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INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7605, 'Boeing board adds former Continental Chairman Kellner', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/10/04/boeing-board-adds-former-continental-chairman-kellner/', 'Boeing&amp;#8217;s board has added former Continental Airlines Chairman and CEO Larry Kellner, the company announced Tuesday. Kellner, 52, is president of Emerald Creek Group, a private equity firm based in Houston. He joined all-Boeing Continental in 1995 as CFO, and was chairman and CEO from 2004 through 2009, before Continental and United announced a merger [...]', '2011-10-16T01:10:52+02:00', 'Boeing/Airbus corporate', 'boeing board adds continental chairman kellner boeing board added continental airlines chairman ceo larry kellner company announced tuesday kellner 52 president emerald creek group private equity firm based houston joined boeing continental 1995 cfo chairman ceo 2004 2009 continental united announced merger');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7606, 'Museum of Flight hosting 787 Day', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/10/03/museum-of-flight-hosting-787-day/', 'UPDATE: More details added below. Don&amp;#8217;t know what to do with yourself now that Boeing has finally delivered the first 787 Dreamliner? Head on down to Seattle&amp;#8217;s Museum of Flight from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday for 787 Day. Visitors can see the 787 in the museum&amp;#8217;s parking lot for free from 10 a.m. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:10:53+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'museum flight hosting 787 day update details added don t know boeing finally delivered 787 dreamliner head seattle museum flight 10 5 pm sunday 787 day visitors 787 museum parking lot free 10');
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INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7609, 'Comment on Alaska Airlines launching Seattle-Kansas City service by Seattle Commercial Real Estate News of the Day | CraigHillTeam', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/10/11/alaska-airlines-launching-seattle-kansas-city-service/comment-page-1/#comment-4345', '[...] Alaska Airlines launching Seattle-Kansas City service [...]', '2011-10-16T01:10:56+02:00', '', 'alaska airlines launching seattle kansas city service seattle commercial real estate news day | craighillteam alaska airlines launching seattle kansas city service');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7610, 'Comment on American Airlines to retire Boeing 757s by American to trim flights amid wave of pilot retirements | Solo Cruises', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/10/10/american-airlines-to-retire-boeing-757s/comment-page-1/#comment-4336', '[...] for a reductions in AA&rsquo;s 757 fleet, a Seattle Post-Intelligencer says a airline might be doing so &ldquo;in expectation of a smoothness of a initial Airbus A320 [...]', '2011-10-16T01:10:56+02:00', '', 'american airlines retire boeing 757s american trim flights amid wave pilot retirements | cruises reductions aaâ€™s 757 fleet seattle post intelligencer says airline doing â€œin expectation smoothness initial airbus a320');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7611, 'Comment on Arik Air becomes third airline to order Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental by Anonymous', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/10/06/arik-air-becomes-third-airline-to-order-boeing-747-8-intercontinental/comment-page-1/#comment-4279', '[...]  [...]', '2011-10-16T01:10:57+02:00', '', 'arik air airline order boeing 747 8 intercontinental anonymous');
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INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7613, 'Comment on Boeing 777 becomes Qatar Airways&rsquo; 100th airplane by 100th 777 delivered to Qatar Airways &ndash; Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) | Slave2Media', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/09/30/boeing-777-becomes-qatar-airways-100th-airplane/comment-page-1/#comment-4253', '[...] Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) [...]', '2011-10-16T01:10:58+02:00', '', 'boeing 777 qatar airwaysâ€™ 100th airplane 100th 777 delivered qatar airways â€“ seattle post intelligencer blog | slave2media seattle post intelligencer blog');
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INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7615, 'Comment on Cargolux reaches deal to take first Boeing 747-8 by Boeing to Delivery first 747-8F to Cargolux this Month | Airline Reporter | Blogging on the airline business', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/09/30/cargolux-reaches-deal-to-take-first-boeing-747-8/comment-page-1/#comment-4242', '[...] with Boeing. It has to do with an issue that we had with the engine manufacturer,&rdquo; Al Baker said according to the Seattle PI. &ldquo;This issue has been resolved&rdquo; subject to board [...]', '2011-10-16T01:10:59+02:00', '', 'cargolux reaches deal boeing 747 8 boeing delivery 747 8f cargolux month | airline reporter | blogging airline business boeing issue engine manufacturerâ€ baker said according seattle pi â€œthis issue resolvedâ€ subject board');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7616, 'Comment on Cargolux reaches deal to take first Boeing 747-8 by Travel News for September 30th 2011 through October 3rd 2011', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/09/30/cargolux-reaches-deal-to-take-first-boeing-747-8/comment-page-1/#comment-4241', '[...] Cargolux reaches deal to take first Boeing 747-8 | Boeing and Aerospace News &ndash; seattlepi.com &ndash;  blog.seattlepi.com - Aubrey Cohen   Boeing 747-8 Freighter launch customer Cargolux has reached a deal with engine maker GE to accept the first of the new airplanes, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker said Friday. If the airline&rsquo;s board approves the agreement next Friday, Cargolux will take delivery around Oct.12. Cargolux had been set to take the airplane on Sept.19, [...] [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:00+02:00', '', 'cargolux reaches deal boeing 747 8 travel news september 30th 2011 october 3rd 2011 cargolux reaches deal boeing 747 8 | boeing aerospace news â€“ seattlepicom â€“ blogseattlepicom aubrey cohen boeing 747 8 freighter launch customer cargolux reached deal engine maker ge accept new airplanes qatar airways ceo akbar baker said friday airlineâ€™s board approves agreement friday cargolux delivery oct12 cargolux set airplane sept19');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7617, 'Comment on Another airplane engine coffee table by Kenmore Blog.net &raquo; Kenmore Air Airplane Coffee Table', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/09/28/another-airplane-engine-coffee-table/comment-page-1/#comment-4236', '[...] Kenmore Air Airplane Coffee Tablemore at seattlepi [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:01+02:00', '', 'airplane engine coffee table kenmore blognet â» kenmore air airplane coffee table kenmore air airplane coffee tablemore seattlepi');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7618, 'Comment on Cargolux reaches deal to take first Boeing 747-8 by Cargolux now ready to take delivery of 747-8F - The Wandering Aramean', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/09/30/cargolux-reaches-deal-to-take-first-boeing-747-8/comment-page-1/#comment-4234', '[...] More commentary on the delivery updates here and here. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:01+02:00', '', 'cargolux reaches deal boeing 747 8 cargolux ready delivery 747 8f wandering aramean commentary delivery updates');
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INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7621, 'By: Airbus wins Chinese orders for 88 jets | Finance Directory', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/aerospace/2011/06/28/airbus-wins-chinese-orders-for-88-jets/comment-page-1/#comment-3596', '[...] more on seattlepi.com        Published on July 1, 2011 &middot; Filed under: Leasing; Tagged as: Airbus, Chinese, jets, [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:16+02:00', '', 'airbus wins chinese orders 88 jets | finance directory seattlepicom published july 1 2011 â· filed leasing tagged airbus chinese jets');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7622, 'Nokia to lay off thousands more, close factory and offices', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2011/09/29/nokia-to-lay-off-thousands-more-close-factory-and-offices/', 'The Associated Press reports: Nokia Corp. on Thursday announced a further 3,500 job cuts by 2012 as it strives to save costs and restructure while its global market share falls due to stiff competition in the smartphone sector. &amp;#8230; The planned layoffs are in addition to 7,000 worldwide job cuts &mdash; which Nokia announced in [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:25+02:00', 'Nokia', 'nokia lay thousands close factory offices associated press reports nokia corp thursday announced 3500 job cuts 2012 strives save costs restructure global market share stiff competition smartphone sector planned layoffs addition 7000 worldwide job cuts â€” nokia announced');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7623, 'Is Microsoft making $1 billion from mobile?', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2011/09/29/is-microsoft-making-1-billion-from-mobile/', 'There&amp;#8217;s been considerable buzz today about Goldman Sachs&amp;#8217; new estimate that Microsoft will bring in around $444 million this fiscal year by asserting patent licenses for Google Android. But could it be even more than that? Patent expert Florian Mueller, who writes extensively about the industry&amp;#8217;s ongoing smartphone lawsuits, thinks Goldman may be underestimating Microsoft&amp;#8217;s [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:25+02:00', 'Google and Android', 'microsoft making $1 billion mobile considerable buzz today goldman sachs new estimate microsoft bring $444 million fiscal year asserting patent licenses google android patent expert florian mueller writes extensively industry ongoing smartphone lawsuits thinks goldman underestimating microsoft');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7624, 'Where homes sell fastest in Seattle', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/where-homes-sell-fastest-in-seattle/', 'Homes sell faster in Seattle than in any U.S. city other than San Francisco, according to a new report. The median time a home took to sell between mid-April and mid-July 2011 was 73 days in Seattle, compared with 117 days nationwide and 59 days in San Francisco, according to an analysis that Seattle-based real [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:29+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'homes sell fastest seattle homes sell faster seattle city san francisco according new report median time home took sell mid april mid july 2011 73 days seattle compared 117 days nationwide 59 days san francisco according analysis seattle based real');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7625, 'Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/zillow-adds-mortgages-to-iphone-app/', 'Seattle-based real estate website Zillow has added its Mortgage Marketplace to its iPhone app. This means people can research, shop for and compare mortgages within the same app they use to search for homes, Zillow said. &amp;#8220;At Zillow, a significant part of our usage now comes from mobile &ndash; home shoppers are viewing more than [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:29+02:00', 'Real estate tech', 'zillow adds mortgages iphone app seattle based real estate website zillow added mortgage marketplace iphone app means people research shop compare mortgages app use search homes zillow said zillow significant usage comes mobile â€“ home shoppers viewing');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7626, 'You can buy true crime writer Ann Rule&rsquo;s house', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/04/you-can-buy-true-crime-writer-ann-rules-house/', 'Looking to break into true crime writing? Maybe you could get some needed juju from this Seattle-area house, which author Ann Rule has put on the market. &amp;#8220;Author Ann Rule is selling 2 houses for the price of one,&amp;#8221; her blog proclaims. &amp;#8220;Her writer&amp;#8217;s hideaway has 123 feet of no-bank Puget Sound waterfront, window-lined home [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:30+02:00', 'Noteworthy homes', 'buy true crime writer ann ruleâ€™s house looking break true crime writing maybe needed juju seattle area house ann rule market ann rule selling 2 houses price blog proclaims writer hideaway 123 feet bank puget sound waterfront window lined home');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7627, 'New downtown apartment tower approved', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/03/new-downtown-apartment-tower-approved/', 'Seattle planners have approved a long-planned 35-story apartment tower for Second Avenue and Pike Street. City officials actually started reviewing the plan in 2004. Developer Urban Visions revised the proposal in 2006, in response to major changes to downtown zoning rules, in 2007, when it added a Candela Hotel to the plan, and in 2009, [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:30+02:00', 'Apartments', 'new downtown apartment tower approved seattle planners approved long planned 35 story apartment tower second avenue pike street city officials actually started reviewing plan 2004 developer urban visions revised proposal 2006 response major changes downtown zoning rules 2007 added candela hotel plan 2009');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7628, 'Harborview Hall demolition OKd, but county seeking options', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/03/harborview-hall-demolition-okd-but-county-seeking-options/', 'Seattle planners Monday approved demolition of Harborview Hall, on First Hill, to make way for a new plaza. But King County, which owns Harborview, is looking at ideas to save the Art Deco building. Harborview Hall is a 10-story, 96,000-square-foot building erected in 1931 at 300 9th Ave., between Alder and Jefferson Streets. It housed [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:31+02:00', 'Architecture', 'harborview hall demolition okd county seeking options seattle planners monday approved demolition harborview hall hill make way new plaza king county owns harborview looking ideas save art deco building harborview hall 10 story 96000 square foot building erected 1931 300 9th ave alder jefferson streets housed');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7629, 'Zillow added to Russell indexes', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/30/zillow-added-to-russell-indexes/', 'Seattle-based real-estate website Zillow has been added to the Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indexes, the company announced Friday. The Russell 3000 Index takes in the largest 3000 U.S. companies, representing approximately 98 percent of the investable U.S. equity market. The Russel 2000 Index is a small-cap subset representing approximately 10 percent of the total [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:31+02:00', 'Real estate tech', 'zillow added russell indexes seattle based real estate website zillow added russell 2000 russell 3000 indexes company announced friday russell 3000 index takes largest 3000 companies representing approximately 98 percent investable equity market russel 2000 index small cap subset representing approximately 10 percent');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7630, 'Geek out on the Solar Decathlon', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/29/geek-out-on-the-solar-decathlon/', 'I just had a ton of geeky fun reviewing all the entries in this year&amp;#8217;s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, which challenges collegiate teams to design, build and operate houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, comfortable, healthy and attractive, harnessing the sun to produce at least as much energy and hot water as they consume. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:32+02:00', 'Sustainable development', 'geek solar decathlon i just geeky fun reviewing entries year department energy solar decathlon challenges collegiate teams design build operate houses cost effective energy efficient comfortable healthy attractive harnessing sun produce energy hot water consume');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7631, 'Big Ballard building, Aurora motel proposed', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/29/big-ballard-building-aurora-motel-proposed/', 'Representatives of developer AMLI residential are scheduled to present a proposed design Oct. 24 for a big new apartment building that could extend Ballard&amp;#8217;s commercial core further down Market Street. The five-story building would go at 2428 N.W. Market St., beside the Spirit gas station on the Northwest corner of 24th and Market. It would [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:32+02:00', 'Apartments', 'big ballard building aurora motel proposed representatives developer amli residential scheduled present proposed design oct 24 big new apartment building extend ballard commercial core market street story building 2428 nw market st spirit gas station northwest corner 24th market');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7632, 'Pending home sales slip from July to August', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/29/pending-home-sales-slip-from-july-to-august/', 'People struck deals to buy more homes in August than in July, but not as many more as usual, according to a new report. Pending home sales rose by 9.4 percent in real numbers, but fell 1.2 percent adjusting for typical seasonal variation, the National Association of Realtors reported Thursday. Pending deals were up 7.7 [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:33+02:00', 'Housing market', 'pending home sales slip july august people struck deals buy homes august july usual according new report pending home sales rose 94 percent real numbers fell 12 percent adjusting typical seasonal variation national association realtors reported thursday pending deals 77');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7633, 'Seattle&rsquo;s rental market tightens as developers build', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/28/seattles-rental-market-tightens-as-developers-build/', 'Seattle apartments are increasingly expensive and hard to find, according to a new report. But a building boom could change that. The average rent for an apartment in the city hit $1,165 this month, up 4.2 percent from March and 5 percent from September 2010, according to Dupre + Scott Apartment Advisors, which tracks buildings [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:33+02:00', 'Apartments', 'seattleâ€™s rental market tightens developers build seattle apartments increasingly expensive hard according new report building boom change average rent apartment city hit $1165 month 42 percent march 5 percent september 2010 according dupre scott apartment advisors tracks buildings');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7634, 'Home prices post seasonal gains, annual losses', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/27/home-prices-post-seasonal-gains-annual-losses/', 'U.S. and Seattle-area home prices rose in July from June, but were still down from a year earlier, according to a new report. The price of a typical house in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties nudged up 0.1 percent from June to July, after a 0.7 percent increase the previous months, but was down 6.4 [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:34+02:00', 'Home prices', 'home prices post seasonal gains annual losses seattle area home prices rose july june year earlier according new report price typical house king pierce snohomish counties nudged 01 percent june july 07 percent increase previous months 64');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7635, 'Parking deal clears way for North Lot project', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/22/parking-deal-clears-way-for-north-lot-project/', 'A King County parking garage will make up for space that will be lost when current parking north of CenturyLink Field is redeveloped with new homes, offices and shopping, county executive Dow Constantine announced Thursday. The offer of the King County Metro employees&amp;#8217; garage removes the last hurdle to construction in the county-owned North Lot [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:35+02:00', 'Apartments', 'parking deal clears way north lot project king county parking garage make space lost current parking north centurylink field redeveloped new homes offices shopping county executive dow constantine announced thursday offer king county metro employees garage removes hurdle construction county owned north lot');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7636, 'Find your dream vacation home online', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/22/find-your-dream-vacation-home-online/', 'Now that Seattle&amp;#8217;s 15 minutes of summer are up, you may be turning your thoughts to getting away from the coming 10-plus months of gray. Just in time, the rental-home listing site Airbnb promoted its new monthly rental feature by sending along a list of &amp;#8220;a few of the most unbelievable bachelor pads&amp;#8221; available on [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:35+02:00', 'Apartments', 'dream vacation home online seattle 15 minutes summer turning thoughts getting away coming 10 months gray just time rental home listing site airbnb promoted new monthly rental feature sending list unbelievable bachelor pads available');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7637, 'People want to buy smaller homes in cities', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/20/people-want-to-buy-smaller-homes-in-cities/', 'People still want to buy homes, although they want smaller ones closer to jobs and shops, rather than suburban mcmansions, according to a new report. &amp;#8220;Seventy percent of Americans still view home ownership as central to their American dream,&amp;#8221; Jed Kolko, chief economist for real estate company Trulia, said in discussing his company&amp;#8217;s latest American [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:36+02:00', 'Housing market', 'people want buy smaller homes cities people want buy homes want smaller ones closer jobs shops suburban mcmansions according new report seventy percent americans view home ownership central american dream jed kolko chief economist real estate company trulia said discussing company latest american');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7638, 'Curbed teams up with Zillow', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/19/curbed-teams-up-with-zillow/', 'Real estate blog network Curbed Monday added a home-search feature from Seattle-based real-estate site Zillow. &amp;#8220;We know that many of you are already using our sites for homebuying research,&amp;#8221; Curbed General Manager Joshua Albertson wrote in a blog post Monday. &amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;ve long believed that a good real estate listing makes for great content. This allows [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:36+02:00', 'Real estate tech', 'curbed teams zillow real estate blog network curbed monday added home search feature seattle based real estate site zillow know using sites homebuying research curbed general manager joshua albertson wrote blog post monday ve long believed good real estate listing makes great content allows');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7639, 'Comment on Where homes sell fastest in Seattle by What Was The Fastest Selling City on Seattle&#039;s Eastside in September, 2011? - Debra Sinick', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/where-homes-sell-fastest-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-708', '[...] Aubrey Cohen wrote an article about the fastest selling neighborhoods in Seattle, which prompted me ...&nbsp; What happens in Seattle, doesn&rsquo;t just stay in Seattle, it also happens here on the Eastside! [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:47+02:00', '', 'homes sell fastest seattle fastest selling city seattles eastside september 2011 debra sinick aubrey cohen wrote article fastest selling neighborhoods seattle prompted â  happens seattle doesnâ€™t just stay seattle happens eastside');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7640, 'Comment on Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app by Latest Iphone News | iphone', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/zillow-adds-mortgages-to-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-707', '[...] Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app Seattle-based actual estate site Zillow has added its Mortgage Marketplace to its iPhone app. This indicates men and women can analysis, shop for and compare mortgages within the exact same app they use to search for properties, Zillow stated. &ldquo;At Zillow, a substantial portion &hellip; Read much more on Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:48+02:00', '', 'zillow adds mortgages iphone app latest iphone news | iphone zillow adds mortgages iphone app seattle based actual estate site zillow added mortgage marketplace iphone app indicates men women analysis shop compare mortgages exact app use search properties zillow stated â€œat zillow substantial portion â€¦ read seattle post intelligencer blog');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7641, 'Comment on New downtown apartment tower approved by New downtown apartment tower approved | Seattle Newsy', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/03/new-downtown-apartment-tower-approved/comment-page-1/#comment-706', '[...] Seattle Post-Intelligencer Share/Bookmark [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:48+02:00', '', 'new downtown apartment tower approved new downtown apartment tower approved | seattle newsy seattle post intelligencer share/bookmark');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7642, 'Comment on Where homes sell fastest in Seattle by Ballard &amp; Seattle Sell Homes Fast | Ballard, Seattle', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/where-homes-sell-fastest-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-705', '[...] one of the fastest-selling markets, with San Francisco selling homes faster than in any U.S. city. A Seattle P.I. article reports that it takes, on average, 73 days for a home to sell in Seattle. Good job, [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:49+02:00', '', 'homes sell fastest seattle ballard & seattle sell homes | ballard seattle fastest selling markets san francisco selling homes faster city seattle pi article reports takes average 73 days home sell seattle good job');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7643, 'Comment on Where homes sell fastest in Seattle by Where homes sell fastest in Seattle &laquo; Aubrey Cohen', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/where-homes-sell-fastest-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-704', '[...] More    LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;AdOpt&quot;, &quot;1&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;Origin&quot;, &quot;other&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_bg&quot;, &quot;ffffff&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_border&quot;, &quot;f3f3f3&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_text&quot;, &quot;1c1c1c&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_link&quot;, &quot;004276&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_url&quot;, &quot;cc0000&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;LangId&quot;, &quot;1&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;Autotag&quot;, &quot;business&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;Autotag&quot;, &quot;travel&quot;); LD_AddSlot(&quot;wpcom_below_post&quot;); LD_GetBids();  Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:50+02:00', '', 'homes sell fastest seattle homes sell fastest seattle â« aubrey cohen 1 ffffff f3f3f3 1c1c1c 004276 cc0000 1 business travel ld_getbids like thislikebe like post');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7644, 'Comment on Seattle&rsquo;s rental market tightens as developers build by Seattle&rsquo;s rental market tightens as developers build &laquo; Aubrey Cohen', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/28/seattles-rental-market-tightens-as-developers-build/comment-page-1/#comment-703', '[...] More    LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;AdOpt&quot;, &quot;1&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;Origin&quot;, &quot;other&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_bg&quot;, &quot;ffffff&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_border&quot;, &quot;f3f3f3&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_text&quot;, &quot;1c1c1c&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_link&quot;, &quot;004276&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;theme_url&quot;, &quot;cc0000&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;LangId&quot;, &quot;1&quot;); LD_AddCustomAttr(&quot;Autotag&quot;, &quot;business&quot;); LD_AddSlot(&quot;wpcom_below_post&quot;); LD_GetBids();  Like this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:50+02:00', '', 'seattleâ€™s rental market tightens developers build seattleâ€™s rental market tightens developers build â« aubrey cohen 1 ffffff f3f3f3 1c1c1c 004276 cc0000 1 business ld_getbids like thislikebe like post');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7645, 'Comment on You can buy true crime writer Ann Rule&rsquo;s house by You can buy true crime writer Ann Rule&rsquo;s house | Seattle Newsy', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/04/you-can-buy-true-crime-writer-ann-rules-house/comment-page-1/#comment-702', '[...] Seattle Post-Intelligencer Share/Bookmark [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:51+02:00', '', 'buy true crime writer ann ruleâ€™s house buy true crime writer ann ruleâ€™s house | seattle newsy seattle post intelligencer share/bookmark');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7646, 'Comment on Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app by New Zillow service allows agents to advertise real estate discounts, deals &ndash; Inman.com | Realty by Zip Code', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/zillow-adds-mortgages-to-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-700', '[...] tool on mobile appVatorNewsZillow adds mortgage tool to IPhone appAIM GroupVentureBeat&nbsp;-Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)&nbsp;-TechFlash (blog)all 29 news [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:51+02:00', '', 'zillow adds mortgages iphone app new zillow service allows agents advertise real estate discounts deals â€“ inmancom | realty zip code tool mobile appvatornewszillow adds mortgage tool iphone appaim groupventurebeatâ  seattle post intelligencer blogâ  techflash blogall 29 news');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7647, 'Comment on Where homes sell fastest in Seattle by Seattle ranked 2nd in U.S. Cities Where Homes Sell the Fastest | VDB Estates | Residential Blog, News &amp; Events, Market Updates', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/where-homes-sell-fastest-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-697', '[...] CA with a median of 73 days on the market, and followed the first place city, San Francisco, CA. The Seattle P.I. followed up on the story and requested a report for the neighborhood ranking in the city of [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:52+02:00', '', 'homes sell fastest seattle seattle ranked 2nd cities homes sell fastest | vdb estates | residential blog news & events market updates median 73 days market followed place city san francisco seattle pi followed story requested report neighborhood ranking city');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7648, 'Comment on Zillow added to Russell indexes by Zillow added to Russell indexes &ndash; Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) | Insurance by State', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/09/30/zillow-added-to-russell-indexes/comment-page-1/#comment-690', '[...] Zillow added to Russell indexesSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)We have a significant growth trajectory and are laser-focused on growing Zillow&#039;s brand and business over the long-term.&rdquo; Russell Investments is a Seattle-based subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.and more&nbsp;&raquo; [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:52+02:00', '', 'zillow added russell indexes zillow added russell indexes â€“ seattle post intelligencer blog | insurance state zillow added russell indexesseattle post intelligencer blogwe significant growth trajectory laser focused growing zillows brand business long termâ€ russell investments seattle based subsidiary northwestern mutual life insurance companyand moreâ â»');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7649, 'Comment on Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app by Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app | Seattle Real Estate News &hellip; | industry, blog, iphone, app, creative, games, programming, project, various, criminalminds', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/zillow-adds-mortgages-to-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-689', '[...] more from the original source: Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app | Seattle Real Estate News &hellip;       iphone, means, means-people, mortgage, mortgage-marketplace, mortgages-within, real-estate, [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:53+02:00', '', 'zillow adds mortgages iphone app zillow adds mortgages iphone app | seattle real estate news â€¦ | industry blog iphone app creative games programming project various criminalminds original source zillow adds mortgages iphone app | seattle real estate news â€¦ iphone means means people mortgage mortgage marketplace mortgages real estate');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7650, 'Comment on Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app by Zillow adds mortgage tool to IPhone app &ndash; AIM Group | iphonegorillaz.com', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/zillow-adds-mortgages-to-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-688', '[...] $ 250kTechFlash (blog)Zillow announces expanded iPhone appMiddle East North Africa Financial NetworkZillow adds mortgages to iPhone appSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)VentureBeat&nbsp;-GeekWireall 25 news [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:53+02:00', '', 'zillow adds mortgages iphone app zillow adds mortgage tool iphone app â€“ aim group | iphonegorillazcom $ 250ktechflash blogzillow announces expanded iphone appmiddle east north africa financial networkzillow adds mortgages iphone appseattle post intelligencer blogventurebeatâ  geekwireall 25 news');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7651, 'Comment on Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app by Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app | Seattle Newsy', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/zillow-adds-mortgages-to-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-685', '[...] Seattle Post-Intelligencer Share/Bookmark [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:54+02:00', '', 'zillow adds mortgages iphone app zillow adds mortgages iphone app | seattle newsy seattle post intelligencer share/bookmark');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7652, 'Comment on Where homes sell fastest in Seattle by Seattle Commercial Real Estate News of the Day | CraigHillTeam', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/where-homes-sell-fastest-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-684', '[...] Where homes sell fastest in Seattle [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:55+02:00', '', 'homes sell fastest seattle seattle commercial real estate news day | craighillteam homes sell fastest seattle');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7653, 'Comment on Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app by BofA May Face HUD Fraud Claims for Soured Countrywide Loans | Refinance Secrets Magazine', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/10/05/zillow-adds-mortgages-to-iphone-app/comment-page-1/#comment-682', '[...] Zillow adds mortgages to iPhone app Seattle-based real estate website Zillow has added its Mortgage Marketplace to its iPhone app. This means people can research, shop for and compare mortgages within the same app they use to search for homes, Zillow said. &ldquo;At Zillow, a significant part &hellip; Read more on Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:55+02:00', '', 'zillow adds mortgages iphone app bofa face hud fraud claims soured countrywide loans | refinance secrets magazine zillow adds mortgages iphone app seattle based real estate website zillow added mortgage marketplace iphone app means people research shop compare mortgages app use search homes zillow said â€œat zillow significant â€¦ read seattle post intelligencer blog');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7654, 'By: Mortgage lenders denied one in four applicants last year &middot; WAHomeowners.com', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/06/27/mortgage-lenders-denied-one-in-four-applicants-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-434', '[...] Read Story&hellip; EmailPrintLinkedin  Filed Under: News Tagged With: banking industry, mortgages     Follow our feeds:  eNews &amp; Updates: [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:57+02:00', '', 'mortgage lenders denied applicants year â· wahomeownerscom read storyâ€¦ emailprintlinkedin filed news tagged banking industry mortgages follow feeds enews & updates');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7655, 'By: About Mortgage lenders denied one in four applicants last year | Financemo.info', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/06/27/mortgage-lenders-denied-one-in-four-applicants-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-417', '[...] this link: Mortgage lenders denied one in four applicants last year      Posted in Finance, mortgage | Tags: [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:58+02:00', '', 'mortgage lenders denied applicants year | financemoinfo link mortgage lenders denied applicants year posted finance mortgage | tags');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7656, 'By: Mortgage lenders denied one in four applicants last year |', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/realestatenews/2011/06/27/mortgage-lenders-denied-one-in-four-applicants-last-year/comment-page-1/#comment-416', '[...] Seattle PI [...]', '2011-10-16T01:11:58+02:00', '', 'mortgage lenders denied applicants year | seattle pi');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7657, 'An Open Letter to Occupy Seattle', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/13/an-open-letter-to-occupy-seattle/', 'Dear Occupy Seattle, I have some unsolicited advice for you. Stop fighting with city hall about camping issues. You may recall that I initially wrote an open letter to Mayor McGinn supporting your need to have a 24-hour presence at Westlake Center park. I still feel strongly that you have a right to exercise your [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:04+02:00', 'Local News', 'open letter occupy seattle dear occupy seattle i unsolicited advice stop fighting city hall camping issues recall i initially wrote open letter mayor mcginn supporting need 24 hour presence westlake center park i feel strongly right exercise');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7658, 'Mayor McGinn Responds to Complaints About City&rsquo;s Response to Occupy Seattle', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/09/mayor-mcginn-responds-to-complaints-about-citys-response-to-occupy-seattle/', 'Yesterday the Mayor received&nbsp;criticism&nbsp;after reports that umbrellas could be illegal if used as shelter at Occupy Seattle. Mayor McGinn explained his position in a statement today: Reports have recently centered on honking, and umbrellas.&nbsp; SPD did ticket drivers who were honking after 10 pm. People live next to Westlake Park and SPD was enforcing the [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:04+02:00', 'Local News', 'mayor mcginn responds complaints cityâ€™s response occupy seattle yesterday mayor reports umbrellas illegal used shelter occupy seattle mayor mcginn explained position statement today reports recently centered honking umbrellasâ  spd did ticket drivers honking 10 pm people live westlake park spd enforcing');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7659, 'The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/', 'The Stranger&amp;#8217;s Dominic Holden reported umbrellas that are not being held by a standing individuals are considered structures, and therefor are illegal at the Occupy Seattle protest in Westlake Park. That&amp;#8217;s right. Umbrellas are illegal in Seattle: Police are aggressively clearing people out of the park. Cops are telling people they can&amp;#8217;t stand underneath the [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:05+02:00', 'Local News', 'night umbrellas illegal seattle stranger dominic holden reported umbrellas held standing individuals considered structures therefor illegal occupy seattle protest westlake park right umbrellas illegal seattle police aggressively clearing people park cops telling people t stand underneath');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7660, 'Dear Mayor McGinn: Let the Tents Stay', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/05/dear-mayor-mcginn-let-the-tents-stay/', 'Dear Mayor McGinn, I am writing you today to encourage you to let the #OccupySeattle protestors stay encamped at Westlake Center. I understand their tents are an act of civil disobedience and are breaking park rules, but that is not the point. Their encampment is part of a large national movement that is trying to [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:05+02:00', 'Local News', 'dear mayor mcginn let tents stay dear mayor mcginn i writing today encourage let #occupyseattle protestors stay encamped westlake center i understand tents act civil disobedience breaking park rules point encampment large national movement trying');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7661, 'Doe vs Reed: The Next Chapter', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/03/doe-vs-reed-the-next-chapter/', 'Today Doe v. Reed continues. Anne Levinson shared the following summary of Doe v. Reed with me. Anne Levinson chaired the Approve 71 campaign to defeat the attempted repeal of the State&rsquo;s comprehensive domestic partnership law. She was one of Washington State&rsquo;s first openly LGBT public officials, serving as a judge, as chair of the [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:06+02:00', 'Referendum 71', 'doe vs reed chapter today doe v reed continues anne levinson shared following summary doe v reed anne levinson chaired approve 71 campaign defeat attempted repeal stateâ€™s comprehensive domestic partnership law washington stateâ€™s openly lgbt public officials serving judge chair');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7662, 'Senator Maria Cantwell Supports Marriage for Gays and Lesbians in Washington State', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/08/30/senator-maria-cantwell-supports-marriage-equality-in-washington-state/', 'On Tuesday evening I attended a fundraiser for Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) who is up for re-election in 2012. The fundraiser was attended by LGBT and allied supporters of the Senator. The big question in Washington State right now for gays and lesbians is whether we will push for the freedom to marry in 2012. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:06+02:00', 'Marriage Equality', 'senator maria cantwell supports marriage gays lesbians washington state tuesday evening i attended fundraiser senator maria cantwell wa election 2012 fundraiser attended lgbt allied supporters senator big question washington state right gays lesbians push freedom marry 2012');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7663, 'More than 500 Show up to Support Transit, Only Four Councilmembers Present', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/07/12/more-than-500-show-up-to-support-transit-only-4-councilmembers-present/', 'I attended the King County Council public hearing about proposed cuts to Metro Bus service tonight. I was not alone. I left my home at 5:30 PM for the 6:00 PM meeting, thinking I would arrive just in time. I was going to take the 4 bus, a bus facing death row like so many [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:07+02:00', 'Local News', '500 support transit councilmembers present i attended king county council public hearing proposed cuts metro bus service tonight i i left home 530 pm 600 pm meeting thinking i arrive just time i going 4 bus bus facing death row like');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7664, 'Focus on the Family Misrepresented Relationship with TOMS Shoes', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/07/09/focus-on-the-family-misrepresented-relationship-with-toms-shoes/', 'Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, has issued an exclusive statement to Change.org in response to an embarrassing controversy linking the popular urban apparel company to anti-gay, anti-choice group &ldquo;Focus on the Family.&rdquo; After Christianity Today reported that Mycoskie was apparently developing a relationship with Focus on the Family, the news infuriated people who were [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:07+02:00', 'National News', 'focus family misrepresented relationship toms shoes blake mycoskie founder toms shoes issued exclusive statement changeorg response embarrassing controversy linking popular urban apparel company anti gay anti choice group â€œfocus familyâ€ christianity today reported mycoskie apparently developing relationship focus family news infuriated people');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7665, 'The Time to Push for Marriage Equality in Washington is Now', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/07/08/the-time-to-push-for-marriage-equality-in-washington-is-now/', 'This is the time to push, and push hard for marriage equality in Washington State. We need everyone on board right now if we are going to achieve marriage as early as 2012 for gays and lesbians. Equal Rights&nbsp;Washington&nbsp;took a firm step towards securing marriage for gays and lesbians. The Equal Rights Washington Board of [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:08+02:00', 'Marriage Equality', 'time push marriage equality washington time push push hard marriage equality washington state need board right going achieve marriage early 2012 gays lesbians equal firm step securing marriage gays lesbians equal rights washington board');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7666, 'More Than 15,000 Rally Online To Fight &ldquo;Gay Cure&rdquo; Therapy In Hong Kong', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/30/more-than-15000-rally-online-to-fight-gay-cure-therapy-in-hong-kong/', 'A petition calling on the&nbsp;Hong&nbsp;Kong&nbsp;government to drop &amp;#8220;gay cure&amp;#8221; therapist&nbsp;Hong&nbsp;Kwai-wah &amp;#8212; who claims he can &amp;#8220;cure&amp;#8221; LGBT people through cold showers, prayer, and abstinence &amp;#8212; has reached more than 14,500 signatures in the last 48 hours, signaling momentum for the campaign started on&nbsp;Change.org by gay rights advocates Dan Choi and Truth Wins Out. The petition [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:09+02:00', 'World News', '15000 rally online fight â€œgay cureâ€ therapy hong kong petition calling drop gay cure wah &#8212 claims cure lgbt people cold showers prayer abstinence &#8212 reached 14500 signatures 48 hours signaling momentum campaign started onâ changeorg gay rights advocates dan choi truth wins petition');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7667, 'Raising the Space Needle LGBT Pride Flag: The View from the Top', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/27/raising-the-space-needle-lgbt-pride-flag-the-view-from-the-top/', 'At 8:00 AM on Sunday, June 26, on one of the most beautiful mornings ever seen in Seattle, Josh Castle, myself, &nbsp;and 13 other people climbed three small yellow ladders to the very top of the Space Needle. We were outside, above the observation deck, with a view that was too breathtaking to fully explain. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:09+02:00', 'Local News', 'raising space needle lgbt pride flag view 800 sunday june 26 beautiful mornings seen seattle josh castle â and 13 people climbed small yellow ladders space needle outside observation deck view breathtaking fully explain');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7668, 'Happy Pride Seattle: How to Turn Pride into Equality', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/25/happy-pride-seattle-how-to-turn-pride-into-equality/', 'I woke up this morning with my head held a little higher. New York&amp;#8217;s historic move to legalize marriage for gays and lesbians last night gave me renewed hope for our future in Washington. This month Seattle has had a very vocal conversation about what it means to celebrate our community. More than 9,000 people [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:10+02:00', 'Local News', 'happy pride seattle turn pride equality i woke morning head held little higher new york historic legalize marriage gays lesbians night gave renewed hope future washington month seattle vocal conversation means celebrate community 9000 people');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7669, 'New York Passes Marriage Equality Bill for Gays and Lesbians', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/24/new-york-passes-marriage-equality-bill-for-gays-and-lesbians/', 'In a late night vote, the New York Senate made history by passing a bill making it legal for gays and lesbians to marry in New York in a 33 &amp;#8211; 29 vote. New York will become the most populous state to allow marriage for gays and lesbians. Tens of thousands of gay and lesbian [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:10+02:00', 'Family and Relationships', 'new york passes marriage equality gays lesbians late night vote new york senate history passing making legal gays lesbians marry new york 33 &#8211 29 vote new york populous state allow marriage gays lesbians tens thousands gay lesbian');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7670, 'Sub Pop, Alaskan Airlines, and Precision Doors Support Space Needle LGBT Fundraiser', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/23/sub-pop-alaskan-airlines-and-precision-doors-support-space-needle-lgbt-fundraiser/', 'Sub Pop records started the trend this week with an announcement that they would contribute $5,000 towards the Space Needle LGBT $50,000 fundraising challenge. &amp;#8220;These causes are meaningful to us at SubPop. We hope that our contribution will inspire other local businesses to join us and help these worthwhile organizations,&rdquo; said Megan Jasper Vice President [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:11+02:00', 'Local News', 'sub pop alaskan airlines precision doors support space needle lgbt fundraiser sub pop records started trend week announcement contribute $5000 space needle lgbt $50000 fundraising challenge causes meaningful subpop hope contribution inspire local businesses join help worthwhile organizationsâ€ said megan jasper vice president');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7671, '$18,000 Raised So Far Towards $50,000 Space Needle LGBT Charity Fundraising Goal', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/17/18000-raised-so-far-towards-50000-space-needle-lgbt-charity-fundraising-goal/', 'The Space Needle has captured the imagination of the country, as small donations steadily come in. The social media professionals I&#039;ve spoken to about this phenomenon tell me that they see a community truly inspired to rally together for a common cause. I completely agree. ', '2011-10-16T01:12:11+02:00', 'Local News', '$18000 raised far $50000 space needle lgbt charity fundraising goal space needle captured imagination country small donations steadily come social media professionals ive spoken phenomenon tell community truly inspired rally common cause i completely agree');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7672, 'Comment on The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle by OCCUPY SEATTLE &ndash; Le maire interdit les parapluies &laquo; Po&egrave;tes Indign&eacute;s', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-198', '[...] Le maire, Mike McGinn, a donc argu&eacute; de cette r&egrave;gle de droit pour faire le m&eacute;nage parmi les manifestants, comme le raconte le Seattle PI. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:22+02:00', '', 'night umbrellas illegal seattle occupy seattle â€“ maire interdit parapluies â« poetes indignes maire mike mcginn argue regle droit menage manifestants raconte seattle pi');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7673, 'Comment on The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle by The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-197', '[...] Seattle p.i. October 10, 2011 [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:23+02:00', '', 'night umbrellas illegal seattle night umbrellas illegal seattle seattle pi october 10 2011');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7674, 'Comment on The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle by OCCUPY SEATTLE &ndash; Le maire interdit les parapluies | Big Browser', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-195', '[...] Le maire, Mike McGinn, a donc argu&eacute; de cette r&egrave;gle de droit pour faire le m&eacute;nage parmi les manifestants, comme le raconte le Seattle PI. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:23+02:00', '', 'night umbrellas illegal seattle occupy seattle â€“ maire interdit parapluies | big browser maire mike mcginn argue regle droit menage manifestants raconte seattle pi');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7675, 'Comment on The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle by Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle | Victors Post', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-193', '[...] Seattle p.i. October 10, 2011 [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:24+02:00', '', 'night umbrellas illegal seattle umbrellas illegal seattle | victors post seattle pi october 10 2011');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7676, 'Comment on The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle by The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle | Set You Free News', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-191', '[...] The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle   New World Order Police State World &mdash; 10 October 2011       // Seattle pi [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:24+02:00', '', 'night umbrellas illegal seattle night umbrellas illegal seattle | set free news night umbrellas illegal seattle new world order police state world â€” 10 october 2011 // seattle pi');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7677, 'Comment on The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle by CNN&rsquo;s Jack Cafferty On Wall Street Protests: &quot;This Isn&rsquo;t A Joke! Media Would Be Well Advised To Take This Seriously&quot; | robwerks.com', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-188', '[...] The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle &ndash; #OWS [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:25+02:00', '', 'night umbrellas illegal seattle cnnâ€™s jack cafferty wall street protests isnâ€™t joke media advised seriously | robwerkscom night umbrellas illegal seattle â€“ #ows');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7678, 'Comment on The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle by SPD to protestors..illegal to sit or lay with an umbrella in Seattle | Fort Reg Mathusz', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-187', '[...] http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/ [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:26+02:00', '', 'night umbrellas illegal seattle spd protestorsillegal sit lay umbrella seattle | fort reg mathusz night umbrellas illegal seattle/');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7679, 'Comment on The Night Umbrellas Became Illegal in Seattle by Every week I&rsquo;m stumblin &laquo; Thoughts by Jamie', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/10/08/the-night-umbrellas-became-illegal-in-seattle/comment-page-1/#comment-186', '[...] Don&rsquo;t leave your Umbrella unattended in Seattle!  [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:27+02:00', '', 'night umbrellas illegal seattle week iâ€™m stumblin â« thoughts jamie donâ€™t leave umbrella unattended seattle');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7680, 'Comment on Focus on the Family Misrepresented Relationship with TOMS Shoes by TOMS Shoes Founder Ends Apolitical Charity Work With Focus on the Family Following Media Criticism', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/07/09/focus-on-the-family-misrepresented-relationship-with-toms-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-176', '[...] Following Mycoskie&rsquo;s statement, media outlets have spun and twisted &ldquo;Furthermore, contrary to what has been reported, Focus on the Family is not a TOMS giving partner,&ldquo; to mean &rdquo;Focus on the family misrepresented [its] relationship with TOMS Shoes.&rdquo; [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:27+02:00', '', 'focus family misrepresented relationship toms shoes toms shoes founder ends apolitical charity work focus family following media criticism following mycoskieâ€™s statement media outlets spun twisted â€œfurthermore contrary reported focus family toms giving partnerâ€œ mean â€focus family misrepresented relationship toms shoesâ€');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7681, 'Comment on Focus on the Family Misrepresented Relationship with TOMS Shoes by Toms Shoes Founder Apologizes To Appease MSM Backlash For Speaking at Focus on the Family Event - Do The Right Thing Ministries | Do The Right Thing Ministries', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/07/09/focus-on-the-family-misrepresented-relationship-with-toms-shoes/comment-page-1/#comment-175', '[...] Following Mycoskie&rsquo;s statement, media outlets have spun and twisted &ldquo;Furthermore, contrary to what has been reported, Focus on the Family is not a TOMS giving partner,&ldquo; to mean &rdquo;Focus on the family misrepresented [its] relationship with TOMS Shoes.&rdquo; [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:28+02:00', '', 'focus family misrepresented relationship toms shoes toms shoes founder apologizes appease msm backlash speaking focus family event right thing ministries | right thing ministries following mycoskieâ€™s statement media outlets spun twisted â€œfurthermore contrary reported focus family toms giving partnerâ€œ mean â€focus family misrepresented relationship toms shoesâ€');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7682, 'Comment on Space Needle to Raise Pride Flag During Seattle Pride by Space Needle to Raise Pride Flag During Seattle Pride | Step &hellip; | AreaHunt', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/15/space-needle-to-raise-pride-flag-during-seattle-pride/comment-page-1/#comment-163', '[...] Space Needle to Raise Pride Flag During Seattle Pride | Step &hellip;   This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged during, during-seattle, needle, new-custom, [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:28+02:00', '', 'space needle raise pride flag seattle pride space needle raise pride flag seattle pride | step â€¦ | areahunt space needle raise pride flag seattle pride | step â€¦ entry posted uncategorized tagged seattle needle new custom');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7683, 'Comment on Space Needle to Raise Pride Flag During Seattle Pride by Space Needle to Raise Pride Flag During Seattle Pride &ndash; Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) &ndash; Facebook Is Down', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/15/space-needle-to-raise-pride-flag-during-seattle-pride/comment-page-1/#comment-156', '[...] Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:29+02:00', '', 'space needle raise pride flag seattle pride space needle raise pride flag seattle pride â€“ seattle post intelligencer blog â€“ facebook seattle post intelligencer blog');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7684, 'Comment on Space Needle Agrees to Fly Pride Flag if Community Raises $50,000 for LGBT Charities by Seattle Space Needle attempting to rais $50,000 for LGBT charities', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/13/space-needle-agrees-to-fly-pride-flag-if-community-raises-50000-for-lgbt-charities/comment-page-1/#comment-152', '[...] can find out more information, including ways to donate here.          bullying, fundraiser, pride [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:29+02:00', '', 'space needle agrees fly pride flag community raises $50000 lgbt charities seattle space needle attempting rais $50000 lgbt charities information including ways donate bullying fundraiser pride');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7685, 'Comment on Healeo: Free Pride Flags for Businesses by Healeo: Free Pride Flags for Businesses | Management News', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/stepforward/2011/06/12/healeo-free-pride-flags-for-businesses/comment-page-1/#comment-148', '[...] will purchase one for any business who will join us, Healeo said on their Facebook page. &hellip; read full news Published: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:15       In category: NewsTags:Healeo: Free Pride Flags for [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:30+02:00', '', 'healeo free pride flags businesses healeo free pride flags businesses | management news purchase business join healeo said facebook page â€¦ read news published 13 jun 2011 0615 category newstagshealeo free pride flags');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7686, 'The OccupyWallStreet Movement &mdash; the Only Chance to Stem Global Warming', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/10/08/the-occupy-wall-street-movement-the-only-chance-to-stem-global-warming/', 'This movement is far broader than Global Warming, but fundamental to it. It is&nbsp; 99% of the people versus the 1% of the wealthy controllers of our society. It is jobs versus greed. It is the environment versus capitalism with no consideration of anything but the bottom line. It is fossile fuel burning profits versus [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:33+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'occupywallstreet movement â€” chance stem global warming movement far broader global warming fundamental isâ  99 people versus 1 wealthy controllers society jobs versus greed environment versus capitalism consideration line fossile fuel burning profits versus');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7687, 'The Methane Hydrate Mystery', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/10/02/the-methane-hydrate-mystery/', 'Lets talk about a possible positive feedback to Global Warming. When you mix natural gas with water at low temperature and high pressure you get a frozen latticelike substance called methane hydrate, huge amounts of which underlie our oceans and polar permafrost. It looks like ice, but burns easily. Methane hydrate was discovered only a [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:33+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'methane hydrate mystery lets talk possible positive feedback global warming mix natural gas water low temperature high pressure frozen latticelike substance called methane hydrate huge amounts underlie oceans polar permafrost looks like ice burns easily methane hydrate discovered');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7688, 'Incongruities in the News', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/09/25/incongruities-in-the-news/', 'Iran releases two hikers for $1mil and calls it a &ldquo;Humanitarian Gesture&rdquo;. I suppose the next release by Somali pirates will be called a &ldquo;Humanitarian Gesture&rdquo;; M. Bachman doesn&rsquo;t believe the scientists who say GW is happening (or that we&rsquo;ve evolved over hundreds of thousands of years) but she believes her God sent a hurricane [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:34+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'incongruities news iran releases hikers $1mil calls â€œhumanitarian gestureâ€ i suppose release somali pirates called â€œhumanitarian gestureâ€ bachman doesnâ€™t believe scientists say gw happening weâ€™ve evolved hundreds thousands years believes god sent hurricane');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7689, 'Sorry about the Bad Science', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/09/22/sorry-about-the-bad-science/', 'On Jul 30, 2011 I posted a blog: &nbsp;&ldquo; At Last, a Negative Feedback to GW NASA&rsquo;s Terra satellite reveals radiation data that indicate Global Warming produces an apparently more efficient release of energy to space than has been hypothesized in the models (Ref: Jn: Spencer &amp;#38; Braswell; Remote Sensing). This is good news to [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:34+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'sorry bad science jul 30 2011 i posted blog â â€œ negative feedback gw nasaâ€™s terra satellite reveals radiation data indicate global warming produces apparently efficient release energy space hypothesized models ref jn spencer &#38 braswell remote sensing good news');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7690, '&ldquo;The scientific method is universal. If we selectively ignore it in certain disciplines, we do so at our peril.&rdquo;', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/09/14/%e2%80%9cthe-scientific-method-is-universal-if-we-selectively-ignore-it-in-certain-disciplines-we-do-so-at-our-peril-%e2%80%9d/', 'I first read this science blurb in Time and was impressed with a diamond planet. Now I&rsquo;m more impressed with the authors&rsquo; courage in supporting science in general (the title is their quote). (http://theconversation.edu.au/diamond-planets-climate-change-and-the-scientific-method-3329) I&rsquo;ve frequently stated that climate science is just another science, a small branch of atmospheric sciences, and follows all the normal [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:36+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'â€œthe scientific method universal selectively ignore certain disciplines perilâ€ i read science blurb time impressed diamond planet iâ€™m impressed authorsâ€™ courage supporting science general title quote planets climate change scientific method 3329 iâ€™ve frequently stated climate science just science small branch atmospheric sciences follows normal');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7691, 'Blogging on GW in Rough Times', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/09/11/blogging-on-gw-in-rough-times/', 'The past few weeks have been difficult &amp;#8212; lost a 40-year colleague and best friend to cancer, then fell on the back trails of the North Cascades tearing a tendon &amp;#8212; it makes it harder to bear up under the anti-science onslaught of the GW reacting group when already depressed. Fortunately, summer appeared, and last [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:36+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'blogging gw rough times past weeks difficult &#8212 lost 40 year colleague best friend cancer fell trails north cascades tearing tendon &#8212 makes harder bear anti science onslaught gw reacting group depressed fortunately summer appeared');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7692, 'Al  Gore, A Patron Saint of Reason', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/09/04/al-gore-a-patron-saint-of-reason/', 'I&rsquo;ve read so much rude criticism of Gore in the comments to this column that I thought that I should give him his say by looking again at his book &ldquo;Assault on Reason&rdquo;. It is another impressive piece of work. I agree with him on most of his analyses. He isn&rsquo;t a scientist but he [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:37+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'gore patron saint reason iâ€™ve read rude criticism gore comments column i thought i say looking book â€œassault reasonâ€ impressive piece work i agree analyses isnâ€™t scientist');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7693, 'The Deniers of Global Warming are Winning', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/28/the-deniers-of-global-warming-are-winning/', 'The House of Representatives voted 240-184 this spring to defeat a resolution that said that &ldquo;climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for public health and welfare.&rdquo; The U.S. Chamber of Commerce informed the Environmental Protection Agency that &ldquo;populations can acclimatize to warmer climates via a range of [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:37+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'deniers global warming winning house representatives voted 240 184 spring defeat resolution said â€œclimate change occurring caused largely human activities poses significant risks public health welfareâ€ chamber commerce informed environmental protection agency â€œpopulations acclimatize warmer climates range');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7694, 'On Truth, Global Warming Science &amp; Meaning of Life &mdash; my Background, Motivation and View', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/20/on-truth-global-warming-science-meaning-of-life-my-background-motivation-and-view/', 'All right, several perceptive commenters have pointed out that we&rsquo;re back to the beginning (or still there). Why am I doing this? First off, I always had this itch for the truth. My parents were a good source. Then I found they weren&rsquo;t infallible (&ldquo;There is no Santa Claus &amp;#8212; but we were all happier [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:38+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'truth global warming science & meaning life â€” background motivation view right perceptive commenters pointed weâ€™re beginning i doing i itch truth parents good source i werenâ€™t infallible â€œthere santa claus &#8212 happier');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7695, 'More Data in on Arctic Pack Ice', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/18/more-data-in-on-arctic-pack-ice/', 'More than you ever wanted to know? Based on comments to the previous post, there is a problem with misusing these data. Be careful. You have to take the positive with the negative, few things are black &amp;#38; white. If you accept the predicted increase in Arctic ice in the next decade, you should also [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:38+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'data arctic pack ice wanted know based comments previous post problem misusing data careful positive negative things black &#38 white accept predicted increase arctic ice decade');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7696, 'Be Prepared for More Arctic Sea Ice in the Next Decade', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/12/be-prepared-for-more-arctic-sea-ice-in-the-next-decade/', 'One of the phenomena frequently attributed to GW, the rapid decrease in Arctic Sea Ice, may not be there in the near future. In an unexpected new result, results of a study by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) appearing this week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), published by the [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:39+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'prepared arctic sea ice decade phenomena frequently attributed gw rapid decrease arctic sea ice near future unexpected new result results study scientists national center atmospheric research ncar appearing week journal geophysical research letters grl published');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7697, 'The State of Global Change Science', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/09/the-state-of-global-change-science/', 'The US attitude toward Global Change science and Global Warming (GW) science has really degenerated into a case of &ldquo;us&rdquo; against &ldquo;them&rdquo;, like most things political. First of all, I admit the term &ldquo;Deniers&rdquo; for &ldquo;them&rdquo; might have a derogatory association with &ldquo;Holocaust Deniers&rdquo;. I liked GWD. But GWI works too. No, it doesn&rsquo;t stand [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:39+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'state global change science attitude global change science global warming gw science really degenerated case â€œusâ€ â€œthemâ€ like things political i admit term â€œdeniersâ€ â€œthemâ€ derogatory association â€œholocaust deniersâ€ i liked gwd gwi works doesnâ€™t stand');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7698, 'For Global Warming Deniers', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/07/for-global-warming-deniers/', 'At a meeting last week I once again encountered resistance to describing those who refuse to accept the science that suggests a possible catastrophic Global Warming as &ldquo;Deniers&rdquo;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We had a discussion of suggestions: Skeptics: this term is true of the approach of ALL scientists to ALL proposals. As Carl Sagan said; we greet any [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:42+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'global warming deniers meeting week i encountered resistance describing refuse accept science suggests possible catastrophic global warming â€œdeniersâ€â â â  discussion suggestions skeptics term true approach scientists proposals carl sagan said greet');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7699, 'At Last, a Negative Feedback to GW', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/07/30/at-last-a-negative-feedback-to-gw/', 'NASA&rsquo;s Terra satellite reveals radiation data that indicate Global Warming produces an apparently more efficient release of energy to space than has been hypothesized in the models (Ref: Jn: Spencer &amp;#38; Braswell; Remote Sensing). This is good news to all of us (the GW Deniers should be elated?). But there are still those half dozen [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:43+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'negative feedback gw nasaâ€™s terra satellite reveals radiation data indicate global warming produces apparently efficient release energy space hypothesized models ref jn spencer &#38 braswell remote sensing good news gw deniers elated half dozen');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7700, 'Comment on The OccupyWallStreet Movement &mdash; the Only Chance to Stem Global Warming by The OccupyWallStreet Movement &mdash; the Only Chance to Stem Global Warming | 99 Actions', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/10/08/the-occupy-wall-street-movement-the-only-chance-to-stem-global-warming/comment-page-1/#comment-461', '[...] The OccupyWallStreet Movement &mdash; the Only Chance to Stem Global Warming &hellip; Wall Street and corporations have depleted in favor of global speculation), the power of the one percent is at the root of the problem. And the power of the 99 percent is key to the solution. We&#039;ve watched as urgent matters, like climate change, &hellip; Read more on Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:56+02:00', '', 'occupywallstreet movement â€” chance stem global warming occupywallstreet movement â€” chance stem global warming | 99 actions occupywallstreet movement â€” chance stem global warming â€¦ wall street corporations depleted favor global speculation power percent root problem power 99 percent key solution weve watched urgent matters like climate change â€¦ read seattle post intelligencer blog');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7701, 'Comment on Global Warming &mdash; just a Canary in the Atmosphere by Global Warming &mdash; just a Canary in the Atmosphere &ndash; Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) &laquo; My Blog', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/07/11/global-warming-just-a-canary-in-the-atmosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-456', '[...] Global Warming &mdash; just a Canary in the AtmosphereSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)Miners have long taken a canary into the mine, and if it dropped dead, they knew the air was deadly and they should get out of there. Consider the global climate as the mine atmosphere; we&#039;d like to test it. Bring the hypothesis that the globe is &hellip; [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:56+02:00', '', 'global warming â€” just canary atmosphere global warming â€” just canary atmosphere â€“ seattle post intelligencer blog â« blog global warming â€” just canary atmosphereseattle post intelligencer blogminers long taken canary dropped dead knew air deadly consider global climate atmosphere wed like test bring hypothesis globe â€¦');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7702, 'Comment on The Deniers of Global Warming are Winning by &raquo; The Deniers of Global Warming are Winning - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/28/the-deniers-of-global-warming-are-winning/comment-page-1/#comment-454', '[...] The Deniers of Global Warming are WinningSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)All of this is happening with only one degree of global warming. All numerical models that evaluate the effect of increased CO2 predict another degree warming is already in the pipeline, and several more degrees if CO2 continues to increase as it has &hellip; [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:57+02:00', '', 'deniers global warming winning â» deniers global warming winning seattle post intelligencer blog deniers global warming winningseattle post intelligencer blogall happening degree global warming numerical models evaluate effect increased co2 predict degree warming pipeline degrees co2 continues increase â€¦');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7703, 'Comment on On Truth, Global Warming Science &amp; Meaning of Life &mdash; my Background, Motivation and View by &raquo; On Truth, Global Warming Science Meaning of Life my Background, Motivation and &hellip; - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/20/on-truth-global-warming-science-meaning-of-life-my-background-motivation-and-view/comment-page-1/#comment-444', '[...] On Truth, Global Warming Science Meaning of Life my Background, Motivation and &hellip;Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)Of course it is not so easy on the internet, especially with a difficult topic like Global Warming, but I&#039;m getting there (No visible signs, names with responsibility, or credible references &mdash; but lots of characteristic syntax). &hellip; [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:57+02:00', '', 'truth global warming science & meaning life â€” background motivation view â» truth global warming science meaning life background motivation â€¦ seattle post intelligencer blog truth global warming science meaning life background motivation â€¦seattle post intelligencer blogof course easy internet especially difficult topic like global warming getting visible signs names responsibility credible references â€” lots characteristic syntax â€¦');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7704, 'Comment on Be Prepared for More Arctic Sea Ice in the Next Decade by UN Climate Report Fails to Capture Arctic Ice Thinning Reality: MIT &ndash; International Business Times | Today&#039;s Breaking News in Science and Technology!', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/12/be-prepared-for-more-arctic-sea-ice-in-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-440', '[...] TourDiscovery NewsMIT researchers claim UN Arctic predictions are inaccurateThe Castlegar SourceSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)&nbsp;-CBS News&nbsp;-New York Times (blog)all 51 news articles&nbsp;&raquo;          Share [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:58+02:00', '', 'prepared arctic sea ice decade climate report fails capture arctic ice thinning reality â€“ international business times | todays breaking news science technology tourdiscovery newsmit researchers claim arctic predictions inaccuratethe castlegar sourceseattle post intelligencer blogâ  cbs newsâ  new york times blogall 51 news articlesâ â» share');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7705, 'Comment on Be Prepared for More Arctic Sea Ice in the Next Decade by UN Climate Report Fails to Capture Arctic Ice Thinning Reality: MIT &ndash; International Business Times&nbsp;|&nbsp;Bistro Press', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/08/12/be-prepared-for-more-arctic-sea-ice-in-the-next-decade/comment-page-1/#comment-437', '[...] TourDiscovery NewsMIT researchers claim UN Arctic predictions are inaccurateThe Castlegar SourceSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)&nbsp;-CBS News&nbsp;-New York Times (blog)all 51 news [...]', '2011-10-16T01:12:59+02:00', '', 'prepared arctic sea ice decade climate report fails capture arctic ice thinning reality â€“ international business timesâ |â bistro press tourdiscovery newsmit researchers claim arctic predictions inaccuratethe castlegar sourceseattle post intelligencer blogâ  cbs newsâ  new york times blogall 51 news');
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INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7712, 'Comment on Global Warming &mdash; just a Canary in the Atmosphere by Global Warming &mdash; just a Canary in the Atmosphere &ndash; Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) | CARBON CREDITS', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/robertbrown/2011/07/11/global-warming-just-a-canary-in-the-atmosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-408', '[...] Global Warming &mdash; just a Canary in the AtmosphereSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)Miners have long taken a canary into the mine, and if it dropped dead, they knew the air was deadly and they should get out of there. Consider the global climate as the mine atmosphere; we&rsquo;d like to test it. Bring the hypothesis that the globe is &hellip; [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:03+02:00', '', 'global warming â€” just canary atmosphere global warming â€” just canary atmosphere â€“ seattle post intelligencer blog | carbon credits global warming â€” just canary atmosphereseattle post intelligencer blogminers long taken canary dropped dead knew air deadly consider global climate atmosphere weâ€™d like test bring hypothesis globe â€¦');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7713, '500 Miles', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/10/14/500-miles/', 'I come from the West, the part of the country where, Jimmy Carter&#039;s 55 mph speed limit notwithstanding, we generally look at destinations from an hour standpoint rather than from a mileage standpoint. &nbsp;In Arizona Phoenix is four hours from Bisbee; two...', '2011-10-16T01:13:09+02:00', '', '500 miles i come west country jimmy carters 55 mph speed limit notwithstanding generally look destinations hour standpoint mileage standpoint â in arizona phoenix hours bisbee');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7714, 'Window On My World', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/10/07/window-on-my-world/', 'I think a lot of people regards writer as . . . well . . . oddballs. &nbsp;And maybe they&#039;re right. &nbsp;Many of them seem to think the job of writing is best done in attic kinds of places, shivering from the cold, and huddled next to a too small coal burning...', '2011-10-16T01:13:10+02:00', '', 'window world i think lot people regards writer oddballs â and maybe theyre right â many think job writing best attic kinds places shivering cold huddled small coal burning');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7715, 'Holiday Milk', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/09/30/holiday-milk/', 'I&#039;m currently in Anchorage for a series of Sisters in Crime events. &nbsp;A medical issue (nothing life threatening, don&#039;t worry!) is keeping Bill at home, so for the first time in years I find myself out on the road on my own without even Bella, the Book Tour Dog, for company. &nbsp;The ladies at SinC are treating me well, and last night they took me to dinner at one of their favorite hangouts here in town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We arrived fairly early. &nbsp;My hostesses had chosen a booth in the bar. &nbsp;The problem with that was that the bar was very noisy--full of people talking loudly and having a good time. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am a lady of a certain age. &nbsp;I have a serious hearing loss in both ears. &nbsp;I wear hearing aids, and that level of background noise makes conversation pretty much impossible. I asked if we could please sit in the restaurant part of the establishment, and my request was graciously honored. &nbsp;At first it was fine. &nbsp;(That&#039;s a real fine, not a two-raised-eyebrow fine which, those of you acquainted with female non-verbal communication understand isn&#039;t fine at all!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Over time, however, the restaurant filled up with noisy conversation, too. &nbsp;So I sat there during the evening, trying to listen and participate, but mostly watching what I could see of the kitchen--the food being slapped up onto the counter where it sat under heat lamps until the server came to pick up the order. &nbsp;And suddenly I was stuck trying to remember the name of restaurant heat lamps. &nbsp;Not crocodile. &nbsp;Not alligator. &nbsp;But one of those low built, creepy/crawly creatures. &nbsp;No matter how hard I tried to remember, both at the restaurant and after I left there, I couldn&#039;t come up with the word Salamander. &nbsp;Because that&#039;s what they&#039;re called. &nbsp;I know because my husband told me so this morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I remembered instead was having a friend call me shortly before a Christmas party to ask if there was anything I needed her to bring from the store. &nbsp;There was, but right that minute, I couldn&#039;t remember the word &#039;eggnog&#039; to save my soul. &nbsp;In fact, I&#039;m having a little trouble remembering eggnog this morning. &nbsp;Because now we call it &lsquo;holiday milk.&rsquo;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those of you who read my books already understand that my mind doesn&#039;t run in a straight line. &nbsp;I often go off on what my high school English teacher, Mrs. Medigovich, used to call tangents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The idea of having to ask for help on a missing word made me think about my mother. &nbsp;After my Uncle Harold suffered a debilitating stroke, he was severely aphasic. &nbsp;Occasionally he could say a word or two, but not necessarily the word he wanted at the time. &nbsp;While he could still travel, however, he loved to come to Bisbee to stay with my folks. &nbsp;Bisbee had two attractions for him. &nbsp;The weather because he lived in South Dakota and my mother. &nbsp;She was a wise woman who could usually get to the heart of any matter in no time at all and who, through an uncanny ability to play Twenty Questions, was unerringly able to sort out what Harold needed or wanted. &nbsp;Once he was anxious, worrying about whether the property taxes on his farm would be paid on time and my mother figured that one out in a trice. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But her all-time high mark came when Harold was upset about something on the farm, something in the house, something up in the attic. &nbsp;Within a matter of minutes, she was able to unravel the mystery. &nbsp;They were getting ready to do an auction on Uncle Harold&#039;s property, and he didn&#039;t want to lose track of his electric train which had been stowed away in the attic of the farmhouse since he was a kid. &nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So don&#039;t look for a logical connection between the two parts of this story--my husband gifting me with Salamander this morning and my mother coming up with the electric train for my Uncle Harold. &nbsp;The nexus is somewhere in my head, and as everyone knows, women&#039;s heads are full of &quot;cotton, hay and rags.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hey, it&#039;s already October. &nbsp;How soon do you think it will be before they have holiday milk in the stores?&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:10+02:00', '', 'holiday milk currently anchorage series sisters crime events â a medical issue life threatening worry keeping home time years i road bella book tour dog company â the ladies sinc treating night took dinner favorite hangouts townwe arrived fairly early â my hostesses chosen booth bar â the problem bar noisy people talking loudly having good time â i lady certain age â i hearing loss ears â i wear hearing aids level background noise makes conversation pretty impossible i asked sit restaurant establishment request graciously honored â at fine â thats real fine raised eyebrow fine acquainted female verbal communication understand isnt fine allover time restaurant filled noisy conversation â so i sat evening trying listen participate watching i kitchen food slapped counter sat heat lamps server came pick order â and suddenly i stuck trying remember restaurant heat lamps â not crocodile â not alligator â but low built creepy/crawly creatures â no matter hard i tried remember restaurant i left i come word salamander â because thats theyre called â i know husband told morningwhat i remembered instead having friend shortly christmas party ask i needed bring store â there right minute i remember word eggnog save soul â in fact having little trouble remembering eggnog morning â because â€˜holiday milkâ€™those read books understand mind doesnt run straight line â i high school english teacher mrs medigovich used tangentsthe idea having ask help missing word think mother â after uncle harold suffered debilitating stroke severely aphasic â occasionally say word necessarily word wanted time â while travel loved come bisbee stay folks â bisbee attractions â the weather lived south dakota mother â she wise woman usually heart matter time uncanny ability play questions unerringly able sort harold needed wanted â once anxious worrying property taxes farm paid time mother figured trice â but time high mark came harold upset farm house attic â within matter minutes able unravel mystery â they getting ready auction uncle harolds property didnt want lose track electric train stowed away attic farmhouse kid â â so look logical connection parts story husband gifting salamander morning mother coming electric train uncle harold â the nexus head knows womens heads cotton hay ragshey october â how soon think holiday milk stores');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7716, 'Pass It On', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/09/23/pass-it-on/', 'Years ago, when I was writing Beaumont # 10, Without Due Process, my daughter was in high school. &nbsp;The book I was writing was always a topic of dinnertime conversation. &nbsp;One night she said, &quot;You know, Mom, you write books that are set in Seattle, and the radio station I listen to, (KSLY at the time) has a thing called the Teddy Bear Patrol. &nbsp;Have you ever heard of it?&quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hadn&#039;t, so she told me. &nbsp;It&#039;s a program where donated Teddy Bears are gathered and then made available for police officers and other emergency responders to give to traumatized children. &nbsp;As soon as I heard about it, the idea made sense to me. &nbsp;As a consequence, in that book, Beau encounters a little boy, Benjamin Harrison Weston, at a horrific home invasion crime scene where the child is the sole survivor. &nbsp;Beau had once been a Teddy Bear Patrol Doubter, but he was grateful that day when he was able to go back out to his car and find comforting Teddy Bear in his trunk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And that was the beginning of my relationship with the Teddy Bear Patrol, the organization to which that book is dedicated.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time passed. &nbsp;Years, actually, and I found myself dealing with a difficulty in my own life. &nbsp;One day, when I went to the Post Office, there was a note telling me I had a package. &nbsp;When I picked it up, it was from someone I didn&#039;t know. &nbsp;When I opened it, inside I found a wonderfully soft Teddy Bear. &nbsp;It was from a lady in Colorado who, inspired by my book, had joined the Teddy Bear Patrol by MAKING Teddy Bears. &nbsp;On that particular day, I was the traumatized kid, and her bear--one I still treasure--was a real day brightener.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now more time has passed. &nbsp;KSLY has morphed into KWRM, but the Teddy Bear Patrol marches on. &nbsp;This week, the woman in charge of the program forwarded me a copy of an e-mail exchange from a woman in Australia, asking for guidance in instituting the same kind of program in Australia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Teddy Bear Patrol was a good idea to begin with. &nbsp;I&#039;m glad my books have made it possible to pass it on. &nbsp;And if some scared little kid finds himself holding a Teddy Bear Down Under, he&#039;ll have my daughter to thank.&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:11+02:00', '', 'pass years ago i writing beaumont # 10 process daughter high school â the book i writing topic dinnertime conversation â one night said know mom write books set seattle radio station i listen ksly time thing called teddy bear patrol â have heard i hadnt told â its program donated teddy bears gathered available police officers emergency responders traumatized children â as soon i heard idea sense â as consequence book beau encounters little boy benjamin harrison weston horrific home invasion crime scene child sole survivor â beau teddy bear patrol doubter grateful day able comforting teddy bear trunkand beginning relationship teddy bear patrol organization book dedicatedtime passed â years actually i dealing difficulty life â one day i went post office note telling i package â when i picked i didnt know â when i opened inside i wonderfully soft teddy bear â it lady colorado inspired book joined teddy bear patrol making teddy bears â on particular day i traumatized kid bear i treasure real day brightenernow time passed â ksly morphed kwrm teddy bear patrol marches â this week woman charge program forwarded copy mail exchange woman australia asking guidance instituting kind program australiathe teddy bear patrol good idea begin â im glad books possible pass â and scared little kid finds holding teddy bear hell daughter thank');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7717, 'Renewal of Vows', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/09/19/renewal-of-vows/', 'In 1975 I was living in PeEll, Washington, and selling life insurance for a living. &nbsp;I had two little kids, a troubled husband, and a mortgage to pay. &nbsp;When Western Electric shut down a manufacturing plant and laid off 800 people over a six month period, my district manager for The Equitable asked if I would go to Vancouver, Washington, to let those soon-to-be-former employees know about their rights to convert their group insurance policies to individual policies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let&#039;s see now. &nbsp;How easy could this be? &nbsp;I&#039;m expected to go sell life insurance to people who have just lost their jobs. &nbsp;No problem, right? &nbsp;But that&#039;s what Paul Huntington asked me to do, and that&#039;s what I did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Monday mornings, it would take me 27!!! trips back and forth to the car to get my stuff for the week, the kids&#039; stuff for the week, the high chair, the potty chair, the car seats and the kids loaded into the car. &nbsp;Then I drove 25 miles to Chehalis where I dropped the kids and their stuff with a babysitter. &nbsp;Then I would drive to Longview, have lunch with my manager, and then go on to Vancouver. &nbsp;Once there, I&#039;d set appointments for Monday evening, all day Tuesday and all day Wednesday. &nbsp;On Thursday morning, I would reverse course. &nbsp;I&#039;d drive back to Longview, drop off my applications, pick up groceries, go get the kids, and go home where I would immediately start running the washer and dryer which ran pretty much non-stop all weekend long. &nbsp;Did I mention, weekends weren&#039;t much fun?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once I paid for the babysitter and the mortgage, there was very little left over to handle my living expenses or for anything other than a flophouse type room on those nights I stayed in Vancouver. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One day, while reading the local newspaper, I saw that the Orchards United Methodist Church was welcoming a new minister, Reverend Mary Ann Swenson and her husband, Jeff. &nbsp;There was no rule that said I was only allowed to sell insurance to people who had lost their jobs, so I tracked her down, and set up an appointment. &nbsp;She wasn&#039;t buying, but at the end of the appointment, I said, &quot;I have to be in Vancouver three days a week. &nbsp;Is there anyone in your church who would be willing to take in a boarder three days a week?&quot; &nbsp;Mary Ann looked at me, smiled, and said, &quot;You could stay with Jeff and me.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And so I did. &nbsp;For six months in 1975 and early 1976 I slept on the hardwood floor in their guest room. &nbsp;They weren&#039;t being mean to me. &nbsp;They were just starting out. &nbsp;Their guest room didn&#039;t have ANY furniture. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those were tough days. &nbsp;I would go out on evening appointments. &nbsp;Driving past lit dining room windows, I would see families sitting down to dinner together and I would burst into tears. &nbsp;Those people were all sharing their evening meals together. &nbsp;My children were ninety miles away. &nbsp;When I got to the appointment, I&#039;d often have to stop long enough to fix my makeup before going up to ring the doorbell.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During that time, Jeff and Mary Ann&#039;s home was a little island of sanity in a world that was flying apart. &nbsp;I&#039;d come back from my evening appointments, we&#039;d watch Johnny Carson and M-A-S-H. &nbsp;And when Thursday came, I would leave sanity behind and return to chaos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eventually I went back to Arizona, got my divorce, and finally started writing. &nbsp;Years later, when I went to write the first Joanna Brady book, Desert Heat, I created Joanna&#039;s pastor and her husband, Marianne Maculyea and Jeff Daniels, by modeling them after the two good Samaritans who had been so kind and caring to me when I was in a world of hurt. &nbsp;And when you read the dedication to that book, you&#039;ll see that it mentions the REAL Jeff and Mary Ann.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a few years Mary Ann and I lost track of one another, but when we finally reconnected after Bill and I married, it was wonderful. &nbsp;Bill and Jeff hit it off. &nbsp;Bill had recently retired from working &quot;outside the home,&quot; and Jeff Swenson willingly gave Bill tips on surviving house-husbandry. &nbsp;(He&#039;s a guy who bakes his own bread, by the way.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then life happened. &nbsp;Mary Ann went from Vancouver to Wenatchee and from there to Pasadena, California, where she serves as the UMC Bishop for Southern California. &nbsp;When our ailing son-in-law and our daughter wanted to do a renewal of vows in honor of their fifth anniversary, Mary Ann (the real one) flew to Tucson from California to officiate. &nbsp;Doing a renewal of vows for a couple, one of whom was a cancer patient, wasn&#039;t an easy call, Mary Ann did a magnificent job of it--not a dry eye in the house. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Jon was in the U Dub Hospital, Mary Ann visited him there when she was in town. &nbsp;When he was in hospice, she visited him there. &nbsp;And when he was gone, she flew into Seattle to speak at Jon&#039;s memorial service. &nbsp;In other words, Bishop Mary Ann Swenson is family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last weekend, in honor of our twenty-fifth anniversary, our daughter&#039;s twenty-fifth anniversary, and our friends&#039; twenty-third, we had a renewal of vows celebration of our own here in Bellevue, and of course, Mary Ann stopped by on her way home from Chicago to Pasadena with a five hour layover here in Seattle to officiate. &nbsp;More than once, in introducing her, I mistakenly called her Marianne Maculyea, because when I write about that character in the Joanna books, that&#039;s the person I visualize.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a wonderful party--sort of a first and last gasp of summer, with close to seventy people wandering around our re-landscaped and recently completed back yard garden. &nbsp;&nbsp;We ate wedding cake and sipped champagne after the ceremony. &nbsp;We had a band playing music. &nbsp;Our son Tom roasted a pig; our daughter-in-law, Kathy, supervised the hors d&#039;oeuvres. &nbsp;After the feast, we finished up by roasting countless marshmallows for some-mores at the outdoor fireplace. &nbsp;Luckily, the rains held off until the last marshmallow was roasted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots of people came to the party, some of whom were guests at the original ones twenty-five years ago, but of all the people in attendance, other than my daughter, my sister, and a single stray cousin, Mary Ann Swenson was the person I&#039;ve known the longest--longer than my husband or our joint kids or our grandkids. &nbsp;And what she said about the importance of renewing vows when you&#039;re no longer blinded by love and when you know that marriage is a process of give-and-take was just as inspiring when she spoke of our marriage vows as it was years earlier when she did a similar ceremony for Jon and Jeanne T.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now, as I sit here in the aftermath of that wonderful celebration, I know that the old Girl Scout song had it right. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make new friends but keep the old.&lt;br /&gt;One is silver and the other gold.&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:12+02:00', '', 'renewal vows 1975 i living peell washington selling life insurance living â i little kids troubled husband mortgage pay â when western electric shut manufacturing plant laid 800 people month period district manager equitable asked i vancouver washington let soon employees know rights convert group insurance policies individual policieslets â how easy â im expected sell life insurance people just lost jobs â no problem right â but thats paul huntington asked thats i didon monday mornings 27 trips forth stuff week kids stuff week high chair potty chair seats kids loaded â then i drove 25 miles chehalis i dropped kids stuff babysitter â then i drive longview lunch manager vancouver â once id set appointments monday evening day tuesday day wednesday â on thursday morning i reverse course â id drive longview drop applications pick groceries kids home i immediately start running washer dryer ran pretty stop weekend long â did i mention weekends werent funonce i paid babysitter mortgage little left handle living expenses flophouse type room nights i stayed vancouver one day reading local newspaper i saw orchards united methodist church welcoming new minister reverend mary ann swenson husband jeff â there rule said i allowed sell insurance people lost jobs i tracked set appointment â she wasnt buying end appointment i said i vancouver days week â is church willing boarder days week â mary ann looked smiled said stay jeff meand i did â for months 1975 early 1976 i slept hardwood floor guest room â they werent mean â they just starting â their guest room didnt furniture â those tough days â i evening appointments â driving past lit dining room windows i families sitting dinner i burst tears â those people sharing evening meals â my children ninety miles away â when i got appointment id stop long fix makeup going ring doorbellduring time jeff mary anns home little island sanity world flying apart â id come evening appointments wed watch johnny carson h â and thursday came i leave sanity return chaoseventually i went arizona got divorce finally started writing â years later i went write joanna brady book desert heat i created joannas pastor husband marianne maculyea jeff daniels modeling good samaritans kind caring i world hurt â and read dedication book youll mentions real jeff mary annfor years mary ann i lost track finally reconnected i married wonderful â bill jeff hit â bill recently retired working outside home jeff swenson willingly gave tips surviving house husbandry â hes guy bakes bread waythen life happened â mary ann went vancouver wenatchee pasadena california serves umc bishop southern california â when ailing law daughter wanted renewal vows honor fifth anniversary mary ann real flew tucson california officiate â doing renewal vows couple cancer patient wasnt easy mary ann did magnificent job dry eye house â when jon dub hospital mary ann visited town â when hospice visited â and gone flew seattle speak jons memorial service â in words bishop mary ann swenson familylast weekend honor fifth anniversary daughters fifth anniversary friends renewal vows celebration bellevue course mary ann stopped way home chicago pasadena hour layover seattle officiate â more introducing i mistakenly called marianne maculyea i write character joanna books thats person i visualizeit wonderful party sort gasp summer close seventy people wandering landscaped recently completed yard garden â â we ate wedding cake sipped champagne ceremony â we band playing music â our tom roasted pig daughter law kathy supervised doeuvres â after feast finished roasting countless marshmallows mores outdoor fireplace â luckily rains held marshmallow roastedlots people came party guests original ones years ago people attendance daughter sister single stray cousin mary ann swenson person ive known longest longer husband joint kids grandkids â and said importance renewing vows youre longer blinded love know marriage process just inspiring spoke marriage vows years earlier did similar ceremony jon jeanne tand i sit aftermath wonderful celebration i know old girl scout song right â make new friends oldone silver gold');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7718, 'Share the Road', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/09/16/share-the-road/', 'This morning there was an article in the local (Seattle) newspaper exhorting drivers of cars to be more conscious of the welfare of bicycle riders as we &quot;share the road.&quot; &nbsp;The article was written &nbsp;in the aftermath of three horrific incidents in which three bicycle riders died. &nbsp;I&#039;m sorry they died. &nbsp;I&#039;m sorry their family members are having to deal with terrible and unexpected losses. &nbsp;&nbsp;The problem is, when cars and bicycles come to grief, bicycle riders are likely to come away the big losers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the most recent incident, a two-wheeled rider crashed into a four-wheel vehicle. &nbsp;&nbsp;Despite the fact that emergency medical personnel were already on the scene, they were unable to save the rider. &nbsp;My understanding of the case is that the driver was turning right and the bike crashed into him, T-boning the side of the car. &nbsp;Reporting on the incident mentioned that a police investigation had determined that the driver of the automobile was not &quot;impaired.&quot; &nbsp;There was no notation about whether the bike rider was impaired or even wearing a helmet. &nbsp;There are some crashes that even a helmet can&#039;t fix, but the driver of the car is the one who was automatically suspected of being in the wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Which brings me to tonight. &nbsp;As I write this blog, my hands have finally stopped shaking. &nbsp;Late this afternoon I went down our hill to pick up my grand son from school. &nbsp;At the bottom of our hill there are two stoplights within about a half block of one another. &nbsp;When you turn from our street onto Northup Way, there is usually a backup because traffic wanting to go on toward the freeway in the left lane. &nbsp;I needed to be in the right lane to turn right at the stoplight in order to go northbound on 116th. &nbsp;And I was. &nbsp;I was also signaling to make the right hand turn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The light turned green. &nbsp;As I began to turn right, a bicycle rider passed me on the RIGHT!! &nbsp;I missed him, but by bare inches. &nbsp;He was very nearly a hood ornament. &nbsp;And had I nailed him, the reporters would have been constrained to report that I was &quot;unimpaired.&quot; &nbsp;The only thing I&#039;ve had to drink in the last several hours is coffee. &nbsp;Had my grandson already been in the vehicle, I believe he would have heard several very un-grandmotherly words!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So okay, I&#039;m all for more civility--in politics and on the road. &nbsp;But bicycle riders NEED TO OBEY TRAFFIC LAWS. &nbsp;DO NOT PASS ON THE RIGHT. passing on the right when someone is making a right hand turn is NOT ONLY illegaL, IT IS ALSO STUPID!!! &nbsp;And if you&#039;re passing traffic stopped for a four way stop on 116th northbound as my daughter was several weeks ago, only a jackass riding a bike would pound on the trunk of her car as he rolled past. &nbsp;She almost had a heart attack on the spot. &nbsp;I know because I was talking to her on her HANDS FREE PHONE!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, for all you car drivers out there. &nbsp;Talking on your cell phone or texting while driving is ALSO ILLEGAL!! &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let&#039;s all get a grip, folks. &nbsp;Share the road? &nbsp;Yes. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But before we put or feet on the gas or on the bicycle pedal, let&#039;s make sure our brains are fully engaged.&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:12+02:00', '', 'share road morning article local seattle newspaper exhorting drivers cars conscious welfare bicycle riders share road â the article written â in aftermath horrific incidents bicycle riders died â im sorry died â im sorry family members having deal terrible unexpected losses â â the problem cars bicycles come grief bicycle riders likely come away big losersin recent incident wheeled rider crashed wheel vehicle â â despite fact emergency medical personnel scene unable save rider â my understanding case driver turning right bike crashed t boning â reporting incident mentioned police investigation determined driver automobile impaired â there notation bike rider impaired wearing helmet â there crashes helmet fix driver automatically suspected wrongwhich brings tonight â as i write blog hands finally stopped shaking â late afternoon i went hill pick grand school â at hill stoplights half block â when turn street northup way usually backup traffic wanting freeway left lane â i needed right lane turn right stoplight order northbound 116th â and i â i signaling make right hand turnthe light turned green â as i began turn right bicycle rider passed right â i missed bare inches â he nearly hood ornament â and i nailed reporters constrained report i unimpaired â the thing ive drink hours coffee â had grandson vehicle i believe heard grandmotherly wordsso okay civility politics road â but bicycle riders need obey traffic laws â do pass right passing right making right hand turn illegal stupid â and youre passing traffic stopped way stop 116th northbound daughter weeks ago jackass riding bike pound trunk rolled past â she heart attack spot â i know i talking hands free phoneby way drivers â talking cell phone texting driving illegal â â â lets grip folks â share road â yes â but feet gas bicycle pedal lets make sure brains fully engaged');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7719, 'V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N!!', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/09/09/v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n/', 'Bill and I are in Ashland this week on vacation. &nbsp;We&#039;ve been coming to Ashland to see the plays for the past twenty-five years. &nbsp;In the interim, we&#039;ve moved several times; bought and remodeled and sold several houses; had occasional health issues; had kids grow up, leave home, go on with their own lives, but Ashland has been a constant in ours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally, while Bill was still working &quot;outside the home,&quot; we&#039;d come down on the weekend and see six plays in three days. &nbsp;That&#039;s two plays a day. &nbsp;Then, gradually we got older and smarter. &nbsp;Now we come for a week. &nbsp;We see one play a day--and see six plays during the week. &nbsp;We used to try to play eighteen holes of golf a day. &nbsp;See &quot;older and smarter&quot; comment above. &nbsp;Now we play nine. &nbsp;Usually On Monday of this week, with no play in the evening, we made arrangements to play eighteen. &nbsp;At the end of nine, however, with the temperature in the high nineties, we asked for a &quot;sun check.&quot; &nbsp;A &quot;sun check&quot; is the opposite of a &quot;rain check, and they let us come back on Tuesday to play our &quot;second nine.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So the pacing this year is good. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We&#039;re having Rick Steves style picnics each day. &nbsp;Those are fun. &nbsp;Once was on the terrace at Weisenger&#039;s Winery south of town and the other was in the garden here at the Ashland Springs Hotel (formerly the Mark Anthony.) &nbsp;Bread, cheese, sliced ham, fresh fruit, and good conversation. &nbsp;What could be better than that?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally Bill and I came to Ashland by ourselves. &nbsp;Over the years people have joined us for a while and then dropped out. &nbsp;Now we have six &quot;regulars&quot; but we added a new couple for three nights at the beginning of this week&#039;s stay. &nbsp;They were totally unaware of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (It&#039;s not ALL Shakespeare, by the way!) and they were thrilled with the caliber of performances they were able to see. &nbsp;As I&#039;m writing this, we&#039;ve only seen two plays. &nbsp;I wasn&#039;t overwhelmed by either of those, but we always know there will be at least one walking-away winner. &nbsp;Sometimes it&#039;s a good day to save the best for last.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Sunday we&#039;ll hie ourselves over to the Blue Giraffe Spa for our Spa Day. &nbsp;We&#039;ll be manicured and pedicured and cut and curled and massaged. &nbsp;That&#039;s always a high point of the week, but it also means the week is coming to an end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the way down, we took an extra day and made a detour to Cannon Beach where we surprised our grandson and his mommy at their vacation hotel. &nbsp;Being able to see a carefree five.eight year-old frolicking on the beach at sunset with his white faced golden retriever pal is one of those experiences we&#039;ll always treasure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only drawback to this whole trip is a bad case of separation anxiety--from Bella, our rescued dachshund. &nbsp;When Boney, our now deceased half German shepherd/half Irish wolfhound suffered from separation anxiety, he ate a rubber tree plant (frond by frond) a checkbook, and a pair of RayBan sunglasses. &nbsp;We&#039;ve been dealing with separation anxiety by eating desserts. &nbsp;The Ashland Springs is a &quot;pet friendly&quot; hotel, and Bella has stayed here before, but we couldn&#039;t very well leave her alone in the room while we went to play golf and see plays. &nbsp;So Bella is spending some quality time at Woodinville&#039;s Academy for Canine Behavior, doing what they call Board, Train, and Spoil. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#039;m sure she&#039;ll be glad to see us when we get home, and I&#039;m sure the reverse will also be true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We&#039;ll be more than ready to see her!&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:13+02:00', '', 'v t i n i ashland week vacation â weve coming ashland plays past years â in interim weve moved times bought remodeled sold houses occasional health issues kids grow leave home lives ashland constant oursoriginally working outside home wed come weekend plays days â thats plays day â then gradually got older smarter â now come week â we play day plays week â we used try play eighteen holes golf day â see older smarter â now play â usually monday week play evening arrangements play eighteen â at end temperature high nineties asked sun check â a sun check opposite rain check let come tuesday play second nineso pacing year good â were having rick steves style picnics day â those fun â once terrace weisengers winery south town garden ashland springs hotel mark anthony â bread cheese sliced ham fresh fruit good conversation â what better thatoriginally i came ashland â over years people joined dropped â now regulars added new couple nights beginning weeks stay â they totally unaware oregon shakespeare festival shakespeare way thrilled caliber performances able â as writing weve seen plays â i wasnt overwhelmed know walking away winner â sometimes good day save best laston sunday hie blue giraffe spa spa day â well manicured pedicured cut curled massaged â thats high point week means week coming endon way took extra day detour cannon beach surprised grandson mommy vacation hotel â being able carefree fiveeight year old frolicking beach sunset white faced golden retriever pal experiences treasurethe drawback trip bad case separation anxiety bella rescued dachshund â when boney deceased half german shepherd/half irish wolfhound suffered separation anxiety ate rubber tree plant frond frond checkbook pair rayban sunglasses â weve dealing separation anxiety eating desserts â the ashland springs pet friendly hotel bella stayed leave room went play golf plays â so bella spending quality time woodinvilles academy canine behavior doing board train spoil â im sure shell glad home sure reverse truewell ready her');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7720, 'Lay Down the Hours', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/09/02/lay-down-the-hours/', 'One of my favorite singers is Iris Demint, and one of my favorite songs by her starts like this:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sweet is the melody, so hard to come by&lt;br /&gt;So hard to make every note blend just right&lt;br /&gt;You lay down the hours without a trace&lt;br /&gt;&#039;Til a tune for the dancing is there in its place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The moment I heard those words written by a song writer, I knew they reflected every writer&#039;s life, mine included.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are plenty of people out there who want to be writers. &nbsp;I don&#039;t blame them. &nbsp;Writing has been good to me. &nbsp;But, and there are always buts, it is WORK.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#039;m sitting here in the family room with my laptop in my lap. &nbsp;(That&#039;s how I avoid carpal tunnel. &nbsp;I work with my keyboard on my lap with my wrists supported by my lap!) &nbsp;&nbsp;On the wall beside me are framed copies of the covers of all my books, except the latest one. &nbsp;More than forty. &nbsp;Not closing in on Louis L&#039;Amour&#039;s 90 books, but getting there. &nbsp;People who come here and see the books, might recall where they were when they read it or one aspect of the story. &nbsp;I hear what they say as they point at one cover or another. &nbsp;&quot;Isn&#039;t that the one with the burning fishing boat?&quot; &nbsp;&quot;Where&#039;s the one with Anne Corley?&quot; &nbsp;&quot;That&#039;s the one where Fat Crack dies.&quot; &nbsp;Or &quot;That&#039;s the one I was reading when we were in Hawaii.&quot; &nbsp;Or, &quot;I was reading that one when my dad was in the hospital.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What those covers represent to me, however, is thirty years of work, one book after another. &nbsp;Each one contains approximately one hundred thousand printed words. &nbsp;However, that total doesn&#039;t take into consideration all the words that were put in and then taken out or maybe put BACK in later on in the story. &nbsp;We&#039;re talking well over four million words here, all of them typed by my fingers. &nbsp;And those are just the books on the wall. &nbsp;Add in five year&#039;s worth of blog updates and thousands of answered e-mails and you will understand why the keyboards on my computers are always the first to go. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of my kids came home from college years ago and asked to use my computer to write a resume. &nbsp;I was in favor of that, so I handed it over. &nbsp;He looked at it and frowned. &nbsp;&quot;But their aren&#039;t any letters,&quot; he said. &nbsp;That was true. &nbsp;I had worn off all the letters. &nbsp;Unfortunately for him, he wasn&#039;t a touch typist. &nbsp;(God Bless Mr. Biba, my high school typing teacher wherever he is!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That was on one of my former Toshibas. &nbsp;I&#039;m almost two years into this MacBook Air--two years and almost four books. &nbsp;(I&#039;m currently at 63.34% of next summer&#039;s Joanna Brady book. &nbsp;Sorry. &nbsp;That book STILL doesn&#039;t have a name.) &nbsp;The keyboard is getting tired. &nbsp;Some of the paint has chipped off the C-key, so it looks more like a backward 9. &nbsp;I&#039;m sure some of the others are going to start losing pieces of paint soon. &nbsp;That doesn&#039;t really matter, however, because I don&#039;t ever LOOK at the keys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In other words, you may think a writer&#039;s life is all about being out in public with my makeup on and my hair combed signing books. &nbsp;And that&#039;s certainly and important part of it. &nbsp;But in large measure, writing is typing and counting the words. &nbsp;Knowing how far I am in that 100,000 word process helps me know how many more words I have left to use and how many scenes I need to create in order to wrap up the book. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But something has to happen BEFORE I can type anything. &nbsp;I have to THINK! &nbsp;I have to have quiet time while I mull over the characters--who they are; what they&#039;ll do; WHY they&#039;ll do what they do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quiet is sometimes hard to come by around here. &nbsp;All summer long we&#039;ve had workers on site doing a much-needed landscaping job. &nbsp;There have been people coming and going almost every day during the week, and on weekends we have kids and grandkids in and out. &nbsp;As a consequence, my best thinking time is when I&#039;m in bed and supposedly sleeping. &nbsp;People who see the book covers hanging on the wall don&#039;t think about my tossing and turning in bed, trying to make a book come to order. &nbsp;When I look at the book cover, I see the parts of them that came to me in the middle of the night, striking me as funny or touching--the tough-talking parrot in Improbable Cause; the adoption scene in Kiss of the Bees; the trip down Schnebly Hill Road in Edge of Evil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People ask me sometimes if I outline. &nbsp;I think of it more as in-lining than outlining. &nbsp;I put myself inside the story and see where we all go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this case, I have 34,000 words left to use, so I need to get busy. &nbsp;The deadline on this books is actively ticking because the LAST book took longer than it should have. &nbsp;Fortunately, while I was typing this, I just figured out how to resolve one of the problems in this book. &nbsp;That was thinking that happened WHILE I was typing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But what I can tell you is this. &nbsp;Like Iris Demint, I am laying down my hours without a trace, and Joanna Brady # 15 will be there as expected next summer.&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:14+02:00', '', 'lay hours favorite singers iris demint favorite songs starts like thissweet melody hard come byso hard make note blend just rightyou lay hours tracetil tune dancing placethe moment i heard words written song writer i knew reflected writers life includedthere plenty people want writers â i blame â writing good â but buts workim sitting family room laptop lap â thats i avoid carpal tunnel â i work keyboard lap wrists supported lap â â on wall framed copies covers books latest â more â not closing louis lamours 90 books getting â people come books recall read aspect story â i hear say point cover â isnt burning fishing boat â wheres anne corley â thats fat crack â or thats i reading hawaii â or i reading dad hospitalwhat covers represent thirty years work book â each contains approximately thousand printed words â however doesnt consideration words taken maybe later story â were talking million words typed fingers â and just books wall â add years worth blog updates thousands answered mails understand keyboards computers â one kids came home college years ago asked use computer write resume â i favor i handed â he looked frowned â but arent letters said â that true â i worn letters â unfortunately wasnt touch typist â god bless mr biba high school typing teacher isthat toshibas â im years macbook air years books â im currently 6334 summers joanna brady book â sorry â that book doesnt â the keyboard getting tired â some paint chipped key looks like backward 9 â im sure going start losing pieces paint soon â that doesnt really matter i look keysin words think writers life public makeup hair combed signing books â and thats certainly â but large measure writing typing counting words â knowing far i 100000 word process helps know words i left use scenes i need create order wrap book â but happen i type â i think â i quiet time i mull characters theyll theyll doquiet hard come â all summer long weve workers site doing needed landscaping job â there people coming going day week weekends kids grandkids â as consequence best thinking time bed supposedly sleeping â people book covers hanging wall think tossing turning bed trying make book come order â when i look book cover i parts came middle night striking funny touching tough talking parrot improbable cause adoption scene kiss bees trip schnebly hill road edge evilpeople ask i outline â i think lining outlining â i inside story goin case i 34000 words left use i need busy â the deadline books actively ticking book took longer â fortunately i typing i just figured resolve problems book â that thinking happened i typing but i tell â like iris demint i laying hours trace joanna brady # 15 expected summer');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7721, 'Laughter, the Best Medicine', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/08/26/laughter-the-best-medicine/', 'Last week&#039;s Puma Problem blog prompted an exchange with a reader. &nbsp;He said I didn&#039;t need a Grandma&#039;s Weekend at WSU to be &quot;unbelievable&quot; because I already WAS unbelievable. &nbsp;I responded by saying I was laughing. &nbsp;He replied by saying&nbsp;he loves my laugh. &nbsp;(By the way, &nbsp;I read the comment lines on Facebook and at &lt;a href=&quot;http://pi.com/&quot;&gt;PI.Com&lt;/a&gt;, but personal responses generally go through my e-mail account. &nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:jajance@jajance.com/&quot;&gt;jajance@jajance.com&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That exchange of e-mails got me thinking about my laugh. &nbsp;For years people have told me that when I&#039;m being interviewed on the radio or on television here in Seattle or elsewhere that they recognize me by my laugh. &nbsp;And I&#039;m glad they do. &nbsp;But it was not always so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent five years selling life insurance in the Phoenix area. &nbsp;I was a district manager with several people reporting to me. &nbsp;I had two little kids and a husband who wasn&#039;t much help. &nbsp;That is an example of understated elegance. &nbsp;Already in the late stages of chronic alcoholism, he was actually a drag on the system. &nbsp;I managed to get the kids into a church-sponsored pre-school just across the parking lot from my office. &nbsp;It was a co-op which meant that parents had to put in one morning a week as a &quot;volunteer.&quot; &nbsp;The other mommies involved were stay-at-home moms. &nbsp;Occasionally a daddy would show up, but it was mostly moms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had to get the kids there and get myself to work, and then on my day-in-the-barrel, dash across the parking lot, do my bit, and then hustle the kids home to their afternoon baby sitter. &nbsp;I called those years the &quot;battle of the babysitter&quot; for good reason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember one guy in the office who routinely turned up late for agency meetings. &nbsp;I know that his wife (of the stay-at-home-variety) always laid out his clothing the night before. &nbsp;They had no kids. &nbsp;He got out of bed, put on his own clothes, ate a breakfast that was fixed for him, and came to the office. &nbsp;And every time he was late and I was on time, it made me grumble. &nbsp;And probably worse. &nbsp;I&#039;ve been told that I can deliver an icy blue-eyed stare that can freeze men&#039;s nether parts. I probably leveled one or two of those at him, too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, unable to fix a husband who was unable and/or unwilling to fix himself, I gave up and got a divorce. &nbsp;As soon as I divorced him, he started turning up on my doorstep every Saturday morning saying, &quot;Hey, you said in sickness and in health. &nbsp;This is sickness.&quot; &nbsp;That&#039;s true, but his sickness was killing me, so I did the only thing that made sense. &nbsp;I got out of Dodge. &nbsp;I packed the kids and all our worldly belongings into a U-Haul trailer and hooked it to my 1978 Cutlass Supreme Brougham that my husband said I never should have bought and would never be able to pay for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&#039;s how we headed north to Seattle. &nbsp;We didn&#039;t have a map because, as my daughter told a neighbor in Phoenix, &quot;You only need to know two streets to get from Phoenix to Seattle--I-10 and I-5.&quot; &nbsp;As we came through northern California in the early part of July 1981, I could see the bank of clouds sitting parked over the Siskiyou Pass, and I felt as though I was taking my children from the light to the dark. &nbsp;And I only cried when they were both asleep because I didn&#039;t want them to know how scared I was.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I came to Seattle, moved into a condo in downtown Seattle with my sister, and gave myself permission to do what I had always wanted to do which was write. &nbsp;I wrote my first novel which never sold to anyone. &nbsp;The second manuscript, the first Beaumont book, sold to the second editor who saw it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eighteen months after I divorced him, my first husband died of chronic alcoholism at age 42. &nbsp;After his death, I learned that being divorced had no effect on the grief I felt. &nbsp;I also came across the poetry I had written during those tough times. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;They ended up being published in a chapbook called After the Fire. &nbsp;At the time I was writing the poetry, I thought I was being true to my calling of being a writer, but when I saw them again, in the aftermath of my husband&#039;s death, I realized that I had been using art and words to deal with the essential conflicts of my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the Fire came out in 1984. &nbsp;In 1985 I was invited to do a poetry reading of that book at a widowed retreat sponsored by WICS (Widowed Information Consultation Services) of King County. &nbsp;It was at that retreat that I met Bill. &nbsp;It turned out that his first wife and my first husband had died on the same day of the year two years apart. &nbsp;For the first several months after we met, we compared notes, finding the similarities in lives inalterably changed by spending years with a spouse dying of a long term chronic ailment. &nbsp;Eventually, however, we started having fun. &nbsp;Six months after we met, we married.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next year, we went back to Arizona for my parents&#039; 50th wedding anniversary celebration. &nbsp;While we were in Phoenix, I took Bill to the office where I had worked to introduce him to my colleagues in the insurance business. &nbsp;None of those people recognized me. &nbsp;They had NEVER seen me smile, and they had NEVER heard me laugh. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So when I come back to home Seattle, whether I&#039;m flying into the city or driving up I-5, I see the Seattle skyline and I smile, because Seattle gave me back my laugh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week, I&#039;ve heard from three different people who have written to say how much After the Fire has meant to them, so I&#039;ve decided to close this with one of those poems. &nbsp;(By the way, After the Fire is now available in an annotated version from the University of Arizona Press. &nbsp;If you know anything about my dealings with the Creative Writing department at the U of A, you&#039;ll know why my being published by the U of A Press is also grounds for a hoot of laughter.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I grew up in the desert. &nbsp;There&#039;s not much fog in the desert. &nbsp;Dust? &nbsp;Yes. &nbsp;Fog? &nbsp;No. &nbsp;As a newcomer to Seattle, I joined a breakfast networking group in hopes of meeting new people and prospects for my life insurance business. &nbsp;As I walked down the hill from the condo on Second Avenue to the Edgewater, there were times when the fog was so thick I could barely see across the street. &nbsp;When I came out of the meeting, an hour later, I would be amazed to discover that the fog &nbsp;disappeared completely. &nbsp;So here&#039;s the poem I wrote about that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fog&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I walk in fog.&lt;br /&gt;Its velvet touch &lt;br /&gt;Caresses me&lt;br /&gt;And hides the hurt.&lt;br /&gt;Beyond the fog&lt;br /&gt;The sun shines clear and bright.&lt;br /&gt;I must keep moving.&lt;br /&gt;I have earned the light.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These days, I see my current laughter as part of that light. &nbsp;And yes, I&#039;ve earned it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:14+02:00', '', 'laughter best medicine weeks puma problem blog prompted exchange reader â he said i didnt need grandmas weekend wsu unbelievable i unbelievable â i responded saying i laughing â he replied sayingâ he loves laugh â by way â i read lines facebook ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7722, 'The Puma Problem', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/08/18/the-puma-problem/', 'On Sunday evening, after a summertime barbecue and marshmallow roast, people were wandering in the backyard when Bella, our ten pound long haired miniature Dachshund, stopped cold, put her ears on on full alert, and then turned tail and ran straight into the house and into my lap. &nbsp;We&#039;ve been doing some landscaping in our back yard. &nbsp;Sod is coming tomorrow. &nbsp;On Sunday there was mud. &nbsp;When she leaped into my lap, a good deal of mud landed on my previously pristine pink shirt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next morning when Daphne went outside to do her doggy duty, she expressed undue interest in something which turned out to be NOT doggy doo-doo. &nbsp;I had been left behind by an entity that did not pick up after itself. &nbsp;Later that morning a neighborhood e-mail alert went out including a photo from a neighbor whose yard backs up on the corner of ours. &nbsp;The picture, taken on Sunday afternoon in broad daylight, was a portrait of a young bobcat strolling along their driveway. &nbsp;I believe Bella got the message.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I&#039;ve been thinking about bobcats this week--bobcats and their near relations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I went to Bisbee High School, I became a Puma. &nbsp;(Bisbee&#039;s colors are red and gray, like the red shale hills and limestone cliffs that surround the town.) &nbsp;And although I was a Puma, I never saw one. &nbsp;My brother Jim did. &nbsp;He was coming home late one night from an insurance appointment in Willcox when he had a flat tire. &nbsp;He was changing the tire when the cat showed up. &nbsp;As I recall, he dove under the vehicle, tire iron in hand, at a speed that would have left Superman in the dust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I enrolled at the University of Arizona where I became a Wildcat. &nbsp;Are wildcats pumas or are they something else? &nbsp;Maybe they&#039;re kitten cousins as it were. &nbsp;(Sorry about the pun. &nbsp;I couldn&#039;t resist.) &nbsp;At any rate, I started out as a Wildcat in 1962 and the U of A Alumni Association has sent me a sticker that says I&#039;m a Wildcat for Life, so I&#039;m evidently not going to get over it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I married Bill who had not one but three kids who were going to WSU. &nbsp;That made them Cougars, and it made me a Cougar Mom. &nbsp;(This terminology predates the current usage of cougar which implies an &quot;older&quot; woman preying on a younger man.) &nbsp;As far as I can tell, there is no set category that covers Cougar Step Moms, but that&#039;s what I am. &nbsp;Or at least it&#039;s what I HAVE been. &nbsp;And having attended more than one Cougar Moms&#039; weekend and seeing what some Cougar &nbsp;Moms can get up to when they think no one is watching is pretty &quot;UNBELIEVABLE!!&quot; as the sales guru Tom Hopkins used to put it. &nbsp;You see, the word UNBELIEVABLE!! is one of those useful terms that can go either way and imply either very good or very bad. &nbsp;If you&#039;ve been to a Cougar Moms&#039; Weekend, you probably have plenty of examples of both.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But now I&#039;ve been promoted. &nbsp;As of this week, my oldest granddaughter is now at WSU. &nbsp;That makes me a Cougar Grandmother! &nbsp;If they established a Cougar Grandmother&#039;s Weekend, I would guess that those of us who came of age in the Sixties could teach the current crop of Cougar Moms a thing or two. &nbsp;And I&#039;m sure we would be UNBELIEVABLE!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now where did I put that recipe for Cougar Gold Cheese Dip?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:15+02:00', '', 'puma problem sunday evening summertime barbecue marshmallow roast people wandering backyard bella pound long haired miniature dachshund stopped cold ears alert turned tail ran straight house lap â weve doing landscaping yard â sod coming tomorrow â on sunday mud â when leaped lap good deal mud landed previously pristine pink shirtthe morning daphne went outside doggy duty expressed undue turned doggy doo doo â i left entity did pick â later morning neighborhood mail alert went including photo neighbor yard backs corner â the picture taken sunday afternoon broad daylight portrait young bobcat strolling driveway â i believe bella got messageso ive thinking bobcats week bobcats near relationswhen i went bisbee high school i puma â bisbees colors red gray like red shale hills limestone cliffs surround town â and i puma i saw â my brother jim did â he coming home late night insurance appointment willcox flat tire â he changing tire cat showed â as i recall dove vehicle tire iron hand speed left superman dustthen i enrolled university arizona i wildcat â are wildcats pumas â maybe theyre kitten cousins â sorry pun â i resist â at rate i started wildcat 1962 alumni association sent sticker says wildcat life evidently going itthen i married kids going wsu â that cougars cougar mom â this terminology predates current usage cougar implies older woman preying younger â as far i tell set category covers cougar step moms thats i â or i â and having attended cougar moms weekend seeing cougar â moms think watching pretty unbelievable sales guru tom hopkins used â you word unbelievable useful terms way imply good bad â if youve cougar moms weekend probably plenty examples bothbut ive promoted â as week oldest granddaughter wsu â that makes cougar grandmother â if established cougar grandmothers weekend i guess came age sixties teach current crop cougar moms thing â and sure unbelievablenow did i recipe cougar gold cheese dip');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7723, 'August at Home', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/08/12/august-at-home/', 'The last rental car has been turned in. &nbsp;The last hotel bill has been signed. &nbsp;It&#039;s August, Seattle&#039;s cool, cloudy version of August, and we&#039;re home to enjoy it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The backyard relandscaping project is nearing its end. &nbsp;We now have some plants in the garden in addition to the rocks. &nbsp;For a long time our grandson was convinced that we were only going to have a &quot;rock garden.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this morning, I had one of August&#039;s perennial treats--chopped fresh peaches and Wheat Chex for breakfast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When our family moved from the farm in South Dakota to Bisbee, Arizona in 1949, there were two kinds of water in Bisbee--clear, fresh drinking water inside the houses and brackish brown mine water flowing through pipes in yards. &nbsp;The mine water was pumped out of the underground copper mines, and it came with the added advantage of being free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the time, Bisbee was a real oasis. &nbsp;Everyone had yards with grass that needed mowing and fruit trees and gardens. &nbsp;Vista Park in Warren was a marvel of big shady trees and lush green grass. &nbsp;The mine water may not have been fit to drink but plants loved the mineral laden stuff. &nbsp;Once Phelps Dodge figured out that mine water could be diverted through the tailings dump and used to extract otherwise unusable copper, the water stopped being free, and most of Bisbee&#039;s trees and gardens and grass went the way of the dodo bird.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When we moved into the house on Yuma Trail, however, mine water was still available, and the yard had trees--apricot, peach, nectarine, and fig as well as a huge old mulberry whose fruit turned the soles of our bare feet purple by the end of every summer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Somewhere in the family archives is a photo of me sitting next to my dad along with the two huge boxes of apricots we had just finished picking from two of those trees. &nbsp;As I recall, there were only three peach trees on the west side of the house, but those bore plenty of fruit, too. &nbsp;And each August, my mother who had been raised on a farm, went on a canning binge, putting up quarts and quarts of home-grown apricots and peaches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Houses in Bisbee in the fifties were not air-conditioned. &nbsp;And canning peaches in August was hot work, with a huge canning pot full of water, boiling away on the stove in an already over-heated house. &nbsp;Once the canning was done, the product of my mother labors disappeared onto the shelves in the cool, earthen-floored part of the downstairs basement. . &nbsp;Throughout the rest of the year, eating those canned peaches and apricots for dessert at supper (Not dinner, by the way!) was always a treat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But my mother didn&#039;t can ALL the peaches. &nbsp;Some she peeled and chopped up. &nbsp;She always scalded the peaches with boiling water before she peeled them, and I was fascinated to see how she would take the peel off in one long strand. &nbsp;Then she chopped them up. &nbsp;She had our father remove the bottom of a can with a set of tin snips, and she used the sharp edge of that to cut the peaches into bite-sized pieces. &nbsp;Add sugar for taste and lemon juice to help keep the peaches from turning brown, and you had one of the world&#039;s best summer time treats to add to cereal or ice cream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week, I tried my August special on my grandson. &nbsp;He&#039;s a polite kid. &nbsp;He took one &quot;no thank you&quot; bite before explaining to me that he only likes peaches when they&#039;re whole; not when they&#039;re cut up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;His loss. &nbsp;It&#039;s still August and I still have a few more chopped up peaches lurking in the fridge.&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:16+02:00', '', 'august home rental turned â the hotel signed â its august seattles cool cloudy august home enjoy the backyard relandscaping project nearing end â we plants garden addition rocks â for long time grandson convinced going rock gardenand morning i augusts perennial treats chopped fresh peaches wheat chex breakfastwhen family moved farm south dakota bisbee arizona 1949 kinds water bisbee clear fresh drinking water inside houses brackish brown water flowing pipes yards â the water pumped underground copper mines came added advantage freeat time bisbee real oasis â everyone yards grass needed mowing fruit trees gardens â vista park warren marvel big shady trees lush green grass â the water drink plants loved mineral laden stuff â once phelps dodge figured water diverted tailings dump used extract unusable copper water stopped free bisbees trees gardens grass went way dodo birdwhen moved house yuma trail water available yard trees apricot peach nectarine fig huge old mulberry fruit turned soles bare feet purple end summersomewhere family archives photo sitting dad huge boxes apricots just finished picking trees â as i recall peach trees west house bore plenty fruit â and august mother raised farm went canning binge putting quarts quarts home grown apricots peacheshouses bisbee fifties air conditioned â and canning peaches august hot work huge canning pot water boiling away stove heated house â once canning product mother labors disappeared shelves cool earthen floored downstairs basement â throughout rest year eating canned peaches apricots dessert supper dinner way treatbut mother didnt peaches â some peeled chopped â she scalded peaches boiling water peeled i fascinated peel long strand â then chopped â she father remove set tin snips used sharp edge cut peaches bite sized pieces â add sugar taste lemon juice help peaches turning brown worlds best summer time treats add cereal ice creamthis week i tried august special grandson â hes polite kid â he took thank bite explaining likes peaches theyre theyre cut uphis loss â its august i chopped peaches lurking fridge');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7724, 'The Dow and Me', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/08/04/the-dow-and-me/', 'I&#039;m in Spokane on the last leg of a book tour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to write something cheery. &nbsp;I am not feeling cheery. &nbsp;Last year, a big chunk of our retirement funds went away, stolen by a guy who was running a Ponzi scheme that he managed to walk right by our (former) financial advisors. &nbsp;Thanks guys! &nbsp;He pleaded guilty to fraud this past week, but I&#039;m under no illusion that he&#039;ll get the 18 year sentence that he&#039;s supposedly eligible to receive. &nbsp;And sending him to prison isn&#039;t going to help any of his many victims regain the funds we lost. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I write murder mysteries, it&#039;s entirely possible that I have an overly active imagination, but I suspect that he has some of MY money stashed in an &quot;undisclosed location,&quot; and that he&#039;ll be living high on the hog as soon as he sheds his jail jumpsuit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now the Dow has taken a dive, taking big chunk of our remaining retirement funds with it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obviously we&#039;re not alone in this very leaky boat. &nbsp;But knowing that doesn&#039;t seem to help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good news for my fans? &nbsp;I&#039;ll be writing murder mysteries for a very long time. &nbsp;I have my health. &nbsp;I have my mind and a set of typing fingers. &nbsp;I&#039;m lucky. &nbsp;I can just keep working.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But there are others who can&#039;t go back to work because there aren&#039;t any jobs for them to do. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark me down as one of those who thinks this country is heading in the WRONG direction.&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:16+02:00', '', 'dow spokane leg book touri like write cheery â i feeling cheery â last year big chunk retirement funds went away stolen guy running ponzi scheme managed walk right financial advisors â thanks guys â he pleaded guilty fraud past week illusion hell 18 year sentence hes supposedly eligible receive â and sending prison isnt going help victims regain funds lost â since i write murder mysteries entirely possible i overly active imagination i suspect money stashed undisclosed location hell living high hog soon sheds jail jumpsuitand dow taken dive taking big chunk remaining retirement funds itobviously leaky boat â but knowing doesnt helpthe good news fans â ill writing murder mysteries long time â i health â i mind set typing fingers â im lucky â i just workingbut work arent jobs â mark thinks country heading wrong direction');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7725, 'Party&rsquo;s On', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/07/29/party%e2%80%99s-on/', 'For ten years of my life, I sold life insurance. &nbsp;There were usually two sales campaigns each year, one in the fall and one in the spring. &nbsp;At the end of each one, there would be a celebration of some kind, usually a banquet somewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I started writing, I carried on that tradition. &nbsp;The kids knew that when I finally got on what I called &quot;the banana peel&quot; of the book, the ending couldn&#039;t be far behind. &nbsp;They were always anxious for me to get to the end, because we&#039;d go out to dinner to celebrate. &nbsp;How do you spell Mama&#039;s Mexican Kitchen?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a Brownie, when my daughter started selling Girl Scout Cookies, she was serious about it. &nbsp;For three years, she paid her own way to camp by selling 1000 boxes of cookies a year! &nbsp;We learned that we had to have the right percentages of cookies--Thin Mints being the most popular--in order to have the complete selection of cookies available on the last day. &nbsp;We also learned that she had to get out early, so that by the time all the other Girl Scouts were hitting the streets on the last few days of the sale, she&#039;d be done. &nbsp;And when she was done, off to dinner we would go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The third year, one of her friends called to see if she could spend the night on the night we were planning our celebratory dinner. &nbsp;The friend was in my daughter&#039;s troop and, as their leader, I knew how many boxes each girl had signed up to sell which, in this case, was a dozen boxes. &nbsp;I told my daughter to ask the friend if she had sold her cookies. &nbsp;The answer was no. &nbsp;&quot;Ask her why not?&quot; I said. &nbsp;The answer: &nbsp;&quot;Because people told me no.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I told my daughter to tell the friend that she couldn&#039;t spend the night that night. &nbsp;When the phone call ended, I explained to my daughter that since she had singlehandedly sold more cookies than the whole rest of the troop, more people had told her no than had said no to the whole rest of the troop and that it wouldn&#039;t have been fair for someone who hadn&#039;t sold 12 boxes to take part in the celebration for someone who had sold 1000. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like to think that was a good life lesson for everyone concerned, sort of like my grandson taking an unauthorized trip down a down escalator and realizing he couldn&#039;t come back up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today we continue those traditions. &nbsp;It turns out that my life as a writer still mimics how life was in the old life insurance days. &nbsp;There are still two sales campaigns--one in the winter and one in the summer. &nbsp;And tonight is the banquet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before Betrayal of Trust came out, we sent out e-mail notices to the 9000+ !!!! people in our database. &nbsp;(In the beginning, that was the &quot;Doghouse List.&quot; &nbsp;Those were the people in my rolodex that my daughter called ON THE PHONE before a grand opening party at the Doghouse. &nbsp;She loved the sound of answering machines because getting one of those meant she didn&#039;t have to talk so long!) &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The folks who received those Betrayal of Trust e-mails along with my Facebook and Twitter followers dutifully went out&nbsp;and bought the book--right away!!! &nbsp;(Thank you for that!) &nbsp;That&#039;s how we got on the New York Times List!! &nbsp;And I know&nbsp;there are people who learned about the books that way because they sent me e-mails, comments and tweets&nbsp;letting me&nbsp;know. &nbsp;That&#039;s something I appreciate, by the way. &nbsp;I LIKE knowing what people think of my books.&nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So tonight is our New York Times party. &nbsp;Bill and I along with our collection of kids and grandkids will be going to John Howie Steakhouse in Bellevue to celebrate. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#039;s a lot like going to Mama&#039;s Mexican Kitchen in the Regrade only I&#039;m pretty sure the food will be better.&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:17+02:00', '', 'partyâ€™s years life i sold life insurance â there usually sales campaigns year spring â at end celebration kind usually banquet somewherewhen i started writing i carried tradition â the kids knew i finally got i called banana peel book ending far â they anxious end wed dinner celebrate â how spell mamas mexican kitchenas brownie daughter started selling girl scout cookies â for years paid way camp selling 1000 boxes cookies year â we learned right percentages cookies mints popular order complete selection cookies available day â we learned early time girl scouts hitting streets days sale shed â and dinner gothe year friends called spend night night planning celebratory dinner â the friend daughters troop leader i knew boxes girl signed sell case dozen boxes â i told daughter ask friend sold cookies â the answer â ask i said â the answer â because people told noi told daughter tell friend spend night night â when phone ended i explained daughter singlehandedly sold cookies rest troop people told said rest troop wouldnt fair hadnt sold 12 boxes celebration sold 1000 â i like think good life lesson concerned sort like grandson taking unauthorized trip escalator realizing come uptoday continue traditions â it turns life writer mimics life old life insurance days â there sales campaigns winter summer â and tonight banquetbefore betrayal trust came sent mail notices 9000 people database â in beginning doghouse list â those people rolodex daughter called phone grand opening party doghouse â she loved sound answering machines getting meant didnt talk long â the folks received betrayal trust mails facebook twitter followers dutifully went outâ and bought book right away â thank â thats got new york times list â and i knowâ there people learned books way sent mails comments tweetsâ letting meâ know â thats i appreciate way â i like knowing people think booksâ  so tonight new york times party â bill i collection kids grandkids going john howie steakhouse bellevue celebrate â its lot like going mamas mexican kitchen regrade pretty sure food better');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7726, 'Tales of Tails from the Trail', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/07/22/tales-of-tails-from-the-trail/', 'Years ago, while I was still working on the reservation, I was given a mostly German shepherd mutt which my husband named Scratch. &nbsp;When we moved to Pe Ell, Washington, in 1973, the dog came with us or, rather, came after us, flying in a homemade crate in luggage when my brother flew up to Seattle. &nbsp;My daughter&#039;s first word was &quot;gogs&quot; which is Tohono O&#039;odham for dog. &nbsp;And her first whole sentence &quot;Scratchy chased the deer,&quot; happened when she looked out the window and saw our German shepherd herding a herd of deer through the yard. &nbsp;Did I say we lived in a somewhat rural setting?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shortly thereafter, my then husband went to a nearby tavern and came home with one of the denizens he found there who had agreed to do some work in our yard. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scratch barked at him. &nbsp;Not just when the guy first showed up, but all day long. &nbsp;Most of the time when a new person comes into its&#039; territory, a family dog will let everybody know that there&#039;s a newcomer around. &nbsp;But after a while they get over it. &nbsp;As far as that guy in our yard was concerned, however, Scratch didn&#039;t get over it. &nbsp;He barked so hard and so long that he almost lost his voice. &nbsp;The next day, a neighbor, Sophie, said to me, &quot;Wasn&#039;t that so-and-so I saw working in your yard yesterday?&quot; &nbsp;When I told her yes, she said, &quot;Did you know he just got out of prison for child molestation?&quot; &nbsp;No, I didn&#039;t, but obviously Scratch did. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(By the way, when we moved back to Arizona from Pe Ell, Scratch and our once feral tabby cat, Alex, started out from Portland, again in the homemade crate, in the luggage compartment of a plane bound for Tucson, this time with a friend rather than with my brother. &nbsp;By the time the milk-run flight landed in Eugene, both Alex and Scratch were loose in the luggage compartment. &nbsp;They completed the flight in brand new fiber glass crates, landing in Tucson where my parents rescued them from the plane and took them to Bisbee to await our arrival. &nbsp;It&#039;s a one hundred mile drive from Tucson to Bisbee. &nbsp;Scratch made that whole trip sitting in the back seat with his chin resting firmly on my mother&#039;s shoulder. &nbsp;When we showed up, he was happy to see us, but he wasn&#039;t our dog anymore. &nbsp;My mother had rescued him from that plane, and he was hers from then on.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward several decades. &nbsp;Bill and I were in Venice on a Rick Steves&rsquo; Europe Through the Back Door adventure. &nbsp;We went to dinner by ourselves at a small restaurant away from the canals. &nbsp;While we were eating, we saw a white dog wandering the neighborhood. &nbsp;He seemed to know everybody and everybody knew him. &nbsp;Halfway through dinner, however, a man and a woman came walking down the street, and that previously peaceful and mannerly dog began barking. &nbsp;Like crazy. &nbsp;And he followed the couple, still barking, until they walked out of earshot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I write murder mysteries. &nbsp;With that previous experience with Scratch in my head, I was then and still am convinced there was something seriously amiss with the guy we saw that night. &nbsp;I was inspired to write a short story, Signore Bianco. &nbsp;I believe the story was published in an anthology somewhere along the way, but I can&#039;t remember where or when. &nbsp;If you&#039;re interested in reading it, you can access it through a website that carries all my short stories, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ipulp.com/&quot;&gt;iPulp.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fast forward again. &nbsp;Here we are on another book tour with our book tour purse dog, a long-haired miniature dachshund named Bella. &nbsp;For the past two weeks, Bella has interacted with several thousand people, sitting up front with me while I do presentations and then offering individual greetings to fans while I sit at a table signing books. &nbsp;That&#039;s a lot of people, and during all those appearances she has never said a cross word. &nbsp;(She&#039;s a very tired puppy, however, and is contentedly sleeping in her bed as I write this.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, after two appearances and two hundred miles of driving, we checked into the Ritz Carlton here in Phoenix. &nbsp;Bella was on a leash and walking with me as we came into the lobby. &nbsp;As we went past, a long-haired sort of &quot;off&quot; looking guy with a back-pack reached down and tried to pet her. &nbsp;Bella barked and growled and turned a complete summersault in the air. &nbsp;I dragged her on up to the front desk. &nbsp;When I started to apologize to the clerk she said, &quot;No. &nbsp;Your dog is right. &nbsp;There&#039;s something wrong with that guy!&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier this week, when security people have tried to keep Bella from walking into places with &quot;No Dogs Allowed&quot; signs clearly on display, they have asked me if she is a &quot;working dog.&quot; &nbsp;I&#039;ve said, &quot;She&#039;s part of the show.&quot; &nbsp;Now, however, I can give them another answer. &nbsp;Bella may be tiny, but don&#039;t try to tell her that. &nbsp;In her heart she knows she&#039;s a guard dog, working the security detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the old days, the first essay assignment once school started was to report on &quot;What I Did During Summer Vacation.&quot; &nbsp;So here are a few things I learned on the Betrayal of Trust book tour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#039;ve learned that driving three hundred miles in one day and doing two events is too much. &nbsp;Note to myself: &nbsp;Remind the publicity people in New York that Arizona and Washington are both BIG STATES!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just because they have canceled summer in Seattle this year, doesn&#039;t mean summer is canceled anywhere else. &nbsp;Eating dinner outside at a Mexican restaurant when the temperature was still 108 was HOT, and I&#039;m not talking about spicy hot! &nbsp;And it may have been a &quot;dry heat,&quot; but it didn&#039;t much feel like it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bella got busted by TSA. &nbsp;And deservedly so. &nbsp;We bought two paring knives--two knives for four dollars--in Tucson to cut up Bella&#039;s dog food. &nbsp;Forgot to move them from Bella&#039;s carry-on to our checked luggage on our way home. &nbsp;So two paring knives now belong to TSA. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I met a lady in Seattle who tells me that my book of poetry, After the Fire, is her favorite book of all time. &nbsp;That&#039;s the same way I feel about C. Day-Lewis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I met a woman in Scottsdale who has read all four of the Walker Family books in the last SEVEN DAYS and now wants to know when she can expect another one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I wrote the first Walker book, I told my agent I wanted to make the desert and the Desert People &quot;understandable to the little old lady in upstate New York.&quot; &nbsp;It turns out that worked. &nbsp;I now have a fan in NYC, originally from Rochester, who after reading the Walker books is ready to come to Tucson to learn more about them. &nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A couple from Seattle, who first learned about the Night Blooming Cereus in Queen of the Night, were in Tucson this July and happened to see a notice in the paper about the Bloom Night celebration at Tohono Chul Park. &nbsp;They went. &nbsp;And even though a monsoon extinguished the luminarias, they were able to see the blooms by flashlight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#039;ve heard from plenty of readers, many of them male, who have enjoyed watching J.P. Beaumont age as they aged. They feel like they have a lot in common with this fictional character. &nbsp;Knowing I&#039;ve managed to craft a connection between the real world and the fictional one makes me feel good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But most of all, I&#039;m glad to be home. &nbsp;So is Bill, and so is Bella, even if I have to wear a sweater.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would imagine Dorothy and Toto felt the same way when they finally made it back to Kansas.&lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:18+02:00', '', 'tails trail years ago i working reservation i given german shepherd mutt husband named scratch â when moved pe ell washington 1973 dog came came flying homemade crate luggage brother flew seattle â my daughters word gogs tohono oodham dog â and sentence scratchy chased deer happened looked window saw german shepherd herding herd deer yard â did i say lived somewhat rural settingshortly husband went nearby tavern came home denizens agreed work yard â scratch barked â not just guy showed day long â most time new person comes territory family dog let everybody know theres newcomer â but â as far guy yard concerned scratch didnt â he barked hard long lost voice â the day neighbor sophie said wasnt i saw working yard yesterday â when i told yes said did know just got prison child molestation â no i didnt obviously scratch did â by way moved arizona pe ell scratch feral tabby cat alex started portland homemade crate luggage compartment plane bound tucson time friend brother â by time milk run flight landed eugene alex scratch loose luggage compartment â they completed flight brand new fiber glass crates landing tucson parents rescued plane took bisbee await arrival â its mile drive tucson bisbee â scratch trip sitting seat chin resting firmly mothers shoulder â when showed happy wasnt dog anymore â my mother rescued plane onfast forward decades â bill i venice rick stevesâ€™ europe door adventure â we went dinner small restaurant away canals â while eating saw white dog wandering neighborhood â he know everybody everybody knew â halfway dinner woman came walking street previously peaceful mannerly dog began barking â like crazy â and followed couple barking walked earshoti write murder mysteries â with previous experience scratch head i convinced seriously amiss guy saw night â i inspired write short story signore bianco â i believe story published anthology way i remember â if youre interested reading access website carries short stories fast forward â here book tour book tour purse dog long haired miniature dachshund named bella â for past weeks bella interacted thousand people sitting i presentations offering individual greetings fans i sit table signing books â thats lot people appearances said cross word â shes tired puppy contentedly sleeping bed i write thisyesterday appearances miles driving checked ritz carlton phoenix â bella leash walking came lobby â as went past long haired sort looking guy pack reached tried pet â bella barked growled turned complete summersault air â i dragged desk â when i started apologize clerk said â your dog right â theres wrong guyearlier week security people tried bella walking places dogs allowed signs clearly display asked working dog â ive said shes â now i answer â bella tiny try tell â in heart knows shes guard dog working security detailin old days essay assignment school started report i did summer vacation â so things i learned betrayal trust book tourive learned driving miles day doing events â note â remind publicity people new york arizona washington big statesjust canceled summer seattle year doesnt mean summer canceled â eating dinner outside mexican restaurant temperature 108 hot talking spicy hot â and dry heat didnt feel like itbella got busted tsa â and deservedly â we bought paring knives knives dollars tucson cut bellas dog food â forgot bellas carry checked luggage way home â so paring knives belong tsa â i met lady seattle tells book poetry favorite book time â thats way i feel day lewisi met woman scottsdale read walker family books seven days wants know expect onewhen i wrote walker book i told agent i wanted make desert desert people understandable little old lady upstate new york â it turns worked â i fan nyc originally rochester reading walker books ready come tucson learn â a couple seattle learned night blooming cereus queen night tucson july happened notice paper bloom night celebration tohono chul park â they went â and monsoon extinguished luminarias able blooms flashlightive heard plenty readers male enjoyed watching jp beaumont age aged feel like lot common fictional character â knowing ive managed craft connection real world fictional makes feel goodbut glad home â so bella i wear sweateri imagine dorothy toto felt way finally kansas');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7727, 'Engine, Engine Number Nine', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/07/15/engine-engine-number-nine/', 'I always loved the way Roger Miller strung words and thoughts together.  For instance, &quot;the last word in lonesome is ME.&quot;  And his ode to love gone wrong, Engine, Engine Number Nine, was one of my favorites which, to this day, I can still sing from beginning to end in a key that my friend, Janis Ian, charitably calls &quot;the key of R.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But this blog isn&#039;t really about that song.  It&#039;s all about Betrayal of Trust being # 9 on the New York Times Bestsellers List. So here&#039;s a big thank you to all of the people who went out this past week and bought their copies.  To make the list on that first partial week of sales is truly a remarkable achievement.  And, considering that the book&#039;s publishing date was moved up in a way that put me in competition with the summer&#039;s &quot;blockbuster&quot; books makes me even more grateful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the Eighties, Bill and I were early proponents of audio books, but we did it the old-fashioned way, but reading aloud to each other as we traveled up and down freeways.  Of course, back then we were still driving at 55 MPH, so we had longer to read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That&#039;s how we experienced our very first Tom Clancy book, The Hunt for Red October, by reading it aloud.  At that point, however, as the author of several &quot;original paperbacks&quot; which a New York Times book critic once disparagingly referred to as my &quot;funny little books,&quot; it was inconceivable that Judy Busk Jance from Bisbee, Arizona, would ever be on the same New York Times Bestsellers list along with Tom Clancy.  But happen it has!  Amazing.  And the fact that it&#039;s for Beaumont book # 20 is even more amazing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I submitted the manuscript for Beaumont # 1 to my agent back in 1983, the title page said, &quot;Until Proven Guilty by Judith A. Jance.  My agent was well versed in the ways of New York publishing houses.  She understood that since this was a police procedural written through a male point of view that ditching the Judith Ann part was probably a good idea.  Before sending the manuscript on, she retyped the title page to read:  &quot;Until Proven Guilty by J. A. Jance.&quot;   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second editor who saw the manuscript, called my agent and said, &quot;The guy who wrote Until Proven Guilty is a good writer.&quot;  My agent replied, &quot;What would you say if I told you the guy who wrote Until Proven Guilty was a woman?&quot;  His response?  &quot;I&#039;d say she was a helluva good writer.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The upshot is that he bought the manuscript as the first book in a proposed series.   Months later, when marketing got ahold of the manuscript, they were appalled.  They didn&#039;t think male readers would accept police procedurals written by someone named Judy.  They wanted to stick with the initials.  And so, for the first book and the five that game after that, there was no author bio or author photo, and the gender neutral J. A. Jance came into existence.  (Hey, don&#039;t knock it.  Autographing J. A. Jance is a lot easier than the full-meal-deal Judith A.!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It turns out marketing was both right and wrong.  I still meet people who, in order to get someone to read one of my books, first removes the dust jacket so my photo isn&#039;t visible.  They don&#039;t spring the fact that I&#039;m a woman on the hapless victim until after he (and it is usually a curmudgeonly he) has already read and liked the book.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So this week, going through my e-mails, it&#039;s been gratifying to hear from any number of men who have loved J.P. and who have aged in real time right along with his doing so in fictional time.  What that says to me is that I&#039;ve made the character come alive for them.  Those are words that writers love to hear.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The professor of Creative Writing who wouldn&#039;t let me into his class back in 1964 because I was a &quot;girl&quot; is probably spinning in his grave.  I have a message for him:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You snooze, buddy, you lose!  &lt;br /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:13:18+02:00', '', 'engine engine number i loved way roger miller strung words thoughts instance word lonesome ode love gone wrong engine engine number favorites day i sing beginning end key friend janis ian charitably calls key rbut blog isnt really song betrayal trust # 9 new york times bestsellers list heres big thank people went past week bought copies make list partial week sales truly remarkable achievement considering books publishing date moved way competition summers blockbuster books makes gratefulin eighties i early proponents audio books did old fashioned way reading aloud traveled freeways course driving 55 mph longer readthats experienced tom clancy book hunt red october reading aloud point original paperbacks new york times book critic disparagingly referred funny little books inconceivable judy busk jance bisbee arizona new york times bestsellers list tom clancy happen amazing fact beaumont book # 20 amazingwhen i submitted manuscript beaumont # 1 agent 1983 title page said proven guilty judith jance agent versed ways new york publishing houses understood police procedural written male point view ditching judith ann probably good idea sending manuscript retyped title page read proven guilty jance the second editor saw manuscript called agent said guy wrote proven guilty good writer agent replied say i told guy wrote proven guilty woman response id say helluva good writerthe upshot bought manuscript book proposed series months later marketing got ahold manuscript appalled didnt think male readers accept police procedurals written named judy wanted stick initials book game bio photo gender neutral jance came existence hey knock autographing jance lot easier meal deal judith ait turns marketing right wrong i meet people order read books removes dust jacket photo isnt visible spring fact woman hapless victim usually curmudgeonly read liked bookso week going mails gratifying hear number men loved jp aged real time right doing fictional time says ive character come alive words writers love hearthe professor creative writing wouldnt let class 1964 i girl probably spinning grave i message himyou snooze buddy lose ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7728, 'Comment on Spring Break by Janet Schuroll', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/04/01/spring-break-2/comment-page-1/#comment-19', 'Your family is going through a lot; how good it is that you&#039;re together to care for each other. As a parent who has raised kids, dogs, cats, gerbils, etc, for many years and coped with losses, I empathize with you all. Animals are important and give much love; although with cats it&#039;s less obvious!!!!\n   Enjoy the sun  --- here it&#039;s still drippy.', '2011-10-16T01:13:31+02:00', '', 'spring break janet schuroll family going lot good youre care parent raised kids dogs cats gerbils years coped losses i empathize animals love cats obvious\n enjoy sun drippy');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7729, 'Comment on Second One of the Second Batch by vit', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/03/25/second-one-of-the-second-batch/comment-page-1/#comment-17', 'I am reminded of the history of the hymn.  A man on a slave ship, his mother praying for him.  One day he saw the light and the hymn was born.  Amazing grace, indeed.  A wretch like me, truly.  I think I never served on a slave ship, but this is not a contest, we have all failed and we can all succeed.', '2011-10-16T01:13:32+02:00', '', 'second second batch vit i reminded history hymn slave ship mother praying day saw light hymn born amazing grace wretch like truly i think i served slave ship contest failed succeed');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7730, 'Comment on Second One of the Second Batch by carol', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/03/25/second-one-of-the-second-batch/comment-page-1/#comment-16', 'Thank you so much for the gift.  My husband and I toured the Colosseum two weeks ago - and maybe that beautiful hymn can erase some of the tragedy that the place holds.  I loved the different styles in which the verses were sung - it&#039;s really a song for all places.', '2011-10-16T01:13:32+02:00', '', 'second second batch carol thank gift husband i toured colosseum weeks ago maybe beautiful hymn erase tragedy place holds i loved different styles verses sung really song places');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7731, 'Comment on Watch Out For What You Wish For by Arlan', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/03/18/watch-out-for-what-you-wish-for/comment-page-1/#comment-8', 'Things definitely changed in Germany!  In 1971, one side was waxed paper and the other side was sand paper.  Tough choice....', '2011-10-16T01:13:33+02:00', '', 'watch wish arlan things definitely changed germany 1971 waxed paper sand paper tough choice');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7732, 'Comment on Watch Out For What You Wish For by Bubba', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/03/18/watch-out-for-what-you-wish-for/comment-page-1/#comment-6', 'Things must have improved in Germany from 1965 to 1973 when I was there. The difference between German toilet paper and sandpaper is that sandpaper has one smooth side. BTW - love your books - keep up the great writting.', '2011-10-16T01:13:33+02:00', '', 'watch wish bubba things improved germany 1965 1973 i difference german toilet paper sandpaper sandpaper smooth btw love books great writting');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7733, 'Comment on Snowbird Crowing by JC', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/03/04/snowbird-crowing/comment-page-1/#comment-4', 'It&#039;s been cooler than Normal this season for the snowbirds in Puerto Vallarta but they&#039;re still walking around in shorts and teeshirts.', '2011-10-16T01:13:34+02:00', '', 'snowbird crowing jc cooler normal season snowbirds puerto vallarta theyre walking shorts teeshirts');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7734, 'Comment on In Celebration of Charlie Sheen Week by vit', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/02/28/in-celebration-of-charlie-sheen-week/comment-page-1/#comment-3', 'I find this fascination with him on TV all the time so very sad.  The man is dying -- maybe not right now, but if he doesn&#039;t get help he will be gone.  He is talented, but his talent is probably a contributing factor to his impending death.\nI too had an alcoholic husband.  In today&#039;s world there is nothing to do but pray, the system will do nothing to force him to get help.', '2011-10-16T01:13:35+02:00', '', 'celebration charlie sheen week vit i fascination tv time sad dying maybe right doesnt help gone talented talent probably contributing factor impending death\ni alcoholic husband todays world pray force help');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7735, 'Comment on Sounds of Silence by John Coake', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/jajance/2011/02/25/sounds-of-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-2', 'The Ali Reynold&#039;s book Fatel Error was excellant but we really need a NEW J. P. Beaumont. It&#039;s been far too long.', '2011-10-16T01:13:35+02:00', '', 'sounds silence john coake ali reynolds book fatel error excellant really need new p beaumont far long');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7736, 'By: BREAKING NEWS: Insley announces for governor&nbsp;/&nbsp; The Ave', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/06/27/inslee-slams-mckenna-for-false-figures-is-pro-gay-marriage-tunnel/comment-page-1/#comment-6203', '[...] We&rsquo;ve known this day would come for years. Congressman Jay Inslee (D-WA-01) is now running for governor. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:38+02:00', '', 'breaking news insley announces governorâ /â  ave weâ€™ve known day come years congressman jay inslee wa 01 running governor');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7737, 'Amanda Knox prosecutors: Ignore science, demand life, think of weddings', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/09/25/amanda-knox-prosecutor-ignore-science-demand-life/', 'By&nbsp;Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the sensational Amanda Knox case. Winner, Best True Crime Book Editor&amp;#8217;s and Reader&amp;#8217;s Choice awards. Library Journal Bestseller. I&amp;#8217;m happy to answer questions on MURDER IN ITALY&amp;#8217;s Facebook page. AMANDA KNOX AND RAFFAELE SOLLECITO ARE FREE. WANT TO UPDATE [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:40+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'amanda knox prosecutors ignore science demand life think weddings byâ candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book sensational amanda knox case winner best true crime book editor reader choice awards library journal bestseller i happy answer questions murder italy facebook page amanda knox raffaele sollecito free want update');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7738, 'Amanda Knox case is Italy&rsquo;s West Memphis 3', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/09/17/amanda-knox-case-is-italys-west-memphis-3/', 'By&nbsp;Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the sensational Amanda Knox case. Winner, Best True Crime Book Editor&amp;#8217;s and Reader&amp;#8217;s Choice awards. Library Journal Bestseller. I&amp;#8217;m happy to answer questions on MURDER IN ITALY&amp;#8217;s Facebook page. Update: Verdict expected Oct. 3. Interview w/me &amp;#38; Amanda&amp;#8217;s step-dad. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:40+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'amanda knox case italyâ€™s west memphis 3 byâ candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book sensational amanda knox case winner best true crime book editor reader choice awards library journal bestseller i happy answer questions murder italy facebook page update verdict expected oct 3 interview w/me &#38 amanda step dad');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7739, '10 new reasons why Amanda Knox must go free', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/09/15/10-reasons-why-amanda-knox-must-go-free/', 'By&nbsp;Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the sensational Amanda Knox case. Winner, Best True Crime Book Editor&amp;#8217;s and Reader&amp;#8217;s Choice awards. Library Journal Bestseller. I&amp;#8217;m happy to answer questions on MURDER IN ITALY&amp;#8217;s Facebook page. Update: NBC News says Italian reporting going Amanda&amp;#8217;s way. Slate [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:41+02:00', 'Uncategorized', '10 new reasons amanda knox free byâ candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book sensational amanda knox case winner best true crime book editor reader choice awards library journal bestseller i happy answer questions murder italy facebook page update nbc news says italian reporting going amanda way slate');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7740, 'Amanda Knox defense wins last-minute DNA smackdown', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/09/08/amanda-knox-defense-wins-last-minute-dna-smackdown-2/', 'By&nbsp;Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the sensational Amanda Knox case. Winner, Best True Crime Book Editor&amp;#8217;s and Reader&amp;#8217;s Choice awards. Library Journal Bestseller. I&amp;#8217;m happy to answer questions on MURDER IN ITALY&amp;#8217;s Facebook page. UPDATE: Prosecutor tells ABC that Amanda Knox could go free&amp;#8211;see [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:41+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'amanda knox defense wins minute dna smackdown byâ candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book sensational amanda knox case winner best true crime book editor reader choice awards library journal bestseller i happy answer questions murder italy facebook page update prosecutor tells abc amanda knox free&#8211see');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7741, 'Prosecution on ropes as Amanda Knox trial resumes', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/09/04/prosecution-on-the-ropes-in-amanda-knox-case/', 'By&nbsp;Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the sensational Amanda Knox case. Winner, Best True Crime Book Editor&amp;#8217;s and Reader&amp;#8217;s Choice awards. Library Journal Bestseller. I&amp;#8217;m happy to answer questions on MURDER IN ITALY&amp;#8217;s Facebook page. Updates: BREAKING NEWS: Judge says no more tests or witnesses. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:42+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'prosecution ropes amanda knox trial resumes byâ candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book sensational amanda knox case winner best true crime book editor reader choice awards library journal bestseller i happy answer questions murder italy facebook page updates breaking news judge says tests witnesses');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7742, 'Amanda Knox lawyer assists parents in Kelly Denman tragedy', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/08/20/amanda-knox-lawyer-assists-parents-in-kelly-denman-tragic-story/', 'By&nbsp;Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the sensational Amanda Knox case. Winner, Best True Crime Book Editor&amp;#8217;s and Reader&amp;#8217;s Choice awards. Library Journal Bestseller. Knox case watchers: Next court dates, according to Newsweek and Italian press: 5/6 forensics; 7 prosecution close; 8 civil close; 9 [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:42+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'amanda knox lawyer assists parents kelly denman tragedy byâ candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book sensational amanda knox case winner best true crime book editor reader choice awards library journal bestseller knox case watchers court dates according newsweek italian press 5/6 forensics 7 prosecution close 8 civil close 9');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7743, 'Kelly Denman: New details on U.S. student&rsquo;s Italian tragedy', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/08/17/kelly-denham-new-details-on-uw-beautys-tragic-death-in-italy/', 'By&nbsp;Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the sensational Amanda Knox case. First, Italian authorities said University of Washington student Kelly Denman fell from a cliff in the candy box town of Vernazza, Italy. Then police decided that the popular 20-year-old had fallen from the window [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:43+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'kelly denman new details studentâ€™s italian tragedy byâ candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book sensational amanda knox case italian authorities said university washington student kelly denman fell cliff candy box town vernazza italy police decided popular 20 year old fallen window');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7744, 'University of Washington beauty plunges to death in Italy', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/08/14/beautiful-u-s-college-student-plunges-to-death-in-italy/', 'By&nbsp;Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the sensational Amanda Knox case.Update: Police&nbsp;now believe Kelly Denman fell from a window, not from a terrace as reported yesterday in Italy. &nbsp;I&amp;#8217;ve updated this story to reflect the new facts. &nbsp;Also see CBS News and Associated Press and [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:43+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'university washington beauty plunges death italy byâ candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book sensational amanda knox caseupdate policeâ now believe kelly denman fell window terrace reported yesterday italy â i ve updated story reflect new facts â also cbs news associated press');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7745, 'Amanda Knox testimony ends July 30 with &ldquo;DNA torpedo&rdquo;', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/07/29/amanda-knox-appeal-testimony-ends-july-30-with-dna-torpedo/', 'By Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the sensational Amanda Knox case. Best True Crime Book Editor&rsquo;s and Reader&rsquo;s Choice Awards. Library Journal bestseller. &ldquo;A real-life mystery as terrifying and compelling as fiction&rdquo; &ndash;Femme Noir. Updates: Please post questions/comments about Amanda Knox trial on MURDER [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:44+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'amanda knox testimony ends july 30 â€œdna torpedoâ€ candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book sensational amanda knox case best true crime book editorâ€™s readerâ€™s choice awards library journal bestseller â€œa real life mystery terrifying compelling fictionâ€ â€“femme noir updates post questions/comments amanda knox trial murder');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7746, 'Italians cops harass scientists in Amanda Knox trial', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/07/26/italians-cops-harass-scientists-in-amanda-knox-trial/', 'By Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the Amanda Knox case. Best True Crime Book Editor&amp;#8217;s and Reader&amp;#8217;s Choice Awards. Library Journal bestseller. &amp;#8220;A real-life mystery as terrifying and compelling as fiction&amp;#8221; &amp;#8211;Femme Noir. Update: July 30, last day in Amanda Knox/Raffaele Sollecito trial before [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:44+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'italians cops harass scientists amanda knox trial candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book amanda knox case best true crime book editor reader choice awards library journal bestseller real life mystery terrifying compelling fiction &#8211femme noir update july 30 day amanda knox/raffaele sollecito trial');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7747, 'Experts knox out DNA evidence against Amanda Knox', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/07/24/will-eexperts-knox-out-dna-evidence-against-amanda-knox/', '&quot;The colpeviste scoffed at the naivit&eacute; of the innocente, a much smaller group of renegade fact-checking journalists and bloggers who figured out early on that the satantic ritual, girls gone wrong, Manga comic, Halloween-influenced crime theories of prosecutor Giuliano Mignini didn&rsquo;t make a lick of sense.&quot;', '2011-10-16T01:13:45+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'experts knox dna evidence amanda knox colpeviste scoffed naivite innocente smaller group renegade fact checking journalists bloggers figured early satantic ritual girls gone wrong manga comic halloween influenced crime theories prosecutor giuliano mignini didnâ€™t make lick sense');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7748, 'Italians to try Amanda Knox&rsquo;s parents on July 4 holiday', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/07/03/italians-to-try-amanda-knox-parents-on-july-4-holiday/', 'By Candace Dempsey, author of MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the one, the true, the definitive book on the Amanda Knox case. Winner, Best True Crime 2010 Editor&amp;#8217;s &amp;#38; Reader&amp;#8217;s Choice awards. Updates: Amanda and Raffaele in court July 25. Independent experts will blow away DNA evidence. West Seattle Herald: Amanda Knox Slideshow Video: Amanda [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:46+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'italians try amanda knoxâ€™s parents july 4 holiday candace dempsey murder italy penguin/berkley books true definitive book amanda knox case winner best true crime 2010 editor &#38 reader choice awards updates amanda raffaele court july 25 independent experts blow away dna evidence west seattle herald amanda knox slideshow video amanda');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7749, 'Amanda Knox Case Scares Away Tourists', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/07/02/amanda-knox-case-scares-away-tourists/', 'By Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the definitive book on the &nbsp;Amanda Knox case. Best True Crime Book 2010 Editor&rsquo;s, Reader&rsquo;s Choice awards. Library Journal Bestseller. Update: Most tasteless Amanda Knox tweet ever, by Time magazine reporter: @maiasz&nbsp;#autism twps: do u think amanda knox, convicted of killing her rmmate due mainly to [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:46+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'amanda knox case scares away tourists candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books definitive book â amanda knox case best true crime book 2010 editorâ€™s readerâ€™s choice awards library journal bestseller update tasteless amanda knox tweet time magazine reporter @maiaszâ #autism twps think amanda knox convicted killing rmmate mainly');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7750, 'Amanda Knox: The DNA doesn&rsquo;t fit, will judge acquit?', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/06/30/amanda-knox-dna-doesnt-fit-will-judge-acquit/', 'By Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY (Penguin/Berkley Books), the definitive book on the &nbsp;Amanda Knox case. Best True Crime Book 2010 Editor&rsquo;s, Reader&rsquo;s Choice awards. Library Journal Bestseller. ABC NEWs update: &amp;#8220;Radiant Amanda Knox hopes to be home by Christmas.&amp;#8221; Say goodbye to the &amp;#8220;double DNA murder weapon&amp;#8221; and rusted bra clasp used to [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:47+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'amanda knox dna doesnâ€™t judge acquit candace dempsey ofâ murder italy penguin/berkley books definitive book â amanda knox case best true crime book 2010 editorâ€™s readerâ€™s choice awards library journal bestseller abc news update radiant amanda knox hopes home christmas say goodbye double dna murder weapon rusted bra clasp used');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7751, 'Amanda Knox Accuser Couldn&rsquo;t Read His Own Accusations', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/06/27/amanda-accuser-couldnt-read-own-accusations/', 'By Candace Dempsey, author of&nbsp;MURDER IN ITALY, the true story of Amanda Knox. Best True Crime Book 2010 Editor&rsquo;s, Reader&rsquo;s Choice awards. Library Journal Bestseller. DNA knocked out in Knox case. A major win for the defense. Next court dates: June 30 (independent experts), July 25, 30. Aug. 1. Sept. 5. Closing arguments begin Sept. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:47+02:00', 'Uncategorized', 'amanda knox accuser couldnâ€™t read accusations candace dempsey ofâ murder italy true story amanda knox best true crime book 2010 editorâ€™s readerâ€™s choice awards library journal bestseller dna knocked knox case major win defense court dates june 30 independent experts july 25 30 aug 1 sept 5 closing arguments begin sept');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7752, 'Comment on Amanda Knox Movie Flunks Truthiness Test by Amanda Knox Found Not Guilty in Italy Murder - Stormfront', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/02/22/amanda-knox-movie-flunks-truthiness-101/#comment-185', '[...] Re: Amanda Knox Found Not Guilty in Italy Murder    Jewish Media Slandered Amanda Knox  Jewish owned Lifetime tried to slander Knox in a film filled with lies. Amanda Knox Movie Flunks Truthiness Test | Let&#039;s Talk About True Crime - seattlepi.com. [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:49+02:00', '', 'amanda knox movie flunks truthiness test amanda knox guilty italy murder stormfront amanda knox guilty italy murder jewish media slandered amanda knox jewish owned lifetime tried slander knox film filled lies amanda knox movie flunks truthiness test | lets talk true crime seattlepicom');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7753, 'Comment on Amanda Knox Movie Flunks Truthiness Test by pi-blog &raquo; Advocacy- and Judicial systems/Media disorganized and unfair', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/02/22/amanda-knox-movie-flunks-truthiness-101/#comment-184', '[...] Now our country is following the same tragic steps as 3rd world countries unfair judicial systems and media,&nbsp; such as the biased Amanda Knox movie, [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:50+02:00', '', 'amanda knox movie flunks truthiness test pi blog â» advocacy judicial systems/media disorganized unfair country following tragic steps 3rd world countries unfair judicial systems mediaâ  biased amanda knox movie');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7754, 'Comment on Amanda Knox&rsquo;s Family Taking Filmmakers to Court by Knox Still Waiting | So Far, No', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/02/24/amanda-knoxs-family-taking-filmmakers-to-court/#comment-183', '[...] Seattle PI [...]', '2011-10-16T01:13:50+02:00', '', 'amanda knoxâ€™s family taking filmmakers court knox waiting | far seattle pi');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7755, 'Comment on New revelations: No evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by Lisa', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/04/03/new-revelations-no-evidence-against-amanda-knox-and-raffaele-sollecito/#comment-181', 'I find it so absurd that there are still people like Patty Campbell who actually have the nerve (or stupidity) to use the bible and who are the type of people you would have seen burning &quot;witches&quot; and using God as a weapon. If she could put down her bible long enough to read the ACTUAL case files abd the ACTUAL evidence (or lack thereof) maybe she would use her brain instead of her tabloid logic. There is no way that any logical, intelligent, self thinker could find guilt among the tabloid trash that has been the real star &quot;witness&quot; in this case. These are real people being held in prison by a corupt system led by a flawed, dangerous prosecutor. Heaven forbid, Ms.Campbell, that anyone you love ends up like Amanda and Rafaelle. Calling on God and prayer would not help you then, because there are so many like you, standing in the town square gleefully waiting for the public hanging yet to come.', '2011-10-16T01:13:51+02:00', '', 'new revelations evidence amanda knox raffaele sollecito lisa i absurd people like patty campbell actually nerve stupidity use bible type people seen burning witches using god weapon bible long read actual case files abd actual evidence lack thereof maybe use brain instead tabloid logic way logical intelligent self thinker guilt tabloid trash real star witness case real people held prison corupt led flawed dangerous prosecutor heaven forbid mscampbell love ends like amanda rafaelle calling god prayer help like standing town square gleefully waiting public hanging come');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7756, 'Comment on Amanda Knox: No incriminating DNA on murder weapon by amanda', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/03/24/amanda-knox-no-incriminating-dna-on-murder-weapon/#comment-180', 'I believe they are not guilty. They made the story that framed a man supposidly after hours and hours of interagation. Amanda Just wanted to leave. By the way the tapes of this where are they? They need to be produced to the court.', '2011-10-16T01:13:51+02:00', '', 'amanda knox incriminating dna murder weapon amanda i believe guilty story framed supposidly hours hours interagation amanda just wanted leave way tapes need produced court');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7757, 'Comment on New revelations: No evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by grolfff', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/04/03/new-revelations-no-evidence-against-amanda-knox-and-raffaele-sollecito/#comment-179', 'To Grahame Rhodes\n\nIt may be possible that the conviction will be upheld. But that will not constitute proof of her guilt. Many people who have been convicted of murder in the US are eventually exonerated. A trial, even an appeals trial, is never the last word.\n\nAny GOOD PERSON must acknowledge that Amanda Knox COULD BE innocent.\n\nThe fact that you do not acknowledge this says more about yourself than it ever could about her.', '2011-10-16T01:13:52+02:00', '', 'new revelations evidence amanda knox raffaele sollecito grolfff grahame rhodes\n\nit possible conviction upheld constitute proof guilt people convicted murder eventually exonerated trial appeals trial word\n\nany good person acknowledge amanda knox innocent\n\nthe fact acknowledge says');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7758, 'Comment on New revelations: No evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by PNeisman', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/04/03/new-revelations-no-evidence-against-amanda-knox-and-raffaele-sollecito/#comment-175', 'We have some interesting facts not reported or thought of by the Italian police on the evidence or lack thereof, see our latest post.  The facts do not line up in the timeline from the heroin dealer who was the star witness for the prosecutor. That prosecutor has also been charged with abuse of power -this is a great miscarriage of justice, Amanda Knox should be freed on this appeal. Even the Italian Prime Minister is accused of crimes, the country has no ethical judicial system.', '2011-10-16T01:13:54+02:00', '', 'new revelations evidence amanda knox raffaele sollecito pneisman interesting facts reported thought italian police evidence lack thereof latest post facts line timeline heroin dealer star witness prosecutor prosecutor charged abuse power great miscarriage justice amanda knox freed appeal italian prime minister accused crimes country ethical judicial');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7759, 'Comment on New revelations: No evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by Anders Clayton', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/04/03/new-revelations-no-evidence-against-amanda-knox-and-raffaele-sollecito/#comment-174', 'DelBalzo&#039;s quoted Italian poster speculates Amanda might work in the office of her lawyer. Meaning Ghirga or Della Vedova? I&#039;m sure she is capable as an interpreter from English to Italian, but she&#039;s a creative writing buff, not a law brain. Would either lawyer honestly WANT her in his office?\n\nI&#039;m afraid she will land back at some pub or bar in a different part of Italy, after a strained return home to family for a few months once she is released in about 10 years. She will be desperate to link up with a guy, she will marry but beneath her former expectations. The marriage will allow her to adopt a child and give her some transition time to life out of prison. She will eventually become a single working mother like Edda, and continue life divorced and probably never remarry.\n\nHard to say, she&#039;s not exactly a fast learner. Women tend to repeat their mothers&#039; life pattern. Self-esteem dampened from life behind bars will be huge hurdle.\n\nI hope things aren&#039;t this bleak for Amanda, and they don&#039;t have to be, but without faith and miracles this is a very possible scenario. \n\nShe will never return to the U.S. for any great length of time. Her fate is sealed, she identifies with Italy and Europe now, which is what she wanted. Her identity crisis is cured.', '2011-10-16T01:13:55+02:00', '', 'new revelations evidence amanda knox raffaele sollecito clayton delbalzos quoted italian poster speculates amanda work office lawyer meaning ghirga della vedova sure capable interpreter english italian shes creative writing buff law brain lawyer honestly want office\n\nim afraid land pub bar different italy strained return home family months released 10 years desperate link guy marry beneath expectations marriage allow adopt child transition time life prison eventually single working mother like edda continue life divorced probably remarry\n\nhard say shes exactly learner women tend repeat mothers life pattern self esteem dampened life bars huge hurdle\n\ni hope things arent bleak amanda faith miracles possible scenario \n\nshe return great length time fate sealed identifies italy europe wanted identity crisis cured');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7760, 'Comment on New revelations: No evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by Fred Saunders', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/04/03/new-revelations-no-evidence-against-amanda-knox-and-raffaele-sollecito/#comment-173', 'So, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International weighed in saying fair trial.', '2011-10-16T01:13:55+02:00', '', 'new revelations evidence amanda knox raffaele sollecito fred saunders human rights watch amnesty international weighed saying fair trial');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7761, 'Comment on New revelations: No evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by Patty Campbell', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/04/03/new-revelations-no-evidence-against-amanda-knox-and-raffaele-sollecito/#comment-172', 'She&#039;s guilty but I agree with this Italian poster. However, rather than 30 years for Amanda in an effort by Bongiorno to cast all blame on her to extricate Raffaele, I think Amanda&#039;s sentence will be &quot;dumbed down&quot; to about 16 years. I have no clue what sentence Raf will get. I think he deserves the same as Amanda, but Italian poster knows what he&#039;s talking about: family influence, a sense of someone being a &quot;good family&quot;, thus less risky to release, and more of a waste of a life that might produce. Right or wrong, these things are instinctual.\n\nItaly has a pretty merciful system to give work-release for half days and  full days, long before sentence is served.\n\nNobody guilty should be behind bars, but wrongdoers should be. Murderers in God&#039;s law are to be executed, but that&#039;s not done in Italy. See Old Testament books of the Law (Exodus, Deuteronomy) for God&#039;s recommendation on how to deal with manslayers. This was never abrogated by Jesus Christ, although he taught endless mercy in personal relationships. He also warned people to keep the law, and he was referring to Old Testament law. He never advocated false mercy to evildoers which is cruel to the innocent to force them to cohabit in community with those who have killed others and face continued risk working with hardened people.\n\nLegal kindness to killers is cruelty to the innocent. It devalues the life of the murdered victim, insults the victim&#039;s family, and sends the message that wrong is not frowned upon, but met with a slapped wrist and chuckle. \n\nJesus Christ commands believers to visit those in prison.', '2011-10-16T01:13:56+02:00', '', 'new revelations evidence amanda knox raffaele sollecito patty campbell shes guilty i agree italian poster 30 years amanda effort bongiorno cast blame extricate raffaele i think amandas sentence dumbed 16 years i clue sentence raf i think deserves amanda italian poster knows hes talking family influence sense good family risky release waste life produce right wrong things instinctual\n\nitaly pretty merciful work release half days days long sentence served\n\nnobody guilty bars wrongdoers murderers gods law executed thats italy old testament books law exodus deuteronomy gods recommendation deal manslayers abrogated jesus christ taught endless mercy personal relationships warned people law referring old testament law advocated false mercy evildoers cruel innocent force cohabit community killed face continued risk working hardened people\n\nlegal kindness killers cruelty innocent devalues life murdered victim insults victims family sends message wrong frowned met slapped wrist chuckle \n\njesus christ commands believers visit prison');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7762, 'Comment on New revelations: No evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by Grahame Rhodes', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/04/03/new-revelations-no-evidence-against-amanda-knox-and-raffaele-sollecito/#comment-171', 'Better get used to disappoinment. They will both be over fifty years old when they get out of jail.', '2011-10-16T01:13:56+02:00', '', 'new revelations evidence amanda knox raffaele sollecito grahame rhodes better used disappoinment fifty years old jail');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7763, 'Comment on New revelations: No evidence against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito by John J. Pecchio', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/dempsey/2011/04/03/new-revelations-no-evidence-against-amanda-knox-and-raffaele-sollecito/#comment-170', 'The criminal mind never sleeps. \n Working In An All Male Maximum-Security Prison For \n25 Years I Understand Why Prisons are failing?   \n\nIT ALL STARTS WITH OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM TURNING THESE INSTITUTIONS INTO PLAYGROUNDS FOR CRIMINAL&rsquo;S RIGHTS; SUPPORTING HARDCORE CRIMINALS WHO THRIVE ON ACTING LIKE PSYCHOPATHIC MONSTERS AND PREHISTORIC MAN EXISTING ALL OVER AGAIN.    \n\nThis article will inform the mind and startle the soul. Crime and punishment in this country is out of control. Many are in agreement in, how lawmakers and prison bureaucrats are controlling our modern prisons, and turning them into political arenas that operate like a circus of shams and charades. \n\n	When we started building modern prisons in the 1800s, air, food and space was all that the constitution called for when incarcerating criminals. It was understood that prisons were built to punish criminals for their crimes and reform them to live productive lives.  \n\nFor two-centuries in this country, we have been processing criminals in our Judicial-System and building prisons to punish criminals. And in all that time, I am appalled, how lawmakers have not revised the system to correct the lack of administrative and prisoner discipline. Nor impeach those who are still contaminating our prison with flaws, embedding them with unthinking, unknowing or corrupted officials and political bureaucrats.  \n\n	When politicians run for public office they want to impress taxpayers with solutions to lower the deficit, stabilize taxes and protect public safety. I realize that most politicians have never seen the inside of a prison and the ones who have been were short visit and shown the best parts. It&rsquo;s appalling and a shameful act, the way so many political officials come into office and start abusing tax-dollars and the legal system by clamming, that closing prisons will lower the deficit. When in fact; it will increases prison violence, spending and crime rate.  \n\n	Federal and State Prisons have deteriorated to their worst condition in the history of these institutions? They have changed from being run with dignity and strong security into a hellish nightmare where corruption is the norm. With the loss of positive leadership in our prisons came the increase of prisoner&rsquo;s power, primarily caused by their ability to hide behind highly-defended &ldquo;Civil Rights&rdquo;, which has now taken precedence above all else. These rights allowed them to live without fear of strong retribution for their actions, thereby leading to a breakdown in inmate behavior and resulting in riots, fights, and physical and verbal abuse of prison workers. \n\n	The recidivism rates are now at the highest point in prison history.  Prison bureaucrats know that approximately 70% and 80% of repeat felons&rsquo; including 90% of pedophiles and sex-offenders are returning in one-to three-years committing the same crimes, which is a sure sign of a failing prison system.  \n\n	After working in a maximum-security prison for almost three-decades, it&rsquo;s my firm conviction that &ldquo;The criminal mind never sleeps&rdquo;. Our Justice System processes so many criminals throughout the prison systems at taxpayers&rsquo; expense, and they still continue to rebel against the system by violating prison rules and regulations, breaking laws and committing more crimes. \n\n	Each year, taxpayers&rsquo; are spending over $450-billion dollars on our Justice System to fighting crime in this country, and approximately $50-billion dollars of that money is spend on the Department of Corrections.\n\nIn 1966 when I started working in the prison system our prison security was intact and ran well because administrators were in control. Three years later we started getting a new breed of administrators from Central Office, (the main headquarters for all prisons in the state) they were politically orientated, inexperienced, arrogant and controlling. Their goals were plain and simple; they worried more about pleasing their superiors and prisoner&rsquo;s rights then prison safety. That was the beginning of how our prisons went from good to bad and ugly in the last several decades. \n\nIn today&rsquo;s prisons the lack of prison security has diminished. The security correctional officers, who were the backbone of the prison system, have now been downgraded to glorified babysitters. Now prison staff is forced to move daily between freedom and captivity while walking a delicate line between administrative politics and the threat of inmate violence. \n\nI was a vocational instructor working and supervising murderers, rapist, pedophiles, and drug-pushers and mentally unstable prisoners.  My vocational shop was dangerously filled with trade tools, including shape knives, screwdrivers and machineries. The new administrators ignored security procedures and removed the security officer from all the vocational shops and tripled their workload to patrol several shops a day, which left me without security for several hours. Needless to say, my inmates became reckless and became a security risk. These new administrators and prison security put me in life-threatening situations. The inevitable happened. Several inmates begin challenging me and setting me up to be harmed. The leader of the gang started pressuring me and violating prison rules and regulations to impress other inmates. He was a mass-murderer serving two-life-terms for killing several people. \n\nI had written several misbehavior reports when locking this inmate up. Most of those reports were downplayed by prison security leaders because of pressure from above to have fewer incidents and look good to Central Office and feared they would violate prisoner&rsquo;s rights. Within the month the same inmate wrote a threatening letter to security heads and the superintendent, quote. &ldquo;Take me out of Pecchio shop or there will be trouble&rdquo; unquote. I was never warned of the inmate&rsquo;s letter nor were my misbehavior reports taken seriously. \n\nAs expected, this 280 pound muscular inmate charged me from behind and brutally attacked me. With blood pouring down the side of my face where he hit me, he then picked me up and threw me hard against a 600 pound steel machine; I hit it with such force it moved. I then fell hard to the concrete floor next to my desk on a platform. When he stopped punching me for a few seconds and turned towards the door I reached up with one arm and knocked the phone off the hook and that alerted security. They rushed in and took control. Both the inmate and I were medically treated in the facility hospital. He was taken to the guardhouse and I was transported to the outside hospital for further medical treatment.  \nThen several months later, a jury trial found this inmate guilty and added a three-to-seven-years sentence to his two life terms. I was put on a medical disability for the rest of my life. This traumatic experience was caused by a failing prison system. \n	\nIT IS TIME TO ACT AND I HOPE THE DIVERSITY OF MY TRUE, COMPELLING AND GRIPPING STORIES WILL BE A POSITIVE INSTRUMENT IN PRISON REFORM.   \nVISIT MY WEBSITE WWW.JOHNPECCHIO.COM  AND READ TRUE COMPELLING AND GRIPPING STORIE ABOUT  WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THOSE PRISON WALLS. &ldquo;HELL BEHIND PRISON WALLS&rdquo; AND &ldquo;THE DEVIL&rsquo;S DEN OF PRISON AND JUSTICE&rdquo;   LOOK AT HOW PRISONS ARE STILL FAILING WHILE TAXPAYERS ARE SUPPORTING THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE IN PRISON HISTORY. WE HAVE THE MOST SERIAL-KILLER IN THE WORLD? ALONG WITH APPROXIMATELY 2.4 MILLION SCHIZOPHRENICS, WITH MANY BEING BORDERLINE CASES, WHO ARE MIXING IN WITH REPEAT FELONS AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, WHICH ARE COMMITTING MOST OF THE CRIMES IN THE UNITED STATES.\n\nBY AUTHOR JOHN J. PECCHIO', '2011-10-16T01:13:57+02:00', '', 'new revelations evidence amanda knox raffaele sollecito john pecchio criminal mind sleeps \n working male maximum security prison \n25 years i understand prisons failing \n\nit starts judicial turning institutions playgrounds criminalâ€™s rights supporting hardcore criminals thrive acting like psychopathic monsters prehistoric existing \n\nthis article inform mind startle soul crime punishment country control agreement lawmakers prison bureaucrats controlling modern prisons turning political arenas operate like circus shams charades \n\n started building modern prisons 1800s air food space constitution called incarcerating criminals understood prisons built punish criminals crimes reform live productive lives \n\nfor centuries country processing criminals judicial building prisons punish criminals time i appalled lawmakers revised correct lack administrative prisoner discipline impeach contaminating prison flaws embedding unthinking unknowing corrupted officials political bureaucrats \n\n politicians run public office want impress taxpayers solutions lower deficit stabilize taxes protect public safety i realize politicians seen inside prison ones short visit shown best parts itâ€™s appalling shameful act way political officials come office start abusing tax dollars legal clamming closing prisons lower deficit fact increases prison violence spending crime rate \n\n federal state prisons deteriorated worst condition history institutions changed run dignity strong security hellish nightmare corruption norm loss positive leadership prisons came increase prisonerâ€™s power primarily caused ability hide highly defended â€œcivil rightsâ€ taken precedence rights allowed live fear strong retribution actions leading breakdown inmate behavior resulting riots fights physical verbal abuse prison workers \n\n recidivism rates highest point prison history prison bureaucrats know approximately 70 80 repeat felonsâ€™ including 90 pedophiles sex offenders returning years committing crimes sure sign failing prison \n\n working maximum security prison decades itâ€™s firm conviction â€œthe criminal mind sleepsâ€ justice processes criminals prison systems taxpayersâ€™ expense continue rebel violating prison rules regulations breaking laws committing crimes \n\n year taxpayersâ€™ spending $450 billion dollars justice fighting crime country approximately $50 billion dollars money spend department corrections\n\nin 1966 i started working prison prison security intact ran administrators control years later started getting new breed administrators central office main headquarters prisons state politically orientated inexperienced arrogant controlling goals plain simple worried pleasing superiors prisonerâ€™s rights prison safety beginning prisons went good bad ugly decades \n\nin todayâ€™s prisons lack prison security diminished security correctional officers backbone prison downgraded glorified babysitters prison staff forced daily freedom captivity walking delicate line administrative politics threat inmate violence \n\ni vocational instructor working supervising murderers rapist pedophiles drug pushers mentally unstable prisoners vocational shop dangerously filled trade tools including shape knives screwdrivers machineries new administrators ignored security procedures removed security officer vocational shops tripled workload patrol shops day left security hours needless say inmates reckless security risk new administrators prison security life threatening situations inevitable happened inmates begin challenging setting harmed leader gang started pressuring violating prison rules regulations impress inmates mass murderer serving life terms killing people \n\ni written misbehavior reports locking inmate reports downplayed prison security leaders pressure fewer incidents look good central office feared violate prisonerâ€™s rights month inmate wrote threatening letter security heads superintendent quote â€œtake pecchio shop troubleâ€ unquote i warned inmateâ€™s letter misbehavior reports taken seriously \n\nas expected 280 pound muscular inmate charged brutally attacked blood pouring face hit picked threw hard 600 pound steel machine i hit force moved i fell hard concrete floor desk platform stopped punching seconds turned door i reached arm knocked phone hook alerted security rushed took control inmate i medically treated facility hospital taken guardhouse i transported outside hospital medical treatment \nthen months later jury trial inmate guilty added seven years sentence life terms i medical disability rest life traumatic experience caused failing prison \n \nit time act i hope diversity true compelling gripping stories positive instrument prison reform \nvisit website wwwjohnpecchiocom read true compelling gripping storie goes prison walls â€œhell prison wallsâ€ â€œthe devilâ€™s prison justiceâ€ look prisons failing taxpayers supporting highest incarceration rate prison history serial killer world approximately 24 million schizophrenics borderline cases mixing repeat felons illegal immigrants committing crimes united states\n\nby john pecchio');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7764, 'My Quest to Ride on a Beechcraft Starship: Flying This Weekend (Attempt #2)', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/15/my-quest-to-ride-on-a-beechcraft-starship-flying-this-weekend-attempt-2/', '&lt;p&gt;Beechcraft Starship N514RS at Mojave, CA&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I think it is quite obvious that I grew up loving aviation. As a child, when the Beechcraft Starship first was developed, I was instantly in love. Over 25 years later, it is still one modern and beautiful looking aircraft. The story of the Starship is sad and [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:08+02:00', '', 'quest ride beechcraft starship flying weekend attempt #2 beechcraft starship n514rs mojave ca i think quite obvious i grew loving aviation child beechcraft starship developed i instantly love 25 years later modern beautiful looking aircraft story starship sad ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7765, 'High Resolution Photos of United Airline&rsquo;s First Boeing 787 Dreamliner Rolling Out of the Factory', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/14/high-resolution-photos-of-united-airline%e2%80%99s-first-boeing-787-dreamliner-rolling-out-of-the-factory/', '&lt;p&gt;United&#039;s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner is pulled out of the factory. Image from Boeing. Click for Larger.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Wednesday night, Boeing pulled out United Airline&rsquo;s first 787 Dreamliner from the factory and off the final assembly line. The first 787 Dreamliner has already been delivered to the launch customer, ANA, but United will be the [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:09+02:00', '', 'high resolution photos united airlineâ€™s boeing 787 dreamliner rolling factory uniteds boeing 787 dreamliner pulled factory image boeing click larger wednesday night boeing pulled united airlineâ€™s 787 dreamliner factory final assembly line 787 dreamliner delivered launch customer ana united ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7766, 'Boeing Delivers Their First Boeing 747-8 to Cargolux (photos)', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/13/boeing-delivers-their-first-boeing-747-8-to-cargolux-photos/', '&lt;p&gt;Cargolux&#039;s first Boeing 747-8F (LX-VCB) takes off from Paine Field earlier today. Photo by Boeing. Click for hi-res.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;No music, no balloons and no Champagne to celebrate Boeing&rsquo;s first delivery of their new 747-8F (LX-VCB) yesterday. It is really sort of sad that so much has gone into making the new 747-8F and it [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:09+02:00', '', 'boeing delivers boeing 747 8 cargolux photos cargoluxs boeing 747 8f lx vcb takes paine field earlier today photo boeing click hi res no music balloons champagne celebrate boeingâ€™s delivery new 747 8f lx vcb yesterday really sort sad gone making new 747 8f ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7767, 'OFFICIAL: The First Boeing 747-8F Will Deliver Today Without Celebration', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/12/official-the-first-boeing-747-8f-will-deliver-today-without-celebration/', '&lt;p&gt;Cargolux Boeing 747-8F. It appears the first delivery will happen today.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;From multiple sources, it looks like the first Boeing 747-8F is finally set to be delivered to Cargolux sometime today after a lot of complications. As of now the aircraft shows to be leaving Paine Field at 11am and heading to Seattle-Tacoma International [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:10+02:00', '', 'official boeing 747 8f deliver today celebration cargolux boeing 747 8f appears delivery happen today from multiple sources looks like boeing 747 8f finally set delivered cargolux today lot complications aircraft shows leaving paine field 11am heading seattle tacoma international ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7768, 'Alaska Airlines Goes Green in Nome, Alaska', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/12/alaska-airlines-goes-green-in-nome-alaska/', '&lt;p&gt;Wind power for Alaska Airlines up in Nome, Alaska. Photo from Alaska Airlines.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;So where the heck is Nome, Alaska? It is pretty darn as close to the middle of no where as you can get, although it is on the western edge of Alaska. It is a small town of less than 4,000 [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:11+02:00', '', 'alaska airlines goes green nome alaska wind power alaska airlines nome alaska photo alaska airlines so heck nome alaska pretty darn close middle western edge alaska small town 4000 ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7769, 'Still No Delivery Date Set For Cargolux&rsquo;s First Boeing 747-8F', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/11/still-no-delivery-date-set-for-cargolux%e2%80%99s-first-boeing-747-8f/', '&lt;p&gt;Cargolux Boeing 747-8F&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;It has been over three weeks since Cargolux was supposed to take delivery of their first Boeing 747-8 Freighter. As of now, there is still no official date for when that delivery will occur.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;During an unrelated event, Qatar Airways CEO&nbsp;Akbar Al Baker, who has a 35% stake in Cargolux, stated [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:11+02:00', '', 'delivery date set cargoluxâ€™s boeing 747 8f cargolux boeing 747 8f it weeks cargolux supposed delivery boeing 747 8 freighter official date delivery occur during unrelated event qatar airways ceoâ akbar baker 35 stake cargolux stated ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7770, 'Photo Tour of ANA&rsquo;s Second Boeing 787 Dreamliner &ndash; JA802A', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/11/photo-tour-of-ana%e2%80%99s-second-boeing-787-dreamliner-%e2%80%93-ja802a/', '&lt;p&gt;During ANA&rsquo;s delivery events, media was invited to take a tour of JA802A, the second 787 Dreamliner that will be delivered to ANA. Here are some of the photos:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;JA802A sitting on the tarmac at Paine Field in Everett, WA. It has the same special 787 livery as the first 787 for ANA, JA801A.&lt;/p&gt; [...]', '2011-10-16T01:14:12+02:00', '', 'photo tour anaâ€™s second boeing 787 dreamliner â€“ ja802a during anaâ€™s delivery events media invited tour ja802a second 787 dreamliner delivered ana photos ja802a sitting tarmac paine field everett wa special 787 livery 787 ana ja801a');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7771, 'Video: How RwandAir Takes a Boeing 737 From Seattle to Rwanda', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/10/video-how-rwandair-takes-a-boeing-737-from-seattle-to-rwanda/', '&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Boeing builds their 737s in Renton, WA, but their aircraft are used all around the world. How does an airline get a brand new plane, built to go short distances, half way across the world? Well, they fly it there of course.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As previously reported, I was lucky enough to be invited on a [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:12+02:00', '', 'video rwandair takes boeing 737 seattle rwanda  boeing builds 737s renton wa aircraft used world does airline brand new plane built short distances half way world fly course as previously reported i lucky invited ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7772, 'What Could Be Better? Air New Zealand Cuddle Class + David Hasselhoff', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/09/what-could-be-better-air-new-zealand-cuddle-class-david-hasselhoff/', '&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;I think this video is really BAAAAA-d ass and obviously quite a few others do as well, since at the time of posting it almost has 220,000 views. What do sheep dream about while sleeping in Air New Zealand&rsquo;s cuddle class? Well you will have to watch the video to find out.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:13+02:00', '', 'better air new zealand cuddle class david hasselhoff  i think video really baaaaa ass obviously quite time posting 220000 views sheep dream sleeping air new zealandâ€™s cuddle class watch video out if ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7773, 'Airline Livery of the Week: Arik Air Orders Two Boeing 747-8 Intercontinentals. The Largest Aircraft to Sport Pink?', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/08/airline-livery-of-the-week-arik-air-orders-two-boeing-747-8-intercontinentals-the-largest-aircraft-to-sport-pink/', '&lt;p&gt;Computer mock up of what Arik Air&#039;s first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental will look like. Photo from Boeing. Click for much larger.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Let&rsquo;s all welcome Arik Air to the exclusive &ldquo;We Have a Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental on Order&rdquo; club. The Nigerian-based airline announced earlier in the week that they have placed orders for two of [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:13+02:00', '', 'airline livery week arik air orders boeing 747 8 intercontinentals largest aircraft sport pink computer mock arik airs boeing 747 8 intercontinental look like photo boeing click larger letâ€™s welcome arik air exclusive â€œwe boeing 747 8 intercontinental orderâ€ club nigerian based airline announced earlier week placed orders ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7774, 'GoGo Gets Trav Lehrman and a New Advertising Campaign', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/07/gogo-gets-trav-lehrman-and-a-new-advertising-campaign/', '&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Most times I can&rsquo;t stand commercials. Of course this doesn&rsquo;t mean I can&rsquo;t appreciate a good commercial when I see one. GoGo, which provides WiFi service on airlines, has started an advertising campaign starring Trav Lehrman (say it out loud and you should get it). GoGo describes Trav as &ldquo;an eccentric new spokesperson,&rdquo; but [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:14+02:00', '', 'gogo gets trav lehrman new advertising campaign  most times i canâ€™t stand commercials course doesnâ€™t mean i canâ€™t appreciate good commercial i gogo provides wifi service airlines started advertising campaign starring trav lehrman say loud gogo describes trav â€œan eccentric new spokespersonâ€ ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7775, 'A Photo Can Capture the Spirit of Flight', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/06/a-photo-can-capture-the-spirit-of-flight/', '&lt;p&gt;Taken during a 2011 Family Day. Photo by Boeing. Click for larger.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking at high-resolution photographs of airlines is always a&nbsp;pleasant&nbsp;experience. Being able to capture people and an emotion is something else with an airliner. I think this photo really captures the essence of the enjoyment of flight. From Boeing&rsquo;s Flickr page:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Boeing photographer [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:14+02:00', '', 'photo capture spirit flight taken 2011 family day photo boeing click larger looking high resolution photographs airlines able capture people emotion airliner i think photo really captures essence enjoyment flight boeingâ€™s flickr page boeing photographer ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7776, 'Experience The Boeing 787 Dreamliner at the Museum of Flight on Oct 9th', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/06/experience-the-boeing-787-dreamliner-at-the-museum-of-flight-on-oct-9th/', '&lt;p&gt;Boeing 787 Dreamliner ZA001. Check it out.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Do you like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner? Of course you do. Do you live in the Seattle area? Well, if you do come check out the very first Boeing 787 Dreamliner (ZA001) at the Museum of Flight on October 9th from 10am to 5pm. Here is the [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:15+02:00', '', 'experience boeing 787 dreamliner museum flight oct 9th boeing 787 dreamliner za001 check out do like boeing 787 dreamliner course live seattle area come check boeing 787 dreamliner za001 museum flight october 9th 10am 5pm ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7777, 'A Detailed Look at Air India&rsquo;s History Part 2 &ndash; Guest Blog', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/05/a-detailed-look-at-air-india%e2%80%99s-history-part-2-%e2%80%93-guest-blog/', '&lt;p&gt;Previously I shared a guest blog from Vinay Bhaskara about the history of Air India. This is a continuation of his story, in his own words:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Widebody Era&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As Air India moved into the 1970s, it was in a wonderful position. Known for its superior service, Air India had managed to catch, not only [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:15+02:00', '', 'detailed look air indiaâ€™s history 2 â€“ guest blog previously i shared guest blog vinay bhaskara history air india continuation story words the widebody era as air india moved 1970s wonderful position known superior service air india managed catch ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7778, 'Received My First Body Scan and I Am Okay With It', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/10/04/received-my-first-body-scan-and-i-am-okay-with-it/', '&lt;p&gt;A KLM MD-11 at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As you might know, I am not a fan of body scanners. They provide a false sense of security, violate your privacy, cost too much money and are easy to avoid. Even with all my travels, I have been proud being able to avoid a scan [...]&lt;/p&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:16+02:00', '', 'received body scan i okay a klm md 11 amsterdam airport schiphol  as know i fan body scanners provide false sense security violate privacy cost money easy avoid travels i proud able avoid scan ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7779, 'Comment on One Photo to Define Why Seattle Rocks for Aviation by Biggles Flys Undone', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/04/04/one-photo-to-define-why-seattle-rocks-for-aviation/comment-page-1/#comment-55', 'Agreed a sterling visual, the fly in the ointment is that the 787&#039;s are temporarily mothballed and the 737&#039;s mostly form part of a bargain bunch destined for that to be avoided at all costs budget Irish airline Ryan Air.', '2011-10-16T01:14:18+02:00', '', 'photo define seattle rocks aviation biggles flys undone agreed sterling visual fly ointment 787s temporarily mothballed 737s form bargain bunch destined avoided costs budget irish airline ryan air');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7780, 'Comment on Airline Livery of the Week: Air Asia&rsquo;s Junior Jet Club Livery (Guest Blog) by james moylan', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/04/02/airline-livery-of-the-week-air-asia%e2%80%99s-junior-jet-club-livery-guest-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-54', 'I have a web site where I research penny stocks and stocks under ten dollars. I have many years of experience with these type of stocks. I would like to comment about airline stocks. although airlines have been bad investments since they were deregulated back in the 1970&#039;s airlines have become extraordinarly efficient over the last ten years in spite of the high cost of jet fuel and all the new airport regulations that have taken effect since nine eleven. also the number of airlines and the capacity have been greatly reduced over the last ten years. I think the airlines may have entered a period of sustained profitability. although I would not recommend buying individual airline stocks their is an exchange traded fund that invest in airline stocks it trades under the symbol {FAA}', '2011-10-16T01:14:18+02:00', '', 'airline livery week air asiaâ€™s junior jet club livery guest blog james moylan i web site i research penny stocks stocks dollars i years experience type stocks i like airline stocks airlines bad investments deregulated 1970s airlines extraordinarly efficient years spite high cost jet fuel new airport regulations taken effect number airlines capacity greatly reduced years i think airlines entered period sustained profitability i recommend buying individual airline stocks exchange traded fund invest airline stocks trades symbol {faa}');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7781, 'Comment on Why Do I Have to Turn Off My Electronic Devices Below 10,000 Feet? by Freewheelin', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/03/29/why-do-i-have-to-turn-off-my-electronic-devices-below-10000-feet/comment-page-1/#comment-51', 'To which I would only respond:\n\n1. Modern airliners should be more than adequately shielded against spurious signals from hand-held-devices. If you can use your laptop at 35,000 feet, there&#039;s no reason you shouldn&#039;t be able to use it at 9,000 feet.\n\n2. I once used my Sony ICF7600 portable receiver (with headphones) on a cross-country flight. The number of AM and FM signals bouncing through the plane were staggering. And I didn&#039;t even try for short wave or long wave. In reality, we are being bombarded by signals of various strengths and frequencies all the time. Turn on an AM radio at night and scan between the local stations, and you&#039;ll see what I mean. HAM radio operators know this, the FCC knows this, and airline design engineers know this. \n\n3. It wasn&#039;t cell phone signals that brought down United Flight 93 on 9/11.', '2011-10-16T01:14:19+02:00', '', 'i turn electronic devices 10000 feet freewheelin i respond\n\n1 modern airliners adequately shielded spurious signals hand held devices use laptop 35000 feet theres reason shouldnt able use 9000 feet\n\n2 i used sony icf7600 portable receiver headphones cross country flight number fm signals bouncing plane staggering i didnt try short wave long wave reality bombarded signals various strengths frequencies time turn radio night scan local stations youll i mean ham radio operators know fcc knows airline design engineers know \n\n3 wasnt cell phone signals brought united flight 93 9/11');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7782, 'Comment on Aerial Photo: Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Comes Out of the Paine Hangar by Frank Damp', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/03/22/aerial-photo-lufthansa-boeing-747-8-intercontinental-comes-out-of-the-paine-hangar/comment-page-1/#comment-44', 'I&#039;ve heard rumbles through some former colleagues that a Middle East Royal flight might be the ultimate operator. Lufthansa has done this before. The various Royal families are always trying to out-do each other and one of them already has an A380. One Royal fleet has quite on elderly Tri-Star, so it might be for them.', '2011-10-16T01:14:20+02:00', '', 'aerial photo lufthansa boeing 747 8 intercontinental comes paine hangar frank damp ive heard rumbles colleagues middle east royal flight ultimate operator lufthansa various royal families trying a380 royal fleet quite elderly tri star');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7783, 'Comment on Aerial Photo: Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Comes Out of the Paine Hangar by Da Lump', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/03/22/aerial-photo-lufthansa-boeing-747-8-intercontinental-comes-out-of-the-paine-hangar/comment-page-1/#comment-41', 'A great airline gets a great plane.', '2011-10-16T01:14:20+02:00', '', 'aerial photo lufthansa boeing 747 8 intercontinental comes paine hangar lump great airline gets great plane');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7784, 'Comment on Short Take: Airbus Adds More Automation in Their Cockpit by Hide and seek', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/03/18/short-take-airbus-adds-more-automation-in-their-cockpit/comment-page-1/#comment-37', 'I&#039;m pretty sure shutting of this annoying system is most likely what they&#039;ll do. Most pilots generally like to have control of what they are flying. But hey, thumbs up to Airbus for trying to improve safety!', '2011-10-16T01:14:21+02:00', '', 'short airbus adds automation cockpit hide seek pretty sure shutting annoying likely theyll pilots generally like control flying hey thumbs airbus trying improve safety');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7785, 'Comment on American Airlines Tries Do-It-Yourself Bag Tagging by TeamAmerica', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/03/15/american-airlines-tries-do-it-yourself-bag-tagging/comment-page-1/#comment-36', 'I LIKE this idea very much.  I always have to wait and watch the agent tag my bag (with the correct destination) and put it on the belt - it would speed things up and increase my confidence if I could just do it myself.', '2011-10-16T01:14:21+02:00', '', 'american airlines tries bag tagging teamamerica i like idea i wait watch agent tag bag correct destination belt speed things increase confidence i just');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7786, 'Comment on Air China Orders 5 Boeing 747-8 Intercontinentals (with photo) by Stratos', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/03/07/air-china-orders-5-boeing-747-8-intercontinentals-with-photo/comment-page-1/#comment-34', 'Hope they love them and buy more.', '2011-10-16T01:14:22+02:00', '', 'air china orders 5 boeing 747 8 intercontinentals photo stratos hope love buy');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7787, 'Comment on Air Force Chooses the Boeing 767 (KC-46A) as Next Tanker by Richard Taylor', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/02/24/air-force-chooses-the-boeing-767-kc-46a-as-next-tanker/comment-page-1/#comment-18', 'KC-46A - The NEW Air Refueling Tanker\n\nI served twenty plus years in the U. S. Air Force, 1963-1983, and sixteen of those years were as a Crew Chief on the wonderful C-135 platform, both &#039;short and tall tails&#039;, and on just about every type and model.  Most of my career was on EC/KC/RC/WC-135&#039;s, and both the B-47 and B-52.  I loved the simplicity and air-worthiness of the C-135 airframe and its multi-role taskings.\n\nIt truly makes me glad to know that our troops in the Air Force today will be receiving another Boeing airplane to replace those that I spent nearly half of my adult life maintaining.\n\nCongratulations BOEING on the new KC-46A Tanker.  Wish I was going to be around to help keep them flying, too.\n\nRichard &quot;Crewdawg&quot; Taylor\nM/Sgt, USAF, Ret.', '2011-10-16T01:14:22+02:00', '', 'air force chooses boeing 767 kc 46a tanker richard taylor kc 46a new air refueling tanker\n\ni served years air force 1963 1983 sixteen years crew chief wonderful 135 platform short tall tails just type model career ec/kc/rc/wc 135s b 47 b 52 i loved simplicity air worthiness 135 airframe multi role taskings\n\nit truly makes glad know troops air force today receiving boeing airplane replace i spent nearly half adult life boeing new kc 46a tanker wish i going help flying too\n\nrichard crewdawg taylor\nm/sgt usaf ret');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7788, 'Comment on UPDATED: (More) Photos of Japan Airline&rsquo;s New Crane Livery on Boeing 767 by Hmmm.....', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/03/02/updated-more-photos-of-japan-airline%e2%80%99s-new-crane-livery-on-boeing-767/comment-page-1/#comment-16', 'Well it&#039;s plain, but clean and business like. Not any worse that the new Finnair livery. It too is basically all white.', '2011-10-16T01:14:23+02:00', '', 'updated photos japan airlineâ€™s new crane livery boeing 767 hmmm plain clean business like worse new finnair livery basically white');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7789, 'Comment on Photo of First Boeing 747-400 in new United Airlines Livery by dave', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/02/22/photo-of-first-boeing-747-400-in-new-united-airlines-livery/comment-page-1/#comment-13', 'I&#039;m with you.  After initially hating the blended design and loathing the end of the United &quot;tulip,&quot; I&#039;ve started to come on board only after seeing the updated livery on actual airplanes rather than photos. \n\nI really like it on the 777&#039;s, and surprisingly it looks sharp on the United Express RJs.  I&#039;m a bit less impressed with how it looks on the Airbus models. Something about the size of the font relative to the size of the plane seems off.  \n\nCan&#039;t wait to see that 747 in person - thanks for sharing!', '2011-10-16T01:14:23+02:00', '', 'photo boeing 747 400 new united airlines livery dave initially hating blended design loathing end united tulip ive started come board seeing updated livery actual airplanes photos \n\ni really like 777s surprisingly looks sharp united express rjs bit impressed looks airbus models size relative size plane \n\ncant wait 747 person thanks sharing');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7790, 'Comment on Could This Be What the Next Boeing 737 Will Look Like? by Icarus', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/02/16/could-this-be-what-the-next-boeing-737-will-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-4', 'Awesome and exciting. Thanks for the article David.', '2011-10-16T01:14:24+02:00', '', 'boeing 737 look like icarus awesome exciting thanks article david');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7791, 'Comment on TweetUp: Sunday 3pm at the Future of Flight &ndash; Join Us? by iamlucky13', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/airlinereporter/2011/02/12/tweetup-sunday-3pm-at-the-future-of-flight-join-us/comment-page-1/#comment-2', 'It seems this didn&#039;t happen? The people at the ticket counter knew nothing about it.', '2011-10-16T01:14:24+02:00', '', 'tweetup sunday 3pm future flight â€“ join iamlucky13 didnt happen people ticket counter knew');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7792, 'Heroics in Hawaii Might Save More Than One Life', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/10/10/heroics-in-hawaii-might-save-more-than-one-life/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wC2dx1blXBg/TpNBqDGZ02I/AAAAAAAABe4/FHN5F6KIkug/s1600/view+over+wing.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;201&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wC2dx1blXBg/TpNBqDGZ02I/AAAAAAAABe4/FHN5F6KIkug/s320/view+over+wing.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;view+over+wing.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I recognize that as an aviation journalist I am part of the problem. And the problem as I see it is this. We generate so many words about safety but the attention is disproportionately paid to airlines. Don&#039;t get me wrong, as a frequent flyer, I&#039;m all for safe airline operations. It&#039;s just that other forms of transportation -&nbsp;&lt;i&gt;riskier &lt;/i&gt;forms of transportation without the &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2010/11/why-are-you-so-sexy.html&quot;&gt;sex appeal of the big airlines&lt;/a&gt;, sometimes seem to get a pass.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just last week, for example, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/nyregion/bus-company-shut-after-i-95-crash-reappears-under-new-name.html?ref=buses&quot;&gt;I wrote a story&lt;/a&gt; for The New York Times, reporting that a motor coach operator responsible for a horrific crash that killed 15 people earlier this year, had essentially evaded a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dot.gov/&quot;&gt;Department of Transportation&lt;/a&gt; cease operation order by simply transfering buses from the sanctioned company to another bus company also under his control.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nMdmpCXbUqY/TpNEbQ2GP6I/AAAAAAAABe8/HjtIn0h-uIM/s1600/Platnium+Jet+Management+teteroboro+crash.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nMdmpCXbUqY/TpNEbQ2GP6I/AAAAAAAABe8/HjtIn0h-uIM/s320/Platnium+Jet+Management+teteroboro+crash.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Platnium+Jet+Management+teteroboro+crash&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo courtesy NTSB&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;When the complex ownership of &lt;a href=&quot;http://avstop.com/news/platinum_jet.htm&quot;&gt;Platinum Jet Management&lt;/a&gt; came to light after a runway excursion in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.panynj.gov/airports/teterboro.html&quot;&gt;Teterboro Airport&lt;/a&gt; in 2004, the FAA and the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ntsb.gov/&quot;&gt;NTSB&lt;/a&gt; were all over the issue like white on rice.&nbsp; Criminal charges were filed and rules dealing with operational control in business aviation were tightened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#039;m ruminating about all this today because I watched with a horrified fascination this video taken by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uscg.mil/d14/&quot;&gt;U.S. Coast Guard&lt;/a&gt; on October 7th.&nbsp; This was a ditching off the coast of Hawaii when the pilot of a twin engine &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airliners.net/aircraft-data/stats.main?id=149&quot;&gt;Cessna 310&lt;/a&gt; realized he did not have enough fuel to make it to the mainland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bless those Coasties from the 14th District in Honolulu, they&nbsp; not only saved the day, they had the presence of mind to video tape the plane&#039;s final seconds aloft and the pilot&#039;s miraculous emergence from the cockpit out onto the wing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charles Brian Mellor, 65, was ferrying the plane from&nbsp;Monterey,&nbsp;California to &lt;a href=&quot;http://hawaii.gov/ito&quot;&gt;Hilo International Airport&lt;/a&gt;. And though he was flying with auxiliary fuel tanks, about 500 miles from his destination he realized he would run short of gas and radioed the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faa.gov/&quot;&gt;Federal Aviation Administration&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Angela Henderson, a press officer with the Coast Guard says when the rescue center got the call at 12:30 on Friday they immediately dispatched a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.seanews.com.tr/article/HOTN/48858/Coast-guard-Plane-distress-signal-taiwanese-fishing-vessel/&quot;&gt;C-130&lt;/a&gt; and a Coast Guard cutter along a track line looking to intercept the airplane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XexAC5w9q1w/TpNN22Fs-4I/AAAAAAAABfA/ZvRVITPfy5M/s1600/coast+guard+cutter.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;223&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XexAC5w9q1w/TpNN22Fs-4I/AAAAAAAABfA/ZvRVITPfy5M/s400/coast+guard+cutter.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;coast+guard+cutter.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Richard Russell)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;There was a fifty-fifty chance that he could have made it&quot;, Angela told me in a phone call this afternoon. &quot;We were there in case he didn&#039;t.&quot; Thirteen miles offshore Mellor ditched the plane. A rescue helicopter hoisted him from the sea and delivered him to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hmc.hhsc.org/&quot;&gt;Hilo Medical Center&lt;/a&gt; emergency room.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There were 11 airplane accidents in the United States last Friday. Nine on Thursday and 10 the day before that. You get my drift here, right? More than &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/&quot;&gt;two dozen airplane crashes&lt;/a&gt; in less than a week but the one bouncing &#039;round the world is this one, courtesy of Coast Guard heroics, the internet and the extremely rare situation in which a pilot has advance notice that he is going down. Which is why poor Angela has been fielding calls right and left.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who knows as this point why Mellor ran shy of fuel on a trans-Pacific ferry flight? &nbsp;His narrow escape is a reminder that beyond airliners there are other safety issues that also deserve attention. If this video helps accomplish that, the Coast Guard can claim another success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-3230262043591537116?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/Gyt2gX8mUwg&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;Gyt2gX8mUwg&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:37+02:00', 'airlines', 'heroics hawaii save life i recognize aviation journalist i problem problem i generate words safety attention disproportionately paid airlines wrong frequent flyer safe airline operations just forms transportation â riskier forms transportation sex appeal big airlines passjust week example i wrote story new york times reporting motor coach operator responsible horrific crash killed 15 people earlier year essentially evaded ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7793, 'Don&rsquo;t Touch That Dial! No the Other Dial!', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/10/06/dont-touch-that-dial-no-the-other-dial/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EiMPpp3G2ug/To28fupWrnI/AAAAAAAABeI/_pPB_viYeak/s1600/ANA+airlines+takeoff.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;196&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EiMPpp3G2ug/To28fupWrnI/AAAAAAAABeI/_pPB_viYeak/s320/ANA+airlines+takeoff.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;ANA+airlines+takeoff.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Certainly the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mlit.go.jp/jtsb/english.html&quot;&gt;Japanese safety authorities&lt;/a&gt; know better than to tell pilots of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ana.co.jp/asw/wws/us/e/&quot;&gt;All Nippon Airways&lt;/a&gt; to be more careful in the future and don&#039;t touch the knob that can turn a 737 upside down with a full load of passengers in the back. But I&#039;m not so sure the boss does judging from his&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japan-orders-ana-unit-to-take-safety-steps-report-2011-10-05&quot;&gt; comments&lt;/a&gt; the other day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Futoshi Osada, chief of the country&#039;s Civil Aviation Bureau was quoted as saying, &quot;It is really deplorable that the incident occurred as it threatened to  undermine public trust in the safety of the public transportation  system.&quot; Osada then told the airline&#039;s president to &quot;to take appropriate action and report back.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If that wraps up the investigation into what happened on the upside down flight from Okinawa to Tokyo last month, an opportunity to&lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/02/much-to-learn-from-lucky-landings.html&quot;&gt; learn from this near-disaster&lt;/a&gt; will be lost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XwFAJiI2TTc/To28l40cQSI/AAAAAAAABeM/KNai0O2OGzc/s1600/ana+story+pilot+in+japan.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;171&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XwFAJiI2TTc/To28l40cQSI/AAAAAAAABeM/KNai0O2OGzc/s320/ana+story+pilot+in+japan.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;ana+story+pilot+in+japan.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;A recap: the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boeing.com/commercial/737family/&quot;&gt;Boeing 737&lt;/a&gt; was put into a turn so steep the plane rolled upside down. The&nbsp; co-pilot who was alone in the cockpit at the time inadvertently selected the wrong knob while trying to readmit the captain to the flight deck after a potty break.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I heard this story, I immediately thought of the&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-8&quot;&gt; DC-8&lt;/a&gt;. Let me explain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Back in the 1970s when many airlines were flying the McDonnell Douglas jet, pilots on at least two occasions accidentally deployed the ground spoilers when the airplane was still in the air. Because this destroys lift (&lt;i&gt;spoils &lt;/i&gt;it, get it?)&nbsp; it is a monumental no-no. On July 5, 1970 the &lt;i&gt;oopsie &lt;/i&gt;caused an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.super70s.com/super70s/tech/aviation/disasters/70-07-05(AirCanada).asp&quot;&gt;Air Canada flight&lt;/a&gt; to crash after an attempted go-around at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.torontopearson.com/&quot;&gt;Toronto International Airport&lt;/a&gt;, killing&nbsp; all 109 people on board.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Three years later, a Loftleidir Icelandic Airlines DC-8 crashed on landing at Kennedy Airport in New York. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR73-20.pdf&quot;&gt;National Transportation Safety Board concluded&lt;/a&gt; the pilot deployed the ground spoilers while attempting to arm them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fortunately, no one was killed. Air travelers in general were fortunate too because the American safety officials spent some time trying to find out &lt;i&gt;why &lt;/i&gt;the pilots erred. Their conclusion: telling pilots &quot;don&#039;t do that&quot; wasn&#039;t going to fly.&nbsp; Design changes in the cockpit were necessary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don&#039;t get me wrong, this insight wasn&#039;t immediate. After the Air Canada accident, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.faa.gov/&quot;&gt;Federal Aviation Administration&lt;/a&gt;&#039;s first response was to install a placard on the DC-8 flight decks saying - and I am not making this up - DO NOT DEPLOY SPOILERS IN FLIGHT.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is easy to be smug in the 21st century about the oversights in the 1970s when human factors in cockpit design was a relatively new field of study. I don&#039;t mean to be that girl. Thirty-five years ago the machine was considered rigid and the pilots considered malleable. Why not bend the human to the design of the cockpit?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Over the years we have learned why not. As the late flight surgeon &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wright.edu/isap/billings/index.html&quot;&gt;Dr. Charles Billings&lt;/a&gt; wrote in his 1997 handbook of human factors &quot;Technology should not expect humans to adapt in some fundamental way because&lt;u&gt; &lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/06/sullenberger-on-fallacy-of-pilot-error.html&quot;&gt;cognitive and physical abilities of the human do not change&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5GFvOdIciyc/To28tA5v8II/AAAAAAAABeQ/P3PffZCK4Mk/s1600/ana+story+cockpit+generic.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5GFvOdIciyc/To28tA5v8II/AAAAAAAABeQ/P3PffZCK4Mk/s320/ana+story+cockpit+generic.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;ana+story+cockpit+generic.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So in Japan, and anywhere else in the world where 737s fly and that would be everywhere, I sure hope the air safety folks are doing an examination of their incident and accident databases to see if there are similar cases of pilots accidentally confusing critical flight control knobs with the door knob. If so, perhaps Boeing needs to take another look at the design of the flight deck and how it pairs up with the design of the people who work on it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-6070450045762245476?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/SU_lQIzwBqE&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;SU_lQIzwBqE&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:38+02:00', 'air safety', 'donâ€™t touch dial dial ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7794, 'Following the Leader in Airline Emergencies', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/09/29/following-the-leader-in-airline-emergencies/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qpW8z1EnDyg/ToSDYjXCyII/AAAAAAAABdo/Cv9Q-UlgGMM/s1600/passenger+safety+briefing+video.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qpW8z1EnDyg/ToSDYjXCyII/AAAAAAAABdo/Cv9Q-UlgGMM/s320/passenger+safety+briefing+video.jpg&quot; width=&quot;200&quot; alt=&quot;passenger+safety+briefing+video.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://online.wsj.com/article/the_middle_seat.html&quot;&gt;Scott McCartney&rsquo;s story&lt;/a&gt; in today&rsquo;s Wall Street Journal makes some excellent points about the special challenges of &lt;a href=&quot;http://gohowknowhow.com/?p=149&quot;&gt;saving lives in aviation catastrophes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all, let&rsquo;s set aside the myth that an aviation accident &nbsp;= &nbsp;everybody dead. It&rsquo;s not the case though it leads some people adopt the fatalistic and passive view that if anything goes wrong there&rsquo;s little they can do about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But at a hangar at London&rsquo;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.heathrowairport.com/&quot;&gt;Heathrow&lt;/a&gt; Airport, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.britishairways.com/travel/home/public/en_us&quot;&gt;British Airways&lt;/a&gt; is giving select passengers a &lt;i&gt;dare-I-say&lt;/i&gt; crash course in accident survivability. It&rsquo;s a one-day class offered for the frequent-flying employees of companies who are customers of BA. Scott writes that the airline is considering whether to offer the training to the public for a fee or in exchange for frequent flier miles.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I&rsquo;ll admit on first reading I was perturbed by Andy Clubb, the flight attendant who runs the class, who told Scott, &quot;We teach people to react faster than anyone else so they are in the aisle first and down the slide first,&quot; but Clubb goes on to explain that when a confident passenger demonstrates the correct way to respond, others will follow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Passengers as exemplars is a fabulous idea, a safety spin on the lesson of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/united.htm&quot;&gt;United Airlines flight 93&lt;/a&gt; that once the door to the plane is closed the folks inside are a self-contained and necessarily self-sufficient community. In a crisis, survival depends on how well the community works as a whole. &nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sc8LUxsotO8/ToSOjEdfPRI/AAAAAAAABd0/uxYSbKwWBfU/s1600/Emergency+evacuation.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sc8LUxsotO8/ToSOjEdfPRI/AAAAAAAABd0/uxYSbKwWBfU/s200/Emergency+evacuation.jpg&quot; width=&quot;135&quot; alt=&quot;Emergency+evacuation.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Evacuating a 777 is a little frightening&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The last time I traveled by air, I sat at the over wing exit row and when the flight attendant asked me if I was willing to handle the door in an emergency, I answered confidently that I was. After all, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/business/emirates-airline-bets-on-glamour.html?pagewanted=1&amp;#38;_r=1&quot;&gt;I&rsquo;d just spent a week&lt;/a&gt; in flight attendant training at Emirates reporting a story for The New York Times. Can I remove the door if required? Yes, indeed. (I could even sell duty free perfume if push came to shove.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What&rsquo;s a tad bit troubling is that British Airways is considering charging tuition of $220 for the school. If better safety on the plane becomes another source of ancillary revenue like &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/09/you-want-smile-thats-gonna-cost-you.html&quot;&gt;better service at the airport&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp; well, that would be wrong.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RfnD74jQms0/ToR_L9EoYTI/AAAAAAAABdk/0tICBqKQgzE/s1600/ANZ+safety+briefing.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-RfnD74jQms0/ToR_L9EoYTI/AAAAAAAABdk/0tICBqKQgzE/s320/ANZ+safety+briefing.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;ANZ+safety+briefing.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;A crazed rugby fan in Air New Zealand&#039;s safety briefing&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Passengers deserve some of the blame for being blas&eacute; about safety, but with a few exceptions such as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airnewzealand.com/home&quot;&gt;Air New Zealand&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.southwest.com/flight/?int=GNAVBOOKAIR&quot;&gt;Southwest&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cebupacificair.com/&quot;&gt;Cebu Pacific&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp; (see their videos below) the airlines have done little to make the safety briefing relevant or interesting to passengers. For the most part, their flight attendants are up there droning on and on - boring us to death with information that could save our lives.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So my proposal is this; how about &lt;i&gt;all &lt;/i&gt;the airlines join BA in this innovative new program and invite their most frequent travelers to take a safety course for free? Then, in return, and &quot;in the unlikely event of an emergency&quot; these trained passengers would follow instructions text-book style and show the rest of us how its done. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-7217682998101379411?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/HOLrYwXTrF8&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;HOLrYwXTrF8&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:38+02:00', 'Travel', 'following leader airline emergencies ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7795, 'A Plot by Airlines to Make Us Behave Better', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/09/27/a-plot-by-airlines-to-make-us-behave-better/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w5sV7GvVSY/ToKFEYeb61I/AAAAAAAABdU/j1FdGgoWRkU/s1600/kyla_ebbert_britney_spears.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5w5sV7GvVSY/ToKFEYeb61I/AAAAAAAABdU/j1FdGgoWRkU/s1600/kyla_ebbert_britney_spears.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;kyla_ebbert_britney_spears.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Okay, I&#039;m just a few years late in hearing about the otherwise famous &lt;a href=&quot;http://youtu.be/5yXc67Fuqm8&quot;&gt;Kyla Ebbert&lt;/a&gt; and her equally famous little-white-skirt both of which had a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.southwest.com/&quot;&gt;Southwest &lt;/a&gt;flight attendant hyperventilating back in 2007. Seems the lovely &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hooters.com/home.aspx&quot;&gt;Hooters&lt;/a&gt; waitress -turned &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/11/16/kyla-ebbert-in-playboy-15-minutes-prolonged-by-southwests-savv/&quot;&gt;Playboy model &lt;/a&gt;was considered inapproprately dressed for her flight from San Diego to Tuscon and she was asked to change outfits or get off the plane. Well that was then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh wait, is it now?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jpraKdA9fZY/ToKEboxIO6I/AAAAAAAABdQ/a_B-OhuICQw/s1600/Southwest+airplane.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;148&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jpraKdA9fZY/ToKEboxIO6I/AAAAAAAABdQ/a_B-OhuICQw/s320/Southwest+airplane.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Southwest+airplane.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Yeah, in a bit of deja vu all over again, actress&nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0354157/&quot;&gt;Leisha Hailey&lt;/a&gt; is whining about being asked to step off a flight out of Baltimore for engaging in some kissy-kissy with her girlfriend that some other passengers apparently found too-too much. That in itself wouldn&#039;t have sent the ladies packing. Leisha apparently matched the airline&#039;s purple and orange livery by letting loose with some colorful words of her own when a flight attendant told the couple to cool their jets, or Flight 2274 would be one jet the BFFs &lt;i&gt;wouldn&#039;t&lt;/i&gt; be traveling on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Change the name, change the problem, airlines telling passengers they can&#039;t fly seems to be cropping up on a near-weekly basis. It happens often on Southwest, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Woman-Kicked-off-Delta-Flight-After-Accusing-Pilot-Of-Drinking-99890364.html&quot;&gt;Delta&lt;/a&gt;,&nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/peninsula/2011/07/deshon-marman-sue-us-airways-after-saggy-pants-arrest&quot;&gt;US Airways&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flyjazz.ca/&quot;&gt;Air Canada Jazz&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;have had their moments too. And I&#039;m wondering if the airlines are involved in a diabolically clever plot to keep us passengers off-guard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If we don&#039;t know exactly what behavior or dress will get us asked to deplane prior to departure, will we all just start acting and dressing better when traveling by air?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5AWqWT2Fvrw/ToKIRXynxHI/AAAAAAAABdY/xrkox2a5hLA/s1600/flight+attendants+show.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;213&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5AWqWT2Fvrw/ToKIRXynxHI/AAAAAAAABdY/xrkox2a5hLA/s320/flight+attendants+show.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;flight+attendants+show.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;At the risk of bringing up &lt;a href=&quot;http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/pan-am&quot;&gt;Pan Am&lt;/a&gt; the television show &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/09/when-airlines-were-on-top-of-world.html&quot;&gt;one more time&lt;/a&gt;, let me just suggest that in the not-too distant past, people didn&#039;t board airplanes wearing tee-shirts with the F-word emblazoned on them. They didn&#039;t reveal their underpants beneath teeny tiny skirts, or from above low-slung pants. Nor for that matter did people wear pajamas when they traveled, unless of course the traveler was pint-sized and the PJ&#039;s had feet and a snap crotch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, these choices are a product of the modern-age. Airlines, struggling to&nbsp;manage the&nbsp;sensibilities&nbsp;of an&nbsp;eclectic&nbsp;assortment of cultures, religions and orientations have a tough job trying to make sure no one is offended and too often it seems, they fail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But air travelers, beware: To the question, &quot;do we have a right to fly?&quot; the answer seems to be &quot;no&quot;. &nbsp;In spite of the threats from the recently dis-boarded and their demands for apologies, airlines have a tightly constructed contract of carriage printed on every single airline ticket, which says, and I paraphrase here, behave yourself in a manner that will not disrupt your fellow passengers because on the airplane, the ultimate authority is the flight crew.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3lChxNS1Jo/ToKItAF0vGI/AAAAAAAABdc/Gu42PO6_Z-g/s1600/seats+from+behind.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;128&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3lChxNS1Jo/ToKItAF0vGI/AAAAAAAABdc/Gu42PO6_Z-g/s400/seats+from+behind.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;seats+from+behind.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week, Leisha Hailey is tweeting that her removal from the plane, along with her companion Camila Grey was &quot;an outrage&quot; and she&#039;s calling for a boycott of &nbsp;Southwest. Homosexuals may be the newest but they&#039;re certainly not the last special interest group to ride the wave of publicity triggered by an involuntary departure from an airplane prior to push back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The interest group&nbsp;I&#039;d like to see start to agitate is the one demanding that everybody traveling by air board the plane, settle down, button up and pretend that we are in granny&#039;s parlor&nbsp;for the duration of the flight.&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-5004952990301141862?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/mN9KLkBiM4w&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;mN9KLkBiM4w&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:39+02:00', 'Travel', 'plot airlines make behave better okay just years late hearing famous ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7796, 'When Airlines Were  On Top of the World', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/09/22/when-airlines-were-on-top-of-the-world/', '&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4f_ytFaveEE/TnvpyIVc3hI/AAAAAAAABck/Qp44XemqIQc/s1600/Pan+Am+cockpit+in+studio.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4f_ytFaveEE/TnvpyIVc3hI/AAAAAAAABck/Qp44XemqIQc/s400/Pan+Am+cockpit+in+studio.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Pan+Am+cockpit+in+studio.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sony Pictures Television / Patrick Harbron &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Fellow aviation geeks, don&#039;t be too tempted to quibble over just how authentic the new television show, &lt;a href=&quot;http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/pan-am&quot;&gt;Pan Am&lt;/a&gt; is - already &lt;a href=&quot;http://michelinemaynard.com/&quot;&gt;Mickey Maynard&lt;/a&gt; is tweeting that the blue of the stewardesses uniforms is the wrong shade. And I confess, when I saw the first episode, (I got to see it two weeks ago but &lt;i&gt;you&#039;ll &lt;/i&gt;have to wait until Sunday - Thanks Sony!) I did wonder if the set designers couldn&#039;t do a better job on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boeing.com/commercial/707family/&quot;&gt;B707&lt;/a&gt; boarding bridge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Still, if handsome Capt. Dean Lowrey looks too young to be in command of a plane full of 1960s-era travelers, think again. Think in fact, of Capt. Robert Evans.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FEU6QSHDcJw/Tnvs0sVNoCI/AAAAAAAABc4/drUU4xlufP0/s1600/Robert+evans+and+mike+vogel.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;272&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FEU6QSHDcJw/Tnvs0sVNoCI/AAAAAAAABc4/drUU4xlufP0/s400/Robert+evans+and+mike+vogel.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Robert+evans+and+mike+vogel.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pan Am Capt. Robert Evans (L) and actor Mike Vogel who plays Capt. Dean Lowrey&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTYbral2yNo/TnvWgunQEVI/AAAAAAAABcQ/jaysNPC0NCI/s1600/Pan+Am+S-42.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;205&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PTYbral2yNo/TnvWgunQEVI/AAAAAAAABcQ/jaysNPC0NCI/s320/Pan+Am+S-42.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Pan+Am+S-42.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Capt. Evans flew a S-42 like this one when he joined Pan Am&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Through a family connection, I was privileged to spend a few days this summer reading the memoirs of Capt. Evans, who flew for Pan Am from 1940 to 1976 - a career that started when he was just twenty-four and took him from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flyingclippers.com/S42.html&quot;&gt;Sikorsky S-42&lt;/a&gt; to the left seat of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boeing.com/commercial/747family/&quot;&gt;Boeing 747&lt;/a&gt;, then and now the queen of the sky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KwbYFWmE7CY/TnvzFPFhDeI/AAAAAAAABc8/MhGUvJCVRp4/s1600/Pan+am+747.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;214&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KwbYFWmE7CY/TnvzFPFhDeI/AAAAAAAABc8/MhGUvJCVRp4/s320/Pan+am+747.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Pan+am+747.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo courtesy Pan Am Historical Association&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&#039;s no wonder Evans took time from traveling the world to jot down his stories. In a chapter of his book called &lt;i&gt;Unusual Earthly Sights&lt;/i&gt;, he describes the sun rising in the west over Scandinavia, a view of Victoria Falls while diverting to avoid weather, experiencing the Aurora Borealis north of Labrador and encountering static electricity known as St. Elmo&#039;s fire, that made his airplane glow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;The bright fiery glow enveloped props, wings and fuselage. A blue ball of static developed in the cabin - rolling down the aisle - and discharging off the tail. Flight service reported a lot of wide-eyed passengers.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So today, as I sat at the Brooklyn film studio where episodes of Pan Am are being shot, talking to the actor &lt;a href=&quot;http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2011/07/mike_vogel_joins_abcs_pan_am.html&quot;&gt;Mike Vogel&lt;/a&gt; who plays the Pan Am &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Skygods-Fall-Pan-Robert-Gandt/dp/0688046150&quot;&gt;Sky God&lt;/a&gt; Dean Lowrey on the weekly program, I reminded myself that Capt. Evans probably looked a lot like him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vogel described a childhood growing up by Pennsylvania&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fieldtrip.com/pa/54431776.htm&quot;&gt;Willow Grove Naval Air Station&lt;/a&gt;, spending so much time watching the airplanes take off and land that he learned to distinguish a P-3 from an A-4 by the sound of their engines. Aviation was a first love that never died, he told me, which explains why Vogel flies a 707 on TV while working on his &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Pilot_Licence&quot;&gt;PPL&lt;/a&gt; in real life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pmtl7816a8Y/TnvqoHQe3iI/AAAAAAAABcw/o8GCNsesGag/s1600/Pan+Am+inflight+meal+service+cropped.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pmtl7816a8Y/TnvqoHQe3iI/AAAAAAAABcw/o8GCNsesGag/s320/Pan+Am+inflight+meal+service+cropped.jpg&quot; width=&quot;264&quot; alt=&quot;Pan+Am+inflight+meal+service+cropped.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo courtesy Pan Am Historical Association&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;While the perfectly coiffed Vogel and his co stars did their thing under the studio lights, off to the side Sherry Zahner, was fussing over the shrimp appetizers that the four women who play Pan Am stewardesses will use in the next scene. Sherry was a Pan Am flight attendant in that era and she&#039;s gonna make sure the service details are true-to-life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the sixties, heck, through the eighties, stewardesses on Pan Am didn&#039;t just serve pretty food, they cooked it too. Sherry says her years at the airline were the best time of her life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VoMOYPzfhRA/TnvnmL_uyMI/AAAAAAAABcg/F88fGZo11X8/s1600/Candice+Kimmel+with+Halaby+wings.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VoMOYPzfhRA/TnvnmL_uyMI/AAAAAAAABcg/F88fGZo11X8/s320/Candice+Kimmel+with+Halaby+wings.jpg&quot; width=&quot;279&quot; alt=&quot;Candice+Kimmel+with+Halaby+wings.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Najeeb Halaby pins wings on Candice Adams Kimmel&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Sure the work was hard. If it was easy everybody would be doing it. But Pan Am didn&#039;t hire just anybody. The airline wanted educated, multilingual flight attendants. The recruiters went to college campuses, which is how Candice Adams Kimmel, French-speaking with a degree in history ended up becoming a stewardess. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With two months experience she was flying to Rome, hanging out with other stewardesses who were &quot;doing everything but saying &#039;sombody pinch me&#039;&quot; she recalled when I spoke with her earlier this month. They all thought they were dreaming. It just didn&#039;t get any better than this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hes3ATyWWAw/Tnvm_Q7eZhI/AAAAAAAABcc/lChuU0mV-hk/s1600/Pan+Am+crew+on+CBS+News.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;177&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hes3ATyWWAw/Tnvm_Q7eZhI/AAAAAAAABcc/lChuU0mV-hk/s320/Pan+Am+crew+on+CBS+News.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Pan+Am+crew+on+CBS+News.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;But it wasn&#039;t all carefree excitement for Candice.&nbsp; In 1971 she was on a flight that was hijacked to Cuba. That&#039;s her with co-workers talking about the four-day event on CBS News.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scary? I think so. Especially in the post September 11th world. But consider this, between 1968 and 1972 there were more than seventy - that&#039;s 70 - &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cuba_%E2%80%93_United_States_aircraft_hijackings&quot;&gt;airplane hijackings&lt;/a&gt;. So if there&#039;s an episode of Pam Am the TV show which includes &lt;i&gt;that &lt;/i&gt;in the plot, don&#039;t be surprised, that&#039;s all I&#039;m sayin&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z7rZebR1BGU/Tnv0avR0dWI/AAAAAAAABdE/mFoXrS3KUI8/s1600/flight+attendants+show.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;213&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z7rZebR1BGU/Tnv0avR0dWI/AAAAAAAABdE/mFoXrS3KUI8/s320/flight+attendants+show.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;flight+attendants+show.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sony Pictures Television / Patrick Harbron&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Handsome men starting out with responsibility beyond their years, strong women circling the globe with all the attendant joy and danger. Dazzling airplanes flying faster and farther. Who doesn&#039;t want to watch all this on television? There&#039;s so much material and just plain old gratuitous shots of beautiful people, places and planes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;So don&#039;t quibble about the small stuff. We&#039;ve got an opportunity to take a trip to a time when aviation was big. Very big - and on top of the world. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e8wS5bFI5CQ/Tnv0ED0yJMI/AAAAAAAABdA/qwMTmz0tFG8/s1600/group+shot+and+building.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;360&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e8wS5bFI5CQ/Tnv0ED0yJMI/AAAAAAAABdA/qwMTmz0tFG8/s640/group+shot+and+building.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; alt=&quot;group+shot+and+building.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photos courtesy Pan Am Historical Association&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;See my other post on this subject at &lt;a href=&quot;http://gohowknowhow.com/?p=497&quot;&gt;GO HOW KNOW HOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-7672425702427891818?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/BWZSuCpbQC8&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;BWZSuCpbQC8&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:40+02:00', 'airlines', 'airlines world ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7797, 'Air Show Race and Hollywood Special Effects', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/09/16/air-show-race-and-hollywood-special-effects/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;When I heard Canadian Defense Force Major Adam Cybanski talking about his Hollywood approach to air crash investigations, by analyzing the videos of citizen documentarians, I knew he was on to something. What I did not know was that his &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/09/facebook-kinda-investigation.html&quot;&gt;Tuesday lecture&lt;/a&gt; to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isasi.org/&quot;&gt;International Society of Air Safety Investigators&lt;/a&gt; would be Friday&#039;s reality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;National Championship Air Race pilot &lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.leewardairranch.com/racing/news&quot;&gt;Jimmy Leeward&lt;/a&gt; (R) crashed his World War Two P-51 Mustang into a seating area at the Reno race track Friday afternoon and within minutes, two separate videos were posted on You Tube. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NsK8IF6tqrw/TnQ2scS4juI/AAAAAAAABa0/_7cpW8ZrfW0/s1600/jimmy_leeward.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NsK8IF6tqrw/TnQ2scS4juI/AAAAAAAABa0/_7cpW8ZrfW0/s1600/jimmy_leeward.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;jimmy_leeward.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo courtesy Leeward Air Ranch&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;There&rsquo;s no crystal clear view of what happened, but glimpses suggest that Leeward, an experienced racer, pulled up out of the way of other racers before the plane nosed over and dived into the ground.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Leeward, 74, called in a mayday and &quot;pulled up to clear the race path&quot; according to Mike Draper, a spokesman for the race. Clearly Leeward was unable to control the plane after that. The video shows the P-51 smashing into the ground. Fifty four people were taken to the hospital and the initial fatalities including Leeward.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;That this accident and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fresnobee.com/2011/09/15/2539584/small-plane-crashes-at-utah-school.html&quot;&gt;the crash on Thursday&lt;/a&gt; of a private airplane across the street from a school in Salt Lake City came the very week that &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/09/day-of-simple-flying-time-of-complex.html&quot;&gt;air safety specialists&lt;/a&gt; were meeting in Utah strikes me as a coincidence. Still, I hear the Twilight Zone soundtrack playing softly in the background.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OBiALQhWgoY/TnQk7J34rwI/AAAAAAAABaw/LqRw9E8uBd4/s1600/CybanskiAward300.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OBiALQhWgoY/TnQk7J34rwI/AAAAAAAABaw/LqRw9E8uBd4/s1600/CybanskiAward300.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;CybanskiAward300.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Let&#039;s start with Major Cybanski and his interest in movie special effects. &nbsp;In 2010, he was asked to help investigators determine why an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6379391-pilot-survives-air-show-practice-jet-crash&quot;&gt;F-18 Hornet crashed&lt;/a&gt; during an air show rehearsal. Demonstrating how he used Hollywood special effects software to help determine what happened kept an audience of seasoned investigators mesmerized.&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;We can analyze the video and see how the wings were moving,&quot; he told me, &quot;how the control surfaces were moving and how the elevator was moving; all sorts of stuff we wouldn&#039;t have if we didn&#039;t have the cameras there.&quot;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Expect Major Cybanski&rsquo;s expertise in movie analysis to get a workout over the next few months. But even he may not be able to explain why, with all the &lt;a href=&quot;http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903927204576575522406612598.html&quot;&gt;safety prerequisites&lt;/a&gt; at air shows and races, the Reno spectator section was placed below the circuit where airplanes perform at low altitude and at&nbsp; speeds in the 350-400 mile per hour range. It&rsquo;s not as if this was &lt;a href=&quot;http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/three-fatal-crashes-in-four-days-at-reno-air-show/&quot;&gt;Reno&rsquo;s first accident&lt;/a&gt;. There have been more than 20 accidents in the show&rsquo;s history, and in 2007 there were three fatal accidents all in one week.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;When I start hearing the &lt;i&gt;ain&rsquo;t-this-odd&lt;/i&gt; soundtrack swelling in my head, it&rsquo;s because all of this information converges as we are learning that commercial airline operations have never been safer. If Investigators were at risk of leaving Salt Lake City complacent that their work was done, they didn&rsquo;t have to wait long for the wake-up call.&nbsp; When it comes to general and sport aviation, it&rsquo;s a whole different story.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-1913791927837572348?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/vDkdpE-JPa8&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;vDkdpE-JPa8&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:40+02:00', 'air safety', 'air race hollywood special effects when i heard canadian defense force major adam cybanski talking hollywood approach air crash investigations analyzing videos citizen documentarians i knew i did know ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7798, 'A Facebook Kinda&rsquo; Investigation', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/09/13/a-facebook-kinda-investigation/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;The proliferation of cameras isn&#039;t just food for the bottomless pit that is You Tube. Very, very soon, air accident investigators will be saying a big &quot;Thank You&quot; to the army of people armed with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Apple-classic-Black-Generation-NEWEST/dp/B001F7AHOG?ie=UTF8&amp;#38;tag=flyiless-20&amp;#38;link_code=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&quot;&gt;iPods&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=flyiless-20&amp;#38;l=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&amp;#38;o=1&amp;#38;a=B001F7AHOG&quot; style=&quot;border:medium none;margin:0px;padding:0px&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;, smart phones, and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Nikon-COOLPIX-L24-Digital-Red/dp/B004M8SVAM?ie=UTF8&amp;#38;tag=flyiless-20&amp;#38;link_code=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&quot;&gt;digital cameras&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=flyiless-20&amp;#38;l=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&amp;#38;o=1&amp;#38;a=B004M8SVAM&quot; style=&quot;border:medium none;margin:0px;padding:0px&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt; who are recording aviation accidents. They are already a source of valuable investigative data.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Need I remind you of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/04/jumbo-sized-bump-and-grind-at-jfk.html&quot;&gt;close encounter of the behemoth kind&lt;/a&gt; at JFK Airport this past April? The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airfrance.com/indexCOM.html&quot;&gt;Air France&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://corporate.airfrance.com/en/press/media-library/videos/the-air-france-a380/the-a380-fleet/&quot;&gt;A380&lt;/a&gt; whacked a Delta Connection commuter plane, while inside the terminal someone recorded the whole thing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;#38;lt;p&amp;#38;gt;&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Wel&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;#38;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;#38;lt;/p&amp;#38;gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;It was the bump heard - correction - &lt;i&gt;seen &lt;/i&gt;&#039;round the world. But it was far from the first, or even the most dramatic video caught by a bystander that turns out to be beneficial to the folks who try to understand why accidents happen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yNfwWzjqzxQ/TnA2R8Fr5JI/AAAAAAAABaY/3KkDdet-IdQ/s1600/CybanskiAward300.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yNfwWzjqzxQ/TnA2R8Fr5JI/AAAAAAAABaY/3KkDdet-IdQ/s1600/CybanskiAward300.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;CybanskiAward300.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Major Adam Cybanski&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;At the conference of&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isasi.org/&quot;&gt; air safety investigators&lt;/a&gt; meeting in Salt Lake City this week, Major &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airforce.forces.gc.ca/v2/nr-sp/index-eng.asp?id=6931&quot;&gt;Adam Cybanski&lt;/a&gt; of Canada&#039;s National Defense Forces, held this morning&#039;s audience spellbound as he showed how videos taken by news photographers and spectators at a Canadian air show practice session, captured the crash of an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/fa18/index.htm&quot;&gt;F-18&lt;/a&gt; Hornet in the summer of 2010.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;The videos - there were three - recorded the horrific and irreversible  bank and plunge of the jet at low altitude, the pilot&#039;s quick decision  to eject from the plane and the fiery explosion a split second later as  the plane impacts the ground.&nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Sure, this makes for compelling viewing. But its greater significance is in showing how, by using tools both old and new, Major Cybanski was able to understand the plane&#039;s flight path and even how some critical control surfaces were moving in the seconds prior to the accident. This was critical information as there was no flight data recorder on the airplane. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;We&#039;re in the age of the You Tube generation,&quot; Major Cybanski told the audience. &quot;There is video everywhere, iPods, iPhones. I see the investigative capabilities expanding.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;In a report for The New York Times in February 2010, I wrote about &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2010/02/tesla-airplane-crash-investigation-gets.html&quot;&gt;the crash of a Cessna 310&lt;/a&gt;  from an airport in Palo Alto, California. The NTSB  investigator was assisted by a municipal audio tape system that  recorded the &lt;i&gt;sounds &lt;/i&gt;of the accident.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;A test flight gone awry at Edwards Air Force base in California, a mid air collision in New York, an air show crash in Poland, a hot air balloon fire  in Canada these were among the first of what is already becoming an exponentially &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airdisaster.com/movies/&quot;&gt; expanding library of disasters&lt;/a&gt; caught on tape.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Major Cybanski isn&#039;t the only one talking about pushing the envelope of our digital age.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u2ESf_BL-5w/TnA1JgYeOPI/AAAAAAAABaU/K7csxxMfRe0/s1600/ASTERIX+usefulness.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;128&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-u2ESf_BL-5w/TnA1JgYeOPI/AAAAAAAABaU/K7csxxMfRe0/s320/ASTERIX+usefulness.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;ASTERIX+usefulness.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Image from presentation of Michiel Schurrman Dutch Safety Board&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isasi.org/isasi2011TechProgram.html&quot;&gt;Michiel Schuurman&lt;/a&gt; of  the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.informatie.binnenvaart.nl/home.html&quot;&gt;Dutch Safety Board&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://ie.linkedin.com/in/paulfarrell&quot;&gt;Paul Farrell&lt;/a&gt; of Ireland&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aaiu.ie/&quot;&gt;AAIU&lt;/a&gt; are turning airport &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eurocontrol.int/asterix/public/standard_page/asterix_cats.html&quot;&gt;radar data&lt;/a&gt; into a visual simulation of actual airport conditions in order to examine runway incursions, weather over the airfield and other events. Watching their presentation was like viewing a real-life episode of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbs.com/shows/csi/&quot;&gt;CSI&lt;/a&gt; where keyboards and digit-filled spreadsheets are manipulated by eggheads until &lt;i&gt;voila&lt;/i&gt;, the mystery is unraveled.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Twitter, You Tube and all the rest? Don&#039;t scoff. The digital age is pushing tin kicking in a new and promising direction.&nbsp; It&#039;s exciting to see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-3480218570591506185?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/fuQFEirY14g&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;fuQFEirY14g&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:44+02:00', '', 'facebook kindaâ€™ investigation the proliferation cameras isnt just food bottomless pit tube soon air accident investigators saying big thank army people armed  smart phones ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7799, 'A Day of Simple Flying &ndash; A Time of Complex Questions', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/09/12/a-day-of-simple-flying-a-time-of-complex-questions/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Is there any better way to start a week of aviation-related travel than by flying in an open cockpit biplane through the canyons of Utah? That&#039;s a rhetorical question, the answer is &lt;i&gt;no&lt;/i&gt;.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C77Rv3GzETk/Tm7UvsQmGOI/AAAAAAAABZ8/7Lkn5RjgxMM/s1600/Flying+the+stearman+2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;205&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C77Rv3GzETk/Tm7UvsQmGOI/AAAAAAAABZ8/7Lkn5RjgxMM/s400/Flying+the+stearman+2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Flying+the+stearman+2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Stearman pilots, Patrick &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Veillette&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt; (left) and Steve Guenard &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;My first day in Salt Lake City, where I have come to attend and write about the annual conference of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.isasi.org/&quot;&gt;International Society of Air Safety Investigators&lt;/a&gt;, was dedicated to spending some time with my friend &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Loss-Control-Pat-Veillette-Ph-d/dp/1419623885?ie=UTF8&amp;#38;tag=flyiless-20&amp;#38;link_code=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&quot;&gt;Patrick Veillette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=flyiless-20&amp;#38;l=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&amp;#38;o=1&amp;#38;a=1419623885&quot; style=&quot;border:medium none;margin:0px;padding:0px&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;, who is also my partner in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.humanitarian-research.com/uploads/The_CMAS_database.pdf&quot;&gt;Comprehensive Medical Aviation Safety Database&lt;/a&gt;, and a pilot qualified to fly an astonishing array of aircraft: hot air balloons, gliders, helicopters, business jets, and even the lovely yellow Stearman above with the tail number N1387V.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Stearman is &lt;i&gt;not &lt;/i&gt;Patrick&#039;s. It is the proud possession of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cafutahwing.org/&quot;&gt;Commemorative Air Force Utah Wing&lt;/a&gt;, in Heber Valley, Utah, which is the local chapter of a national organization devoted to displaying, flying and overall lovin&#039; of the planes that flew in World War 2.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Patrick and his wife, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.animalhealthoptionsvet.com/about/&quot;&gt;Kim Henneman&lt;/a&gt; who live in Utah are members of the CAF. And because they are gracious hosts, I was invited to go for a ride in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cafutahwing.org/Aircraft/PT-17.htm&quot;&gt;N1387V&lt;/a&gt;, on this diamond-perfect late summer day.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt; Unfortunately, a minor technical problem kept the airplane on the ground, so &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.parkcitymagazine.com/Park-City-Magazine/Summer-Fall-2006/Lifes-a-Picnic-at-the-Heber-Valley-Aero-Museum/&quot;&gt;Steve Guenard&lt;/a&gt;, honcho at the CAF and a former airline captain with lots of hours in the Stearman would not let me be disappointed. He jumped in and offered to take me for a spin in his Stearman, N7995. This is more than a spruced up 1940s era airplane. Steve says it took him 15-years to turn what was little more than a big bucket of bolts into this beauty.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-INQIRsLFxZk/Tm7c4t-Lc0I/AAAAAAAABaE/eTzAjPv4cKw/s1600/Flying+the+Stearman+4.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;243&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-INQIRsLFxZk/Tm7c4t-Lc0I/AAAAAAAABaE/eTzAjPv4cKw/s400/Flying+the+Stearman+4.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Flying+the+Stearman+4.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;She is a flying carpet now.&nbsp; We took off from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.russmcdonaldfield.com/Home_Page.html&quot;&gt;Russ McDonald Field&lt;/a&gt; and headed into the valley flying over the home of Robert Redford in Sundance, the spectacular Bridal Veil Falls and then turning back to view sprawling Park City, spotting the occasional orange or golden tree getting a head start on autumn.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QMmtq99u2YY/Tm7UwLW4yOI/AAAAAAAABaA/7cPTKrjy3CI/s1600/Flying+the+Stearman.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;265&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QMmtq99u2YY/Tm7UwLW4yOI/AAAAAAAABaA/7cPTKrjy3CI/s400/Flying+the+Stearman.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Flying+the+Stearman.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Steve Guenard at the controls of N7995&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;After landing, Steve, Patrick and I stood around the hangar discussing how much aviation has changed in a short span of time. From simple planes with just a few essential round dials like the Stearman, to the digital cockpit mega-capacity airliners coming off the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airbus.com/&quot;&gt;Airbus &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boeing.com/&quot;&gt;Boeing&lt;/a&gt; assembly lines, the debate continues over how this development is affecting aviation.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dJexh-u94aM/Tm7nOCoUfOI/AAAAAAAABaI/SlvsmSRlQQs/s1600/Flying+the+Stearman+3.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dJexh-u94aM/Tm7nOCoUfOI/AAAAAAAABaI/SlvsmSRlQQs/s320/Flying+the+Stearman+3.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Flying+the+Stearman+3.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;In his presentation on Tuesday, Patrick is planning to talk about this and the related question, are pilots being trained appropriately for real-world situations? As airplanes reach ever higher levels of complexity are pilots overwhelmed? If so, how do commercial operations scale back, simplify the cockpit so that pilots can maintain attention to appropriate tasks rather than - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;for example - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;being distracted by arbitrary checklists&nbsp; that are the legacy of an earlier era?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;These are not easy questions. I&#039;m reminded of the excellent essay of more than a decade ago, by William Langewiesche in his book, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Sky-Meditation-William-Langewiesche/dp/067975007X?ie=UTF8&amp;#38;tag=flyiless-20&amp;#38;link_code=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&quot;&gt;Inside the Sky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=flyiless-20&amp;#38;l=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&amp;#38;o=1&amp;#38;a=067975007X&quot; style=&quot;border:none;margin:0px;padding:0px&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;, in which he discusses the contradiction that highly developed systems intended to safeguard actually create more pathways for error.&nbsp; He didn&#039;t have any answers either.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GO4-9H7h_3U/Tm7r8CotORI/AAAAAAAABaQ/B3OCfpt1Zlg/s1600/ISASI+SLC.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;295&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GO4-9H7h_3U/Tm7r8CotORI/AAAAAAAABaQ/B3OCfpt1Zlg/s320/ISASI+SLC.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;ISASI+SLC.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Anthony Brickhouse, &lt;span&gt;Brittnee Branham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; Albert Moussa and Patrick Veillette at ISASI opening reception&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;In conference rooms and in airplane hangars, experienced aviators are trying to jawbone their way forward.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-7466894984343704189?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/aM7WdamdMws&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;aM7WdamdMws&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:44+02:00', 'air safety', 'day simple flying â€“ time complex questions is better way start week aviation related travel flying open cockpit biplane canyons utah thats rhetorical question answer align=center cellpadding=0 border=0 height=205 width=400 pilots patrick left steve guenard />my day salt lake city i come attend write annual conference ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7800, 'Turning Aviation Upside Down &ndash; The Legacy of September 11th', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/09/09/turning-aviation-upside-down-the-legacy-of-september-11th/', '&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pPpLtbXzTSs/TmZoA0jOfII/AAAAAAAABZc/nVoxX7IB1mY/s1600/boys+and+planes.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pPpLtbXzTSs/TmZoA0jOfII/AAAAAAAABZc/nVoxX7IB1mY/s320/boys+and+planes.jpg&quot; width=&quot;316&quot; alt=&quot;boys+and+planes.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;My sons, Antonio, Sam and Joseph in 2001&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;Through the window of the room my three sons shared in 2001, they could lie in bed and watch airplanes on approach to New York City&#039;s many airports. A few days after September 11, my youngest son, Joseph, then seven, asked me to close the blind. He was worried that the planes would fly through the window.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It saddened me that airplanes would become a source of fear to my children but as far as aviation is concerned this is the legacy of September 11.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A list of all the ways that air travel has changed since that day ten years ago is lengthy but the rise in the price of oil and the ramping up of air security were the most potent motivators of change.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Airlines that could not meet the challenges failed while others merged to survive. Routes, schedules and on-board offerings were cut. Today air travelers complain &lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Planes are crowded&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Amenities are eliminated&nbsp; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Security is time-consuming and arbitrary &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;I can argue both sides of all these changes. Certainly they are responsible for the ubiquitous &quot;hassle factor&quot;&nbsp; of flying in the 21st century, yet one can&#039;t dispute the results. Airlines are profitable again, more people fly to more places around the globe and all the while the price of air travel has remained more or less the same for decades. That&#039;s right, I said &lt;i&gt;decades&lt;/i&gt;.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;According to Victoria Day, a spokeswoman for the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airlines.org/%20&quot;&gt;Air Transport Association&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;In 1978, an average 3,000 mile round-trip domestic ticket cost about $255. In 2009, adjusting for inflation, that same &lt;span&gt;ticket&lt;/span&gt; should have cost about $838,&quot; she wrote to me in an email. Instead, &quot;that &lt;span&gt;ticket&lt;/span&gt; cost about $362, a 57 percent DECLINE in real terms.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Well the &lt;i&gt;decline &lt;/i&gt;in the airport and airplane experience is obvious. Just the same Victoria has a valid point.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_d8Op_6KEA4/TmZvSG5ZpUI/AAAAAAAABZg/FnzoEc7xGcA/s1600/TSA+Security+line.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_d8Op_6KEA4/TmZvSG5ZpUI/AAAAAAAABZg/FnzoEc7xGcA/s320/TSA+Security+line.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;TSA+Security+line.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Security? Well, bitch and moan all you want - you&#039;ll do it anyway - but w&lt;/span&gt;e&#039;ve not had a successful&nbsp; attack on an airline in America since 9-11.&nbsp; That&#039;s not just luck because from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,203478,00.html&quot;&gt;Richard Reid&lt;/a&gt;&#039;s shoes to &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2010/01/flip-side-of-intelligence-failure-poor.html&quot;&gt;Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab&lt;/a&gt;&#039;s shorts to the 2006 plot to blow up multiple airliners, Lord knows, there have been attempts. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But just as certainly, the fun is gone from air travel and for most people only the fear and frustration remain. &nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In this month&#039;s column for &lt;a href=&quot;http://trn.trains.com/&quot;&gt;Trains &lt;/a&gt;magazine, &lt;a href=&quot;http://trn.trains.com/search.aspx?keywords=don+phillips&quot;&gt;Don Phillips&lt;/a&gt; the retired aviation correspondent for the Washington Post opines that public fascination with &quot;big things that move&quot; is to be expected, because trains and planes are&nbsp; &quot;the soul of drama.&quot;&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t5vkI5PcoGY/TmZ44hrDI4I/AAAAAAAABZk/kv9XYRrDwig/s1600/a+plane+in+sillouette.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;233&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t5vkI5PcoGY/TmZ44hrDI4I/AAAAAAAABZk/kv9XYRrDwig/s320/a+plane+in+sillouette.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;a+plane+in+sillouette.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;He&#039;s right. When I was a child, my dad used to drive my siblings and me to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.miami-airport.com/&quot;&gt;Miami International Airport&lt;/a&gt; where we would sit on lawn chairs at the edge of the runway and watch the planes take off and land. This was entertaining for hours and free for the taking.&nbsp; Who could imagine&nbsp; the &quot;drama&quot; of aviation would turn so ominous?&nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When the terrorists boarded those airliners in Boston and Washington, DC they hijacked more than those four planes. They hijacked aviation itself and took it to a place from which there is no return. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-4249720980339326829?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/GXWUCeVILGo&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;GXWUCeVILGo&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:45+02:00', 'Travel', 'turning aviation upside â€“ legacy september 11th it saddened airplanes source fear children far aviation concerned legacy september 11a list ways air travel changed day years ago lengthy rise price oil ramping air security potent motivators meet challenges failed merged survive routes schedules board offerings cut today air travelers complain eliminatedâ  security time consuming arbitrary argue sides changes certainly responsible ubiquitous hassle factorâ  flying 21st century dispute results airlines profitable people fly places globe price air travel remained decades thats right i said victoria day spokeswoman ');
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That&rsquo;s Gonna Cost You', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/09/05/you-want-a-smile-thats-gonna-cost-you/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oXUfk1NY_gY/TmU1P9KIMNI/AAAAAAAABZM/_FeZultimJY/s1600/American+boarding.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oXUfk1NY_gY/TmU1P9KIMNI/AAAAAAAABZM/_FeZultimJY/s320/American+boarding.jpg&quot; width=&quot;318&quot; alt=&quot;American+boarding.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I have to laugh at the timing - in the span of two days two very different air travel stories appeared in The New York Times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first, in Sunday&#039;s Travel Section and &lt;a href=&quot;http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/travel/elite-status-on-airlines-for-a-fee.html?ref=todayspaper&quot;&gt;reported by Michelle Higgins&lt;/a&gt; reveals that for a fee, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aa.com/&quot;&gt;American Airlines&lt;/a&gt; is offering to treat its passengers like VIPs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a recent flight, Higgins and her husband coughed up $200 for the airline&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aa.com/i18n/urls/fivestarservice.jsp&quot;&gt;Five Star Service program&lt;/a&gt;, which entitled them and their young child to an escort from curbside at New York&#039;s LaGuardia airport through bag check, into a lounge with snacks and finally, priority boarding. In assessing the program, Higgins wrote that she bought a &quot;civilized airport experience.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So &lt;i&gt;have&lt;/i&gt; we reached a point where civility comes with price tag? Well that depends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Tuesday&#039;s Business section, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/06/business/emirates-airline-bets-on-glamour.html?pagewanted=1&amp;#38;_r=1&quot;&gt;I report &lt;/a&gt;that some airlines are heavily invested in making their passengers feel special &lt;i&gt;at no additional charge&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vsFX7AJQMEI/TmU6lUJI6QI/AAAAAAAABZU/Oh_mnVarExA/s1600/Flight+attendants+luft+2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vsFX7AJQMEI/TmU6lUJI6QI/AAAAAAAABZU/Oh_mnVarExA/s320/Flight+attendants+luft+2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Flight+attendants+luft+2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;A smiling Lufthansa flight attendant serves coach passengers&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;My story focuses on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emirates.com/us/english/index.aspx?cid=GoogleSEM07USA562910&amp;#38;pkw=yes&quot;&gt;Emirates&lt;/a&gt;, the Dubai-based carrier that&#039;s got a number of other airlines on the run. But other airlines have the same idea; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.singaporeair.com/&quot;&gt;Singapore&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ar.jal.com/&quot;&gt;Japan Airline&lt;/a&gt;s, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airnewzealand.com/&quot;&gt;Air New Zealand&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;/&quot;&gt;Virgin Atlantic&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lufthansa.com/us/en/homepage&quot;&gt;Lufthansa&lt;/a&gt; are all&nbsp; known for adopting a strategy that treating customers right is just good business.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a week this summer, Emirates allowed me to attend &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com/english/Careers_Overview/cabin_crew/default.aspx&quot;&gt;flight attendant school&lt;/a&gt; where, dressed in a uniform just like the adorable twenty-something students all around, I learned how to open the airplane door in an emergency, help a handicapped person into a seat, take down a disruptive passenger and deploy the evacuation slide. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And while a lot of what a flight attendant needs to know is &lt;a href=&quot;http://gohowknowhow.com/?p=149&quot;&gt;how to save their passengers&#039; lives if necessary&lt;/a&gt;, an equal amount of attention was paid to teaching them how to put themselves in the frame of mind of a traveler and &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/07/flight-attendants-flying-high-and-on-tv.html&quot;&gt;how to become the face of the airline&lt;/a&gt; they would want to fly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These airlines seem to think it is important to maintain standards - the opposite of dial-up-to-VIP service&nbsp; - which is an outright declaration that unless travelers pay, they&#039;re gonna get something less.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uOzzcVITneA/TmU_fRillUI/AAAAAAAABZY/a3p6D5Ie9nk/s1600/flight+attendant+emir.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uOzzcVITneA/TmU_fRillUI/AAAAAAAABZY/a3p6D5Ie9nk/s320/flight+attendant+emir.jpg&quot; width=&quot;273&quot; alt=&quot;flight+attendant+emir.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;An Emirates attendant on the A380&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;When &quot;a civilized airport experience&quot; becomes another ala carte menu item for passengers, the incentive for airlines to make  things better will disappear faster than an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/Apple-touch-Generation-NEWEST-MODEL/dp/B001FA1O0O?ie=UTF8&amp;#38;tag=flyiless-20&amp;#38;link_code=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&quot;&gt;iPod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=flyiless-20&amp;#38;l=btl&amp;#38;camp=213689&amp;#38;creative=392969&amp;#38;o=1&amp;#38;a=B001FA1O0O&quot; style=&quot;border:none;margin:0px;padding:0px&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt; left in the airplane  seat pocket. Why fix a problem if travelers can be convinced to &lt;i&gt;buy &lt;/i&gt;the solution?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Airlines considering this new ancillary revenue stream: Beware. The  companies that still take pride in service are likely to use it against you. They&#039;ve already learned that money spent on training polite, courteous,  people-pleasing employees not only returns to the bottom line, it goes a long way towards creating a civilized experience that everyone can enjoy.&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-3012294969060032501?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/oH0efNX1ReU&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;oH0efNX1ReU&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:46+02:00', '', 'want smile thatâ€™s gonna cost i laugh timing span days different air travel stories appeared new york timesthe sundays travel section ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7802, 'When a Patient Dies, It&rsquo;s a Different Story', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/09/02/when-a-patient-dies-its-a-different-story/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YT9Q4HDFVdE/TmEonK16oYI/AAAAAAAABYY/Epq2Kubuyzo/s1600/HEMS+crash+missouri+2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;177&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YT9Q4HDFVdE/TmEonK16oYI/AAAAAAAABYY/Epq2Kubuyzo/s320/HEMS+crash+missouri+2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;HEMS+crash+missouri+2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;There&#039;s a frightening sameness to the accidents that continue to plague the helicopter ambulance industry, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kctv5.com/story/15346834/husband-heartbroken-after-wife-dies-in-chopper-crash&quot;&gt;the crash that killed&lt;/a&gt; 58-year old Terry Tacoronte in in Missouri last Friday is notably different. Tacoronte, of McFall, Missouri was a patient, and though there have been 19 helicopter ambulance accidents in since 2009, this is the first time a patient has been killed since October 2008 when the toddler, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&amp;#38;GRid=30626048&quot;&gt;Kirstin Reann Blockinger&lt;/a&gt; died in a crash in suburban Chicago. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;A mother of three and grandmother of eight, Tacoronte was killed on August 26th along with the pilot, flight paramedic and nurse, so you may be wondering why am I am focusing so much attention on her.&nbsp; The reason is this; When pilots or medical personnel &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alecbuck.com/&quot;&gt;go down in an air ambulance crash&lt;/a&gt;, there is&nbsp; little legal recourse. Workmens&#039; compensation precludes them or their families from suing their employer. Unless they can prove the accident was a due to a defect in the aircraft, there is no way for them to sue for compensation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Say what you will about lawyers, the fact that the people &lt;i&gt;most likely&lt;/i&gt; to be injured or killed in&nbsp; helicopter ambulance accidents never get their day in court has to be contributing to the industry&#039;s dismal safety record.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-porJc4LaRls/TmEp_J140AI/AAAAAAAABYs/yyMPuaYH7-Y/s1600/HEMS+crash+tacarone.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-porJc4LaRls/TmEp_J140AI/AAAAAAAABYs/yyMPuaYH7-Y/s400/HEMS+crash+tacarone.jpg&quot; width=&quot;285&quot; alt=&quot;HEMS+crash+tacarone.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;But here comes &lt;i&gt;Mr.&lt;/i&gt; Tacoronte armed with aviation attorney &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.robbrobb.com/Gary-Robb.html&quot;&gt;Gary Robb&lt;/a&gt; and a civil lawsuit that claims it was the practice of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airmethods.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=home&quot;&gt;Air Methods&lt;/a&gt; to fly with reduced fuel as a weight and money saving tactic. The consequence in this case was to cause the helicopter to run out of fuel and crash, according to the suit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Did it happen that way? Who can say? It really is too early, but fuel exhaustion is not difficult to detect at a crash scene. Lack of a fire or no fuel smell on the ground are good indicators.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Tacoronte tells reporters &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;as his wife was boarded onto a helicopter to be transferred the seventy miles from from St. Joseph to Liberty &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Hospital, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;he kissed her good bye - fully intending to meet her there after traveling by car.&nbsp; When he arrived a doctor told him his wife of 8 years was dead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Yes, his story is tragic. As tragic as the stories from the families of &lt;/span&gt;paramedic Chris Frakes, flight nurse Randy Bever and pilot James Freudenberg.&nbsp; And as tragic as what the families of&lt;span&gt; dozens of pilots and medical workers who died in the accidents prior have experienced.&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KSzNF28htZ4/TmEqLgfW0mI/AAAAAAAABYw/LLLQLNtcZ9g/s1600/HEMS+crash+Missouri.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;179&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KSzNF28htZ4/TmEqLgfW0mI/AAAAAAAABYw/LLLQLNtcZ9g/s320/HEMS+crash+Missouri.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;HEMS+crash+Missouri.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Unlike them, this widower is free to press his case and use the cudgel of the judicial system to put pressure on the helicopter EMS operators.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span&gt;Perhaps things will change because of this accident. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; Perhaps it will result in a closer examination of the risks versus the benefits of helicopter transport of patients. Perhaps this one minor difference will make all the difference in the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-5905332329713976236?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/huk5reNmj0k&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;huk5reNmj0k&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:46+02:00', 'Helicopter EMS', 'patient itâ€™s different story ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7803, 'All&rsquo;s Quiet on the Eastern Front &ndash; A Day Without Airplanes', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/08/29/alls-quiet-on-the-eastern-front-a-day-without-airplanes/', '&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LPziPaegPF8/TlvAA-zbVuI/AAAAAAAABX8/M6hAquEKxCE/s1600/Hurricane+republic+tie+down.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;212&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LPziPaegPF8/TlvAA-zbVuI/AAAAAAAABX8/M6hAquEKxCE/s320/Hurricane+republic+tie+down.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Hurricane+republic+tie+down.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo courtesy Republic Airport&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;A sky as blue as one found in a child&#039;s storybook greeted the New  York City area after Hurricane Irene, but missing from the picture early this morning was the normally ubiquitous presence of airplanes. To people  living in this region - home to three major commercial airports and four major airports for business, charter and general aviation - the last time aviation shut down to this extent was September 11, 2001.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sure, Irene had the airlines cancelling thousands of flights - running 24/7 &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/04/all-airplanes-all-time-happy-in-golden.html&quot;&gt;they&#039;ve got experience&lt;/a&gt; and manpower to handle it. (See this spooky shot of JFK Airport from &lt;a href=&quot;http://n631s.blogspot.com/2011/08/eerie-silence.html&quot;&gt;Frank Van Haste&lt;/a&gt;&#039;s blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DsBBkriBbbM/TlvBHXerpQI/AAAAAAAAByM/aQo_PpZnTSc/s1600/2011-08-29_09-03-46_100.jpg&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.) When it comes to business and general aviation, it&#039;s the very unusual scenario that has them packing up and flying out of town.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exodus began late last week and increased in intensity as the weather forecasts became more dire.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/08/its-ghost-town-at-airports-on-northeast.html&quot;&gt;Planes were ferried&lt;/a&gt; to Pennsylvania and upstate New York and to anywhere  their owners could find hangar space. &quot;We didn&#039;t now how bad it was going to be, so we wanted to be sure we were prepared,&quot; said Michael Geiger, airport director at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.republicairport.net/index.htm&quot;&gt;Republic Airport&lt;/a&gt; in Farmingdale, New York, which is home to more than 500 mostly single and twin engine piston aircraft. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V0aWoNzBMzc/TlvJC2ulefI/AAAAAAAABYE/tVw5O_L-2ZQ/s1600/Hirricane+republic+hangar4stacked.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;265&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-V0aWoNzBMzc/TlvJC2ulefI/AAAAAAAABYE/tVw5O_L-2ZQ/s400/Hirricane+republic+hangar4stacked.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Hirricane+republic+hangar4stacked.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo courtesy Republic Airport&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Though Geiger didn&#039;t know how many, a number of planes were flown to inland airports. Shortly before our conversation this morning, five of the planes belonging to the flight school of &lt;a href=&quot;http://info.lu.farmingdale.edu/~avcenter/&quot;&gt;Farmingdale State College&lt;/a&gt; had returned.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;They were not so lucky at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.panynj.gov/airports/teterboro.html&quot;&gt;Teterboro Airport&lt;/a&gt;, just nine feet above sea level, the airport remained closed today as workers tried to clean up. The plan is to open the airport tomorrow. Wisely, there were no airplanes left on the ramp during the storm, and damage was confined to the airport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thirty-five miles northeast, &lt;a href=&quot;http://airport.westchestergov.com/&quot;&gt;Westchester County Airport&lt;/a&gt; is busy, busy, busy taking the flights intended for the New Jersey airport and closing the short runway - 11/29 - so that the planes destined for Teterboro have a place to park while waiting for the airport to reopen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align=&quot;center&quot; cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mXxW93bItYA/TlvArMsPP3I/AAAAAAAABYA/AYi5DZYbl0k/s1600/Hurricane+takeoff+HPN.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;272&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mXxW93bItYA/TlvArMsPP3I/AAAAAAAABYA/AYi5DZYbl0k/s400/Hurricane+takeoff+HPN.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Hurricane+takeoff+HPN.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo by and with permission of Steve Ferguson&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Good thing then, that the most dramatic post-Irene activity happened earlier today when three touring World War II warbirds belonging to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collingsfoundation.org/menu.htm&quot;&gt;Collings Foundation&lt;/a&gt; departed after their annual visit to the airport went soggy. Airport executive and aviation enthusiast, Steve Ferguson was out on the airfield seeing them off and taking photos of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collingsfoundation.org/ma_p51mustang.htm&quot;&gt;P-51 Mustang&lt;/a&gt;, the&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collingsfoundation.org/tour_b-24j.htm&quot;&gt; B-24 Liberator&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collingsfoundation.org/tour_b-17g.htm&quot;&gt;B-17 Flying Fortress&lt;/a&gt;, all of which were in town for the annual &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.collingsfoundation.org/cf_schedule-wof.htm&quot;&gt;Wings of Freedom&lt;/a&gt; visit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B1L3otAHBVg/TlvaQyBa0kI/AAAAAAAABYI/NwVxo0yBldU/s1600/Hurricane+takeoff+2.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;240&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B1L3otAHBVg/TlvaQyBa0kI/AAAAAAAABYI/NwVxo0yBldU/s320/Hurricane+takeoff+2.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Hurricane+takeoff+2.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo by and with permission of Steve Ferguson&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Ordinarily, when the planes are here, the foundation sells walk-through tours, flight experiences and even flight training.&nbsp; But on Saturday, when it became a wash-out, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.landmarkaviation.com/fbo.aspx?fbolocation=45&quot;&gt;Landmark Aviation&lt;/a&gt; one of the FBOs at the airport did some shuffling in its hangar. &quot;Landmark Aviation was very gracious to move some planes around in their hangars to make room,&quot; said Hunter Chaney marketing director for the foundation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&nbsp;Westchester is my local airport and I am accustomed to hearing the general aviation and regional traffic, so as I took my early morning walk it was odd to see the perfect flying conditions and hear everything but airplanes; the birds, the leaf blowers, the chain saws and the electric generators were all making their post-hurricane music, but &lt;a href=&quot;http://christinenegroni.blogspot.com/2011/04/all-airplanes-all-time-happy-in-golden.html&quot;&gt;I need not have worried&lt;/a&gt;. The corporate jets started making their presence known before I had my morning coffee and as I write this blog, even the noisy &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.piaggioaero.com/&quot;&gt;Piaggio&lt;/a&gt; is back. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-1549947524821800977?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/zWbaigMQsys&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;zWbaigMQsys&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:47+02:00', 'aviation', 'allâ€™s quiet eastern â€“ day airplanes ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7804, 'It&rsquo;s a Ghost Town at Airports on the Northeast Coast', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/08/27/its-a-ghost-town-at-airports-on-the-northeast-coast/', '&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yQSfh9HVgpg/TlltnaUBXgI/AAAAAAAABXo/SyDz2YjtlUk/s1600/Westchester+empty.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;271&quot; src=&quot;http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yQSfh9HVgpg/TlltnaUBXgI/AAAAAAAABXo/SyDz2YjtlUk/s320/Westchester+empty.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Westchester+empty.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo of HPN on Saturday by Chuck Allen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;Some of&nbsp; America&#039;s most active business airports &lt;i&gt;would &lt;/i&gt;be - &lt;i&gt;should &lt;/i&gt;be, having one of their most active weekends on this, the last weekend before the Labor Day holiday. Instead they look like this desolate scene at &lt;a href=&quot;http://airport.westchestergov.com/&quot;&gt;Westchester County Airport&lt;/a&gt; in White Plains, New York.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In anticipation of Hurricane Irene, Westchester, Republic and Teterboro are reporting airfields that have become ghost towns. My friend, Chuck Allen, a pilot and member of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wfc-hpn.org/&quot;&gt;Westchester Flying Club&lt;/a&gt; spend part of Saturday afternoon watching a lot of takeoffs...and no landings...as people moved their airplanes out of the path of the hurricane.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;When it comes to weather, pilots usually pay attention,&quot; Chuck told me in an email after writing to share with me the very odd sight of these normally hectic airports with all but tumbleweeds rolling down the airfield by this evening.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;Probably 70-80% of the planes normally parked at Panorama were not there,&quot; Chuck reported, referring to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flypfs.com/&quot;&gt;Panorama Flight Service&lt;/a&gt;, one of the fixed base operators at Westchester County.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ian, working in the operations office at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.panynj.gov/airports/teterboro.html&quot;&gt;Teterboro&lt;/a&gt; Airport in New Jersey, wouldn&#039;t even take a guess at how many planes were moved elsewhere in preparation for the storm, but he&#039;s the one who characterized the place as a &quot;ghost town&quot; this evening.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;0&quot; cellspacing=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9omOagPSlu8/TllvJBQFUFI/AAAAAAAABXs/AcG-Yxt432o/s1600/Westchester+tied+down.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;215&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9omOagPSlu8/TllvJBQFUFI/AAAAAAAABXs/AcG-Yxt432o/s400/Westchester+tied+down.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;Westchester+tied+down.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo of HPN on Saturday by Chuck Allen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;Its not much of a stretch to imagine that general aviation and business airports from North Carolina to Massachusetts were also sending planes out at a steady clip. I&#039;m guessing anyone inland with hangar space to spare has been approached by friends, friends-of-friends, and probably even complete strangers asking if - by squeezing and shuffling - more room could be made to put another airplane or two indoors.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;The airplanes on the field are either in hangars or tied down with tiedown hooks in the pavements,&quot; I was told by the operations officer at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.republicairport.net/&quot;&gt;Republic Airport&lt;/a&gt; in Long Island, which will shut down if and when winds reach a sustained 65mph.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In an email to members of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.meetup.com/&quot;&gt;Meetup group&lt;/a&gt; for Northeast Pilots, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.meetup.com/NEPilotsGroup/members/3552499/shouts/&quot;&gt;Clark Burgard&lt;/a&gt; offered a number of helpful tips to airplane owners; including using ropes with some elasticity to allow for shock absorption and reminders to secure step ladders and chocks as well as planes. That small stuff can do big damage when it gets tossed around the airfield by high winds. Clark moved his plane to Rochester,&nbsp; New York on Friday, an airport he chose because &quot;it was out of the way of the storm, even if Irene tracked more inland.&quot;&nbsp;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;http://airport.westchestergov.com/&quot;&gt;last commercial flight&lt;/a&gt; to Westchester County Airport arrived at 6:00 p.m. Saturday and the airport will remain closed until Monday at 3:00 p.m., reflecting optimism that for all the wind and rain, Irene will not create lingering problems. Life back to normal by end of the day on Monday? We shall see.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-6600232788811606049?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/bExg7MjL6zc&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;bExg7MjL6zc&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:47+02:00', 'aviation', 'itâ€™s ghost town airports northeast coast ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7805, 'Pee &lsquo;evd By Airline Piss&rsquo;enger G&eacute;rard Depardieu', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/08/18/pee-evd-by-airline-pissenger-gerard-depardieu/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hey, G&eacute;rard Depardieu &lt;i&gt;Urin&#039;&lt;/i&gt; trouble!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Love it or hate it, CNN&#039;s Anderson Cooper program knows how to put together the clever repartee as demonstrated in the show&#039;s Ridicu-list segment last night.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cooper jabbed French film star G&eacute;rard Depardieu for turning an British airliner into his personal urinal by peeing into a bottle after flight attendants told him he could not get up and go to the bathroom while the plane was on the tarmac waiting for takeoff.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LJQPnSSq5f0/Tk1gRdlbugI/AAAAAAAABW0/EQqV4eHaGuU/s1600/Ryanair.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;143&quot; src=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LJQPnSSq5f0/Tk1gRdlbugI/AAAAAAAABW0/EQqV4eHaGuU/s320/Ryanair.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Ryanair.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;But lest the Dublin-based &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cityjet.com/about-us/&quot;&gt;CityJet&lt;/a&gt; reap too much &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.simplyzesty.com/social-media/airline-takes-the-piss-out-of-famous-passenger-on-twitter/&quot;&gt;good publicity&lt;/a&gt; for taking a yucky situation and treating it with just the right amount of humor and discretion, fellow Irish airline, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ryanair.com/en&quot;&gt;Ryanair&lt;/a&gt; has jumped in with a &lt;i&gt;just-in-time &lt;/i&gt;advertisement that queries travelers, &quot;Pissed off with high fare airlines?&quot;&nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lggV1snOx04/Tk1hmB-5fHI/AAAAAAAABW4/L6RWihh5ho8/s1600/A+ryan+air+ad.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;157&quot; src=&quot;http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lggV1snOx04/Tk1hmB-5fHI/AAAAAAAABW4/L6RWihh5ho8/s320/A+ryan+air+ad.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;A+ryan+air+ad.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Well that&#039;s rich considering that the budget carrier is the airline that routinely trots out the notion that passengers should pay-to-pee.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If there&#039;s a take-away on this story, beyond the pants-wetting puns produced by the CNN writers, it is that in the rush to pick on airlines, it doesn&#039;t hurt to consider what it&#039;s like to be on their end of the story; ill mannered customers who stopped holding their tongues and their tempers long ago, may now be finding it difficult to hold their bladders.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BUbgeOrc7hs/Tk1fXh4hBnI/AAAAAAAABWw/j-twCXYipYY/s1600/passenger+waiting+area+bleinam.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;223&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BUbgeOrc7hs/Tk1fXh4hBnI/AAAAAAAABWw/j-twCXYipYY/s400/passenger+waiting+area+bleinam.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; alt=&quot;passenger+waiting+area+bleinam.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Perhaps the folks who really should be seizing the spotlight here are the clever sign makers in Blenheim, New Zealand where, while waiting to board my plane at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.marlboroughairport.co.nz/&quot;&gt;Marlborough Airport&lt;/a&gt; recently, I followed the wise and wordless advice offered up the passenger waiting area.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hge8WyA_unw/Tk1cLxKg7bI/AAAAAAAABWs/HdaDy_zx3ac/s1600/New+Zealand+airport+bathroom.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;400&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hge8WyA_unw/Tk1cLxKg7bI/AAAAAAAABWs/HdaDy_zx3ac/s400/New+Zealand+airport+bathroom.jpg&quot; width=&quot;271&quot; alt=&quot;New+Zealand+airport+bathroom.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hey, Depardieu -- maybe you should, too!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-1837839151002170553?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/F28yxkis2BY&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;F28yxkis2BY&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:48+02:00', 'Travel', 'pee â€˜evd airline pissâ€™enger gerard depardieu hey gerard depardieu urin />love hate cnns anderson cooper program knows clever repartee demonstrated shows ridicu list segment nightcooper jabbed french film star gerard depardieu turning british airliner personal urinal peeing bottle flight attendants told bathroom plane tarmac waiting />');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7806, 'What &quot;Is&quot; is When It Comes to Foreign Ownership and US Airlines', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/08/15/what-is-is-when-it-comes-to-foreign-ownership-and-us-airlines/', '&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q33MqFd275I/TkmDbL5t2AI/AAAAAAAABVo/IwPAa105XEE/s1600/AA+takeoff+from+jfk.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;236&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q33MqFd275I/TkmDbL5t2AI/AAAAAAAABVo/IwPAa105XEE/s320/AA+takeoff+from+jfk.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;AA+takeoff+from+jfk.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In 1998, when asked during his impeachment trial if he was in a relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, then-President Clinton&nbsp; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4XT-l-_3y0&amp;#38;NR=1&quot;&gt;famously parsed&lt;/a&gt;, &quot;It depends on what the meaning of the world &#039;is&#039; is.&quot;&nbsp; The same sort of &lt;i&gt;some-see-it-blurry&lt;/i&gt; line exists when talking about the rules preventing American commercial&nbsp; airlines from foreign ownership.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/6201/000152773311000001/AMR.htm&quot;&gt;purchase by Asia Fountain Investment&lt;/a&gt; and seven other associated entities of 24.4 million shares of AMR, a foreign interest now owns 7.3%&nbsp; of the parent of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aa.com/&quot;&gt;American Airlines&lt;/a&gt;, a spokesman for American Airlines confirmed today.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This isn&#039;t the first time big foreign investment dollars got sucked into the engines of the Dallas-based airline. In 2006, the Iceland investment company &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flgroup.is/&quot;&gt;FLGroup&lt;/a&gt;, bought nearly as many shares, held them for a little over a year and then sold nearly all of them but not before griping about the opacity of AMR in its individual business units.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_j8JcS9PoxQ/TkmDqQsZ2OI/AAAAAAAABVs/ZrdmyWJGerc/s1600/Jet+blue+terminal.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;213&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_j8JcS9PoxQ/TkmDqQsZ2OI/AAAAAAAABVs/ZrdmyWJGerc/s320/Jet+blue+terminal.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Jet+blue+terminal.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;American is not alone in accepting the help of strangers. Bob Herbst of &lt;a href=&quot;http://airlinefinancials.com/&quot;&gt;airlinefinancials.com&lt;/a&gt;, credits the German flag carrier &lt;a href=&quot;http://konzern.lufthansa.com/en/home.html?blt_p=DE&amp;#38;blt_l=en&amp;#38;blt_t=Homepage&amp;#38;blt_e=Footer&amp;#38;blt_n=Lufthansa%20Group&amp;#38;blt_z=Lufthansa%20Group&amp;#38;blt_p=DE&amp;#38;blt_l=en&amp;#38;blt_t=Homepage&amp;#38;blt_e=Header&amp;#38;blt_n=Aviation%20Group&amp;#38;blt_z=Aviation%20Group&amp;#38;blt_p=US&amp;#38;blt_l=en&amp;#38;blt_t=Info_and_Services&amp;#38;blt_e=Header&amp;#38;blt_n=Aviation%20Group&amp;#38;blt_z=Aviation%20Group&quot;&gt;Lufthansa&lt;/a&gt; with pulling &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jetblue.com/about/&quot;&gt;JetBlue&lt;/a&gt;&#039;s fat out of the fire back in 2007, by investing $300 million in the then-struggling New York airline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Still, as airlines around the world swap shares and make alliances, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/books-online/Aviationlawpt1.pdf&quot;&gt;Federal Aviation Act&lt;/a&gt; restricts ownership and control of domestic airlines to United States citizens.&nbsp; Just what &quot;ownership and control&quot; means in real terms has been interpreted as 75% of voting interest and two-thirds of the board of directors and mangers must be Americans.&nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;How well that works is illustrated by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.virginamerica.com/&quot;&gt;Virgin America&lt;/a&gt;&#039;s clever routing through the regulations in order to become an American-owned airline despite it being a part of the empire of British knight, Sir Richard Branson. (Read Lori Ranson&#039;s head-spinning account of how that was accomplished, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/01/18/337262/us-endorses-virgin-america-ownership.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&quot;Airlines are the only businesses that have these restrictions,&quot; Bob Herbst said of the federal rules in a phone call today. In the next three or four years he predicts &quot;things are going to change.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The question for the U.S. carriers is whether that change will come soon enough. While the past few years have been a troubled time for U.S. airlines, the growth of some international carriers has been nothing short of spectacular. Fueled by an enlarged middle class and an acquired taste for travel, airlines are in a boom period in China, India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Brazil. Airplane manufacturers from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.airbus.com/&quot;&gt;Airbus&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boeing.com/&quot;&gt;Boeing&lt;/a&gt;, from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bombardier.com/&quot;&gt;Bombardier&lt;/a&gt; to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.embraer.com/en-US/Pages/Home.aspx&quot;&gt;Embraer &lt;/a&gt;are churning out airplanes as fast as they can tighten the final bolt.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9_q4Xl16TRU/Tkm4839zgdI/AAAAAAAABV4/SV4KXfR9aoc/s1600/Cathay+pacific.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9_q4Xl16TRU/Tkm4839zgdI/AAAAAAAABV4/SV4KXfR9aoc/s320/Cathay+pacific.jpg&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; alt=&quot;Cathay+pacific.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In fact, according to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iata.org/&quot;&gt;International Air Transport Association&lt;/a&gt;, when it comes market capitalization, none of the five biggest airlines in the world are American. Check out China Airlines, Singapore, Cathay Pacific, China Southern and South America&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.latamairlines.com/home_en.html&quot;&gt;LATAM&lt;/a&gt;.&nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;U.S. airlines are left watching the party, creating code-shares and partnership agreements with foreign airlines, and wondering just how adequate a substitute these deals are for the real thing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;No other industry in the world has such restrictions,&quot; the American Airlines communication director Sean Collins told me in an email this evening, echoing the sentiments of Bob Herbst and many others. &quot;The European Union has made changing this law its highest priority in its discussions with the United States. We believe it is time for a serious conversation about this issue in the interest of creating a stronger, more successful global airline industry.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of the global players are having a relationship. What &lt;i&gt;is &lt;/i&gt;the effect of 53-year old regulations that prevent American airlines from joining in? Perhaps it is time to ask what the definition of &quot;&lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt;&quot; is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9133703253863123050-7972230950533415275?l=christinenegroni.blogspot.com&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/CllGQ/~4/Ckv1AzUM4WY&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; alt=&quot;Ckv1AzUM4WY&quot; /&gt;', '2011-10-16T01:14:49+02:00', 'airlines', 'comes foreign ownership airlines in 1998 asked impeachment trial relationship white house intern monica lewinsky president clintonâ  ');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7807, 'Comment on Air France Find Could Alter the Future of the Black Box by Second Black Box Found For Air France Flight | Neon Tommy', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/05/03/air-france-find-could-alter-the-future-of-the-black-box/comment-page-1/#comment-40', '[...] same type of recorder was damaged but BEA has always been able to read out and analyze this data,&quot; said. &quot;We will try to push the limits to read [...]', '2011-10-16T01:14:52+02:00', '', 'air france alter future black box second black box air france flight | neon tommy type recorder damaged bea able read analyze data said try push limits read');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7808, 'Comment on Cha ching, cha ching, emptying your pockets on the airplane by mp', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/03/29/cha-ching-cha-ching-emptying-your-pockets-on-the-airplane/comment-page-1/#comment-34', 'Between DHS, TSA, and incompetent airlines I won&#039;t miss never being on a plane again.... hope you all go broke and disappear....', '2011-10-16T01:14:53+02:00', '', 'cha ching cha ching emptying pockets airplane mp dhs tsa incompetent airlines i wont miss plane hope broke disappear');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7809, 'Comment on Cha ching, cha ching, emptying your pockets on the airplane by AnKhe66', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/03/29/cha-ching-cha-ching-emptying-your-pockets-on-the-airplane/comment-page-1/#comment-32', 'I don&#039;t say that I&#039;ll never fly again,however it will\ntake a very compelling reason for me to do so.', '2011-10-16T01:14:53+02:00', '', 'cha ching cha ching emptying pockets airplane ankhe66 i say ill fly againhowever will\ntake compelling reason');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7810, 'Comment on Cha ching, cha ching, emptying your pockets on the airplane by TJ', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/03/29/cha-ching-cha-ching-emptying-your-pockets-on-the-airplane/comment-page-1/#comment-31', 'It&#039;s not just due to the fees that people carry-on. Nobody wants to arrive at their destination and find their suitcase did not arrive on the same plane, or worse, is lost.', '2011-10-16T01:14:54+02:00', '', 'cha ching cha ching emptying pockets airplane tj just fees people carry wants arrive destination suitcase did arrive plane worse lost');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7811, 'Comment on Cha ching, cha ching, emptying your pockets on the airplane by Lullaby', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/03/29/cha-ching-cha-ching-emptying-your-pockets-on-the-airplane/comment-page-1/#comment-30', 'The best way to deal with the problem is to send all of those in the TSA, and all of it&#039;s fear minded/sheeple like supporters in favor of the whole concept, over to Germany. Maybe they can dig up Herr Hitler&#039;s remains and worship him again. I will not travel by air until this country gets it&#039;s sanity back.... which may be sooner than you might think!!!', '2011-10-16T01:14:54+02:00', '', 'cha ching cha ching emptying pockets airplane lullaby best way deal problem send tsa fear minded/sheeple like supporters favor concept germany maybe dig herr hitlers remains worship i travel air country gets sanity sooner think');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7812, 'Comment on Cha ching, cha ching, emptying your pockets on the airplane by jonboy', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/03/29/cha-ching-cha-ching-emptying-your-pockets-on-the-airplane/comment-page-1/#comment-29', 'Flying used to be my default mode of travel because it was fast, cheap and convenient.  With all of the extra security nonsense and airlines greedily charging for everything - they&#039;ll be charging for oxygen and heat at 20,000 feet before long - it&#039;s no longer cheap or convenient.\n\nSo now the train, bus and as a last resort fallback, my car are my default modes of travel.  Trains and buses are much cheaper, and unless I&#039;m in a hurry or have to travel across the country, they&#039;re a whole heckuvalot more convenient than dealing with the airport and airlines.', '2011-10-16T01:14:55+02:00', '', 'cha ching cha ching emptying pockets airplane jonboy flying used default mode travel cheap convenient extra security nonsense airlines greedily charging theyll charging oxygen heat 20000 feet long longer cheap convenient\n\nso train bus resort fallback default modes travel trains buses cheaper unless hurry travel country theyre heckuvalot convenient dealing airport airlines');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7813, 'Comment on Why A Certain Qantas A380 Must Fly Again by Wayne', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/02/17/why-a-certain-qantas-a380-must-fly-again/comment-page-1/#comment-23', 'The other reason why VH-OQA must fly again is for it&#039;s namesake. This is the flagship of the Qantas fleet, not just one of its A380s and was named after Australia&#039;s great aviatrix Nancy Bird-Walton. Nancy was delighted to have the aircraft named after her and amazed by the progress evident in the A380 compared to her early flying days. \n\nNancy Bird, as she was then, jointly set up a charity based air ambulance for inland NSW and founded the Australian Women Pilots&#039; Association. A true Australian hero and pioneer.\n\nVH-OQA was also responsible for Nancy living a little longer, she was ill towards the end of her life but held on so she was able to participate in this jet&#039;s delivery ceremony and delivery flight to Australia.\n\nhttp://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/nancy_bird_walton_bio.html\n\nhttp://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-14_u-114_t-307_c-1039/nancy-bird-walton/nsw/nancy-bird-walton/australia-between-the-wars-1930s/contribution-and-significance-of-an-individual-in-the-1930s\n\nhttp://www.australianbiography.gov.au/subjects/birdwalton/  (included videoclip)\n\nhttp://www.theage.com.au/national/aviation-pioneer-nancybird-walton-dies-aged-93-20090113-7fx6.html', '2011-10-16T01:14:55+02:00', '', 'certain qantas a380 fly wayne reason vh oqa fly namesake flagship qantas fleet just a380s named australias great aviatrix nancy bird walton nancy delighted aircraft named amazed progress evident a380 compared early flying days \n\nnancy bird jointly set charity based air ambulance inland nsw founded australian women pilots association true australian hero pioneer\n\nvh oqa responsible nancy living little longer ill end life held able participate jets delivery ceremony delivery flight c_s 14_u 114_t 307_c 1039/nancy bird walton/nsw/nancy bird walton/australia wars 1930s/contribution significance individual included pioneer nancybird walton aged 93 20090113 7fx6html');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7814, 'Comment on Handhelds on Airplanes a Bigger Problem Than You Think by Paul Nickel', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/03/09/handhelds-on-airplanes-a-bigger-problem-than-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-21', 'This story is a classic illustration of the conflict between opposing values:  we want to be &quot;safe&quot;, but also want entertainment/communication/convenience.  Regulators have sought to provide a balance, but culture is pushing back, based on a &quot;no harm, no foul&quot; thinking:  we don&#039;t have very many accidents and no-one has identified EMI as the cause, so therefore it must not be a hazard.  That ignores the fundamental risk that exists all the time in complex systems.  This story is unusually important for moving the culture back toward a safer meme -- &quot;let&#039;s not roll the dice&quot;  Thank you.', '2011-10-16T01:14:56+02:00', '', 'handhelds airplanes bigger problem think paul nickel story classic illustration conflict opposing values want safe want regulators sought provide balance culture pushing based harm foul thinking accidents identified emi cause hazard ignores fundamental risk exists time complex systems story unusually moving culture safer meme lets roll dice thank');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7815, 'Comment on Lasers and Helicopters a Disaster in the Making by Stephen Greene', 'http://blog.seattlepi.com/flyinglessons/2011/02/10/lasers-and-helicopters-a-disaster-in-the-making-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7', 'In 2005 while flying over a small city in northern California, our helicopter was repeatedly lasered by a powerful green laser.  It happened to several of our pilots and in total it occurred dozens of times.  It would happen from various locations around this small city.  We tried to apprehend the culprit by using tactical radios on our EMS helicopter to contact law enforcement.  Eventually with our pinpointing the location, the police were able to capture this eighteen year old high school student.  His punishment was a letter of apology.  This all happened before the current outbreak.  It&#039;s a lot easier to hit an aircraft with a laser than a bullet; shining a laser is like spraying a hose, you just move it until you have it on target.  Shooting a helicopter several hundred or thousand feet up is pretty hard.  Having said that in the mid 80&#039;s another EMS helicopter I flew did get hit by a bullet while flying over San Jose.', '2011-10-16T01:14:57+02:00', '', 'lasers helicopters disaster making stephen greene 2005 flying small city northern california helicopter repeatedly lasered powerful green laser happened pilots occurred dozens times happen various locations small city tried apprehend culprit using tactical radios ems helicopter contact law enforcement eventually pinpointing location police able capture eighteen year old high school student punishment letter apology happened current outbreak lot easier hit aircraft laser bullet shining laser like spraying hose just target shooting helicopter thousand feet pretty hard having said mid 80s ems helicopter i flew did hit bullet flying san jose');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7816, 'Good Guys and Jerks', 'http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-10-12/diversions/good-guys-and-jerks/', '&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dear Dategirl,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What&#039;s the protocol on post-coital behavior? I&#039;ve heard many jokes about men rolling over and falling asleep after sex, but I&#039;m a man and I would never do that. However, my wife thinks nothing of jumping right up and into the shower to begin her day....', '2011-10-16T01:15:11+02:00', '', 'good guys jerks dear protocol post coital behavior ive heard jokes men rolling falling asleep sex i wife thinks jumping right shower begin day');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7817, 'Grecian Formula', 'http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-10-12/food/grecian-formula/', '&lt;p&gt;With Greece&#039;s festering debt crisis threatening to topple the Eurozone, citizens of chilly nations to the north have begun tut-tutting about the perceived Greek work ethic. Telling bawdy jokes, basking in the sun with a jug of wine, and breaking into a hasapiko step at the first strum of a bouzou...', '2011-10-16T01:15:11+02:00', '', 'grecian formula with greeces festering debt crisis threatening topple eurozone citizens chilly nations north begun tutting perceived greek work ethic telling bawdy jokes basking sun jug wine breaking hasapiko step strum bouzou');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7818, 'First Call: Mount Gay', 'http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-10-12/food/first-call-mount-gay/', '&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Watering Hole:&lt;/strong&gt; Seattle&#039;s newest (and westernmost) LBGTQA bar, &lt;strong&gt;OutWest&lt;/strong&gt;, 5401 California Ave. S.W., 937-1540, WEST SEATTLE&lt;/p&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Atmosphere:&lt;/strong&gt; West Seattle now has more same-sex couples than any Seattle neighborhood outside of Capitol Hill, ...', '2011-10-16T01:15:12+02:00', '', 'mount gay the watering hole seattles newest westernmost lbgtqa bar 5401 california ave sw 937 1540 west atmosphere west seattle sex couples seattle neighborhood outside capitol hill');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7819, 'Bottomfeeder: Fork Lift', 'http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-10-12/food/bottomfeeder-fork-lift/', '&lt;p&gt;Seattle has had a difficult time embracing its industrial port city roots of late. Our mayor&#039;s preferred option for viaduct replacement would have patently screwed over truckers; Georgetown is more a haven for artists than Boeing machinists; and South Lake Union, once downtown Seattle&#039;s utility c...', '2011-10-16T01:15:12+02:00', '', 'bottomfeeder fork lift seattle difficult time embracing industrial port city roots late mayors preferred option viaduct replacement patently screwed truckers georgetown haven artists boeing machinists south lake union downtown seattles utility');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7820, 'Seattle Lesbian &amp; Gay Film Festival: Now in Its 16th Queer Year', 'http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-10-12/film/seattle-lesbian-gay-film-festival-now-in-its-16th-queer-year/', '&lt;p&gt;If modern gay history started at Stonewall, the 1981 identification of HIV/AIDS began its postmodern chapter. Thirty years later, when safe(r) sex and drug cocktails have at least contained that menace (with a vaccine possibly on the horizon), it may be hard for kids born in the &#039;80s and &#039;90s to ...', '2011-10-16T01:15:13+02:00', '', 'seattle lesbian & gay film festival 16th queer year if modern gay history started stonewall 1981 identification hiv/aids began postmodern chapter thirty years later safer sex drug cocktails contained menace vaccine possibly horizon hard kids born 80s 90s');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7821, 'The Black Power Mix Tape 1967-1975: Tales From the Revolution', 'http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-10-12/film/the-black-power-mix-tape-1967-1975-tales-from-the-revolution/', '&lt;p&gt;&quot;The revolution will not be televised.&quot; So Gil Scott-Heron asserted in 1970, and so it was not&amp;mdash;at least not on American TV. As demonstrated by this documentary, however, Swedish television was another story. Black nationalism lives and breathes in G&amp;ouml;ran Hugo Olsson&#039;s remarkably fresh d...', '2011-10-16T01:15:14+02:00', '', 'black power mix tape 1967 1975 revolution the revolution televised gil scott heron asserted 1970 not&mdashat american tv demonstrated documentary swedish television story black nationalism lives breathes g&oumlran hugo olssons remarkably fresh');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7822, 'Blackthorn: Sam Shepard as Butch Cassidy', 'http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-10-12/film/blackthorn-sam-shepard-as-butch-cassidy/', '&lt;p&gt;Riffing on how outlaw Butch Cassidy&#039;s life might have gone had he survived in South America, this modest oater should tickle Western fans. (I assume there are a few of us left.) &lt;em&gt;Blackthorn&lt;/em&gt; finds Cassidy (Sam Shepard) still in Bolivia, breeding horses, bedding his Indian housekeeper (Maga...', '2011-10-16T01:15:14+02:00', '', 'blackthorn sam shepard butch cassidy riffing outlaw butch cassidys life gone survived south america modest oater tickle western fans i assume left blackthorn finds cassidy sam shepard bolivia breeding horses bedding indian housekeeper maga');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7823, 'Footloose: Not as Terrible as It Should Be', 'http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-10-12/film/footloose-not-as-terrible-as-it-should-be/', '&lt;p&gt;Starring dancer Kenny Wormald and directed by Craig Brewer, &lt;em&gt;Footloose&lt;/em&gt; is an extraordinarily faithful remake, recycling four songs from Herbert Ross&#039; 1984 &lt;em&gt;Footloose&lt;/em&gt;, plus plot, characters, and iconography. (The main dude rocks skinny ties and drives Kevin Bacon&#039;s yellow Beetle.) ...', '2011-10-16T01:15:15+02:00', '', 'footloose terrible starring dancer kenny wormald directed craig brewer footloose extraordinarily faithful remake recycling songs herbert ross 1984 footloose plot characters iconography main dude rocks skinny ties drives kevin bacons yellow beetle');
INSERT INTO `items2` VALUES (7824, 'Silent Souls: A Voyage With Russian Ghosts', 'http://www.seattleweekly.com/2011-10-12/film/silent-souls-a-voyage-with-russian-ghosts/', '&lt;p&gt;Aleksei Fedorchenko&#039;s third feature evokes Russia&#039;s pre-Slavic, pagan past in the form of a meditative road trip taken by two descendants of the ancient Merja people. It&#039;s Fedorchenko&#039;s premise that, though externally indistinguishable from other Russians, Merjans nevertheless recognize each othe...', '2011-10-16T01:15:15+02:00', '', 'silent souls voyage russian ghosts aleksei fedorchenkos feature evokes russias pre slavic pagan past form meditative road trip taken descendants ancient merja people fedorchenkos premise externally indistinguishable russians merjans recognize othe');
