![]() I actually have very little idea of how many posts like these are hidden, because the “Hey, this post may contain adult content” placeholder also hides captions. If i weren’t cross checking, I would have no indication that these posts are no longer visible to users besides me. These are examples of posts that have been hidden without any notification or option to appeal. If you’re getting geared up to write a comment that includes the words “not all cops,” “all lives matter,” or anything referencing looting, please know that, if it were up to me, you wouldn’t be allowed at pride events either. There are no good cops. If this statement makes you angry, if it makes you want to defend your cop friends and cop family, I’d like to encourage you to step outside of your hurt feelings, look around you, and consider what it means that your loved one is willing to be a part of this. I don’t care if your girlfriend is a cop. ![]() I don’t care if your brother, your father, your mother, your best friend, or whoever else is a cop. If cops actually wanted to act in solidarity, they would stop being cops, in the same way that you or I would stop working for any company or employer who allowed and encouraged violence and racism. If cops actually wanted to act in solidarity, they would put down their weapons, remove their riot gear, and walk away. That picture you’re about to link of cops kneeling in “solidarity” with protesters is meaningless propaganda. I know from seeing this locally in my own city and from seeing verified accounts of this in countless other cities across the U.S.: the cops in that picture are about to teargas, beat, and arrest protestors without any provocation. There is no way to be a “good cop” and to remain a cop. If good cops were meant to exist, there wouldn’t be so many examples of cops who’ve been fired because they named the abuse and violence committed by their coworkers. ![]() If good cops existed it would be easy to root out the bad cops, because those good cops would be telling the world about the abhorrent acts that those bad cops commit. There are no good cops. If good cops existed, they would be the leaders of these protests. This is not an issue of “a few bad apples.” This is not about needing better training, or more sensitivity seminars, or better outreach to communities. The presence of cops at pride events is a message to people historically and presently targeted by cops that they are not welcome at pride events. Allowing cops to be present at your pride events is allowing violence to be present at your pride events. Inviting cops to your pride events is inviting violence to your pride events. ![]() Cops are historically and presently the enemy of black lesbians. Cops are historically and presently the enemy of black trans women. Cops are historically and presently the enemy of black women, men, and children. Cops are historically and presently the enemy of LGBTQ people. This blog is still and will continue to be suspended due to tumblr’s homophobic and misogynistic policies, but since a lot of you are still here:Ĭops don’t belong at pride events. ![]()
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![]() ![]() IGNITE PRODUCTIVITY WITH FAST, ACCURATE DICTATION Even experienced Dragon Dictate users can benefit from the Interactive Tutorial. Interactive Tutorial – Displayed at the end of profile creation and available at any time from the Help menu, the Interactive Tutorial in Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 offers short progressive simulations to help you practice good dictation, correction and editing habits so that you can create text efficiently within just a few minutes.When it detects that the USB dongle of a certified microphone is plugged into the Mac, Dragon Dictate offers “Enhanced Bluetooth” as an audio source type and does not require a script reading to get started. Enhanced Bluetooth Support – Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 adds support for wideband Bluetooth wireless headset microphones, and you can get up and running quickly.colour) in Dragon Dictate for Mac 3, you have more say over how your words appear. Vocabulary Editor – With the ability to set alternative written forms of words or phrases (e.g.Smart Format Rules – Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 reaches out to you to adapt upon detecting your format corrections – abbreviations, numbers, and more - so your dictated text looks the way you want it to every time.Dragon Dictate will transcribe the recorded audio files when you are back at your Mac Dragon Recorder - If you don’t have a digital voice recorder available to you, use our free Dragon Recorder app to record your thoughts using an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch (4th gen).Simply establish a user profile for a digital voice recorder, and have Dragon Dictate transcribe your recorded voice quickly and easily. Transcription of Recorded Speech – It’s easy to transcribe your own recorded speech into text with Dragon Dictate for Mac 3.After you finish dictating, you can transfer the text from the Express Editor to the desired application quickly and easily by voice. Dragon Dictate delivers an Express Editor so that you can dictate into a text field for which it does not have Full Text Control. Control in More Applications – Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 gives you control in more applications, so that you can use your voice to get more done. ![]() ![]() And when you make a correction, Dragon learns, making it more accurate the more that you use it. Dragon Dictate includes a richer list of alternative word choices too, so when you do make a correction, it’s more likely that the word or phrase you intended will be presented as an option. Select an alternate word choice, or spell and train new words. Simply speak to correct individual words or phrases through a single, easy to understand window. Advanced Correction – When it comes to making a correction, Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 makes it faster and easier than ever before.Dragon Dictate for Mac relies on the latest Dragon speech recognition engine (from Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12), and also samples higher quality audio in order to deliver unprecedented accuracy, so that what you say is what you get. This means that Dragon gets you, and you get things done, faster than ever. Even More Accurate – Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 delivers a 15% improvement to out-of-the-box accuracy when compared to version 2.x.There are many new features and enhancements in Dragon Dictate for Mac 3. Use your iPhone or iPod as a wireless microphone, or capture your notes on-the-go using a digital voice recorder and Dragon Dictate 3 will transcribe them for you. Open and close or navigate between applications, or even create your own custom voice commands to execute multiple steps with a simple word or phrase. Far more than just speech-to-text, Dragon Dictate lets you create and edit documents, manage email, surf the Web, update social networks, and more – quickly, easily and accurately, all by voice. With Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 speech recognition software, you can use your voice to create and edit text or interact with your favorite Mac applications. Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 Upgrade is available for those users that wish to upgrade from Dragon Dictate 1, Dragon Dictate 2 or Dragon Dictate 2.5 versions. Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 Download Software is the latest release of the best selling Nuance Dragon Dictate voice recognition software for the Mac. Introducing Dragon Dictate for Mac 3 Download Software. ![]() ![]() ![]() She had parked her car in the 1800-block of Marine Drive. One day after a video surfaced of a man lashing out at a woman for confronting him about leaving his dog in a hot car, another man approached a woman in West Vancouver today after noticing a dog in the car. ![]() “I can say with confidence that Jennifer never put her beautiful dog in danger,” she finishes. I teach all of my clients the importance of responsible dog ownership from training, to health, to safety, including hot car danger.” She has a hard-wired intuition that most owners do not. While I appreciate their vigilance and what must have felt like courage on their part, they were barking up the wrong tree.”Ĭertified dog trainer Laura London adds, “Jennifer is one of the more savvy and committed dog owners I have ever worked with. “Proud mama thought it was because she’s so gorgeous. I rolled all four windows down and left the car for five minutes to pick up laundry, my car visible to me the entire time.”īeals says she was wondering why people were taking pictures of her dog inside the car. “I am not only a loving dog owner but a discerning one. ![]() “I’ve worked with dogs in obedience, agility, and shepherding training,” she continues. I would never ever jeopardize an animal’s safety. They’ve been in my life since the day I was born. ET) The “Flashdance” actress, Jennifer Beals, who was recently under heat for leaving her dogs in her car, responds saying she would never put her dogs in danger.īeals tells US Weekly, “ I have loved dogs my whole life. ![]() ![]() ![]() Although not hi-fi in the traditional sense, it certainly makes for enjoyable listening – for long a trait associated with JBL products and sounds far, far bigger than you would expect from something so compact. The button that resembles the BBC Sounds logo flipped sideways engages ‘PartyBoost’, which allows you to use multiple JBL devices, while the ‘arrow’ pauses/resumes playback or skips tracks. They’re flanked by volume adjusters that override your source device’s own controls. The Charge 5’s controls are shaped ‘bumps’ on the waterproof skin, its central Bluetooth and standby buttons being backlit. You can support the site directly via Paypal donations ☕. Controls and actions are confirmed by various sound effects.ħReview earns Amazon affiliate commissions from qualifying purchases. I can imagine that sort of thing going down well at festival campsites. depending on the capabilities of your source equipment, pause playback or skip tracks.Thanks to a feature called ‘PartyBoost’ – enabled or disengaged with a button that resembles the BBC Sounds logo flipped sideways – you can use multiple JBL devices to play the same tracks. Once paired, the Bluetooth device sends audio wirelessly to the Charge 5.The controls can raise or lower volume (the source device’s own volume control is remotely-changed) and. After turning it on, simply hold down the backlit Bluetooth button to initiate pairing. It’s easy to set up for use with Bluetooth-enabled audio sources like smartphones, tablets, computers or even compatible hi-fi products including Project’s Phono Box BT E phono stage. However, it does allow the PC to (albeit slowly!) charge the unit.Another drawback is that the sealed nature of the Charge 5 complicates repair or replacement of the battery.JBL recommends charging the unit “at least every three months…to protect battery lifespan”. I tried plugging the speaker into a PC with the supplied cable, hoping that it would take over audio duties, but Windows refused to recognise it.A pity, as this speaker could have been a potent alternative to a laptop sound system. There’s no analogue input (another socket to worry about letting in water?), while the Charge 5’s second port is a USB-C type purely for charging the internal battery: no charger is supplied. Said playback is available only via Bluetooth – in this instance, version 5.1, with support for the A2DP 1.3 and AVRCP 1.6 profiles. Using the ‘powerbank’ capacity of the Charge 5 to charge devices will impact its running time as a speaker, which is claimed to be up to 20 hours of playback from a 4-hour charge. JBL supplies a USB-C cable for modern phones. The beefy 27Wh lithiumpolymer battery buried within the speaker is able to charge a ‘phone, the base hiding a USB-A port into which a USB charging cable is plugged. ![]() Connectors are waterproof or covered by sealed bungs, and the controls are rubberised.A slight flat is incorporated into the base so that the unit sits on a surface with its tweeter facing frontwards. ![]() The 960g Charge 5 is evidently pitched at lovers of the outdoor life, if its outer toughness and IP67- rated water resistance are anything to go by. However, it can join forces with another Charge 5 to reproduce your music in glorious stereo. Both of the transducers are nevertheless part of a single channel, fed by an internally-derived mix of left and right channels. According to JBL, they are respectively powered by 30W and I0W on-board amplifiers. ![]() ![]() ![]() So if you’re converting lots of files, it’s worth it. While this isn’t free, Canva is a reputable and less buggy resource than some of the free websites out there. However, if you pay for a Pro membership, you can upload images and convert them to SVG format. I love Canva! It’s super user-friendly, and many features are free. I am a Canva user for my websites, for personal projects, and for my day job. Using Canva’s Image Converter to Convert to SVGĪnother resource to check out is Canva’s Image Converter tool. Lowering the speckles threshold helped, but it still kinda looks bad. However, in this case, this is what I got.Īlmost certainly because it was a smaller, lower-quality image to begin with. I’d say 75% of the time it fixes the issues with not detecting certain spots in an image. The lowest threshold for this free software is “8,” so I usually just pop that in as a first stab to see if it helps. You need to lower your speckles threshold. So, for example, if you try to convert a JPG file of the letter “A,” you might find that it doesn’t detect and outline the little triangle in the A. If you scroll down in the image settings (before converting it), there is a field for “speckles threshold.” This is the minimum length in pixels for a closed line to be recognized during conversion. However, I want to flag one feature that has helped me with some of my past conversions: speckles threshold. That is definitely not going to look good on my apron! So this file probably isn’t going to work with this image convertor. For the full experience, definitely check out the video I made about this conversion process too. I realize these screen captures are kind of hard to see, but hopefully they will at least give you an idea of how easy this is. I’m going to use a JPG version of my blog’s logo to show you guys how these work. All are probably about the same in terms of features and usability. So how do you convert JPG or PNG to SVG? There are a ton of ways, but I am going to share a free and simple resource with you that meets 95% of my needs! It’s a website called, and it has resources for converting loads of file types. Option #1: How to convert JPG to SVG using free web-based software Getting your feet wet with Cricut? Check out my detailed Cricut machine comparison post looking at the Cricut Joy, Cricut Explore Air 2, and Cricut Maker! I also have a tutorial guide for the EasyPress 2 and an overview of how to use the Cricut Mug Press. In Cricut world, a lot of times you’ll just hear “SVG” files referred to as “cut files.” SVG files allow your Cricut to “read” where it needs to perform different activities (for example, where to cut). You can upload SVG files straight into Cricut Design Space, or you can use upload images and convert them to SVGs with varying levels of success (more on that in a bit). It stands for Scalable Vector Graphic, and it is required for your Cricut cutting machine. PNGs also allow you to have a transparent background.Īn SVG file, however, is a graphic file. Since they are larger, they can load slower. That means that they are better for printing and not as good for use on the web. However, PNG files are usually larger and higher quality. PNG stands for Portable Network Graphics and is another common type of image on the web. Typically this doesn’t compromise the image-it just allows it to load faster on websites and devices. That’s because JPG files are smaller and slightly lower quality. JPG stands for Joint Photography Group and is a file type commonly used for web images. They can typically be identified by the file extension at the end of an image’s file name (for example, Image.png). ![]() JPG (or JPEG) and PNG are simply different types of image files. JPG, PNG, and SVG: What’s the difference? If I sound like I’m speaking a different language, here’s a quick overview of what some of these terms mean. There are a ton of different ways to convert image files to SVG files, and these are just two of them. I am going to be showing you guys two of my favorite ways to convert JPG or PNG files to SVG files for Cricut projects. Hey guys! Time for a Cricut post today-yay. Wondering how to convert JPG to SVG for Cricut projects or use in Cricut’s Design Space? There are a lot of different ways, and today I’m going to show you two easy methods! How to convert JPG to SVG for Cricut crafts ![]() ![]() ![]() A fatal car accident that was anything but accidental has jarred loose a stash of methamphetamines and cash that’s become the center of a battle between the Sons of Freedom, Bakken County’s traditional drug sellers, and MS-13, the Salvadorian upstarts who are muscling in on their territory. The biggest problem, though, is one she doesn’t know about until it slaps her in the face. For another, the job she turns out to have been hired for-leading an investigation her new boss doesn’t feel he can entrust to his own force-makes her queasy. For one thing, it’s cold-a whole lot colder than the coldest weather Cassie’s ever imagined. She leaves behind no memories worth keeping: her husband is dead, her boss has made no bones about disliking her, and she’s looking forward to new responsibilities and the higher salary underwritten by North Dakota’s sudden oil boom. ![]() How does attempted murder sound?”įorget about solving all these crimes the signal triumph here is (spoiler) the heroine’s survival.īox takes another break from his highly successful Joe Pickett series ( Stone Cold, 2014, etc.) for a stand-alone about a police detective, a developmentally delayed boy, and a package everyone in North Dakota wants to grab.Ĭassandra Dewell can’t leave Montana’s Lewis and Clark County fast enough for her new job as chief investigator for Jon Kirkbride, sheriff of Bakken County. And why on earth was Vodyanov carrying Tempe’s own contact information? The mounting evidence of ever more and ever worse skulduggery will pull Tempe deeper and deeper down what even she sees as a rabbit hole before she confronts a ringleader implicated in “Drugs. government project to research biological agents that could control human behavior, the hinky spiritual retreat Sparkling Waters, the dark web site DeepUnder, and the disappearances of at least four schoolchildren, two of whom have also turned up dead. Before he died, it seems, Felix Vodyanov was linked to a passenger ferry that sank in 1994, an even earlier U.S. But the hints of other crimes Tempe’s identification uncovers, particularly crimes against children, spur her on to redouble her efforts despite the new M.E.’s splenetic outbursts. Heavner isn’t exactly mollified when Tempe, aided by retired police detective Skinny Slidell and a host of experts, puts a name to the dead man. Nettled by several errors in Heavner’s analysis, and even more by her willingness to share the gory details at a press conference, Tempe launches her own investigation, which is not so much off the books as against the books. Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection, 2016, etc.), she has no intention of calling in Tempe as a consultant and promptly identifies the faceless body herself as that of a young Asian man. Readers who think of Sweden as snow-white are in for a surprise.Īnother sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan.Ī week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if it’s been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been. But how long will it take his plunge into ethnic hatred to give him the answers he needs? Though "the last thing Kurt Wallander felt like was a laughing policeman," fans of Maj Sjîwall and Per Wahlîî will feel right at home in this first (1991) of Mankell's five Wallander novels, right down to the laconic paragraphing. Surprised by the news that Johannes Lîvgren was not exactly the colorless chap he appeared, Wallander despairs of finding enough time or energy to kindle a romance with deputy D.A. Or else we'll take over") from somebody who's willing to set fire to a refugee camp barracks and gun down a visiting Somali to show how serious he is. Who would so savagely kill an elderly farming couple in the Swedish town of Lenarp-the husband gruesomely tortured, the wife slowly strangled with a noose tied in an unusual knot-and then step out to the couple's barn to feed their horse? Inspector Kurt Wallander, battling midlife crisis-his estranged daughter has rarely called him since she lit out from home his estranged wife greets him by telling him how much weight he's put on-would love to have the leisure to speculate about the identity of the killers, described only by the dying Maria Lîvgren as "foreign." As acting chief of the Ystad police, though, he's got more urgent business on his hands: a series of xenophobic phone calls ("You now have three days to make up for shielding foreign criminals. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sound: You'll hear soldiers yell orders and warnings you'll also hear them scream.Įnjoyment: Generally a blast, though some increased mission variation would help. Nazis are fun and rewarding to kill, the missions offer diverse action, and the graphics are first rate. However, for first-person shooter fans, the ten hours you spend with Allied Assault will be most satisfactory. A pity, because, given the game's cost, more than ten hours of play should be expected. First-person shooters have been distressingly brief lately, perhaps because of increased memory and graphical demands, and Allied Assault is no different. The hard setting demands considerable memorization and repetition, like GoldenEye for the N64, but, sadly (and unlike GoldenEye), the missions remain unchanged. The biggest problem with Allied Assault is its relative brevity most players will finish the game in ten hours on the medium setting. On the rare occasions you can protect them, they stupidly run into enemy fire. The actions and fates of your fellow soldiers are generally predetermined as well. Allied Assault feels scripted, with certain events invariably triggering Nazi reactions. ![]() Wolfenstein's Nazis would ignore dead bodies too, although they favored setting ambushes instead of the coordinated attacks found in Allied Assault. Sometimes the Nazis execute well-coordinated attacks, but the dead bodies of guards killed seconds earlier are generally ignored. The AI of enemy soldiers varies considerably depending on the situation. However, after completing the last mission, Allied Assault needs a medal presentation since the conclusion will leave you wondering if you left something unfinished. Yet, without cut-scenes, the plot advances with a military precision and avoids unnecessary distractions. Perhaps such scripted events are meant to replace the customary pre-mission cut-scenes, which are curiously absent. In one mission an undercover operative - supposedly your on-the-job instructor - is killed right in front of you, forcing you to complete your assignment alone. Two missions also encourage stealth (somewhat reminiscent of the Metal Gear series, although not as well done), which allows a break from the otherwise continuous shooting and sniping.Īllied Assault handles plot development primarily through scripted events that occur regardless of your actions. Much like the D-Day scene in Saving Private Ryan, it's a disorienting and terrifying experience. When the door of your landing craft opens and the enemy machine guns slaughter most of the soldiers around you, it's quite easy to understand why so many people died on 6 June 1944. ![]() However, Allied Assault also includes several unforgettable missions, such as a D-Day landing on Omaha Beach. These missions will blur together as you progress, partly because there are so many of them, and partly because of their similarity. All the missions provide plenty of furious and enjoyable killing, but your biggest regret may be the title's relatively short length. Where Return to Castle Wolfenstein establishes an arcane and spooky atmosphere, Allied Assault emphasizes realism, though both are relatively standard shooters. ![]() Medal of Honor: Allied Assault's seven multi-level missions traverse the European Theater of WWII you will take out coastal guns in North Africa, scuttle submarines in Norway, and sneak into the heart of Nazi Germany. Electronic Arts has produced another rock solid, if uninspired, first-person shooter for their Medal of Honor series. ![]() ![]() ![]() “I was at a Navy-Air Force game this weekend, and people everywhere were like, ‘We love Dateline!’ and a teenager on a balcony leaned over and was like ‘Miss Andrea! I Love your show!’ I was just like, I can’t believe this is happening at a college football game,” Canning says. It is also why, whether at a conference or even a football game, Dateline correspondents frequently find themselves as the center of attention. That personal connection, whether deadly serious or meant to be engaging and informative, is a big part of what makes the newsmagazine tick, both on TV and on newer platforms. “I had just seen him 10 days earlier, and now I was covering his murder.” I nearly drove off the road when I made the mistake of looking at my phone,” he says. “The office texted me while I was driving to a wedding and taking a couple of days off. Steve Pitt, who was a personal friend, and who was one of the six victims of a killer in Arizona in 2018. Mankiewicz recounts his story about the murder of Dr. In some cases, the story is even more personal. “It came out looking just like me, I couldn’t believe it.” “They didn’t know it was me, and the picture that came out was fantastic,” she says. “That is all designed to try and emphasize that these are not abstract stories from an institution, these are personal stories, very difficult personal stories that are being told by specific real people that you can listen to and relate to, and hopefully respect and trust along the way.”Ĭanning recounts segments in which she escaped from the trunk of a car, and when DNA phenotyping was able to re-create her appearance. Every one of them is a little bit unique, but every one of them exists within the Dateline universe,” Corvo says. “We thought, when we were developing the program, that was one of our strengths, that all of our correspondents could really write, could really interview, and had the confidence to tell a story in their voice. “I think people really respond to the storytelling, and the way that each correspondent has a unique way of telling a story, and they really embrace their own unique storytelling voices, and we encourage that,” says executive producer Liz Cole. ![]() One thing that has distinguished Dateline from many of its TV news counterparts is its commitment to putting its correspondents front and center, in some cases making them part of the story. ![]() The show is also expanding into scripted TV, with Blumhouse and NBC News Studios adapting the Dateline series The Thing About Pam for TV. “I have so many friends who listen to the podcasts in their car, and it is just so easy to turn the show into a podcast.” “The podcasts are just such a natural extension of the show,” Canning says. It has worked to Dateline’s advantage, with the show turning its existing TV stories into audio podcasts, and more recently creating wholly original audio programs. The true-crime genre has exploded in popularity, driven by podcasts and streaming, where the somewhat evergreen nature of the stories and the enthralling mysteries behind them keep viewers and listeners hooked. I didn’t see the true-crime wave coming, but I am delighted that it’s here.” I had been a political reporter before coming here, and this was a wonderful opportunity to learn longform journalism. “We have a loyal audience that we discovered, I think, with them, a mutual interest in true crime specifically, and storytelling in general.”Īdds Mankiewicz, “I joined a Dateline that did all kinds of stories. “I think that we built a community of viewers and users, so to speak,” says Dateline senior executive producer David Corvo. Writers Strike Front and Center as NBCUniversal Kicks Off Upfronts Week ![]() ![]() ![]() Hacker Fares are separate, one-way fares so if someone books this with a Delta one-way fare, they would have to book at and the other one-way fare from another provider."īirge adds: "We would be showing Delta one-way fares that they are selling here if they showed up."ĭelta was looking into the new feature and didn't have an immediate comment. "An interline fare is one roundtrip booking on separate airlines, but one booking whether fulfilled by an OTA or airline. "These are not interline fares," Birge points out. Search for the cheapest airline tickets for all the top airlines around the world and the top international flight routes. As COVID-19 disrupts travel, a few airlines are offering. It remains to be seen how airlines will react to Kayak's Hacker Fares.ĭelta, for example, has barred metasearch sites from displaying interline flights under the Delta brand, and also has prohibited online travel agencies from selling Delta's flights on metasearch websites. Search cheap flights to Kayak Island (null) today with Orbitz. So Kayak is merely consolidating one-way fares that are widely available into roundtrip options that normally would take a lot of manual searching and skill to find. Whether you already know where and when you want. KAYAK searches hundreds of travel sites at once to find exactly what you need for your trip, from cheap flights to brilliant hotel deals and car hire. Find cheap flights and save money on airline tickets to every destination in the world at. Organise your itinerary with Trips, track prices with Price Alerts & more. Kayak does this by "running the additional query approach simultaneously and presenting those fares that add cheaper or different options and doing it quickly and accurately." KAYAK all-in-one travel app: more than travel search. Many sites and airlines sell one-way fares.īirge says Kayak thus accesses one-way fares from multiple data sources and puts them together into two one-way fares for a roundtrip. "I've saved hundreds of dollars for my family with this approach over the years, so we thought we'd make this type of searching available to non-hackers, as well," the blog post quotes Zacharia as saying. Well accept one kiteboard or one bag containing equipment. The blog post says Hacker Fares - and Kayak has applied for a trademark - are the "brainchild" of the company's chief scientist, Giorgos Zacharia, and his team. Unfortunately, we dont accept kayaks or canoes as checked bags. Book and compare the cheapest flights from all major airlines and online travel agents, and find the best plane tickets to all your favorite destinations. (As Kayak notes, the Delta leg actually is from Delta Connection and operated by Mesaba Airlines.) 6, Kayak displays a Hacker Fare of $217 for a 6:05 p.m. On a Chicago O'Hare to New York JFK roundtrip search, departing Sept. Kayak will not display Hacker Fares as two one-way fares on the same airline, and it also won't show Hacker Fares as connecting flights, Birge says. They are the lowest fares in a time slot.They are substantially the lowest-price itinerary.Whether you are looking for a last-minute flight or a cheap plane ticket for a later date, you can find the best deals faster at KAYAK. KAYAK searches for flight deals on hundreds of airline ticket sites to help you find the cheapest flights. Robert Birge, Kayak's chief marketing officer, declined to address any plans to introduce the new feature on any of Kayak's international or partner sites.īirge says Kayak will show Hacker Fares when: Save money on airfare by searching for cheap flight tickets on KAYAK. Hacker Fares were rolled out today on only for domestic and international fares. If you've been using KAYAK successfully up until now, try closing your browser and starting again.In search of flight savings and more choice, Kayak's search results will now sometimes include Hacker Fares - pairs of one-way flights from different airlines to create a discounted roundtrip.Īlthough these flights will be presented as a roundtrip, these Hacker Fares aren't interline fares - each leg must be booked separately on the airline or online travel agency website. Please send us a message and we'll try to figure out what went wrong. Probably something about the web browser you are using made KAYAK think you are a bot. They tend to try to cram large suitcases in the overhead bin, and they prattle on about celebrities they know while you are trying to watch the movie. For example, we don't want bots running about trying to book airline tickets. Bots are generally a good thing, but some web pages are for humans only. Search for North America flights on KAYAK. KAYAK uses bots to search for travel deals. Fly from the United States on Frontier, Spirit Airlines, JetBlue and more. Search engines like Google use robots to build up search results. What is a bot?Ī bot, or robot, or crawler is software that visits web sites and collects data from them without a human present. If you are seeing this page, it means that KAYAK thinks you are a "bot," and the page you were trying to get to is only useful for humans. ![]() ![]() ![]() Truthfully, we are all going to have to just let this play out before we find out what was and wasn’t a mistake through this negotiation process. None of us aside from those in the negotiating room can really be sure of that. Are you sure there isn’t any possibility of a missed opportunity or two? ![]() The due diligence of looking into who is available and what they could bring would take some time to investigate. Obviously, much like signing a tv deal, I don’t believe the Pac-12 would take just anyone to fill open spots in the conference. Do they invite replacements? Who would those replacements be? The Pac-12 also needed some time in my estimation to decide what they wanted to do about USC and UCLA leaving. We’ve already talked about their desire to explore the world of streaming and why that can take some time. So why get a year jump on it? In all honesty, from my perspective, the Pac-12 had/has a couple of bigger things to look into before signing a contract that takes some time to sort through. I was also told that likely means the conference wouldn’t have started the negotiating process until about now if they hadn’t opted to start it earlier instead. “Time is running out…”Īccording to sources that have worked in the tv sphere and know a bit about negotiating these kinds of contracts, the Pac-12 has up until next year when the old contract expires. Since the Pac-12 took their rights to market there has been a lot of talk about them being “on the clock” or having a “tight timeline” in order to get a deal done. ![]() I know at least one of the partners we were talking to said, ‘We’re ready to sign today, but the optics of us announcing that we’re laying off X number of people and we signed a multimillion-dollar deal with the Pac-12 are just not the best, so we’re going to have to wait six weeks.'” Let’s Talk About The “Timeline” It’s the uncertainty in the economy, the layoffs in the tech sector and other places. President Schulz spoke of the sensitive optics of announcing a major television deal worth millions of dollars while network(s) are currently laying off employees. There may be another bit of a snag in the Pac-12 announcing their deal according to Washington State President Kirk Schulz last week. I do believe we are getting to that final time, but I’ve probably said that a few other times, but we aren’t going to take any deal. It is my belief that negotiating the finer details of the contract has been the reason for the hold-up when it comes to an announcement.Īs Utah Athletic Director Mark Harlan said a little over a week ago on The Saturday Show on KSL Sports Zone. That belief was recently solidified this past week by someone on the national television level, and another source from the Utah level- neither of which would know each other, making it compelling to hear the same thing twice from two different places. It has been my belief for a while that the Pac-12 has a pretty good idea of where they stand and that hasn’t changed in months. This leaves room for more back and forth with lawyers, negotiating terms, etc. Unlike your traditional linear TV that already has a precedent that makes contracts fairly easy to negotiate, streaming is a new frontier with no set precedent. I noted last time that the Pac-12 has dabbled in some fairly uncharted territory when it comes to sports broadcasting and streaming. ![]() |