Qantas Guilty of Fixing Prices on Air Cargo
World’s Largest Flying Machine Graces LAX
Veggies and Hydrogen: Fuel’s Latest Power Couple
Voice of the London Tube Fired for Funny Business
Dangerous Exhibit Cracks Definition of Art and Injures 15
QANTAS GUILTY OF FIXING PRICES ON AIR CARGO – Wall Street Journal
Qantas Airway Ltd. will soon plead guilty to fixing air cargo prices, and it must pay a $61 million fine. It is the third airline to plead guilty in fixing fuel surcharges on cargo flights. In August, both British Airways PLC and Korean Air Lines Co Ltd. paid $300 million in fines for fuel charges on passenger flights.
Link: Wall Street Journal
WORLD’S LARGEST FLYING MACHINE GRACES LAX – Los Angeles Times
The monstrous Airbus A380 is visiting Los Angeles International Airport for the second time since its October release into the skies with Singapore Airlines. The flying contraption towers above all other planes with a height of eight stories, leaving those who gathered to ogle plenty to see. The Airbus will remain at the LAX until Friday, where it will spend its time doing an invitation-only demo flight and undergo some routine tests.
Link: Los Angeles Times
VEGGIES AND HYDROGEN: THE LATEST POWER COUPLE – The New York Times
If you thought ethanol was the latest and perhaps greatest recent permutation of renewable energy, think again. Galp Energia, a Portuguese oil company, is in the process of building a 6,500-barrel-a-day plant that will make diesel fuel by infusing veggie oils with hydrogen. The process, which is akin to oil refining, could help reduce carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere resulting from diesel engines by 50 to 70 percent.
Link: The New York Times
LONDON TUBE VOICE FIRED FOR FUNNY BUSINESS – Boing Boing
Recently, the woman whose voice serves as the otherwise innocuous announcer for London Underground was sacked for blogging and recording her own witty announcements. Her humorous quips ranged from “We’d like to remind our American tourist friends that you are almost certainly talking too loud” and “Oh, for goodness sake, if you’re a female, smile at the bloke next to you and make his day. He probably hasn’t had sex for months.”
Link: Boing Boing
DANGEROUS EXHIBIT CRACKS DEFINITION OF ART AND INJURES 15 – Times Online (UK)
Normally, health warnings rarely accompany art (excluding works by Damien Hirst or Tracey Emin) but several casualties have occurred at the Tate Modern in London. Fifteen people have been injured while curiously observing Shibboleth 2007, a large crack that widens and deepens as it trails along the gallery’s Turbine Hall; some places are large enough for a toddler to tumble into. The museum has considered using Perspex glass to cover Shibboleth 2007.
Link: Times Online (UK)
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