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Astronomer on why he is a ‘frustrated martian’, his love of the night sky and what the future holds for space travel – The Westmorland Gazette
Posted: June 9, 2020 at 11:47 pm
Andrew Thomas talks to amateur astronomer Stuart Atkinson about his lifelong interest in the night sky and his heartfelt desire to see humans walking on Mars
Stuart Atkinson can remember the exact moment when his passionate interest in space and the night sky began.
When I was at junior school the Apollo missions were happening, he told me.
"In those days schools just had one television, which was kept in a big cupboard and was wheeled out for big events.
I was sitting on the floor and watching grainy black and white footage on TV of people bouncing around on the Moon and the pilot light whooshed and that started my interest in space.
Stuart, 55, grew up in Cockermouth and fondly remembers his supportive headmaster at his first school.
I would always be hiding in the library at break times, reading books about space, rather than being outside playing football, and he would never throw me out!
He described how he devoured science books and how his interest in space got serious in 1981 when the first Space Shuttle mission took off. He avidly followed subsequent missions and the building of the International Space Station.
He has always been interested in planets but his favourite is Mars.
I am known as a frustrated Martian and my Twitter handle is @mars_stu. When I was at Cockermouth Grammar School in around 1982 or 83 I found a National Geographic magazine from 1977 that had amazing photographs of Vikings mission to Mars. My obsession with Mars started there.
He recalls how reading Kim Stanley Robinsons epic novel Red Mars had a huge impact on him.
It is full of geology and science and it brought the Mars in my head to life, said Stuart.
He wrote to the author many times as a fan and received replies. Indeed, Stuart is referenced in the credits for the third book in the trilogy, Blue Mars.
Stuart bought a tiny container of Martian dust taken from meteorites.
I sent it to Kim Stanley Robinson and he ate it! Theres a poem in one of his follow-up books, The Martians, where he talks about taking a bit of dust and rolling it on his tongue that is the dust I sent him!
For many years he assiduously followed the progress of two American Rovers as they roamed about exploring the surface of Mars.
They put up raw images every few hours every day, said Stuart. I walked beside the rovers for years, seeing what they saw. It became a big part of my life.
He set up as astronomical society in Cockermouth and when he moved to Kendal 15 years ago, he became the secretary of the towns Eddington Astronomical Society, a position he held for about 12 years.
What does he see as the value of such societies? Astronomy can be a very lonely hobby. You tend to spend a lot of time standing on your own in the dark. Its good to be part of a group. You can swap information and share experiences.
Living in the wettest county in one of the wettest countries in Europe it is easy to miss things and you can be tempted to give up and take up another hobby. Being part of a group helps to keep you going.
He said anyone interested in learning more about astronomy should Google Eddington Astronomical Society.
Stuart is well known as a media expert on the night sky, for his Skywatch column in The Westmorland Gazette and through his outreach and education activities.
I give talks to Womens Institutes, Soroptimists, Lions, Round Tables, U3As and schools. My talks are aimed at beginners level.
"I talk about what you can see on the next clear night and about our place in the Solar System.
He has been the consultant for a number of space books and has written ten of his own, including his first, Journey Into Space, about 30 years ago, the forward for which was written by sci-fi author Isaac Asimov.
His latest book is A Cats Guide To The Night Sky, a reference book as told by a cat with lovely illustrations. It has been translated into 21 languages.
The idea for the book came when he was on a Kielder Star Camp with his girlfriend. The couple always take their cat and four years ago he was standing outside at night holding their cat, Peggy.
There was a clear night sky and Peggy was looking around at all the stars, said Stuart.
I had an idea, scribbled it down and a publisher liked it. The book teaches children about the night sky.
His astronomy highlights include seeing Halleys Comet in 1986, the twin-tailed Hale-Bopp comet in 1997 and the Northern Lights at Cockermouth in 2001. The whole sky was red with billowing curtains, said Stuart.
He believes we will one day set foot on Mars. If we decided to go today, we could probably get there in five years. It wont be NASA, though, as that relies on Government funding. It would be a private mission, maybe by Elon Musk.
When I watched Tomorrows World many years ago Maggie Philbin said we would see someone on Mars by the mid-1980s. We are way behind schedule.
I think we are looking at the first people on Mars by 2030 or 2031, if not sooner. I have always wanted to see people on Mars and I dont want to be too old to appreciate it when it happens!
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Future Meeting Space explores customer needs and expectations on new event formats – Travel Daily News International
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FRANKFURT / LONDON Business events are currently undergoing considerable change, with virtual formats rapidly growing in importance due to the Covid-19 pandemic and new digital tools being tested along the entire customer journey. In its current third research phase, the Future Meeting Space (FMS) innovation network is looking to gain more insights into the needs and wants of attendees, meeting planners and service providers with regards to future events. To that end, FMS has launched a survey based on the Kano model, which will be carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO.
The first part of the survey is aimed at event attendees and covers, among others, questions related to the design of event spaces, multisite and hybrid formats or the use of different digital tools as part of the customer journey. The second part is specifically designed for planners and organisers as well as venue and service providers with questions that are tailored to their perspective, including about must-haves for future events or things they could do without. Regarding event organisers, questions revolve around online comparison platforms, social seating, the anonymous KPI comparison with other events or the option to make their venue available as a digital twin. Service providers are questioned about real-time analyses of attendee behaviour or whether they would market their venue as a co-working space in-between events in order to increase utilisation.
A dedicated focus on the needs of every stakeholder involved and their respective customer journey will be key for successful events of the future, no matter if analogue, hybrid or digital, says GCB German Convention Bureau Managing Director Matthias Schultze, explaining the background of the study. The results of this study, which has a broad and worldwide scope, will create an evidence-based foundation for developing tailor-made event formats according to the wishes and expectations of the surveyed attendees, planners and service providers. Anyone interested in taking part can do so here. The survey is intended for attendees, organisers and planners as well as service and infrastructure providers in the event space, such as meetings and conferences, and is open until 30 June 2020.
Benefits of the Kano modelThe Kano model was developed by the Japanese professor Noriako Kano in the 1980ies. It explores customer satisfaction on the basis of a bipolar survey, meaning that both the positive and negative form of each question is tested, i.e., What would you say if there were digital twins of event venues? vs. What would you say if there were no digital twins of event venues? The method aims at finding out how various product and service features impact on customer satisfaction to develop relevant offers. The Kano model is also well suited to identify the level of acceptance or even the enthusiasm customers have with regard to novel future features or services before they are being widely used. To my knowledge, the Kano model has never been used in the meetings industry so far and we are very excited to see the results of our survey, explains Dr. Stefan Rief, Head of Organisational Development and Work Design Research Unit at Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO.
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News: New Rotherham active travel projects – Rotherham Business News
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Parking bays are set to be suspended to increase footpath widths and provide additional cycle lane lengths in Rotherham town centre as part of a number of new active travel interventions.
Future schemes for the borough are proposed in a multimillion pound Active Travel plan.
265,000 of Government funding is set to be diverted to the borough as part of a national emergency active travel fund.
It comes as the Sheffield City Region (SCR) publishes an ambitious plan to create a network of more than 620 miles of accessible walking and cycling routes across South Yorkshire to enable people to leave their cars at home.
1.437m from the fund has been allocated to the SCR who were already developing a COVID-19 Active Travel response and partner authorities were already drawing up and implementing schemes.
SCR documents show that the Rotherham scheme aims to deliver additional active travel space by rapid deployment of carriageway re-allocation on corridors around the town centre and within principal towns.
This will include:- suspension of parking bays to increase footpath widths / provide additional cycle lane length;- crossing improvements and re-timing of signals in higher volume locations;- implementation of one-way streets to prevent constriction of available space whilst enabling two-way cycling; and- point closure to provide quiet streets and enable extended use of active travel.
The Government will undertake an assessment of the proposal to confirm the allocation of funding to SCR.
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By enabling active travel, it is forecasted that walking and cycling could be increased by 21% and 350% respectively, by 2040. To do this, Mayor Jarvis and Dame Sarah are committed to providing high quality, safe infrastructure which is accessible to all users, including adapted bikes and wheelchairs, and will empower local communities to co-develop ambitious future plans for walking and cycling in their neighbourhood.
A number of Rotherham elements have been included which could be delivered over the next five years. These include:- Connecting Maltby to the main urban centre of Rotherham with localised enhanced active travel routes within the corridor- Connecting the housing and employment growth area in the Dearne Valley to the local centre in Wath for active travel modes,- Providing better active travel routes to enable more walking and/or cycling through Rotherham town centre, including links to Forge Island- A new high quality segregated cycle route along the A6178 Sheffield Road to help support active travel links between Rotherham, Meadowhall and Sheffield- Promoting active travel for accessing employment opportunities in Sheffield City Centre, the Lower Don Valley (including AMID) and Rotherham
Mayor Dan Jarvis said: "Active travel has always been at the heart of my transport vision for South Yorkshire. The benefits walking and cycling bring to all aspects of our lives are great and I am proud of how quickly we have developed this plan alongside our local authorities. Active travel is good for our health, good for the planet and good for the economy.
"We are in the midst of one the largest public health crisis in a generation and as we recover from coronavirus, we have an opportunity to change
"No one wants to return to gridlocked roads and polluted town centres, and this landmark strategy sets out how we can build back better. The aim should not be to go back to the status quo, it should be to make this a moment of fundamental change for our region and our country.
"Active travel should be part of an even wider strategy a green new deal to transform our economy, create millions of new jobs, and counter the economic damage the pandemic has caused.
"I am pleased that the Government is allocating emergency funds to enable us to make space for pedestrians and cyclists in the age of social distancing, but this money must be released promptly.
"In the short term, we need to take the pressure off a stretched public transport system which is running at a fraction of its normal capacity, and prevent the gridlock which will be caused by people turning to their car. In the long term, we need sustained funding for active travel to enable us to deliver a green new deal for South Yorkshire."
"Our local authorities have risen to the challenge to create an ambitious plan and are committed to redistributing road space and enabling active travel in a way that hasnt been seen before. Our plan gives a clear goal a network of routes linking up low traffic neighbourhoods.
"During the coronavirus pandemic we have seen an even greater demand for safe space for walking and cycling, as social distancing reduces public transport capacity and people look to maintain new exercise habits that were formed at the height of the lockdown.
"Creating space for active travel is creating space for everyone. It means that not having access to a car will no longer be a barrier to getting around. From safe streets for children to get to school, to pavements free from inconsiderately parked vehicles that block the way for people in wheelchairs and parents with pushchairs, walking and cycling provision ensures everyone can enjoy they place they live and travel safely and easily to the places they want to go.
"I was pleased to see the response from Government to the letter written by Mayor Jarvis and I about prioritising active travel in the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic but we need this money now so we can begin to make our roads more pleasant places to be for those on foot or on bikes."
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Best 7 Online Casinos for Real Money 2020 – Roulette and Slots
Posted: June 8, 2020 at 10:47 pm
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Online Roulette For Real Money – Play Roulette Online From USA
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Different variations of online roulette game
European Roulette Online the classic roulette game, with different payout depending on your bets. The house edge in European roulette is 2.7%, but theres a different payout if youre betting on a column or a single number.
American Roulette Online same as the European variant, but the house edge doubles to 5.2%. Besides that, the same rules apply, but to be sure, always check the rules before playing any kind of roulette game online.
French Roulette Online not as popular as the types described above, the French Roulette adds some variations in the game. Its a less used variant of online roulette, so if you find it, please read and understand the rules in order to be successful.
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Get ready for the biggest thrill of your life once you get rolling with the exciting game of roulette. Before playing in a game it is important to understand some things about roulette odds. There are several versions of roulette that have slightly different rules involved. This makes the game accessible and entertaining for every type of player out there. Most importantly, there are two different types of roulette wheels, one called the American roulette and one is European roulette wheel.
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The roulette table is managed by a croupier and a dealer. The roulette wheel is always spinning and anyone in the action needs to place their uniquely colored chip on the table. Once the dealer calls an end to the bets, you better have your stake on the table. If you are a winner, then you are paid out according to the inside or outside payout.
With the different varieties of roulette, let's talk about how to play American roulette since it is the simpler version to play. The American roulette wheel has numbers 1-36 and includes a 0 and a 00 slot. It is played in North America, as its name suggests. When the ball drops into its final slot, let's hope that it doesn't land in the 0 or 00. The house has two chances to take the win and American roulette puts the house edge at 5.26%.
European roulette only has the one zero slot on the wheel cutting the house edge in half to 2.7%. European roulette is played in most European countries, of course. There are a couple of rules that may be instituted in the game that are great news to improve your odds against the house. In European roulette, you may find the "en prison" or "la partage rules". If the ball lands in the zero slot in the roulette spin, "la partage" rules allow the player to receive half of their bet back. If you are playing at a table using the "en prison" rule, that means the bet will be "imprisoned" when the ball lands on the zero for one more spin. If your bet hits on the next spin, then your bet is released from prison with no winnings.
There are endless ways for you to play and enjoy roulette. With choices from European and American roulette and now the online versions offer unrivaled convenience. If you are feeling hesitant, the free online roulette rooms are a great way to experience the rules and flow of play. After hundreds of years, roulette has no evidence of shrinking popularity. Give it a whirl and you can easily see why!
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Roulette Game: Things that You Should Know – TimesOfCasino
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Roulette is one of the most popular games in the casino industry. It started in the 17th century and can be easily considered a culmination of French mathematics concepts with English wheel games. With the passage of time, it acquired huge popularity in Europe and other parts of the world and ultimately become a Hallmark of both physical and online casinos in todays gambling industry.
The process of playing roulette is quite simple and easy. Although it seems to be a bit difficult for the beginners but in reality playing the game doesnt involve any kind of a complication. You will find a spinning wheel, a ceramic ball, a dealer, and a betting table on any standard format of the game. The dealer will spin the wheel, and the roulette ball will set in motion in the opposite direction. Ultimately when the ball stops, it will land in pocket having some number. If the ball happens to be in the final destination according to the bet you have made, you will be declared a winner. Otherwise, you always have a chance to spin the wheel again and see what the next bet holds for you.
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Guest Column: Playing Russian roulette with other people’s lives – Bend Bulletin
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To wear a mask, or not wear a mask? To practice social distancing, or not practice social distancing?
We have become so polarized that answers to these questions in our community have been increasingly based on personal bias and political philosophies. Physicians and health care workers do not have such luxuries. They have spent their lives in pursuit of scientific truth and in prioritizing the patient and the publics well-being. Combating an infectious disease is a battle that requires everyones cooperation regardless of ones political persuasion.
We may disagree on how serious this pandemic was or how necessary it was to go in social isolation, but we should not refuse to take reasonable and cautious measures to protect our elderly, our vulnerable, and our children. Such stubbornness in the guise of medical freedom could be perceived as a lack of respect, a selfishness and a meanness that many clergy could call an absence of appreciation for human life and of moral behavior. Morality is defined here as Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
It makes me question whether I would risk being in the same room, let alone the same community, with narrow-minded behavior, which puts their neighbors and friends at such risk. We have already lost over 100,000 Americans to the coronavirus. The numbers of coronavirus infections have increased from seven during week May 3-9 to 10 week May 10-16 to 10, week May 16-23 to 22, and 11 May 24-30. These numbers are mirrored statewide. The data since the lockdown was lifted hasnt been yet released publically. Now one may try to say that such increases are due to increased testing or that one should only look at the number of hospitalizations, but the point is that the virus has not been eliminated from the general population. Its foolish to come up with an endless parade of rationalizations to excuse socially irresponsible behavior. One might as well play Russian roulette.
Wait! Am I purposefully being too provocative here? This issue strikes a deep chord within me 35 years of trying to convince folks to use medications preventatively and improve the quality of their lives. Many exercised their medical freedom to do whatever they wanted only to call me in the middle of the night to bail them out. How many physicians have to bail out patients who arent accountable? But this isnt just about them harming themselves or driving up the cost of health care. Such unaccountable folks are walking around petri dishes infecting innocent others. As someone once said, Ones liberty ends when another persons begins. Of the coronavirus patients, over 16% are health care workers who mostly caught it taking care of others. They have families and they too are at risk. Health care workers are even quarantining themselves from their own families so that they can continue to take care of their patients. Do health care workers have the freedom to not take care of such reckless people? Why does society constrain health care workers and not refusniks? Is it because they are moral, and value life? Yes, there may be a few citizens that have medical conditions or disabilities that limit their ability to wear a mask, but, they are relatively few.
The Oregon Health Authority is beginning to identify workplaces of more than five cases . This and liability issues may incentivize employers to post and enforce policies of masking and social distancing.
However, if we want to open up the economy, prevent further social isolation, anxiety, depression and suicide, lets all get our priorities straight and get the best odds of protecting as many of our fellow members of the human race as humanly possible. Public health is not always a government conspiracy.
Dr. David B. Coutin is a retired immunologist who lives in Bend.
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Same old Vegas? Here’s what coronavirus has and hasn’t changed about Sin City – USA TODAY
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The Las Vegas Strip is slowly awakening after a nearly 80-day slumber due to the coronavirus crisis. USA TODAY
LAS VEGAS Caesar is sporting a gold mask at the entrance to his namesake casino.
There's a giant hand-washing station on the casino floor at the luxe Bellagio.
Dancing dealers at the D Las Vegas wearface shields.
The coronavirus crisis has changed plenty of things about this gambling and entertainment capital, but key Vegas elements remain the same.
Bill Hornbuckle, acting CEO of casino giant MGM Resorts,owner of New York-New York, Bellagio and other Vegas properties, said he will consider reopening week a success if visitors "gohome and say, 'While it was different, it was safe, it was fun, and it's still the Vegas I know.' "
Here's a look at what's changed and what hasn't:
1. Gambling:In the casino equivalent of blocking middle seats on aplane, you'll find fewer chairs at the blackjack, roulette and poker tables and fewer places to stand around the craps table. The new limits per table: three players at blackjack, four at roulette and poker and six at craps.Dealers and other employees are required to wear masks or face shields, per gaming authority reopening regulations.Masks are mostly optional but strongly encouraged for guests.MGM Resorts has gone so far as to install plexiglass partitions at its tables, and, in some cases, bar-top video poker machines. Caesarsrequiresthat gamblers wear masks at table games.Every other slot machine is generally turned off and lacks a chair in the name of socialdistancing. Casino capacity is initially limited to 50% under new state gaming regulations. There are signs everywhere reminding people about safety protocols, and MGM has new hand-cleaning stationsat Bellagio and New York-New York.
Las Vegas Strip reopening scenes: Foot traffic light, but Bellagio fountains dancing
The Caesar statue at the entrance to Caesars Palace sports a gold mask as the hotel casinos reopen after a 2 1/2-month shutdown.(Photo: Caesars Palace)
2. Hotel check-in: You'll have your temperature checked before you get in line under reopening requirements imposed by gaming authorities.Hotels use a variety of methods, including contactless andinfrared thermometers. New York-New York has EMTs stationed at the check-in line. At Caesars Palace, you walk through a machine resembling a metal detector that captures your temperature from three different positions.
What happensif you have a fever? You'll be given time to cool down before being tested again. Those with a fever will be evaluated by a medical professional and may not be able to check in.
The D Las Vegas on Fremont Street downtown checked all visitors' temperaturesduring reopening week, but hotel owner Derek Stevens said he wasn't sure how long that would continue.I had my temperature taken seven times during a one-night stay as I went in and out of the place when it reopened Wednesday.
A sign in the lobby of Caesars Palace in Las Vegas announces the hotel's new temperature check policy.(Photo: Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY)
3. Hotel choices:Your favorite hotel might not be open.Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts, which operate the most casino-hotels on the Strip, each has only a few of its hotels open as they slowly ramp up their businesses after the 2-month shutdown. Caesars reopened Caesars Palace,Flamingo and Harrah's. It has not announced reopening dates for its other casino hotels, which include Paris Las Vegas, Planet Hollywood, Bally's and the Linq. MGM Resorts debuted with Bellagio, New York-New York and MGM Grand, though only at 30% to 35% capacity for hotel guestsand plans to reopen Excalibur on Thursday. Still closed: Aria, the Mirage, Park MGM, Mandalay Bay, Luxor and others. Hotels are taking a similar phased approach with their restaurants, andmanyare still closed.
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4. Buffets:The all-you-can eat extravaganzas, a Vegas staple, have not reopened, and it's unclear what they will be like when they do. Buffets are so popular Caesars Entertainmentcreated a buffet passa decade ago that allows visitors to pay one price and visit several in one stay. The coronavirus crisis has already claimed the buffet restaurants Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes.
5.Things to do:Hotel pools are open to reduced capacity,and a few attractions, including the High Roller observation wheel, Bellagio fountains and New York-New York roller coaster, have resumed. Las Vegas' marquee attractions, including its signature shows, night clubs and raucous adult-only pool parties, have not as gathering in groups is still prohibited.
6. Parking fees:Free hotel parking, a hallmark of Las Vegas until 2016 when MGM Resorts started a trend by adding feesfor valet and self-parking, isback. Caesars trumpetsfree parking on electronic billboards on the Strip, and MGMtoutsits new policy, too. (A few hotels, including Cosmopolitan Las Vegas and Wynn and Encore,eliminated parking fees before the crisis to stand out from the competition.)
The policy, one of many steps designed to woo people back to Vegas, applies only to self-parking because valet parking is not offered. Before the crisis, self-parking was as high as $18 and valet parking was$30 a night at high-end hotels such as Bellagio.
Harrah's touts free parking, a step many hotel-casinos in Las Vegas are taking as they reopen after coronavirus closures.(Photo: Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY)
The free parking lured Las Vegas teacher Colleen Vosicky back to the Strip on Thursday to watch the Bellagio fountain show and visit the hotel's Conservatory & Botanical Gardens. They are two of her favorite things about Las Vegas, but she stopped going when parking fees became the norm.
The big question: How long will free parking last?
MGM is noncommittal on its website.
"We're implementing free self-parking now as a way to welcome back guests,"it says. "We dont have a timeline regarding future plans or changes."
7. Las Vegas' sales pitch: Las Vegas tweaked its seductive, oft-repeated "What happens here, stays here"marketing slogan in January before the coronavirus crisis began. The new slogan: "What happens here, only happens here."
The shutdown shelved that campaign, and tourism authorities introduced a toned-down glimpse of Vegas in a new TV spot welcoming visitors back.
Vegas being Vegas, all the pitches aren't squeaky clean.
"Think dirty thoughts, but keep your hands clean,"screams one electronic message on the Strip.
1.Resort fees:The pesky surcharges, which can top $45 or $50 a night with tax at Bellagio and Caesars Palace, remain. The resort fee nearly doubled the price of my bargain $30 room at the D Las Vegas downtown when it reopened Wednesday. TheCosmopolitan Las Vegas raised its resort fee, from $44.22 to $51.02, in January.One notable exception: the Sahara Las Vegas, formerly the SLS, is waiving its $37.95resort fee for reservations booked in June for stays through May 2021.
2. Free drinks and frivolity abound:The cocktail servers wear masks, but free drinks still reign on most casino floors 24 hours a day. Heading out for a morning walk? You'll still see someone swilling a beer or bloody mary at a slot machine at 6 a.m.Las Vegas is still a round-the-clock playground where people go to escape.The opening week crowds have been light, the Strip still largely deserted, but there were signs of the typical Vegas as the weekend approached.Visitors from Southern California lugged coolers of booze from their cars to their rooms, and a bachelorettewearing a veil and sash toted a giant souvenir glass filled with one of those frozen slushy drinks sold everywhere.
Las Vegas reopened in time for Toni Reddix, in veil, to visit for her bachelorette party. The group flew in from South Carolina on Friday and stayed at Caesars Palace.(Photo: Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY)
3. Smoking:Casinos remain one of the few public places you can still light up inside, and coronavirus hasn't changed that. How can you smoke with a mask on, you ask? Masks are only encouraged, not mandatory, in Las Vegas casinos, and many visitors went without during reopening week. An employee handing out masks with a tong at one entrance to Caesars Palace estimated that 80% of visitors weren't wearing masks during reopening weekend.
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4. Hefty ATM fees:Need cash to gamble? Las Vegas casino ATMs still charge $7.99 or $8.99 to withdraw your money.
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