Japan's hybrid train hailed as the future of rail travel (Independent)
It seems an unlikely venue for a potential revolution in public transport - a sleepy town in the lush, pine-carpeted mountains of rural Japan. But this is where travellers began paying yesterday to board the world's first hybrid train service....more...Hotlinks (Tiscali)
Papers submitted by the United States to the U.N. Security Council alleged Junaid is an al Qaeda financier, recruiter and facilitator who coordinated the travel of South Africans to Pakistan to train with the group....more... Opening The Door On History (The Morning News)
TONTITOWN -- Henry Piazza runs his finger along the shoe of the man standing before him....more... 'Gopher Town' sprouts up on the Spanish Fork River (Provo Daily Herald)
D. ROBERT CARTER During the first years of Utah Valley's colonization, twin towns possessing very different personalities struggled into existence on the banks of the Spanish Fork River. The first settlement saw its unpretentious beginning on the river bottoms slightly south and east of the present city and eventually took its name from the river -- Spanish Fork....more... Seattle City ranks among top U.S. tourist destinations (Deseret Morning News)
A vacation in northwest Washington can be accurately described as simply "waterful." Going from Utah, the second driest of the 50 states, to one of the wettest is a contrast to be appreciated....more... R&B buffet specialty for Blue Lunch (South Bend Tribune)
Friday will make it almost a year -- one day shy, in fact -- since Blue Lunch played its first gig at the Midway Tavern....more... Code Madeleine launched to keep children safe (Daily Telegraph)
A new initiative backed by Madeleine McCann's parents is to be launched to help keep children safe on holiday....more... GREAT TRIPS: BHUTAN (Pioneer Press)
Ryan Nancy and Hallie Berg of Woodbury recommend a trip to Taktshang Monastery, located on the side of a mountain at an elevation of 9,678 feet in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. "We trekked 12 miles round trip to this auspicious site of Buddhist pilgrimage," they write. "The magnificent view of this 1,200-year-old monastery was definitely worth the effort."...more... 'Y Games' Keep You Safe and Cool (R News)
The heat has a lot of people scrambling to stay cool. One obvious way is to head to the pool or the nearest water area. That's why the YMCA in Penfield held a "Y Games" to promote water safety....more... |