Chilly8
2012-01-16 00:12:05 UTC
"Victory for Internet Freedom: Obama Announces Opposition to SOPA,
Congress Shelves Bill"
This also means that I will be able to be at Europeans to coverCongress Shelves Bill"
them. I was to be in DC for a couple of weeks to broadcast
SOPA and PIPA hearings. I had planned to stop on the
west coast of the USA a couple of days before heading east.
Fortunately, MyTraffic X, when CAN be used for REAL WORLD
itineraary planning, allows me to find flights and change my intinerary
easily.
I turns out that Virgin, as well as British Midland, has flights from
Vegas to Manchester. Of course, once I get to Manchester, I will
have to drive to Sheffield, as there is no public transport between
Manchester Airport and Sheffield. And another airline, which you
will NOT FIND in Orbitz, Travelocity, etc, also has flights to
Manchester from Las Vegas. Thomas Cook Airlines is an
airline that is NOT LISTED in Orbitz, Travelocity, Amadeus,
or Expedia. They do a Las Vegas-Manchester run on A330
equipment.
Dgs, and his pals from rec.travel.air can say what they want,
but MyTraffic is a invaluable tool for finding may flights that
none of the major travel search engines have. Numerous
buget airlines are not listed in the travel search engines, so
they don't have to pay any commission. The cam lambaste me
all they want, my MyTraffic X really is a flight planning tool
that is a MUST HAVE for ANYONE who does a lot of
travelling.
Virgin America is one airline whose schedules you will only find in the
likes of MyTraffic X or Ultimate Traffic, or downloading
the AI flight simulator files from flightsim.com and then
deciphering the data. If you know how to read it, you can
find schedules that way.
As for Four Continents in Hermosillo, ExpoForum, the
venue for 4cs, will of course long be known for skating
infamy. It was 19 years ago that Tonya Harding pulled
her "Phony Dress Opening" stunt in Hermosillo at
1993 North Americans. The folks at the Portland
Ice Skating Society can say otherwise, but it was
a stunt that Tonya pulled.
In the many years I have broadcast skating, Tonya's
most shocking stunt was the one she pulled with her
skate blade at 1994 Olys. A lot of my listening audience
of the time agree with me that Tonya's stunt with
her skate blade screwed up Josee Chouinard and
screwed her out of a medal. There are more people
than you think, who are convinced that Tonya's
stunt screwed Josee out of a medal when she had
to come out into the ice quite some time before
her turn on the ice.
Hard to believe it has been 19 years since the Phony
Dress Opening.
It has been 10 years now since another moment
of skating infamy when Sasha Cohen tried to
play "Chicken On Ice" with Michelle Kwan at
the 2002 North Americans, in Ensenada.