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I stopped in a Italian specialty store today to do some shopping. I picked up some cornmeal to make an Italian dish called Polenta, I was asking the store owner I want to make a sauce for the polenta, I was ready to get a can of San Marzano tomatoes, he said at home he uses Pastene Kitchen ready ground tomatoes, well to make it short, the sauce I made was delicious, simple got some fresh basil and parsley from my garden and sauteed some onions & garlic and that's it. I wonder if anyone made pizza sauce with this wonderful tomato product. Chet
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The international community designated June 12 as World Day Against Child Labor to highlight the global extent of child labor and call for action to combat it. While significant progress has been made in reducing child labor in recent years, much work remains to be done.
Recent estimates from the International Labor Organization (ILO) suggest that approximately 215 million boys and girls are engaged in child labor worldwide, and over half of these children are entrapped in its worst forms. Every day, children as young as four years old are exposed to hazardous chemicals, hours of strenuous work, and exploitation. School is often a remote possibility, and they cannot conceive of a bright future. We must take action to safeguard their best interests and ensure their futures.
The theme of this year's World Day Against Child Labor is "Human rights and social justice... let's end child labor." With this year's theme, the ILO and international community are highlighting that fundamental labor rights - freedom of association and collective bargaining, and the elimination of child labor, forced labor, and discrimination in employment or occupation - are interdependent. At the Department of State, we often see that violations of one type of fundamental right impact the respect for and protection of others. And, at the same time, the recognition, promotion and protection of one category of fundamental rights can have positive effects in other areas.
An example that comes to mind is that of rubber plantation workers and the Firestone Agricultural Workers Union of Liberia (FAWUL). Children in Harbel, Liberia, had worked alongside their parents for years to meet quotas for tapping rubber trees. The children and their parents had no way to raise their concerns. But, following the 2005 election and greater political space for freedom of association, the establishment of FAWUL gave workers a voice and led to the company and union negotiating an historic collective bargaining agreement in 2007 that reduced the quotas, and banned child labor on the plantation. In 2010, FAWUL negotiated a second contract under which the company agreed to provide children living on the plantation with better schools.
Situations of child labor are rarely solved overnight or by individuals acting alone, but rather they are solved through collective action. In 2006, the member states of the ILO, among them the United States, set out a Global Action Plan to eliminate the worst forms of child labor within ten years. This plan rests on the pillars of collective action and the robust political will of all governments.
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor targets our efforts around the globe to focus on empowering worker rights advocates and NGOs. We do this with the knowledge that eliminating the worst forms of child labor is most effective and sustainable when done through multi-stakeholder action to safeguard the rights of all workers.
Secretary Clinton believes that "working together, we can provide families across the world with meaningful alternatives to child labor and by doing that we address the root causes -- including inequality, inadequate access to education, a lack of decent work for parents, poor enforcement of labor laws -- all of which perpetuate the cycle of poverty." Our goal to eliminate the worst forms of child labor by 2016 is appropriately ambitious, but nevertheless I am confident it is achievable.


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I have read several of your responses concerning basement insulation and like what I read.....it just seems to make sense. I have a question for you about my particular situation if you don't mind. We have an unfinished basement that is partially underground with poured concrete walls and the walls step down to follow the outside grade. The above ground portions of the wall are obviously framed. We want to insulate and finish this space the "right" way regardless of price. Our main concern is of course preventing mold growth and then creating a warm comfortable space to live. Any advise you have would be greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately I can't see what exists so it's difficult to say what needs to be done or how it can be done. You may be able to get away with poking holes to run the cables or it may require to remove some sections --- depends if there is framing in the way.
As for the electrical this needs to be properly done and to code for legal and safety concerns.
One thing is to not run the signal ( audio / video ) next to the electrical line. Otherwise you can experience induced electrical noise in the signal paths of the a / v. Try to space them as far apart from each other as much as possible.
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What I meant was, should I tear out drywall to run wires down within the wall, or should I go through the wall, run wires outside and then come back through the wall where the satellite wires currently enter the house? What I meant by "tie in" was splice the electrical, directly within the outlet box behind face plate, or just bring the wire in, with other wiring and plug it into the outlet like any other electrical device?
I see u have some knowledge re basements.
My problem is I have a 70 year old basement of poured concrete which was probably built with pit run gravel containg some shale and bagged cement. The past 10 years or so teh interior seems to be spaling off . Patches of various diameters and maybe 1/4 deep. This happens in area wher there is no water seeping through. It is like the concrete is just breaking down> Any suggestions as to how to coat it to stop this?
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In other words, Jesus wouldn't be welcomed in most evangelical circles today. His bold method of dealing with error is foreign to today's church. The need is desperate for a fresh understanding and application of His model.
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Has she found the Fountain of Youth?Posted Sunday, January 29, 2012, at 8:18 AM
The line-dancing ladies of Woodsmoke Campground in Ft. Myers, Florida practice this hobby every Monday and Friday, in between water aerobics, walking, Bingo, shuffleboard, Eucher,and a host of other activities. Jean Carroll, second from left, is the instructor. She is 85 years old, and we all love her dearly!
This story is for all my Woodsmoke friends, whom I leave behind this morning, as I travel back to Missouri. My tan may fade, dear friends, but my memory won't! I'll see you again next year!
Since the beginning of history, human beings have longed to discover the legendary fountain of youth. Ponce de Leon, who lived between 1460-1521, is usually recognized as an explorer who searched for the legendary youth-bearing site in Florida.
Though no one ever discovered the magic fountain, travelers have traditionally flocked to the sunny climate of southern Florida to escape the cold temperatures of the northern states. Retired over-65 "snow birds" show up around October or November and stay until March or April.
Eighty-five-year-old Pittsburg resident Jeannie Carroll has been coming to the Woodsmoke RV Campgrounds in Ft. Myers, Florida for 28 years. For the last 25 years, she has led her fellow seniors in exercises to keep them young and active.
"Jeannie is a wonderful role model for all of us," said one of the ladies who attend the various exercises. "She was in good shape last year, but she went on a strict diet and lost 50 pounds. Now, she really looks good!"
Five days a week, the ladies (and a few gentlemen) meet at the camp swimming pool for aerobic exercises. It's a friendly group, who chatter happily, while Jeannie leads them through an hour long program of exercises designed to keep them limber and energetic.
"The exercises are so easy and so much fun that we don't realize we're sore until the next morning!" adds a camper from Ontario, Canada. "I've been right here in this spot for 12 years!"
In addition to the water aerobics, Ms. Jeannie dons her red cowboy boots and teaches line-dancing on Mondays and Fridays. About fifteen or twenty participants join in on each of these activities. They hail from Canada, Minnesota, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Missouri and Pennsylvania, just to name a few.
Ms. Jeannie welcomes the assistance of 84-year-old Jean Ann, who spends six months of the year at the Woodsmoke campground. Jean Ann belongs to a line-dancing group at a senior center in her home town in Ohio, and she comes to her Florida home with new dance moves.
"We used to perform at the state fair, but so many of our group are gone now," Ms. Jean Ann said. "Now we sometimes perform at county fairs."
"I was 'vining' (a line dance move) in the shower the other day," said the wiry 84-year-old.
"Ms. Jean Ann figured out one of the 'boot scootin' moves while she was playing Bingo the other night!" laughed the lady from Kentucky.
Many of the line-dancing moves require considerable balance and dexterity. The dancing is also good for concentration and memory, something the seniors need.
In addition to water aerobics and line-dancing, the ladies and their husbands gather for Euchre on Friday nights and Bingo at least once a week. The mental activity is as important for seniors as is the physical.
Walking is also big at the campground. At all hours of the day and night, the residents can be seen walking around the landscaped grounds, especially with their dogs. This reporter would estimate that two-thirds of the camp residents bring their dogs along, and one or two even have their cats tethered outside their campers, though they haven't been seen walking their feline friends.
Though studies show that pets ordinarily lower their owners' blood-pressure, one Woodsmoke resident experienced a very different reaction, when his dog chewed up his $4500 hearing aids! His wife came back from water aerobics to find the dog banished to his kennel!
Though Ponce de Leon may not have found the legendary fountain of youth, it would appear that 85-year-old Jean Carroll has come as close as is humanly possible! Fortunately for her friends, she's perfectly willing to share her secrets!
From Interstate 75 in Sarasota, Florida, this is your roving reporter Madeline, leaving the golden state behind and returning to the stark, cold reality of Missouri! Life must go on...
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With all the crises hitting this country one wonders what will hit next. So far we've been threatened with the fiscal cliff crisis, the debt ceiling crisis, gun control crisis, climate change crisis, a religious freedom crisis, an immigration crisis, and I'm sure there are quite a few I missed. I agree with Franklin Graham who said we are facing a spiritual crisis, which is causing all the other crises, and I'm sure we haven't seen the end of it yet.
When you look back on the history of this country things were going pretty well up until the liberals got prayer banned from school, got the separation of church and state redefined and then to top it all off the Supreme Court ruled it was OK to kill babies. Fifty-five million babies and counting have been sacrificed on the altar of convenience since Roe vs. Wade making one wonder how all these dead babies would have impacted life as we know it today. I'm sure these babies would have increased our population and work force by over 100 million providing who knows how many jobs and tax dollars to the country. Instead the president wants to legalize 11 million criminals by making them citizens, which would have been unnecessary if we hadn't killed all the babies that would have been doing all the work these illegals are doing.
But instead we are facing all these crises and wondering what is coming next, a country ready to go bankrupt, Social Security going bankrupt, morals gone bankrupt, big cities turned into war zones, New York state banning guns and requiring gun registration, and we hear now the litmus test for top military brass is if they will fire on American citizens.
Once a country turns its back on God things go bad in a hurry and all the evidence is here all we have to do is look at it and recognize it for what it is. It's high time to turn back to God before it's too late.
When the Nazis came to power Germany was broke, they had gun registration, the state controlled the church, the state strictly regulated the banks and private industry, and it was legal to kill certain people. Sound familiar? By the way "it's O.K. to kill a baby when?" Pretty soon we can ask, "it's O.K. to kill an elderly or handicapped person when?"


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Reading List for 2013
As I began making a list of the books I'd like to read this year, I tried to balance the type of books I'm reading. I want to focus on those that will help me grow spiritually, as a wife, as a mother, and as a person.
I certainly plan to read more than these twenty books. I tend to peruse the books on the "new non-fiction" shelves at the library and look for recommendations from other bloggers. You'll also note that there are no fiction titles included, but I'm sure I'll be reading those from time to time.
Here's the list of books I plan to read in 2013. A couple of them are books that I'm reading for the second or third time.
1. Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in a Japanese Prison during WWII by Darlene Deibler Rose
2. The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee
3. Concerning Christian Liberty by Martin Luther
4. Lord, Teach Us to Pray by Andrew Murray
5. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit by R.A. Torrey
6. Finding God's Path Through Your Trials : His Help for Every Difficulty You Face by Elizabeth George
7. Stepping Heavenward by Elizabeth Prentiss
8. One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are by Ann Voskamp
9. The Excellent Wife by Martha Peace
10. His Needs, Her Needs by Willard F. Harley, Jr.
11. Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas
12. For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn
13. The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity by Dr. Meg Meeker
14. How to Be Close to Your Children by Dr. Jeff Fugate
15. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey
16. The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John C. Maxwell
17. Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
18. The Journals of Jim Elliot
19. All the Money in the World : What the Happiest People Know about Getting and Spending
by Laura Vanderkam
20. Elsie: Adventures of an Arizona Schoolteacher 1913-1916 Memoirs Compiled by Barbara Anne Waite
If you have any books to recommend for my list, please let me know!
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I look forward to your review of Evidence Not Seen; it looks like one I might be interested in. And the one by Martin Luther.ReplyDelete
Sacred Marriage is excellent. It would probably be helpful for me to reread that book every year.
John and I tried reading His Needs, Her Needs when we were engaged a loooong time ago, and we didn't care for it. I hope that you have a better experience.Replies
His Needs, Her Needs has been on our bookshelf and I think I read it years ago, but don't remember much about it. I figured I'd read it this year, then get rid of it if I don't find it helpful. I look forward to reading Sacred Marriage as I've heard many positive comments about it.Delete
Oh, and I've already finished Evidence Not Seen and it was a truly inspiring book! The story of this woman's faith through so many trials (the difficulty of which is hard to even imagine) makes me want to walk even closer to our Lord.
I just put Evidence Not Seen on my wish list at PBS!Delete
Hope you get it soon - and benefit from it as much as I did!Delete
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Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday officially unwrapped its AMD Phenom II X4 42 Black Edition TWKR central processing units (CPUs). The chips will only be available to select "professional" overclockers who will be able to set performance records and, by doing so, advertise AMD Phenom II X4 chips, which are not exactly winning all the reviews.
"AMD wanted to give back with [microprocessors] that have characteristics that are specifically attractive to overclockers: can handle more voltage and scale really well under extreme conditions (LN2 and LHe)," a statement by AMD reads.
AMD Phenom II X4 42 Black Edition TWKR microprocessor is designed to be extreme overclocker, which is why its "default" settings are not important at all: even though the nominal frequency of the chip is just 2.0GHz with 1.440V voltage, the chip will never be utilized at this clock-speed. Instead, professional overclockers will use extreme cooling methods, e.g., liquid nitrogen, dry ice, liquid helium, cascade, etc. Nevertheless, "TWKR" processors will not provide truly unbeatable overclocking results: AMD only expects maximum clock-speed to be in the range between 100MHz and 200MHz higher compared to maximum overclocking result of the Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition (3.20GHz nominal frequency).
Professional overclockers can make AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition processor work at about 7.0GHz, therefore, at least some TWKR processors will be able to work even faster than that.
"Under extreme low temperatures (liquid nitrogen and liquid helium cooling), TWKR processors can reach clock frequencies and near absolute zero temperatures previously unheard of for x86 quad-core processors. The whole, 'why do I care angle?': these processors demonstrate the sound engineering and superior process technology that is in each AMD Phenom II processor," explained Matt Davis, a spokesperson for AMD.
The AMD Phenom II X4 42 Black Edition TWKR processor is not for sale, and not covered by AMD's product warranty. Right now, the processor will be distributed solely through AMD promotional means. At present there are around one hundred TWKR processors in the world.
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2008 PARALYMPIC GAMES: Laura Schwanger Advances in Women's Arms Only Single Sculls
BEIJING, China - Women's arms only single sculler Laura Schwanger (Harrisburg, Pa.) is one step closer to the medal stand after winning the second of two heats Tuesday to advance directly to Thursday's final. Heats in all four boat classes were contested on the opening day of competition at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, China.
Schwanger was second off the starting line, but gained water on Ukraine's Svitlana Kupriianova by the halfway point to take the lead. The U.S. sculler continued to pull away in the final stretch to win the race by nearly ten seconds, clocking a 6:01.78. China's Jinhong Zhang finished second in a 6:11.02, followed by Ukraine in third with a 6:13.49 and Brazil in fourth with a 6:14.76. Italy and Portugal followed in fifth and sixth.
"It was a pretty good race and I'm happy with the result," said Schwanger. "There was tough competition on either side of me, but I followed the race plan and it worked out. Hopefully I can do it again in the final."
A four-time Paralympic track and field athlete, Schwanger won four gold medals in 1988, three silver medals and a bronze medal in 1992 and three silver medals in 1996. She will face heat winner Helene Raynsford of Great Britain in the final, along with the top two finishers of tomorrow's repechages.
In the men's arms only single sculls, five-time adaptive national team member Ron Harvey (Long Beach, Calif.) finished fourth in the first of two heats. Ukraine's Oleksandr Petrenko led the race from wire-to-wire, clocking a 5:17.36 for the win. China crossed second in a 5:33.06, with Italy in a 5:44.14 for third. Harvey clocked a 5:47.55 and will now race Brazil, France, China and Canada in tomorrow's repechage for one of two spots in the final.
"I was able to stay with China in the beginning, but he pulled away," said Harvey. "I have a pretty good chance at advancing tomorrow if I race well."
Angela Madsen (Long Beach, Calif.) and Scott Brown (Collingdale, Pa.) finished fourth in the first of two heats of the mixed trunk and arms double sculls. The duo rowed even with the Ukrainian crew through the first 250 meters, but fell back in the second half of the race to finish in a 4:29.69. China won in a 4:14.67, with Australia crossing second in a 4:18.66. Ukraine clocked a 4:27.50 for third.
"Tomorrow we are going to try to pick it up and have a better race," said Brown. "We will need to remain focused and stay positive."
Madsen and Brown finished fifth at last year's world championships, breaking a four-year winning streak. With the top two crews advancing to the final, they will face Australia and Canada again in tomorrow's repechage, along with crews from Great Britain and Israel.
In the legs, trunk and arms four with coxswain, Simona Chin (Houston, Texas), Jamie Dean (Pickerington, Ohio), Jesse Karmazin (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Tracey Tackett (Phoenixville, Pa.) and Emma Preuschl (Indianapolis, Ind.) finished third in the first of two heats. The U.S. crew clocked a 3:37.57, finishing less than a second behind Great Britain's 3:36.81. Italy won the race in a 3:34.59. Canada crossed fourth in a 3:43.72, with Russia and Denmark fifth and sixth, respectively. The U.S. crew will take on Israel, Republic of South Africa, Germany and Russia in tomorrow's repechage for a chance in the final. Dean, Karmazin and Tackett finished fifth in the event at the 2007 FISA World Rowing Championships.
This marks the first year that rowing will be a part of the Paralympic Games. The International Rowing Federation (FISA) introduced adaptive rowing on a world championship level at its 2002 World Rowing Championships in Seville, Spain.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Jan. 22, 2009) – USA Volleyball has announced that the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team has been named its Paralympic Team of the Year for 2008.
The U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team won the silver medal at the 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing, defeating defending silver medalist Netherlands in the semifinal before falling to defending champion China in the gold medal match.
The U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team also Won the bronze medal at the World Organization Volleyball for Disabled (WOVD) Intercontinental Cup in Egypt and went 3-1 against Netherlands in a series of friendly matches in the Chicago area.
The members of the team are Allison Aldrich (Schuyler, Neb.), Heather Erickson (Fayetteville, N.C.), Alex Gouldie (St. Paul, Neb.), Katie Holloway (Lake Stevens, Wash.), SuGui Kriss (Ravena, N.Y.), Hope Lewellen (Palos Park, Ill.), Brenda Maymon (Sellersberg, Ind.), Gina McWilliams (The Colony, Texas), Nichole Millage (Champaign, Ill.), Kari Miller (Washington D.C.) and Lora Webster (Cave Creek, Ariz.).
The team was coached by Mike Hulett (Des Plaines, Ill.) with assistant coaches Denise Van De Walle (Bowling Green, Ohio) and Cara Bartolic (Sartell, Minn.).


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As we transition from the old industrial economy to a new economy based on collaboration, we are changing how we work, how we build businesses and how we use resources. In the new economy, companies will partner with individuals to deliver local, customized and specialized goods. In a world with a challenging future, we need to follow a path towards community and abundance.
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Chase is on the boards of the World Resources Institute, the US Department of Commerce's National Advisory Council for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's International Transport Forum. She has also served on the Intelligent Transportations Systems Program Advisory Committee for the US Department of Transportation, the Massachusetts Governor's Transportation Transition Working Group and the Boston Mayor's Wireless Task Force.
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STATESBORO, Ga. — Emergency responders in southeast Georgia are trying to free a trapped farmer who is partially buried in a grain silo full of soybeans.
Bulloch County public safety director Ted Wynn the farmer sank past his waist into the soybeans Wednesday afternoon and couldn't pull himself free. He says rescue workers have a harness around the trapped man so he won't sink any farther and are slowly draining the beans from the bottom of the silo.
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Stroke of Luck: Alejandra Redo's Mexico City Home
Adele, Beyoncé, Bono, Cher, Madonna: In the realm of celebrity, a rarefied few are so widely recognized and acclaimed that a surname would feel super fluous. The decorating world, too, has its share of stars, but only one is known by a single moniker: Alidad, the Tehran-born, London-based interior designer who crafts opulent interiors for some of the world's wealthiest individuals, including several members of the Kuwaiti royal family.
A home designed by Alidad is as sumptuous as it is singular—which is all the more impressive given the vast scale of many of his projects. "We do enormous jobs in Europe and the Middle East, including 40,000-square-foot villas built from scratch," says the designer, whose work is featured in the recently published book Alidad: The Timeless Home (Rizzoli). "Things are not bought, they are made. Everything is designed to the minutest detail so that when a client moves in, it's like a glove that fits."
A 17th-century Flemish tapestry above a sofa covered in a Pierre Frey linen in the drawing room, a cocktail table by Paula Swinnen, and a Louis XV walnut armchair upholstered in a Pierre Frey velvet; the watercolor on the door is by Natalia Goncharova, and the vertical moldings are inset with mirror.
One might expect the creator of such extravagant interiors to be equally grand, but in person Alidad is refreshingly self-deprecating. Don't get him started on the renovation of his own apartment in London's Mayfair neighborhood. "I am my own worst kind of nightmarish client," he admits. "When I recently redid my flat, the thought of it just horrified me. People in my office went insane. I wouldn't give them answers. I couldn't decide. I can't think that way for myself."
In the hallway of interior designer Alidad's London apartment, the brass lantern is antique, the neo-Gothic chair is English, and the carpet is by Roger Oates; the walls are lined with suede and braid work.
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"Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil. "
Navigating the Charter Market
The last decade's boom days for fractional shares and jet cards made traditional air charter seem almost old-fashioned–and unreliable, as the charter fleet was often busy meeting overflow demand from fractional and card programs. Then the economy tanked and the upfront and hourly costs of those programs rendered them less appealing than charter to many flyers. In the few years since, innovations such as one-way pricing and guaranteed access have made charter look even more attractive.
Though prices are off their lows, charter remains a value. The average hourly charter cost of a midsize Hawker 800XP in North America was recently $3,587, according to aviation data firm Avinode, while a sampling of jet cards priced the same or similar jets from $5,700 to $7,900 per hour, plus fuel charges. And while card and fractional programs offer up to four categories of jets, the charter fleet has everything from single-engine bush airplanes to executive-configured airliners.
If you fly less than 50 hours per year, need multiple or specialized aircraft types, or have a fractional share or jet card but want the option of using the most economical solution for each flight, you're a charter candidate. Charter has long been considered most cost-effective for roundtrips, as operators charge flyers for the outbound and inbound legs, as well as any positioning fees for ferrying the airplane to them. But as noted above, a growing number of providers offer one-way or point-to-point fares, changing the calculus and expanding the envelope of economically justifiable charter. Also, for critical "gotta go now" missions, charter often represents the best solution short of having your own jet and crew on standby. A good charter provider can usually have you in the air before a jet card or fractional share can
Your charter provider is the key to the quality of your flight experience, so locate yours before you need to book a trip. You can employ either an operator, which owns aircraft or operates and manages them for others, or a broker–a third party that arranges flights aboard aircraft supplied by operators. Operators themselves may act as brokers, arranging flights on another operator's aircraft when necessary.
Operators in the U.S. (where more than 2,000 are registered) are bound by FAA Part 135 rules, which set the standards for on-demand charter flights, as well as by federal laws that provide protections for charter customers. Brokers (an estimated 6,000) are unregulated and have no licensing requirement or minimum qualifications. That said, many high-quality operators and brokers are in business, though not all will suit your needs.
To find one that will, ask friends and associates for recommendations. Call FBOs at local airports and ask about charter providers they work with. Use Web resources (see sidebar) to learn about providers that serve your area. Call candidates, or better yet schedule a visit and see their operations.
Think about your charter needs in terms of mission rather than aircraft type. Tell a good charter provider what you're trying to accomplish, and it should be able to suggest a range of aircraft that meet your goals, while giving you wide choice in style and price. Alternatively, if you're committed to a specific aircraft type, you can search for local operators that fly the model, minimizing positioning fees.
Conduct due diligence regarding the operational history and financials of all providers you consider. Ascertain that their aircraft and crews exceed FAA standards as determined by the Air Charter Safety Foundation, ARG/US, Wyvern or other respected independent organizations.
To arrange a charter flight, contact one or more of the providers you've selected and request a quote, stating where, when and with how many people you want to go, leg by leg. Include any additional requirements, such as for catering or onboard communication. Submit the request in writing to ensure that all bidders respond to identical requirements, and so you can ask important boilerplate questions about the operator, aircraft, crew and costs such as landing fees, fuel surcharges and overnight and per-diem charges. Inform providers if you submit your request to more than one, and limit yourself to three requests per trip; providers don't like being pitted against numerous competitors to win the business of a customer focused on a lowball price.
You'll receive a quote or quotes specifying an aircraft, crew and the estimated cost. You'll pay that amount and settle the final bill after the flight, when actual costs are known. No standard charter invoice exists. If you want charges itemized, say so beforehand.
Who says you can't teach an old access model new tricks? Innovative programs and pricing strategies have brought fresh twists to air charter. One-way pricing, enabled by linked databases, forecasting software and the "floating fleet" model some operators have adopted (so called because the aircraft have no home base), drops the cost on some popular routes 20 to 50 percent. Correspondingly, many providers aggressively market empty legs–unoccupied repositioning or homebound flights. Customers can sign up on their websites for empty-leg alerts on preselected routes. The pre-purchased charter cards that a growing number of providers market may offer perks including aircraft upgrades in addition to reduced rates, while block-charter discount programs have become more flexible to meet customers' needs–for example, by offering guaranteed access in what has traditionally been a first-come, first-served marketplace. The level of customer care has risen across the industry as well, as the concierge service developed for fractional and card programs has migrated to the pay-as-you-go world of charter.
With its wealth of information on charter companies, postings of ever-changing discount charter opportunities, charter-price-quote engines and more, the Web has become a top destination for charter customers. These sites should be part of any charter user's surfing safari:
Air Charter Association of North America (flyacana.org). A trade group that has established voluntary standards for charter brokers, ACANA operates a website that spells out its membership requirements, which offer a useful benchmark for evaluating the brokers. The site also lists ACANA members, who have pledged to observe its standards.
Air Charter Guide (www.aircharterguide.com). This site includes links to operators, brokers and charter aircraft, which are listed by location. A flight planner allows you to input a prospective trip and get information on available providers, aircraft and rates. The site also provides tips on choosing operators, brokers and aircraft.
Air Charter Safety Foundation (acsf.aero). This organization, which promotes safety standards for charter operators, maintains a list and links to ACSF charter operators that includes information on their fleets and home bases. A downloadable operator's manual contains detailed data on all aspects of charter flights that can be useful to customers.
National Business Aviation Association (www.nbaa.org). The NBAA's site lists and provides links to member charter brokers and Part 135 operators (under the Products & Services tab). The NBAA Aircraft Charter Consumer Guide and Best Practices for Air Charter Brokering, which are available from the site gratis, offer excellent tutorials for customers.
Air Partner (airpartner.com, 888-247-7278). Global charter broker with 22 offices in North America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. Access to all aircraft categories and types from vetted operators. Has facilitated more than 1,500 presidential and royal flights.
Avjet Corporation (www.avjet.com, (818) 841-6190). International aircraft charter and management company. Based in the U.S. with operations in Europe, Asia, Russia and the Middle East. Operates Boeing BBJ, Gulfstream, Bombardier and other large-cabin jets.
Chantilly Air (chantillyair.com, 800-720-5387). Washington, D.C.-based charter operator with authorization to fly in and out of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Fleet includes half a dozen light and midsize Learjet and Cessna Citation aircraft.
Chapman Freeborn (chapman-freeborn.com, 954-202-0750). Global charter broker with 34 offices in 22 countries. Access to everything from helicopters to executive-configured airliners sourced from vetted commercial and business aircraft operators around the globe. Strong presence in Asia.
Delta Private Jets (Deltaprivatejets.com, 600-927-0927). Charter arm of Delta Airlines' fractional and card program offers one-way prices using more than 1,000 light, midsize and large-cabin jets from its owned and managed fleet, and partner charter operators. Purchased Segrave Aviation, progenitor of charter's "floating fleet" model, in 2010.
Executive Jet Management (executivejetmangement.com, 877-356-5387). Charter arm of the NetJets fleet. Offers "city pair" one-way pricing and block charter. Flat-rate program with deposit provides guaranteed pricing and discounted charter rates and eliminates repositioning fees. Block-charter program offers discounts for 50 or more flight hours per year.
Fair Wind Air Charter (flyfairwind.com, 800-989-9655). South Florida-based operator with some 20 aircraft from light to large-cabin jets in its charter fleet and access to additional lift from vetted operators. Offers airport-to-airport guaranteed prices and one-way and roundtrip per-hour rates. No fuel surcharges.
GAMA Aviation (gamagroupusa.com, 800-468-1110). U.S. arm of UK-based aviation-services provider. Operates global fleet of more than 60 aircraft ranging from Boeing BBJs and Airbus ACJs to helicopters and air ambulances. Also has access to hundreds of aircraft from partner fleets. Maintains a UAE-based charter fleet for access to the Middle East.
JetSuite (Jetsuite.com, 866-779-7770). Owns and operates a fleet of Embraer Phenom 100 VLJs in California, the Southwest, Texas and New England. Hourly rates begin at $1,499 and daily specials feature fares starting at $499. Introduced a flight-sharing program in late 2011.
Key Air (Keyair.com, 888-539-2471). Operates 22 light- to large-cabin jets based throughout the U.S. Offers blocked and ad-hoc charter programs and one-way pricing. Also partners with other operators.
Landmark Aviation (landmarkaviation.com, 800-548-1978). Charter-operator arm of aviation-services company with more than 50 FBO locations in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe. Operates some 50 charter aircraft from turboprops to large-cabin jets and air ambulances. Custom Rate Schedule provides 2 to 6 percent discount for customers chartering 50 or more flight hours each six months.
Priester Aviation (priesterav.com, 888-323-7887). One of the world's oldest charter operators, founded in 1945. Operates some 30 aircraft, from Pilatus PC-12 turboprop to Gulfstream G550, based at more than a dozen U.S. locations. Posts available one-way flights, offers block-charter programs in 50-, 75- and 150-hour increments.
Sentient (Sentient.com, 866-406-8278). Largest provider of charter flights in the U.S. Offers one-way pricing and easy quoting on roundtrip and multi-leg trips. Access to aircraft from turboprops to large-cabin jets flown by more than 100 vetted operators.
Solairus Aviation (Solairusaviation.com, 800-359-7861). Operates some two-dozen aircraft, from turboprops to large-cabin jets based across the U.S. Also sources aircraft from vetted operators. New alliance with Hong Kong-based Metrojet offers charter services in Asia. Mobile app provides users with empty-leg availability and alerts in real time.
TAG Aviation (tagaviation.com, +41 22 717 0100). Switzerland-based aviation-services provider operates more than 30 aircraft in its charter fleet, predominating in European-based large-cabin jets, and sources aircraft from partner operators worldwide. TAG Account (requires refundable deposit) provides customized solutions and discounted flight time.
XOJet (Xojet.com, 877-599-6538). Offers point-to-point pricing on its owned and operated Wi-Fi-equipped fleet of late-model Challenger 300s, Cessna Citation Xs and now Hawker 800XPs. Offers all-inclusive transcontinental (Los Angeles-New York) rates as low as $21,000. Recently introduced guaranteed-access program.
Dear All,
Can anyone undertake a survey in 2013 business aviation charter marketplace? Has anyone noticed that hundreds of small operators, with up to four-five aircrafts, seriously influence the market? Every passenger/ group of passengers, eventually stuck to an operator, whatever its' fleet, if the charterd flight met their comfort and safety expectations.
The Jet Charter industry has changed dramatically over the years. Just like other high ticket industries such as the music, television or film industry, the private jet industry has moved from being dominated by giants to being opened up to small operators with small fleets. The growth of the Internet has played a large role in offering opportunities to these smaller companies that in many cases can offer quicker active service, and generally care more because they have more at stake than say, Delta. I personally see many small private jet charters flourishing in my area while the big, cumbersome companies are floundering.
The private aviation industry has changed drastically with the help of marketplaces online. For example, www.aviplaza.com is a marketplace that is free for all operators and brokers to request and receive quotes. I personally believe these online markets will make chartered flights more accessible and affordable.
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Right blasts RNC 'autopsy' as power grab By: Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman March 18, 2013 12:21 PM EDT
The GOPs prescription to cure the ills that helped bring on yet another disastrous presidential cycle would revamp its presidential nominating rules in ways to benefit well-funded candidates and hamper insurgents - a move that quickly heated up the already smoldering feud between the Republican establishment and the tea party-inspired base.
Tucked in near the end of the 97-page report, formally known as The Growth and Opportunity Project, are less than four pages that amount to a political bombshell: the five-member panel urges halving the number of presidential primary debates in 2016 from 2012, creating a regional primary cluster after the traditional early states and holding primaries rather than caucuses or conventions.
Each of those steps would benefit a deep-pocketed candidate in the mold of Mitt Romney. That is, someone who doesnt need the benefit of televised debates to get attention because he or she can afford TV ads; has the cash to air commercials and do other forms of voter contact in multiple big states at one time; and has more appeal with a broader swath of voters than the sort of ideologically-driven activists who typically attend caucuses and conventions.
The recommendations are also a nod to the partys donor class. Several donors bluntly told RNC Chair Reince Priebus at meetings right after the election that they wanted Iowa, with its more conservative base, to have less of a role in the process.
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They need to have about 3 debates.
NONE with Democrats flacks masquerading as moderators.
Isn't it sad when not only do you feel like an insurgent in your own country, but you actually are one in your own party?
Yep, kicking Conservatives out to the curb.
I no longer have a party. They are no different than the dems. When have they ever stood up to Obama?
What utter horse crap. The GOP has decided that they need to be Democrat Lite in order to get power. Is there any further proof needed that we need to kill the GOP once and for all.
Good Lord, please no more Bushes. I am sick to death of the RINO establishment.
screw them all......we want who WE want
their money don't mean anything unless we vote for them
More than several voters will bluntly tell the business as usual GOP that if they embrace suicide, that's fine with them. The conservative base is longer lasting and ultimately much more powerful than the "business as usual" donors. Want to make a clear distinction and a real choice? Listen to the conservative base.
Ignore them at your peril!
The problem is the GOP isn't going to die quickly.
And in the decade or so of coming infighting, I see Dems accomplishing nationally what they've done in California - permanent supermajority status.
I haven't needed further proof for years. In any case, they are doing a fantastic job of killing themsekves. I say let them, and show me an alternative.
Then they need to be taken over from the inside.
Wow...they roll over and play "Spineless P*ssies" so well, don't they???
Do you have something better then the GOP?
Its time to take the GOP back, not kill it off.
Winner take all states distorts the strength of a candidate.
I would make one simple change that puts the primary on a par with the national election:
Every congressional district would have 1 delegate and every state would have 2. Winners of congressional districts would take that district only. (If one wants more delegates for a bigger party, then make make each district X and each state 2X.) Delegates would be pledged to the candidate winning their district barring late emergencies. There will be no super-delegates.
Any leading candidate will only be the automatic nominee if they secure 50% of the vote prior to the convention. Otherwise, the delegates at the convention will vote until one candidate has 50%, with the first round of voting narrowing the field down to two candidates unless one achieves 50% for a win.
Like I said, take it over from the inside.
"This is nothing but a platform for Jeb Bush."
Oh, God. I hope not. Hillary will wipe the floor with him. Heck, *Biden* would wipe the floor with him.
After W did so much to wreck the party, why would the GOP leaders go anywhere near his gene pool for at least another generation or two?
None of these top-down tactics from RINOs - or even conservatives for that matter - mean much without good candidates. Dole, McCain and Romney lost not just because they were RINOs. They lost because they were duds and could not persuade enough people to rally behind them. A huge percentage out there don't know the difference between a RINO, DINO or CINO. But they know a lousy used car salesman when they see it. In fact I would go further and say our side needs more than great candidates. We need extraordinary candidates just to offset Santa Claus on the other side.
Here we go again, picking our candidate for us. Not happening again. I refuse to vote for another Progressive Republican. They are all the same Progressives, doesn't matter if they are Dems or Repubs. a progressive wants the same thing.
Jeb Bush is a Progressive and Globalist.
I am not a Globalist and will not vote that way again. Go to Hell Republicans!
I will forever hold the RNC in contempt over the way they've treated Sarah Palin.
Autopsy? Sounds more like a Suicide Note....
Good luck to the GOP in replacing their conservative base with Illegal Aliens and Homosexuals.
1 (representative) vote per county... winner of the county votes gets the state's votes.
One of the problems is candidates without broad support are winning national primaries by virtue of winner-take-all in a state.
The should simply win delegates that they've won and not win delegates that they've not won.
In that case, leave out the State's vote and tally up the counties... even for the counties that commit fraud, the true majority should be apparent ;)
(or even the proper percentage of the delegates from the county elections to pass on).
This is typical Establishment BS.
Basically, they want Social Conservatives and Christian Conservatives to sit down and shut up.
These nimrods in DC really believe that if we "message" that we are really tolerant of illegals, gays, and all minority groups, we can win elections.
LOL...Now, go back and look at the Democrat rhetoric during the campaign.
"GOP is intolerant of illegals, gays and all minorities"
So, in the recent trend of choosing Dem Lite candidates, now we will listen to Dem pollsters and strategists, and PR propaganda - to choose our strategies.
The Establishment people are so STUPID !
The Dems will win the House.
And when you think your Obama Nightmare is over in 4 years...we will get Hillary for 8 more.
As Nancy Reagan used to say, "Just say, 'No!'"
So, to Mr Reince, I say, "No!"
To Mr Rove, I say, "No!"
To this idiotic "report," I say, "No!"
I think I am not alone in these sentiments....
Let me get this straight,..."Less debates?" Let me say that again, "LESS debates?"
They MUST be planning to run either Jeb or Mitt, as neither is worth sh*t in a debate.
To think that back in the days of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the encounters would run something like THREE HOURS, to call for less debates is tantamount to saying, "The people be damned! We consultants know what is good for you. Just shut up and vote!"
>>Horse manure...............
RINO manure. This what the gaggle of interior decorator activists in the Log Cabin prop up as "leadership".
Soon they'll probably be wearing hot pants to further seduce the delusional Useful Idiots who worship their own STD infested youthful imagery.
Nixon: Jeeezus Christ.
Yes. I agree.
If you're not part of the party, then you shouldn't be voting on its decisions.
The republican party is a private organization. It should find a way to run a primary without costing taxpayers the price of opening voting precincts on the taxpayer dime.
Also, because it's a PO, it should police false information put out by any of its candidates about another of its candidates.
This is because it would be ALL WITHIN THE PRIVATE ORGANIZATION.
In the general election, it would be competition in the free market of ideas.
That's okay. If they treat folks like they don't need their vote, they won't get it. They're going to market themselves into another disaster.
No, my friend. WE are the Grand Old Party - not these sell-outs, traitors, and flim-flam crony capitalists who've usurped the party from us.
It's our party. We need to throw THEM out.
"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all."
-- President Ronald Reagan
Was the 97 page Autopsy of the Dead Corpse subtitled: " How to lose again to Democrats without even trying?"
This is our ground. We fought for it. We've held it. Sadly, we've allowed a class of parasites and usurpers to gradually seize control of America's party. Now it's time we cleaned them out.
Thanks for the posting. I only had suppress hurling 3 times. To be fair, all I read was the table of contents.
Republicans want to cut back on debates, just when we finally have a real first-rate debater on our side. Did you see Ted Cruz's presentation at CPAC? Hiding behind the podium, frequently glancing at notes, reading from the teleprompters, constantly reaching for the water glass? I cannot wait to see this man in a Presidential debate, I think he is going to kick butt and show some Republicans how it can and should be done. NOT a time to be cutting back on debates when we have an up and coming weapon like Ted Cruz in the wings.
When do we get to vote out Democrat Party Chairman Priebus?
Arpaio for Chairman of the Republican National Committee!
I'll stand with the Rand/Cruz/Palin wing of the party. If there is no room for the Tea Party wing and the GOP pushes the Bushes, we'll just have to formally organize the Tea Party and render the GOP as irrelevant as the Whig party.
I predicted before the 2012 election that if Romney lost the rinos in Washington would become the second half of the democrat party because that would be the only way they could survive the backlash against them.
I wish I was wrong but it sure doesn't appear that way.
I've been very quiet lately because I'm tired of the arguing and back stabbing that got us in this position and I've truly been hoping that a CONSERVATIVE party would emerge and give us something to vote for.
So far, I have nobody to cheer for.
I just throw away their mailings and ignore their calls anymore. If I like a candidate I send them money directly.
But that doesn't mean big donors might not take a chance on conservative primary candidates if we field good ones. That has been the strategy of the Club for Growth and the Tea Party and both have had electoral success. Iowa is an anomaly with its caucuses, which distort the whole race for weeks or months. It should be relegated to a minor run o' the mill status just because it is atypical and predicts nothing..
Here's the only autopsy really needed and one the GOP will never come to grips with. If you wish to win elections as Republicans, don't run RINOs.
Romney's candidacy was dead on arrival. Just like McCain's.
We don't need an autopsy or a rebranding. We simply need to get back to the basics. God, country, constitution, life, family, liberty, freedom. Forget about pandering to various groups and sub classes. Fight for the constitution, the rule of law, equal treatment under the law, liberty, justice, freedom and opportunity for all.
That's okay. If they treat folks like they don't need their vote, they won't get it. They're going to market themselves into another disaster.
Yep. 2014 is shaping up to be another massacre for the GOP. A lot of governors are already tacking left because they realize that conservatives will be staying home in 2014.
Govs likely to be targeted by the dem machine like Scott, Corbett, Kasich, Walker, Martinez, etc. are in deep trouble.
nicely played, poorly thought out....
We'll fund our own candidates..
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Summary: Saucony had been a favorite choice for women's running shoes over the years, with designs that apparently were favorable with female runners.Before, shoe manufacturers almost exclusively produce shoes modeled for men. There was no such thing as women's shoe design. Perhaps it is the absence of feminism or activists' pertaining to such, but the bottom line is that shoes are produced as unisex but are modeled on a male's foot. When Saucony made accidental designs that happened to be appealing to the feminine public, the Saucony running shoes slowly became popular. Its narrow heel design fits naturally a female's foot tendencies and the laidback designs made it more alluring especially to the feminine side.Saucony also introduces a number of original innovations. One of which is the Trainer 80 which is the first slip lasted running shoe. Beforehand, running shoes were built on board lasts much like dress shoes and cleated footwear. But by stitching the upper directly onto the midsole, Saucony running shoes became more flexible.Saucony running shoes are the first molded EVA dual-density shoe on the market. Certain sections of the midsole are made denser, which promotes better motion control without sacrificing cushioning or flexibility.The Saucony GRID system proves to be the first midsole technology to offer both cushioning and stability. By 1990, virtually all other running shoe manufacturers inserted devices which enhanced a shoe's cushioning properties. The GRID system was developed to also enhance cushioning, yet also promote better stability at the same time. Today, the GRID system is the heart of most Saucony running shoes.Saucony GRID Triumph 3 Regular Price: $100* SRC XTRA provides the premier forefoot cushioning system for a smooth toe-off* Repositioned triangular lugs on the outsole are more angled * Impulse EVA midsole for increased responsiveness and durability* Pillow-soft midsole give you the ultimate ride every single run* HRC Strobel Board for increased cushioning and comfort* Arch-Lock provides a snug midfoot fit* Impact Interface cushions and isolates heel impactSaucony 3D GRID Triumph Regular Price: $99.99* Full-length HRC provides ultimate cushioning* 3D Grid system eliminates shock* E.A.S. system guides your foot effortlessly through the gait cycleSaucony Lady GRID Shadow 7 Regular Price: $79.99* Combination mesh, nylon and synthetic leather with an arch-lock midfoot wrap for a unique fit and feel.* Combination polyurethane in the heel, and compression molded EVA in the forefoot.* Visible GRID System in the heel for enhanced shock absorption and control run* High Rebound Compound (HRC) in the forefoot for better toe off. Midfoot Support Bridge helps cradle the foot Arch-Lock provides a snug midfoot fit* Tri-lug 3D configuration modified with the XT-600 compound for durability and traction.
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It then says that if you browse to http://localhost:3000 in your browser, you'll see "Hello Rails!", however, I'm getting an "Unable to connect" page being displayed.... I was just wondering if anyone knows why this is?
If I view the page by typing in its location, i.e. file:///D:Users/....index.html.erb, I get a page displaying "Hello Rails!".
Is it possible that some settings aren't correctly configured on my computer? Or is there something else I need to do to be able to view the page from my localhost... maybe permissions? In which case, is there any easy way to set those on a Windows machine? I've only ever done that on Unix before...


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Sheila O'Hara, Global Healing, 2012. Hand-woven jacquard tapestry, 57 x 20 in.
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Handweaving has become the lucky beneficiary of the computer age as the dream of individual thread control becomes more accessible. Handweavers, once thrilled with computer assisted dobby looms, are now searching out hand jacquard looms for exploration. Enjoy an informative and entertaining lecture about Sheila O'Hara's textile art and its development from countermarche to compudobby to hand jacquard looms.
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What's in a name?3/31/2006 10:00:00 am
As I participate in more and more podcasts and even occassionally get talked about in other's podcasts I hear people struggling with how to pronounce my name. I'm not really upset about it, and please feel free to call me Darren. Only my students call my Mr. Kuropatwa and they usually shorten it to simply "sir" or "Mr. K." No one has yet gone so far as to mispronounce it, as it has been in the past: Kur-patch-nik, Kerch-a-patch-a-kor-ic, Kur-awp-twa, Kleopatra, kuerchapotakupatwhatchmacallit. So, as a public service announcement, here's how to pronounce "Kuropatwa." ;-)
Kur-o-pat-wa has 4 syllables.
Spelled phonetically its:
cur (like the first syllable in "curtain")
oh (as in "Oh my gosh!")
pat (like the diminutive form of "Patrick" or "Patricia")
wa (as in the first half of the word "what")
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For the record, the name is of Polish origin. In Polish the "w" would have a "v" sound. I don't speak Polish. In English "Kuropatwa" means Partridge so you might say we're the Partridge Family. Unfortunately (or fortunately) none of us were ever on that show. ;-) And finally, if you're interested in an English/Polish translation tool, you can find one here.


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You might recognize Charles �Chip� Esten as the alcoholic, brooding guitarist Deacon Claybourne on ABC�s hit series Nashville, but aside from a shared musical talent, Esten has very little in common with his onscreen alter ego. In real life, the actor and comedian is a refreshingly down-to-earth family man who can frequently be spotted around Music City with his wife and three kids in tow. �I�m very different than Deacon in many, many ways, but there�s a lot of �there but for the grace of God go I,�� Esten explains. �He�s had it harder than I�ve probably had it, so it�s taken its toll, and he�s got his demons that he battles; and I guess everybody does, but I�m pretty different. I�m glad for it.� Like his rough-hewn TV character, Esten is no stranger to hardship. Over a decade ago, Esten�s life was turned upside down when his then 2 1/2-year-old daughter, Addie, was diagnosed with leukemia. Thankfully Addie, now 14, survived, but Esten�s life outlook was forever altered. On May 7, the actor will be performing a free concert in Washington, D.C., as part of a three day event hosted by The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), centered around a critical call-to-action: Leading the Way to a World without Blood Cancers.�We chatted with the Southern heartthrob to learn more about his daughter�s battle with leukemia, working on the set of Nashville�and more. Spry Living: More than�a decade ago, your daughter was diagnosed with leukemia at age 2. Can you take us back to the moment when you first heard the news? Chip Esten: I remember it quite distinctly: We were all sitting in the hospital room�my wife, Addie, and our other two other kids, [Chase and Taylor], who were 4 and 6 at the time. Addie was lying in the hospital bed, and [Chase and Taylor] were coloring in the bed with her. The doctor came in and summoned me out into the hallway. When she broke the news to me that Addie had leukemia, time stood still. I just stood there, trying to wrap my head around it, but it�s almost impossible to wrap your head around something like that. The doctor kept on talking. She told me about the available treatments and the 85% survival rate and why we had every reason to believe that Addie was going to be fine. But to me, that 15% mortality rate seemed gigantic. I thought, �What if Addie is one of the 15%?� After [the doctor] left, I went into the room and called my wife out into the hallway. I told her the news, and we immediately sort of collapsed into each other. We sat like that for what seemed like an eternity, but it was probably no more than a minute. We wiped our faces and gathered our emotions and walked back into the room, where we broke up a fight between the kids over magic markers. That was one of the blessings of having the other children throughout this experience. You�re still a parent; you still need to show up and give your kids the stability they need. It�s those normal things that are the odd little blessings, the things that keep you focused on the moment and keep you from totally sinking into despair. SL: What kind of symptoms was Addie having? CE: Looking back, I realize that she had been very pale and listless. She had what we now know was petechiae�little tiny dots on her body. We took her to Cedars-Sinai, and the doctor listed a few of the possible conditions it could be. Leukemia was on the list. Hearing that right off the bat gave us some time to mentally prepare for the worst, in a way. [caption id="attachment_119172" align="alignnone" width="493"] This article originally appeared as on Spry Living
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The Columbus Dispatch - July 06, 2013 10:43 PM
Louisville's Mike Hessman broke up a perfect game by Columbus pitchers tonight in Huntington Park in the fifth inning with a one-out home run and lifted the Bats to a 1-0 win and a doubleheader split. Columbus won the first game 4-0.
The Clippers went to reliever Bryan Price to start the game and he pitched three perfect innings. Fernando Nieve (4-2) followed and worked a perfect fourth. He got the first out in the fifth before Hessman launched his 19th home run of the season into the bleachers in left. The Bats had just one more hit, a seventh-inning double by Henry Rodriguez.
Columbus missed a chance to jump out to the early lead in the first inning against Pedro Villarreal. Ezequiel Carrera led off with a single and Ryan Rohlinger drew a walk. Tim Fedroff followed with a single to load the bases. Villarreal stopped the rally there.
He got Chun-Hsui Chen to ground back to the mound. He threw home to force Carrera. Villarreal then struck out Matt Carson and got Juan Diaz to ground back to the mound to end the inning.
The Clippers managed just one more hit and one more threat. Reliever Zach Duke hit Nate Spears with a pitch and Fedroff singled. Nick Christiani (5-2) entered and retired Chen on a pop fly to third baseman Henry Rodriguez and got a broken-bat double play ball from Carson. It marked the 13th time this season that the Clippers have been shut out.
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Kevin Grandia | January 24, 2010
By Kevin Grandia • Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 12:35
The New York Times' lead editorial today is The Case for a Climate Bill and it's well worth the read.
While chances of a clean energy bill in 2010 were damaged by the major upset last week in the Massachusetts special election, all does not seem lost. That is, according to the New York Times' editorial board at least. They conclude that the only way we'll see a climate bill in 2010 is if President Obama gets out and sells its virtues to everyday Americans.
It's time for a road trip Mr. President.
RickJames replied on Permalink
What we're starting to see
What we're starting to see with Obama is that he's not a natural leader, he's talker. The charm or whatever he has sounded good for a while but now it's gotten tired and he is being tuned out. He's a front runner and as long as everyone is onside and it all feels like a party, he's fine, but when it comes to moving others to action in a substantive way and getting real work done, he becomes useless.
Considerata replied on Permalink
What's going on...
What is going on is that the Republicans have polarised the US and the political landscape. Obama is falling victim to the neocon PR machine which includes such outlets such as FoxNews.
Does this whole thing weaken or strengthen the US? Time will tell. But climate is probably going to suffer.
Considerata replied on Permalink
What's going on...
What is going on is that the Republicans have polarised the US and the political landscape. Obama is falling victim to the neocon PR machine which includes such outlets such as FoxNews.
Does this whole thing weaken or strengthen the US? Time will tell. But climate is probably going to suffer.
CamMacKay replied on Permalink
A Neocon PR machine? Surely you jest, the vast majority of the mainstream media caters directly to the wishes of Obama. One chanell out of hundreds is hardly a PR machine.
Obama is suffering from over exposure, over promising and under delivering, the halmark of a rookie in Washington. When he starts to live up to his campaign promises instead of doing the opposite he may gain some traction with the electorate, until then he is a used car salesman.
Dennis W. replied on Permalink
I agree. Obama has a far bigger congressional majority than Bush ever had, yet he has failed to capitalize on that. The lack of a filibuster proof majority in the Senate never stopped Bush from his agenda.
A climate bill is clearly a budget issue, and could be pushed through with reconciliation. Yet he's letting a few Senators call the shots (which are all blanks, so far).
Unless he stops fearing the voter anger and starts leading them instead, I am beginning to serious suspect Obama will face a challenge from the Left in '12.
The following video says it all:
Road Trip? Are you guys serious?
At what point does delusional thinking become so pronounced it is time to call in the head shrinks. Never mind, keep it up Kevin; I'm looking forward to this idea falling (predictably) flat on it's face.
I think we should give Obama
I think we should give Obama time to prove him self. After all he took over the problem
johnttrick replied on Permalink
What will get included -
What will get included - something on jobs, for sure, probably immigration - isn't yet clear. But I imagine that, given how little was done last year on climate (which is one reason the U.S. arrived with nothing in hand at Copenhagen), we are unlikely to see any major push on this except in the obviously related arena of green, reducing-carbon jobs. I just don't think the administration believes there is anything to be gained by pushing what will be difficult legislation when people are mostly thinking about the economy. As you know, it's easy - completely inaccurate, but easy - to make a public, sound-bite case that climate change legislation will harm the economy.
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January Team Trials Update
Below is some updated information in regards to the upcoming Olympic Fight Off and Junior World Championships Team Trials.
USA Taekwondo will follow the lead of our International Federation (the World Taekwondo Federation) and use the Daedo PSS for these upcoming team trials. We are currently in discussion with Daedo and will provide a link for your sensor sock purchases in advance. Daedo will be onsite in January to provide sales of sensing socks as needed. We are sorry for the delay, as you know this is a tremendously sensitive area and we wanted to ensure we made the correct decision for our athletes and for our organization. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Please go to the links provided for the most up to date information about all USAT events. If there is not a link provided that means we are finalizing details for that event. Links will be updated as appropriate. OTT SCHEDULE JWCOTT SCHEDULE
Please go to the information packets for all event information first. The categories, dates, equipment needed, and much more information is in these packets in a very detailed manner. OTT PRE-EVENT MANUAL JWCOTT PRE-EVENT MANUAL
You can see by the schedule weigh in and check in for the January team trials are by weight category and event. Please plan your travel according to the weigh in times. We will not make accommodations for flights booked after the closing of check-in and weigh-in. The weigh in and check in are at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO (MAP). When you arrive on complex, after stopping at the guard shack make a left and go to the West Wing. The West Wing will be the building in front of you. You also can ask the guard to direct you to the USA Taekwondo registration at the West Wing.
Please bring some form of picture ID to the weigh in. Junior National Team Trials participants are REQUIRED to bring a valid US Passport as their form of ID. If you have applied for the passport and it has not arrived in time for this team trials, please bring a certified copy of the official application.NO EXCEPTIONS.
In order to have a confirmed status, all checklists must be satisfied as well as 2012 OTC paperwork. All participants are requiring to provide this paperwork. If you would like to provide it before the event please email it to email@example.com or fax it to 719-623-1394.
OTC housing is available on a first come first served basis. We have a limited number of beds available for both of these team trials. Time is of the essence in reserving your housing. No housing applications will be accepted without payment. You will find the applications at the housing tab on the event links provided. OTC HOUSING CMR HOUSING
Cheyenne Mountain resort is our headquarters hotel for these events. The phone number or link for reservations is also at the housing links on the appropriate event tabs.
We are in need of volunteers for these events. If you are interested in volunteering email go HERE or email Minjae Cho at firstname.lastname@example.com
The purpose of the system is to facilitate meaningful competition on a national scale that rewards USA Taekwondo athlete members at all skill levels for both participation and achievement at USA Taekwondo and USA Taekwondo-Sanctioned Events during each event year. For the 2012 calendar year, points will be earned in sparring only; Poomsae will eventually be added. Accumulated points will be scaled according to the importance/size of the approved event and the achievement of the athlete. For black belt sparring 12 and older, points will be awarded to the age and weight class in which the athlete competed. For all other divisions, points will be awarded to the age/belt color in which the athlete competed. All points accumulated in 2011 will expire at the end of the calendar year. The points earned by each athlete will be used in various manners throughout the year. In an effort to avoid randomized seeding at the 2012 Junior Olympics and National Championships, total points accumulated at that point in the year will be used for seeding purposes, with the exception of 14-17 and 18-32 black belts. Additionally, points will be used to award athletes with the highest point totals in their division and clubs with the most overall points.
This team trial holds a 6.5 point ranking and is one of the highest rated USAT events in the 2012 calendar year that will award points.
Thank you and I look forward to seeing all participants at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in January.