The Spin On Checkpoint Bins

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Expect to find more ads by Sony or Sylvania and even Zappos as you pass through security checkpoints at an airport near you.

It's just not about the billboard you pass along the highway or the magazine you flip page-by-page where advertising slogans are in your face.

Advertising can be found just about anywhere and now, the Transportation Security Administration is taking full advantage of the benefits it will receive for ads to be placed in airport checkpoint bins.

According to TSA spokeswoman Sterling Payne, "The program aims to upgrade equipment at airport checkpoints at no cost to the federal government."

Although TSA will not receive money as an exchange for ad space, in return, they will get new plastic bins, carts for screeners, and stainless steel tables for passengers to unload their belongings.

USA Today reported that advertisers buy the equipment for the right to advertise in the bins, and airports also collect a cut of the advertising revenue.

For more on the article go to the link below:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-11-03-adbins_N.htm

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Dig Revealed 4,300-year-old pyramid

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An announcement was made on Tuesday, Nov 11 at a site in Saqqara, Egypt, about 22 miles south of Cairo, on the findings of a 4,300-year-old pyramid.

The discovery was found two months ago.

It is said to belong to Queen Sesheshet, the mother of King Teti who was the founder of the 6th Dynasty of Egypt's Old Kingdom.

The finding is rather significant in the world of archaeology.

The Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass told reporters that the finding could lay the foundation to enrich generations to come with knowledge about the Old Kingdom.

"The only queen whose pyramid is missing is Shesheshet, which is why I am sure it belonged to her," Hawass said. "This will enrich our knowledge about the Old Kingdom."

So, if traveling to the ends of the Earth is your thing in life than pack your bags.

Once the site is excavated and all antiquities identified the artifacts will surely be made public.

Perhaps the site will be made available for touring.

A visit into the past worth taking a vacation for.

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Text Advances Communication On Plane

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Airlines are competing to find new ways of "getting more passengers onto planes with the promise of more luxurious and fun ways to pass the time in the air," according to an August 8, 2006 Airwise News article.

Although the article is dated some years back the statement provided a bold look at what draws passengers to fly certain carriers.

Airlines today offer all sort of on board activities to pass the time to take the passenger's mind off of flying.

With advances in communication technology, text messaging has found its place sitting in an isle or window seat heading for Hawaii.

Imagine talking to friends and family members at 37,000 feet above the Earth.

Yes, it's literally gone ozone.

Richard Branson was the person who first proposed the idea for this sort of person-to-person communication back in 2006.

Airlines are making strides to equipped aircraft with the technology to bring this to fruition, but not all aircraft are up to date.

The Federal Aviation Administration sets the regulations that control air travel.

The use of communication devices on board an aircraft, other than the equipment used to navigate the plane, has always been prohibited for use.

As you, however, staying connected has become the backbone in consumer culture.

Everyone has a cell phone or computer with wireless capabilities and they want full excess all the time.

Jetblue for example has experimented with testing in-flight e-mail and IM. It received overwhelming acclaim and is fee free; the service on Beta Blue, the only aircraft in their fleet with these capabilities.

Other airlines, like American Airlines and Virgin America plan on offering on-board broadbandon-board broadband. They will, however, charge for the service.

Overall, the issue was debated about the use of cell phones on planes because of the close proximity in an overcrowded situation.

"The public doesn't want to be subjected to people talking on their cell phones on an already over packed airplane," said Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.).

But as time progresses and regulations aggressively are challenged, it's only a matter of time before cell chatter will be heard on planes.

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Excuse Me! Lady With A Baby

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The holiday season is approaching and the lines at Transportation Security Administration checkpoints, in airports across the country, will be out the door.

This season, however, TSA is prepared as they have made accommodations by opening "family lanes" by Nov. 20, close to the Thanksgiving holiday.

This will ease the stress parents feel when traveling with their children.

According to USA Today, "the family lanes will be open at 533 checkpoints in every large and mid-size airport when millions of inexperienced travelers are taking to the skies."

Earlier this year many airports saw the need to offer the "family lanes" which served as a measure "where parents can feel free to move at their own pace."

It was found to be popular with the travelers.

It is a stressful experience for parents and, sometimes, it only involves one parent traveling with children and baggage.

The task at hand for a single parent, especially serves to kill the whole air travel experience.

But for the family in general, the experience of going to the airport and lining up at the checkpoint is reason to feel more relaxed.

The rollout this holiday will be the largest yet and will become a permanent fixture at TSA checkpoints.

To read more on the subject go to the link below:

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-11-09-family-lanes_N.htm

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