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With one stop service to the Atlantic seaboard, this might be enough for me to drop Delta, along with my diamond status, and fly out of Toledo next year. Glad to see TOL expanding
So I now take that back. I was excited to have easy access to CLT for international routes. I'd love to go out of TOL and save a drive to DTW for this.
Unfortunately, I did random Saturday-Saturday searches from TOL to Aruba, Bahamas, and Cancun and couldn't find a single ticket under $800.... those were November-March travel dates.
I wonder how long this CLT route will last before it gets cancelled? Maybe the domestic options from TOL through CLT are cheaper.
$800+ to Caribbean is insane to me.
Something else to keep in mind on international flights is you have to deal with a connection as well as passport control/customs on the way back. One nice thing about DTW on a lot of international flights is that they are non-stops and you don't have to worry about missing a connection if your first flight is late. When I step off the plane from a long international flight I just want to go home. Last thing I'd want is to find out I won't make it out that night because I missed the last flight of the night due to a long line at passport control or find out my connection back home is delayed three hours or cancelled. Same with going on an international flight.
This is good news for local American Airline frequent flyers though having service to two of their biggest hubs. I wish we could get flights to DC and/or NYC.
posted by classylady on Apr 17, 2017 at 01:44:35 pm #
Something else to keep in mind on international flights is you have to deal with a connection as well as passport control/customs on the way back. One nice thing about DTW on a lot of international flights is that they are non-stops and you don't have to worry about missing a connection if your first flight is late. When I step off the plane from a long international flight I just want to go home. Last thing I'd want is to find out I won't make it out that night because I missed the last flight of the night due to a long line at passport control or find out my connection back home is delayed three hours or cancelled. Same with going on an international flight.
This is good news for local American Airline frequent flyers though having service to two of their biggest hubs. I wish we could get flights to DC and/or NYC.
I've had minimal luck finding Bahamas and Aruba nonstop out of DTW. The nice thing about Aruba is you go through the US Customs process in AUA before you head back to the State.
Fortunately, there are plenty of nonstop options to Cancun out of DTW.
I agree with what you're saying, though.
Fares that long out aren't that terribly accurate...They haven't been totally loaded yet for all markets and they should mirror close to what AA charges out of DTW through CLT. CLT customs is much better than MIA customs and with the late flight back, most international connections are 2+ hours through CLT coming back. Last thing I want to do when I get off of a plane is a long walk to my car and over an hour drive back home. I will take my 15 minute drive and pay $100 more any day.
If you're just going to CLT, I already have a $262 round trip booked.
Fares that long out aren't that terribly accurate...They haven't been totally loaded yet for all markets and they should mirror close to what AA charges out of DTW through CLT. CLT customs is much better than MIA customs and with the late flight back, most international connections are 2+ hours through CLT coming back. Last thing I want to do when I get off of a plane is a long walk to my car and over an hour drive back home. I will take my 15 minute drive and pay $100 more any day.
If you're just going to CLT, I already have a $262 round trip booked.
Good to know... thanks!
DTW is only about 15 minutes further from downtown than Toledo express is.
At one time Toledo was offering free parking if you were flying international but that was a few years ago and still not the case.
If anyone has Delta Diamond status it would still make sense to drive to DTW and use Delta. They would have lounge access and could use a GU certificate on the flight to upgrade to business class for free (believe me business class makes a huge difference on a long haul having the flat bed seating on a long flight).
Uber also provides service to DTW if you don't want to park and Metrocars is only around $85 each way if it's a long haul. Last time I flew out of Toledo it was convenient but only Childers was allowed to pick up there, the local cab companies were banned. Not sure if Uber and Lyft can pick up at Toledo or if a car service monopoly has them banned like a taxi. I'd think they could pick up since they are a ride sharing service though and not a livery car company
posted by jamesteroh on Apr 17, 2017 at 02:46:29 pm #
ohh... I was hoping this would be DC as well ! Any additional flight is good and Charlotte does open some nice options.
posted by enjoyeverysandwich on Apr 18, 2017 at 09:58:27 am #
I routinely make it to DTW in 45 minutes from my place in P-Burg. 75 to 275 to 94. Sorry, but I just don't see the point trying to make Toledo Express a viable passenger airport. In a perfect world, sure. But I think it's far more realistic to court and give airfield rights to another major cargo carrier to compliment the National Guard operations.
posted by SavageFred on Apr 18, 2017 at 10:30:13 am #
58 miles in 45 minutes ... with the first 18 miles at 65/55/65 mph... with construction through toledo and monroe... i am calling BS on that... also time from parking spot through security to gate counts. i dont disagree that dtw is easy but come on... and michigan state hiway patrol is cracking down tighter so days of 85 mph are over.
posted by enjoyeverysandwich on Apr 18, 2017 at 01:59:15 pm #
I don't always fly first class, but when I do, I fly first class on an ERJ-145.
posted by justread on Apr 18, 2017 at 02:22:55 pm # 3 people liked this
^^ Glad I'm not the only one who thought that.
For those of you who think Toledo Express should be a cargo airport need a reality check. The Port just leased the former BAX facility to an aviation ground support equipment manufacturing company. There is a former facility at Dayton International that hasn't seen an air cargo operator since 2001 and Wilmington Airpark is to become a ghost town again when Amazon finishes up it's huge ass facility in Cincinnati. The best Toledo Express can hope for is on demand cargo and maybe some day a regularly scheduled flight on FedEx or UPS. I'm telling everyone right now to get it out of their heads that Toledo will be a cargo hub anytime soon.
The airport derives a lot of their federal funding from passenger services. This federal funding goes to rehabilitate runways, taxiways, and other buildings. When taxiway B was rehabbed a few years ago, I saw a statistic where it employed over 250 jobs for the construction season. More passengers = more federal dollars.
Hey...I'm not saying Toledo Express airline service is going to be everything to everyone. It never will be. I don't use it when it doesn't fit my schedule or the pricing is too much of a difference. It serves the local budget crowd - Allegiant and the local business crowd - American - and more importantly, brings business passengers here to Toledo and the surrounding region. This employs people at the airline (which AA will be needing to hire 5 more agents in the coming months), the rental car companies, airport staff, and at the FBO to fuel the flights. Oh yeah, the airport also serves the general aviation side of things too with 3 Fixed Base Operators (FBO) and an on-demand cargo company and a maintenance facility as well as the TPS aviation school. All jobs...
I'll stick to my 15 minute drive (barring a train), paying $8 a day for parking, finding a parking spot (have been shut out of DTW before or taken 45 mins to find a spot and no I do not park offsite), 2 minute walk to security, and less than 5 minutes through security (unless an Allegiant flight) and my elite qualifying segments for all within generally $100 of what the fare is out of DTW. American has gotten really good at their connections an most major cities are within an hour so that pretty much negates any drive time to/from DTW for me.
posted by avinsurer on Apr 18, 2017 at 02:42:19 pm # 2 people liked this
Who wants to see me make it to DTW in 45 minutes? Valentine One and Waze in effect, and I park at Qwik Park (their sensational spelling). Didn't include the time to gate.
posted by SavageFred on Apr 18, 2017 at 02:50:19 pm #
My main complaint with Toledo airport is you have to connect to go anyplace. I never fly to Charlotte. A good example is NYC or DC. If I fly Delta I can fly non-stop to any of the three NYC airports and if there is a problem with my flight or I get to the airport early I have never had an issue having the flight changed to one of the airports. If I want to go to NYC from Toledo it means backtracking and flying to Chicago and then having to deal with the time laying over and then the flight to NYC.
I use QwikPark which is $9 a day so not much more than Toledo and they pick you up and drop you off right at your car. Security is easier to clear at DTW than TOL since Detroit now has clear and precheck and if you have a flight delay in Detroit I have access to the Skyclub and lots of restaurants to eat at, with Toledo there is nothing to do.
If Delta would bring back DTW or ATL service I would use Toledo if the price and times were right. Flying TOL/DTW and connecting was a great way to help keep my MQM's up for status and if the Toledo to Detroit flight had serious delays it was easy enough to just drive up to Detroit and catch my connection.
posted by jamesteroh on Apr 18, 2017 at 02:57:32 pm # 1 person liked this
When I get a ticket to/from Toledo that is within $50-$100 of the price out of DTW, it's like winning the lottery. The majority of the time, it's a much more. Just my experience.
And since TOL has had such limited options for so many years, now the seals are trained to go to DTW for almost any direction that isn't Chicago. I'm not flying to ORD to go to JFK/DCA/BOS. It is not going to be easy to get those customers back. Especially since DTW's overhaul that put that miserable L.C. Smith terminal out of business (thank god). DTW is one of the nicest airports in the country IMO.
Since avinsurer is the resident expert, please explain this to me like I'm a 10 year old -- old enough to understand, but no expertise: how can Dayton (1 hr away from CVG-- not a Delta "hub" anymore, but still a major airport in a major metropolitan area), a city much smaller than Toledo (and its metro area) have such a robust flight schedule (non-stop too!) while TOL has to beg and plead for anything it can get to anywhere.
Is the "cheapness" of Toledoans really that stark with Dayton? Do we really have fewer business travelers than a city almost half our size? What incentives are they offering that we are not? It makes no logical sense to me looking on the outside.
Toledo Express / Port Authority has really screwed the pooch on our airport.
posted by oldhometown on Apr 18, 2017 at 03:53:19 pm #
For DTW, I have liked using the Fairfield Inn option--stay overnight and receive 8 days of free parking in the lot next door. Really good option if you book one of those 6AM flights out of DTW and are going for 3 -7 days.
posted by oldhometown on Apr 18, 2017 at 03:56:45 pm #
The Hilton Garden Inn park/fly is another good option if you have an early morning flight and will be gone for up to 10 days. They use Qwik Park so I park my car in their lot the night before and have the hotel shuttle pick me up and the hotel shuttle runs every 20 minutes in the morning and only takes a few minutes to the terminal. When I did it in December it was less than $100 for the hotel room and parking for six days.
I've never understood why we can't have decent air service either since Dayton does. If delta can provide service in Dayton which is just as close to Cinci (and even though it's no longer a Delta hub, Delta is still the primary carrier there) and Lansing isn't much further from Detroit than Toledo and they have service there, why isn't Delta providing service from Toledo any longer? The times I'd flown Delta from Toledo the planes were pretty full.
posted by jamesteroh on Apr 18, 2017 at 04:13:06 pm #
Dayton and Akron/Canton are always compared to Toledo but they are quite different in terms of comparison. First, the reason why Dayton and Akron/Canton were so successful in the past were because the hubs they were closest to didn't have the competition that DTW has, thus resulting in much higher fares in CLE and CVG. Both of those airports had the highest fare rankings consistently during their hub eras. The lower cost options of Dayton and Akron/Canton and the aggressive nature of Delta and United drove the low fare/cost carriers to the secondary markets. The major carriers always had to respond or else they would lose their passengers, so they always maintained service. This being said, both Dayton and Akron/Canton will be seeing some down years because of the loss of the hubs in CLE and CVG as the low fare/cost carriers have now infiltrated those larger airports.
How does this compare to Toledo? It doesn't - DTW has always had the low fare/cost carriers. Name one airline that isn't at DTW - Allegiant which is here in Toledo and that's really the only scheduled one. The propensity to be as cheap as possible with airfare and the ability to get flights have caused Toledo to always struggle in terms of passengers - always will. Toledo will always be the first to lose, last to come back because the market can be served through DTW - the airlines can actually weed out the lower fare passengers from this market and retain the higher fare paying ones. The region should be happy to have an airport to serve it like that, however, there are options out there and Toledo sometimes (not often) should make the cut. Having CLT will make it easier as American can offer much more competitive fares over this hub to the places a lot more people want to fly (think smaller cities in Florida and Carolinas that aren't as easily reached from DTW). If you're not flying the low fare/cost carriers out of DTW, pricing in Toledo is right there with what the other carriers are charging. Case in point - (disclaimer: I am not a fan of Frontier or Spirit and will avoid at all cost) the family of 4 is going to Disney in October...Toledo on the dates and schedule I want is $438 round trip and Delta out of DTW is $465 round trip and AA is $438 round trip also. If flexible, TOL gets to $348 and Delta is $258 for basic economy but that's a nonstarter.
I have to laugh that security is easier to clear in DTW than TOL as being Pre-Clear, you get ahead of anyone in line and most times there aren't lines - only when Allegiant flies.
Listen, I'm not trying to change the Skypesos lovers - just trying educate it's not all that it seems. I would rather take a 6:00am flight out of Toledo where I can leave my house at 5:10am and and be boarded up a half hour later with my cinnamon roll. Get off the plane and be home within 15 to 20 minutes at a cost that is comparable to DTW.
To put this totally on the Port's shoulders isn't squarely the case. In the past the Port was a lot more stubborn and really just thought every airline should fly out of here because we are Toledo and that definitely caused issues. There's a much better team there now and have different ideas and relationships. If there isn't a second announcement within a couple of months of a new airline to Toledo, I would be shocked. Things are looking up for Toledo for sure and if the CLT service is successful, could possibly get Delta's attention to restart Atlanta...but CLT has to be successful first. Again...all of this would create all new jobs in Ohio/Toledo.
posted by avinsurer on Apr 18, 2017 at 04:53:27 pm # 4 people liked this
Thank you.
posted by oldhometown on Apr 18, 2017 at 05:15:50 pm #
Toledo definitely isn't a good city for NYC flyers. I do NYC weekend/long weekend trips a few times a year.
I'm doing one this weekend and decided to check Toledo. I priced my trip on Delta and looked on American and fares are comparable.
But here is the problem. Flight times! I am leaving DTW at 5:36 and landing at Newark at 7:29. There are a couple other flights after that if I didn't want to leave the office early that I could easily make leaving the office at 5 from Downtown. And I know it's a short flight but my upgrade already cleared.
I looked out of Toledo. I would have to leave at either 6:10 or 10:58 a.m. which basically means taking almost a whole day off work where flying out DTW I could work the entire day. Taking the later 10:58 AM flight out of Toledo I wouldn't until 6:45 pm at the earliest. It involved flying Toledo to Chicago then to Charlotte then to Newark. What business traveler is going to do that routing to avoid driving to Detroit? Hell the fare could be 1/2 off what it is from Detroit and I'll still drive to Detroit to save all that time. And if the Newark flight gets delayed or cancelled there's at least two other flights I can on that night or can get on a flight to JFK or LGA.
If someone is going to Chicago it could make sense to use TOL but not to NYC. There is a 7:09 PM that gets into LGA at 11:14 PM but it's a very tight connection and also means paying a cab or uber fare from LGA to midtown (train is only $12.50 out of EWR and takes 20 minutes from Newark to Penn Station).
For a family going to Orlando it could make sense to take allegiant out of Toledo but makes no sense for a business traveler to use Toledo to go to NYC
posted by jamesteroh on Apr 18, 2017 at 10:09:02 pm #
If I had free tickets to anywhere with Allegiant, I still wouldn't fly with them.
posted by dell_diva on Apr 18, 2017 at 10:51:17 pm # 1 person liked this
There are a lot of reasons why TOL isn't as strong an airport as DAY or CAK - as others have mentioned, DTW is a global airport in ways that CLE and CVG aren't, so it has long been a bigger draw in the greater Detroit area - which includes Toledo.
Second, getting to DTW doesn't require driving through any city traffic - unless there's an accident on I-75, you can pretty much guarantee arriving at the airport on time if you plan ahead. The same can't be said for Daytonians driving through downtown Cincinnati.
Next, though I've only lived in NWO for a decade, it seems to me that the most recent heydey for TOL coincided with DTW's terminal rebuilding - I remember in the mid 2000s that Metro was a mess - which probably encouraged Toledoans to use their local airport. So perhaps those high numbers fifteen years ago were an aberration? I can't find historical passenger statistics for TOL anywhere online.
Last, the terminal is a dump. A museum to the worst year of the 1980s. TOL needs a new terminal.
I travel a bunch for work. Dtw is my only option. I'm there 5 times a month. Super easy with PRE and flights wherever I need to go. I echo other's comments... easily 45 minutes from the OWE. No brainer. I wish I could use Toledo but I can't. Period.
posted by upso on Apr 18, 2017 at 11:40:36 pm # 1 person liked this
The other thing that DTW really has going for it-as far as major airports go-there are much, much worse out there.
It's easy to navigate, they are relatively competent. It's the number 5 ranked airport in the country in term of flight delays (fewest). Have you ever flown out of Cleveland or Cincinnati? Oy. At DTW-everything is shiny and new, parking is cheap. 45 min is not uncommon travel time to a major airport in a major city. Hell, if you live in Troy, or Bloomfield Hills, you're PRAYING for no traffic to make it to DTW in 45 minutes. We are spoiled with DTW. The only thing missing, is a park and ride hourly shuttle from Downtown. All of this adds up to a major, and probably insurmountable hurdle for Toledo Express.
posted by ahmahler on Apr 19, 2017 at 07:03:02 am # 2 people liked this
In a former life, I was a mid level manager for a major car rental company. I did my stint at Toledo Express from late 1980 - when everything downtown was shiny, new and exciting (didn't last long) until 1984 when I was finally able to get back to DTW.
Those 4 years at TOL were interesting - boring, but interesting. There were some direct flights (businessmen and women) from a few major northeast cities that kept the airport fairly viable but there were constant flight additions and deletions. They were always a big deal because the airport enjoyed so few flights to begin with. These events never make news at larger airports like DTW.
For all the reasons already mentioned, as long as DTW sits to our north, TOL will NEVER be much of a passenger airport. The powers that be would be spending their time more wisely trying to make TOL a major cargo hub and possibly tie it into an Intermodal - though I think we screwed ourselves out of the Intermodal option some time ago. The previously mentioned - in a different thread - "we don't want nuttin' to ever change" crowd dilly-dallied around and let the Intermodal concept slip right through their slimy little fingers.
Sadly, the old saying about TOL is as true today as it was back when it was my stomping grounds: "You can't hardly get there from here."
posted by Foodie on Apr 19, 2017 at 09:42:46 am # 1 person liked this
Toledo used to be good up to about the late 90's early 2000's as a feeder airport. All the major airlines except United and Southwest, had service to their nearest hubs and we had AirTran for a while. Unfortunately there are only a couple major domestic airlines left. There were a couple times in the 90's when I took voluntary bumps on Northwest and Delta from Toledo and got moved to US Air or Continental flights out of Toledo or they provided a car service to Detroit. Now that American is the only major carrier out of Toledo and they don't interline with the discount carriers at Toledo (and not to mention those airlines won't be flying to where I want to go anyway and only do a couple flights a week) you are stuck if your flight is cancelled. American and Delta stopped interlining last year so getting rebooked on a Delta out of Detroit is no longer an option either.
Someone should set up a bus service from the "transportation hub" here and provide service every 60 to 90 minutes from there to Detroit. The passengers would have free parking and the bus company could make a lot off the service.
posted by classylady on Apr 19, 2017 at 11:02:06 am #
Avinsurer is entirely correct about the history of low fare carriers at TOL. We brought AirTran in and Delta lowered their fares to match, taking a profit beating. Delta had been in the market forever and AirTran couldn't attract any new business customers who traditionally pay higher fares. Load factors were not bad. But profitability was for AirTran. They bailed.
We had another low fare carrier that flew to Chicago Midway. The name eludes me now. Their fares were so low they went bankrupt.
TransMeridian was a low-fare, scheduled charter airlines. They went bankrupt without notice. Our police department received requests from the airlines creditors to secure their aircraft and not allow them to leave. We parked snowplows in front of them. Their pilots and flight crews were stranded in Toledo and had to use personal funds to get home. I talked to their spokesman to clear a statement to give to the media. She said something to the effect of, "I don't give a shit what you tell them. I'm not getting paid anymore."
Toledo does not have a good track record of supporting new service. Like their politicians, they like what they know and don't want to try anything new.
posted by MemyselfandI on Apr 19, 2017 at 07:52:35 pm #
But don't be surprised if this route is here today and gone tomorrow. The deal is based on revenue guarantees partially funded through a federal grant. That grant program has been targeted by the Trump administration for elimination.
Also, the grant funding is time limited. Once the grant funding runs out, if the route is not profitable, American will end it.
posted by MemyselfandI on Apr 19, 2017 at 07:55:30 pm #
Do we know how they decide what destinations get picked for these limited engagements?
Toledo had at least two airlines that flew to Midway. There was Midway airlines that folded in the early 90s. Not sure of the exact years they were at Toledo but I remember taking them in 89 to Atlanta. The planes they used from Toledo were really tiny, I remember they didn't have a bathroom or a flight attendant. They were suppose to have been acquired by Northwest or Delta and the deal fell through so they just folded. I remember taking them because I was in college at the time and they were the only airline that gave a student discount.
ATA also provided service to Midway in the 2000s but they got acquired by Southwest and Southwest eliminated all the ATA regional routes.
posted by jamesteroh on Apr 20, 2017 at 12:07:32 am #
I don't get it.......is this announcement REALLY that big of a deal? How many people will it really affect?
posted by BulldogBuckeye on Apr 20, 2017 at 09:17:48 am #
I don't get it.......is this announcement REALLY that big of a deal? How many people will it really affect?
As far as I can tell, it will affect people under 5'11" tall, living south of the northern loop of I-475 who regularly fly to Charlotte in coach and would rather have short TSA lines.
posted by justread on Apr 20, 2017 at 09:38:39 am # 1 person liked this
And are not afraid of an infestation of bedbugs because they already have them like those working on the 18th fl. of 1 government ctr.
I went to the Chamber of Commerce luncheon yesterday and part of the presentation included information about this new service. The emphasis was on additional connections, not service directly to Charlotte. Since Charlotte is AA's second largest hub it opens up a lot of additional Southeast cities that you can access via Toledo - cities that would have required a connection even if you flew out of DTW. There were also many Caribbean destinations that aren't available through DTW and increased the number of European connections out of Toledo from 2 (via Chicago) to 6. Conversely, it makes it more accessible for business travelers from elsewhere to travel into Toledo.
Overall it actually seemed pretty well thought out. I wish them the best but I'll still be picking Delta out of DTW for most of my flights.
posted by idinspired on Apr 20, 2017 at 09:54:19 am #
Wow...something good for the area getting trashed on here...shows what's wrong with this area. 6 Full time jobs being created because of this....thought any decent paying jobs was a good thing for the area. My bad, it's not anything associated with Jeep, please forgive me.
MM+I...Chicago Express/ATA Connection ran as many as 6 daily Saab 340s Toledo to Midway 2002 - 2005. ATA went bankrupt mainly because they signed way high lease rates for brand new 737s and 757s and was absorbed by Southwest.
Facts about Charlotte airport for AA:
-lowest cost per enplaned passenger in the American system (which results in lower fares)
-2nd largest hub for American
-167 cities served (obviously not all will connect to Toledo)
+ 70 to 80 connection cities with quite a few not served nonstop out of DTW
+ 22 destinations in the Caribbean with one stop connections, of which 9 are served nonstop out of DTW (most not on a daily basis)
+ 6 one stop destinations to Europe, of which only 2 served nonstop out of DTW
-Most major city connections are around an hour
I will disagree that this will be here today gone tomorrow. They (AA) is making a huge investment, think multi million dollars, in this market. They will want to make sure their investment pays off and quite honestly, it should for both parties. Having connectivity for network carriers is key to drive revenue which is what Toledo does. It's hammered into everyone's heads around here that nonstop is the only way to go even if it's more. This service is more geared towards getting business travelers to where they need and more importantly getting them here. I spoke with several business leaders yesterday at a luncheon and all of them said they had some kind of ties to Charlotte or that region. For what it's worth, Charlotte was in the top 10 connection destinations when ATA flew into here over 10 years ago. It shouldn't have taken this long for Charlotte service to get here, in fact, USAirways should never have left Toledo...from what I've been told, that goes back to boneheadedness by the Port back when Pittsburgh was closing. Just my personal beliefs.
posted by avinsurer on Apr 20, 2017 at 09:56:19 am # 4 people liked this
What a bunch of debbie-downers. Any new service is good for the airport. If you don't want to use it, don't. If you want to use it, please do. If you don't care, check it first.
"But don't be surprised if this route is here today and gone tomorrow."
If it's gone tomorrow, at least we have it today.
posted by micah on Apr 20, 2017 at 11:22:46 am # 3 people liked this
Look, I don't mean to be a "debbie downer" -- I hope it works out and that this Charlotte run is good for us. I've flown out of Toledo plenty of times when the price has been comparable with DTW. That's all I really want - some layover time generally doesn't bother me.
Here is what I would be happy with:
1.) Existing service to Chicago remains, because basically anywhere the world is available from that airport. Most of it non-stop.
2.) Hope the Charlotte service works out. That opens up the Southeast/Carribean.
3.) One route to ANY of the greater New York area airports or Washington DC airports. IMO, the perceptual of flying south via Charlotte to go north to IAD/JFK/LGA/BOS will keep people driving to Detroit for flights to the major east coast cities. May be unfair, but that's the way I see it.
I don't think anyone wants to be a "hater" -- we've just seen the massive turnover through the years and the unfounded arrogance of the government entity that runs the airport. It has hurt and changed behavior patterns. Glad to hear that is changing and I hope for nothing but success.
Of course, what would truly help the airport is a massive influx of new businesses, welcomed with open arms and the least amount of political hassle possible, with ties to major population centers. But since we're determined to keep that sort of money out of the area and just rise and fall with the fortunes of the Jeep plant or the casino, I'll take what I can get for the airport.
posted by oldhometown on Apr 20, 2017 at 03:57:48 pm #
Hopefully if the Charlotte route works out American will add a couple JFK routes. If Delta had Toledo to Atlanta or JFK I would fly out of Toledo a lot more. A lot of business and pleasure travelers that go to NYC and if they use JFK Delta and American have many international connections leaving from JFK as well.
I don't think anyone wants to see Toledo express fail but I am being realistic. There are at least 20 flights a day to the three NYC airports and probably close to that many to the three DC airports every day out of Detroit. I'm not going to use Toledo and connect in Chicago to go to NYC just to say I am supporting the local airport.
Even though I don't like Carty, I will say no one loves Toledo more than him and even he used Detroit airport quite a bit.
posted by classylady on Apr 20, 2017 at 04:50:49 pm #
Post Bump...mainly because this won't be reported by the Blade.
Toledo - Charlotte started 08/22. Since, passenger numbers at Toledo Express are as follows:
Allegiant Air
Month Enplane Deplane Total Change
September 3,060 2,833 5,893 -13%
October 3,886 3,577 7,463 -5.5%
American Airlines operated by American Eagle (carriers)
Month Enplane Deplane Total Passengers Change
September 4,519 4,536 9,055 43.1%
October 5,619 5,678 11,297 81.6%
Airport Total
Month Enplane Deplane Total Passengers Change
September 7,760 7,478 15,238 14%
October 9,622 9,444 19,066 32.8
Should finish the year with about 5% to 8% growth. Nothing really new on the horizon except the airport terminal is getting some cosmetic work done - painting, etc.
If support continues like October, just increases the possibility (no guarantees) of new air service. I had flown AA the past 7 weeks straight, mostly through Charlotte and mostly positive experiences, just a bit of construction in Charlotte right now but things will look nice when finished there.
I live in Charlotte, have used this multiple times already, and will do so again at Thanksgiving. It's so convenient, much more than flying through the hellhole that is O'Hare or flying to DTW.
O'Hare really is bad! I'd rather drive 4 hours to Chicago than go through that airport with a 45-minute flight.
posted by upso on Nov 14, 2017 at 12:20:11 pm # 1 person liked this
I'm glad to see this route is taking off (no pun intended).
I would love to see American add a route to one of the New York City airports.
I'd love to see Delta bring service to Detroit and Atlanta. Seeing how many flights they do out of JFK international and that LGA is becoming a mini hubs for Delta now I think a couple NYC trips a day to one of those airports could bring them in some business. We have no convenient way of going east from air by air.
posted by classylady on Nov 14, 2017 at 12:20:46 pm #
O'Hare really is bad! I'd rather drive 4 hours to Chicago than go through that airport with a 45-minute flight.
Agreed. I drive even when the company offers to pay for the flight. Chicago to the west, Pittsburgh to the east-neither is worth the hassle of a flight.
posted by SavageFred on Nov 14, 2017 at 12:37:30 pm #
Pitt I'll drive but they don't screw you with high parking fees and traffic isn't bad and the public transportation is almost as bad as Toledo and you need a car.
Chicago I normally fly if it's for business and I'm travelling solo seeing how expensive it is to park and how bad traffic is and they have great public transit. Delta also offers service to Midway. Easy train ride to the loop from either airport. I prefer to fly into Midway. Flying out I prefer O'Hare, if my flight ends up delaying on Delta you can get on an American or United flight non-stop back to Detroit and there are plenty of restaurants and a Delta lounge if you want to wait around on the delayed flight. Midway you are screwed since Southworst doesn't have an agreement with Delta and there is nothing to do at that airport.
posted by classylady on Nov 14, 2017 at 12:48:41 pm #
Flying through O'Hare isn't a big deal but as others have said a destination itself is a problem at the moment with all of the construction going on there. Wife and I flew to Chicago two years ago and stayed out by the airport and rode the blue line into downtown...wasn't a terrible experience.
For those wanting to see Delta back to Atlanta, would need to support this to Charlotte first. The only way to get Delta to respond is if they have their pocketbook get hit. Delta really has paired back their DTW - Southeast nonstop offerings and trying to drive everyone through Atlanta, so why not make your connection in Charlotte out of Toledo instead?


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- n. surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
- n. the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The act of amputating; esp. the operation of cutting off a limb or projecting part of the body.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of amputating; especially, the operation of cutting off a limb or other part of the body, or a portion of it.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a condition of disability resulting from the loss of one or more limbs
- n. a surgical removal of all or part of a limb
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Still, the amputation is a critical moment in the story and Danny Boyle says he knew it would be a challenge for filmmaker and audience alike.
'127 Hours' Tells True Story of Man's Determination to Survive After Hiking Accident
Apparently they think the best cure for say, an amputation, is a tax cut ... posted by Shaun at
You know it's NHL playoff time when an amputation is listed as a minor groin muscle pull.
You know it's NHL playoff time when amputation is a day-to-day injury.
Many wannabes are convinced that amputation is the only possible solution to their problems, yet they have never seen a psychiatrist or a psychologist, have never tried medication, have never read a scientific paper about their problems.
And finally, there are "true" apotemnophiles, whose desire for amputation is less about sex than about identity.
He caught the word amputation, and he knew they were talking about his arm.
a new limb on to a patient who has undergone an amputation, is far from being original.
KYLE MAYNARD: Well, I was born with a disorder known as congenital amputation, which is just shortened limbs.
If even then, after such treatment for months, no improvement could be noticed but rather that the general state of health was reduced, nothing remained to be done excepting an operation, by which all the diseased parts of the knee-joint were removed, or amputation, that is, the taking off of the diseased limb.

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Christina Milian, who turns the big 3-0 Monday, September 26th, recently opened up about the challenges of balancing her career with being a single mami.
"With the career that I have, it's very spontaneous. You never know when a job is going to pop up [and] where you're going to be, so it could be a challenge to figure out traveling with the baby or who's around that can help me out," she admitted. "I have a nanny, thank God, so she has made my life a lot easier."
Not all mamis have the advantage of having a helping hand in the form of a nanny, but there is something comforting in knowing that every single mother struggles to find balance—even celebrities!
Here's an ode to some of our fave ladies raising babies on their own.
1. Single Moms: Christina Milian
Single Mami: CHRISTINA MILIAN
Children: A baby girl named Violet
Christina became the proud mama to her beautiful baby girl Violet Madison Nash on February 26th, 2010. It is her first and only child with her ex-husband, music producer The-Dream (aka Terius Nash). The couple divorced shortly after the birth of their daughter when compromising photos surfaced of Nash frolicking on the beach with his assistant. "There's a certain responsibility that I carry being a mom that makes me feel very confident and so blessed," Milian told us. "Being a mom is the best thing that's ever happened to me."
2. Single Moms: Sofia Vergara
Single Mami: SOFIA VERGARA
Children: A son named Manolo
Sofia Vergara had a son when she was just 20 years old. Manolo is her only child from her first marriage to her childhood sweetheart, whom she divorced shortly after. Manolo is now entering college and Sofia has spoken about how hard it has been to see him grow up and move out. "Manolo thinks I'm crazy now, wait until he goes away to college next year," Vergara said. "I'm going to have a heart attack!"
3. Single Moms: Christina Aguilera
Single Mami: CHRISTINA AGUILERA
Children: A little boy named Max
Christina Aguilera had her little bundle of joy named Max Liron (Liron means "my song" in Hebrew) on January 12, 2008. Aguilera was happily married to her husband Jordan Bratman at the time. But since then, their relationship has soured. Christina filed for divorce in October of last year, but insists that her baby's happiness is what matter most in her life. "It wasn't good for us, and it wasn't good for Max to witness our arguments. Children can feel when things aren't right at home."
4. Single Moms: Helena Christensen
Single Mami: HELENA CHRISTENSEN
Children: A son named Mingus Lucien Reedus.
Half-Peruvian super model Helena Christensen had a baby boy with actor Norman Reedus on October 13, 1999. "He's all that matters," she has said of her son, Mingus. "He's my best friend." Though she no longer stalks the catwalk, this mami stays busy launching fashion lines and magazines and taking care of her now 11-year-old son. And abuelita makes sure she throws down in the kitchen for the family, "I cook almost every day. My mother, who is from Peru, has taught me a lot of great dishes."
5. Single Moms: Shar Jackson
Single Mami: SHAR JACKSON
Children: Four children; Donnie, Cassie, Kori and Kaleb.
Part-Puerto Rican and Mexican actress Shar Jackson is best known for being the jilted other woman in the Britney Spears/Kevin Federline debacle. But what some people don't know is that she wasn't the only one the back-up dancer was leaving behind. The couple also had two children, a daughter Kori, born July 31, 2002, and a son, Kaleb, born July 20, 2004. She also has two older kids Donnie, 14, and Cassie, 12 from a former relationship with her high school sweetheart. "I have so much fun with my kids," Jackson has said. "We laugh all day long together."
6. Single Moms: Kelis
Single Mami: KELIS
Children: A baby boy named Knight.
Half-Puerto Rican singer Kelis gave birth to her only son with rapper Nas on july 22, 2009. The little boy, named Knight, was born shortly after the couple filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. After surviving a marathon three-day (!) labor, Kelis made the announcement via Twitter, "Ok so I did it, he's 7.8 pounds of the greatest stuff on earth…I was in labor for 3 of the longest most painful days of my life. I don't understand when women say they don't remember giving birth…I will remember for the rest of my life. He's kinda perfect btw."
7. Single Moms: Dayanara Torres
Single Mami: DAYANARA TORRES
Children: Two sons, Cristian and Ryan.
Dayanara Torres has two sons from her former marriage to singer Marc Anthony. The couple always had a rocky relationship and they separated twice before Torres finally filed for divorce in January of 2004. Cristian Anthony Muñiz was born February 5, 2001 and Ryan Anthony Muñiz was born on August 16, 2003. After the split, Dayanara was inspired to write the self-help book Married To Me: How Committing To Myself Led to Triumph After Divorce when she failed to find any literature to help her through the painful period in her life. Of being a single mom, Torres said, "It's difficult trying to balance it all, but I'm doing it.


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As World War II was ending, the US, Britain and the Soviet Union agreed that each should occupy part of the divided Germany. This occupation would be coordinated and administered from one location, Berlin, which itself would be segmented into occupied zones. The Soviet Red Army was the first to arrive in Berlin in April 1945, prompting Hitler's suicide and the surrender of the German high command. Russian generals refused to allow Allied troops into the capital for two months. During this time, Soviet soldiers engaged in an orgy of murder, looting and sexual violence (as many as 400,000 Berlin girls and women were subjected to rape). American and British military personnel were permitted to enter the German capital in July, when they began setting up their discrete zones in Berlin's west and south-west. Weeks later they were joined by the French, who occupied a small quadrant in the north-west. The Soviets controlled almost all of Berlin's eastern half.
The Allied occupation forces were shocked by the devastation in Berlin. The city had almost no means of sustaining itself. Berlin produced only two per cent of its food requirements; the rest had to be shipped in from rural areas. Food supplies were exhausted and thousands of Berliners were starving. Months of heavy bombing had destroyed buildings, factories, homes and critical infrastructure. All of Berlin's 87 sewage networks had been destroyed, spoiling drinking water supplies and spreading diseases like typhus and dysentery. Hospitals, railways and roads had been decimated by bombing and artillery. Many had long since fled the city, fearing the advancing Soviet troops, causing Berlin's population to drop from 4.6 million in 1944 to 2.8 million in mid-1945.
Roger R. Miller, historian
The Allied-controlled sections of Berlin were enclaves, located in the heart of the Soviet occupation zone of greater Germany. The Americans, British or French could not move men and supplies in or out of Berlin without crossing Soviet-occupied territory or airspace. This was not a concern initially, while there was considerable goodwill in Soviet-Allied relations. In 1945 Red Army commander Marshal Zhukov granted the Allies permission to use one road, one rail and one aerial route across the Soviet zone. In later negotiations the Allies were granted three twenty-mile corridors into Berlin. But these agreements were intended to be temporary. When relations began to deteriorate, the Allied presence in Berlin became irksome for the Soviet leader, who had wrongly predicted the Americans would withdraw from Berlin after a year or two.
'Perhaps we can kick them out'
In 1948 Stalin met with Wilhelm Pieck, his German henchman in the Soviet zone and the future president of East Germany. Pieck complained to Stalin that the presence of the Americans, British and French in Berlin threatened to disrupt elections scheduled for 1949. "Let's make a joint effort then," Stalin told him, "and perhaps we can kick them out". On Stalin's orders, the Soviet regime in Germany began measures to frustrate the Allies out of Berlin. Soviet troops began stopping Allied trains to check passengers and cargo, while Russian planes began entering Allied airspace over Berlin to menace planes flying in or out of the city. In April 1948 relations worsened after a Soviet fighter 'buzzed' and collided with a British commercial passenger plane, killing all fourteen people onboard. In June the Allies issued a new currency, the deutschmark, while the Soviets – preferring to prevent economic recovery in Germany – gave orders that the deutschmark not be accepted within its zone. A day later, Soviet forces began implementing a full-scale blockade of Allied zones in west Berlin. The Russians closed the land corridors, halting Allied road and rail shipments then sending them back to their originating zones. They shut down thoroughfares and services into west Berlin, closing roads, cutting telephone lines and blocking water supplies. Power lines into west Berlin from electrical stations in the Soviet zone were disconnected. By late June, the Allied sectors of Berlin were almost completely blockaded; only the air routes remained open.
Many in the American government now considered that remaining in Berlin was untenable. The Americans had only 9,000 troops stationed in Berlin and another 110,000 in Bizonia, compared to more than one million Russians in the Soviet zone, so military options were ruled out. Berlin's allied zones had only five weeks' of food stores and six weeks' of coal remaining as of the end of June. Given that the USSR had signed an agreement guaranteeing three flight paths into Berlin from Bizonia, an airlift of food, coal, gasoline and machinery was the only means of re-supply. But an airlift to keep Berlin fed and fuelled would be a monumental task, given that it would need to move 5,000 tons of cargo per day – and the largest American plane carried barely four tons. It would require thousands of flights each week and cost millions of dollars. There was also the risk that the Soviets would breach their agreement of 1945 and attack cargo planes. Yet despite these difficulties, the Berlin airlift was authorised and began in the final week of June. Some significant facts about the airlift include:
'Flights to freedom'
Some significant facts about the airlift include:
- The Berlin airlift was code-named Operation Vittles and was overseen by US Air Force General Curtis Le May. The operation would use almost 700 planes and 12,000 personnel from the US, Britain, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
- A study by the Allied command determined that the minimum daily ration needed for the two million people of west Berlin required 646 tons of flour and wheat, 125 tons of cereal, 64 tons of fat, 109 tons of meat and fish, 180 tons of potatoes, 180 tons of sugar, 11 tons of coffee, 19 tons of powdered milk, five tons of real milk for children, 144 tons of vegetables, 38 tons of salt and 10 tons of cheese – a total of around 1,540 tons.
- In addition to food, the airlift shifted more than 1.5 million tons of coal and four million litres of gasoline. Among the more unusual items carried in the airlift: gigantic rolls of newsprint for Allied Berlin's newspapers and two million seedlings to replace trees destroyed during the war.
- There were more than 277,000 separate flights, the first on June 26th. In total Allied planes flew more than 92 million miles – almost the distance required to travel to Mars and back. Allied commanders routinely shortened launch timings, safety and inspection procedures in order to fly more cargo runs. One general aimed to achieve 1,440 Berlin landings per day – one for each minute of the day – a figure that was finally achieved in August 1948.
- The airlift was a challenge for pilots and aircrew. Not only were crews required to battle fatigue by flying several sorties each day, conditions were often extremely difficult. Berlin's airports were prone to fog and low cloud, while the approach to Templehof airport in the US zone required pilots to fly between high-rise apartment buildings. Planes were often loaded to or just over their cargo limit, which made them notoriously difficult to take off and handle. Twenty-five Allied planes crashed during the airlift, killing 70 pilots and crew.
- The airlift began slowly, averaging just 90 tons of supplies a day in its first week. Following the arrival of new planes, these figures rose to 1000 tons per day in the second week. The record single-day tonnage was set in a 24-hour period during Easter 1949, when Allied planes transported just under 13,000 tons of supplies.
- The citizens of west Berlin offered to assist with the unloading of landed planes, in return for extra food rations. As the airlift progressed, these volunteer crews became very fast (at one point, twelve men unloaded a ten-ton cargo of coal in under six minutes). This allowed for fast turnarounds, as some Allied planes spent barely fifteen minutes on the tarmac in Berlin before returning to Bizonia for another cargo run.
Moscow relents
The pro-Soviet press in eastern Berlin mocked the Allied airlift as a futile exercise, suggesting that it would fail within days or weeks. This prediction proved wrong: in fact the Berlin airlift, much like the Marshall Plan, was an important propaganda victory for the US. One poster produced by a participating aircraft company hailed milk as the "new weapon of democracy", declaring that 2.5 million Germans were enjoying a better life due to air transport alone. The success of the airlift proved embarrassing for the Soviet Union, which in April 1949 proposed negotiations to end the blockade of Berlin. The Soviets agreed to reopen land access to the city, and at 12.01am on May 13th the first Allied train in 11 months rolled into Soviet-occupied East Germany, reaching Berlin shortly before dawn. The airlifts continued for another nine weeks, in order to build up a surplus of supplies, before they finally ceased in late July.
1. After 1945 the German capital Berlin was divided into zones, occupied by the US, Britain, France and the USSR.
2. In 1948 Stalin and the East German government resolved to force the Allies out of Berlin by denying access.
3. As Stalin tried to starve them out of Berlin, the West held firm and decided to supply its sectors by air.
4. The Berlin airlift was the largest air supply campaign ever attempted, with more than 550,000 different flights.
5. The airlift proved embarrassing for the USSR, which in April 1949 agreed to negotiations for the re-opening of Berlin. Rail access was eventually granted in May 1949 and supply flights continued until late July 1949.
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It's legendarily tough, it's held at a generally miserable time of year and it's a byword for hurt and suffering on inappropriate bikes. Yup, the Three Peaks cyclocross race has been and gone once again, with hundreds of competitors taking on 38 miles of mixed riding and pushing, 1,524m of climbing and the Ingleborough, Whernside and Pen Y Ghent.
Three Peaks newbie Martin Boddy decided to take it on…
"I once worked in a 'local bike shop' where people went to hang out amongst bikes and bike stuff. The shop sold all kinds of bikes, mountain bikes, road bikes, time trial bikes. If you looked nearer the back you would see cyclocross frames too.
Each summer a few customers would ask, "you doing the Three Peaks?". I had no idea what the Three Peaks Cyclocross Challenge was. I had heard of cyclocross (or "cross") though.
Of course I had road bikes and mountain bikes but I'd managed to resist the "do everything", "this year they'll be massive", "commuter-cum-road-cum-MTB" 'cross bike. Aren't they a bit niche? And don't they look gawky…?
It was those customers that drew me in. They were not the roady poseurs or the Hope-obsessed weekend warriors. They weren't young or old. But they were happy to talk about the Three Peaks. They made it sound like I'd been missing out.
So I got hold of a cross bike and instantly felt the same elation as shifting from road bikes to mountain bikes. And when I found out my Three Peaks entry was successful, I could imagine the colossal parent of fate, gripping my saddle, and shoving me onwards.
Seven a.m. on the last Sunday of September. I'm opening the van back doors to reveal mist, wet tarmac and sheep tucked in against dry stone walls. I hear more vehicles arriving. I get dressed and go out.
Helwith Bridge is a T-junction next to a stone bridge. There's a pub and some houses dotted around, and you'd be able to cycle straight past in about ten seconds. But not this morning… it's thronging with bobble hats, down jackets and lycra. All the participants seem to know what's happening, and they've clearly been here before. I sign on then go off to look for people who are meant to be here.
The start line is at the foot of the bridge, and stretches out behind with several hundred riders all bunched up ready with ten minutes to go. There's banter broadcast over a tannoy, but I can't hear whether or not rain jackets have been made mandatory. I've got mine on. It's drizzling, not cold and not warm. I'm glad I'm wearing my longs.
We're moving off. Fairly steady near the back, and spreading out nicely as we head up the road towards Horton and the turn-off for the first fell, Ingleborough.
The route is up Simon's Fell and it's known for being steep, muddy, and sudden . It's relentless. I shoulder my bike and I'm quickly too warm. I try to pass slower people on the slope by going wide. It's steep enough that you can grab onto tussocks with your free hand. Looking up I see more people in the mist. We keep moving.
Height gain brings a drop in temperature, strong winds and sideways rain. Rushing slowly upwards through the mist we're trapped in the same moment. No beginning, no end. We're all on our own.
Then there's the top. Electronic dibbing and shouting my race number then it's the descent. It's gradual, but very gusty and raining still. Soon we're below the clouds and can take in the view of the Dales. Eyes back to the ground. Ride a little, now too rocky, quickly off, push, run, jump back on, ride some, blown sideways into rocks, nearly off, recover, keep going.
There's support waiting on the tarmac at Cold Cotes. The helpers look proud for everyone, beaming smiles and shouting encouragement.
So soon we're off-road again and shouldering our bikes for Whernside. This is not like before. I think, "this is relaxing". The pace slows and our procession winds single file, up stone steps and into the mist.
When the stone path disappears we fan out and stagger upwards at our own pace. The gusts point my bike like a weather vane. The isolation brought by loud wind and thick fog gives this an allegorical or biblical feel. We're struggling around a giant loop, to end up at the start. My brothers are isolated too. We all die alone….
Topping Whernside, we squint against hailstones coming from the opposite direction to before. It's very windy and even flat sections of footpath are impossible to ride. To the right looms a wet, grey void.
A peaty, boggy descent brings us out onto tarmac and crowds of supporters. Stung out down the road, we push on in twos and threes. I ask a neighbour, "how far have we got on this road?". He says, "I don't know. My mind is blank". My mood is shifting too. Not to full-on bonk, but the beginning, the sudden, irrational annoyance that warns me to eat soon, very soon.
On the Horton road, by the railway, is a farmhouse with a sign offering teas and food. Without a thought I'm already off the bike and running to the front door. Inside is the caramel shortcake and the fruitcake that gets me up and down Pen-y-Ghent. I return later with money and thanks.
Pen-y-Ghent starts as soon as we turn off the road. A cart track winds up a fair way, and those with low gearing and calf muscles left can ride much of the ascent. Meanwhile fast riders are already flying down the other side of the track. Stewards shout "rider down" quickly followed by a rattle and flash. Near the summit however, everyone succumbs and shoulders their bike to the top.
For me, self doubt waits in the mist on Pen-y-Ghent. "So what if I give up?". "I chose to do this, it's my choice now". "This is exceptional weather, everyone will understand". "There's always next year". "I was feeling the bonk". I'm starting to imagine a clean, dry duvet…
Then in the mist appears a volunteer handing out water, he's saturated, bloody hero. He says it's ten minutes to the top. I think that was a lie. But it got me there. More electronic dibbing and shouting of race numbers.
And back down. Riding through tussocky, wet grass I go over the bars again, but it still makes me laugh. Cantis just not working in the grit and the water. But I'm feeling better: downhill is more rewarding and I'm dropping below cloud for the last time. But downhill is less energetic and I'm not warm at all. I look at the other faces going uphill, and keep my mouth shut. What's to be said? They're on their own too.
Back through a swollen ford (it's got to be three feet deep by now) and onto the tarmac to Helwith Bridge. It's going to be okay. I watch someone shifting their rear mech. with their foot. Turn right then left over the bridge, loud tannoy and cheers, under the finish banner…
…and wait to be dibbed. Get given your time, medal and T-shirt, then it's clean clothes, food, people and a brew. Drive out of Helwith Bridge, more traffic, then motorways. About an hour down the M1 I saw two cross bikes on a van, and then they were gone.
Arthur Miller's "A View from a Bridge" describes an obsession leading to humiliation and self destruction. The Three Peaks isn't like that. But it is dramatic. It's a time and a place that some people are passionate about."
Men's Overall:
|Robert Jebb
|Team Hope Factory Racing
|Paul Oldham
|Team Hope Factory Racing
|Nick Craig
|Scott UK
Women's Overall:
|Victoria Wilkinson
|Team JD Cycles Ilkley
|Louise Robinson
|Astrid Wingler
|London Phoenix CC
Full results can be found here and it's worth heading over to the Three Peaks Cyclocross site to find out more about the race.
Thanks to the talented Sam Needham for the photographs.
If you like 'cross, then Issue 78 (out December) will contain a special Cyclocross supplement for the muddy winter months. To subscribe (and get a free T-shirt for Direct Debit customer) head here…
For history fans, here's an exchange between the founder of the Rough Stuff Fellowship and the first organisers of the race. Our favourite line has got to be "we very much doubt if there are thirty riders in the country who will be prepared to climb three 2,500ft peaks"…
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WASHINGTON - Pentagon officials said Thursday they have found three more people who recall an intelligence chart that identified Sept. 11 mastermind Mohamed Atta as a terrorist one year before the attacks on New York and Washington. But they have been unable to find the chart or other evidence that it existed.
Last month, two military officers, Army Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer and Navy Capt. Scott Philpott, went public with claims that a secret unit code-named Able Danger used data mining - searching large amounts of data for patterns - to identify Atta in 2000. Shaffer has said three other Sept. 11 hijackers also were identified.
In recent days Pentagon officials have said they could not yet verify or disprove the assertions by Shaffer and Philpott. On Thursday, intelligence officials provided the first extensive briefing for reporters on the outcome of their interviews with people associated with Able Danger and their review of documents.
They said they interviewed at least 80 people over a three-week period and found three, besides Philpott and Shaffer, who said they remember seeing a chart that either mentioned Atta by name as an al-Qaida operative or showed his photograph. Four of the five recalled a chart with a pre-9/11 photo of Atta; the other person recalled only a reference to his name.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-West Virginia, already the oldest member of Congress at 87, is expected to announce next week that he will run for a ninth Senate term.
"He has every intention to seek re-election," Byrd spokesman Tom Gavin confirmed Thursday. "But I'm going to let the senator make his own announcement."
In an e-mail to supporters of the Democrat's re-election, the chairman of Friends of Robert C. Byrd, Ned Rose, said Byrd will make his announcement next week.
At least three Republicans have announced plans to seek the nomination for Byrd's seat.
A new theory proposes that mad cow disease may have come from feeding British cattle meal contaminated with human remains infected with a variation of the disease.
The hypothesis, outlined this week in the Lancet medical journal, suggests the infected cattle feed came from the Indian subcontinent, where bodies sometimes are ceremonially thrown into the Ganges River.
Indian experts not connected with the research pointed out weaknesses in the theory but agreed it should be investigated.
The cause of the original case or cases of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy, is unknown, but it belongs to a class of illnesses called transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSEs.
WASHINGTON - The FBI decided Thursday to stop tests that match bullets by lead content, a practice criticized as producing a high rate of false matches between crime scene bullets and bullets taken from suspects.
The bureau said it was informing 300 state, local and foreign law enforcement agencies that had received positive match reports from the FBI Laboratory since 1966. The FBI said it had not determined those results were wrong but informed them so they could take whatever action they deem appropriate.
Criminal defense attorneys have contended that re-evaluation of these tests could affect some convictions on appeal.
LOS ANGELES - From a lofty perch atop a Martian hill, NASA's Spirit rover has been taking in a commanding view of a vast horizon since completing a difficult climb to the summit late last month.
On Thursday, scientists released the first full-color panoramic picture of the landscape taken by the rover from its lookout point, showing the rover's tracks in the dust, flat plains of the surrounding Gusev Crater region.
The solar-powered Spirit's yearlong ascent to the peak of Husband Hill - part of the low-ranging Columbia Hills - was a major feat for the six-wheel rover, which along with its twin, Opportunity, landed on opposite sides of Mars in January 2004.
The rover reached the 270-foot-high summit - about the height of the Statue of Liberty - on Aug. 21.
WASHINGTON - A federal commission hunting for ways to slow increases in Medicaid's price tag on Thursday recommended letting states increase co-payments on some expensive drugs as well as several accounting changes in the program.
In most cases, beneficiaries of the nation's health care program for the poor face a maximum $3 co-payment on drugs and other services. But the commission suggested states be allowed to increase this fee on some drugs when a cheaper option is available.
This will encourage patients to choose the less expensive drug, ultimately saving Medicaid an estimated $2-billion over five years, the commission's report said.
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I filled my 1988 Subaru XT with e85. I have been using premium since then and all the e85 was used up but there are still problems. The car not going over a certain speed limit, changes from day to day (usually 45-55 mps). When I try to go over that speed limit by giving it more gas, the car goes slower. The last time I drove it the car wouldn't go over 15 mph and stalled many times. I barely got it home and it wouldn't start back up.
I have contacted a few auto repair businesses and have received varying responses:
- I should start with replacing the spark plugs (probably fouled)
- Might be frozen because of the higher water content of e85
- Since I already ran a few tanks of premium gas through it since the e85, the e85 is probably not the problem
- Probably need all new injectors, fuel pump, etc.
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Get Ahead reader Dhananjay Banthia's stock market success mantras.
The understanding of the 7 Ps of marketing is imperative for every management student. Likewise the 7 Ps of stock market investing will give investors a deep insight into portfolio management and help them win over the volatile stock market.
Every game has got its own set of rules that have to be followed. Likewise investing in stocks also calls for few basic points that investors need to keep in mind in order to ensure they make a fortune.
1. Price
If you don't understand the importance of price then you have to pay a heavy price for it: Anonymous.
This rule is universal in stock market investment. We use price in two terms: Is it the right level to enter or exit the stock? Is it over valued or under valued at this level? Few basic indicators that can help you answer the above mentioned question would be: 52 week high and low, PE multiple, peers stock valuation, company fundamentals, overall market sentiment and news specific to the particular counter.
Secondly, value buying or growth buying involves asking questions like: are we betting on stocks that are on seventh heaven (growth stocks) or are we betting on stocks that have been beaten down (value stocks), but still we can see light at the end of the tunnel?
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2. Portfolio tracking
Track, else you will be out of track: Anonymous
It is a must kind of thing for those investing in stocks. Portfolio review exercise helps you do the re-balancing act. In case few stocks in your kitty are not able to deliver may be because of stock-specific news affecting those counters, then you can do the churning, and switch to better picks.
A monthly review is always called for given the current ping-pong movement in the capital markets.
Like entering at right price is important, the same way exiting at the right price is also called for.
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3. Profit booking
Set your goals, stop being greedy: Anonymous
Define your desired level of return from equity investment and book profit, rather than waiting for few extra bucks and then sitting on bench for indefinite period to reach the same point.
A return of 15 to 18 per cent over a span of one year is handsome. If stocks in your kitty touch these levels proportionally at any given point of time within a year of investment do exit if a situation calls for it (based on market sentiment). Do not wait for further uptrend as we may see profit booking or trend reversal happening.
The year 2008 was a perfect example. I saw people gaining 30 to 40 per cent still they kept on holding the portfolio for extra gains, and the rest is history.
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4. Professional recommendation
Before entering into any stock for investment purpose with a medium or long-term time horizon, do take professional advice. They can provide you a basket of options to choose from; a professional can provide you tailor made solution to suit your goals.
As per an old saying 'ask for suggestion from every corner and take your own decision'.
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5. Patience
It pays rich dividends. Equity investments do call for patience. In case the market goes through a rough phase, keep your calm. Fundamentally sound stocks will deliver handsome returns over a longer time horizon. Don't worry about the jerks that market gives if the stocks in your kitty are fundamentally rock solid.
They will bounce back for sure. Investing in stock market does have the potential to deliver better return vis a vis any other financial instruments. Keep holding fundamentally sound jewels; they will definitely bring you fortune.
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6. Priorities
Investing in stocks is all about priorities. I guess we all have seen the catchy line after every equity market investment ad that says, 'subject to market risk'. Equity as an avenue of investment can give handsome returns. Ensure your investments are made out of your opportunity money.
The real question is what is opportunity money. Simple: the answer to the same is money that is left over after fulfilling personal commitment and basic savings.
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7. Power to you
The Securities and Exchange Board of India, SEBI, have taken up various initiatives for investor right protection. Have an idea about dos and don'ts; it will help you protect yourself in case of any fraudulent practice by your broker.
Always ensure that you keep your stock in your own account, rather than keeping the same in the broker's pool account.
I hope these 7 Ps of investing in stocks prove informative to you and offer a solid pathway to follow in equity market.
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If the Cubs decide to place advertising signage on the large green boards erected in the Wrigley Field bleachers, as expected, it's unlikely to be subjected to landmark review.
"We looked at the landmark ordinance and don't think it would be covered," said Jim Peters, president of Landmark Illinois, the Chicago-based historic preservation advocacy group. "The chain-link fence is listed as a 'non-contributing element' (to Wrigley's landmark status)."


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Skip to comments.Calif. lawmakers resume marathon budget session
Posted on 02/16/2009 2:21:04 PM PST by SmithL
Sacramento, Calif. (AP) --
California lawmakers were trying again Monday to approve a $42 billion budget-balancing plan state leaders say is needed to stave off fiscal calamity, but they appeared to be one vote short of passage.
The state Senate and Assembly reconvened after a marathon weekend session that produced some last-minute fireworks but no agreement on the most contentious part of the plan $14.4 billion in higher taxes.
Lawmakers have been trying to pass a combination of spending cuts, tax hikes and additional borrowing negotiated by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and party leaders. The Republican governor and legislative leaders from both parties warn that California faces insolvency unless the Legislature enacts a midyear budget fix.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Ha, they thought they had the votes last week. What a bunch of assclowns.
Going to listen now to the KFI 640 John & Ken show, they might have some inside info what's going on.
From the WSJ article, Why does this sound familiar.
"Darrell Steinberg, the Democrat state senate leader, expressed confidence that another Republican senator would join two Republicans who have committed to vote with the Democratic majority in approving a budget that would raise taxes and cut spending."
So I get a 5% increase in my income tax?!
I just got a 10% pay cut!!! WTF!!!!!!
It'll face insolvency if it continues to try to fund everything under the sun- even during times of recession, and sooner if taxes are raised.
What Steinberg and Bass haven't done is put pressure on the dems to cut as they should, making the republicans targets of public outrage. Very political, very chickensh*t, but perfectly democrat- ie. stupid little bitches.
Look, if you're leading the majority and can't or won't seek concessions from your members and this thing goes on this long- you've clearly demonstrated you are NOT a leader, pro tem or otherwise. In the corporate world, your ass would have been tossed so fast your head would spin, guaranteed. Can you imagine being a project manager and mucking-up this long to get a job done in the private sector? Forget about it! These two losers couldn't manage a McDonalds or a 7-11.
And, it's not like they have anything to lose: this state is so liberal they could cut taxes, services, and a host of other things and Still get re-elected. They could balance the budget on cuts alone and still be heroes tomorrow.
Today's democrat is nothing like yesterday's democrat. The Old democrats built highways and water projects that helped all of California- not just some constituent group. They cared about the health of the State and found ways to improve the quality of life by making major investments in infrustructure.
What we have today are socialists who only know how to take money from one group, and pass-out checks to the other. They have no vision other than to get re-elected by braindead zombies who'll gladly vote for them as long as they get a check in their hand.
I used to think there was some master plan to bring down capitalism via a Chavezian populist scheme to reward socialists alone, but no longer. What we have here are stupid people. Inept people. Unqualified to the nth degree people. Unmotivated people. Lazy people. Way beyond their pay-grade people. Politics was my only hope, people.
Worst still, they're in charge of the wagon train, headed for the Donner Pass, and don't even care. Worst yet, the wagon master is too busy making snow-angels to notice.
Don't forget the increase in sales tax.... and gas tax.
When they force everyone out of business, and no one has jobs, and folks lose their homes and have no money to pay taxes,
will they suggest more tax increases to "solve" the problem?
They are clueless in Sacramento.
The msnpatriot account is apparently new to the California topic.
Dear patriot: The Austrian is for the tax hike.
There are only two significant funding issues before the legislature and neither party wants to discuss either one:
1) Illegal Mexican immigrants and their progeny
2) Prop 98
On the other side of the coin sits a Republican state senator who is willing to go along with unlimited tax increases if the legislature will simply hand control of the state to an emerging cultural group through a single, non-partisan election process. Any guess as to which cultural group Senator Maldanado is fronting?
Arnold should be questioned and criticized on his support of the increased taxes in the Mainstream Media, and campaign promises. He is conveniently being lumped in with Democrat support for the budget by them.
Arnold is included in the KFI 640 John & Ken Tax Revolt.
***why Arnold and the Republicans against this aren't out there complaining publicly
The msnpatriot account is apparently new to the California topic.
Dear patriot: The Austrian is for the tax hike.***
Why are people not protesting about this crap?!
Jesus, it rains and there is a protest about it...
Get on the phone and tell them NO!
Arnold is not against it. He is leading the charge FOR it and maligning the Republicans who dare to oppose it.
Going to listen now to the KFI 640 John & Ken show, they might have some inside info what's going on.
Or, you could just read one of the hundreds of FR threads with keyword: calbudget.
Dear Patriot;
1) California's Austrian interloper has the full faith and support of the California Republican Party. He will not be criticized or questioned by the party apparatus. See the FlashReport for confirmation.
2) Not only does the Austrian support a tax increase, but this time around, the governor, not the Democrats, proposed the tax increases .... and the borrowing.
3) California's Democrats are like restless children. Then can be managed by responsible adults. California's governor, however, a classic Europen liberal, married to the US's first liberal family is the problem. Replace the Austrian with a reasonable adult and California is on its way to improved financial health.
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Nothing says "Yum!" like a bit of nomenclatural confusion. Especially with a side of near extinction.
But that's what you get once you venture down the culinary path with bison, an alternative red meat showing up at more and more grocers nationwide. And these massive shaggy creatures are such a delicious - and good for us - meat, it's worth sorting it all out.
So let's start with the name. The critter you know as the American buffalo really isn't a buffalo at all. Turns out there are only a few types of buffalo in the world (including the Asian water buffalo and African Cape buffalo). The American buffalo (technically a bison) is more closely related to your run-of-the-mill cow.
Bison meat (which is raised without hormones or antibiotics) can be incredibly tender and flavorful, with a sweet, rich beefy flavor.
It also happens to be amazingly lean, packing fewer calories and less fat than beef and even skinless chicken.
That low-fat profile comes with a price, however. Like any lean meat, bison has a tendency to cook quickly, so quickly it's easy to overcook it. That is why bison has a reputation for being tough. It isn't. If you have bison that is tough, that just means it was overcooked.
Though bison is available in most of the same cuts as traditional beef, the most common varieties at grocers are ground and steaks.
You can use bison much as you would beef. The trick is to modify the cooking method (rather than the flavors or other ingredients) to account for the leanness.
Seared bison with sage and gnocchi
Start to finish: 15 minutes
Servings: 6
1-pound package gnocchi pasta
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
Pinch red pepper flakes
1½ pounds bison steak, thinly sliced across the grain
¼ cup chopped fresh sage
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Salt and ground black pepper
Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the gnocchi and cook according to package directions. Reserve ¼ cup of the cooking water, then drain the gnocchi and set aside.
In a large skillet over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes, then saute the garlic for 30 seconds.
Add the steak and sear on each side for about one minute. Don't crowd the pan or the steak will steam rather than sear. If needed, work in batches.
Once the steak is seared, add the sage and cooked gnocchi. Cook for 30 seconds, then add the Parmesan. Drizzle in just enough of the reserved cooking water to form a sauce with the melted cheese. Toss, then season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 360 calories; 90 calories from fat (26 percent of total calories); 10 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 80 mg cholesterol; 32 g carbohydrate; 34 g protein; 2 g fiber; 640 mg sodium.
J.M. Hirsch is the national food editor for The Associated Press. Follow him on Twitter: @jm_hirsch.


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Why Can't Big Government Launch a Website? 786
MarkWhittington writes "Glenn Reynolds, the purveyor of Instapundit, asked the pertinent question, 'If big government can put a man on the moon, why can't it put up a simple website without messing it up?' The answer, as it turns out, is a rather simple one. The Apollo program, that President John F. Kennedy mandated to put a man on the moon and return him to the Earth, was a simple idea well carried out for a number of reasons. The primary one was that Congress did not pass a 1,800 or so page bill backed up by a mind-numbing amount of regulations mandating how NASA would do it. The question of how to conduct the lunar voyages was left up to the engineers at NASA and the aerospace industry at the time. The government simply provided the resources necessary to do the job and a certain degree of oversight. Imagine if President Obama had stated, 'I believe the nation should commit itself to the goal of enabling all Americans to access affordable health insurance' but then left the how to do it to some of the best experts in health care and economics without partisan interference."


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Camila O'Gorman (Susú Pecoraro) defies her prominent and politically-connected Buenos Aires family by publicly criticizing the Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas. When she meets Father Ladislao Gutierrez (Imanol Arias), who preaches against the dictator's death squads from his pulpit, she falls deeply in love with the man of God, further outraging her father, Adolfo (Héctor Alterio). Hounded by both the church and the state, the couple must decide to flee or to stand their moral ground.


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Looking for an early Mother's Day treat? The Museum of Glass is offering a special extended fused glass workshop this Saturday, during which you can create a 9×7-inch glass tile to give as a wall hanging, decorative plate or a trivet.
The workshop will be led by local artist Kéké Cribbs, who will explain the science behind fusing and micro-mosaic, and guide participants in the use of fusing techniques and materials, including decorative murrini, custom cut shapes, stenciling and stamping. Tiles will be fired overnight and shipped to participants' homes.
Workshop times are 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. and 2-5 p.m. Cost is $150, including museum admisttion, shipping and a 10 per cent discount coupon for the museum café. Pre-registration is required: call 253-284-4719. www.museumofglass.org