airport - Adelaide
Virgin Blue lounges - Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney
Darwin Airport - Darwin

Austria
Vienna International Airport - Vienna

Bahrain
Bahrain International Airport - Departures area - Manama

Barbados
Grantley Adams International Airport

Bermuda
L.F. Wade International Airport - departure lounges - St. George

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo International Airport - Sarajevo

Botswana
Maun International Airport - edge of the Okavango Delta - designed for clients of Moremi Air Services and Kwando Safaris who use Maun airport as an operational base for their safari business

Brazil
Congonhas Airport - Sao Paulo

British Isles
Guernsey Airport - Guernsey
Ronaldsway Airport - Isle of Man

Bulgaria
Sofia Airport - Sofia

Canada
Banff Airporter office area - Calgary
Halifax International airport - center court area on the main level and between gates 20-15 on the departures level of the Air Terminal Building - Halifax, Nova Scotia
Dryden Regional Airport - Dryden, Ontario
Fredericton Airport - Fredericton, New Brunswick
St. John’s International Airport - St. John’s, Newfoundland
Quebec Airport - Quebec City, Quebec
Expedia Restaurant - Air Canada Terminal - Toronto
Vancouver International Airport - Vancouver

Chile
Aeropuerto de Santiago - Santiago

China
Airport - front of ticket counters - Changsha, Hunan

Costa Rica
Juan Santamaria International Airport - San Jose

Denmark
Aalborg Airport - Norresundby

Dubai
Dubai International - look for free signals - Dubai

Ecuador
Simon Bolivar International - Guayaquil
Quito Airport, International Terminal - Quito

Egypt
Sharm El Sheik International Airport

Estonia
Kuressaare Airport, Roomassaare tee 1 - Kuressaare
Tallinn Airport, Lennujaama tee 2 - Tallinn

France
Merignac Airport - Bourdeaux

Honduras
San Pedro Sula Airport

Hong Kong
Chek Lap Kok Airport
Hong Kong International Airport - Hong Kong

Hungary
Budapest Ferihegy Int’l Airport - Terminals 2A and 2B - free network is Pannongsm - Budapest

Iceland
Keflavik Airport -

India
Madurai, Tiruchi and Coimbatore airports in Tamil Nadu State
Mumbai International Airport/Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Iran
Imam Khomeini International Airport - Tehran

Ireland
Shannon Airport - main cafי upstairs and also the departure lounge in front of US immigration - Shannon

Israel
Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion International Airport - Tel Aviv

Japan
Narita Int’l Airport, Terminal 2 - Narita - UPDATE NOT FREE ANYMORE
Kansai Airport - Osaka - UPDATE NOT FREE ANYMORE
ANA lounges - request free WEP key

Kazakhstan
Internation Airport - Almaty

Kosovo
Pristina Airport - Pristina

Kuwait
Kuwait International Airport - Check in areas, restaurants and shops in Arrival & Departure levels

Luxembourg
Luxembourg International Airport

Island of Madeira
Funchal Airport

Latvia

Riga International Airport

Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur Int. Airport

Mexico
Cancun International Airport - Cancun
Benito Juarez International Airport - Mexico City
Puerto Vallarta Airport - Puerto Vallarta

New Zealand
Auckland International Airport - report of free computers in Arrival area, not sure about Wi-Fi access - Auckland
Wellington International Airport - Main Terminal - Wellington

Pakistan
Jinnah International Airport - Karachi

Phillipines
Manila Int. Airport - smoking area - Luzon

Poland
Warsaw Airport - International transit area

Portugal
Faial Island Airport - bar area - Horta -Azores
Madeira Island Airport - Madeira Island

Puerto Rico
San Juan Int. Airport - try to connect to the ATT network - San Juan

Qatar
Doha International Airport

Romania
International Airport Traian Vuia - Timisoara

Russia
Sheremetyevo-2 (SVO) Airport - departure terminal, waiting hall, cafes and vip-halls - Moscow

Singapore
Changi Airport - near free computers

Slovenia

Ljubljana International Airport - at departure gates

South Korea
Incheon International Airport

Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Airways Business Class lounge area - Columbo International Airport

Taiwan
Chiang Kai-Shek International Airport - Terminal 2

Thailand
Suvarnabhumi Airport - Bangkok

Trinidad
Piarco International Airport

Turkey
Ataturk Airport - Millenium Lounge access for several airline Club members - Istanbul
Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport

Tunisia

Tunis Carthage Airport

UK

British Airways’ lounges at Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Jersey have Free Wi-Fi.

Ukraine
Kyiv Boryspil International Airport - Boryspil

United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi International Airport

Uruguay
Carrasco Intl. Airport - Departure Area - Montevideo

Vietnam
Tan Son Nhat International Airport - Ho Chi Minh City

USA

American Airlines Admirals Club must enter a valid club card number to get access

United Airlines 27 Red Carpet Clubs and 5 International First Class lounges is free for members

Continental Airlines offers Free wireless high speed internet access to members in 22 Presidents Club locations in major airports around the USA

Northwest WorldClubs Alaska Airlines Clubs Alabama

Birmingham International Airport - Birmingham
Huntsville Airport - Huntsville
Madison County Executive Airport - Huntsville
Montgomery Regional Airport (Dannelly Field) - Montgomery
Northwest Alabama Regional Airport - Muscle Shoals

Alaska

Anchorage Airport - Anchorage
Ketchikan International Airport - Ketchikan
Valdez Municipal Arpt - Valdez

Arizona

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport - Phoenix
Tucson International Airport - Tucson
Valle Airport - Valle
Yuma International - Yuma

Arkansas

Fort Smith Regional Airport - Fort Smith
Little Rock National Airport - Little Rock
Texarkana Airport - Texarkana

California

Meadows Field, WM Thomas Terminal - Bakersfield
Chico Municipal Airport - Chico
Arcata/Eureka Airport - Eureka
Hayward Airport - Hayward
Livermore Airport - Livermore
Long Beach Airport - Long Beach
Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge - LAX
Modesto City-County Airport - Modesto
Redding Municipal Airport - Redding
BSAir at the Reedley Muni Airport - Reedley
Sacramento International Airport - Sacramento
Lindberg Field - San Diego
San Diego International Airport - San Diego
Mineta San Jose International Airport - San Jose
Santa Maria Airport - Santa Maria
Santa Ynez Airport - Santa Ynez

Colorado

Centennial Airport - Centennial
Colorado Springs Airport - Colorado Springs
Denver International Airport - Denver
Eagle (Vail) Airport

Connecticut

Bradley International Airport - Windsor Locks

Florida

Daytona Beach Airport - signal availability reported in Ticketing Area - Daytona Beach
Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport - all terminals - Ft. Lauderdale
Southwest Florida International Airport - Ft.Myers
Okaloosa Regional Airport - Fort Walton Beach
Gainesville Regional Airport - Gainesville
Jacksonville Airport - Jacksonville
Key West International - Key West
LaBelle Municipal Airport - LaBelle
Melbourne International Airport - Melbourne
Orlando International Airport - all public areas and the “Cell Phone” parking lot - Orlando
Palm Beach International - Palm Beach
Pensacola Int. Airport - Pensacola
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport - Sarasota
Tallahassee Airport - Tallahassee
Tampa International - main building and both satellite terminals - Tampa
Palm Beach International Airport - West Palm Beach

Georgia

Augusta Regional Airport - Augusta
Brunswick Golden Isle Airport - Brunswick
Fulton County Airport (FTY) - Raytheon Aircraft Services Terminal

Hawaii

Honolulu Airport-Gate 13 - Honolulu

Idaho

Idaho Falls Airport - Idaho Falls
Nez Perce County Regional Airport - Lewiston

Illinois

Central Illinois Regional Airport - Bloomington/Normal
University of Illinois Willard Airport - Champaign/Urbana
Quad City International Airport - Moline
Peoria Regional Airport - Peoria
Rockford Airport - Rockford
Capital Airport - Springfield

Indiana

Evansville Regional Airport - Evansville
Fort Wayne International Airport - Fort Wayne (free Cat5/RJ45 access too)
Smith Field Airport - Fort Wayne
Montgomery Aviation - Indianapolis Executive Airport - Zionsville

Iowa

CY Aviation, Boone Airport - Boone
Eastern Iowa Regional Airport - Cedar Rapids
Dubuque Regional Airport - Dubuque
Sioux City Airport - business center and JetSun Aviation facility - Sioux City
Waterloo Airport - Waterloo

Kansas

Hays Regional Airport - Hays
Wichita Mid-Continent Airport - Wichita

Kentucky

CVG Airport - Hebron
Bluegrass Airport - Lexington

Louisiana

Lafayette Regional Airport - Lafayette
Lake Charles Airport - Lake Charles
Louis Armstong International - New Orleans

Maryland

Hagerstown Municipal Airport - Hagerstown

Michigan

Gerald R. Ford International Airport- Grand Rapids
Ford Airport - Kingsford/Iron Mountain
Capital City Airport - Lansing
Sawyer International Airport - Marquette
Muskegon County Airport - Muskegon
Pellston Regional Airport - Pellston

Saginaw MBS International

Minnesota

Beltrami County Airport - Bemidji
Duluth Int. Airport - Duluth
Rochester International Airport - Rochester

Mississippi

Golden Triangle Regional Airport - Columbus
Gulfport/Biloxi International Airport
Hattiesburg-Bobby L. Chain Municipal Airport - no commercial flights - Hattiesburg
Jackson Airport - Jackson
Tupelo Regional Airport - Tupelo

Missouri

Taney County Airport - Branson
Columbia Regional Airport - Columbia
Joplin Regional Airport - ask ticket agent for access location - Joplin
Kansas City International Airport - Kansas City
Springfield-Branson Airport - Springfield

Montana

Bozeman Gallatin Airport - Bozeman
Great Falls International Airport - Great Falls
Helena Regional Airport - Helena
Missoula International Airport - Missoula

Nevada

Henderson Executive Airport - Henderson
McCarran Airport - Las Vegas
North Las Vegas Airport
Reno-Tahoe International Airport - Reno

New Hampshire

Manchester, Boston Regional Airport - Manchester

New Jersey

Atlantic City Airport - Atlantic City

New Mexico

Albuquerque International Sunport/Airport - Albuquerque
Los Alamos County Airport - Los Alamos
Taos Municipal Airport - Taos

New York

Binghamton Airport - Binghamton
Elmira-Corning Regional Airport - Elmira
JetBlue Airways - Terminal 6 - JFK Airport - Jamaica, Queens
Tompkins County Regional Airport - Ithaca
Rochester Airport - Rochester
Syracuse International - Syracuse

North Carolina

Charlotte Douglas International Airport - ask at Info Desk for access area info - Charlotte
Asheville Regional Airport - Fletcher
Albert J. Ellis Airport - Jacksonville
Kinston Airport - Kinston
New Bern Airport - New Bern
Wilmington International Airport - Wilmington

North Dakota

Bismarck Municipal Airport - general aviation lounge - Bismarck
Hector International Airport - Fargo
Grand Forks Airport - Grand Forks

Ohio

Akron Airport - Akron
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport - Concourse C, ticketing and baggage claim areas of Terminal 3, ticketing, baggage claim and holding areas of Terminal 2
Ohio State University Airport - Columbus
Port Columbus International Airport - Columbus
Dayton International Airport - Dayton
Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport - Vienna

Oregon

Eugene Airport - Eugene
Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport - Medford
Southwest Oregon Regional Airport - North Bend
Portland International Airport - Main Level - Portland
Redmond Airport - Redmond

Pennsylvania

Lehigh Valley International Airport - Allentown
Erie Airport - Erie
Harrisburg International Airport - Harrisburg
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport - Latrobe
Pocono Mountains Municipal Airport - Mt Pocono
Philadelphia International Airport - look for ATT WiFi - Philadelphia
Pittsburgh Airport - Pittsburgh
Brandywine Airport - West Chester
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

North Carolina

Charlotte-Douglas International Airport - Charlotte

South Carolina
Charleston Airport - Charleston
Columbia Metropolitan Airport - Columbia
Horry County Airport - Conway
Florence Regional Airport - Florence
Greenville/Spartanburg Airport
Myrtle Beach Airport - Myrtle Beach

South Dakota

Rapid City Airport - Rapid City

Tennessee

Tri-Cities Regional Airport - Blountville
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport - Chattanooga
KnoxAir at TYS - McGee-Tyson Airport and DKX - Island Home Airport - Knoxville

Texas

Rick Husband Inernational Airport - Amarillo
Harrison Aviation - Arlington Municipal Airport - Arlington
Brownsville-South Padre Island International Airport - Brownsville
Easterwood Airport - College Station
Corpus Christi International Airport - Corpus Christi
Admiral’s Clubs - DFW - Dallas/Ft.Worth
Valley International Airport - Harlingen
East Texas Regional Airport - Longview
Lubbock International Airport - Lubbock
McAllen-Miller International Airport - McAllen
San Angelo Municipal Airport - San Angelo
San Antonio International Airport - San Antonio
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport - Tyler

Vermont

Burlington International Airport - South Burlington

Virginia

Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport - terminal area
Leesburg Executive Airport - Leesburg
Lynchburg Regional Airport - Lynchburg
Newport News/Williamsburg Airport - Newport News
Richmond Airport - Richmond
Roanoke Airport - Roanoke

Washington

Bellingham International Airport - Bellingham
Grant County Airport - Moses Lake
Tri-Cities Airport - Pasco
Pullman Moscow Airport- Pullman
Walla`Walla Regional Airport - Walla Walla
Pangborn Field Airport - Wenatchee

West Virginia

Yeager Airport - Charleston
Tri-State Airport - Huntington

Wisconsin

Gen. Mitchell Int. Airport - Milwaukee
KOEO FBO’s - Top Dog Aviation (Northeast Hangar Base), Ward Aviation (Northeast Hangar Base), Terminal Building (South West Side) - Osceola

Wyoming

Natrona County International Airport - Casper
Cheyenne Regional Airport - Cheyenne

 

If you have more info please send me and I will update the table for all of us.

We have all seen how the grand XL Group UK has collapsed in a matter of days, and yet on its grounds here comes Kiss Flights and rises up from the same place, only looking into the profitable routes and destinations of its previous operator.

I wish them luck; http://www.kissflights.com//Agents/Default.aspx

Sometimes when you hear “travel experts” talk you wish you learned Swahili in school; as they seem to be using creepy and bizarre words which don’t inter relate nor resemble anything you learned in school – nor university. (Unless you served in the Army:)

In order not to get wrong names or booking references they spell out the words using the first letters of a set of worldwide key words.

Let me enlighten you; and trust me – most travel “experts” are not using the right words anyhow…

A = Alfa  B = Bravo  C = Charlie  D = Delta  E = Echo  F = Foxtrot   G = Golf   H = Hotel       I = India  J = Juliet  K = Kilo  L = Lima  M = Mike  N = November  O = Oscar  P = Papa    Q = Quebec  R = Romeo  S = Sierra  T = Tango  U = Uniform  V = Victor  W = Whiskey     X = X-ray  Y = Yankee  Z = Zulu

“ Golf Oscar Oscar Delta – Lima Uniform Charlie Kilo” (good luck you idiots…)

I am not talking about the size of my shirt…

XL.com the UK largest tour operator has collapsed & stopped trading on Sep 12th.

There are over 100,000 Brits stuck overseas wondering how would they get home.  The message on XL home page was not that clear about who will be taking them home, moreover, who will be paying their bills for the already paid accommodation, car rental and cruises.

The UK based company has closed all operations in the UK leaving the French and German divisions fully operative. 

If I was to choose whom to book my next holiday I am not sure I would buy from a French or German subsidiary of a UK closed company… after they have left tens of thousands of their own clients / tourists stuck away from home.

The Travel Industry is definitely going through a rough stage, the smart operators will survive.

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