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SpaceShipOne itself suffered several such problems in its three space flights, including the loss of its navigation system, a sudden lurch that carried the ship some 30 miles off course, the buckling of the aircraft's skin from the rocket motor's heat, and an uncontrolled wobble that spun the craft around at high speed some 20 times before pilot Melvill — he flew the first prize - winning flight, Binnie the second — stilled it, possibly just in time to prevent a fatal tumble.

Great rewards credit cards will award perks such as cash back and points for gift cards and airline miles, but the APR will be rather high.

Several publications have reported on high profile companies going the extra mile with paid vacation, but few look at how such policies affect employee behavior.

In contrast, such politically neutral refugee aid groups as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees purposely located their Honduran relief camps at least 33 miles from the border to avoid involvement with the hostilities.

Add it all up, and the Rockets have scored 1.15 points possession on isolation plays, per Synergy Sports — best in the league by a mile, and on pace to be the highest such figure in 14 seasons of Synergy archives by a laughable margin.

Until a 2,700 - seat field house was opened in the fall of 1977, Central Florida was forced to play in local high school gymnasiums or at places such as McCoy Air Force Base, 17 miles away.

New research from UC Davis and Aarhus University in Denmark shows that high mantle temperatures miles beneath Earth's surface are essential for generating such large amounts of magma.

The best form of cardio if you're trying to lose weight is without question High Intensity Interval Training, where you perform short, intense exercises such as sprints, as opposed to jogging a mile or two at a steady pace.

There are some ridiculous elements, such as little Cody climbing a mile - high sheer rock face or riding on the back of a soaring eagle.

NBFA is a tuition - free, public charter school, proudly distinguished by: • A progressive educational model that weaves trauma - sensitive, emotionally responsive practice into every classroom • Social emotional learning steeped in child development best practices • Parental involvement, in and outside of the classroom • Consistent, competitive high - school placement at such schools as Kolbe Cathedral, Hopkins and Fairfield Prep NBFA is located on an «urban campus» at 184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT (within a mile of the University of Bridgeport and the beach at Seaside Park).

The project consists of the development, design, finance, construction, maintenance and operation of 29.4 miles of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) / High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes along I - 95 and I - 395 which will provide congestion relief and trip time reliability to auto and transit users travelling to and from major employment centers in Northern Virginia, such as Tysons Corner and Washington, D.C., and five major military sites.

The E30 wagon never came here officially, but Motor Trend's Jason Cammisa landed this German - spec car, and has restored it to such a high specification that even with some 160,000 miles on the odometer, it managed to wow the persnickety judges sufficiently to take home the trophy in the BMW Concours class.

This Jeep is such a high - quality vehicle that it will last to the 200,000 mile mark, something not many vehicles can claim.

The 8.2 m high ball floated 25 miles up the River Thames from Tilbury Dock on Thursday, passing iconic London landmarks such as the Thames Barrier and Canary Wharf along the way.

This stunning car just as a base model cost around # 92000 new & it also has a very high specification of extras so it would have cost # 100000 + in total so at around 1 / 10th of that price & with such low miles represents good value & a lot of car for the money Mercedes 2001 s600l (367BHP) in the best colour combination of Tanzanite Blue Metallic with cream java nappa leather trim in superb condition.

This really is a very high specification car which seems to have every extra available at the time - long MOT till 04/11/2018, with NO advisories & the only problem i have with the car is that i do think the 51 reg makes it look too old as with such low mileage it looks a much newer car so as part of the deal i could include my reg A9 MMW which has been valued up to # 1000 which is on a retention certificate so it could easily be put on the car just as soon as the v5 is in the new owners name but it would look a much newer car with a private reg PLEASE NOTE the current reg is the 51 reg shown in 1 photo i have put my private reg A9 MMW on the car for the new photos to show how much better it makes the car look but that can be negotiated as part of any deal PLEASE NO OFFERS UNDER # 8000 AS YOU WILL JUST BE WASTING BOTH YOUR TIME & MINE THIS STUNNING LOW MILEAGE CAR COST AROUND # 100000 NEW SO IT IS SUPERB VALUE PLEASE NOTE THE PRICE IS # 9999 ONO WITH THE PRIVATE REG A9MMW VALUED AROUND # 1000 OR # 8999 OVNO WITH THE 51 REG BUT DO THINK IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER WITH THE PRIVATE REG THIS IS A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THE FLAGSHIP MERCEDES S CLASS S600 & VERY RARE AS IT HAS SUCH LOW MILEAGE ONLY 34000 MILES & WHEN YOU THINK THIS CAR WITH SUCH A HIGH SPEC ORIGINALLY COST # 100000 NEW IT IS SUPERB VALUE FOR MONEY REASONABLE OFFERS INVITED BUT ONLY OVER (NOT UNDER) # 8000 AS HAVE ALREADY OFFERED # 8200 WITH THE 51 REG & # 9000 WITH THE PRIVATE REG FINALLY THESE CARS ARE APPRECIATING IN VALUE IF THEY ARE LIKE THIS CAR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH LOW MILEAGE SO THIS CAR WOULD BE A VERY GOOD LONG TERM FINANCIAL INVESTMENT & ANY SERIOUS BUYER WILL KNOW THAT A MERCEDES S600 THAT ORIGINALLY COST AROUND # 100000 NEW WITH ONLY 34000 MILES IS A GENUINE BARGAIN» ANY QUERIES EMAIL OR CALL ME ON 07757 359570 THANhigh specification car which seems to have every extra available at the time - long MOT till 04/11/2018, with NO advisories & the only problem i have with the car is that i do think the 51 reg makes it look too old as with such low mileage it looks a much newer car so as part of the deal i could include my reg A9 MMW which has been valued up to # 1000 which is on a retention certificate so it could easily be put on the car just as soon as the v5 is in the new owners name but it would look a much newer car with a private reg PLEASE NOTE the current reg is the 51 reg shown in 1 photo i have put my private reg A9 MMW on the car for the new photos to show how much better it makes the car look but that can be negotiated as part of any deal PLEASE NO OFFERS UNDER # 8000 AS YOU WILL JUST BE WASTING BOTH YOUR TIME & MINE THIS STUNNING LOW MILEAGE CAR COST AROUND # 100000 NEW SO IT IS SUPERB VALUE PLEASE NOTE THE PRICE IS # 9999 ONO WITH THE PRIVATE REG A9MMW VALUED AROUND # 1000 OR # 8999 OVNO WITH THE 51 REG BUT DO THINK IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER WITH THE PRIVATE REG THIS IS A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THE FLAGSHIP MERCEDES S CLASS S600 & VERY RARE AS IT HAS SUCH LOW MILEAGE ONLY 34000 MILES & WHEN YOU THINK THIS CAR WITH SUCH A HIGH SPEC ORIGINALLY COST # 100000 NEW IT IS SUPERB VALUE FOR MONEY REASONABLE OFFERS INVITED BUT ONLY OVER (NOT UNDER) # 8000 AS HAVE ALREADY OFFERED # 8200 WITH THE 51 REG & # 9000 WITH THE PRIVATE REG FINALLY THESE CARS ARE APPRECIATING IN VALUE IF THEY ARE LIKE THIS CAR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH LOW MILEAGE SO THIS CAR WOULD BE A VERY GOOD LONG TERM FINANCIAL INVESTMENT & ANY SERIOUS BUYER WILL KNOW THAT A MERCEDES S600 THAT ORIGINALLY COST AROUND # 100000 NEW WITH ONLY 34000 MILES IS A GENUINE BARGAIN» ANY QUERIES EMAIL OR CALL ME ON 07757 359570 THANsuch low mileage it looks a much newer car so as part of the deal i could include my reg A9 MMW which has been valued up to # 1000 which is on a retention certificate so it could easily be put on the car just as soon as the v5 is in the new owners name but it would look a much newer car with a private reg PLEASE NOTE the current reg is the 51 reg shown in 1 photo i have put my private reg A9 MMW on the car for the new photos to show how much better it makes the car look but that can be negotiated as part of any deal PLEASE NO OFFERS UNDER # 8000 AS YOU WILL JUST BE WASTING BOTH YOUR TIME & MINE THIS STUNNING LOW MILEAGE CAR COST AROUND # 100000 NEW SO IT IS SUPERB VALUE PLEASE NOTE THE PRICE IS # 9999 ONO WITH THE PRIVATE REG A9MMW VALUED AROUND # 1000 OR # 8999 OVNO WITH THE 51 REG BUT DO THINK IT LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER WITH THE PRIVATE REG THIS IS A LOVELY EXAMPLE OF THE FLAGSHIP MERCEDES S CLASS S600 & VERY RARE AS IT HAS SUCH LOW MILEAGE ONLY 34000 MILES & WHEN YOU THINK THIS CAR WITH SUCH A HIGH SPEC ORIGINALLY COST # 100000 NEW IT IS SUPERB VALUE FOR MONEY REASONABLE OFFERS INVITED BUT ONLY OVER (NOT UNDER) # 8000 AS HAVE ALREADY OFFERED # 8200 WITH THE 51 REG & # 9000 WITH THE PRIVATE REG FINALLY THESE CARS ARE APPRECIATING IN VALUE IF THEY ARE LIKE THIS CAR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH LOW MILEAGE SO THIS CAR WOULD BE A VERY GOOD LONG TERM FINANCIAL INVESTMENT & ANY SERIOUS BUYER WILL KNOW THAT A MERCEDES S600 THAT ORIGINALLY COST AROUND # 100000 NEW WITH ONLY 34000 MILES IS A GENUINE BARGAIN» ANY QUERIES EMAIL OR CALL ME ON 07757 359570 THANSUCH LOW MILEAGE ONLY 34000 MILES & WHEN YOU THINK THIS CAR WITH SUCH A HIGH SPEC ORIGINALLY COST # 100000 NEW IT IS SUPERB VALUE FOR MONEY REASONABLE OFFERS INVITED BUT ONLY OVER (NOT UNDER) # 8000 AS HAVE ALREADY OFFERED # 8200 WITH THE 51 REG & # 9000 WITH THE PRIVATE REG FINALLY THESE CARS ARE APPRECIATING IN VALUE IF THEY ARE LIKE THIS CAR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH LOW MILEAGE SO THIS CAR WOULD BE A VERY GOOD LONG TERM FINANCIAL INVESTMENT & ANY SERIOUS BUYER WILL KNOW THAT A MERCEDES S600 THAT ORIGINALLY COST AROUND # 100000 NEW WITH ONLY 34000 MILES IS A GENUINE BARGAIN» ANY QUERIES EMAIL OR CALL ME ON 07757 359570 THANSUCH A HIGH SPEC ORIGINALLY COST # 100000 NEW IT IS SUPERB VALUE FOR MONEY REASONABLE OFFERS INVITED BUT ONLY OVER (NOT UNDER) # 8000 AS HAVE ALREADY OFFERED # 8200 WITH THE 51 REG & # 9000 WITH THE PRIVATE REG FINALLY THESE CARS ARE APPRECIATING IN VALUE IF THEY ARE LIKE THIS CAR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH LOW MILEAGE SO THIS CAR WOULD BE A VERY GOOD LONG TERM FINANCIAL INVESTMENT & ANY SERIOUS BUYER WILL KNOW THAT A MERCEDES S600 THAT ORIGINALLY COST AROUND # 100000 NEW WITH ONLY 34000 MILES IS A GENUINE BARGAIN» ANY QUERIES EMAIL OR CALL ME ON 07757 359570 THANHIGH SPEC ORIGINALLY COST # 100000 NEW IT IS SUPERB VALUE FOR MONEY REASONABLE OFFERS INVITED BUT ONLY OVER (NOT UNDER) # 8000 AS HAVE ALREADY OFFERED # 8200 WITH THE 51 REG & # 9000 WITH THE PRIVATE REG FINALLY THESE CARS ARE APPRECIATING IN VALUE IF THEY ARE LIKE THIS CAR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH LOW MILEAGE SO THIS CAR WOULD BE A VERY GOOD LONG TERM FINANCIAL INVESTMENT & ANY SERIOUS BUYER WILL KNOW THAT A MERCEDES S600 THAT ORIGINALLY COST AROUND # 100000 NEW WITH ONLY 34000 MILES IS A GENUINE BARGAIN» ANY QUERIES EMAIL OR CALL ME ON 07757 359570 THANKYOU

We've seen hybrid vehicles — which use a tiny gasoline engine and a big electric motor for power, resulting in high overall fuel mileage — marketed in the United States using two central selling points: that hybrids such as the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic and Insight are economical, getting in excess of 45 miles per gallon, and that environmentally, hybrids are The Right Thing To Do.

Fuel economy is estimated at 21 city, 27 highway, and 23 combined miles per gallon thanks to the gearbox's absurd number of forward ratios, the engine's use of fuel - saving technologies including direct injection, and the Active Drive 4x4 system's ability to disengage the rear wheels in high traction situations (such as highway coasting or low - speed cruising) to reduce drivetrain drag.

Such a setup will be offered on the i3 hatchback as a high - cost option, providing it with a theoretical range of more than 218 miles, according to BMW.

When considering an annual fee, take into account any perks that translate into a dollar amount that can compensate for the fee, such as an annual credit or higher rewards rate for the miles you travel.

High energy breeds such as Dalmatians, retrievers, Border Collies, and Australian Shepherds need a brisk daily walk or jog of a mile or more to satisfy their physical and psychological need for exercise.

But while there's no such thing as a «good» devaluation, that devaluation is offset in part by the fact that Delta miles remain among the easiest to earn, since Gold Medallions and higher earn 100 % bonus miles on paid flights and the American Express Delta Platinum and Reserve cards earn 1.4 and 1.5 miles per dollar, respectively, at their annual bonus thresholds.

On the face of it, the Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan offers you the same perks that you are likely to find in other airlines» frequent flyer programs such as earning miles whenever you book a flight, special privileges for various tiers and unlocking even more reward opportunities by achieving a higher «elite» status in the frequent flyer program's membership tiers.

Many cards offer higher rewards rate on general purchases, or offer double miles on special categories of purchases, such as gas and groceries.

If you conservatively value MileagePlus miles at 1.8 cents each, that's 4.32 cents in value per dollar of manufactured spend, making it one of the most valuable opportunities to manufacture such high volumes of spend, especially if you're able to also sign up under one of the very valuable signup bonus offers I wrote about here (I'm no longer able to pull up those offers).

Status miles are earned to acquire elite status with the airline and give you special travel benefits such as lounge access, free or extra checked bags, and higher award mileage earning rates on paid flights.

The worst way to use Emirates awards is on routes you wouldn't want to use Emirates for in the first place: bad routing mixed with high prices, such as North America to Australia for 150,000 miles roundtrip in economy, or eastern North America to western North America for 155,000 miles roundtrip in economy.

While the higher redemptions are usually a way to get gutted for miles, the redemptions that fall on the lower end of these revenue - based programs can be extraordinarily low when compared to region - based programs, such as United and American Airlines.

New technology has often drawn dubious detractors, it's still not uncommon for people to be superstitious about flying for example, and early theories about the negative impact such high - speed travel could have on the female anatomy included; «women's bodies were not designed to go at 50 miles an hour, the uteruses of female passengers will fly out of their bodies if accelerated to that speed.»

Putting aside the more subjective benefits for high spend such as Medallion miles or Companion Passes and focusing just on spend multipliers, we find the effective multipliers for high spend aren't even as good as the tiered bonuses.

You can get even better value if you use miles for high - end cabins on award - winning partner airlines, such as Cathay Pacific which regularly comes in right behind Singapore Airlines» famous suites in lists of the top first class cabins.

Cheap miles that don't get you where you want to go or that have high fees associated with them aren't such a good deal after all.

Depending on the frequent flyer program, you'll also get more miles for buying tickets in a higher fare class, such as fully - refundable fares, or for flying in business or first class.

Though Miles & More awards carry high fuel surcharges, their redemption rates are relatively comparable to the main domestic airlines, though occasionally with a bit of a discount, such as 50,000 miles for round - trip flights between the U.S. and Europe in economy class.

You also want a high credit score so you can fully participate in the lucrative hobby of collecting frequent flyer miles, hotel loyalty program points, or bank points (such as American Express Membership Rewards, Chase Ultimate Rewards, or Citi ThankYou points).

Currently, there are at least 9.7 trillion unredeemed frequent flyer miles and with the airlines flying at such high load factors there is no incentive for them to redeem miles for tickets that would essentially displace revenue passengers.

Those are the basic requirements, though there are plenty of additional rules about, for example, rolling miles over from one year to another, as well as higher spending and flying thresholds for the higher tiers of the program, which come with enhanced benefits such as a greater likelihood of upgrades.

In addition, some programs impose such high fuel surcharges on award tickets, in which case you may be better off using dollars rather than miles (I'm looking at you, British Airways).

Thank you for such a comprehensive article because as someone who got trapped with the BA 100K offer a few years ago and has been unable to use those miles due to the high surcharges, my wife and I have already spent $ 95X6 on card fees, on a credit card that we never needed.

There are other ways of getting around paying for your luggage such as advancing to a higher class, paying for a first class ticket either with miles or cash or by owning a special credit card.

If such changes resemble pay with miles, high value international premium cabin flying at attainable mileage levels will be history.

Book European awards using British Airways miles — you'll be hit with massive surcharges on BA flights, which all go through London and are heavily taxed; even on partners such as American there will be high fees

Nonetheless, the convenience of advance award availability on such stellar partners pushes my valuation slightly above the higher end of the range of the above examples: my valuation is 2 cents per American AAdvantage mile.

Considering the fact that United does not pass on carrier imposed fuel surcharges for award tickets even on partners, some people prefer to book partners such as Lufthansa with United miles to avoid these charges, even though 70,000 miles is higher than other programs would charge for that flight in business class.

The 5,000 round - trip miles discount on select destinations can be good - there are a number of high - traffic destinations such as San Francisco and Austin that are available.

One such gallery is our mile - high friends from David B. Smith Gallery, who were nice enough to give us a sneak peak at what they'll be showing this year, including stunning pieces by Gregory Euclide, Christina Empedocles, Jason Theilke, Kristen Schiele and Jud Bergeron.

The Prius is heavily influenced by marketing decisions to add other high - mileage features to the car such as ultra-low rolling resistance tires, (ask a Prius owner how may miles they get on tires) an infinitely variable transmission, and extremely clean aerodynamics to make their «synergy drive» look better than it really is.

Good point on the cost thing, although the Hyperion site makes it abundantly clear that it's not targeted at commercial / residential uses (even though everyone converts the electricity output to «houses powered», including me)-- they're targeting high energy - use industrial customers, and such customers might find paying $ 30 million for a 20 MW transportable, pre-fab power plant that doesn't need hundreds of miles of power lines or a year to build a bargain.

From 5 months out, the forecast for such a high number was being scoffed at, but if someone told you, as a scientist, there was going to 16 - 18 storms and 5 majors arguably 6 (Alex was 947 mb with a 12 mile wide eye) what would have been your impact conclusion on the US coastline.

* Only # 115 fuel costs for 12,000 miles driving (# 0.96 pence for a full charge) * Low servicing costs and downtime - only approximately 4 working parts compared to over 300 in a typical internal combustion engine * Exempt from road tax (saving approx # 300 per annum) * First year capital allowances for fleet vehicles * Zero benefit - in - kind company car tax * Lower rate of VAT for domestic electricity * Exempt from congestion charge (saving up to # 2,000 per annum) * Free parking in many London boroughs and cities such as Milton Keynes * Expected high residual values due to high demand outstripping supply for several years to come