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Airfarewatchdog wonders how many potential airline customers are refusing to fly until they can be assured that they won’t be trapped in a cramped airplane parked overnight on a tarmac. Every time another news story appears detailing the suffering of passengers in such situations, with no food or working lavatories, no doubt another few hundred flyers take to their cars and Greyhound.
With apologies to George Carlin, if airports are all about going places, why do you begin your trip in a terminal?
An oil pipeline company plans to resume shipments from its terminal near the base of an Alaskan volcano that has sent hot boulders, huge ice chunks and mud flowing toward the terminal on several occasions since becoming active again in March.
A co-worker suspected in the Monday morning shootings of a bus driver and another man in the employee lot of a northern Virginia bus station surrendered later in the day, authorities said.
The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced its opposition to a proposed massive floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound.
Albania awarded a 35-year concession to the British-Swiss Zumax AG group Wednesday for a euro1.18 billion ($1.55 billion) container terminal for ships in southwestern Albania.
JetBlue has reopened its terminal at New York's Kennedy airport following a brief evacuation due to a suspicious package.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Thursday greenlighted a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Columbia River in Oregon — the first LNG terminal on the West Coast to receive such approval.
An oil terminal and pipeline network expected to be built off the Texas Gulf Coast and open in about two years would be capable of handling nearly 20 percent of the nation's daily imported oil.
The governors of two states have come out against a plan to build a behemoth liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound. Environmentalists are declaring it dead.
Opening day at Heathrow Airport's grand new Terminal 5 turned sour Thursday as severe baggage handling delays led to numerous flight cancellations, stranding many irate passengers.
Federal energy regulators on Thursday approved a $700 million liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for Long Island Sound, a facility opposed by the state of Connecticut and other critics who say it would damage the environment and be vulnerable to a terrorist attack.
Queen Elizabeth II opened Heathrow Airport's gleaming new Terminal 5 on Friday in a first step toward reviving the dingy, overcrowded facilities at the world's busiest international airport.
British Airways showed off its new terminal at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday, a light-flooded, gleaming white modern facility with some of the latest technology, a first-class lounge with a cinema and a five-story-high wall of windows offering a view of Windsor Castle.
Authorities evacuated dozens of workers and set up a half-mile perimeter around part of the city's port Wednesday after a bomb-sniffing dog indicated that two shipping containers from Pakistan could contain explosives.
Sad update on WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy PiperAs reported yesterday, WWE Hall of Famer "Rowdy" Roddy Piper was recently forced to pull out of a number of previously scheduled appearances as a result of a serious illness. In a sad update on the situation, I can confirm that his cancer has returned.
Special Olympian Angela Leigh Durham dies from leukemia A love of pickles, especially sour ones, earned Angela Leigh Durham the nickname "Pickle."
Hearts, Wallets Open After Collection Jar Theft People have opened their hearts and their pocketbooks following a 6News report last week about the theft of a collection jar intended to pay for the funeral of a terminally ill child.
How To Manage Your Configuration Files With Version ControlEasy to read tutorial with many screenshots on how to manage hidden UNIX/Linux/Mac configuration files (dot files) with version control and deploy them anywhere.
Continental Offers Refund To ExpressJet Passengers Stuck On Tarmac For 9 Hours In Minnesota By its sixth hour sitting on a deserted tarmac, Continental Express Flight 2816 had taken on the smell of diapers and an overwhelmed lone toilet.
15 Companies That Might Not Survive 2009 With consumers shutting their wallets and corporate revenues plunging, the business landscape may start to resemble a graveyard in 2009. Household names like Circuit City and Linens 'n Things have already perished.
Boston College Campus Police: "Using Prompt Commands" [IE The Command Prompt] May Be a Sign of Criminal Activity | Electronic Frontier FoundationOn Friday, EFF and the law firm of Fish and Richardson filed an emergency motion to quash [pdf] and for the return of seized property on behalf of a Boston College computer science student whose computers, cell phone, and other property were seized as part of an investigation int …
As I progress towards a pragmatic (and programmer's) approach towards managing design files with version control, I needed a way to open files in Photoshop and other applications from the Terminal command line.
Airport to charge passengers to "kiss and drop" at terminal Luton Airport will charge £1 for dropping passengers off at the terminal. Motorists will have to pay the charge to spend up to 10 minutes in a refurbished drop-off zone.
Elderly People are not dying fast enough for 'RINO' PA Senator Arlen SpecterArlen Specter's Solution to 'Greatest Problem' the Deficit and Health Care Cost, Terminal Patients Should Die Faster. Senator Arlen Specter: "I do believe it is fair to ask people to think about that and to make a decision in a living will."
'This bike is a pipe bomb' band sticker clears Memphis terminal A bicycle with a sticker advertising a Florida punk-folk band forced the evacuation of a Memphis, Tennessee, airport terminal late Monday afternoon, authorities said.
Cancer Special: Old Killer, New Hope Cancer becoming an incurable disease that may no longer be looked upon as a death sentence. New technology, greater understanding of the disease, new treatment options offer greater hope for surviving and living with cancer.
Evidence of Scottish "Assisted Suicides"ILLEGAL assisted suicides are now being carried out in Scotland. A shocking investigation has uncovered evidence of terminally ill patients being given access to a lethal drug to ease their pain.
Hotwire: A Combined Terminal/GUI for GNU/LinuxThere is nothing more guaranteed to ignite a bad tempered, incandescent flame war that an outbreak of hostilities between the rival Gnome and KDE camps. Well, except perhaps a slanging match between the champions of the GUI and the command line.
US Airways to now charge for soda, juice, waterFirst came extra charges for your second piece of luggage, then came a charge for your first bag. That's not to mention extra fees for choosing your own seat, curbside check-in, booking using frequent flier miles, and the cost of the Santa Fe chicken sandwich.
Albania's Durrës Port to Build New Terminal16 June 2008 Tirana — The port of Durres, Albania's largest, will built a new terminal worth €15 million. Funded by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the new passenger terminal will be constructed by the Slovenian company SCT.
New airport terminal plannedKey facts Tagore theme The designs on ceilings and floors are inspired by Tagore's works. The lighthouse The air traffic control tower will look like a lighthouse, which will become Calcutta's seen-from-the-sky signature In & out Passengers will depart from the first fl …
At Bedside, Stay Stoic or Display Emotions? A young doctor sat down with a terminal lung cancer patient and her husband to discuss the woman's gloomy prognosis. The patient began to cry. Then the doctor did, too. The scene was undoubtedly moving. But should physicians display this much emotion at the bedside?
Get Your Pizza Order Status From Dominos From The TerminalI came across this really funny script from here, that tracks your order status from dominos in real time.
British Airways loses 20,000 bags since Thursday at supremely b0rked Heathrow Terminal 5The much-ballyhooed opening of Heathrow's £4 billion Terminal 5 has been a debacle. British Airways has canceled 208 flights since Thursday, and has "stranded" between 15,000 and 20,000 bags.
World's Largest Building Opens in BeijingBeijing Airport's new terminal 3, said to be the world's largest building, has opened ahead of schedule with time to spare for the Olympic Games.
How Doctors Tell Patients They're Dying"Don't use euphemisms," said Grodin, who teaches his students to say "died" and never "passed away" in situations of emergency room traumas. "You have to use the words 'terminal illness' and explain it's quite serious."
Patrick Swayze has pancreatic cancerPatrick Swayze, the Hollywood actor and star of such films as Dirty Dancing and Ghost, has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, a spokesman has confirmed. But contrary to reports, the 55-year-old is not "terminally ill" with just weeks to live.
While there has been considerable debate in the geek microcosm of the Mac community over whether repairing permissions in OS X does any good or not, what hasn't been debated is that understanding permissions can empower an OS X user and lift them into superuser status.
Interesting Terminal UsesSince I'm a noob myself and don't know much about the inner workings of the terminal, I won't shed any light on that subject. But, I would like to share some interesting and useful terminal code I've found.
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