Secrets From Flight Attendants That Will Change the Way You Fly

Does a cheaper flight mean a less safe flight? What happens if your plane is struck by lightning? And why do we have to put our seats in the upright position for landing? The keepers of the answers to your burning questions are the very same people serving you cocktails and snack packs. Flight attendants see it all, and they know the ins and outs of air travel.

We spoke to two flight attendants who both work for one of the top three major US airlines — they answered our questions on the condition of anonymity. From the things that annoy flight attendants to tips and tricks they practice when they're flying, these expert travelers have secrets that will calm your fears and may make you think twice before you complain extra loud about your dinner not being just right on your next flight. Read on for the juicy details only flight attendants can provide.

Sad : Rest In Peace Master Daniel Adeline

Dear readers,

It is with a sad, broken and distressed heart that I announce the sudden death of Master Daniel Adeline (friend brother follower & a great person) and the Son of FGC Kwali Alumni EXCO, Yinka Lagundoye's. This message was brought to my attention this morning by  the SET REP of K92 (Yinka’s SET).
It is a fact that Daniel also graduated from Kwali like the mum and of the K15 SET.
We share in your pain, Yinka Lagundoye and we can only pray that God consoles the families of the bereaved.
What a strange world we live in. Whilst we celebrate LIFE, at the same time, we can only but mourn in DEATH. In all this, only God knows best.
I remain in deep pain over this death and words simply fail me.
He is to be buried today, according to his last wishes before his passing.

Would you date a man fresh out of divorce?

What are some pros and cons to this? I have started dating older men and many are fresh out of divorce or 2 or 5 years out. I have no idea how divorce works. When does the exwife stop getting checks? Is it financially smart for a younger woman to date or marry a divorced man?

I know an aunt who married an older man, with grown children, who was divorced. He ended up not working, she pays his child support, is verbally abusive and still talks to his ex wife.

What’s your advice on this 360 Readers ?

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More footage of the alleged fight between XXXTentacion & Migos gets released.

If You're Gonna Splurge on Gucci, This Is What's in For Fall

You're not new to the world of Gucci — you've been seeing (and potentially dreaming) of the fashion house's impeccable craftmanship since you first locked eyes on the double Gs — but things have taken an intense turn as of late. Now, all you see are furry slides, buttery-soft bags, and slick belts, and they're all calling your name. If this scenario perfectly describes the situation you're in, you're not alone. Gucci has officially been dominating the fashion set of late, and we're all noticing. If you're ready to open your wallet and splurge on something beautiful, we rounded up the most popular Gucci items for Fall.

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Why You Should Never Be Ashamed of Getting a Divorce

When I randomly look through articles I have written on divorce or read through comments on social media posts of these same articles, there's always at least one or two "shamers" trolling the pieces. Usually these shamers quote biblical accounts or talk about how these people must be weak or awful, terrible parents (if divorced with kids) or quitters. How back in the day, "people stayed married." It's funny. These random strangers seem to think they know everything about a complete stranger's divorce and life from one article. The ones who quote religion are acting as a "god" of sorts, passing judgments on people they've never met and never will.

You, the divorced or the person about to get divorced may also get shamers from your community. Family. Friends. Neighbors. Acquaintances. "Another one bites the dust. Another one quits." You can see it on their faces, hear it in their words.

How this $100M da Vinci masterpiece flew under the radar for centuries

It watched as its then-owner, King Charles I, was beheaded in 1649.

It was hanging in Buckingham Palace back when it was still called Buckingham House in 1703.

It survived the Nazis’ 1940 London Blitz, when its keepers abandoned it in their basement.
By 1958, its origins had become so lost in time that it was sold for a paltry $90 to a collector from Louisiana.

The long, strange journey of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterwork “Salvator Mundi” takes its next turn Wednesday at Christie’s, when it goes under the hammer for a hoped-for $100 million.

It is the first Leonardo to emerge in nearly a century, and one of just 16 surviving paintings by the Renaissance Italian polymath.

“Salvator Mundi” — which translates to “Savior of the World” and depicts Jesus Christ holding an Earth-like glass orb — was nearly forgotten forever during its 500-year journey from Italy to the Big Apple.

“We came pretty close to losing it,” Alan Wintermute, a Christie’s vice president and specialist in Old Masters paintings, told The Post.

“It’s so rare that anything this important reappears in the way it has that you can’t help but be excited.”

Battered by time and marred by ham-handed attempts to restore it, the so-called “last da Vinci” was, for centuries, thought to be no more than a pupil’s copy of the original.

Adopted Woman Whose Family Thought She Was Dead Reunites with Siblings 60 Years Later

 
For decades, Sylvia Kewer’s family thought she was dead.

Kewer, who was adopted as a toddler, grew up in Emporia, Virginia, believing she was an only child. All of that changed in August when she learned she has four half-siblings.

“[Kewer] was saying her whole life she didn’t know what she was. She kept saying, ‘What am I?’ ” Kewer’s daughter, Natalie Graves Tucker, tells PEOPLE.

“Here she is thinking she’s alone all these years and doesn’t know her story … She’s always been a loner and here she has four siblings with children and grandchildren!”
On Nov. 11, Kewer met her half-siblings (and dozens of other family members) at a sweet reunion in Abingdon. Tucker rented a home for the family where they had a cookout and shared old photographs.

Karl Lagerfeld evokes Holocaust to bash Germany's Angela Merkel on refugees

The German fashion designer has criticized the "pastor's daughter" for opening Germany to "millions" of migrants. France's media regulator has launched a probe after he made the remarks on a popular French talk show.
France's media regulator announced on Monday that several hundred people had launched complaints against German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld after he appeared on a French talk show over the weekend.
Lagerfeld, who sits as head creative director for Chanel and Fendi, sparked outrage on Saturday when he evoked the Holocaust to criticize German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her open-door policy toward refugees fleeing conflict.
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"One cannot — even if there are decades between them — kill millions of Jews so you can bring millions of their worst enemies in their place," Lagerfeld told a French television show on Saturday.
"I know someone in Germany who took in a young Syrian and after four days said, 'The greatest thing Germany invented was the Holocaust.'"

GANG TERROR Romanian thugs could be drawn into London gang war after crime lord was beaten to death

Police fear drugs and people trafficker Sorin Serbu's killing will trigger more violence — both in retaliation and as others try to fill the power vacuum
GANGS of Romanian thugs could be dragged into a violent turf war on UK soil after an immigrant crime lord was beaten to death.

Drugs and people trafficker Sorin Serbu, 36, was ambushed and clubbed unconscious by up to five masked thugs.He died in hospital in the early hours of Saturday following the incident outside Global Romanian Bar in Ilford, East London.

Police fear hardman Serbu’s killing will trigger more violence — both in retaliation and as others try to fill the power vacuum.

A Romanian justice source said: “There may be more bloodshed before this is over.”

Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe arrested in apparent military coup

Longtime Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was arrested along with other senior officials early Wednesday morning in what appeared to be a military seizure of power.
South African President Jacob Zuma confirmed the president was "fine" and under house arrest after speaking with him.
Hours earlier, Major General SB Moyo had said on state television that the army's takeover of state offices, the parliament, the airport and state broadcaster was "not a military takeover."

Army takes over in Zimbabwe
"We are only targeting criminals around him (Mugabe) who are committing crimes that are causing social and economic suffering in the country in order to bring them to justice," he said.
Armored vehicles and soldiers were seen throughout the capital city, Harare, Wednesday morning as many people rushed to withdraw money from banks.

1 dead, 5 injured in shooting in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – A man has been killed and five others were injured in a shooting in a New Orleans neighborhood.

New Orleans Police said in an emailed statement that the shooting occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday in an area where a large crowd gathered. Police say five males and a woman were found on the street and sidewalk with apparent gunshot wounds to the body.

The Advocate reports that some people said a funeral party was being held.

Police say a male died at the scene. The conditions of the other victims were not immediately known.

Police say one person of interest is in custody.

The names of the victims and suspect have not been released.

John Travolta is being accused of sexually assaulting a man

The supposed victim’s shocking description of the incident threatens to blow the lid off Travolta’s long-rumored double life as a happily married family man.

It took place at the LaQuinta Hotel in Palm Springs, California, when Travolta demanded a deep body massage at the facility’s spa, which had been opened after midnight for the actor’s private use on Feb. 15, 2000.

But the man claims Travolta wanted a more intimate rubdown.

During the massage, the star kept removing the towel “exposing” his bare buttocks, according to the never-before-seen official report.

After the masseur administered a body scrub treatment, he says Travolta told him “he was very attractive and that he had gotten him ‘excited.’”

Travolta then asked the masseur to join him in the spa’s steam room, “so he wouldn’t be alone,” says the man, who complied with the request.

Totally naked after dropping his towel, Travolta then offered to demonstrate his own massage techniques on the masseur.

As the man lay on his stomach, “Travolta reached under his towel and began to rub his inner thigh.”

Then the actor “began rubbing [the masseur’s] bare buttocks as well as in the groove between.”

Meek Mill’s supporters protest on the streets of Philadelphia to demand for his release from Jail

Rick Ross & Fans Rally For Meek Mill In Philadelphia



Several hundreds of Meek Mill’s supporters and his record label boss Rick Ross took to the streets of Philadelphia to demand for the rapper’s release from prison.
Meek has since started serving a 2 to 4 year prison sentence for violating his probation. In addition to the rally, an online petition pushing for his release now has over 350,000 signatures.

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Sadly there are Black folks going through the same radicalized injustice(s) within the justice system that Meek Mill has experienced for over a decade EVERY SINGLE DAY. This requires more than just gradual reform in laws—It requires a swift overhaul.

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Half of US adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines

New guidelines lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans to those who have the condition, which now plagues nearly half of U.S. adults.

High pressure, which for decades has been a top reading of at least 140 or a bottom one of 90, drops to 130 over 80 in advice announced Monday by a dozen medical groups.
The change means an additional 14 percent of U.S. adults have the problem, but only 2 percent of these newly added people need medication right away; the rest should try healthier lifestyles, which get much stronger emphasis in the new advice. Poor diets, lack of exercise and other bad habits cause 90 percent of high blood pressure.