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What does the tour look like for you, and whats your role? Meg Bashwiner:Were doing our fifth touring live show now. I think that was a 55-day tour with over forty dates in a row. That was my training ground for tour management. That thing was huge. We all took turns driving it. I hated that thing. Each tour we do has its own alchemy of transportation. Weve also had to take ferries beforewe took a ferry from Vancouver to Victoria....

College grads with public student loans typically get a six-monthgrace periodafter convocation before they have tostart making payments. And that means for Spring 2018 grads, its probably time to start paying up. Student loan debt can be overwhelming. If youre lost on where to start, follow this checklist. Write this down somewhere so you might keep track of everything. For federal loans, go to the Department of Educationsdatabase, which will have all the information you need....

Smart locks can be great when you should probably give someone temporary access to your home and dont want to hand over a copyable key, or you just want to be able to use your smartphone for access to your pad rather than digging through your purse or bag for your keys. One way you might not be using your smart lock but should is through a smart assistant like Google Home....

Consistent small tweaks will get you where you’re gonna wanna go. Ten percent is scary. One percent is manageable. But how exactly do you do that? Swap out one bar/restaurant night a month for a cooking night in with friends or someother inexpensive activity. Try a booze-free month (good for your health and your wallet). Learn a skill you used to pay for (like changing your oil). Go through your last credit card statement and see which subscriptions you’ve got the option to cancel....

Whether your signature issue isdecent working conditions and a living wage for workers; the companyssystematic scamming of American cities in its search for HQ2; or the simple fact that no one human (let alone one as notably greedy as Jeff Bezos) should be in possession of $163 billion dollarsit seems that nearly everyone is pissed at Amazon right now. Which is a little inconvenient, given that weve just rounded the corner into the busiest time of the year for Ordering Stuff Online....

Someromaine lettuce is safe to eat again. The FDA and CDCannounced on November 28that they have narrowed down the recentE. colioutbreak to lettuce grown in fields (not greenhouses) in California. That means that lettuce from Florida or from most local farmstands is probably safe to eat. But romaines problems arent over. What is it about romaine lettuce? colioutbreak in romaine lettuceearlier this year, and there have been others in the past....

The scenic road with its tight switchbacks curving up the picturesque mountainside attracts countless tourists. The Furka Pass even played a brief cameo in the 1964 James Bond movieGoldfinger. Over the decades Hotel Belvedere became one of the most iconic hotels of the Swiss Alps. The number of beds during the same period increased from just under 4,000 to over 15,000. The number of beds in 1907 rose to ninety....

Lets start with the basics Do you know how to hold a baby? Put a baby to sleep? Dont panic if youre all, no, no, NO! Its soothing for infants, and something that parents can do at home. First, wrap your baby securely in a swaddle cloth with her arms folded up. Fill a tub with water thats between 100-103 degrees Fahrenheit. Slowly lower your swaddled baby into the tub until the water is at chest and shoulder level....

There are a lot of upsides to leading a laissez-faire life of couch-writing. I rarely put on real pants. On the other hand, working from home is often claustrophobic and isolating. I once went five whole days without leaving my apartment in daylight. If that sounds depressing, its because it IS. Still, there are lots of ways to stave off despair if you work from home. Here are a few of them....

You know, escapist stuff. Khans work has been compared to George R.R. Martins, but it also explores issues of cultural divides and conflicts inspired by the contemporary and historical worlds. One day, theyre just going to find a shadow of me in my chair. First, I spent what feels like a lifetime in school pursuing graduate studies in law. I practiced immigration law and taught international human rights law. My Khorasan Archives fantasy series also encompasses human rights issues, but in a very different way....

There are actually lots of people out there who have what it takes to be great. But to be the greatest of the great, you need more than talent. There appear to be five basic tenets of destroying your competition. Work on making friends in your field, especially with people more successful than you. That means having people skills, introducing yourself at parties, going to events, and throwing out favors....

My daughter was a crier. (You may be thinking, All babies cry! And thats true, but my second child cried maybe a quarter of the amount my daughter did. She cried because she was hungry. She cried because she was a gassy baby. I swear sometimes she cried just to mess with me! (Im kidding.) If youre a parent, youve swaddled your baby, or at least attempted to. And even if youre a kid-free human, youve likely heard the term....

Near the ancient city of Marib, in Yemen, lies the ruins of a great dam. When the dam collapsed in the 6th century, it brought down this ancient commercial empire. Ruins of The Great Dam of Marib. Marib was one of several layovers along the route where merchants would stop to rest and exchange goods. Related:The Frankincense Trees of Wadi Dawkah The trees that produce frankincense and myrrh are extremely drought-resistant....